Snapril -17
All this for you guys cos I love all yall. Let me hear your 2017 recs! |
1 | | Exquirla Para Quienes Aún Viven
4.0 [proggy post rock with folk influences] check it. I mean it, this is something special. |
2 | | Full of Hell Trumpeting Ecstasy
4.0 [deathandhardcoreviolencepunk] goes too hard |
3 | | Artificial Brain Infrared Horizon
4.0 [death metal] melodic and brutal and tech and heaven and all good and very good and check this |
4 | | Sunless Urraca
4.0 [dissonant tech death] last two tracks merit a 4. God those tracks go hard. |
5 | | Varg (Swe) Nordic Flora Series Pt. 3: Gore-Tex City
3.5-4 [techno] Varg finally finds home in an effort a bit warmer and fuller than his latest efforts. Cut the vocal features and we have an easy 4 on our hands. Yung Lean need to stfu already. Or better yet he should’ve never existed. |
6 | | Geotic Abysma
3.5-4.0 [ambiwave is now a genre?] very Baths lite and I like. Also damn this is good I think I’ll revisit this quite a few times. Best Geotic maybe? |
7 | | Dominic Lash Quartet Extremophile
3.5-4 [avant-garde jazz, improvised] how avant-garde jazz should taste. |
8 | | King Magnetic Everything Happens 4 A Reason
3.5 [hip hop] where did this come from? I always thought of him as a rather mediocre rapper but this bangs. Loses a bit of steam midway but a cool outing. |
9 | | Bereft (USA-WI) Lands
3.5 [post metal, doom, sludge] kinda like Dirge with the doom cranked up. |
10 | | Colin Stetson All This I Do For Glory
3.5 [saxdronejazz] sax (I think) wizardry. Last track is everything. |
11 | | Daniel Brandt Eternal Something
3.5 [nu-jazz, “world”, electronic] grooves hard but shallow |
12 | | Straightjacket Nation Straightjacket Nation
3.5 [hardcore] 80’s hardcore with modern shenanigans |
13 | | No Omega Culture
3.5 [hardcore, dissonant metalcore] hits home hard |
15 | | Wolfbrigade Run With The Hunted
3.5 [d-beat crust] old guys rule |
16 | | Scuba Death The Worm at the Core
3.5 [minimal techno] there’s a summery feel in this cold offering. |
17 | | esazlesa Společnost psů
3.5 [screamo] Arch recs sweet recs |
18 | | Blue Iverson Hotep
3.5 [slick rnb and jazz] aka Dean Blunt |
19 | | Fuoco Fatuo Backwater
3.5 [almost funeral doom] check this it’s guud. |
20 | | Cloistral Զուգահեռներ
3.5 [ambient] of the sweet sort. |
21 | | DD Horns DD Horns
3.5 [jazz] disciplined with a big band feel. An easy listen. |
22 | | El Mahdy Jr. Time to Sell the Golden Teeth
3.5 [Arabic-influenced trip hop] pre chill morning jam for yall |
23 | | The Caretaker Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage Two)
3.5 [soundscapes] very much like the first part of this series but I find this has more beautiful moments. But how badly does he want to compose movie soundtracks tho? |
24 | | Dopplereffekt Cellular Automata
3.5 [techno] cold minimal synthbased techno that wont have you dancing. |
25 | | Autodidact Time Flex
3.5 [house] a collection of John Tejadas work under the moniker Autodidact |
26 | | Nocow Ledyanoy Album
3.5 [techno ish with a touch of idm] accessible idm |
27 | | Avishai Cohen Cross my Palm with Silver
3.5 [jazz] juzz the jazz |
28 | | Telepathy Tempest
3.5 [post metal, math rock] a bit mathy instrumental post metal done right |
29 | | Tonstartssbandht Sorcerer
3.5 [post punk, kraut, punk, jams] this is an entrancing mix of a lot of cool genres. Check! |
30 | | Saltland A Common Truth
3.5 [chambient, dream pop] very beautiful and relaxed from the cellist in Esmerine. |
31 | | Kelly Lee Owens Kelly Lee Owens
3.5 [techno, dream pop] some lackluster parts but overall a decent listen. Recommended. |
32 | | Eglise Burial
3.5 [chaotic metalcore] has a somewhat raw demo feel to it. I dig. |
33 | | Zu Jhator
3.5 [experimental post rock-ish] kind of a slow burner but the splendid last quarter makes up for the wait |
34 | | Yowie Synchromysticism
3.5 [noise math rock polyrhythm] not for those who prefer to keep their sanity. All over the place with weird production but this is cool in a way |
35 | | Eglise The Past
3.5 [pre eglise] pretty basic metalcore of the Converge school but well done. |
36 | | Actress AZD
3.5 [minimal techno] minimal not in the ambient since but rather in another. Check. |
37 | | Shizune CHEAT DEATH, LIVE DEAD!
3.5 [skramz] to the point and short enough |
38 | | Ulver The Assassination of Julius Caesar
3.5 [dark pop] this is real good |
39 | | Haggatha V
3.5 [sludge] standard-esque but well executed |
40 | | Hauschka What If
3.5 [modern classical] is amazing but would benefit from a little more variation maybe? |
41 | | Evan Caminiti Toxic City Music
3.5 [ambient, techno] too busy to be called ambient, not busy enough to be called something else. |
42 | | Dutch Uncles Big Balloon
3.5 [indie pop] it’s weird for me to like such a joyous album this much. But this is an upbeat and off the beaten track (not really but it sounded good in my ears to read that sentence) fun ride. |
43 | | Robert Armani Madman Stand
3.5 [techno] selected works biches. |
44 | | Dj Seinfeld Ruff Hysteria
3.5 [lo-fi house] cool samples and groove. His best yet? |
45 | | Low Roar Once in a Long, Long While...
3.0-3.5 [dream pop, touch of americana and] more like “slow coar” amirite? t/t is candy for your ears |
46 | | Bestia Arcana Holokauston
3.0-3.5 [arch-core i.e. death doom] a bit overlong |
47 | | Slowdive Slowdive
3.0-3.5 [shoegaze] amazing gaze |
48 | | The Moth Gatherer The Comfortable Low
3.0 [post rock, post metal] not bad but unfortunately rather flat. |
49 | | Francesco Berta The Way of Walking Alone
3.0 [ambient] nothing special. |
50 | | King Ayisoba 1000 Can Die
3.0 [African folk guitar stuff] cool guitar parts but these rhythms just annoy me |
51 | | Why? Moh Lhean
3.0 [indie pop] decent enough for the genre. Couple of gems hidden in this |
52 | | Diamanda Galas All the Way
3.0 [experimental, gothic maybe] I have no idea whether this is emotionally painful or painfully emotional but here’s a 3 for good luck. |
53 | | CunninLynguists The Rose EP
3.0 [hip hop] flows are tight but the hooks and production are rather forgettable. |
54 | | Clark Death Peak
3.0 [idm of sorts] I really don’t have any idea how to rate this. But it features amazingly many arpeggios |
55 | | PTU A Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day
3.0 [jungle idm] disappointing after the praise given by The Quiteus. |
56 | | Tamikrest Kidal
3.0 [bluesy, some kind of African folk music] excuse my generalization but I’m not very well versed in African folk music also this is kind of boring but cool as a novelty I guess. |
57 | | The Golden Filter Still // Alone
3.0 [synth pop, house, trip hop] nothing special. |
58 | | Basic House I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have To Be Des
3.0 [ambient, field recordings] kinda dark and with a lot of dull moments but still enjoyable nonetheless |
59 | | Jacaszek Kwiaty
3.0 [ambient, a touch of pop] pretty and has cool vocal lines here and there but overall rather forgettable |
60 | | GRID (USA) GRID
3.0 [freeform jazz, noise] on the verge of being unlistenable |
61 | | Fred Frith / Hans Koch You Are Here
3.0 [see above] |
62 | | Sneaks It's a Myth
3.0 [post punk] bass heavy and post punky. Very pitchfork much snooze. |
63 | | Arto Lindsay Cuidado Madame
3.0 [art pop] I imagine you fans of the genre will dig this more than I did |
64 | | Arca Arca
3.0 [avant-garde idm it works right] sometimes I just want to tell Arca to get his head out of his ass. |
65 | | Jesu/Sun Kil Moon 30 Seconds to the Decline of Planet Earth
3.0 [I don’t know] more of the same SKM and whatnot |
66 | | Wear Your Wounds WYW
3.0 [post rock, art rock?] half of this feels phoned in and the other half is decent enough. Might grow if I ever decide to relisten. |
67 | | Overmono Arla II
3.0 [strange house and synths] fair enough |
68 | | Gas Narkopop
3.0 [maximalist ambient] pretty but boring |
69 | | Sangam Distance Amongst Us
3.0 [ambient] that kind of ambient that is rich in pretty sounds but lacking in interestingness |
70 | | Farsot Fail·Lure
3.0 [dsbm] like most modern dsbm… |
71 | | Trans Am California Hotel
3.0 [electronic rock, slow-fi post rock] a forgettable record |
72 | | Crusher (USA) Crusher
2.5-3.0 [post punk, noise rock] |
73 | | He Is Legend Few
2.5-3.0 [post hardcore, beercore, groove] not bad per se but kinda bland |
74 | | Funeral Chant Funeral Chant
2.5 [black metal, punkish, deathish] average semi-fi black metal with extra cvlt |
75 | | Diamanda Galas At Saint Thomas the Apostle Harlem
2.5 [Diamanda Galas Live] see description from above |
76 | | With Our Arms to the Sun Orenda
2.5 [post metal] the blandest of the bland |
77 | | Deez Nuts Binge & Purgatory
2.5 [partycore] has some riffs but ultimately this ends up too boring |
78 | | Goatmoon Stella Polaris
2.5 [black metal] too much folk influence for my liking but vocals are ferocious which is a +. Also what the hell kind of band name is Goatmoon gtfo. |
79 | | Joakim Samurai
2.5 [electrified indie pop with funk] people seem to dig this. Maybe you’ll too if this is your type of genre. |
80 | | Wojciech Golczewski The Signal
2.5 [electronic space synth chiptune ambient journeys] sounds like the ost to Golden Eye 64 if that game would’ve had even more of a space theme going on. |
81 | | Oblivia Martyr Complex
2.5 [I don’t know, electronic, noisy and not noisy] this is the strangest release I’ve heard all year. Check! |
82 | | Pole Younger Go Daylight!
2.5 [improvised bedroom guitar] 2 emotiunz 4 me |
83 | | Locust Leaves A Subtler Kind Of Light
2.0 [avant-garde black metal] nope not for me but CalculatingInfinity will di I guarantee. |
84 | | Ghost Bath Starmourner
1.5-2.0 [upbeat black metal] so boring. It’s not even funny. Vocals are the only redeeming factor. |
85 | | Dead by April Worlds Collide
1.5 [hits for kids] two songs in. GTFO |
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