Fo(u)r Whom the Sniff jams - *hint* it's for you
Aight you know the drill -18 stuff that hasn't been on my previous lists. I'll be away counting deer??? and getting drunk af for the remaning days of April so here we go with the song (list). |
| 1 |  | Wout Gooris Trio and Chisholm/Vann
Some Time
4.5 [jazz] here we have it ladies and gentlemen. The first 4.5 of the year goes to Wout Gooris for his (i guess) super well composed and slick af jazz album |
| 2 |  | Ill Considered
Ill Considered 3
4.0 [jazz] modern jazz is good so is this record |
| 3 |  | Okada
Misery
4.0 [electronic, post rock, dub, downtempo, i don't know] all you need to know is that it's pretty af |
| 4 |  | Sons of Kemet
Your Queen Is a Reptile
4.0-3.5 [jazz] alternative take on jazz courtesy of Shabaka |
| 5 |  | Setter
Transversal
4.0-3.5 [tape manipulation, programmed ambient] okay this is massif |
| 6 |  | Wrekmeister Harmonies
The Alone Rush
4.0-3.5 [drone, post rock, goth] wow get wrecked every other album |
| 7 |  | Lonker See
One Eye Sees Red
4.0-3.5 [psychedelic jazz] poland have a DECENT weird jazz scene for sure. |
| 8 |  | Geld
Perfect Texture
3.5-4.0 [d-beat dad] psychedelic tinged d-beat madness |
| 9 |  | Haram Tapes
Haram
3.5-4.0 [field recordings, electronic] suprisingly powerful soiciopolitical statement, with ambient synth lines and sparse electronic percussion |
| 10 |  | Yashira
Shrine
3.5-4.0 [post metal, hardcore] what if you have Yautja replace brutality with beauty? You have this |
| 11 |  | r.roo
schizo romance
3.5-4.0 [ambient, house, idm] downtempo and electronic genres galore. This is really pretty but maybe a bit too long? |
| 12 |  | Denis Morin
Cold Ubiquity
3.5-4.0 [ambient, field recordings] this is how every modern ambient record should sound tbh |
| 13 |  | The Recyclers
Davout
3.5-4.0 [jazz] piano, bass and drums (most of the time) trio complement eachother very well in this noire jazz outing. |
| 14 |  | Dautha
Brethren of the Black Soil
3.5-4.0 [doom metal] way too cheesy to be a 4 but still you know. Damn SWEETEEEEEEHEHEHE Borf |
| 15 |  | The Caretaker
Everywhere at the End of Time- Stage 4
3.5 [drone] pretty drone. The most acomplished in the series yet |
| 16 |  | Physique
Punk Life Is Shit
3.5 [crust] back to the roots crust |
| 17 |  | Wiegedood
De Doden Hebben Het Goed III
3.5 [black metal] this just in. This album is more engaging than their previous ones |
| 18 |  | Wanja Slavin Lotus Eaters
Salvation
3.5 [jazz] follow bandcamps monthly jazz column for more sweet recs |
| 19 |  | Conformist
Conformist
3.5 [almost metalcoreish crust] nods heavily at a converge direction |
| 20 |  | Hemelbestormer
A Ring Of Blue Light
3.5 [post metal] instrumental of the sort. Major step up form their previous |
| 21 |  | Aidan Baker
Chrome Mouth
3.5 [drone] Aidan Baker does what Aidan Baker does best. Beautiful drone. |
| 22 |  | Nightports With Matthew Bourne
Nightports with Matthew Bourne
3.5 [ambient, jazz, experimental] this is actually a compelling listen |
| 23 |  | Laurence Pike
Distant Early Warning
3.5 [experimental jazz] playful music that has its roots in jazz |
| 24 |  | Daniel Karlsson trio
5
3.5 [jazz] playful jazz from sweden is good |
| 25 |  | William Selman
Musica Enterrada
3.5 [ambient] too chill for downtempo, too busy for ambient |
| 26 |  | Christina Vantzou
No. 4
3.5 [ambient] it's beautiful |
| 27 |  | Aikira
Light Cut
3.5 [post metal, post rock] of the instrumental sort. This is what it would sound like if i made music again |
| 28 |  | Project Pablo
There's Always More at the Store
3.5 [ambient techno] leaning heavily towards house |
| 29 |  | tengil
shouldhavebeens
3.5 [post rock, emo] named after the infamous swedish character. This is actually very beautiful and such. Check the song named after spring for most amazing stuff |
| 30 |  | Orphans of Doom
Strange Worlds/Fierce Gods
3.5 [psychedelic doom] with heavy sludge influence this is worthy of your time |
| 31 |  | Anteloper
Kudu
3.5 [experminental avant-jazz] is as weird as I wanted and hoped but not really as good as I wanted. |
| 32 |  | Ash Koosha
AKTUAL
3.5 [IDM, electronic] Yona 1.1 is GOAT |
| 33 |  | The Mover
Undetected Act from the Gloom Chamber
3.5 [industrial techno] dark and foreboding. Very spook but dance friendly techno |
| 34 |  | Rafiq Bhatia
Breaking English
3.5 [instrumental rock, experminetal, trip-hop] almost gives me a weird instrumental trip-hop vibe. |
| 35 |  | Cardinal Fuzz Shop
The Final Age
3.5 [psychedelic fuzz rock, experimental] check it and dig it. |
| 36 |  | Hawthonn
Red Goddess (of this men shall know nothing)
3.5 [ambient, drone] a little bit like Anna von Hauswolff but actually good |
| 37 |  | Anne Guthrie
Brass Orchids
3.5 [field recordings, drone] it's abrassive but beautiful |
| 38 |  | Yakamoto Kotzuga
Slowly Fading
3.5 [electronic] I dont really know how to describe it but it goes pretty hard while still being chilled |
| 39 |  | ScanOne
Archive
3.5 [IDM, techno] a collection of random songs made between 2001 and now. |
| 40 |  | C. Diab
Exit Rumination
3.5 [ambient, post rock, drone] "Patient, hauntingly beautiful music"
XLR8R |
| 41 |  | Aseitas
Aseitas
3.5 [metallic sludge] has some features of metalcore but it's sludge based for sure + is the bandname supposed to be pronounced like asseaters? |
| 42 |  | Ryan Porter
The Optimist
3.5 [contemporary jazz] lacks the sence of urgency really great jazz has. Still this has distinct Kamasi features |
| 43 |  | Eagle Twin
The Thundering Heard (Songs of Hoof and Horn)
3.5 [sludgy stoner] sometimes the fuzz is so strong it all crumbles |
| 44 |  | Ross From Friends
Aphelion
3.5-3.0 [house] chill summervibes house |
| 45 |  | Irrelevant
Vague Memories II
3.0-3.5 [ambient dub] okay you've heard it before but it's still worth your time |
| 46 |  | Yikii
Gentle Nightmare
3.0 [experimental] Yikii back and is as haunting and spooky as ever |
| 47 |  | Mujeres Podridas
Sobredosis
3.0 [punk] classic punk with a noisy touch |
| 48 |  | Alexandra Milne
Back of Beyond
3.0 [house, UK garage] it's dancefloor ready with its prominent 4x4 for sure |
| 49 |  | Kate Carr
I Ended Out Moving To Brixton
3.0 [field recordings, ambient] A soundscape opera about relocation, urban space and gentrification. This release is dedicated to the people and organisations in Brixton working to protect all that is unique about this district. As the bandcamp page reads |
| 50 |  | Matthew Shipp
Zero
3.0 [piano jazz] Matthew goes solo and mad on the piano |
| 51 |  | Lore
Down the Well
3.0 [UK garage] I don't know about this genre tbh but this is okay. |
| 52 |  | Wim Dehaen
12 Elegies For Pierre Boulez / Ústí OST
3.0 [ambient soundtrack] scary tunes and ambient tunes |
| 53 |  | Mind over Mirrors
Bellowing Sun
3.0 [psychedelic] genre hopping af so it's a real trip |
| 54 |  | Tor Lundvall
A Dark Place
3.0 [dark ambient pop] sometimes instrumentally sounding like Fever Ray. Sometimes sad |
| 55 |  | Evidence
Weather or Not
3.0 [hip hop] classic vibe |
| 56 |  | Daniel Avery
Song for Alpha
3.0 [techno, house] feels like i should enjoy this more but something doesn't feel right about it but i can't understand what. |
| 57 |  | Angele David-Guillou
Mouvements Organiques
3.0 [classical ambient] is exactly what the title sais it's supposed to be |
| 58 |  | Golem Mecanique
Medea
3.0 [ambient, new age] choral arrangements and stuff, it's cool |
| 59 |  | RLYR
Actual Existence
3.0 [post rock] instrumental rock is ehm good i guess but nothing special |
| 60 |  | The Maghreban
01DEAS
3.0 [instrumental hip hop, house, techno etc] a mixed bag of electonics where some tracks stand out as really good and some are well eh… pretty meh. |
| 61 |  | Space Afrika
Somewhere Decent To Live
3.0 [dubstep] very chill with some bleeps and bloops |
| 62 |  | Blystex
Somos Salvajes
3.0 [hardcore punk] classic hardcore punk with spanish shouting is m/ |
| 63 |  | Janusz Jurga
Duchy Rogowca
3.0 [ambient techno] standard-esque |
| 64 |  | Hypno5e
Alba - Les Hombres Errantes
3.0 [folk, progressive] Hypn05e try folk |
| 65 |  | Goldmund
Occasus
3.0 [ambient] with some post rock and some classical thrown into it for good meassure. |
| 66 |  | Dame Cook
Music for Snow Days
3.0 [ambient] way too short to fit all the snow days we have in this god forsaken country |
| 67 |  | Chrome Sparks
Chrome Sparks
3.0 [electronic pop] sports some really nice tracks but also a lot of ehm not very engaging tracks |
| 68 |  | Caitlin Canty
Motel Bouquet
3.0 [country, americana] is pretty standard me thinks but enjoyable. Last track is best track. |
| 69 |  | Applied Science
We And The Devil
3.0-2.5 [hip hop] boom-bappin hard but could loose some excess fat, much like rappers overall. But is fun at places for sure. |
| 70 |  | Lights Out Asia
Alone Time
3.0-2.5 [post rock, ambient, new age] is ehm inoffensive to say the least |
| 71 |  | Moon Gangs
Earth Loop
3.0-2.5 [synthwave] is okay i guess |
| 72 |  | Solar Fields
Ourdom
3.0-2.5 [psy house, trance] am i making up genres now? Stick around for the full answer |
| 73 |  | Somta
Aarde
3.0-2.5 [ambient] pretty but nothing special and also it's too long for its own good |
| 74 |  | Devictus
An Anxious Light
3.5 [ambient] JS just gets better and better, this is almost 4 worthy - last minute entry for maximum exposure |
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