35 under the radar 2016.
Rec me 2016 stuff. Varying degrees of under the radar-ness.
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| 1 |  | Public Memory
Wuthering Drum
Some kind of twisted dark post rock, electronic lovechild.
3.5/5 |
| 2 |  | Irezumi
Thirty
Cute ambient.
3.5/5 |
| 3 |  | KETEV
Traces of Weakness
Dark ambient with a touch of house, delicious.
4.5/5 |
| 4 |  | Feed Me Jack
Ultra Ego
Fun math rock. Aquire for free over here http://feedmejack.com/album/ultra-ego.
3.5/5 |
| 5 |  | Fire!
She Sleeps, She Sleeps
Amazing free jazz with some boundaries too.
4/5 |
| 6 |  | Bent Sorensen
Snowbells
Classical with a touch of modernism.
3/5 |
| 7 |  | Applescal
Leone Highway
Some form of "tropical house", IDM stuff. Well worth a spin for the textures.
3.5/5 |
| 8 |  | Surgeon
From Farthest Known Objects
Techno and maybe some house in that mix.
3.5/5 |
| 9 |  | This Is Nowhere
Music to Relapse
Garage rock, stoner rock, jam rock. You know the drill.
3.5/5 |
| 10 |  | Daniel Wohl
Holographic
Ambient, electronic and textures.
4/5 |
| 11 |  | Dextro
In the Crossing
Slow moving post rock, ambient.
4/5 |
| 12 |  | Waclaw Zimpel
Lines
Jazz played like jazz isn't usually played.
3.5/5 |
| 13 |  | GIAL
Uppgorelse/Frigorelse
Noisy ambient from rural Sweden.
3/5 |
| 14 |  | Ukandanz
Awo
Amazing combination of rock, jazz and some stonier riffs. On top of that the singing...
4/5 |
| 15 |  | Healthspin
Radiance
Downtempo, ambient. For free over at https://healthspin.bandcamp.com.
4/5 |
| 16 |  | Cavern of Anti-Matter
void beats / invocation trex
A mixture of groovy genres, some funky beats, some electronic. Very dance friendly even though the length is pretty hard to digest.
3.5/5 |
| 17 |  | Carpadium
What You Need
Super fun and well executed math rock. Get it for free over here. https://carpadium.bandcamp.com/.
4/5 |
| 18 |  | April Rain
a melting snowman EP
Post Rock that's a treat to the ears.
3.5/5 |
| 19 |  | NA
Cellar
Bass heavy house, dubstep.
3.5/5 |
| 20 |  | Anenon
Petrol
Electronic jazz. Well worth a try.
3.5/5 |
| 21 |  | Qluster
Echtzeit
Krautrock and some electronic.
3/5 |
| 22 |  | Making Fuck
A Harrowing End
Sludge, doom in the vein of SubRosa. Amazing.
4/5 |
| 23 |  | Average Rap Band
El Sol
Fun aussie rap with a couple of really great tracks. Found for free over here. https://averagerapband.bandcamp.com/album/el-sol
3/5 |
| 24 |  | Amnesia Scanner
AS
Electronic, glitchy, grime smelling, all over the place-amaze. A really tasty jam.
4/5 |
| 25 |  | Henry Threadgill's Ensamble Double Up
Old Locks and Irregular Verbs
Jazz in an interesting form.
4/5 |
| 26 |  | Colin Stetson
Sorrow - Reimagining of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony
It's not even funny how good the first track is. Post rock, experimental jazz, remake.
4/5 |
| 27 |  | Cities of Mars
Celestial Mistress
A fun stoner rock jam.
3.5/5 |
| 28 |  | Pyramido
Vatten
Pyramido finally living up to their potential. Doom, sludge, post metal and such.
4/5 |
| 29 |  | Body Sculptures
A Body Turns to Eden
Dark ambient of the finest sort.
4/5 |
| 30 |  | Jizue
Story
You know this jazz, post rock combo. Get on it now.
4/5 |
| 31 |  | Klara Lewis
Too
A lot less dance friendly than her debut. A lot more dark textures. I like it. Dark ambient.
4/5 |
| 32 |  | Erik Levander
Halv
Dark ambient. Check this out for sure if you like those ambient soundscapes.
4/5 |
| 33 |  | Raime
Tooth
Darkness, ambient, minimal and such things.
4/5 |
| 34 |  | Dan Lissvik
Midnight
Funky dance music. First track could be the most dance-able song all year.
3.5/5 |
| 35 |  | Apathy
Handshakes With Snakes
Hip-hop. Apathy return with a more focused and enjoyable release than last time he went solo. Lyrics are mostly on point.
3.5/5 |
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