Sniftember -17
Sput wyd? Where's the recs? 17 stuff i've been jamming this month. |
| 1 |  | Amenra
Mass VI
4.5 [post metal] It's the best band ever. |
| 2 |  | Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Luciferian Towers
4.0 [post rock] a bit hesitant to give this a 4 honestly. But it's GY!BE afterall. |
| 3 |  | Fallow
Trelu
4.0 [post metal, sludge] Much like Fe(a)llow countrymen Dirge but with some loose end influences thrown into the mix that really works well. |
| 4 |  | Lvmen
Mitgefangen Mitgehangen
4.0 [groove rock, post rock, sludge] A new Lvmen equals a new happy day |
| 5 |  | Melismetiq
Melismetiq
4.0 [jazz] flee flow between free form improv jazz and tasty melodies. This is rather accessible without losing it's integrity. I recommend it quite a lot frankly. |
| 6 |  | Celeste
Infidele(s)
4.0 [black metalcore] Their best one yet? One would think so. |
| 7 |  | Khmer
Larga Sombra
4.0-3.5 [crust] No pasaran! |
| 8 |  | Labelle (FR)
univers-île
4.0-3.5 [downtempo, ambient] tropical breezes ahoy. This is real neat. |
| 9 |  | Alder and Ash
Clutched in the Maw of the World
3.5-4.0 [contemporary and forward-thinking cello] With a band name that couldn't be more fitting for a forest worker like myself. |
| 10 |  | Snapped Ankles
The Best Light is the Last Light
3.5-4.0 [krautrock] I really recommend this if you are a fan of the genre |
| 11 |  | Helpless
Debt
3.5-4.0 [powerviolence, grind] much like many of the modern grind bands - but maybe better? |
| 12 |  | David Garner
Dark Holler
3.5-4.0 [contemporary classical] excerpt: Swarming, chromatic motives that are initially introduced in a stylistically ambiguous fashion reveal themselves as pent up seeds of full throated hoedowns. |
| 13 |  | Irreversible Entanglements
Irreversible Entanglements
3.5 [jazz, poetry] sound an awful lot like Matana Roberts. With a rhythm section with seldom seen drive and Moor Mother as pissed as ever. |
| 14 |  | Akercocke
Renaissance in Extremis
3.5 [black metal, death metal, avant-garde metal] holds up well in regards to their back catalogue. |
| 15 |  | DJ Python
Dulce Compania
3.5 [latino house] A versatile and chill outing that allayall electronic music fans should try. |
| 16 |  | Donald Hugh
Coast
3.5 [ambient] hits the spot. Field recordings and samples mixed with beautiful ambience. |
| 17 |  | Yikii
desolateness
3.5 [experimental, ambient] Sandwich with the most informative soundoff: Damn commies |
| 18 |  | Sheidim
Infamata
3.5 [black metal, death metal] cheesy but done right black metal with deathly influences |
| 19 |  | Schwefelgelb
Den Umgekehrten Atem
3.5 [EBM, industrial] does go pretty hard tbh in it's voidness of accentuations. |
| 20 |  | Rosetta
Utopioid
3.5 [post metal, post rock] I have a feeling this might grow on me. But for now I'm contempt with a 3.5 rating. |
| 21 |  | The National
Sleep Well Beast
3.5 [hipster pop] Can this band do no wrong or what? |
| 22 |  | Ufomammut
8
3.5 [psychedelic doom] the fuzz is strong in this one. So strong. Like literally the strongest. |
| 23 |  | Lumens
Lumens
3.5 [math rock] yes this is what math rock is all about. |
| 24 |  | Vargdod
Brutal Disciplin
3.5 [techno, industrial ish?] Varg back at it with Celldöd. Could this collab be anything but amazing? |
| 25 |  | Joseph Shabason
Atyche
3.5 [jazz, drone] electronic and eclectic mixes of jazz and drone are almost always sweet. And this is no exception |
| 26 |  | The Doomed Bird of Providence
Burrowed Into The Soft Sky
3.5 [post rock, drone] a journey that passes a lot of serene landscapes on the way to the market. |
| 27 |  | The War on Drugs
A Deeper Understanding
3.5 ["shoegazing"] Is this just Lost in the Dream without hits? |
| 28 |  | X.Y.R.
Reflections
3.5 [ambient] the sister album to the wonderful summer trip ambient album of Labyrinth |
| 29 |  | Replacire
Do Not Deviate
3.5 [progressive death metal] in the sense of osdm with a prog twist and modern production ;l |
| 30 |  | Sam Amidon
The Following Mountain
3.5 [experimental folk] just what folk needed to keep from getting stale and boring |
| 31 |  | Kalk
Kalk
3.5 [emoviolence] or should I say lime? Thus I have spoken. Freakish synth breaks that don't come of as cheesy in emoviolence is always a reason to like an album. |
| 32 |  | Vijay Iyer Sextet
Far from Over
3.5 [jazz] well done my lads. For you connoisseurs out there. |
| 33 |  | Motorpsycho
The Tower
3.5 [psych rock] starts of slow but in the end a worthwhile trip. |
| 34 |  | death's dynamic shroud.wmv
Heavy Black Heart
3.5 [glitchy] I 3.5 everything. This comes closest to Clarency Clarity of anything I've heard. Chopped out old pop songs gets justified. |
| 35 |  | Iona Fortune
Tao of I
3.5 [experimental, hard to pin down, downtempo] neat little sound collage almost. |
| 36 |  | Balmorhea
Clear Language
3.5 [post rock] really mellow post rock like labradford and grails to some extent. Checklycheck! |
| 37 |  | Pijn
Tanzaro House
3.5 [post metal] live studio recording - check it out if you dig the EP cos this is just as good with some interesting takes on post metal. |
| 38 |  | Strange Broue
Seance
3.5-3.0 [psych rock] how'd yall like some satanism in your rock? |
| 39 |  | Tera Melos
Trash Generator
3.0-3.5 [math rock] none of them twinkles, lots of them odd ball curve balls. A lot to discover in this but I don't really know if im up for it. |
| 40 |  | Lower Slaughter
What Big Eyes
3.0-3.5 [punk, kraut rock] for all of you lacking energy when fall arrives, check this! |
| 41 |  | Philippe Hallais
An American Hero
3.0-3.5 [experimental, electronic] feels like an improvised session. Rather noisy and glitchy. |
| 42 |  | Hexer (GER)
Cosmic Doom Ritual
3.0-3.5 [progressive doom] has some nice parts scattered throughout but it gets a bit too experminetal for me. |
| 43 |  | Guillermo Pizarro
Harmonic Poems
3.0 [noise, field recordings, drone] this is quite good actually but it never reaches those desirable heights. |
| 44 |  | The Flashbulb
Piety of Ashes
3.0 [downtempo, ambient, idm] a hella lot of genres done well. Not very engaging tho. |
| 45 |  | Kedr Livanskiy
Ariadna
3.0 [80's techno, dream pop] Is this Bonnie Tyler? Cos she's my new favorite artist! |
| 46 |  | Housewives
FF061116
3.0 [post punk, drone] almost like a Swans lite. Angular and unsettling. |
| 47 |  | Jilk
Joy in the End
3.0 [techno, downtempo] chill them waves for me. It's okay I guess but not the best in the genre. |
| 48 |  | Pessimist (UK)
Pessimist
3.0 [drum and bass] picks up speed about halfway through after a meh start. Motivates a good rating at least. |
| 49 |  | Sambor
Umbra
3.0 [electronic, indie pop] hard to pin down but some nice mellow tracks and some tracks that don't really do much for me |
| 50 |  | Ghost Toast
Out of This World
3.0 [progressive rock, post rock] too much prog influences to be reaching any real heights |
| 51 |  | Chelsea Wolfe
Hiss Spun
3.0 [gothic] Rather jam Wovenhand tbh. |
| 52 |  | John Luther Adams
Canticles of the Holy Wind
3.0 [classical] choral arrangements are beaut but ultimately rather uninteresting and overlong |
| 53 |  | Gigan
Undulating Waves of Rainbiotic Iridescence
3.0-2.5 [dissonant prog death] overlong and tedious but with some cool features. |
| 54 |  | Big Brave
Ardor
3.0-2.5 [drone, sludge, post rock] singer sounds like Emma Ruth Rundle, music is basic and not very engaging. Still +0.5 for cool effort |
| 55 |  | Mastodon
Cold Dark Place
3.0-2.5 [psych/prog rock] band has lost its bearings but still they make good stuff I think but to be fair this is rather bland. |
| 56 |  | Vattnet
Vattnet
2.5-3.0 [prog metal, heavy metal] ultra gay tryna be Rosetta and So Hideous + slowed down Maiden metal. Gotta give it to them they write catchy choruses tho. |
| 57 |  | Expander
Endless Computer
2.5 [progpunk, thrash, spacejam] with a dance band sounding name and riffs for days this still turns out rather middle o the road. |
| 58 |  | Manchester Orchestra
A Black Mile to the Surface
2.5 [pitchfork pop] More like Manchester Borechestra amirite? |
| 59 |  | Comeback Kid
Outsider
2.5 ["hardcore"] more like Outblander amirite? No wait that didn't work out the way I wanted it to. |
| 60 |  | Monarch (FRA)
Never Forever
2.5 [doom, drone, goth] like it goes on FOREVER and like it NEVER ends. See what I did there? Also this is boring ass doom metal. |
| 61 |  | Fatuous Rump
Propagation Of The Foul
2.0-2.5 [goregrind] the most uninspired piece in the genre probably so Sach will dig most likely. Caustic Anatomized Stench is a highlight. |
| 62 |  | Barcelona (ESP)
Un Último Ultrasonido Nació Y Murió En Barcelona
2.0 [noise punk] this just isn't good. Even if I get what's behind it. |
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