2010
Best initiates into the invisi-trope of 2011. Pre-apocalyptic praise for this year’s new crop… of the krautish, psych-like, drone-related, folk-induced, sludgy, drudgy, shellacked, brainfrozen, soothing, toothing.. and generally worthy of your attention….
Here are their releases from 2010… keep an eye out!
MMOSS (Dover, New Hampshire) - i (Burger Records) http://mmoss.bandcamp.com
The Fedavees (Cambridge, MA)- Night Cows (Self Released) http://thefedavees.bandcamp.com
Total Slacker (Brooklyn, NY)- Crystal Necklace 7” (Impose Records) http://myspace.com/totalslackerband
Sun Araw (Los Angeles, CA)- On Patrol (Not Not Fun) http://sunaraw.com
The Needy Visions (Boston, MA)- Needy Visions LP (Motorcycle/Bodies of Water) http://theneedyvisions.com
Nude Sunrise (Chicago, IL)- Hunks Like Us (Cat People) http://nudesunrise.bandcamp.com
Sri Aurobindo (Baltimore, MD)- Cave Painting (Friends Records) http://myspace.com/sriaurobindo
Herbcraft (Portland, Maine)- Herbcraft Discovers The Bitter Waters Of Agartha (Hello Sunshine) http://herbcraft.bandcamp.com
White Fence (San Francisco, CA)- White Fence (Woodsist) http://myspace.com/whitefenceband
(technically not out yet but keep an eye out for this brilliant man’s new album, my 73 year old friend Biff Rose…cult status. the manson family used to have orgies to his music…)
Biff Rose (New Orleans, LA) The Thorn 2 www.biffrose.com
A prediction for next year: COAGULATION, INTIMATE DISTANCES, GOAL-REACHING, TREMOLO.
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