Eclectic Vibes
by Andrew Frey
8889 - Zoology
8889Zoology
Label: Self Released
Singer/songwriter styled alt/indie rock from Madison. This follow-up to their MAMA winning debut album finds a well-defined, well-thought through chunk of moody alt music. For my ear candy I prefer a bit more intensity and cleverness.
• 8889 WebsiteMelvins - Nude With Boots
MelvinsNude With Boots
Label: Ipecac Recordings
Repeating the lineup of their prior release, King Buzzo and crew blast through a perky platter of lowbrow musical adjectives and adverbs to arise victorious and refreshed after the 872nd year of the band’s existence. Viva La Melvins!
• The Melvins Website • The Melvins WikiMock Orange - Captain Love
Mock OrangeCaptain Love
Label: Wednesday Records
Casting an indie rock aura for meters in all directions, this tried and true band has weathered thru a lawsuit from George Lucas (for their Dead Droid Record Label) and come out crafty, quirky and generally plucky.
• Mock Orange Website • Mock Orange WikiNatalia Zukerman - Brand New Frame
Natalia ZukermanBrand New Frame
Label: Weasel Records
It is a bit of a conundrum how the daughter of a flutist and a violinist manages to find herself producing tantalizing bluesy guitar rock driven by her husky vocals. Her Americana attitude intermingles with a country and folk backbone while being complimented by the Willy Porter production.
• Natalia Zukerman Website • Natalia Zukerman WikiScifi - Scifi
ScifiScifi
Label: Coma Gun Music
Spaced out, mostly non-vocal jam rock that finds footholds in the jazz, funk, soul and techno world. At times the floaty jazzy grooves have whisked me off to a distant planet of fuzz, love and murmur. Delightful!
• Scifi Website- Drown Out The Daylights
Drown Out The Daylights
Label: Crustacean Records
Highlighting the cream of their musical crop, Crustacean Records (Wisconsin’s most prolific and longest lasting punk/indie label) provides us with a double DVD visual vanguard for 10 of their most amazing performers. Over 2 ½ hours long with tons of extras.
• WebsiteEmory Joseph - Fennario - Songs By Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter
Emory JosephFennario - Songs By Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter
Label: Iris Records
Dead fan or not (and I’m not) these 12 cherry-picked tunes culled from Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter’s considerable repertoire form a charming selection of what these legendary song writers and performers are all about. Well produced, good sounding and chock full of guest musicians.
• Emory Joseph WebsiteLegendary Pink Dots - Plutonium Blonde
Legendary Pink DotsPlutonium Blonde
Label: ROIR
Disquieting platitudes from the sardonic seedy underbelly of pop music adoration. Edward Ka-Spel and crew spin tales of gothic disturbances that uproot and empower unknown musical pathways to your brain.
• Legendary Pink Dots Website • Legendary Pink Dots WikiInfernofonic - Spark It Up
InfernofonicSpark It Up
Label: Godlyke Distribution
Empowered female vocals from Elaine Tuttle lead the charge for this hard rockin, metal outfit. The big rock riffs and punchy drums blast out some decent grooves, but they shine when flirting their edgier, experimental facets.
Teddy Presberg - Blueprint of Soul
Teddy PresbergBlueprint of Soul
Label: Ropeadope Records
A flowing improvisational funk-jam experience created as a musical impression of Portland; all done in one take. Quite an impressive excursion into the instrumental psychedelic jam rock realm
• Teddy Presberg Website • Teddy Presberg WikiZach Hill - Astrological Straits
Zach HillAstrological Straits
Label: Ipecac Recordings
This tumultuous solo project by “Hella” drummer provides a blizzard of percussion and inventive sideline groove activities that are turbo-charged up by an eclectic selection of guest musicians, including Les Claypool, Jonathon Hicshke and Steve Borth. Zowie!
• Zach Hill WikiAbney Park - Lost Horizons
Abney ParkLost Horizons
Label: Self Released
Forerunners of the oncoming “Steampunk Artistic Movement,” this Seattle outfit takes flight with a story of roving time travelers and airship pirates while gallivanting through and amalgamating the most admirable traits of a variety of genres including gothic, gypsy rock, punk, industrial, and electronica. Eclectic, elegant and unique.
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