Sea Oleena. Sleeplessness (bridgetown records, 2011)
"Montréal multi-instrumentalist Charlotte Oline makes hushed folk as Sea
Oleena" but to end the description there is an understatement. Her
unique style of folk is lovingly draped in a refined blend of shoegaze
and ambient melodies that cradle fragile song structures and lyrical
interplay. Seemingly simple songs have layers of textures that swirl,
vanish and return like clouds in the wind." Pitchfork
http://www.bridgetownrecords.info/
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La Ligne Claire. La Ligne Claire (los emes del oso, 2011)
"A new-ish/no-ish French band plunks together unsteady
junkshop/Dumpstered songs with a loose togetherness that can only come
from practice, but an amateurish sensibility that says otherwise
(members hover around the 18-year-old mark). My first instinct was Magik
Markers territory, but the strictness of the drumming (played slowly,
not an easy feat) and the consistency of themes within tell me
otherwise: these two women and two men are in the process of writing
their own musical language out of some fairly warped parts. No Wave to
the core, but they’ve got better things to do than stand around trying
to peel paint. Great effort that’ll appeal to a lot of you looking for
something weird." Doug Mosurock
http://bruit-direct.org/category/la-ligne-claire/
http://los.emes.del.oso.free.fr/
Audio.
03. Balayage Corporel (mp3)
Tale 387! /
Official Download
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Lichen Gumbo. Earthborn Jinzo (avant archive, 2012)
"Lichen Gumbo is a rock’n’roll duo from unmapped rural Finland, where
mystical muddy swamps and aurora borealis lit skylines mix with low
signal sitcoms from overseas. No time for mumbo jumbo, just straight
forward shredding here. These songs are about existential longing for
god forsaken roadhouses and weird bohemian parties. Lichen Gumbo is the
sound of blasting through the dusty roads of Savo with Pappa-Tunturi." Full of Nothing
http://lichengumbo.tumblr.com/
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Old Time Relijun. Lost Light (k records, 2003)
"The latest incarnation of a band that keeps re-inventing itself, while
remaining true to their axis of emotional divinity. The beauty lies
deeply ingrained in a jubilant outpouring of thunderclouds and crowns of
thorns and tumbling bags of bones. The addition of drummer Rives Elliot to the kettle containing Arrington de Dionyso (guitar, voice and woodwinds) and Aaron Hartman (double bass) provides the music of Old Time Relijun
with a resounding thud heard across the dance floor. This is a band of
musicians who create, improvise and communicate. Sure, the noise and
confusion of previous Old Time Relijun outings are maintained here, but the clarity of Lost Light
lifts it through the skylight of destruction to a world you've never
visited before. Judge it deep, thick, luscious, feral; there are still
no rules to the instinctual sounds of Old Time Relijun, it's an unforced force for inner peace through catharsis."
Take 386!
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