Sun Araw - On Patrol

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Sun Araw - On Patrol [2010]
lo-fi, psych drone
v0

Last.fm calls this "Creepster" music (Creepy+Hipster). That's a pretty rad description for it, actually. Lo-fi tribal drones. I would guess that if you did some sort of mind-altering substance while listening to this it would be quite the experience.

01 Ma Holo
02 Beat Cop
03 The Stakeout (feat. W. Giacchi)
04 Conga Mind
05 Deep Cover
06 High Slide
07 The Stakeout: Reprise (feat. W. Giacchi)
08 Dimension Alley
09 Holodeck Blues

The Parasails - Skylife

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The Parasails - Skylife [2009]
lo-fi, ambient, psychedelic, borderline chillwave
v0

Seriously some really good stuff, highly recommended to anyone who likes lo-fi electronic stuff

01 Skylife 1
02 Skylife 2
03 Skylife 3
04 Skylife 4
05 Skylife 5
06 Skylife 6
07 Skylife 7
08 Skylife 8
09 Skylife 9

CFCF - Continent

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CFCF - Continent [2008]
chillwave, lo-fi, synthpop
192

Part of a series on Introduction to Chillwave

01 Raining Patterns
02 Big Love
03 Invitation To Love
04 Summerlong
05 You Hear Colours
06 Monolith
07 Half Dreaming
08 Letters Home
09 Break-In
10 Come Closer
11 Snake Charmer
12 Half Dreaming Reprise

Washed Out

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Washed Out - Life Of Leisure [2009]
chillwave, lo-fi, synthpop
320

Part of a series on Introduction to Chillwave

01 Get Up
02 New Theory
03 Hold Out
04 Feel It All Around
05 Lately
06 You'll See It






Washed Out - High Times [2009]
chillwave, lo-fi, synthpop
v0

Part of a series on Introduction to Chillwave

01 Belong
02 Good Luck
03 Phone Call
04 Olivia
05 Clap Intro
06 Luck
07 It's Kate's Birthday
08 You Will Be Sad
09 Yeah

Indian Summer - Hidden Arithmetic

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Indian Summer - Hidden Arithmetic [2008]
quaking amplitudes, college radio, wrenching guts, c-c-c-c-combobreaker
224vbr


This is emotional hardcore. I sing the praises of this record at any given opportunity. Indian Summer were a short-lived Californian rock band who recorded a handful of songs and played a handful of shows and then burnt out. This record (and this is the LP, not the CD which is different) features a radio set and a live performance. It's loose and lo-fi and just exploding with passion. A must have for fans of Saetia, The Saddest Landscape or Slint. The vinyl is worth picking up; all screen-printed inserts and hilarious liner notes.


All tracks are untitled. Running time is 55 minutes.

Park Ave. - When Jamie Went to London... We Broke Up

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Park Ave. - When Jamie Went to London... We Broke Up [1999]
twee, middle-school, Xs and Os
192


Baby-faced Nebraskans. Jamie Williams (now Pressnall) and Neely Jenkins of Tilly and the Wall, Clark Baechle of The Faint and Conor... something of that band Bright Times, when they were all young and adorable. Boy/girl harmonies and catchy guitar lines. I love this record.

"Theme Song" (0:18)
"All Boy Band" (3:33)
"She's an Actress?" (2:47)
"December Snapshots" (2:10)
"She Teaches Art?" (1:57)
"My Sick Complainant" (3:11)
"It's a Life" (1:46)
"Invitation to a Closet" (3:47)
"Lachrymose Obsequious Vehement Elated" (3:44)

Arrowwood - Hemlock And Spindle Flower

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Arrowwood - Hemlock And Spindle Flower [2006]
lo-fi, folk, forest-tunes, ancient-rites
192

Not so much druid-rock as Natural Snow Buildings, although it gives a similar vibe - but with less snow. Deep forest primal dancing.

Also, pssssst! It's a girl.

01 In Ruin (3:39)
02 Treasure Ghost (1:44)
03 From The Branch Of A Hemlock Tree (3:21)
04 Blackbird (2:32)
05 Buried (1:56)
06 I Was Born In The Forest (2:19)
07 Moths (1:33)
08 All Things Rise (4:30)
09 Sub Umbra Alarum (2:35)
10 Mount Tabor Dream Maze (2:15)
11 Ringsel (2:17)
12 Mountain Water (1:59)
13 Clumsy Dance: Intro (0:37)
14 Clumsy Dance (7:44)

Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom

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Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom [2008]
lo-fi, folk, foggy forest mountainside
v0

Mount Eerie is bomb. I'm gonna see him on Friday. Check out the site too, lots of rad stuff to see and buy.

I'll upload more if you like.

01 Lost Wisdom
02 Voice In Headphones
03 You Swan, Go On
04 Who?
05 Flaming Home
06 What?
07 If We Knew...
08 With My Hands Out
09 O My Heart
10 Grave Robbers

TwinSisterMoon

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TwinSisterMoon - When Stars Glide Through Solid [2008]
lo-fi, primal-folk, druid-rock, extremely-limited-core
v0

Ha! Moar Lo-Fi he says.

TwinSisterMoon is the solo project of one of the guys in Natural Snow Buildings. More folk, less drone. Campfire music.

1 I Wish I Could Drown The World In Reverberation (4:18)
2 To Breath Underwater (4:42)
3 Frozen Rose (1:29)
4 The Vampire Of Suburbia (10:25)
5 Demonized Nature (4:21)
6 Burn The Place Of The Heart (2:05)
7 The Bitch Is Dead (2:45)
8 Ojibway Ghost Trail Song (4:10)
9 Cruel Brother (5:57)
10 Komuzo (2:50)
11 In Anatomical Order (1:34)
12 Comets (3:02)
13 When Stars Glide Through Solid (6:08)
14 Amikuk (3:37)






TwinSisterMoon - The Hollow Mountain [2009]
lo-fi, tribal-drone, inuit-funk, wilderness-jams
v0

The newest album. I fell asleep to it once, it was weird. Highly recommended... not the falling asleep, just listening in general.

01 Druids (4:25)
02 Sun Snaring (4:19)
03 Grrand (2:20)
04 The Hollow Mountain (4:59)
05 Walhalla (6:04)
06 Bride Of The Spirits (1:14)
07 Unseen Seen (2:20)
08 To The Green Pastures (Of The Land Of The Dead) (8:07)
09 Conjuring (7:49)

Nurses - Apple's Acre

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Nurses - Apple's Acre [2008]
indie rock, lo-fi, psych-pop
v0

For me, Nurses conjure up the idea that they're what Woods would sound like if they got a bit poppier and electric-instrument-happy. Thus, I am a fan, and I enjoy this album.

01 Technicolor [3:40]
02 Mile After Mile [4:17]
03 Caterpiller Playground [2:50]
04 Man At Arms [3:42]
05 Apple's Acre [3:12]
06 Bright Ideas [2:44]
07 What Then [3:04]
08 Winter [4:07]
09 Lita [3:37]
10 Orange Cymbals [4:25]

Woods - How To Survive In / In The Woods

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Woods - How To Survive In / In The Woods [2007]
folk, lo-fi
v2

This band has made my week completely not suck. Good going, dudes.

(I just made this exact same post, left the house for a while, and then finished publishing it, only to come and find Nat posted the very same thing while I was gone, with the same tags and everything. I chuckled.)

Woods is just/just great. It is the words lo-fi embodied in music. Has a very Grouper or Pocahaunted feel to it, while also being very Iron and Wine uppity folk goodness. It's quite a trip and pleasant. People who call it "psychedelic" can shove it.

01 Holes (1:59)

02 Kid's Got Heart (2:45)

03 How To Survive In (3:16)

04 8-5 5-10 (1:59)

05 Silence Is Golden (3:17)

06 Keep It On (3:18)

07 God Hates The Faithless (4:01)

08 Angel's Trumpet (5:01)

09 Broke (2:45)

10 I Get By (1:50)

11 In The Woods (3:05)

12 Make Time For Kitty (3:20)

13 Holier Than No One (5:06)