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so quiet
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summer and winter
(gusstaff)
contemplative, quiet, appeasing, melancholic, intimate, moving, delicate, cottony. a wonderful debut album (...)
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orchard & ponds
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snakes in the woodpile
(pandafuzz)
good influences, good realization, good songs, good atmospheres, but a lack of radicalism and originality fails to leave an imprint, even if the beauty and subtlety are present (...)
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helms
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secret doors
(plant & brains)
back to the time when rodan, slint, karate, blonde redhead, victory at sea or storm & stress were promoting this math-rock melodic approach. convincing and highly talented. (...)
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moscow olympics
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still 7inch
(fraction)
7 min and 30 seconds of pure euphoric pop. debut 7inch for this twee pop band from the philippines (...)
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sun kil moon
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april
(caldo verde)
convincing album for mark kozelek and a perfect record for old slowcore addicts (...)
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miyatani, daisuke / sawako
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hi bi non ne
(schole)
a promising collaboration of talented people with a highly disappointing result (...)
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idaho
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this way out
(caroline)
second album for this californian band, a classic slowcore album from 1994 (...)
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metal hearts
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socialize
(suicide squeeze)
precious indie album with subtlety, a sense of melodic urgency and a critical sense of honesty (...)
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baby panda
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enforcer
(unspeakable)
if david bazan has apparently stopped to challenge himself with pedro the lion, paul gonzenbach (jim yoshii pile-up) is already taking over with this promising new project (...)
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taiga remains
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descend from ivory cliffs
(waterscape)
relaxing dronescape of processed guitar from alex cobb, perfect music to fall asleep or for taking a warm bath with a glass of wine (...)
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talons'
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songs for babes
(bark and hiss)
(one of) the most important records of 2008 (?) : intimate, moving, different, melancholic, moving, warm and mysterious (...)
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fujimoto, yuichiro
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komorebi
(smalltown supersound)
introspective explorations with humility, melancholy, warmth, intimacy and a strong sense of existence (...)
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miyatani, daisuke
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fragments
(creation centre)
a magnificent short mp3 ep, full of warmth and intimacy, delicate and vaporous (...)
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new year, the
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the end is near
(touch & go)
return to this strong second album where they find a perfect balance between nineties indie rock and the slowcore of their bedhead years (...)
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belong
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tour ep
(self-released)
an addendum to their wonderful debut album (...)
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yamon yamon
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days like television ep
(tenderversion)
great influences (american football, death cab for cutie, sea & cake...), efficient production et dynamic melodies but a lack of depth and originality for this swedish band (...)
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trouble books
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selected early works
(bark and hiss)
a compilation of early recordings but this wonderful american band recalling the best parts of the sensitive and melancholic 90's us lo-fi / indie scene (...)
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trouble books
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distortion pedal
(bark and hiss)
debut album for this akron, ohio duo, unessential and dreamy, subtle and enticing, delicious like an unexpected rainbow after the rain (...)
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turnquist, alexander
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faint at the loudest hour
(vhf)
on his debut album, alexander turnquist offers a central role to the six and twelve strings acoustic guitar, giving to atmospheres, drones and electronic sounds a secondary even if essential role (...)
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turnquist, alexander
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apneic
(kning disk)
debut release for this young american musician, acoustic guitar lost in an ocean of beautiful drones and sound textures (...)
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golden hotel
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the silver wilderness
(self-released)
interesting album from the brothers cayce (flying canon, hotel alexis), recalling at times souled american, maquiladora or the supreme dicks (...)
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mangion, suzy
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the other side of the mountain
(pickled egg)
solo project from one member of george, recalling early 4ad records by his name is alive or this mortal coil, sadly not very refreshing or original (...)
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low
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songs for a dead pilot
(kranky)
for their first release on kranky, the slowcore trio opted for a sidestep, offering an experimental and uneasy ep (...)
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stars of the lid
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per aspera ad astra
(kranky)
return to this collaboration between the drone ambient duo and a painter (...)
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very hush hush, the
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evil milk
(sao bento)
a disappointing second album for the duo, further away from the electric guitar and melancholic intimacy of their debut ep (...)
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kepler
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between still sheets 7inch
(spectrasonicsound)
return to this marvelous and largely ignored debut seven inch by this canadian slowcore band (...)
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pacione, adam
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from stills to motion
(infraction)
an ambient album with drones and digitally processed layers, between soundscapes, shoegaze and electronica, seomtimes close to the stars of the lid or gas (...)
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putois
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the problem is not a problem anymore
(99 hours of secrets)
a new melancholic but less depressive album for bob mason, nice intimate indie lo-fi songwriting in the 90's vein (...)
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durutti column, the
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lc
(factory)
return to this second album of vini reilly, featuring a few wonderful classic melancholic tracks (...)
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idaho
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bayonet ep
(fingerpaint)
return to this ep, released between "this way out" and "three sheets to the wind", featuring a marvelous slowcore gem, "sliding past" (...)
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trouble books
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the united colors of
(bark and hiss)
mixing ambient sounds with sensitive indie pop songwriting, this band builds fresh textures and subtle structures for wonderful results (...)
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montgomery, roy
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scenes from the south island
(drunken fish)
return to his introspective and atmospheric debut solo album, a strong achievement, austere and inspiring (...)
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tiny microphone
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home
(best kept secret)
debut album for this solo project, clever shoegaze and intimate twee songwriiting (...)
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fenton
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pup
(plop)
return to this intimate and essential instrumental album by dan abrams (...)
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