1 |
Staatspunkrott |
"Vom Tod" |
Phoenix Effekt |
Throaty German punk from Staatspunkrott. |
2 |
The A.M. Experiment |
"Bells and Drums (Rehersal Version)" |
Music for Gardening EP |
Ambient beepiness by The A.M. Experiment. |
3 |
Sølve Styve |
"Hidden Places" |
single |
Mew-like yearning pop by Sølve Styve. |
4 |
Mauro Scocco |
"Det här ögonblicket" |
single |
Slithering atmospheric throwback pop by Swedish Italian Mauro Sococco. |
5 |
ROMANS |
"Uh Huh" |
single |
Jerky way-post-punk by ROMANS. |
6 |
Adam Rickfors |
"Heartbeats" |
Heartbeats +1 |
Big Trance glassiness by Adam Rickfors. |
7 |
Ghost B.C. |
"Cirice" |
single |
Ghost B.C. going slightly softly prog. |
8 |
Mas Ysa |
"Margarita" |
single |
Airy synth-pop by Mas Ysa. |
9 |
House Of Lords |
"Go to Hell" |
Indestructible |
Sturdy melodic hard rock by House of Lords. |
10 |
Tremonti |
"Radical Change" |
Cauterize |
Tuneful hard-rock-core by Tremonti, who I would have skipped if I knew they were connected to Creed, but I didn't, and apparently it doesn't matter. |
11 |
Gorgoroth |
"Radix malorum" |
Instinctus Bestialis |
There is a new Gorgoroth album. |
12 |
Dead of Night |
"Touched by the Hand of God" |
The Dead Shall Rise |
Do you feel like gothic symphonic metal is never quite fast enough? Dead of Night might be. |
13 |
Elyose |
"Femme de verre" |
Ipso Facto |
Do you feel like gothic symphonic metal is never quite French enough? Elyose might be. |
14 |
Child Of Caesar |
"Defector" |
Love in Black |
Do you miss when gothic metal meant Sentenced and HIM? Try Child of Caesar. |
15 |
Amanita Virosa |
"My Slightest Hope" |
Asystole |
Do you like choky melodic black death speed symphonic metal? Of course you do. Amanita Virosa. |
16 |
Basilisk |
"My Dying World" |
Traumland |
Would you listen to at least one song by any band called Basilisk? |
17 |
Ecnephias |
"The Firewalker" |
Ecnephias |
Black metal? Progressive metal? Yes. Ecnephias. |
18 |
Montrose (U.K) |
"Underperformer" |
Monster Under The Bed 6 |
Oh, fuck, some new band really did name themselves "Montrose". Change your name, Montrose. You're a good return-of-British-rock band with a name somebody already used. |
19 |
Broken Field Runner |
"Peace Offerings" |
single |
Chirpy punk-boy-pop by Broken Field Runner. |
20 |
Sea Cycles |
"Epiphany on an Insignificant Matter" |
Ground & Air |
Soundtracky post-rock by Sea Cycles. |
21 |
Patrick Bolton |
"Restless - Original mix" |
Introspection LP |
Rumbling illbience by Patrick Bolton. |
22 |
eleKtroFish |
"Shaky" |
single |
Solid old-school synth-pop by eleKtroFish. |
23 |
Ratboys |
"Tixis" |
AOID |
Blake Babies-ish lo-fi Chicago pop by Ratboys. |
24 |
Ryn Weaver |
"Runaway" |
The Fool |
Ambitious quirk-pop debut album finally out from Ryn Weaver. |
25 |
Edurne |
"Amanecer" |
Adrenalina |
Latin arena-pop by Edurne. |
26 |
LOKA |
"CALLING" |
single |
Soaring j-rock by LOKA. |
27 |
[Alexandros] |
"Wataridori" |
A.L.X.D |
More soaring j-rock by Alexandros. |
28 |
LIA |
"The Same Mistakes" |
single |
Deliriously twitchy popstep by LIA. |
29 |
Au5 |
"Inside (feat. Danyka Nadeau)" |
single |
Robo-trance by Au5 and Danyka Nadeau. |
30 |
La Fuga |
"Mi Perdición" |
single |
Lavishly bedraggled Spanish rock by La Fuga. |
31 |
Motion City Soundtrack |
"TKO" |
single |
Vaguely Weezer-ish indie rock by Motion City Soundtrack. |
32 |
East India Youth |
"BEAMING WHITE" |
single |
East India Youth going Pet Shop Boys. |
33 |
The Bunny The Bear |
"Lover's Touch" |
Lover's Touch / It's Not Always Cold in Buffalo (Revisited) 2 |
Pop-screamo howlings by The Bunny the Bear. |
34 |
of Verona |
"Stay Gold" |
Amazing! Mixtape |
A thing called a "mixtape" but it's a new Of Verona album a new Of Verona album omg. |
35 |
Mates of State |
"Staring Contest" |
You're Going To Make It 5 |
Gorgeous indietronic pop-duet EP by Mates of State. |
36 |
The Animal In Me |
"I Really Like You" |
single |
Crunch pop-metal cover-specialists The Animal in Me do "I Really Like You". |
37 |
Tabu |
"Escúchame" |
Destino |
Spanish throwback-metal bluster from Tabú. |
38 |
Alex Ferreira |
"Naturaleza" |
Cinema Tropical |
Sunny electro-latino shimmer from Alex Ferreira. |
39 |
Kalii Palmer |
"What a Day to Shake a Heartache" |
Maybe I Just Might |
Kalii Palmer reposessing her pop-country gem "What a Day to Shake a Heartache". |
40 |
Bad Cop, Bad Cop |
"Nightmare" |
Not Sorry |
Scratchy female-led punk blasts from Bad Cop, Bad Cop. |
41 |
Tempel |
"Carvings in the Door" |
The Moon Lit Our Path |
Tangled crypto-metal from Tempel. |
42 |
Empty Flowers |
"Calling Her Sober" |
Four |
Imagine Fugazi morphing into Explosions in the Sky, but calling themselves Empty Flowers. |
43 |
Six Part Invention |
"Feelings Don't Last" |
single |
I don't know why I like this drippy soft-pop thing, but I really do. |
44 |
Warcrab |
"In This Iron Tomb" |
Ashes of Carnage |
Metal like you're being pushed down a mountain inside a cardboard box. |
45 |
The Anthem |
"Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things" |
In It to Win It |
The Anthem polish emo until it glows softly and unthreateningly. |
46 |
Lucifer |
"Abracadabra" |
Lucifer I |
Lucifer take doom into elegance. |
47 |
amenoto |
"Gyaku Entropy" |
Gyaku Entropy +2 |
Non-anime-ish Japanese indie-pop by amenoto. |
48 |
Heavenside |
"Behind the Mirror" |
A Long Way To The Stepline |
HIM crossed with Gamma Ray gets you Heavenside. |
49 |
Stormhammer |
"Glory Halls of Valhalla" |
Echoes of a Lost Paradise |
Anything crossed with Stormhammer gets you Stormhammer. |
50 |
Nergard |
"Lights and Shadows" |
A Bit Closer to Heaven |
Understated progressive-metal by Nergard. |
51 |
machigerita |
"Innocentia" |
single |
If this is vocaloid, the robots may already be among us. |
52 |
Aedliga |
"Unprotected Cities" |
single |
And of course you've all been waiting for MY OWN NEW SONG! Here it is. |