New Particles hand-snatched from the tube of the Large Genre Collider for the week ending 2015-09-04. This is what I am listening to in the universe where I have time to listen to all of this and still everything else.
| 1 |
Crimson Sun |
"The Storm" |
Towards the Light |
Glorious Finnish gothic symphonic metal stomp from Crimson Sun. |
| 2 |
Cape Lion |
"We Got out in Time" |
Corinth 6 |
Giddy metropopolis sparkle from Cape Lion. |
| 3 |
Skyharbor |
"Out of Time" |
single |
Anthmic djent swoons from Skyharbor. |
| 4 |
Arma Del Amor |
"The Watcher" |
Arma Del Amor |
Simmery deconstructed soul self-assembling into gauzestep by Arma Del Amor. |
| 5 |
Boo Seeka |
"Deception Bay" |
single |
Lilty, vaguely Twin-Shadow-ish big-screen electropop by Boo Seeka. |
| 6 |
Merve Özbey |
"Yaş Hikayesi" |
Yaş Hikayesi |
Turkey should stage a triumphant return to Eurovision with this majestic trance-pop flourish by Merve Özbey. |
| 7 |
Publicist UK |
"Cowards" |
Forgive Yourself |
Publicist UK taking post-punk past the post into a new lumbering noise. |
| 8 |
Olivera |
"Hearts Like This" |
single |
Breathythumpy meditative dance-pop from Olivera. |
| 9 |
Astropol |
"Just Before Our Love Got Lost" |
single |
Loopy, ghosty minimalist indietronica by Astropol. |
| 10 |
Grace Acladna |
"London" |
Songs of the Subconscious 4 |
Clackety post-world monologues by Grace Acladna. |
| 11 |
Cardiknox |
"Doors" |
single |
Cardiknox would like the attention of Lorde and Charli XCX fans please. |
| 12 |
Jack Dalton |
"Inherit Repetition" |
Past Swallows Love |
Screamo angularity by Jack Dalton. |
| 13 |
Kid Cadaver |
"Ropes" |
Roam 5 |
Arena indietronica by Kid Cadaver. |
| 14 |
Druid Cloak |
"Throne Wars" |
Lore: Book Two |
Ambient epicore by Druid Cloak. |
| 15 |
MALKA |
"Into the Night" |
Marching to Another Beat |
Oblique introspective crashing tUnE-yArDs percussive ethereality by MALKA. |
| 16 |
Soviet Soviet |
"Together" |
Together/Ecstasy 2 |
Old-school synth-goth by Soviet Soviet. |
| 17 |
Potty Mouth |
"Cherry Picking" |
Potty Mouth EP 5 |
Alt-throwback popgaze by Potty Mouth. |
| 18 |
Little Mix |
"Hair" |
single |
Little Mix are still the best talent-show band. |
| 19 |
Joseph Arthur |
"Keep on Rockin' in the Free World" |
single |
Joseph Arthur think you need a chillwave version of Keep on Rockin' in the Free World and I think he is right. |
| 20 |
Lady Leshurr |
"Queen's Speech 3" |
single |
Over-rhymed but razorsharply-timed grime flow by Lady Leshurr. |
| 21 |
Wiley |
"Step 2001" |
single |
...and the more frantic, headlong version by Wiley. |
| 22 |
The A.M. Experiment |
"Mono No Aware" |
Brown Studies |
Slow noises by The A.M. Experiment. |
| 23 |
Joe Jackson |
"The Blue Time" |
single |
Joe Jackson recaptures the essence of a Joe Jackson song. |
| 24 |
Amorphis |
"Under the Red Cloud" |
Under the Red Cloud |
Amorphis goes full epic progressive gothic melodic folk death everything. |
| 25 |
Omnium Gatherum |
"Skyline" |
single |
Methodical MDM crush by Omnium Gatherum. |
| 26 |
Sharon Doorson |
"Dance Dance Dance" |
single |
Swoopy ABBA-as-trance-catharsis dance-strut by Sharon Doorson. |
| 27 |
Halo Tora |
"The Bones That Rock the Cradle" |
Omni\One |
Atmospheric post-emo by Halo Tora. |
| 28 |
Wei Wei |
"เสียงความคิดถึง" |
single |
Wei Wei demonstrates the simple power of adding huge booming kettle drums to a soft pop song. |
| 29 |
Cronómetrobudú |
"Ama-Gi" |
Ama-Gi |
Expansive post-folk-metal rock by Cronometrobudú. |
| 30 |
Venetian Snares |
"Your Face When I Finally" |
Your Face |
Drum and bass and circuitry by Venetian Snares. |
| 31 |
lynch. |
"Eternity" |
Eternity +2 |
J-gothic j-rock by lynch. |
| 32 |
Divine Ascension |
"Dawn Brings No Mercy" |
Liberator |
Progressive symphonic power metal by Divine Ascension. |
| 33 |
Symphonic Destiny |
"Compass of Fate" |
The Fountain of Eternal Life |
Yes, of course Symphonic Destiny are a gothic symphonic metal band. |
| 34 |
Darkyra Black |
"Behind Closed Doors, Pt.2" |
Fool |
Darkyra Black play up the gothic and down the symphonic. |
| 35 |
Gultskra Artikler |
"D" |
Destroy Music |
Gultskra Artikler's album is called Destroy Music, and each song N is titled the first N letters of "Destroy Music", so it's the opposite of nihilistic. |
| 36 |
Nechochwen |
"The Serpent Tradition" |
Heart of Akamon |
Wild black power metal by Nechochwen. |
| 37 |
Fleurie |
"Still Your Girl" |
Arrows 5 |
Big Chamber by Fleurie. |
| 38 |
The Winery Dogs |
"Oblivion" |
single |
Progressive blues-rock power-metal by The Winery Dogs. |
| 39 |
Superhumanoids |
"Touch Me" |
single |
Whirry synth-hum by Superhumanoids. |
| 40 |
Coasts |
"Tonight" |
single |
Quick, eager popgaze by Coasts. |
| 41 |
EZA |
"We Keep the Lights Out" |
single |
Slow-motion mechanist reverie by EZA. |
| 42 |
Dresses |
"Frozen" |
single |
What if Enya were starting over as an indietronica band? Dresses. |
| 43 |
Michelle O Faith |
"Sleep Through the Fire" |
No Romance in China 5 |
Coiled-tension movie-trailer-march swwop-pop by Michelle O Faith. |
| 44 |
Rey Pila |
"Surveillance Camera" |
single |
But of course there is metropopolisticity in Mexico City, say Rey Pila. |
| 45 |
Tristam |
"Crave" |
single |
Tristam takes whatevestep into progressive uplifting air. |
| 46 |
Etherwood |
"Souvenirs" |
Blue Leaves |
Etherwood takes twitchy drum and bass into soaring shimmer. |
| 47 |
Erik Ekholm |
"Reaching the Sky" |
single |
Epicore + vocals + a LOT of reverb from Erik Ekholm. |
| 48 |
Leona Lewis |
"Power" |
single |
Big drums, vocoders, vocal dramatics and Leona Lewis. |
| 49 |
San Holo |
"IMISSU - Radio Edit" |
single |
Deep indie r&b as vaporwave-exile muster-point by San Holo. |
| 50 |
Kathryn Calder |
"New Millennium" |
single |
Kathryn Calder makes pop-punk where the punk was riot grrrl, not Green Day. |
| 51 |
Sivik |
"High" |
Spring 3 |
In the universe I imagine into being, it's Sivik on magazine covers instead of the Weeknd. |
| 52 |
The Protomen |
"This City Made Us" |
This City Made Us +1 |
What if you had a band that could play anything in the world, and they chose to imagine what you'd get if you combined Pere Ubu, Oingo Boingo, Meat Loaf and a lot more Meat Loaf? They are called The Protomen, and they are not new, but this song is, and holy crap, and I have been woefully underinformed but I will listen to this until I stop feeling guilty. |
| 53 |
Tommy Keene |
"Out Of My Mind" |
Laugh In The Dark |
Tommy Keene is one of the greatest power-pop songwriters to ever live, and he wrote some more songs. |
