The Laughing Windows - EP1

This is fucking awesome! A must-hear! Thanks to Wine Women and Song for introducing me.
"A joint release from Doug Shipton's Battered Ornaments and the associated Finders Keepers crew, the debut EP from The Laughing Windows follows their killer 7" with two 10"s worth of mysterious Krautrock dabbling and horror psyched vibes. The first thing to strike us about this group has to be Luke Insect's seriously uncanny vocal resemblance to Thom Yorke. Sure, there are a lot of people who try to sound like him, but this doesn't feel like a conscious decision and simply, but kinda definitively, makes the group sound like Radiohead doing a mean Amon Duul impersonation. The most impressive of the five tracks are both on the first disc, loaded with two extended jams skillfully moving from synth driven moods to arcane folksy wanderings with prog-rock arrangements. -boomkat"
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Label/Date: Battered Ornaments, 2009
Genre: psychedelic/experimental/avant-garde
From: London/Lewes/Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Similar/Related: Faust, Amon Düül II, Talk Talk, This Heat, Can, Grails, O'Rang, Radiohead, Popol Vuh, Morphine
Website : Myspace

Ga'an - Self-Titled Cassette

Can't find much info on this band and according to their broken myspace "Ga'an is De'ad". Thats a shame because this murky cassette hints at something great. Sounds like a spacey, gothic Magma, heavy on the synths and operatic female vocals.
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Label/Date: Unknown/self-released, 2009
Genre: prog, zeuhl, gothic, psychedelic
From: Chicago
Similar/Related: Magma/Christian Vander, One Shot, Tangerine Dream, Stereolab, Guapo, Zombi, Yoshida Tatsuya/Koenjihyakkei/Ruins, Bondage Fruit, Shub-Niggurath
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Sula Bassana - The Night

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Label/Date: Sulatron records, 2009
Genre: space rock, psychedelic, krautrock
From: Hausruckwald, Austria
Similar/Related: Hawkwind, Hidria Spacefolk, Øresund Space Collective, Gong, Südstern 44, Blandbladen, Vibravoid, Neu!, Pink Floyd, Zombi, Procupine Tree, Colour Haze
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Naam - Kingdom EP

If you dig this go buy their new self-titled full-length.
"Beyond the conceptual physical language structure created by mankind, the definition of the name lies in internal rhythm, the internal sound that a man experiences. Those who embrace Naam have the key to the door of mysteries and miracles, as Naam exists in the Divine plane and shines through to the Physical plane, bringing healing and self-renewal.

Disgusted by the lack of heavy, psychedelic rock and roll, We deliver our deafening sermon to bring a new dawn for all civilization. The vast seas cannot drown Us, the darkest caverns cannot conceal Us, We will conquer insurmountable foes. We are war, We are peace, We are time and space, We are infinite, We are Naam."
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Label/Date: Tee Pee Records, 2009
Genre: Psychedelic / Grunge / Rock
From: BROOKLYN, New York
Similar/Related: Earthless, Black Angels, US Christmas, Crystal Antlers, Acid Mothers Temple, El Paramo, Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound, Weird Owl
Website : Myspace

YOB - The Great Cessation

Considered to be one of the most respected American doom metal bands to arise within the last ten years, YOB have quite the impressive repertoire at their disposal gaining quite the reputation with their signature and distinct style of epic elongated crushing atmospheric sludge doom that have gained them the respect and recognition as one of America’s premiere doom metal bands.

With the addition of new bass player Aaron Reiseberg joining Scheidt and Foster to round up the reformed YOB line-up, 'The Great Cessation' is a time-stretching unearthly slab of monolithic doom metal art; an album in which Scheidt lays claim as the best, heaviest, and darkest YOB album to date. Produced by renowned knob pusher Sanford Parker (PELICAN, MINSK, NACHTMYSTIUM, THE GATES OF SLUMBER etc.) in the band’s hometown of Eugene, Oregon, “The Great Cessation” sees YOB in 2009 much more epic, heavier, darker, and undeniably louder than ever. Ultimately, 'The Great Cessation' will unveil itself as the doom metal monument of 2009." -Profound Lore
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Label/Date: Profound Lore, 2009
Genre: Doom, Sludge, Psychedelic
From: Eugene, Oregon
Similar/Related: Middian, Eibon, Electric Wizard, Buried at Sea, Sleep, Weedeater, Unearthly Trance, Ramesses, Graves at Sea, Corrupted, Neurosis, Suma, Minsk, Ufomammut
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New Keepers of the Water Towers - The Chronicles

"Debut by the Swedish band creates a sonic collision between the heaviest of metal and the firmest of rock, wrapped up with the lyrical themes of dwelling beasts and filthy creatures. MASSIVE!" -amazon
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Label/Date: MeteorCity, 2009
Genre: Stoner Metal / Doom Metal
From: Log-islet, Sweden
Similar/Related: High on Fire, Mastodon, Baroness, Bison, Valkyrie, Clouds, Crowbar, Viking Skull, Kowloon Walled City, Kyuss
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Dysrhythmia - Psychic Maps

"Not that Dysrhythmia were ever lacking for unorthodox modes and dense chords rife with dissonance, but they’ve reached a new plateau in inscrutability with Psychic Maps. They’ve all but shed the more jam-based approach of their early records, morphing into purveyors of tough, jagged, difficult music. Power chords are nowhere to be found – they’ve all been choked by Hufnagel’s dirty harmonies, then beaten to death by Marston’s clanking bass. Where riffs repeat in “Festival of Popular Delusions” and “Iron Cathedral,” they do so not to invite headbanging, but to ratchet up tension." -metalsucks.net
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Label/Date: Relapse Records, 2009
Genre: instrumental tech metal
From: Philadelphia
LIYL: Behold... the Arctopus, Canvas Solaris, Indricothere, Krallice, Don Caballero, Rothko, Intronaut, Scale The Summit, Gorguts
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Brass Knuckle Surfer - Sin Palabras

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Label/Date: Goodtime Entertainment, 2009
Genre: progressive rock/metal, post-rock, space-metal, +saxomophone
From: ATLANTA
Similar/Related: Indukti, OSI, Canvas Solaris, Monkey3, Darediablo, Liquid Tension Experiment, Dredg, Animals As Leaders, Devin Townsend, Sgt, Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, Tool, Aghora, Gordian Knot
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Jardin De la Croy - Pomeroy

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Label/Date: Mastertoaster Recordings, 2009
Genre: progressive math rock
From: Madrid, Spain
Similar/Related: Lite, Toe, Tera Melos, Motion Turns It On, King Crimson, Rush, Yes, Muddy World, Mahavishnu Orch, Hematovore, Bronzed Chorus
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Chriss Sutherland - Worried Love

Solo work from a member of Fire On Fire whose album The Orchard was one of my faves from last year. This isn't as good as The Orchard mostly because I don't care for Chriss' voice sometimes (He's definately the weakest voice in Fire On Fire). But this is still well worth checking out for the two upbeat Spanish flamenco-folk tracks and the gorgeous finale Hey Justice.
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Label/Date: Peapod Recordings 2009
Genre: Folk/Acoustic
From: South Portland, Maine
Similar/Related: Fire On Fire, Bonnie Prince billy, Neil Young, Iron & Wine, O'Death, Cerberus Shoal, Akron/Family
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Turing Machine - Zwei

This is one of the first records I posted on here more than 2 years ago. I'm reposting it today in memoriam of the incredible drummer who played on it. Jerry Fuchs died this past weekend after falling down an elevator shaft. I was lucky enough to see him play with Maserati a few weeks ago. He was fucking intense! Maserati will not be the same without him. His death is a great loss to the independent music world. So listen to this fantastic record in honor of Gerhardt Fuchs, a truly great drummer who will be missed by family, friends and admirers around the world.

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Label/Date: Frenchkiss Records, 2004
Genre: instrumental rock, krautrock
From: New York
Similar/Related: Maserati, !!!, Neu!, Lite, Lightning Bolt, Monkey3
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The Bronzed Chorus - I'm The Spring

Been listening to this for weeks and had no idea they only had two members until writing this post. Makes sense though because they sound like El Ten Eleven. If El Ten Eleven didn't go all dancey and instead rocked the fuck out once in a while.
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Label/Date: Hello Sir Records, 2009
Genre: instrumental rock duo
From: Greensboro, North Carolina
Similar/Related: El Ten Eleven, Mercury Program, Adebisi Shank, Auto!Automatic!!, Tristeza, From Monument to Masses, Te', Precious Fathers, You.May.Die.In.The.Desert
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Loan - Hontziria

This record is fucking heavy. Especially the track Niagara. Think SUMA with more stoner rock.
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Label/Date: Odio Sonoro / Lehendakari Lee Records, 2009
Genre: Stoner/Sludge/Doom Metal
From: Bilbao, Spain
Similar/Related: Suma, Electric Wizard, Sons of Otis, Gonga, Iota, El Paramo, Yob, Earth, Sleep, Sabbath
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Guizado - Punx

"Kaleidoscope of Babylon: Push the play button, and close your eyes: slides of urban landscapes will be projected in your mind in a kaleidoscope of signs and scents of the city, and hearing will unveil the musical nuances of each code, abstract or not, from the daily São Paulo life - the thermic chaos and poetry made out of concrete, a wall of graffiti in any corner, the smell of rain on the asphalt or espresso coffee pulled right away, the ice cold beer poured in short glass, the texture of pollution that tinge the blue horizon ... The music of Guizado has this cinematographic effect and his first album, "Punx," sounds completely drunk of the noisy aura of São Paulo. From a rhythmic gear full of electronic noise, the plant lays the timbres of the background for the sentences of a trumpet almost always disturbed that yells to be heard in the midst of the collective loneliness of the metropolis. The project is fronted by Gui Mendonça – trumpet player who accompanies or has already accompanied artists like Curumin, DonaZica, Lucas Santtana and newly formed Trio Esmeril. In Guizado, the musician searches (and thinks) his own stamp on a mixture of harmonic inks of his instrument with the textures found in experiments with several electronic paraphernalia. If, on one hand, many of the beats are made on analog synthesizers and gameboy, the recordings of “Punx” were all made on analog tape, and the clever combination of retro and futuristic atmospheres gives strength to the work. The trumpet also went through some filters and overdubs, creating climates more congested, harmonic collisions that leave no listener injured, but stunned. On the way the trumpet is played, the reference to Miles Davis can be heard – much more because of the spirit of transgression than by an alleged virtuosity, let it be said. But Guizado is not jazz. Nor is rock or hip-hop – it is, indeed, an original collage of all that and a little more. Although pushed by a pulse as almost robotic, electronic, the pace is always guided by the trance of African ancestry. Besides the creative engine of Gui Mendonça, the Guizado has other key pieces. Curumin is the drummer on most tracks; in four of them, who beats the skins is tireless Mauricio Takara (Hurtmold, Esmeril Trio, etc...); still on the rhythm section, special feature of percussionist Mauricio Alves (Mestre Ambrósio) in two songs; Régis Damasceno and Ryan Batista, guitarist and bassist of the band Cidadão Instigado, complete the machinery. With this ensemble, the band fills the gaps in the combination of horns with digital beats and gives us an intriguing sculpture made of scrap sound. It is the soundtrack that was missing in order to decipher, once and for all, the soul of Babel / Babylon." Ramiro Zwetsch September / 2007

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Label/Date: Diginois/Urban Jungle 2008
Genre: Experimental Eletronica/Jazz/Rock/Psychedelic/Avant-garde
From: São Paulo, Brazil
Similar/Related: Tortoise, Zu, Jaga Jazzist, Teeth of the Sea, Mr Bungle, Silencio, 65daysofstatic, Patife Band, Battles, Tuna Laguna, Faust, Morkobot, Free The Robots, Aphex Twin
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Lullabye Arkestra - Threats/Worship

Just because I saw OM live recently how bout a two-man-band-stravaganza? All three bands, TV Buddhas, Orphan, and Lullabye Arkestra, have 2 members, a guy and a girl. And all three fucking rock.

"Lullabye Arkestra was formed in the summer of 2001 by Justin Small (drums) and Katia Taylor (bass) and are currently based in Toronto. Justin is also member of Do Make Say Think.

The Ark began by writing minimal, stripped down and raunchy rock songs using their signature fuzzed out bass sound and banshee vocals. They combined elements of hardcore punk with 60’s-era soul creating an unusual yet raw and energetic sound." -last.fm

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Label/Date: Vice, 2009
Genre: noise-rock, stoner, garage, bass/drums duo
From: Toronto
Similar/Related: Jucifer, Big Business, Tweak Bird, Death From Above, Sonic Youth, Hotel Wrecking City Traders, DMST
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