Power Strip – Nothing Yet
Style: Drone Pop, Ambient, Shoegaze-Influenced
Vibes: Foggy, Dreamy, Hypnotic, Introspective, Mellow, Flowing, Hazy, Loner, Romantic
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Washy
Julie Beth Napolin – Only the Void Stands Between Us
Style: Dream Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Vibes: Ethereal, Reflective, Gentle, Flowing, Introspective, Cosmic, Apocalyptic, Mellow, Dreamy, Loner, Psychedelic, Soothing
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Hiss Golden Messenger – O Come All Ye Faithful / The Sounding Joy
Classic holiday traditionals and originals in a lush and soulful gospel-country style. Also includes “The Sounding Joy” 12″, featuring psychedelic and atmospheric dub versions for 6 of the tracks.
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Steve Gunn / Ilyas Ahmed – Decline of the Stiff / Ignored the End
Style: Acid Folk, Loner Folk, American Primitivism
Vibes: Dreamy, Introspective, Loner, Storytelling, Haunting, Morning, Cryptic
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Julia Holter – Something in the Room She Moves
Styles: Progressive Songwriter, Ambient Pop, Art Rock, Chamber Jazz-Influenced
Moods: Nocturnal, Surreal, Sensual, Elegant, Ethereal, Flowing, Dreamy, Cryptic, Aquatic, Spiritual, Soothing, Meditative, Mellow, Warm, Mysterious, Poetic, Summer Night
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BIG|BRAVE – A Chaos of Flowers
featuring Patrick Shiroishi, Marisa Anderson, Tashi Dorji
Style: Doomgaze, Slowcore, Post-Rock, Drone Metal, Noise Rock
Vibes: Introspective, Poetic, Gloomy, Cathartic, Funereal, Bittersweet, Heartfelt, Sombre, Patient, Deconstructed, Intimate, Western, Melancholy, Powerful, Depressive, Haunting, Brooding, Winter
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Water Shrews – Forest Faces
Style: Drone, Psychedelic Electronic
Vibes: Woozy, Forest, Exploratory, Earthy, Washy, Hypnotic, Psychedelic, Murky, Rhizomatic
Musical Qualities: Noisy, Improvisation, Lo-Fi, Loops, Slow, Pulse, Analogue, Atmospheric
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Water Shrews – Widening Spaces
Style: Drone, Free Improvisation, Psychedelic Ambient
Vibes: Journeying, Amorphous, Introspective, Woozy, Exploratory, Earthy, Washy, Hypnotic, Psychedelic, Murky, Rhizomatic
Musical Qualities: Noisy, Improvisation, Lo-Fi, Loops, Slow, Pulse, Analogue, Atmospheric
Instrumentation: Keyboards, Electric Guitar, Electronics, Synthesizers, Field Recordings
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Andrew Weathers Ensemble – The Thousand Birds in the Earth, The Thousand Birds in the Sky
Styles & Influences: Cosmic Chamber-Jazz, Post-Rock, New Age, Progressive Electronic, Post-Minimalism
Vibes: Ethereal, Epic, Soothing, Uplifting, Psychedelic, Hypnotic, Mystical, Nature, Cosmic
Musical Qualities: Lush, Washy, Improvisation, Studio-as-an-Instrument, Atmospheric, Dense
The Nocturnes – Aokigahara
Style: Shoegaze, Slowcore, Dream Pop
Vibes: Ethereal, Brooding, Rainy, Moody
Musical Qualities: Riffs, Fuzzy, Washy, Atmospheric, Lush
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The Necks – Travel
Style: Post-Minimalism, Atmospheric Chamber-Jazz, Free Improvisation
Vibe: Flowing, Patient, Focused, Suspenseful, Adventure, Hypnotic
Musical Qualities: Ostinato, Slow, Collective Improvisation, Minimalistic, Acoustic, Repetitive, Instrumental, Atmospheric
Instrumentation: Upright Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ
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Carlos Niño & Friends – (I’m just) Chillin’, On Fire
with Josh Johnson, André 3000, Deantoni Parks, Jamael Dean, Jamire Williams, Adam Rudolph, Aaron Shaw, Laraaji, Kamasi Washsington, Sibusile Xaba, Mia Doi Tod, Woo, Photay, Surya Botofasina & others
Style: “Spiritual Improvisational Space Collage”, Ambient Jazz, New Age
Vibe: Ethereal, Communal, Utopian, Meditative, Playful, Exploratory, Soothing, Conscious, Spiritual
Musical Qualities: Collage, Beats, Collective Improvisation, Sampling, Lush, Spoken Word
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All Hands_Make Light – Darling the Dawn
“Secular hymns for anarchists”
Style: Drone-Pop, Shoegaze, Analogue Electronic, Post-Rock, Chamber-Punk
Vibes: Uplifting, Compassionate, Apocalyptic, Triumphant, Optimistic, Bright, Hypnotic, Bittersweet, Communal, Ethereal, Rebellious
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Flying Saucer Attack – Distance
Style: Shoegaze, Space Folk, Drone, Lo-Fi Songwriter, Post-Rock
Vibe: Washy, Dreamy, Hypnotic, Melancholy, Autumnal, Nocturnal, Pastoral, Desolate
Musical Qualities: Atmospheric, Home Recording, Droney, Noisy, Repetitive, Dense
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Duster – Duster
Style: Slowcore, Slacker Rock, Shoegaze
Moods: Introspective, Lethargic, Existential, Hypnotic, Melancholy, Nocturnal, Rainy, Spacey
Musical Qualities: Slow, Noisy, Studio-as-an-Instrument, Riffs, Repetitive
Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
Style: Noise Pop, Shoegaze, Dream Pop
Moods: Autumnal, Warm, Twee, Heartfelt, Tender, Eclectic, Hypnotic, Romantic, Soothing, Lethargic, Melancholy
Musical Qualities: Melodic, Noisy, Catchy, Soft, Washy, Lush, Motorik
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Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – On the Echoing Green
Style: Drone Pop, Shoegaze, Noise Pop, Dream Pop, Tape Music
Moods: Ethereal, Hypnotic, Warm, Sedated, Blissful, Deconstructed, Tender, Summer, Romantic, Peaceful, Passionate, Dreamy, Meditative, Surreal
Musical Qualities: Loops, Washy, Lush, Melodic, Noisy, Sampling, Dense, Studio-as-an-Instrument
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Bardo Pond – Bufo Alvarius
Style: Free Rock, Space Rock, Stoner Rock
Moods: Primordial, Nocturnal, Ritualistic, Cathartic, Hallucinogenic, Exploratory, Raw, Surreal
Musical Qualities: Fuzzy, Collective Improvisation, Slow, Repetitive, Noisy, Riffs, Washy, Bluesy, Dense
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Flying Saucer Attack – Mirror
Styles: Loner Folk, Shoegaze, Noise, Drum & Bass, Space Rock
Moods: Intimate, Nocturnal, Melancholy, Winter, Tender, Loner, Spacey, Eclectic, Lonely, Claustrophobic
Musical Qualities: Home Recording, Noisy, Droney, Lo-Fi, Atmospheric
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Bardo Pond | Yo La Tengo – Parallelograms
Style: Free Psych, Shoegaze, Space Rock, Noise Rock, Jam Band
Moods: Mysterious, Desert, Nocturnal, Cathartic, Cryptic, Primordial, Murky, Ethereal, Lethargic, Meandering, Melancholy, Hypnotic
Musical Qualities: Washy, Collective Improvisation, Fuzzy, Repetitive, Jams, Slow, Droney, Noisy, Climactic, Riffs
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Bardo Pond – On the Ellipse
Style: Free Psych, Space Rock Revival, Acid Folk, Shoegaze
Moods: Melancholy Nocturnal,, Searching, Lethargic, Stoned, Sombre, Lonely, Cathartic, Suspenseful
Musical Qualities: Repetitive, Riffs, Fuzzy, Climactic, Washy, Improvisation, Loose, Noisy
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Kairon; IRSE! – Polysomn
Style: Space Rock, Prog, Shoegaze
Vibe: Epic, Washy, Ethereal, Adventure, Driving, Energetic, Warm, Spacey, Blissful, Psychedelic
Musical Qualities: Fuzzy, Dense, Progressive, Riffs, Noisy, Uncommon Time Signatures
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A.R. Kane – 69
Style: Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
Vibe: Ethereal, Sensual, Moody, Nocturnal, Messy, Abstract, Dreamy, Eclectic, Hedonistic, Psychedelic, Surreal
Musical Qualities: Washy, Catchy, Raw, Dub FX, Noisy
Raum – Daughter
Grouper & Jefre-Cantu Ledesma
Style: Ambient, Drone
Moods: Plaintive, Autumnal, Soothing, Mournful, Nocturnal, Washy, Hazy, Melancholy, Haunting
Musical Qualities: Electroacoustic, Field Recordings, Noisy, Lo-fi, Atmospheric, Soft, Slow, Studio-as-an-Instrument
Boris – W
Style: Ambient Pop, Post-Rock, Drone-Metal
Vibe: Ethereal, Nocturnal, Mysterious, Hypnotic, Deconstructed, Amorphous, Cryptic, Abstract, Enigmatic
Musical Qualities: Atmospheric, Washy, Dynamic, Slow, Whispery Vocals
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – A Year With 13 Moons
Distorted ghosts of past love and futures lost haunt the spaces between these woozy, blown-out guitar loops and the fragmented rhythms of decaying drums machines. Occasional bursts of noise tear through the sedating static of bittersweet nostalgia.
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Sunburned Hand of the Man – Complexion
Style: Free Psych
Vibe: Exploratory, Ritualistic, Primal, Hallucinogenic, Amorphous, Murky, Tribal, Meandering, Communal, Chaotic
Musical Qualities: Live, Collective Improvisation, Lo-Fi, Dub Fx, Tape Collage, Noisy, Dissonant
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Bardo Pond – Adrop / Circuit VIII
Style: Free Psych, Space Rock, Shoegaze, Jam Band
Vibe: Primordial, Murky, Transcendent, Epic, Exploratory, Mysterious, Nocturnal, Hypnotic, Meandering, Cathartic, Spiritual, Psychedelic, Washy, Nocturnal, Stoned
Musical Qualities: Droney, Noisy, Suite, Dynamic, Climactic, Collective Improvisation, Riffs, Atmospheric, Repetitive
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Flying Saucer Attack – Chorus
Style: Bedroom Psych, Drone, Noise Pop, Shoegaze, Space Folk
Vibe: Nocturnal, Murky, Dreamy, Introspective, Hazy, Hypnotic, Intimate, Washy, Ritualistic
Musical Qualities: Feedback, Drone, Atmospheric, Noisey, Lo-Fi
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Deerhunter – Cryptograms/Fluorescent Grey EP
Style: Noise Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Shoegaze
Vibe: Cryptic, Surreal, Hypnotic, Ethereal, Nocturnal, Anxious, Washy
Musical Qualities: Noisy, Fuzzy, Catchy, Atmospheric, Lo-fi, Reverbed Production, Repetitive
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Curanderos – Curanderos
Style: Free-Psych, Spiritual Stoner Rock, Drone-Rock
Influences: Shoegaze, Spiritual Jazz, Kosmische, Prog, Drone
Vibe: Mysterious, Nocturnal, Spiritual, Exploratory, Brooding, Amorphous, Witchy, Murky, Psychedelic, Ritualistic, Washy, Hypnotic, Stoned
Musical Qualities: Collective Improvisation, Repetitive, Atmospheric, Loose, Noisy, Instrumental
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Bardo Pond – Amanita
Style: Psych, Shoegaze, Free Rock
Vibe: Cathartic, Searching, Cryptic, Heartfelt, Warm, Hypnotic, Sensual, Meandering, Nocturnal, Lethargic, Introspective
Musical Attributes: Collective Improvisation, Dense, Washy, Riffs, Lo-fi, Loose
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Spirit of the Beehive – Entertainment, Death
Style: Noise Pop, Glitch Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Hyper Dream Pop, Shoegaze
Vibe: Disorienting, Woozy, Messy, Dreamy, Futuristic, Chaotic, Surreal, Dystopian, Cryptic, Alienation, Bittersweet, Colorful, Energetic, Washy, Urban,
Musical Qualities: Noisy, Dense, Catchy, Studio-as-an-Instrument, Vocal Manipulation, Suite, Melodic, Progressive
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Loren Connors – Beautiful Dreamer (for Steve Dalachinksy)
Style: Dark Ambient, Free Improvisation, Ambient Blues
Vibe: Murky, Meditative, Washy, Haunting, Suspenseful, Mysterious, Ethereal
Musical Attributes: Solo Electric Guitar Improvisation, Sparse, Atmospheric, Slow, Lo-fi
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Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjun
Style: Chamber-Rock, Ambient Pop, Shoegaze
Vibes: Ethereal, Cryptic, Cathartic, Passionate, Soothing, Angelic, Hazy, Sentimental, Winter, Uplifting
Musical Qualities: Washy, Dynamic, Lush, Orchestral, Dynamic, Atmospheric, Soft, Studio-as-an-Instrument
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John Abercrombie – Characters
Style: ECM-Jazz, Solo Guitar
Vibes: Ethereal, Mysterious, Airy, Mellow, Soothing, Contemplative, Suspenseful
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