OOIOO - Armonico Hewa

 

Track listing:

1. SOL
2. Uda Hah
3. Irorun
4. Konjo
5. Ulda
6. Polacca
7. Kipepeo
8. O O I A H
9. Nin Na Yama
10. Hewa Hewa
11. Agacim
12. Orokai
13. Honki Ponki

Armonico Hewa is OOIOO’s sixth album of experimental rock. Once again the band have dug out the genre blender and circuit bent the controls. A hyperactive melding of progressive arrangements, ethnic rhythms, punk, noise and ADHD. If this is your brain on music then it’s just been stewed, but it’s a tasty stew!

Reviewed at:

cokemachineglow - http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/4877/ooioo-armonicohewa-2009

Dusted Magazine - http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/5330

New Musical Express - http://www.nme.com/reviews/ooioo/10958

Pitchfork - http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13750-armonico-hewa/

PopMatters - http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/112204-ooioo-armonico-hewa/

The New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/arts/music/25play.html?_r=1

Drowned In Sound - http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14855/reviews/4138373

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Note: Cross posted from New Music Excess.

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Mudvayne – Scream With Me (single)

Scream With Me is the first single released off the new self-titled Mudvayne album. The album was released on December 21st 2009, the same date that the video premiered. Although, the single had already been released to radio on November 17th 2009. Check out the video for the Scream with Me single on YouTube.

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Note: Cross posted from New Music Excess.

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Sole And The Skyrider Band - Plastique

Track listing:

1. Children of Privilege
2. Battlefields feat Markus Acher of The Notwist
3. Longshots
4. Nothing Pt 2
5. More
6. Pissing In The Wind
7. Bait
8. Mr Insurgent
9. Black

Plastique, the follow up to Sole And The Skyrider band’s self titled debut, is chock full of irreverent reflections on the postmodern ‘me’ pop culture. The old-school hip-hop structures are augmented with the use of a live band using heavy break beats and awesome riffs. The album is bleak but sufficiently cathartic not to leave you in ‘all hope is lost’ state of mind.

Reviewed at:

Pop Patters - http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/115946-sole-the-skyrider-band-plastique

Sputnik Music - http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=41835

URB - http://www.urb.com/2009/10/27/sole-and-the-skyrider-band-plastique-review

Rocksellout - http://www.rocksellout.com/home/2009/10/12/sole-and-the-skyrider-band-plastique-album-review.html

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Note: Cross posted from New Music Excess.

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Under The Radar: Best Of The Decade – Albums 1-10

The December issue of Under The Radar magazine features a list of the 200 best albums of the decade. Here are numbers 1 to 10 on the list:

1. Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)
2. Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
3. Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
4. Camera Obscura – Let’s Get Out of This Country (2006)
5. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
6. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (2009)
7. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes (2008)
8. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
9. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
10 Broken Social Scene – You Forgot It in People (2002)

http://www.undertheradarmag.com/