AOTY #5. Code Orange - Forever

Forever is indeed a hardcore record, but without sacrificing the aggression, brutish intensity and passionate vehemence that makes it so, its tropes and conventions are toyed with at every turn, either accentuated or subverted completely. The first listen is an absolute thrill ride, the listener quite simply strapped in, tossed around in wild different directions and told to deal with it. The joy of further listens comes not only in that maintained visceral high but getting inside those twists and turns and becoming part of the mayhem.

AOTY #8. Feist - Pleasure

So this is what we get after six years away. Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Leslie Feist’s long-awaited fifth LP Pleasure continues the trend of 2011’s Metals, heading in an even more esoteric direction than her smash hit record The Reminder. Mostly recorded live in studio, this latest offering is a cagey and defiant record that is admirable for its obstinacy. Pleasure is easily Feist’s most difficult album, far from the immediate accessibility of The Reminder, but she's a captivating performer and it may well be her richest statement. Feist has no need to impress anymore, having long earned the right to live however she likes. By the sounds of it that satisfaction has been hard-won.

Rexy

There are cult records, and there are cult records! Rexy‘s 1981 album, Running Out of Time, falls under the later. Born out of London’s fashion-centric Blitz Kids scene, Rexy was singer Rex Nayman and Eurythmics band member Vic Martin. Running Out of Time, which was Rexy’s only album, is the sound of cheap keyboards and drum machines, ramshackle playing and Rex’s heavy cockney accented vocals. The record was barely released in the first place and has since since become a sought-after record championed by outsider-friendly musicians like Ariel Pink, Connan Mockasin and Jef Barbara.

Review : Deaf Radio - Alarm

The happenings in Greece in recent years are undoubtedly worthy to acknowledge. The underground music scene is boiling and is providing us with thunderous moments. In fact this appears to be a trend in all things art related and I am increasingly impressed by the results. The truth is that during difficult eras like the crisis, art always finds its way to the surface. It represents a whole nation’s voice fighting to resist in a hard and brainwashing fuelled time and well, that is mainly what music is about. Isn’t it?

Giannis Aggelakas & Giogros Xylouris

Give a chance to something that you never heard yet and you will never hear again. Feel the energy from these great really great Greek artists that puts the Greek music to an other level beyond our imagination (at list mine)!

Giannis Aggelakas is a Greek singer, songwriter and poet. He maintains a productive solo career since 2000 having experimented with Greek Folk Music and collaborated with lots of artist. In my opinion his music is from an other planet make me believe that there is still hope in Greek music. Giannis Aggelakas really cant make bad music. Everything is above average! Here i will give his whole new album. Enjoy

Xylouris plays the lute as a solo instrument, in contrast to the traditional accompaniment role the lute has in Cretan music. Normally in an ensemble the laouto provides the rhythmic backing to the lyra. In this role Giorgos is peerless. In the less usual role of lead instrument he has made the laouto a melodic instrument to frame and adorn song. Xylouris has performed extensively both in his native Crete, in his second home Australia, and internationally at world music festivals, collaborating with musicians from both folk and rocktraditions. This is Greek Metal people !

Son of Dave

Benjamin Darvill (born January 4, 1967), known by his stage name Son of Dave, is a Canadian musician and singer–songwriter, based in the United Kingdom. He was a member of folk rock band Crash Test Dummies in which he played harmonica, mandolin, guitar and percussion before going solo in 2000.
Son of Dave - Shake a Bone