* * * * * Red Sparowes * * * * *

Los Angeles, California, United States (2003 – present)

Red Sparowes is a post-rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, United States, comprising current and former members of Isis, Neurosis, Halifax Pier, Samsara, Angel Hair and Pleasure Forever. Their sound is characteristic of soundscape-influenced experimental rock, with an otherwise uncommon extensive use of a pedal steel guitar.

Red Sparowes formed in 2003 as another project for its members: Bryant Clifford Meyer, Greg Burns, Josh Graham, Jeff Caxide, and Dana Berkowitz. Andy Arahood and david clifford joined the band after the release of Red Sparowes’ debut album, At The Soundless Dawn, as replacements for departed Caxide and Berkowitz respectively.

Through signing to Neurot Recordings, Neurosis’ record label, Red Sparowes toured with The Dillinger Escape Plan and Made Out of Babies in 2004 after recording demos for their debut album.

The debut was recorded in late May of 2004 by engineer Desmond Shea, with the resulting sound in the vein of guitarist Bryant Clifford Meyer and Jeff Caxide’s band Isis, Chicago post-rock/metal outfit Pelican, and New Zealand post-rock band Jakob. Members Jeff Caxide and Dana Berkowitz relocated in late 2004, thus forcing them out of the band.

Red Sparowes’ first studio album, At The Soundless Dawn, was released in February of 2005, following guitarist Bryant Clifford Meyer’s other band, Isis, in their initial tours in support of Panopticon. Shortly after this release, a split 12” was released with Gregor Samsa.

~~~~~~~~~~~~( The new one is AS GOOD as all the others and not something you should miss. [ MySpace ] | [ Last.fm ] | [ Related Post ] | [ Related Post ] | [ Related Post ] ).~~~~~~~~~~~~

Artist – Red Sparowes
Album – Oh Lord, God of Vengeance, Show Yourself!
Release Date – 2006
Genre – Instrumnetal, Post-rock, Experimental

Tracklist
1 The Great Leap Forward Poured Down Upon Us One Day Like a Mighty Storm Suddenly and Furiously Blinding Our Senses 8:34
2 Alone and Unaware, the Landscape Was Transformed in Front of Our Eyes 7:59
3 Like the Howling Glory of the Darkest Winds, This Voice Was Thunderous and the Words Holy, Tangling Their Way Around Our Hearts and Clutching Our Innocent Awe 10:48
4 Buildings Began to Stretch Wide Across the Sky, and the Air Filled With a Reddish Glow 7:17
5 Our Happiest Days Slowly Began to Turn Into Dust 7:20
6 Finally as That Blazing Sun Shone Down Upon Us Did We Know That True Enemy Was the Voice of Blind Idolatry; and Only Then Did We Begin to Think for Ourselves 14:13
7 The Sixth Extinction Crept Up Slowly, Like Sunlight Through the Shutters, as We Looked Back in Regret… 14:38
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Red Sparowes – Oh Lord, God of Vengeance, Show Yourself! Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Red Sparowes / Made Out of Babies / Battle of Mice
Album – Triad
Release Date – 2006
Genre – Instrumnetal, Post-rock, Experimental

Tracklist
Red Sparowes – Alone and Unaware, the Landscape Was Transformed in Front of Our Eyes. (Live) 6:20
2 Battle of Mice – Sleep and Dream 5:16
3 Battle of Mice – The Lamb and the Labradour 5:24
4 Made Out of Babies – Proud to Drown 5:10
5 Made Out of Babies – Gunt 5:31
6 Red Sparowes – Buildings Began to Stretch Wide Across the Sky, and the Air Filled with a Reddish Glow. (Live) 5:45
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Red Sparowes – Triad Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Red Sparowes / Grails
Album – Black Tar Prophecies Vol I
Release Date – 2006
Genre – Instrumnetal, Post-rock, Experimental

Tracklist
01 – Red Sparrowes – As the Black Wind Withers
02 – Grails – Stray Dog
03 – Grails – Bad Bhang Recipe
04 – Grails – Black Tar Prophecy
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Red Sparowes – Black Tar Prophecies Vol I Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Red Sparowes
Album – The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer
Release Date – 2010
Genre – Instrumnetal, Post-rock, Experimental

Tracklist
01 Truths Arise
02 In Illusions of Order
03 A Hail of Bombs
04 Giving Birth to Imagined Saviors
05 A Swarm
06 In Every Mind
07 A Mutiny
08 As Each End Looms and Subsides
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Red Sparowes – The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer
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Recommendations: Nice Wings, Icarus! | 2009 Top 50 | Antarctica | Flares | The Black Heart Rebelion / Autumn Delay
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* * * * * Glittering Blackness, Fall – Untitled Ep * * * * *

We have been friends since each of our bandmates’ bands used the same practice space in 2000. Then, 3 years ago 5 people, Goguma, Jaewook, Yang, Younghoon and Changhyun, started the band first.

A year later, our media graphics part [ Red Jellyfish ] and engineer [ Haksoo ] joined us. So, that’s the present make-up of Glittering Blackness,Fall.
In Daejeon, South Korea.

Band Members Are:

Guitar : Goguma
Guitar : Jae Wook
Bass : Young Hoon
Drum : Chang Hyun
Keyboard : Yang
Percussion, Programming, saxophone : Hak Soo
Media Graphics Part: Red Jellyfish

~~~~~~~~~~ ( ” Glittering Blackness, Fall – 1 ” is just above 12mins. Have a thorough listen and tell me what you hear. To be honest you don’t even need to have a good listen on this one. I mean it’s so obviously ” GodSpeed “.

BRILLIANTLY WELL DONE THOUGH…. By all means get this ” Untitled Ep ” The entire Ep is SUPER. AN EXQUISITE 50Mins Listen.

Everyone who’s in the habit of paying TSS a daily visit, will… without a single doubt DIG ” Glittering Blackness, Fall ” to bits. [ MySpace ] | [ Last.fm ] ). ~~~~~~~~~~

Artist – Glittering Blackness, Fall
Album – Untitled Ep [ * * * * * ]
Release Date –
Genre – Instrumental, Experimental, Post-rock [ GODSPEED ~ MONO ~ JAKOB and The Likes Fans ]

Tracklist
1 – Glittering Blackness, Fall – 0
2 – Glittering Blackness, Fall – 1
3 – Glittering Blackness, Fall – 2
4 – Glittering Blackness, Fall – 3
5 – Glittering Blackness, Fall – 4
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Glittering Blackness, Fall – Untitled Ep
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Recommendations: A Silver Mt. Zion | 65daysofstatic | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | Shalabi Effect | MONO
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MILLION THANKS ” Knubbe… “. Listening to them right now.
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Mudy On The Sakuban ” Update… ”


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Mudy On The Sakuban ” Update… “ 2010 Releases ” Youth ” and ” PAvilion ” added.

Got those releases few days ago and didn’t want to wait two months to give the a go. All ” Mudy On The Sakuban ” are totally worth the shot. Cheers ” BEEZ ” and ” Ed… ” for this update.
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* * * * * 2L8 * * * * *

2L8 is the project of K the Clown and a team of collaborators and musicians based in Thessaloniki, North Greece.

The 2L8 debut “Armed Angels, Frustrated Youth, the Art of Self-Deceit and Music Industry” (Poeta Negra Records, 2005) made a major impact on both critics and public in Greeece.

Most reviews considered it as a “masterpiece” and described it as a document of contemporary musical expression, as the debut of the year! Post punk, pop, rock, hardcore, post rock and at the same time nothing like that.

“HE & SHE, Angry Enough to Keep Loving in the Dark Ages” (Inner Ear Records, 2008) is 2L8’s second release. All the songs in the album jump in a ritualistic way, without the insistence in a specific musical form, that means there is a balance between post-rock and minimalism.

The bursts of guitars, the sharp stringed instruments, the gloomy atmosphere and the opera vocals introduce a fanciful and lyrical work. All these elements in combination with the fine-crafted production create an avant-garde piece of music.

~~~~~~~~ ( For some reason this bring ” Liars ” to mind. Guess its their slight punkish attiutde. Go to their [ Last.fm ] Google them whatever you do make sure to come back for them.

Totally Worthy, mind Bending and Haunting. There is a couple of ” Super Similarity ” on their last.fm page. Man more work for me. Recommendations is off topic as these guys are UNIQUE ). ~~~~~~~~

Artist – 2L8
Album – Armed Angels, Frustrated Youth, The Art of Self-Deceit and Music Industry [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2005
Genre – Avant-garde, Experimental, [ Math-rock / Post-punk influence ] Post-avant garde [ SIMPLY EXCELLENT ]

Tracklist
01 Wings Break Heat Image
02 Angel Cries
03 Lazy Lover
04 Wouned Animals Smell Funny
05 When the Sun Finally Rose
06 Blue Shaped Box
07 Still Ignoring Me-
08 Purple Turtle
09 Messenger
10 Kind Criminal Pt. 1
11 Kind Criminal Pt. 2
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2L8 – Armed Angels, Frustrated Youth, The Art of Self-Deceit and Music Industry
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Artist – 2L8
Album – He & She Angry Enough to Keep Loving in the Dark Ages [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2008
Genre – Avant-garde, Experimental, [ Math-rock / Post-punk influence ] Post-avant garde [ SIMPLY EXCELLENT ]

Tracklist
01-Nameless Faces
02-Prologue
03-Josephine (Part I)
04-Josephine (Part II)
05-Monotone Ruins
06-This turtle swims faster than expected
07-Patience (Part I)
08-Patience (Part II)
09-Patience (Part III)
10-Paradox
11-Abyss
12-You walk on empty streets now (Part I)
13-You walk on empty streets now (Part II)
14-Epilogue
15-Dialogue
16-Excuse me, but I just have to explode (Part I)
17-Excuse me, but I just have to explode (Part II)
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2L8 – He & She Angry Enough to Keep Loving in the Dark Ages
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Recommendations: Bats | Diablo Swing Orchestra | Sonace | Uplison Arcrux | Question In Dialect
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Another GOOD ONE Touristas…
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* * * * * Interstellar Overdrive * * * * *

Athínai, Greece (1998 – present)

The core of what was to become interstellar overdrive was formed around 1998 in Athens, Greece; since then little or no resemblance exists. The genre changes dramatically with every new project.

In 1999’s ‘Battle of the Bands’ contest (held in Athens) the band was awarded with the first prize leading to the realisation of the debut album (Pegasus Records, 2000), which was recorded from May 1999 to June 2000 at various times.

From April 2002 to January 2003 the band, with a different line up this time, records a second album titled ‘Surface b’ again for Pegasus Records. The genre is a lot different than the debut with influences ranging from indie to post-rock. Yet, within this album there is evidence of a more experimental and less commercial approach to music.

From May 2003 the band stabilizes its line up (Catherine Papahristou, Pepy Kosma, Alex Sakellariou, Orestis Karamanlis) and records a series of pieces for different occasions. Within Spring 2003 “A short piece for the poison–man” is ‘exhibited’ along with the homonymous painting of Stefanos Rokos. In July, ‘Pop+Rock’ Magazine hosts the same song in a collection. In March 2005, ‘Pop+Rock’ Magazine hosts ‘Happy Hour’ in a collection for the Greek English-spoken scene.

In November 2005 the band records a series of pieces for the painting/engraving exhibition of Stefanos Rokos in Athens at “Agathi Hall of Art”. The music was intended to accompany the catalogue of the exhibition titled “Noise and Useful Objects” and was reproduced in 1500 copies.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( Amazing listen all the way. I just didn’t know what to tag them. Listen to ” A Short Piece For The Poison-Man ” on ” Hibernation “.

A short piece indeed that kicks off with a genuine ambient-like background and for-front lo-end jazz ( what ever you want to call it ) and progressively disintegrate to shoegaze.

Its almost like ” Did anyone change the music “? Genuine mood swing listen accross the entire album. ” Nervous Happy ” is another piece. To mentioned but just a few.

ABSOLUTELY GORGIOUS. Guys… experience ” Interstellar Overdrive “. ” Noise and Useful Objects ” on the other hand is also a BRILLIANT listen but less catchier and easier access.

GET BOTH titles although ” Hibernation ” is where to start. [ Last.fm ] ).~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Artist – Interstellar Overdrive
Album – Noise and Useful Objects [ [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2005
Genre – Ambient, Lo-fi, Slow-core, Post-rock, Lo-end Jazz, Lo-core / Medio-core, Progressive, Indie, Folk, Mod-folk [ You Decide ]

Tracklist
01 Foreword
02 The Man With A Shattered World
03 Mixed Media
04 Nervous Happy
05 Clickx
06 Gadgetry
07 Piece In The Form Of An Electric Chain-saw
08 Welcome Stranger
09 Coda
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Interstellar Overdrive – Noise and Useful Objects
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Artist – Interstellar Overdrive
Album – Hibernation [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2008
Genre – Ambient, Lo-fi, Slow-core, Post-rock, Lo-end Jazz, Lo-core / Medio-core, Progressive, Indie, Folk, Mod-folk [ You Decide ]

Tracklist
01 Music To Swim In
02 The Man With A Shattered World
03 Sweet Nothings
04 Echo
05 A Short Piece For The Poison-Man
06 Pensees Du Pays Des Milles Automnes
07 Not A Soul Around
08 Nervous Happy
09 Tumulte
10 Gadgetry
11 Music Without Trees
12 Happy Hour
13 Welcome Stranger
14 32.4 Channels For A Mono Piece
15 Untitled
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Interstellar Overdrive – Hibernation
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Recommendations: Phoenix and The Turtle | Redhooker | The Monroe Transfer | Rhian Sheehan | Hadoken
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GOOD ONE Touristas…
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