Sometimes I Get Drunk At Night

Genres: Experimental, Mathcore/Grindcore, Electronica, Noise Rock

Oh boy, found this cd in my car the other day, and boy did I have fun with it.  This album clocks in at just over 20 minutes and features 23 songs.  So, standard grindcore song lengths.  It is a quick album, but it is extremely memorable to me.  From the hectic accellerandos of “Earwax” to the awesome synthesizer break down thirty seconds into “Virgin” to the time signature switches flowing back in forth at the end of “Halfie in your Pants” to the final intense laser gun shots/beats in the closer “Pickup Truck”.  That is a fragment, consider revising.  All of those song names are shortened versions of course, the names are quite long.  This is how grindcore should be.

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Genres: Electronica, Experimental, Ambient, Breakcore, Jazz
Spotify: Yesh
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I featured Benn Jordan’s last album under his alias, The Flashbulb back earlier last year.  That album, Love as a Cold, Dark Hallway, was heavily jazz influenced; more so than most of his other albums.  Most of his work still has a minimal jazz influence whether it be chords or what not, and this new album is no exception.  However, this album reminds me more of the ambiance of Cloudkicker’s latest album, Let Yourself Be Huge.  There is very limited jazz and even very limited breakcore involved in this album which ends up being quite a deviation from what you usually hear from Benn Jordan.  That’s probably the best part about this guy’s music though is that he is always experimenting with himself and his equipment.

I actually found out this new album dropped last night, and it really helped me get through my studies.  It is simply massive as well.  He just came out with Love about a year ago, and then he drops this hour long 25 track album.  Granted, it isn’t his most technical and impressive music I have heard, but I highly recommend all of Benn’s work, he is a really great musician/composer.

For Fans Of: Dntel, Audion, Isolee

Genres: Electronica, Minimal Techno, Dream Pop

I remember catching this guy at a show in Ann Arbor about a year or so ago. Turns out he’s actually based in Detroit. I had never even heard of him or his music before then, and was immediately impressed by the dreamy pop/electronic sounds I was hearing. Fast forward a few months - I picked up his “Deserter” ten inch randomly at a record store after hearing Poo’s copy and liking it, and it ended up becoming one of my favorite records in my whole collection. Here’s a preview of my favorite song from that album, a remix of the title track. My sister’s review of that song: “It sounds like something I would have made when I was five years old and had one of those play pianos for little kids.” …I completely disagree. But you can listen and decide for yourself.

Ghostly International is releasing his newest album, Headcage EP, on January 17th. I’m not sure how I feel about the title track just released from it, but I’m hoping the rest are better. Nonetheless he’s worth checking out. Headcage hasn’t leaked yet; rest assured that it will be up as soon as I can get my hands on it. But for now you can find a link to Asa Breed, which features the original “Deserter” track, right below. Also he’s pretty much a babe.