9 for 09 - a very brief compilation

A bit of an experiement this, but ive put together a quick, largely unthemed compilation of some of the tracks on some of the albums that have been ace this year. Its a bit of a mess, and ive really avoided putting long tracks on there, hopefully it'll be a few nice bits for the few who download -

1. YACHT - 'the afterlife' taken from 'See Mystery Lights' on DFA records
Super catchy, super danceable, very, very fun indeed. Largely electronic, but incredibly eclectic, this track is one of the more straight up pop bits.

2. Maserati - 'No More Sages' taken from the Split LP /Zombi on Temporary Residence
Maserati's slightly krautrock take on post rock has just got better and better. Pounding bass and drums give the delay heavy guitars space to wander without the whole thing grinding to a halt.

3. Natural Snow Buildings - 'Sunbone' taken from 'Shadow Kingdom' on Blackest Rainbow
While the majority of NSB's music concentrates on the deep and varied drones, the brief acoustic tracks are just as powerful, and full of delicate beauty.

4. Bibio - 'The Ephemeral Bluebell' taken from 'Vignetting the Compost' on Mush Records
Whilst 'Ambivalence Avenue' is undoubtedly one of the albums of the year, this track is the highlight from Vignetting... and a very memorable cloud of rolling guitars and waves of sound.

5. Volcano Choir - 'Islands, IS' taken from 'Unmap' on Jagjaguwar
The highlight of the slightly uneven album, Islands is a very delicately assembled and memorable slice of shoegaze heavy post rock.

6. Polvo - 'Beggars Bowl' taken from 'In Prism' on Merge Records
Polvo return, and are still incredible. Beggars Bowl incorporates a huge riff, many other decent riffs and a meander into prog territory.

7. Keelhaul - 'THC for one' taken from 'Triumphant Return to Obscurity' on Hydrahead
A long term personal favourite, and Keelhaul can still pull out all the clever riffs. This track is the easiest track to get to grips with and is all angular guitars and stuttering.

8. Cobalt - 'Stomach' taken from 'Gin' on Profound Lore
Utterly ferocious, loosely tagged as black metal, Cobalt are completely invigorating. Stomach has a tremendous fast riff and a storming break down.

9. Portal - 'Omenknow' taken from 'Swarth' on Profound Lore
Portal are still one of the most unpleasant, strange, heavy and brutal bands around, and while Swarth slows things down somewhat, but the swirling gloom of the guitars is still very present.


So thats electronic pop to doom infused black metal in a few steps.



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