experimental

delightfully scatterbrained art rock; psychedelic without being hippie/granola; effervescent feminine vocals

Here's an in studio session. I love these raw recordings. Heatherwood sounds truer to its lyrics: frail and naked, much slower than the disk version. Dr. Glass is magnificent and poppy reminding me a bit of early Police. The maracas are a nice touch. Activa is in their more experimental vien. Cox's vocalisms are amazing in this one.

Live Spiders is Joe LaBrecque of Bright. Please check out Bright's page (www.myspace.com/brightsounds) and the pages for Nonloc (www.myspace.com/nonloc and www.nonloc.com), the fantastic solo project of Bright's Mark Dwinell.

Undeservingly underrated. Stupefyingly brilliant use of the correct mix of melody, dissonance, feedback, noise, and rhythm. Plenty of freely downloadable material here. I love it all, but three succeed stands out as a favorite.

don't be put off by their name, these two guys make ultra rad mind bending noise infused melodies - heavy distortion - one of the darlings of the 2008 sxsw music festival

Comparisons abound, pfft! Make no mistake, Mr. Gnome has their own sound: yin & yang, tension & release, war & peace, mosh & gaze, and yes man & woman. A band who understands dynamics? o_O

Prepare to have your minds blown. Not sure where to place 'em: rock, pop, electronic, psychadelic. Whatever the case these guys rock! Hmm... Baltimore who'da thought?

Come get clever lyrics and experimental beats/samples to satisfy your esoteric hip hop tastes. Plenty of tracks from his first LP Breaking Kayfabe & new release Afterparty Babies.

Some find 'em difficult, but give it a few listens, let your mind wrap around it, and it'll be worth the effort. Great care has been taken crafting these beautifully morose songs. Highly creative!

Highly experimental and utterly interesting, The books are found sound musicians: "We do all of our own sample collecting, composing, writing, recording, mixing, and mastering in our home studios using pc's running cheap software and the ragtag equipment that we've pieced together over the years.