If you don’t know the label Hominid Records you are missing out. The labels releases some pretty damn cool music now and then. Experimental stuff, noiserock and just immens riffing coolness. Black Shape even ended on number 5 of my best of list of 2019.
Welcome the the last part of this series. This is part VI. At the end of the list you will find……. another list. This list is the best of list of 2019 from Ralph himself.
This list is curated by the great Ralph Schaarschmidt (TRIGGER CUT / BUZZ RODEO) and here and there some extra bands selected from myself. For those to lazy to search for the other parts on the website, you can find the first part HERE, the second HERE and the third HERE and fourth HERE and the fifth HERE.
‘CHEF’ was the latest album by the Stockholm based cosmic musicians. Kungens Män really put down a magnificent piece of work with ‘CHEF’ and it is going to end in my end of the year list as well.
So what I did not expect was another Kungens Män record in 2019. So it makes me really happy to share with you the first track ‘Hårt Som Ben’ from the upcoming album with that same name. This will be released November 29 on Riot Season Records.
The new track is what you can expect from the band. Again a cosmic track with a highly hypnotic atmosphere. Listen now.
Dec 1: Glasgow, Nice N’ Sleazy w/ Snakes Don’t Belong in Alaska
Dec 2: Newcastle, The Cluny 2 w/ Snakes Don’t Belong in Alaska
Dec 4: Manchester, The Peer Hat w/ XUP, Forest Mourning
Dec 5: Bristol, The Crofter’s Rights w/ Stereocilia & Evil Owl
Dec 6: Chelmsford, The Hot Box
This year is an incredible year for noiserock and psychedelic rock, so I am having so much fun listening to all these new bands and albums and I have barely time enough to listen to it more the twice. But for this I took my time, Girl Band’s previous music is absolutely awesome and I have been a fan for quite a while now. So my expectations on this new album called ‘The Talkies’ were really high and I knew they were almost impossible to fill. Then I heard the album and I was completely blown away. ‘The Talkies’ is perfect, this album is so immensly experimental and still all of the tracks find a way in your head to make you an addict. Girl Band have found a way to create the perfect sound for noiserock.
The way they combine this experimental noise and still create something listenable, even catchy is just beyond me. The thing that struck me most is how the band uses different genres in one song and not only gets away with it but makes the tracks so much stronger. In the middle of a track Girl Band switches over to electronic beats that fit so good in their music they create something entirely new.
This album is released September 27 on Rough Trade and needs to find a way in your shelves at home. Order it on their website or on Rough Trade
From the intro to the most experimental track this album is perfect for me and will always be. First time I give an album 10/10 and I give it with love. This is art.
Okay, so I absolutely love noise rock, you probably knew that by now. I wanted a good and solid noiserock list since I started Fuzzy Sun but I need to be honest with myself, I know the cult bands, the ‘popular’ ones and a load of new ones since I started this website but i am no expert on the genre. So what better then ask for help.
So I asked Ralp Schaarschmidt (TRIGGER CUT / BUZZ RODEO) for help and i instantly got a ridiculous long list of the best noiserock/postpunk and stuff from the last decades.
This list is huge and is full of gems, both ‘popular’ and underground, old and new.
It is going to take time to listen to everything on this list but I promise you it will be worth it. Due to the length of the list this post will be in couple of parts. So this is Part I of the Ralph Schaarschmidt List. Enjoy
The noiserock trio Cherubs returned after a two-decade hiatus in 2014 and they released 2 Ynfynyty in 2015, a split with Gay Witch Abortion in 2016 and the Fist in The Air EP in 2016.
Their new album ‘Immaculada High’ is very intense and expertly crafted. The slow, brooding and epic songs like ‘Soooey Pig’ and ‘IMCG’ create a hazy feeling but there are enough high energy tracks filled with agression and riffs to keep this a very heavy album. Absolutely gorgeous!
The band shows with ‘Immaculada High’ that they are on top of the food chain. Tune in, buy the album on Relapse Records and enjoy the noise of cult rockers Cherubs.
The noiserock trio Cherubs returned after a two-decade hiatus in 2014 and they released 2 Ynfynyty in 2015, a split with Gay Witch Abortion in 2016 and the Fist in The Air EP in 2016.
The first two tracks from their upcoming album ‘Immaculade High’ are already out. The album will be out on July 26 on Relapse Records. The album is recorded and engineered by Erik Wofford (Explosions In The Sky, The Black Angels, My Morning Jacket) at Cacophony Studio in their hometown of Austin.
The noiserock trio Cherubs returned after a two-decade hiatus in 2014 and they released 2 Ynfynyty in 2015, a split with Gay Witch Abortion in 2016 and the Fist in The Air EP in 2016.
The first track from their upcoming album ‘Sooey Pig’ is already out. The album ‘Immaculada High’ will be out on July 26 on Relapse Records. The album is recorded and engineered by Erik Wofford (Explosions In The Sky, The Black Angels, My Morning Jacket) at Cacophony Studio in their hometown of Austin.
Now we get the second track and video ’18 is the number’. Play loud!
The album ‘>>>’ from last year is probably one of my most played records, ending with the track ‘When We Fall’ wich is just the perfect way to end the album. It ended as the best stuff of 2018 together with Gnod, Qujaku and Daughters on Fuzzy Sun’s List.
Beak> is comprised of Billy Fuller, Geoff Barrow and Will Young (They are definitly not a side project) and they play gorgeous life shows with the most excellent light shows.
They shared ‘Life Goes On’ a while ago and now we get the gorgeous new track ‘We Can Go’. These two tracks are on the upcoming EP “Life Goes on” that will be released 21 June via Invada Records.
The noiserock trio Cherubs returned after a two-decade hiatus in 2014 and they released 2 Ynfynyty in 2015, a split with Gay Witch Abortion in 2016 and the Fist in The Air EP in 2016.
The first track from their upcoming album ‘Sooey Pig’ is already out. The album ‘Immaculada High’ will be out on July 26 on Relapse Records. The album is recorded and engineered by Erik Wofford (Explosions In The Sky, The Black Angels, My Morning Jacket) at Cacophony Studio in their hometown of Austin.
Now we get the second track and video ’18 is the number’. Play loud!
The album ‘>>>’ from last year is probably one of my most played records, ending with the track ‘When We Fall’ wich is just the perfect way to end the album. It ended as the best stuff of 2018 together with Gnod, Qujaku and Daughters on Fuzzy Sun’s List.
The seasoned band Beak> is comprised of Billy Fuller, Geoff Barrow and Will Young (They are definitly not a side project) and they play gorgeous life shows with the most excellent light shows.
Very happy to tell you they have shared a new track called ‘Life Goes On’. It is clear Beak> keeps producing high quality hypnotic musc.
It is only March and the magnificent releases are stacking up, but this one, this one is absolutely gorgeous. Henge released their previous album in January 2016 and are now back on the great God Unknown Records with their new album ‘Nothing Head’. This album is an absolute masterpiece, the ominous vibe on this album and the intensity is masterfully crafted. It is a while since i heard psych, noiserock and doom go this good together.
The London band shift easy between slow atmosphere building psych to full on noisy doom and they make it sound easy.
Easily one of the best albums of the year. Tune in for some mind altering noise by Henge, out now on God Unknown Records.
This week and even today, March 22 is a fabulous day for gritty music, there are a lot of new releases and all of them are pretty fucking spectacular. But do not be distracted from the real prize because today is the album release from the new Belgian noisepunker/garagetrasher Pink Room, the band that is storming the Belgian underground with their dirty music.
Their first LP is called ‘Zum Kotsen’ and is released on Zoe Zoe Records / Belly Button Records. The artwork is made by Valentine Gallardo.
The Ghentian trio plays the fun kind of garage/noiserock/punk, the dirty and gritty kind that you want to hear loud and, if possible, live. ‘Zum Kotsen’ is out and is as good as it is aggressive. Tune in now for some spectacular noise from Pink Room.
I give this album all the stars and it should be mandatory listening pleasure in each home.
Pre-order a vinyl at Belly Button Records on Bandcamp or drop a message to the new off-stream vinyl shop ZOEZOE Records in Gent (wich is filled with only the best stuff, so check them out).
The Stockholm band keeps amazing with their music. Time and time again they release cosmic music influenced by psych, noise and drone.
This time Kungens Män release their new album “CHEF” for the first time on Riot Season Records. Their previous album “Fuzz på svenska” ended up in my best of 2018 list. “Fuzz på svenska” had more Jazz influences while “CHEF” ends up on the rock/drone spectrum.
Kungens Män is most effective in bringing atmosphere, in creating a cosmic feeling to their music.
This gorgeous album will be on my 2019 list again. Enjoy, and for more psych go to Fuzzy Sun’s psych list.
Xiu Xiu has always amazed me, Jamie Stewart, who is the only constant member since the experimental band started has been releasing music that is wildly imaginative and original.
Their previous album “Forget” ended on my best of 2017 list and was a little bit more accessible than the new work that has been released today. But this is good news, Xiu Xiu always shifts and turns and never delivers the same product. This time the music feels more nervous and bleak.
“Girl With Basket of Fruit” is again a magnificent work of experimental tunes that feeds the mind and the creativity.
The current line-up of Xiu Xiu is Jamie Stewart, Thor Harris, Jordan Geiger and Angela Seo
The Rhode Island noiserockers Daughters released their comeback album ‘You Won’t Get What you Want’ last year and it ended up as my absolute favorite on my end of the year list. It is a long time ago thazt I heard something this powerful. Daughters are a force.
Daughters are not only strong and intense in their music, the lyrics of the band are intense too. And now there is a beautiful video for the track ‘Less Sex’ too. Seems Daughters got it all.
The album was released through Ipecac on October 26.
The previous album by the Swedish psychedelic rockers “Fuzz på svenska” ended on my 2018 best of list. I have to admit that instrumental music quickly bores me, becomes tedious and does not get played a lot here.
But Küngens Män is one of the exceptions, the band creates and atmosphere that evokes calmness and a feeling of conectedness even though the music can get pretty chaotic and noisy.
Now the news that their will be a new album out on Riot Season Records is magnificent, wich already promises a good 2019. The new album by the four piece is called “CHEF” and will be released February 8.
Listen to the first released track called “Öppen för stängda dörrar”.
This is not an easy list, 2018 has given us a ridiculous amount of great music. I tried to shift as much as possible and made a list of albums that really made a difference for me, albums with a unique sound and wich time and time again made me happy.
The list is in no particular order except maybe for the first four albums. these four have blown me of my socks with their exceptional songwriting, these four made it difficult to absorb all the other music because i keep returning to them.
Enjoy these bands and take your time to listen to them carefully. If you like these sounds you can find more psychedelic tinged music here and more heaviness here.
I have to say that this album completely blew me away. When the first tracks from the new album were released a while ago i got way too excited. “Satan in the Wait” was the first to enter my brain and i already decided that the album “You Won’t Get What You Want” would be a masterwork.
I calmed myself down because it is always the same with me, I get way to excited and then in the end i’m disappointed. But then track”The Reason They Hate Me” came out and I went berserk again.
By the time “Long Roads No Turns” came out i was starting to act weird. Small tics, uncontrollable movements that led to embarrassing public moments.
Now Daughters is out and people start to avoid me, look away when they see me limping on the streets with a maniacal smile on my face. But i don’t care, i close the curtains when i’m home, dim the lights, sit in the middle of the room and listen to Daughters on max volume. and I’m Happy.
Be aware when you start listening to Daughters: It may cause social disorders, nervous tics, earfungus, drooling and Ascension.
