Today’s Random Album of the Day is a Daytrotter Session from Sunset Rubdown. This is indie rock or slacker rock.
Honestly with that name for some reason I thought this would suck but it doesn’t. It’s pretty good. I really liked this. Do I want more of their music? Maybe..
Rating: 9.4
Favorite Track(s): “Winged / Wicked Things” is a good song! I really liked “Shut Up, I’m Dreaming of Places…”! The solo in this is grand! “They took a Vote and Said No” also quite good. Great little EP.
Today’s Random Album of the Day is Grown Up Wrong from Native America. It is Garage Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, and/or Slacker Rock.
I wasn’t expecting much for some reason but this is a good album! It does sound like something out of the 1960s at times, but it works and it always carries a bit of a modern sound along with it which is nice. Overall very good album!
Rating: 9.2
Favorite Track(s): “Rabo” is a good song. “Dance with Me” is great! “Old friends” works well and feels appropriately nostalgic. I particularly liked “All About You”. “What’s On Your Mind?” also got my attention. Reminded me of some more 1990s indie rock. I think the guitar part stood out to me.
Today’s Random Album of the Day is the Daytrotter Session from Yellow Ostrich. Yellow Ostrich are an Indie Rock/Pop Band that also gets the Slacker Rock tag. They are good. I like them, though am not crazy about their music. So it’s more of a like, than love situation. I don’t get “Slacker Rock” as a genre. I’ll have to read up on it more.
I think they are a solid Indie Rock band but they don’t stand out to me basically. They are clearly talented musicians so that’s not an issue. Anyhow, it is good music overall.
Rating: 8.0
Favorite Track(s): “Marathon Runner” works for me. It has a good angularity to it. “Whale” is catchy.
Keep or Trash: Keep. It was possibly Trash. I didn’t necessarily see myself ever seeking out this EP. But I started listening to their Mistress album and I do like their music. So I decided to keep. Maybe their studio album is just better than this Daytrotter but since I overall like them I’ll keep this as well.
Today’s Random Album of the Day is System from Prewn. They are considered Indie Rock, Slacker Rock, and/or Indie Folk. I think the Indie Rock label is most appropriate though the others do fit too.
One of the things with this album is how well it flows from the first to last song. Prewn has a very consistent sound throughout their music. This album always lifts my mood. It just somehow gets into my depths.
Which I find interesting. Abstractly I wouldn’t normally be into the overly modified vocals but they sound great here. The different instrumentations are great as well. It just overall works for me.
Rating: 9.8
Favorite Track(s): “Easy” is such a good intro song. Pulls me right in. “Commotion” just makes me want to cry. I don’t know it just pulls at me emotionally. “System” is their top rated song on Rate Your Music and it deserves it. It’s almost Anthemic. Every song gets me. “Don’t be Scared” closes it out and makes me feel feels.
Today’s Random Album of the Day is The Glow Part 2 from The Microphones. The Microphones are classified as Indie Folk, Psychedelic Folk, and Slacker Rock. Most notably this is a project of Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie).
I’m not sure what sets apart The Microphones from his other work. I guess I’m not sure why bit’s a side project and not another Mount Eerie album. But I digress.
I love this album. I love most everything Phil Elverum does. It probably is a niche taste but he has a solid following so not super niche. Every time I’ve been to a show it has been sold out I think.
Whatever the case this is spectacular music to me. It’s a great mix of a sort of folk sound with an Indie Rock thing that becomes what it is. The amplification over the acoustics is just great. The percussion on this is really well done. It is timed well.
Rating: 9.8
Favorite Track(s): “I Want Wind To Blow” starts with that heavy bass over soft vocals and acoustic guitar I love. “The Glow Part 2” brings some excellent epicness. “My Roots Are Strong And Deep” is some good music. I’m honestly picking these as I hear them with my attention wandering in and out. The whole album is spectacular.
Today’s Random Album of the Day is I’ve never been in love before baby, pretend I’m sick from Zebu Fur, aka Frankie Cosmos. Frankie Cosmos is great! So this should be good. Frankie Cosmos is basically bedroom recordings of Slacker Rock or Indie Folk.
Like most Frankie Cosmos records this is very stripped down. Short songs with good melodies and emotive lyrics. Not polished at all but raw. Still the recording quality is okay mostly with occasional blips.
I’n not sure what makes this raw lo-fi music work for me but I suppose it’s a combination of the rawness and the melodies that sneak into their songs.
Rating: 9.0
Favorite Track(s): “The Infinity Days”, “fingernails”, “Walking tune 18”, “you used to be cool”, “I’ve never been in love before baby, pretend I’m sick”. Like a hardcore record, no time to do much but write down a list…
Today’s Random Album is Loveseat from Quarterbacks. This is Twee Pop, Cuddlecore, or Slacker Rock. And that all works for me.
This is the second album from Quarterbacks to make the album of the day. The first was a keeper so unsurprisingly this will also be a keeper. I like their Twee thing that they have going here.
My playlist for this is out of order. Oops. At least the songs have the correct titles. That’s progress.
Songs are all super short. But melodic and fun.
Rating: 9.1
Favorite Track(s): “Lauren” is lovely Twee. “Schmictionary” is good. “Last Boy” sounds good but the lyrics are either super creepy or sweet. Hard to say without digging deeper. I think it’s intended to be sweet after reading lyrics haha. “Simple Songs” is fun. “Don’t Wanna” is adorable. This was out of order but I enjoyed the whole album with its short twee love stuff.
Today’s Random Album of the Day is 010 from Ulysses. Ulysses is considered slacker rock or indie pop. It’s a side project of Apples in Stereo singer and keyboardist. They just have this one album I think. I’m not totally sure but I actually like this better than Apples in Stereo which is interesting.
So yeah I do like this. It’s plain indie rock to me. Pretty simple and enjoyable. Also good to sing along to.
Rating: 9.3
Favorite Track(s): “Television” just works for me with both its lyrics and melody. “Burning You” has good sing along ability. “Castles in Spain” also makes me want to belt it out. “Evening Star” is another good catchy tune.
Today’s Random Album is The Truman Sho from Flashlight O. Flashlight O is Colin Alexander – an artist From Baltimore. And this album is basically indie folk meets slacker rock with some experimental-ness.
I had no idea I had this album. I must have found it in one of my scans of Bandcamp. But I really like it. The buried vocals are aesthetically perfect – though some songs would stand out more if the vocals did, We’ve got catchy little indie folk tunes with a random slacker rock song here and there. Instrumentally I really like how things are mixed. The percussions is great.
Overall I really enjoyed this. A nice little find that I already found at some point but then proceeded to forget about. I like that there is basically endless good music out there in the world. Keep it coming world…
Rating: 8.7
Favorite Track(s): Wooden Flooring or Thanksgiving.
