This blog received no attention in the last quarter of 2022. I plan to do better in 2023 and already have an album selected. Here's the tierlist with the S and A albums being quite good.
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Zimdiana - Demo 2013 (November 2013) [West Lafayette, IN]
We have a world music band with marimbas here. Figured I'd post something quite different than usual. Enjoy!
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Derek & Brandon Fietcher - Dinosaurs (September 2022) [Bluffton, IN]
Distinguished composers Derek and Brandon Fietcher are back with this gem. It would make a brilliant soundtrack for The Isle or any other dino game. Serves as great background music too.
Definitely check this album out!
Friday, September 9, 2022
São Salvador - Rio (March 2022) [West Lafayette, IN]
This trio has members spanning three continents, including an American, Brazilian, and the third member is from the Netherlands. The Bandcamp page summarizes this album well:
"Made with ❤️, angry shoegaze guitars and failed bossa nova attempts."
BANDCAMP / INTERNET ARCHIVE / YOUTUBE
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Tier list (July & August 2022) - Added Missing Albums
Monthly Ratings:
July - 3.5 (A-/B+)
August - 2.7 (B-)
Favorite Album of the Month (& 2 Runner-Ups):
August -
(1) Itty Bity MIDI Committee - Vial Witchcraft (2020)
(2) Michelle Qureshi - Seventh Wave (2017)
(3) Animal Hero - Burn Pile (2021)
July -
(1) Traveling Broken & Out of Gas - Bastard Americana (2018)
(2) A Caesar Holiday (2008)
(3) Burt Orange - Selections from the Produce Section (2022)
S-Tier:
Burt Orange - Selections from the Produce Section (2022)
A Caesar Holiday (2008)
Traveling Broken & Out of Gas - Bastard Americana (2018)
A-Tier:
Empyrean Frost - Dreamweaver (2022)
Itty Bity MIDI Committee - Vial Witchcraft (2020)
B-Tier:
Calendar Year - s/t (2021)
Kyle Kovachic - Chair (2020)
Lights Strung Like Stars - It Gave Way to More Than You Could Imagine (2021)
Michelle Qureshi - Seventh Wave (2017)
Some Dogs - Somewhere Sunny (2020)
C-Tier:
Animal Hero - Burn Pile (2021)
Aar2367 - Electropogenic (2013)
Cult of Jester - Funkatron Remastered (2017)
Israeli Murder Planes (2021)
Pat & the Pissers - Soil (2022)
Wolf Woolf - Frankie Greenwood Sings A Boston Marriage (2010
Monday, September 5, 2022
new.(consume) - 4 track EP (2005)
Here's a 4 track EP from the Williamsport & Attica, IN area. It could probably use remastering, but it's not bad for a home recorded, local metal band recording from the mid-2000s.
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Hoosier Music Tier List 2022 (July & August)
Monthly Ratings:
July - 3.4 (B+)
August - 2.7 (B-)
Favorite Album of the Month (& 2 Runner-Ups):
August -
(1) Itty Bity MIDI Committee - Vial Witchcraft (2020)
(2) Michelle Qureshi - Seventh Wave (2017)
(3) Animal Hero - Burn Pile (2021)
July -
(1) A Caesar Holiday (2008)
(2) Burt Orange - Selections from the Produce Section (2022)
(3) Kyle Kovachic - Chair (2020)
S-Tier:
Burt Orange - Selections from the Produce Section (2022)
A Caesar Holiday (2008)
A-Tier:
Itty Bity MIDI Committee - Vial Witchcraft (2020)
B-Tier:
Calendar Year - s/t (2021)
Kyle Kovachic - Chair (2020)
Lights Strung Like Stars - It Gave Way to More Than You Could Imagine (2021)
Michelle Qureshi - Seventh Wave (2017)
Some Dogs - Somewhere Sunny (2020)
C-Tier:
Animal Hero - Burn Pile (2021)
Aar2367 - Electropogenic (2013)
Cult of Jester - Funkatron Remastered (2017)
Israeli Murder Planes (2021)
Pat & the Pissers - Soil (2022)
Wolf Woolf - Frankie Greenwood Sings A Boston Marriage (2010)
Monday, August 22, 2022
Itty Bitty Midi Committee - Vial Witchcraft (2020) [Lafayette, IN]
Itty Bitty MIDI Committee is a solo electronic project by Shevanel of Lafayette, Indiana. This album combines drum & bass, synth, hardstyle, and other genres of electronic music to create a complex yet accessible music that sounds wholly unique. Definitely check out the other albums offered on Bandcamp!
Sunday, August 21, 2022
Animal Hero - Burn Pile (2021) [Mishawaka, IN]
Animal Hero is an alt-rock / indie rock group out of Mishawaka, IN. This album has an amateurish quality to it but with a lot of potential. Hopefully they continue making music.
Friday, August 12, 2022
Israeli Murder Planes - self-titled (2021) [Anderson, IN]
This is the self-titled release from 2019. It's a fairly straightforward post-punk / grunge album. It's nothing revolutionary. It's also name your price including free on Bandcamp.
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Michelle Qureshi - Seventh Wave (2017) [Carmel, IN]
Michelle Qureshi's Seventh Wave (2017) fits somewhere in the intersection of ambient, new age, and neo-classical. This would be a fitting album for an adventure- and exploration-centric role playing game or as ethereal background music for a movie.
NOTE: There's a Michelle Qureshi who was married to Christian apologist who converted from Islam. It's a different person
Saturday, August 6, 2022
Monday, July 25, 2022
Kyle Kovacik - Chair (2020) [West Lafayette, IN]
Someone posted a Metallica album tier list on Facebook. Metallica > Lulu > "I am the table" > Kyle Kovacik's Chair. This album is about as far removed from Lulu as you can get. Purely instrumental with a straightforward music. I'd call it synth jazz, but there's many more instruments in the mix. Definitely worth checking out!
BANDCAMP / INTERNET ARCHIVE / YOUTUBE
Sunday, July 24, 2022
Cult of Jester - Funkatron Remastered (2017) [west lafayette]
Cult of Jester is a 90s solo industrial project, 6drawing a lot of influence from electronic dance music of the time. I've never heard the original album, but the remaster sounds great in its own right.
Saturday, July 23, 2022
Lights Strung Like Stars - It Gave Way to More Than You Could Imagine (2021) [west lafayette, in]
Their Bandcamp page states this music is for a time in their lives that makes little sense. IWW is listed on LSLS or CY's profile. If it was someone from my generation making that page, they would have forgotten to upload the music yet remembered to post an incoherent diatribe about politics. Gen Z folk are just better than boomers and millennials. Facts.
Calendar Year and LSLS share at least one member. Blake M? (I'll ask and correct this.)
A Caesar Holiday - self-titled (2008) [Indianapolis, IN]
I am almost certain I discovered this five piece post-rock / avant-garde band on Bandcamp, but I can't find it anywhere. Luckily, there are a few copies of their music floating around out there. It's truly a shame this group didn't record more.
MUSICAL FAMILY TREE / INTERNET ARCHIVE / YOUTUBE
Calendar Year - s/t (2021) [West Lafayette, IN]
Calendar Year's s/t has a local 80s punk band raw production style to it, which fits the emo / screamo music perfectly. Definitely worth checking this band out.
BANDCAMP / INTERNET ARCHIVE / YOUTUBE
Some Dogs - Somewhere Sunny (2020) [West Lafayette, IN
A mix of punk, folk, emo, and country with a tinge of trans/queen rights thrown in, but not in an in-your-face manner.
Some Dogs are legit big dogs, while other dogs be bigdoggin' it. This group is the former. A few awkward lyrics and vocals that could use a tiny but of work, but the imperfections help build a quality whole.
BANDCAMP/ INTERNET ARCHIVE / YOUTUBE
Sunday, July 17, 2022
Wolfe Woolfe - Frankie Greenwood Sings A Boston Marriage [West Lafayette, IN]
That dynamic voice! Minimalist acoustic coupled with powerful vocals with quite a bit of range helps this stand out from typical local artist fare.
At the time of writing this, you can get this album for free (name your price) on Bandcamp!
BANDCAMP / YOUTUBE
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Pat & the Pissers - Soil (July 10th, 2022) [from Indianapolis]
A punk rock album with an old school sound is a nice change of pace! Punk and it's relative genres haven't received much love from me on YouTube and various blogs despite our collection being quite sizeable. This seems just provocative enough to be proper punk, yet avoids all of the topics common in 80s punk likely to get a hate mob sent my way.
BANDCAMP / ARCHIVE.ORG (MP3) / YOUTUBE
Saturday, July 9, 2022
Burt Orange - Selections from the Produce Section [2022] [Lafayette, IN]
A masterfully-crafted jazz fusion album influenced by grocery store muzak compositions from the seventies. It has an interesting backstory too:
"Mr. Orange has been digging for vintage Sound Library and Muzak records for well over three decades... The fruits of his labor are now finally realized with this compilation. 'Selections from the Produce Section' is a vintage auditory experience, reminiscent of the ones Burt had at his local supermarket in the late 1970s. So sit back, twist one up, and enjoy these super sexy sounds from the produce section."
For fans of funk, lounge music, jazz, and seventies-inspired instrumental albums, this one is a must-own. Curious to discover what other projects Burt Orange, Preston Lee, and Analog Junkie Studios have been involved in.
NOTE: I'll match the first person to post a screenshot of their name-your-price contribution and will set the dollar amount of the combined contributions aside for giveaways in the coming months!
Bandcamp / Archive.org / YouTube [official] & YouTube [AunCollective]
Friday, July 8, 2022
Empyrean Frost - Dreamweaver (2022) - West Lafayette, IN *new release* dungeon synth
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Illustria
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To the Doors of Magic
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Library of Ancient Tomes
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Invading Castle Eternia
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Dreamweaver
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I don't really have any information on Empyrean Frost except he/she/they create dungeon synth and dark ambient music and they are apparently from West Lafayette, Indiana.
The album is only $5 at release -- quite the bargain.
Friday, June 10, 2022
Traveling Broke & Out of Gas - Bastard Americana [Lafayette, IN]
From the Bandcamp page:
"Traveling Broke's 4th full length studio album, "Bastard Americana" features the 25 minute epic title track in addition to four other new tracks: Northern Lights, Traveling Broke, Harold, and Oklahoma.
Bastard Americana has been in the works for years now and the band is thrilled to finally be releasing it in all of it's glory. This album best shows what and who Traveling Broke and Out of Gas is."
MP3s on Archive.org / Other formats on Bandcamp for $1 currently
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