Although it was released a couple of months ago I just picked up Occasion by the Goslings today and fuck, this is good. A lot of their stuff sounds similar but it doesn't matter cause the textures, layers and timbres are sooo good. One of the best bands around at the moment for my money.

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That Gnaw Their Tongues record is pretty badass, we are talking about An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood right?

Yup!

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Pyramids - S/T
Dan Friel - Ghost Town
Black Pus - Black Pus 4...

Hey Sicnarf...I've also been digging those recently. I love the Dan Friel record. I am not a Parts & Labor fan at all but his solo record is incredible. I think that Pyramids album sounds kinda like a black metal version of Appleseed Cast and I don't think I've made it a secret how much I LOVE their Low Level Owl records and the Pyramids record reminds me of that mixed with Xasthur.

I agree with all of this. The Daniel Friel album is pretty incredible. Very simple but his sound is something I haven't quite heard before. The Pyramids album continues to amaze me, even the bonus disc.

I haven't been posting here much lately, but I'm pretty surprised no ones been talking about Evangelista or Natural Snow Buildings. Evangelista's Hello, Voyager is intense as always, and Natural Snow Building's Laurie Bird is gorgeous, for me it kind of invokes the spirituality of someone like Pharaoh Sanders or Alice Coltrane (Song For Laurie Bird especially, the other songs on the album aren't near as important)

I really only listen to Natural Snow Buildings whenever I'm about to go to sleep so I can't say I've actually listened to them enough.

The Snowbringer Cult by Natural Snow Buildings (came out this year I believe) is the only album I have heard by them. I remember it as being pretty solid, but I need to listen to it more to fully judge the album.

Any thoughts on Quo, the new Pumice album? It's all over the place... I love it sometimes and can't stand it at other moments.

Never had much to do with the Finnish scene, but by crikey, I may have have to tune in more after hearing the 'Pymathon/Gentle Evil' release.

Sonic bliss to borrow a cliche.

Just a heads up I made a poll on whether or not we should have an avant-garde forum, which can be found here.

Have we had any discussion about the band Pocahaunted here? I've been recently testing the waters with them and I've liked what I've heard so far. But I guess I'm just into drone/psych kind of stuff. I specifically listened to an album called Rough Magic and another one called Island Diamonds, but my friend suggested I try out Peyote Road.
On a related note, where do you guys usually order avant-garde albums from? The tiny labels these artists are usually on or is there a good website that covers a lot of ground?

Aquarius Records is usually a good place to start.

Forced Exposure has a pretty nice selection as well, from what I can tell. I finally picked up Sightings' Through the Panama from them. Should've been in my top 5...

Buy them straight from the artist (or wherever the artist sends you on their site to buy it)
I usually do that unless I find out about the band through aQ.. then I buy through aQ.

P.S. If you dig Pocahaunted then check out their sister band (I believe) Robedoor.

Thanks, those sites look great. I'll probably end up reading about albums for hours, when I get a chance.
I haven't heard Robedoor yet, but I'll check 'em out.
It being summer music festival season, anyone attending any avant music performances? I'd love to check out a show at John Zorn's The Stone venue if I ever get a chance to go to NY.

Personally Forced Exposure is a favorite for ordering stuff as well as Aquarius. Sometimes I've also managed to find stuff from Boomkat that I couldn't find anywhere else as well. Other Music is a great one as well and so is Volcanic Tongue if you're looking for something that got a wider release in the UK and was maybe harder to find here.

As for Pocahaunted and Robedoor, I'm a fan of both bands. I like them about equal I suppose. They've both released quite a few things this year already. I like Robedoor's Closer to the Cliff alot.

You can find a bunch of good breakcore on Boomkat; just recently found that out.

Have you heard the new Venetian Snares record yet? It's called Detrimentalist.

I've been rockin it pretty hard. My girlfriend hates most breakcore, so I mostly only play it when she's at work, but it's on quite a lot. I love VSnares more solid, song-oriented style as opposed to the more hardcore stuff... although his tunes are always so complex that they're intriguing no matter what.

Have any personal favorites from his catalog? I'm prone to throw on Meathole or Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett more than the others. I don't like Chocolate Wheelchair or Winnipeg is a Frozen Shithole at all, but everything else is good.

Hmm... perhaps this is a reason why an Avant-Garde forum is necessary, but there's a nice little band from L.A. that makes two-minute pop-nuggets based around a lot of noise and teetering rhythms. I speak of No Age... WAIT, no i don't. I'm talking about Meho Plaza, a band that deserves a lot more recognition in indie-world but (sadly) i feel would be wasted as an entire thread. Sure, they're not entirely avant-garde in the strictest sense, but they hit on some fairly interesting touchstones like Brainiac, Devo, and even Deerhoof at times.

Their new s/t full-length is 12 songs at about 25 minutes, but it's rather exhausting with the amount of diversions the music takes. At times recalling some shoegazer white noise, at times accompanied by needle-point guitar-work, i find that this album is much too bizarre to fit into the "indie" categorical strata. However, i will say it's more on the experimental-pop end rather than avant-garde, so if your kick is strictly avant-garde, perhaps this isn't your cup of tea.

Think Blonde Redhead (both the male and female vocals of Meho Plaza remind me of BR) but if they worshipped Devo instead.

The new Grouper is a lot less hazy, but still pretty delicious. Really really good. I'm also finally breaking into the new Paavoharju. That is a thick record - so many layers. Two relatively beautiful happenings that have brightened up my week.

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The new Grouper is a lot less hazy, but still pretty delicious. Really really good. I'm also finally breaking into the new Paavoharju. That is a thick record - so many layers. Two relatively beautiful happenings that have brightened up my week.

I haven't really got into either. The sound of the new Grouper bothers me.. it sounds unmastered. Paavoharju is just.... unlike anything I've heard (it could go either way with more listens).