Dr. Peel – Levitation
Genre: Shoegaze, Garage Rock, Alternative Rock
You don’t pay for a ticket to the movies hoping that the flick will be as short as possible. And, you don’t voluntarily go to a party hoping that the host will throw everyone out on the streets before midnight.
Such things, just like rock songs, when they are good, make you want to hold on to them forever. In fact, letting go of them and moving on is an experience that many find overwhelming.
There’s a very good reason why “Louie, Louie” and “Gloria” keep getting covered by new generations of musicians. Like Dr. Peel’s “Levitation,” those songs are built on top of a groove that begs to play over repeatedly.
Dr. Peel adds to the swirling, repetitive groove and a barrage of mean-sounding vocals, the kind that might belong to a killer, a voodoo priest, or an angry London cab driver. Either way, it’s all enough to make you pay attention.
Kisu Min – Pieśń Jesienna
Similar artists: Radiohead, The Cure
Genre: Indie Rock
More musicians end up joining cults than almost any other profession. It’s true. It’s a kind of hazard that goes along with the territory. Musicians, like all artists, have to open themselves up to the really heavy spiritual questions. This leaves them vulnerable to all types of pseudo-religious suggestions.
But more than any type of artist, musicians also need to believe that everything possess a special kind of vibration and that it’s their job to uncover them through the sonic oscillations that they are able to produce.
Polish group Kisu Min sound like they are on a quest for truth on “Pieśń Jesienna.” Whether such a truth exists or whether they’re misguided doesn’t even matter much. What matters is that the band members are opening themselves up to these possibilities. Their psychedelic sound owes a debt to post-punk and prog. And just like those styles, Kisu Min attempt to turn the impossible into reality.
