Tag Archives: Lo-Fi

Another outgrowth from the ever-expanding Elephant 6 recording collective, the lo-fi, experimental pop of Von Hemmling was actually the single project of previous Apples in Stereo system bassist Jim McIntyre, whose debut seven-inch “My Nation ‘Tis of Thee” appeared in 1997. The one-sided 12-inches J.W. Kellogg implemented in early 1999.

After parting ways using the seminal Guided By Voices in 1996, guitarist Mitch Mitchell wished to take the chance of writing and documenting his own music. Therefore without any the help of additional music artists, Mitchell went in to the studio room, recorded all of the instrumental paths by himself, …

Ax was the single task of onetime Skullflower bassist Anthony DiFranco, who have still left the crushingly loud, psychedelic/industrial noisemakers in 1993 to pursue a far more experimental path. DiFranco have been producing house recordings since his teenager years, and ahead of becoming a member of Skullflower, he’d been liberating …

Not a music group by itself, the Marbles were essentiallly the alias of vocalist/songwriter Robert Schneider, better referred to as the frontman from the frontman from the Apples in Stereo system. A four-track single task, the Marbles started in March 1992 in the Denver, CO house Schneider distributed to fellow …

The Fullerton, California-based Charley was the lo-fi project of of former Focus on 13 and Medication Guy singer/guitarist Rob Lohayza; originally a single opportunity, Charley mutated right into a operating music group midway through documenting with the help of players including business lead guitarist Curt Carson, bassist Bryan Blume and …

Ambitious indie rockers Autobody shaped in Brooklyn in 1995, taking their cue in the warped, lo-fi artiness of bands like Pavement and Pondering Fellers Union Regional 282, aswell as rock avant-gardists from Captain Beefheart towards the Residents to Sonic Youth. Creator Nicolas Chaikin initial recruited multi-instrumentalists Jim Abramson (electric guitar, …

Prior to using Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Gary Battle, Kurt Vile, and Panda Carry, Robert Robinson produced dreamy bedroom pop music by himself in Enfield, Connecticut. Bearing resemblance to a psychedelic cassette performed on a damaged boom package, his 1st self-titled Sore Eros CD-R premiered on his impartial label Light …

Inspired from the lo-fi experimentation from the Soaring Nun roster, distorted ambience of shoegaze, and pop hooks of new wave, Ypsilanti, Michigan-based four-piece Swimsuit offer a summery cut of noise pop. Made up of guitarist/vocalists Fred Thomas (Town Center, Saturday Appears Good if you ask me) and Dina Bankole (Key …

Comprised of main songwriter Kyle Thomas (aka Ruler Tuff), Ruth Garbus, and Chris Weisman, indie rock and roll group Happy Birthday formed and signed to Sub Play a whirlwind yr after only five displays, four which were within their hometown of Brattleboro, VT. Grounds for his or her snappy achievement …

Having a name inspired by French poet René Char, The Library Is burning may be the brainchild of founder Steve Five. Sketching on affects the indie rock and roll from the ‘90s, the music group’s audio combines the natural guitar rock and roll of Dinosaur Jr. using the lo-fi melodies …