B Fachada

(2009) B Fachada / FLAC

TOP 2009 [soidemersol]

Not a year of new releases for me, but of going deep into some roots and folkloric music, specially brazilian. Anyway, here are a few things that did not pass unnoticed:

Dälek
(2009) Gutter Tacticts / V2


Alva Noto
(2009) Xerox vol. 2 / V0


B Fachada
(2009) B Fachada / 192k


Honorable mention (try our artists index for most of it):

Giuseppe Ielasi - Aix
Romulo Fróes - No Chão Sem o Chão
Wavves - S/T
V.A. - Dirt Beneath the Daydream (A Collection of Sound from Aotearoa/New Zealand)
B Fachada - Um Fim-de-semana no Pónei Dourado
Matrix Metals - Flamingo Breeze
John Frusciante - The Empyrean
Atom TM - Liedgut
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Samuel Úria - Nem Lhe Tocava
Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country
Zu - Carboniferous

Made me nauseous:

Molina & Johnson - S/T
Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong
Flaming Lips - Embryonic
Devendra Banhart - What Will Be
Cocorosie - Coconuts, Plenty of Junk Food
Bob Mould - Life and Times
Zola Jesus - New Amsterdam

B Fachada

First full-length by portuguese B Fachada. After the release of the breathtaking lo-fi folk EP Viola Braguesa, Fachada returns in full band format in the newest release by FlorCaveira records. There is some really odd sounding folk - sometimes rockish digressions - here, with great vocals sung in portuguese. Probably one of the most creative artist in the new portuguese indie scene, together with the great João Coração.

(2009) Um Fim-de-Semana no Pónei Dourado / V0
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B Fachada

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Musically, the album's broody atmosphere and slow paced tempos, its lovely lo-fi aesthetics composed of organ and viola braguesa (portuguese sort of guitar) and great vocals sung in portuguese, make this album not only conceptually, but sentimentally, a great achievement.
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(2008) Viola Braguesa / V0
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