New series! Similar to the old Fresh Mango, in this category, eight very short reviews will be posted once a month.
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Áron Porteleki – Cryptic Bodies
Single | 05/02/2024 | blindblindblind
4:29 | Digital
Noise Rock / Experimental Rock
Budapest, Hungary
From the upcoming album Smearing (23/03/2024 | blindblindblind)
This tune was originally intended to become a dance piece. Apparently, viola player and drummer Áron Porteleki drifted apart a bit. The result is an extravagant soundscape far away from any genre.
DCxPC Live Vol. 26: Except You & Trash World
Split Album | 04/03/2024 | DCxPC Live
22:47 | 11 tracks | Vinyl/Digital
Thrash Punk / Hardcore Punk
Fort Myers, FL, USA / Orlando, FL, USA
In the 26th edition of their amazing series, DCxPC Live provide their listeners with another live show recorded at Uncle Lou’s LMGA in Orlando, Florida. The two bands featured here, bring some of the best Hardcore and Trash Punk. Except You from Fort Myers and Orlando’s Trash World shake the Earth, and make Proud Boys and their entourage tremble.
7/10 Mangoes
Humulus – Flowers of Death
Album | 01/09/2023 | Kozmik Artifactz / Taxi Driver Records
43:19 | 7 tracks | Vinyl/Digital
Psychedelic Stoner Rock
Brescia, Italy
Their fourth album is also the first one with new vocalist Thomas Mascheroni. It is therefore a re-boot, a new beginning for the band, and they have managed very well. Flowers of Death is a fantastic exploration of hidden spheres.
7/10 Mangoes
Detlef Keller – Spaintronic
Album | 14/10/2023 | Manikin Records
115:48 | 9 tracks | 2CD/Digital
Berliner Schule / Electronica
Duisburg, Germany
This stunning trip to Europe’s South West contains traces of Prog Rock and Flamenco. But dominantly, Detlef Keller provides the atmospheric Manikin sound. Sometimes dizzy, always sunny, and absolutely relaxing.
6/10 Mangoes
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Cholo Visceral – Quimera Huaycotrópica
Album | 09/07/2023 | Independent
39:30 | 6 tracks | Digital
Neo Psychedelia / Progressive Rock
Lima, Peru
After a seven-year hiatus, Lima’s Cholo Visceral have risen from the ashes. Their album Quimare Huaycotrópica features six tracks dedicated to mysticism and fantastic images. Cholo Visceral present a highly versatile and psychedelic soundscape here.
7/10 Mangoes
Kapa Tult – Es schmeckt nicht
Album | 23/06/2023 | Ladies & Ladys
32:51 | 13 tracks | Vinyl/Digital
Indie Pop
Leipzig, Germany
Thirteen short tales about life, survival, mental health, and love in post-modern society. Kapa Tult go back and forth between Punk Rock, Dream Pop, Jazz and Pop. This may be one of the greatest under-rated albums from 2023.
9/10 Mangoes
Grandiosa Muerte – Egregor
Album | 27/01/2023 | Independent
31:21 | 8 tracks | Digital
Blackened Death Metal
Heredia, Costa Rica
Costa Rican one-person army has hereby created a thunderstorm of an album. With the velocity of a meteorite, Egregor hits the ground and opens a deep abyss to the underworld. Cosmic powers and infernal collide on this dissonant feast of Black and Death Metal.
8/10 Mangoes
Gitti Bach – Staub.Still.Halt
EP | 12/10/2023 | Filmriss Records
5:08 | 3 tracks | Digital
Dark Punk / Doom Punk
Dortmund, Germany / Berlin, Germany
Despite it only being five minutes in duration, Gitti Bach’s three-track EP Staub.Still.Halt leaves a severe imprint. Its darkness and raw power shake the listeners into a gloomy trance. Melancholy born from Doom Metal and Hardcore Punk.
6/10 Mangoes
We will dance again
Mia Schem
