The Experimental/Unclassifiable/Weird shit thread Genre

Why? Because why not. I always find myself wanting to talk about some of the weird, unclassifiable stuff I listen to, but never knowing where to talk about it. I guess it could be stuff like Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention or early Dr John stuff. Or maybe even Tim Buckleys more avant-garde stuff.

Or just any old weird shit you find yourself listening to, enjoying and thinking "why the fuck am I listening to this?". I do that a lot haha

 

Figured this would be a good place to talk about ESG. They always get lumped in with post-punk, but they could easily be classified as funk. They even have hip hop elements. Their sparse sound doesn't really fit in any one genre.

But yeah, they're great and everyone should listen to them

 

I dropped this in the metal thread, but this is probably a better place. An experimental, funky, jazzy, instrumental album that dips its toes into metal and other genres from the drummer of Darkest Hour:

 

And this avant-garde album from a few weeks back:

 

nothing quite like this one - not even within his discog

amazing beautiful bizarre world were cowboys robots & psychedelics coexist inside a Carlos Castañeda world & make music that’s waaaaay out there but also extremely moving

 

This is a fun thread, excited to check these out!!!

 

New Circuit Des Yeux album out in October on Matador. Experimental stuff I think folks would dig.

Circuit des Yeux - -io (October 22, 2021) • forum.chorus.fm

 

WEIRDEST OF THE WEIRD is a Spotify playlist that celebrates the off the wall, bizarre, unusual, avant-garde, weird & freaky audio throughout the ages. Frank Zappa & Capt. Beefheart you say? That's a good jumping off point. Here you'll find everything from Chinese experimental electronic music, bizarre industrial and corporate internal training materials, and musique concrete, to Negativland, Evolution Control Committee, and Spike Jones. From the lowest of the low-brow humor to the highest of the high falutin' avant-garde.

With over 1,000 tracks WEIRDEST OF THE WEIRD is a mega-playlist, best used as a repository of the ultra-strange you can visit over and over again. Choose a random spot to start and tune in for a new and bizarre adventure every time you listen.
If you're a fan of unusual music, this is the mother lode. Check it out.

 

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This one's kinda got some Phil Elverum vibes to it.

 

This may be my new favorite thread

 

If you like the weirder side of Patrick Shiroishi, this one is great:

 

In here posting about Pigbaby again

 

thanks for introducing me to Kiara Lewis

she’s great

 

Didn’t know this thread existed. Subbing now. I posted the Klara Lewis album in the ambient thread earlier today actually (which peeps should also follow)

 

Dreamy guitar-driven ambient surf-rock 80’s album that goes to super unexpected places. I don’t want to overwhelm the ambient thread so posting it here This is not on steaming anywhere. A real special listen.

 

ooh have to check these out!

here's my contribution for now

 

Maybe a little more straight-forward than some of the other recs in this thread, but still very much fits in the Experimental tag.

 

loving this

 

New Bianca Scout is wild as always

 

not on Apple Music

 

No misses from anything on this Mangel page so far.

(also doesn't appear to be on Apple Music... Sorry @angrycandy)

 

Some new Patrick Shiroishi (with a poem by Emma Ruth Rundle)