- Another thorougly interesting record from Brisbane collective Ektoise. It's a rather sad preoccupation with bands to claim that you combine every genre ever conceived in your music (+ electro-acoustic, don't forget electro-acoustic! Tossers). I'm feeling almost embarrassed to say it now, but if Ektoise claim to Rock, Electronica, Ambient, Shoegaze, Trip-Hop, Metal, Drone, Noise and Avant-garde you should at least listen to their latest album before laughing in their faces. Actually, I'm pretty sure there's a number of others roiling under the surface of the Ektoise cauldron (jazz, idm and postrock at the very least) but I guess they didn't want to make their bio any longer. Well intragenreneity schmintagenreneity - it doesn't make any difference if your Frankenstein's monster can't sing worth a damn. I think Ektoise's latest album Kiyomizu does almost struggle to reconcile all that it's got in a contoured listening package, but it still comes off as something like a rollicking soundtrack to an intelligent but action-packed sci-fi film that hasn't been made yet (er, Children of Men II - maybe? Heheh, eesh). If rough edges are the price you pay for something interesting and innovative, I think you'll find Ektoise are one of the most interesting things you'll hear this year.