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Toronto's Picastro are making the best kind of hypnotizing music. Hortur, from the band's new album Whore Luck, is slow and abstract, but with a sharp focus. The strings glide in over the top of the music and the piano provides a dry backbone to the melody. Then the vocals mesmerize the song. MP3: Picastro

For fans of the Jesus Lizard and Amphetimine Reptile Records... Clockcleaner picks up where these movements left off, offering a modern-day take and the dry and dark sounds of amplified distortion. Want to wake yourself up out of a day-to-day slumber? Try Clockcleaner and get your (er) clock cleaned. Not for the faint of heart. MP3: Clockcleaner