The mediaf!re Thread 2010: This Time It's Personal

[Avec]

GOTTA' CATCH 'EM ALL!!!!!!!

[scarred]

The forced pagebreak is kind of a douchey thing to do.

[jimbunny]

SINNER

edit: Damn, I posted. Probably should upload an album.

Here you go.



Daisy May Erlewine - Snow Songs

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Simple - almost minimalist - folk songs, with a few instrumentals. Sort of a just-for-fun, in-between-albums thing, and I think she plays most (if not all) the instruments herself. So, there are a few so-so tracks on here, but there's more intimacy as well. She has a really warm, inviting sound and a great voice.

[Avec]

Ok, so I've finally gathered the patience to put up some new stuff.

Fink - Sort Of Revolution (Folk / Lo-Fi / Dub)

Picture yourself slightly hung over in a chilly pitch black room reflecting on life and all of a sudden a man begins to whisper awesome mellow songs in your ear; just an idea of how my morning started today.

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Fin Greenall, a.k.a. Fink, is a Brighton-based singer-songwriter whose new album, Sort of Revolution, is his third effort released by Ninja Tune. And, in nearly every way, the songs on Sort of Revolution sound exactly like what you would expect from an acoustic-toting singer-songwriter signed by Ninja Tune: introspective lyrics over groovy, urban backdrops. A proudly understated musician, Fink crafts a hushed, mellow album that is equal parts brooding and soulful. Primarily accompanied solely by Guy Whittaker on bass and Tim Thronton on drums, Fink’s jazzy-folk sound is occasionally dour, but often gratifyingly distinct from most of today’s independent singer-songwriters.

Every track on Sort of Revolution would feel at home in a warm, European coffeehouse — you can practically smell the clove smoke and darjeeling aromas wafting through the speakers. The album’s opening title track is clearly its strongest and best exemplifies Greenall’s ability to turn a deceivingly simple guitar riff into a beautiful, haunting experience. Clocking at over six and a half minutes, Greenall patiently utilizes all of his musical space and allows his smooth voice to gently carry the listener. “Let me know when we get there/ If we get there” he pleads over a softly tapping bass and sporadic drum clacks, setting a dim lyrical precedent that’s developed throughout the album. Perhaps to repay Greenall for collaborating on his Evolver album, R&B sensation John Legend co-writes and plays piano on the next track "Move On Me," a placid study in tension-and-release. Meanwhile, "Q & A" is a spaced-out, sexy joint that cleverly eludes over-repetition by playing around with various filters and studio effects, effortlessly conjuring lonely city streets on cold, existential nights.

http://www.tinymixtapes.com/Fink

The Hotels - Where Hearts Go Broke (New Wave / Post Punk / Surf)

90's hipsters galore; or at least that feeling of being in space, eating sour gummy worms, and getting blow jobs.

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Where Hearts Go Broke could be described as Joy Division on surf boards in space. And it's not as odd as it may seem. On their previous album, Thank You For Choosing..., Hotels were very influenced by gothic synth pop, new wave and the likes of Joy Division. But as the band partly moved from New York to Seattle, it seems like they left much of that behind, embracing the surf music of the West Coast. And this change to more surf-like rhythms also give more room for the retro sci-fi pop sound.

This doesn't mean that the new wave is totally absent. Especially on the tracks "Port of Saints" and "The Maudlin", it is most definitely present. Yet, with more space-tone and lightness than in their previous work. Which is something that becomes them well. These two tracks, and the magnificent "The Heart That Hears Like A Bat" are also the songs that stands out as highlights on this all-over-good album. The latter a slow, lounge tune that takes you to the 70ies dreamy sci-fi soundscapes.

With this fusion of new wave synth pop, surf and sci-fi sounds, Hotels delivers something close to a perfect pop album. With just the right amount of nerve, romance and sophistication.

http://www.lunakafe.com/moon153/usny153c.php

Don't pass these up, kids.

[DarkAvenger]

Okay guys, here it is:



The Consonant C - "Capes and Crowns"

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The Consonant C is a group of musicians held together by a glue of love, making music like little lanterns that cluster into somewhat organized constellations of sound. Incubated during cold nights in Calgary basements, these six friends woo their audiences by making ghost noises, thumping drums, plucking banjos, strumming harps, rubbing wine glass rims, plinking Glockenspiels, banging pianos, and stirring fantastic vocal harmonies. Bringing together various musical backgrounds including formal training in classical and jazz, forays in Punk rock and folk, and love affairs with what is know down south as New Weird American, they display a playful zeal for every influence. As founding members of local collective The Summerwood Warren, they regularly collect the Calgary music community into heart bursting all aged nights of adventure and creativity, involving video projections, artistic installations, the occasional tobogganing excursion, and yes, live appearances from the band. Specializing in creative performance, they are likely to dress up as animals, build you a blanket fort, or at the very least, to have you singing, howling, and loving along.

And a shorter, but no less awful,l description: Basically if you took a cloud, and dressed it up as music, it would probably have been written by this band. Gentle melodies accentuated by a pretty voiced vocalist are basically what these guys are about. I had to split it into two parts because of the usual reasons.

[scarred]

Fink - Sort Of Revolution

Fink is a sex machine; I couldn't get enough of Biscuits for Breakfast. Will be listening to this shortly. Danke!

[Avec]

Buying myself a copy very very soon.

[Avec]

Might as well.

Fink - Biscuits For Breakfast

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[bulldawg982]

I only did that page break, copying what i had seen done on this forum. you all are fucking bitches. if you don't want my music, i won't post it.

[Avec]

 

[DarkAvenger]

The only times I've seen it done are when a mod changes the rules. Obviously you did not and instead have no reason to do so. So lets review:

When a mod changes the rules: Forced page break okay.

When normal user adds to post count: Forced page break unnecessary and therefore unwanted.

When option two happens: I become a dick.

[Sam]

wait is bulldawg982 a joke account

[DarkAvenger]

With 112 posts and all of them in this thread? Most likely.

[spoon_of_grimbo]

I only did that page break, copying what i had seen done on this forum. you all are fucking bitches. if you don't want my music, i won't post it.

for the record, i've never took any notice of who's done it before, or why, and i wasn't targeting you in particular.  i just think it's a dumb and pointless thing to do, generally.

[scarred]

Bruno Coulais - Coraline (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2009)



Haunting, beautiful, magical soundtrack for the haunting, beautiful, and magical movie. An absolute delight.

Highly rhythmic and sonically alien, the score to Coraline is eerie, lovely, terrifying and whimsical by turns, curiously maintaining a continuous air of dark fantasy. The melodies and instrumentation are both alike distant and strange, giving the entire score the feeling of dream-music. But while the music is not familiar or conventional, it is undeniably intriguing and captivating.

The score album begins, oddly enough, with the sprightly but vaguely sinister “End Titles,” with fast-paced plucked strings, harp and whining boys’ choir, singing meaningless words in almost intimate whispers. An occasional swell of the strings and brass section give the cue an off-balance, teetering feel. The album is not presented in film order, and this contributes to the arbitrary, dream-like atmosphere of the music.

A gentle theme for Coraline is introduced on album in the wistful “Installation,” which features soothing vocals by the Children’s Choir of Nice (who feature prominently during the entire course of the score), backed by plucked harp and glass armonica. The theme is given a more playful development by solo boy soprano in “Exploration,” and on soothingly light electronic elements and flute in “In the Bed.”

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Zoë Keating - One Cello x 16: Natoma (2005)



Some srsly rawsome atmospheric cello mastery for you here.

In her solo performances and recordings (particularly the ongoing project she calls "One Cello x 16"), she uses live electronic sampling and repetition in order to layer the sound of her cello, creating rhythmically dense musical structures. Zoë's self-produced album "One Cello x 16: Natoma" has four times made it to #1 on the iTunes classical charts. Keating is the recipient of a 2009 Performing Arts grant from the Creative Capital Foundation. She has collaborated with such artists as Amanda Palmer, Rasputina, and John Vanderslice.

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[David_Dovey]

you all are fucking bitches. if you don't want my music, i won't post it.

oh no some guy thinks we are assholes

[scarred]

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[Mr. Tool]

whats the dilly with that state upload?  doesn't work?  i'm interested to hear what that is, as i've never heard it.  i also recently heard that they might be releasing all the episodes on a dvd finally.  my life would be complete.

The Dilly:

The State recorded an album for Warner Bros many years ago. Warner Bros shelved the album with no explanation why. The album is a mix of skits and songs, with no characters or connections to the TV show.

Oddly enough, even though the record company didn't see fit to release the album they are apparently working to keep it unheard. I really can't understand why that link was taken down, but here's a new one.

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BTW, DVDs of the entire series hit stores July 14

[pwhodges]

That didn't last long...

[valley_parade]

DO IT.

Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions



Fucking epic.

The album is not “SUNN O))) with strings” or “metal meets orchestra” material. The band took an approach concentrating on more of allusion toward the timbre of feedback and the instruments involved, so the piece is really illusory, beautiful and not entirely linear, stating that the end product is “the most musical piece we’ve done, and also the heaviest, powerful and most abstract set of chords we’ve laid to tape” The album was recorded and mixed by Randall Dunn & Mell Dettmer at various points over the last 2 years..

-blah blah blah release dates and whatnot-


MAXIMUM VOLUME YIELDS MAXIMUM RESULTS.

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[michaelicious]

Do Sunn O))) take their image very seriously? If so, wouldn't it be kind of a bummer to just see them play a show at a regular music venue. I'd wanna see them in a church or amidst some ruins on top of a mountain or in a cave or something.

[onewheelwizzard]

I'd wanna see them in a church

I did this, they had fog machines and cloaks and shit and I was on acid, it was fucking intense as hell.  I actually had to leave about 5 minutes early (I realized that their set had ended when I was 2 blocks away, desperately trying to find an alley in which to pee, and the vibrations going through the small of my back abruptly stopped).

SUNN0))) do not fuck around.

[valley_parade]

Do Sunn O))) take their image very seriously? If so, wouldn't it be kind of a bummer to just see them play a show at a regular music venue. I'd wanna see them in a church or amidst some ruins on top of a mountain or in a cave or something.

Their live album ("Dømkirke") was recorded in a centuries-old church in Norway. It's one of the most amazing live recordings I've ever heard.

[valley_parade]

Double posting cos this one has music.

Rollo - Pinhole



This is a side project from Atsuo Mizuno, the drummer (and guy who likes to yell "YEAAAAAAAAAAH" and "WOOOOOO!!!!") from Boris. I haven't listened to it yet, so I'm not quite sure what it sounds like. I've seen reviews that bring up words like "minimalist", "shoegaze", "psychedelic", and "no drums". It also seems to draw comparisons to "Flood", "Soundtrack to Film Mabuta no Ura", and the "Rainbow" album they did with Michio Kurihara (which was nothing short of amazing).

ETA: I've listened to about half of it. All of the above makes sense.

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[Johnny C]

I didn't see a pagebreak for some reason and I can't find where the preference button is for that cause I'm crazy tired but honestly if you're reading every single page of this thread why do you care about someone forcing a pagebreak except that it means scrolling past a few more posts at the bottom of the previous page

EDIT: plus Pere Ubu are really good so you should be snagging that record

[Zombiedude]

Pere Ubu is excellent

Also, I come bringing african music

Rokia Traore-Tchamantché

Malian singer, songwriter, and guitarist Rokia Traoré is no stranger to European audiences. Her three previous offerings and her numerous tours and high-level showcases -- at WOMAD and Africa Live, and as part of Youssou N'Dour & Friends in Geneva, to name a few -- have garnered her a large and devoted fan base. Her music is not so well known in the United States, but with the release of Tchamantché on Tama/Nonesuch, this should change. Traoré has always been a tradition breaker. She is from a family of nobles of the Bamana ethic heritage, a group with a strong griot tradition, though its nobility are discouraged from being musicians. Also, Malian women who are musicians usually accompany themselves on acoustic rather than electric instruments. Traoré, who has appeared on stages and recordings with her great influence, the late Ali Farka Touré, plays an electric Gretsch.

On Tchamantché, Traoré goes a step further: most Malian vocalists of the feminine gender tend to sing stridently, in over the top voices about elements of pride and heritage. She does neither. Her voice is intimate and almost understated, and her songs are filled with the plight of Africans who struggle for the most basic of human amenities: clean water, food, clothing, and shelter. Her politics are not rooted in rage, but in compassion. But even this isn't enough for Traoré. She has fashioned a new sound from the tenets of Malian folk forms with her unique blend of guitars (electric and acoustic), n'gouni, classical harp, and kora, all layered in staggered rhythms with snares, a full drum kit, and percussion instruments. This is beautifully evident on the album's fifth cut, "Kounandi," the taut weave of instruments above the rhythms creating an intoxicating tapestry of root sounds that somehow transcend their basic tonalities and become something new. This is followed with the gorgeous "Koronoko," where these instruments, along with a popping bassline and staggered web of harmony vocals, act as another layer of instruments and tonalities. But then, there isn't a weak moment on Tchamantché. Its lyrics (all translated into English for Amerikanskis) -- full of pain, celebration, spirituality, steely pointed notions of justice, and critique -- are only underscored by this heady, complex mix of stylistic forms and styles that has become a sound unique to Rokia Traoré. Highly recommended.

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I can't stop listening to this album, I think it's her best yet.

[medicatesleep]

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Meat Puppets - Sewn Together (2009)

If you're as stoked on the 90's as I am, you'll love this. New one from the classic alt-country/grunge rock trio. Get down!

[medicatesleep]

Sorry, but mediaf!re has been a really fuckin difficult lately. I think my comp my have AIDS

[gospel]

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - The Daytrotter EP

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In today’s cut-throat world of music, it pays to have a champion. The world of young male singer-songwriters doesn’t seem to be as crowded as the corresponding female market, but every little helps. In the case of Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, he has a champion in the shape of TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone who said “MBAR is my favourite songwriter right now”. But that’s not all, Grizzly Bear bigging him up also helps him to get noticed, and then there’s the name. All four of them. A while back it seemed that there was a bunch of artists trading on three names (William Elliot Whitmore, David Karsten Daniels, David Thomas Broughton, I’m sure there were more). But four? That’s scaling things up a notch, isn’t it?

Of course all of this would be just hot air and a good address book if the music wasn’t up to scratch. But thankfully MBAR is up to the the praise. Ragged, emotive rock is what he does. Lead track Buriedfed was my introduction, which got me thinking Jeffrey Lewis with heavier guitars, but elsewhere the tone is less anti-folk, more rasping and layered guitars reminiscent of his TVOTR mentor. But the sound is less precise, less clean. For me, the artist that Miles is most reminiscent of is Micah P Hinson. Both young artists from different parts of America, they share a similar rough-hewn, warm and emotive aesthetic, even if MBAR doesn’t go for the tortured howling. His songs are slow and measured, often hymn-like, but don’t have the obvious big chorus pay-off, so you have to work a little harder to appreciate them. It’s time well spent though.

[Mr. Tool]

Think About Life - Family

Family is broken-toy disco rock, served funky, like a big friendly bowl of sugary breakfast cereal. Upon a base of hearty synths and sweaty drums these tunes bubble with 80s pop guitar licks and are bedazzled with meta-marshmallows of electronic drones and glitchy samples. This alt-dance exterior is a framework from which hang beautifully rhythmic vocals, either musing empathetically about high-school lovers and guilt-ridden bus rides or issuing vaguely strange missives about mysterious wizards and black champagne. The tone is sometimes sly, sometimes frantic but never menacing, ironic or fey. Sounds like LCD Sound System, Outkast, Blur, TV on the Radio, Cars and Quincy Jones-era Michael Jackson done in the ramshackle, outsider style of Public Enemys producers the Bomb Squad. Family is probably as influenced by cartoon theme songs and 8-bit video game music as the L.A. riots. Beyond its charming pop heart and playful nouveau-disco trimmings, Family can also serve as a floatation device in case of bad-vibes. Step into their rad imagination, they got the magic touch.

I'll also mention that one of the guys in this band is the same guy behind Miracle Fortress, however it's a pretty useless piece of info since the two bands sound nothing alike.

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[altered_carbon]

George Harrison's solo career is the most sickeningly not-listened-to music of all time. Hopefully, this'll change that.

This is Thirty-Three and a 1/3, named for his age at that time. It has some real good songs on it, especially This Song, True Love, Crackerbox Palace, and Woman Don't You Cry For Me..The others  are all up to par too. The great thing about, oh, half of Harrison's career, is that it carried off the momentum from the last set of awesome songs he had while still with The Beatles; Being a purely independent writer in that band, he was able to keep his work up to a certain standard, while John and Paul, constantly looking after each other, were unprepared to make consistently good music like George.
This music is Beatlesesque...It's just more awesome George songs.

Thirty-Three and a 1/3

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George Harrison

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[medicatesleep]

<3 George

"Brainwashed" is a fucking cr00shal album as well

[canardseditieux]

I think The Twilight Sad got a pretty good reaction the last time someone posted them. They've released two EPs since their last album, "Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters."

"Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did."

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A "re-imagining" of tracks from "Fourteen Autumns...", plus a new track and a cover. Quieter.


"Killed My Parents and Hit the Road"

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Well-recorded live tracks, covers of the Smiths, Joy Division, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and a couple new tracks.

[gospel]

Their debut, Hymns for a Dark Horse, is also an amazing album. It may be a lot less extravagant than what I expected, but it's in no way marred for it. Their reverence is now seemingly replaced by a more wistful, more introspective understanding.   

Bowerbirds - Upper Air (2009)

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Bowerbirds’ debut album, Hymns for a Dark Horse, was nearly one hundred percent focused on the thesis that the earth is a sacred place with merit beyond us, and that humans are just visitors here. Its contrapuntal harmonies documented a moment in the life of the songwriter and the life of the band – Beth Tacular and Phil Moore living in an airstream in rural North Carolina, building a cabin of reclaimed boards by hand in the woods – but did so without, as far as we could tell, delving into their lives at all. While these weren’t protest songs, per se, they had the wry anger of a “Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll.” The songs were interconnected, both musically and thematically, a musical whitepaper of the very best, most listenable kind.

So it was a big surprise when we heard the songs collected on Upper Air. Bowerbirds were revealing more, writing from a personal voice, exploring love and human emotions in ways that have never been fully fleshed-out in their songwriting before. They have not abandoned their worldview from Hymns, but the lyrics are no longer just observational. These are songs written from a personal place, examining the contradictions inherent to a conscious life, and this emotional depth makes for an undeniably powerful collection of songs.

Upper Air is the product of months spent away from nature and away from home, touring endlessly with the likes of Bon Iver, Phosphorescent and John Vanderslice and on their own, on both sides of the Atlantic. The fodder for songwriting has changed, and so have the songs. Upper Air moves away from the singular sound and sentiment; each and every song on Upper Air is a journal entry that stands on its own, each a unique, beautiful piece. The arrangements are subtle: acoustic guitars, organ, piano, autoharp, violin, percussion, upright bass and more are used throughout the recording. Usually though, it is just a few of these instruments delicately supporting Moore’s voice, the anchor of every song. Everyone struggles when they try to describe this music, including us, but we’ll try: it has the spirit of Richard and Linda Thompson, the currency of Devendra Banhart, the addictively sweet melodicism of Iron & Wine, but it churns with an underlying energy closer to a Beirut or something farther out, more raw, more wild.

The most notable part is this: The songs don’t hide behind the instrumentation, the deontological conviction, or, frankly, anything; and that is what makes Upper Air undeniable, simple, and breathtaking.

Not much to say here. I am sure if you like Deerhunter, you'll grab this.

Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange

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Rainwater Cassette Exchange (to be released digitally 5/18 and on CD and vinyl 6/8- UPDATE: now on cassette, too!) is the latest offering from Deerhunter. Immediately apparent from title track and promo mp3 "Rainwater Cassette Exchange" is some inspiration drawn from contemporaries Animal Collective (front-man Bradford Cox, incidentally, spoke of this in a Pitchfork interview), sounding a bit trippy and oceanic, as well as like a poppier version of their last album, Microcastle / Weird Era Cont. Next up, "Disappearing Ink", my favourite from the EP, and "Famous Last Words" have a succinct punchy-ness, a Deerhunter trademark which begs repeated listening. "Game of Diamonds" takes the tropical mood surrounding Rainwater to greater heights and underscoring a movement away from shoegaze...and then there's "Circulation", which is awash in all that noisy, shoegazey goodness you'd come to expect, and flickering out with snippets of TV channels changing. As a good EP ought to, Rainwater Cassette Exchange feels like a wonderful album cut short and shows a deepening of the band's sound that bears great promise for a future full-length release.

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Somebody had posted a few Medeski, Martin, and Wood albums. I figured this was a nice way of paying off the debt. If you have any interest in jazz--casual or serious--I would give this a spin. It's a bit experimental yet accessible.

Sex Mob meets Medeski - Live in Willisau 2006

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The two-minute "Mob Rule Invocation," which starts Sex Mob Meets Medeski, is enough to turn the tables on conventional jazz quintet genre, pointing the way to bridge the gap between the melodic and music that is so squarely and pristinely raucous that its intention is measurable in the fun the musicians are clearly having.

Recorded live at the Willisau Jazz Festival in 2006, this album reaches across a spectrum from spontaneous improvisation to pieces from Duke Ellington and Count Basie, pop artist Prince and 007 film composer John Barry. The original Sex Mob quartet of drummer Kenny Wollesen, bassist Tony Scherr, slide trumpeter Steven Bernstein and alto saxist Briggan Krauss, joined by John Medeski on organ, stretches content to the limits and sheds new light on the familiar.

No instrumentalist ignores his place in the field; in fact, each carves his own line so deeply that subtlety is an unsuitable word to assign to the music produced, even if it is in ballad mode ("This Never Happened to the Other Guy," "This Never Happened Part 2").  more...

[barista.babe]

i haven't posted anything in awhile, but now that i lost my job i have plenty of free time...so, here's some fun stuff. i'm not going to write reviews, but i will tell you what they are and why you need them.


dance hall crashers - purr

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dance hall crashers - honey i'm homely

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who doesn't need a little pep in their step every now and then? There was a brief moment in my youth when all i ever wanted to listen to was ska. if it wasn't op ivy, the skankin pickle, RBF, or the bosstones, i wasn't having it. needless to say, that phase lasted about 3 months. This band however, takes the fun hoppiness from no doubt and mixes it with a little save ferris band action. the result are two album that i now giggle and tap my fingers too in the car. check them out.

aimee mann - bachelor no. 2 or the last remains of the dodo

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this is amazing. if you don't own it already, then do yourself  favor and get it. i fell in love with aimee mann years ago when i raided a roomates cd collection. if you really like the magnolia soundtrack, you will love this album (it was written around the same time).

lisa loeb - cake and pie

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never in my wildest dreams did i think that i would admit this to anyone, but i love lisa loeb. more importantly, this album. it makes me happy when i am sad and and keeps me flying when i am glad. it's a guilty pleasure must have...and hey...it's not as embarassing as NSYNC.

last but not least...

the lunachicks - luxury problem.

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there was riot grrl and then there was this. 4 chicks that scream and roll around on stage who at the time of their first album didn't even really know how to play their instruments. this is their last lp as a band (they have 6 other releases i think). just when the band was starting to get good they went on hiatus. when i get moments of road rage, this often pops up. it's one of my favorites. love it. buuuuuurp.

[Rusty Kuntz]

The only collection of the first six ZZ Top records came out on the Six Pack Cd but featured a terrible remix with dated reverbs and triggered drums.

This is a vinyl Rip of their second album:

http://www.mediaf!re.com/download.php?otwnyjuwtqy

[pat101]

dude use the 'code' button

it looks like # < that.

Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange

This is quite good   

[Mr. Tool]

Freshly leaked

Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer

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[medicatesleep]

new pelican album.

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You're welcome... Wesssssssssssssssley.

[Lwize]

Bowerbirds - Upper Air (2009)

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you.

[imapiratearg]

Mr. Butlertron.

Hahaha.  Oh man.

"He calls everyone Wesley...I'm not sure why..."

[valley_parade]

new pelican album.

My ears, they're in love.

[Metope]

Noooo the Sunset Rubdown link is already down. I want it!

[valley_parade]

get the pelican ep instead, kris

[onewheelwizzard]

Figured I'd throw up a couple things that have impressed me recently.

Ancestors - Neptune With Fire

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It's not often nowadays that I find really good heavy psychedelic rock of the kind I've come to love, but this album is really satisfying me.  It's only 2 songs (one 16 minutes, one 21 minutes), but there's a LOT of majesty packed into them ... the first two bands I'd compare Ancestors to are Earthless and Mammatus, and I love both those bands, so this stuff is right up my alley.  Heavy, doom-laden psychedelic odysseys both, the two tracks on this album are choice, and I look forward to the next I hear from these guys.  If you're going to like this, you probably know who you are (and you probably knew as soon as you saw the album cover).

Shogun Kunitoki - Vinonaamakasio

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?y3xznhwonzu#

This sounds a bit like if Black Moth Super Rainbow decided to make an instrumental post-rock album.  (I'll let that sink in.)  Yeah, it's that good, even without the talkbox vocals.  This is the second album by them that I've found, I'll upload their debut if people like this one.  I've been really enjoying both their albums so far.  It clearly has heavily electronic influences, but I believe the actual production is entirely analog, all organs and that kind of thing.  Whatever it is, it's awesome.

Robert Hood - Deep Concentration: The Grey Area Mix

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?0ujoyze4ojz

This is minimal techno, so its appeal may be somewhat limited.  But it's one of the deepest, thickest, most soulful pieces of electronic music I've ever heard.  Robert Hood virtually invented minimal techno, if the internet is telling me the truth, and his wisdom and expertise shines through in this mix.  It is absolutely masterful.  I'm really, really glad that I ran across it, because I'm going to be listening to this for a LONG time.  There's actually only 350 copies of this in existence, apparently, so you're not exactly likely to find it on Amazon.  I recommend that you get it even if you don't intend to listen to it anytime soon ... it's pretty powerful, and you're not going to hear it anywhere else.

[Albatron]

 That first Shogun Kunitoki album was put up a while back, link is still good too. Get it, it's good if a little repetitive.

Love Ancestors and the new Pelican EP 

[Tom]

Noooo the Sunset Rubdown link is already down. I want it!

I'm uploading it now along with an extra 7".


EDIT:

Dragonslayer:

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?2mjoexzmjzn

Introducing Moonface:

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?lytl5eojirg

[adara]

I haven't seen this posted yet and I put it on mediaf!re to download onto a different computer from the one I was using at the time, so if anyone wants it, here it is!


Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix



I would classify it as upbeat, fun pop/rock with no aversion to synthesizers. They have probably listened to a lot of classic 80s tunes. Also, they are French, if you care about those kinds of things.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?kknz2itayym

[MrBridge]

Noooo the Sunset Rubdown link is already down. I want it!

I'm uploading it now along with an extra 7".


EDIT:

Dragonslayer:

Code:

http://www.mediaf!re.com/?2mjoexzmjzn

Introducing Moonface:

Code:

http://www.mediaf!re.com/?lytl5eojirg

My children, would you like to have them?  We may both be dudes, but surely we can work something out.

[scarred]

Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

This actually was upped a while back, but I'm not complaining. Everyone should get this. It is a flawless indiepop record. One of the best of 2009.