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

[Liz]

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[öde]

M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us

Missing track 13?

Bleh, that's why I don't use soulseek anymore.

[imagist42]

I don't know about the rest of you but Ingrid Michaelson makes me happy inside.


Girls and Boys

AMG doesn't have anything on the album and the artist write-up is kind of long-winded, but all you need to know is she's a good female singer/songwriter doing great indie pop. Let's go go go ! !

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http://www.sendspace.com/file/3zeq58

All 320 Kbps mp3s.

[mfpole]

yaaaaaaaay music

Husker Du- Zen Arcade

Hardcore group goes concept double album. Songs about drugs, acid trips, hallucinations and other shit. I love this.
http://www.mediaf!re.com/?ebm3bx932g1

Wire- Pink Flag

22 short two chord anthems. Post-punk classic.
http://www.mediaf!re.com/?cw2rnfqvm0b


King Tubby - King Tubby's in Fine Style

King Tubby creates a genre by remixing reggae songs. Really good stuff. Has an awesome name too!
http://www.mediaf!re.com/?8tudoubdanp
http://www.mediaf!re.com/?ezi1fjznxw1

Les Savy Fav - Inches

My favorite band! Woo! A collection of nine singles (and the b-sides) that chronicle the awesomest band ever. 18 slammin tracks that bring down the house. awwww yeaaaaa.
http://www.mediaf!re.com/?9nosnexzjbl

Jesu - Conqueror

Fuzzed out vocals over fuzzed out metal guitars.
http://www.mediaf!re.com/?829bg3dq0cj 

[imapiratearg]

Reconstruction Site

Everyone should download this album.

[Scarychips]

Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized's third collection of hypnotic headphone symphonies is their most brilliant and accessible to date. Largely forsaking the drones and minimalistic, repetitive riffs which have characterized his work since the halcyon days of Spacemen 3, Jason Pierce re-focuses here and spins off into myriad new directions; in a sense, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, with its majestic, Spector-like glow, is his classic rock album. "Come Together" and the blistering "Electricity" are his most edgy, straightforward rockers in eons, while the stunning "I Think I'm in Love" settles into a divided-psyche call-and-response R&B groove, and the closing "Cop Shoot Cop" (with guest Dr. John) locks into a voodoo blues trance. Lyrically, Pierce is at his most open and honest: The record is a heartfelt confessional of love and loss, with redemption found only in the form of drugs -- designed, no less, to look like a prescription pharmaceutical package, Ladies and Gentlemen is pointedly explicit in its description of drug use as a means of killing the pain on track after track. Conversely, never before have the literal implications of the name "Spiritualized" been explored in such earnest detail -- the London Community Gospel Choir appears prominently on a number of songs, while another bears the title "No God, Only Religion," pushing the music even further toward the kind of cosmic gospel transcendence it craves. A masterpiece.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?07b3fxdndw3

It's been uploaded like six times, is it that good?

[Cernunnos]

Just about.

[Liz]

It's damn good. You will download it now.

[imapiratearg]

Thank you for the Husker Du!

[Hat]

It's been uploaded like six times, is it that good?

7 if you count the upload I didn't post because Kai beat me to it.

Yes it is that good.

[imagist42]

I'm feeling especially generous today. I heart these guys.


Pernice Brothers - Live a Little

AMG: Joe Pernice and his compatriots have taken one step forward and one step back on the fifth studio album from the Pernice Brothers, Live a Little, and both moves have served them well. Live a Little finds the band teaming up again with Michael Deming, the producer who worked with Joe Pernice during the latter days of the Scud Mountain Boys and was behind the board for Overcome by Happiness, the Pernice Brothers' debut. Live a Little lacks the gloss of Discover a Lovelier You or the harder surfaces of Yours, Mine & Ours (both of which were produced by Thom Monahan), but it also feels considerably fuller and more mature than the quiet, tentative texture of the debut. Live a Little sounds more open and roomy than the past few Pernice Brothers efforts, while at the same time reflecting the lusher pop sound the band has embraced since 1998; a bit of the gingerbread has been stripped away, but the sound is still classic-style pop at its most delicious, buoyed by Deming's subtle string charts. And while there's a bit less of the "sunshine pop for a cloudy day" mood of their previous albums on Live a Little, Joe Pernice remains one of the finest songwriters at work today, and these 11 new songs (plus a remake of "Grudge F***" from the final Scud Mountain Boys album) find him in superb form -- the melodies are intelligent but hooky, with the touches of tart sophistication never getting in the way of their sweetness, and his lyrics walk a glorious tightrope between the classic adolescent obsessions of rock (i.e., girls) and the more troubling concerns of adulthood (i.e., women). And as usual, Joe's collaborators deliver the goods, especially Peyton Pinkerton on guitar and James Wallborne on keyboards, playing these songs with the passion and skill they richly deserve. No one in indie pop has consistently delivered such impressive results in the new millennium as Joe Pernice, and Live a Little makes it clear he isn't done making superb music anytime soon.

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Mostly 320 (with some ~256). Kbps mp3s.

[E. Spaceman]

This is kind of a reupload. I uploaded the original a long long time ago and it was downloaded like 200 times.
I normally don't do reuploads because i'm lazy but I was talking to brett the other day and he told me he wished he could somehow isolate the tracks to include them in mixes of his own; and as it happened, I happen to have an unmixed version! The vinyl was not mixed and some of the songs are a bit longer/different and i actually think it very strange to listen to because of how much i listened to the original.

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[öde]

I saw the words on the cover!

I have a headache now.

[Dimmukane]

That gets an award for being the most painful album cover ever.

[IronOxide]

Not only is it one of the better album covers ever, it is up there on the dance albums of all time.

Also, it seems as if in the mix thread Tommy suggested posting my mixes here, so here it is.

Okay, here's my mix about crushes and crush related things.

1. "Thirteen" - Big Star
2. "Sally Simpson" - The Who
3. "Johnathan David" - Belle and Sebastian
4. "Debra" - Beck
5. "Digital Love" - Daft Punk
6. "Skullcrusher Mountain" - Jonathan Coulton
7. "P.Y.T." - Michael Jackson
8. "Short Skirt, Long Jacket" - Cake
9. "Uptown Girl" - Billy Joel
10. "Your Magic is Working" - Of Montreal
11. "If You Should Try to Kiss Her" - Dressy Bessy
12. "Clementine" - The Decemberists
13. "Thirteen" - Elliott Smith

Made on Mixmeister.

http://www.mediaf!re.com/?62enzzmlfgz

[amok]

That gets an award for being the most painful album cover ever.

yeah I remember that shit from last time it burned my eyes out

not listening on principle

[Kai]

You are missing out so hard.

[Hat]

hahahah woah I always wondered what it would look like to see someone make the biggest mistake of their life.

Awesome

[ledhendrix]

More tasty music.



Radiohead - Hail to the Thief

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis Bold as Love

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Say thanks

[est]

You are missing out so hard.

Thanks for posting it, E.  I only have the cd version, will have to grab that when I get home from werk.

[est]

Back with a slicker set of moves and immaculately groomed hooks, on Fancy Footwork Chromeo are in even more control of their sound than they were on She's in Control. The duo's debut was undeniably fun, but it was such a slave to the rhythm that, at times, it was numbing; on this album, Chromeo take their electro textures and funky beats in a very pop direction, topping them with memorable melodies and witty lyrics. From the tongue-in-cheek drama of "Intro" -- which conjures visions of Chromeo ascending the stage from a cloud of dry ice -- Fancy Footwork builds on everything that made previous singles like "Needy Girl" good dirty fun. "Tenderoni" is a great example of the album's tighter, glossier sound and swivel-hipped rhythms, while "Fancy Footwork" itself boasts growling, squealing, and purring Moogs and a percussion breakdown made for busting a move. And, by trimming the fat off their tracks, Chromeo have made more room for knowing, entendre-laden fun. "Momma's Boy," with its instantly lovable electric piano riff and lyrics about finding your sweetie eerily similar to your folks, is a funny, catchy, twisted update on the Hall & Oates-style pop that the band loves so much. Skit-like humor seeps into "Call Me Up," which pauses while a girl looks around for Chromeo's phone number, and "My Girl is Calling Me (A Liar)," which ends with a brief conversation between Dave One and a talkboxing Pee Thug. Elsewhere, Dave and Pee show their sensitive side: "Bonafied Lovin" shows them taking more time to court a conquest, and the "Needy Girl" sequel "Opening Up" finds them trying monogamy -- and liking it. Even though Fancy Footwork's grooves aren't quite as deep as those on She's in Control, Chromeo's transformation into polished Lotharios with pop skills to match more than makes up for it.

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bonus image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Chromeo_in_concert.jpg/800px-Chromeo_in_concert.jpg

I was at that show!

[imagist42]

Didn't the new BSP leak a while ago? If yes, I am surprised no one's put it up here yet.

[est]

BSP?

Also: why don't you get it and do it instead of obliquely requesting someone else do it?

[Hat]

Chromeo

Oh my god Est, this is delicious.

If these guys ever tour Australia it is super important you tell me about it.

[imagist42]

BSP?

Also: why don't you get it and do it instead of obliquely requesting someone else do it?

British Sea Power.

And the same reason I became so well-acquainted with this thread in the first place: my college's network blocks all peer-to-peer activity (including torrents) and there's simply no way around it. Better men than I have tried.

[GenericName]

I'd research the band, find the torrent, download the torrent, and then upload the album for you guys if I weren't about to go to bed.
If it's not done by tomorrow, I'll have some time to waste then. If it is, I guess I'll have to download it.

[Dimmukane]

You are missing out so hard.

Missing out on what?  I already listen to Soulwax, I was just commenting on the album cover.

[imagist42]

I think he was talking to amok, not you...

[est]

Oh my god Est, this is delicious.

If these guys ever tour Australia it is super important you tell me about it.

Bad timing, there.  They *just* played two shows at the Sydney Festival.  I went to the free one & was going to go to the ticketed one last night, but decided against it because I had work to do.

My timing is getting only marginally better.  6 months ago I would have found out about these guys like, next week.

[Helpless Rock]

Both recent Eels albums uploaded by ledhendrix are DRM protected WMA so they don't really work.   

[E. Spaceman]

Romantica, by Luna. Dream pop at its poppiest and finest made by ex Galaxie 500. Everyone download and love.

[Tom]

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?7cynlbdp2cn

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

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[Ballard]

This was posted a while back but it it was lumped in with another upload and looked like it went large ignored. The old link is on page 20-something and has since expired. Amazing, amazing band.

From the opening blast of overdriven guitars and hyperkinetic drums it's apparent A Place To Bury Strangers, self-described "loudest band in New York", want to pummel you into submission with their unique take on white-noise-derived guitar splendor, but then a hypnotic single string riff takes over to briefly deliver a respite from the assault, recalling the classic era of shoegaze. The swirling atmosphere of guitar feedback and reverb-drenched vocals immediately bring to mind the most obvious comparison: vintage Jesus and Mary Chain. And while the Mary Chain circa Psychocandy evoked The Beach Boys on bad acid or the The Shirelles gigging poolside at the Manson family compound, A Place To Bury Strangers also evoke a host of noisy early 90's British bands like My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, Ride, Chapterhouse, Pale Saints and The Catherine Wheel without sounding exactly like any of them. These bands knew how to cloak their essentially straightforward and anthemic rock songs in layers upon layers of guitar effects to lend an air of psychedelia and psychosis to what without that noisy dressing would strip down to candy-coated pop confections. And what A Place To Bury Strangers indeed does is write pop songs, with simple, traditional arrangements, primarily in slightly menacing minor keys, and saturated with their own unique brand of sonic mayhem. This is facilitated by the fact that their guitarist/singer designs his own effects pedals at his day job, allowing for a trademark-able and wide variety of signature bombastic sounds (he also does custom work for illustrious members of other similarly-minded space rockers). Many songs, like the obvious single To Fix The Gash In Your Head, feature a pile-driving drum machine enhancement which adds to the multiple layers and recalls a time when dark dream pop (Curve, Slowdive, The Telescopes) and dancefloor-friendly goth rock (Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, early New Order) were club mainstays. And aside from the lone doom-laden ballad The Falling Sun, these songs are actually danceable. Or perhaps moshable, at the proper volume. The majority of the album keeps up the frenetic onslaught with which it opens, and even amongst the caustic thrash and thick slabs of sonic detritus there is an exhilaration, a catharsis, a beauty in the cacophony, and the listener is happily buried in the ear-splitting bliss. Many albums' liner notes suggest the listener should PLAY THIS LOUD, but in this case it's never been more essential.

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http://www.sendspace.com/file/ajydue

[E. Spaceman]

I am uploading a bunch of stuff for this thread since i left it unattended for so long. It won't be ready until at least the morning but here is the Alan Braxe remix of Justice's D.A.N.C.E.. It is really really good!

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?5x4vttynxm5

[Clintaga]

Hey Guys, I'm dropping some more love on your faces.

 

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Album of the Year is one of the greatest albums I have ever listened to. Tim Kasher is the best thing that ever happened to Saddle Creek Records, and this record is in my eyes his MAgnum Opus. If you like what the very core of The Ugly Organ was about, this will rock you.

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

Philly bred Indie Rock. Live show was retarded good. If you like Modest Mouse and Clocks by Coldplay, these guys are awesome for you.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?82hdshpqenz

Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but in mine, DJ Shadow is what to Drum and Bass what the Beetles were to Rock and Roll. His latest works are, unfortunately, campy at times, but this record is such a Shmorgasboard of UNBELIEVABLY cool sounds that I have to lie down after I've finished listening to it, and maybe take a shower.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?bxcemt49nyv

This isn't my favorite album of Explosions in the Sky's, but it was the album I was into the very most for the longest time (before I downloaded How Strange, Innocence), but this is still a collection of incredible songs by some incredible musicians that are really some of the best at what they do. 5/5

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/download.php?3ngntvtnjef

Ramona Cor-Fucking-Dova is off the fucking hook. This gypsy folk wonderboy just unhooks elegant pleasant melodies with his incredible empathic high pitched folk yodel, which I refer to casually as Fodelolking. Of all his tracks, Chesser is still the one that moves me in a way that most modern music utterly fails too. I cannot recommend this musician or his cavalcade squad of crack neo punk nomadic street artists (who are all also very good musicians) highly enough, although admittedly, if you don't get it right away, you probably wont.

Mucho Lovo!
=)

EDIT:: Fixed Ramona Cordova Link, Thanks for the heads up. Also, Wizzard posted a copy. Go get it.

[Tom]

You put the wrong url for the last album in that post.

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[onewheelwizzard]

A Place to Bury Strangers

These guys played my house a couple months ago but I missed it, I can't remember why (I was probably out of town that weekend) but I know I was bummed.  I have procrastinated until now before actually finding out what they're like.  Thanks for the upload.

Also, I cannot recommend Ramona Cordova highly enough.  Mad props to Clintaga for upping that album, everyone download it (although what he says is true ... if you're not into it at first listen, it might not be for you.  However, I firmly believe that everyone should at least listen through it all the way.  This may or may not be due in part to the fact that the last song is my favorite.)

Unfortunately, the link for that album points to the cover image, not the album itself.  It's a small file so I upped it myself.

Ramona Cordova - The Boy Who Floated Freely

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?1u99qi4ysnt

[Catacombs]

Pixies - Come on Pilgrim/Surfer Rosa

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?729epmxyjhx

[valley_parade]

Three albums I'd promised Dan.

Dungen - Dungen

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

Dungen - Stadsvandringar

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?2qzpazgc21t

Dungen - Tio Bitar

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?3txw2dzxx4i

[Ballard]

These guys played my house a couple months ago but I missed it, I can't remember why (I was probably out of town that weekend) but I know I was bummed.  I have procrastinated until now before actually finding out what they're like.  Thanks for the upload.

Enjoy it!

[ledhendrix]

Both recent Eels albums uploaded by ledhendrix are DRM protected WMA so they don't really work.   

Is there anyway to fix that?

[Ballard]

Don't use DRM-protected WMA files? Eww.

[ledhendrix]

How can you "un" DRM protect them?

[öde]

Can we knock it off with passworded archives, archives that don't work, shitty filetypes (wma, m4p), etc? Thanks!

Thanks Shane! Jets to Brazil coming right up!

[valley_parade]

How can you "un" DRM protect them?

Ask them politely?

[imapiratearg]

This thread has made my day.

[Dimmukane]

Romantica, by Luna. Dream pop at its poppiest and finest made by ex Galaxie 500. Everyone download and love.

No URL. No Love.

[valley_parade]

It just this guy (who I think is perfect) shredding on a Sitar with a drum machine and some kinda crazy techno shit.

Whoa, cool shit.


Boris - Heavy Rocks

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[imagist42]

Ill upload Krankenhaus? for you later imagist42. does anyone have any of their b-sides or the Waving Flags EP

I bought Krakenhaus? a while ago (although this doesn't mean it's not a worthy upload). I was referring to the LP, Do You Like Rock Music? Supposedly it leaked about a month ago, but I haven't seen it pop up anywhere I can get to.

How can you "un" DRM protect them?

Quick and dirty way: burn them to a CD, then rip them from that CD. Voila.

Also, Eulogies:


Eulogies - S/T

Nothing on AMG and I'm not sure who to compare them to, but all in all it's just quality indie rock. Well worth the time.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?03291mbuh12

256 Kbps mp3s.

[onewheelwizzard]

As requested by amok!

Dead Meadow - Old Growth



This is the new Dead meadow album, set for release on Feb. 4th.  It's really, really good psychedelic rock.  A bit more blues in this one compared to previous albums, and a bit more radio-friendly ... there aren't many tripped-out jams like "Sleepy Silver Door" or doomy wailers like "One and Old," and the songs tend to be a little less hard-hitting than the first few albums, so it seems to me like they might be losing their spark a bit on this one, but that's just me ... some people might like it more.  At the very least, the acoustic songs are as beautiful as ever and worth the download alone.  Either way, even if it is a little less interesting (in my opinion) than their previous work, it's still a fuckin' awesome disc and I highly recommend it.

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