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Jackie Blue:
Because of the sheer volume of music I've digested since I was 8 or so, there are inevitably a lot of bands that I was once way into but that I will forget about for years at a time.  Today I found cheap copies of two such bands:

Belly - Star - Undoubtedly my favourite thing that Tanya Donnely has ever done, this album sounds even more breathtaking to me today than it did around its release.  A striking amount of it is far more experimental than it seemed at the time, both thematically and tonally.  This is a great album.  Will Mediafire it if anyone wants it.  Videos:

Feed the Tree

Dusted

Run-DMC - Tougher Than Leather - In 1988, Run-DMC proclaiming themselves "The King of Rock And Roll" and using nothing but heavy rock drums and the occasional guitar stab was a total knockout.  It was not only an improvement on their collaboration on "Walk This Way" but also an expansion of that sound, really making it their own.  To this day songs like "Run's House" and "Radio Station" make me want to roll the windows down and the system up.  Videos:

Run's House

Mary, Mary

(Unfortunately there are no videos of the best songs on the album, will mediafire if do want.)

Katherine:
I love that Belly album.  I got to see them live when I was a senior in High School.  I think I was the only person there who actually knew who they were and didn't just go because it was a dirt cheap show at a local college. 

rynne:
I adore "Dusted."  The rest of the album is pretty good, too.  Here’s some I’ve forgotten about for a while:

Cibo Matto - VIVA! La Woman.  One of those obviously-New York records where two Japanese expatriots throw together hip-hop, jazz, latin, and whatever other genres they can get their hands on.  Since the singer wasn't completely comfortable with English, all of the lyrics use food metaphors to get their point across.  Unfortunately, their more proficient follow-up didn't have the same magic.

Sugar Water

Birthday Cake

Solex - Solex vs. the Hitmeister.  This lives off in its own completely off-kilter corner of the pop spectrum.  Supposedly Elisabeth Esselink took the records no one wanted from her Rotterdam record store and re-purposed them as sample sources for her own music.  The mish-mash of sounds plus Esselink's unconventional song writing makes for a happy, touching, almost naive record full of unexpected twists.

Solex All Licketysplit

(sorry, only one video from youtube for this one)

gardenhead_:
wow, that Solex video was really good. would you mind putting it in the mediafire thread, please? I couldn't find it elsewhere.

rynne:
Sure, I'll get it up tomorrow.

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