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[Vuk]

I know, right? I listened to the new Autolux record, and while it's not instantly appealing like Future Perfect, I think that could just be because it's a lot different. Haha, I swear to god, the beat in "High Chair" reminded me of Ying Yang Twins' "Whisper Song" for few seconds.

[Koremora]

EDIT: Repost with non-transcode CD rip. MUCH better quality on this one.

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (2010 - 320kbps CD Rip)

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A sprawling emotional masterpiece. More cathartic highs and reflective lows than all the moments on their previous records combined. Give it a few listens and you may even think it's better than Funeral. It is THAT good.

[KvP]

Cloak & Dagger - Crimewaves / In the Cut

Cloak & Dagger (ne Evan Gach) makes the transition to slower tempos on this great 12" for the Immerse imprint, in contrast to his earlier work in DnB. What makes this particular release intriguing is how much of the DnB aesthetic is retained in the transition to dubstep. For one, this is a very jazzy variant of dubstep, and not the same sort of slick R&B that, say, James Blake brings to his music. Cloak & Dagger brings a more cool and austere sort of feel to the work, that high-class urban feel that a lot of great DnB had back in the day. It's also nice to hear new dubstep that isn't balls-to-the-wall obsessed with bigger and badder bass sounds. Crimewaves / In the Cut  seem more concerned with interesting rhythms than the wallop of a well-placed bassline. There's a very interesting emphasis on live percussion, which is always nice to hear.


"Crimewaves" feels just like a slowed-down late 90's DnB jam, mostly due to the use of the Rhodes synth, which I personally cannot get enough of. It's incredibly evocative, to me, of downtown urban spaces, all clean, angular architecture and glass. It's great music for rainy weather. The song takes a bit of a left turn halfway through the song when a live jazz drumming session enters the proceedings. It's one of the best tracks I've heard all year, if not for innovation than for the vivid feelings it brings up. It's why I got into this music in the first place.


The second track is a little darker, with interesting, loping percussion and an understated bassline. The track doesn't go up but out, exploring variations on its few elements and making liberal use of delay to create a nice dub feel, while synths drone on top of the shuffle, giving a somber tone to the music. Great stuff.

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FaltyDL - Phreqaflex

New 3-track EP from FaltyDL (ne Andrew Lustman) from the ever-glorious Planet Mu imprint, the first of two he's got lined up in the next few months. It offers a bit of a twist on FaltyDL's tried-and-true NY-flavored future garage, this time taking on a 2-step template and no small amount of jacking Chicago flavor to the mix. The title track's high-energy rhythm and gurgling low-slung bass is a marked departure for the artist, who usually traffics in more laid-back and contemplative garage sounds.

Second track "Because You" retains the hard-charging bass drum and snares but adds Lustman's signature jazzy organ arrangements and snatches of diva vox, creating a dancefloor-oriented sound that few but FaltyDL could hope to match. "My Friends Will Always Say..." is the jewel of the EP, and it's the song closest in sound to the upscale urban garage sounds of last year's Love Is a Liability, with its quasi-acid formant-filtered bass and descending chords. The vox samples are even more bewitching than usual, given the Boxcutter-esque pitch-shifting they're subjected to. It's that one incredible track I can always count on Lustman to deliver with every release.

Lustman's second EP for Planet Mu, Endeavor, will be out in September, and it will reportedly focus on his experiments in house music. I'm interested to hear it, naturally, as the weird slow-house artists I usually favor (Floating Points, et al) are pretty quiet so far this year. I'm interested to hear Lustman's take on the genre. I also wouldn't be surprised if we heard more from the man on other labels, as he's got a lot of commitments and a work ethic to match. I guess we'll have to wait and see...

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Svarte Greiner - Penpals Forever (And Ever)

I bought this LP based solely on the cover art, which really freaks me out, in a good way. It's an old album, technically, but the B-side is all new material, exclusive to the vinyl re-release. I ripped it at the request of an internets acquaintance the same night I ripped the Keith Fullerton Whitman 5-inch I blogged about a few nights back.

Svarte Greiner makes haunting dark ambience that at times flirts with the sort of grim drone that's all the rage among fringe metal connoisseurs these days. This is definitely an album to sit back and be unsettled by. There are distinct tracks but I only ripped the vinyl as sides and didn't separate the tracks - too lazy I suppose. As far as I can tell, the tracks are nameless, as per the great ambient tradition. I think it works better this way. Each side is 25 minutes long or thereabouts. Really interesting stuff. I imagine it goes well with some chemical enhancement.

The record is limited to 450 copies worldwide and Boomkat is sold out, as well as the Digitalis shop, but you can still snag the CD version. I would.

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Peverelist - Better Ways of Living / Fighting Without Fighting

Peverelist occupies the space between next-gen garage and classic techno, along with a few other likeminded producers (notably Geiom and Shortstuff, with 2562, Midlake and Illum Sphere bridging the gap between techno and dubstep proper) and as such he's been a hard nut for me to crack, so to speak. Where I am with this kind of music is not unlike the place I was with Venetian Snares and breakcore in general a few years ago - struggling to find things to enjoy but still endlessly curious. With Vsnares and his cohorts I eventually came to enjoy the madcap energy and the aggression of the music, but I'm still combating my ambivalence toward Peverelist's brand of UK techno. It's like black coffee - whatever satisfaction you get out of it isn't going to come from the sweetness of it.

 On his latest release for Punch Drunk, the label he runs out of Bristol, Peverelist brings me a little bit closer to open acceptance of his style. The A-side "Better Ways of Living", is more techno than garage, with rolling snares, a percussive bassline and a weird metallic tube noise. A clipped, sparse synth melody pops up from time to time, similar to but distinct from the singular melodic minimalism of Ramadanman, who has probably done more than any other artist to open me up to this sort of squashed, nervous dance music.

B-side "Fighting Without Fighting" starts off like an unnameable early 90's club track before slipping under a mass of swarming, shambling bass hits. Liberal use of delay is utilized to some effect here. The understated, rattling snare sound is reminiscent of some of Autechre's work in the late 90's, and the addition of what sounds like a synth horn preset is very weird and almost unsettling. All these disparate elements combine to make a compelling little schizophrenic floor number.

All in all I'm starting to get the idea that perhaps this sort of music is one of those that is best experienced in single, rather than album, form. I wasn't a huge fan of Peverelist's Jarvik Mindstate LP, but this taut, idiosyncratic 12 is much easier for me to enjoy.

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[JD]

中学生棺桶 - 矛先についたガム[2010]

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http://www.mediafire.com/?cx99bacaphrgpidDoom Punk from Japan. oh gosh I can't stop listening to it

[rednightmare]

It's been a while and is time for me to contribute again.

I did a search and wasn't able to find either of the two good Talk Talk albums so here you are. With reviews and everything.

Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden



From Allmusic.com

Compare Spirit of Eden with any other previous release in the Talk Talk catalog, and it's almost impossible to believe it's the work of the same band -- exchanging electronics for live, organic sounds and rejecting structure in favor of mood and atmosphere, the album is an unprecedented breakthrough, a musical and emotional catharsis of immense power. Mark Hollis' songs exist far outside of the pop idiom, drawing instead on ambient textures, jazz-like arrangements, and avant-garde accents; for all of their intricacy and delicate beauty, compositions like "Inheritance" and "I Believe in You" also possess an elemental strength -- Hollis' oblique lyrics speak to themes of loss and redemption with understated grace, and his hauntingly poignant vocals evoke wrenching spiritual turmoil tempered with unflagging hope. A singular musical experience.

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Talk Talk - Laughing Stock



From Allmusic.com

Virtually ignored upon its initial release, Laughing Stock continues to grow in stature and influence by leaps and bounds. Picking up where Spirit of Eden left off, the album operates outside of the accepted sphere of rock to create music which is both delicate and intense; recorded with a large classical ensemble, it defies easy categorization, conforming to very few structural precedents -- while the gently hypnotic "Myrrhman" flirts with ambient textures, the percussive "Ascension Day" drifts toward jazz before the two sensibilities converge to create something entirely new and different on "New Grass." The epic "After the Flood," on the other hand, is an atmospheric whirlpool laced with jackhammer guitar feedback and Mark Hollis' remarkably plaintive vocals; it flows into "Taphead," perhaps the most evocative, spacious, and understated piece on the record. A work of staggering complexity and immense beauty, Laughing Stock remains an under-recognized masterpiece, and its echoes can be heard throughout much of the finest experimental music issued in its wake.

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Having posted those let me now give you something completely different. A search didn't reveal any Abney Park, so you get one of their albums as well. I'll preempt the any comments by saying this: Abney Park is fun and silly but not exactly good. Some of you will love it and others will despise it, just give it a try.

Abney Park - Aether Shanties

Sorry. I couldn't find a review from a reputable source. Abney Park is a former goth band that reinvented themselves for the steampunk scene. Their music is a mishmash of dance punk and their best Decemberists impression, along with some holdovers from their old goth sound. They are at their best with the upbeat and dance-able tracks, but the lack of variation in vocals weakens the music over extended listening periods. The lyrical content will definitely put some people off, but I enjoy the odd song about airship pirates on my playlist. It's definitely worth a listen, but don't expect anything that will blow you away. It's fun music and nothing more.

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Edit: Sorry, there was a corrupt track. Should be fixed now.

[ALoveSupreme]

Hey guys, our radio station got together a compilation album from a bunch of Scottish bands and you can download it for free, and if you want to pay all the money goes to charity.

It's legal, and it's all really good stuff! (and album artwork by yourstruly!)



http://freshair.bandcamp.com/album/the-inside-track

The Japanese War Effort (Jaime) is a friend of mine who played at my place in DeKalb last year when he was visiting.  Amazing recordings and equally good live with just an ukulele.  I'll have to download this for everyone else included.

[De_El]

Doom Punk from Japan. oh gosh I can't stop listening to it

Wait. 

Wait.

Doom Punk?

[JD]

gritty, somewhat bluesy punk might be a better description

[KvP]

So it's the Stooges then.

[JD]

ehhh

[ptownblazer]

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http://lessavyfav.com/rootforruin/ - They're accepting donations, if your soul can't bear the burden of listening to music for free.

And just because I was obsessing over this guitar line at work all day and couldn't wait to get home to sound it out - Sleepless In Silverlake

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Maybe somebody else cares, or is interested . . .

[scarred]

Rules:

The first rule of mediaf!re thread is you do not talk about mediaf!re thread.

The second rule of mediaf!re thread is no smorking.

No hot-linking images or albums. You can re-host images at http://imageshack.us.

Ensure your tags are correct and that you have specified both Artist/Album in your post.

Upload your files in either a .zip or a .rar archive to mediaf!re.com, in multiple parts if the album is over 100mbs. The reason for this is that we know mediaf!re is safe and efficient and allows multiple downloads. The ads on other sites, such as Sendspace, are known to contain viruses on the page. Get yourself checked out.

Post your link using code tags. It's the # icon above the policeman emoticon. This prevents the links from being traced back to the forums, lowering the chance that the wrong people notice the thread, potentially threatening Jeph with legal action.

Also, please do NOT request albums. This includes requests for re-uploads; if you miss it, try looking for it somewhere else.

Repost the rules at the top of each new page.

[KvP]

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Pay for that shit

[StaedlerMars]

Hey guys, our radio station got together a compilation album from a bunch of Scottish bands and you can download it for free, and if you want to pay all the money goes to charity.

It's legal, and it's all really good stuff! (and album artwork by yourstruly!)

http://freshair.bandcamp.com/album/the-inside-track

The Japanese War Effort (Jaime) is a friend of mine who played at my place in DeKalb last year when he was visiting.  Amazing recordings and equally good live with just an ukulele.  I'll have to download this for everyone else included.

I also just learned that my boss is in Swimmer One. Rad.

[Radical AC]

I like bikes, but hate Denver.  I read the article and am confused as to what Les Savy Fav has to do with it.

Also:

Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes warns of a bike agenda that will spin cities, including Denver, toward United Nations control. How seriously do you take this warning?

These conspiracy theories aren't even trying anymore.

[SWOON! at My Gravitas]

That's just what the conspiracy theorists want you to think

[Orcusmars]

"Some would argue this document that mayors have signed is contradictory to our own Constitution,"

Thank you, Tea Party, for the endless blood-sea of lols.

[KvP]

I was going to correct my link, but it looks like the LSF page is no longer up, anyway.

[scarred]

I like it better as the non sequitur.

[minus_the_david]

And just because I was obsessing over this guitar line at work all day and couldn't wait to get home to sound it out - Sleepless In Silverlake

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Maybe somebody else cares, or is interested . . .
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wait, there at the end kinda, where the 11 slides...where's it sliding too? i'm so confused.

[Cire27]

Into the void.

[medicatesleep]

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http://lessavyfav.com/rootforruin/ - They're accepting donations, if your soul can't bear the burden of listening to music for free.

And just because I was obsessing over this guitar line at work all day and couldn't wait to get home to sound it out - Sleepless In Silverlake

B-----------------------10-----------10--------10---12--10-----10----------------|-------------
G-----11-----11/s\13----11—13-------13-------------------13----13---11/s\--:|------11----
D-14----14---------------------------------------------------------------------------|--14------14

Maybe somebody else cares, or is interested . . .

Thanks for the tabs and the album. Between this and Autolux I am sitting pretty this summer

[Avec]

someone still loves you boris yeltsin - let it sway (2010) (320kbps)

Wow, after just one listen I set off 20$ to get the record when it comes to stores. I highly advise checking this out.

[Radical AC]

Back in 2005 Alkaline Trio released their album Crimson (a good album if you like that kind of thing).  It had the single Burn on it, and they had it remixed by several different artists including 65daysofstatic and Test Icicles.

Here is the original song Burn

Alkaline Trio - Burn Single

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[valley_parade]

What the fuck is "that kinda thing"?

Alkaline Trio went so far downhill since From Here To Infirmary, it's not even funny.

[Radical AC]

Melodic alternative rock?  They pulled an AFI and stopped being a punk band along the way anyhow.  Most people that really liked the punk sounds of those bands didn't like the change.  Either way the remixes sound little like Alkaline Trio anyhow.

[Radical AC]

Meant to post this during Japan week.  Got sidetracked... I went to Japan in 05 and bought this CD on impulse without knowing anything about the band.  Apparently they are influential, somewhat known, and some of you guys like them.

Number Girl - Omoide in my Head 1 Best of and B Sides

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[ImRonBurgundy?]

Hell yeah.  If you don't know Number Girl, you should really download that shit.  They're like Archers of Loaf meets Silkworm meets Fugazi meets Hüsker Dü, no joke.

[scarred]

robyn - body talk pt. 2 (2010)

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so so so so so so so good.

[youthcant]

someone actually said: they pulled an AFI

[Cire27]

Does that mean that Alkaline Trio are going to release their own Crash Love?

Oh wait This Addiction was their "return to punk" album and also had a heart on the artwork.  Also it was terrible.

[minus_the_david]

This Addiction was a great album...it was better than Agony and Irony which was also a good album. i do still love good morning and crimson though a lot more.

[valley_parade]

Goddammit guys, can't we talk about when Alkaline Trio were still awesome? Incidentally, I'm not going to post Goddammit. If you dig "Radio", check out the split they did with Hot Water Music. HWM's cover is surprisingly awesome (though maybe not, because HWM are always awesome..)

Alkaline Trio - Maybe I'll Catch Fire

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[ALoveSupreme]

Agreed that Trio was pretty worthless beyond nostalgia after Infirmary (although Every Thug Need a Lady off whatever album came after that was sort of a cute song that I sang to my cat at the time a lot).

Anyway, here's a vinyl rip of this album a friend of mine has.  It's Paul Simon's Graceland with additional interviews.  I only ripped the interviews, but on the vinyl each segment goes into the respective song.  Seems pretty rare.  Enjoy (PS the record skips a little but nothing too distracting)

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[KurtMcAllister]

So Simon Bookish just made his first two albums free to download, but you have to download them track-by-track, so I thought I would give you guys the option of convenience and just post them here. They aren't as good as his third, Everything/Everything, but they're worth a listen.


Simon Bookish - Unfair/Funfair (2006)

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Simon Bookish - Trainwreck/Raincheck (2007)

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Also, Tonetta. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3ygGJBhUjo


Tonetta - 777 (2010)

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[Avec]

Wiz Khalifa - Show and Prove [2006]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_hGHZpEZgE

[JD]

Women - Public Strain[320kb/s]

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Remember these guys?

[Tom]

Yes, I've been listening to that a lot lately.

[KurtMcAllister]

Women - Public Strain[320kb/s]

I think this is missing track 1.

[JD]

Women - Public Strain[320kb/s]

I think this is missing track 1.

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[medicatesleep]

Women - Public Strain[320kb/s]

I think this is missing track 1.

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I'm getting corrupt on track 9

[JD]

Women - Public Strain[320kb/s]

I think this is missing track 1.

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I'm getting corrupt on track 9

shabam

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[KvP]

USSA - The Spoils

tl;wr - It's a goth-rocky collab between Paul Barker (ex-Ministry) and Duane Denison (Jesus Lizard / Tomahawk)

When you go through high school and you've got any inclination towards music geek territory you inevitably gravitate towards identifying with a certain sort of music that you love and that (you believe, in your heart of hearts) says everything about you, that you cling to and cherish. For most kids it's probably some subset of punk or hardcore, being as they are gut-level pursuits that speak to the restlessness of that age particularly well. For me that music was industrial rock, as it was moody and mopey, like I was, and it had a mechanistic edge and repetitive, aggressive nature that affected me deeply (in that, it was sort of "training wheels" for the electronic nuttery I now favor - it had pop-friendly guitar skronk to offset the alien electronic elements), but it also was a long-dead genre in terms of relevance, which allowed me some distance from any judgments that might have hurt me - it seemed safer at that age to be a scholar of a bygone scene, rather than an ardent fan of a living one.

As most people discovering the music through popular channels did, I started with Nine Inch Nails before getting into weirder and more esoteric stuff (in the split between avant-garde industrial, industro-goth and industrial metal, the avant-garde holds up the best in my estimation). But before the obscure and dangerous likes of Coil and Throbbing Gristle I stopped by the waystation of Ministry and, of course, the wider Wax Trax family. Ministry was made up of two principal members - Al Jourgensen on guitar and Paul Barker on bass, with them both sharing a panoply of different instruments. It started out essentially as a solo Jourgensen venture (in weird and wonderful New Romantic mode) before Barker joined the group and their sound changed rapidly, from Skinny Puppy-esque industrial dub of Twitch to the Big Black-indebted post-punk hammering of The Land of Rape and Honey to the electro-speed metal they were most successful with.

Barker left Ministry in 2003, which unfortunately was about the time I started becoming interested in them, and it soon became apparent how important he was to the "industrial" part of the group's industrial metal sound - Houses of the Mole, Jourgensen's first solo outing as Ministry in nigh-20 years, was something akin to Pantera as covered by Dan Deacon, which is to say it was manic and lightweight but still a lot of dumb fun. The last two records before Ministry "retired" went from bad to worse, losing the dopey humor that had always been Ministry's trademark and becoming rather run-of-the-mill thrash. As if that wasn't enough, the band also suffered the indignity of releasing a trance remix record. I'm not even going to speak of what happened the Revolting Cocks.

Anyway, as the Ministry name crashed and burned, Paul Barker pretty much dropped off the radar, at least for me. He got sued by Jourgensen, though the case was dismissed (it seems like the only long-time collaborator Jourgensen hasn't burned his bridges with is Jello Biafra, who coincidentally or no has the reputation of being a real asshole). He was quiet for quite awhile, but in the last few years since Ministry's demise he's been doing some work, and I just recently had the chance to catch up. In addition to a solo record (coming in the mail, presently), Barker has done some production work for the surprisingly solid post-punk / goth throwback group I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, but he also started up a band, the band I'm reviewing here now. USSA is a collaboration between Barker and Duane Denison, who some of you may know as a founding member and longtime guitarist for the Jesus Lizard, a legendary noise rock / hardcore band from Barker's shared home base of Chicago.

USSA's sound is somewhere between the industrial sturm and drang of Ministry and the propulsive thrust of The Jesus Lizard, and maybe it speaks to how long I've been away from rock music (and in the compartmentalized world of electronica) that I can't quite explain what it is this album can be categorized as, so I'm just going to say "hard rock". The budget was apparently low - just check out that cover art - but Paul Barker has had a long history of making the most out of a little bit. Back in the halcyon days of Ministry, the bulk of their major label advances most likely went towards heroin rather than the music (one of the reasons Wax Trax went under when it did was that of many of the nihilist shitkicker bands on the label used it as a private piggy bank for pharmaceutical pursuits).

Presumably Barker is clean these days, and his production work is likewise much cleaner than it was even on the last Barker-assisted Ministry album (where he took the production moniker Hermes Pan alongside Jourgensen's Hypo Luxa) - play any song off I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness' (dumb name, good band, I swear) Barker-produced album and any off of this album and you'll notice a lot of similarities. Impeccably neat sound, particularly on the drums and the bass, and tasteful use of delay where appropriate. His style is very well-suited to a vaguely gothic rock outfit such as this (or ILUBICD, for that matter) Barker and Denison are old hands and their instrumental work is suitably muscular and precise. I was particularly surprised by Denison's work - I'm not terribly familiar with his work with The Jesus Lizard (something I've always wanted to correct but somehow never got around to doing) but the sounds he elicits from his guitar are almost without exception the highlights of any given track. Barker's bass is a strong backbone for the songs but it never gets too showy, which is not a bad thing by any means, as Denison has more than enough tricks to make things interesting.

The only real drawbrack to the music is the shakiness of the vocals, courtesy of a guy named Gary Call, who I can find exactly no information about. There's nothing technically off about his performance, but the lyrics and delivery sometimes veer too far into what the AV Club memorably dubbed "Hunger Dunger Dang" rock, which is to say, post-grunge angst rock. It makes songs like "Autumn Flowers" and "Peculiar Thing" frustrating to listen to - if only I had instrumentals, I'd be a happier man. Barker also lets a little bit of his past with Ministry into the music here and there - The fuzz of "Middletown" and especially the hammering drums of "Forget Yourself" and the aforementioned "Autumn Flowers" recall the narco-noise of Dark Side of the Spoon as much as anything.

The more I listen to The Spoils, the less I can tell if I like the music because I feel like I owe it to Paul Barker (and enjoy Denison's guitar work so much) and I'm just making excuses, or because I actually do enjoy it. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle - there are songs here, like the loping "Blue Light", and passages like the goth rock-y chorus of "Dead Voices", that grab hold of the off-brand high school goth inside of me. Likewise, there are songs that I could really take or leave. But if there's anyone out there who still remembers the alt-rock of the 90's with some fondness, they'll probably enjoy this with less misgivings than I do.

The band seems to be dormant as of 2008 - their latest blog post indicated that they had planned on recording more material, but Denison injured himself during a concert, cutting their tour short, and then the Jesus Lizard reunited for a few years, to the delight of many. Who can really say if the project is dead? I would hope not, if not just because I want to see Barker work more and perhaps meet him someday. We'll have to see, I suppose.

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[ImRonBurgundy?]

中学生棺桶 - 矛先についたガム[2010]

Their name apparently translates to "Teen's Coffin".

[Cire27]

I think this has probably been uploaded before but I have been listening to it a lot lately and I am sure that someone out there has never heard it.

Indian Summer - Science 1994

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My favourite 90's emo band.

[Vuk]

Ugh, so good.

[Vuk]

The Promise Ring/Texas Is The Reason Split

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I was going to post TITR's Do You Know Who You Are? but I figured everyone would have that, so I went for this split - plus, The Promise Ring being on it is like the greatest bonus ever. It's only a track from each band, but they're both tremendous songs.

[Cire27]

90's emo is such good summer music.

[Vuk]

It is. But there are definitely other things I'd rather listen to, just because chilling out to American Football can really be a bummer sometimes, haha.

[JD]

I beat you to it.

fff he deleted his post