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[youthcant]

Suckers are so fun live. I haven't bought its full release yet... I love its music, but the choice for album covers are terrible.

Baboon head is the best album cover.
Baboon head is the only album cover.

Sorry, let me rephrase myself, the choice of COVER ART IS GODDAMN TERRIBLE.
Proof:

[gospel]

Abigail Washburn & The Shanghai Restoration Project

Afterquake: Making music with Sichuan earthquake survivors (youtube)

I also invite you to buy a copy (it's only ~$7 for a mp3 copy on amazon)
http://afterquakemusic.com/

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http://www.mediafire.com/?w0mtnjkznk1

[JD]

The Forecast - s/t[2010]

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http://www.mediafire.com/?mzt4gzwdrg1Myspace

[OndraL]

Japandroids - Younger Us (single)

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?zlon4dtnznh
Amazing... again

[gospel]

The Black Seeds [Reggae] MySpace
On The Sun

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http://www.mediafire.com/?cyxmfym4mwx
On Solid Ground

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http://www.mediafire.com/?m2iundejhl2
Martin Creed - I Can't Move [Experimental/Pop] MySpace

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http://www.mediafire.com/?ydznyotj2zm
Sons and Daughters - This Gift [Scottish Indie Rock]

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http://www.mediafire.com/?ymzmezvwmmm
Abigail Washburn [Banjo, Sing/Songwriter, Rustic] MySpace
Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet

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http://www.mediafire.com/?m9tzmmmj3j1Song of the Traveling Daughter

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http://www.mediafire.com/?3jna3cdgndo
Dan Reeder [Dark humor, Folk] MySpace
The New Century

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http://www.mediafire.com/?g1ot13mokgeSweetheart

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http://www.mediafire.com/?wvdwqqydjkwDan Reeder

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http://www.mediafire.com/?bjjjm2gttyr
The Be Good Tanyas [Roots, Folk] MySpace
Hello Love

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http://www.mediafire.com/?wzyzyyl3nxaChinatown

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http://www.mediafire.com/?neijamnuggwBlue Horse

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Gabby La La - Be Careful What You Wish For [Pop, Childish, Sorta weird]

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http://www.mediafire.com/?2vod0hdnmf1"Backpack" (YouTube)

The 88 - Over and Over [Pop/Rock] MySpace

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http://www.mediafire.com/?lmmmwazsmqy
Illinois - What the Hell Do I Know? [Indie rock?] MySpace

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http://www.mediafire.com/?7ycit1mbnmj"Nosebleed" (YouTube)

Xavier Rudd [Sing/Songwriter, Folk] MySpace
Solace

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http://www.mediafire.com/?2nbm4genggiFood in the Belly

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http://www.mediafire.com/?24jntkiy4toDark Side of Blue

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http://www.mediafire.com/?yuirntcumyz

[valley_parade]

Japandroids - Younger Us (single)

Amazing... again

This time Polyvinyl sent me a white Airhead with the single. Last time it was Cherry.

[screamingfool]

dirty projectors & björk

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[TheFuriousWombat]

well there goes the thread

[Marshman88]

http://www.mediaf!re.com/?wjy35rtul2f

256 AAC, with bonus tracks!

[scarred]

my expectations were already low, but wow that sucked.

[ShaggyRogers]

The Books - The Way Out (2010 @ 320kbps)



Oh hi I'm just the best record to come out this year and I will shatter your emotions and render your jaw limp and slack with awe and wonder (hyperbole and I just don't care)

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aaaaah I love the books! I saw them play in raleigh on the lost and safe tour, and am super excited to listen to this.

[Scandanavian War Machine]

whoa easy, no reason to go quoting huge pictures about it


also, Mystic Thickness is bringing the dopeness to my ears and I love it



edit for related musical sharing:

Tobacco - The Allegheny Whitefish Tapes

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[Samchez]

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 smoking.

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.

Well over a year ago....I posted a link to Homeboy Sandman album (provided earlier post below for anyone interested in the previous album as well). I likened his style pretty oddball along the lines of Busdriver. That still remains true for this album, however the quality is a lot better as well as the production. Very talented rapper, and overall smart dude (I believe graduated from an Ivy League school). Plenty of awkward hooks again, but its slightly more accessible than his earlier album. I actually enjoy it even more than the earlier one. Here's his new album:

Homeboy Sandman - The Good Sun

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Here's a solid hip-hop album in my opinion. His style is pretty oddball. He's a talented rapper, but has several awkward songs, with awkward hooks, just very unique and some humorous references. Somewhat along the lines of Busdriver.


Homeboy Sandman - Actual Factual Pterodactyl

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[pulpfiction21]

Here are more albums from 2010 that really kick ass.

Future Islands - In Evening Air
Took me a second listen, but now I absolutely love it



Vimeo - Tin Man

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http://www.mediafire.com/?mzjifyjdjjr
This quote really nails my feelings on this band

If you’re in need of a fresh sound, look no further. This Baltimore-based synthpop, new wave revival trio is really just…spectacular. It’s frontman Samuel T. Herring’s vocals that get me.  At times growling like Tom Waits, at others crooning like Matt Johnson he forces you to sit up and listen.  It takes a few spins to get acclimated to the album, the tempo, the sound, the voice. But once you do, it’s so damn compelling you won’t be able to stop.

Geographer - Animal Shapes EP
Second best EP of the year so far, besides Active Child's



Youtube - "Kites" This song is amazing.

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In case you’ve been living under a rock lately, Geographer is the next ‘ need to know’ SF band. Synth-y, orchestral, moody and melodic, they make a beautiful cocktail of music.  The recipe? Take two parts Grizzly Bear and one part New Order, mix well and you’ve got yourself a heady concoction of sound perfect for after hour, late night sessions of…whatever.

Shapes Stars Make - These Mountains Are Safe
Indie Rock/Post-rock with vocals



Myspace "(We Are) The Hurting" is my favorite track

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[StaedlerMars]

Geographer - Animal Shapes EP
Second best EP of the year so far, besides Active Child's
Youtube - "Kites" This song is amazing.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?yld2mdnkmzl

In case you’ve been living under a rock lately, Geographer is the next ‘ need to know’ SF band. Synth-y, orchestral, moody and melodic, they make a beautiful cocktail of music.  The recipe? Take two parts Grizzly Bear and one part New Order, mix well and you’ve got yourself a heady concoction of sound perfect for after hour, late night sessions of…whatever.

Yeah. A+ stuff.

[JD]

Karkwa -  Les Chemins De Verre[2010]

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?wyi2d0dgzgjwww.karkwa.com
http://www.myspace.com/karkwa

[Scarychips]

Hi, I'm Anthony, and I approve the previous post.

[ALoveSupreme]

Hi I am Paul and I second the previous post

[amok]

Yeah this is a pretty cool album. Thanks Zombiedude!

[bahhhhh]

The Hoof & The Heel - And All The Tigers

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Download: http://www.mediaf!re.com/?nhkzwdne2qx
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/thehoofandtheheel
Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/The%2BHoof%2B%2526%2BThe%2BHeel

[JD]

dirty projectors & björk

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?jkkthmz2eoi

everyone should buy this album instead
http://www.mountwittenbergorca.com/

It's a charity album

[Daft pun]

Sally Shapiro - My Guilty Pleasure Remixes

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Hi all
We thought we'd let you know that a remix collection based on "My Guilty Pleasure" is out now as a download! The collection (we're not sure if we should call it an EP or an album) contains 5 new remixes, 3 remixes taken from the "Miracle" and "Love In July" singles, and the European version also includes the Junior Boys remix of "Jackie Jackie" in a previously unreleased vocal version. It's available from iTunes, Beatport, Juno, Amazon etc. (but not Spotify) through Permanent Vacation and Paper Bag Records.

The tracklist is:
1. Save Your Love (Lovelock Remix)
2. Looking At The Stars (FM Attack Remix)
3. Love In July (CFCF Remix)
4. Miracle (Bogdan Irkük Remix)
5. My Fantasy (Bottin Remix)
6. Jackie Jackie (Junior Boys Vocal Remix)
7. Love In July (Bostro Pesopeo Remix)
8. Swimming Through The Blue Lagoon (Boat Club Remix)
9. Let It Show (Low Motion Disco Remix)

And here's a review, but don't believe it as they're trying to sell it!

Enigmatic Swedish Italo-disco starlet Sally Shapiro returns with the final instalment of remixes from her My Guilty Pleasure album. Out on Permanent Vacation, this EP contains nine tracks and features some of the best producers that the neo pop and disco scene has to offer.

My Guilty Pleasure, Shapiro’s second album, received both critical and commercial acclaim when it was released in August last year. Based around 80s disco, the record also took in influence from jazz, pop, acid and ambient beats. Now, just like she did with her debut album Disco Romance, she unleashes an EP of remixes of the album tracks.

Steve Moore of US band Zombi opens the package under his Lovelock moniker, giving “Save Your Love” his shiny 80s glitz treatment before relative newcomers FM Attack and CFCF take on “Looking At the Stars” and “Love in July” respectively. Bogdan Irkük then turns in a vocoder version of “Miracles” and Italian disco mover Bottin chips in with a chord heavy interpretation of “My Fantasy”. Synth pop stars the Junior Boys are up next with one of the highlights of the EP. Turning “Jackie Jackie” into a shimmering but dark club track, the boys find the original a new lease of life. Permanent Vacation own boy Bostro Pesopeo hands over a solemn remix of “Love in July” and Boat Club slow it down for an epic sounding “Swimming Through the Blue Lagoon”, before Low Motion Disco close off the EP with their Balearic influenced remix of “Let It Show”.

What we get here is a collection of nu disco’s most accomplished producers doing a fine job of reworking Shapiro’s tracks to complement the original album. They have all brought their own ideas and own sound to the tracks but still managed to maintain Shapiro and her collaborator Johan Agebjörn’s marriage of homely, introspective melody and gleaming electronic production.

[JD]

Sia - We Are Born[2010]

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You've Changed
I really love this video

[Dimmukane]

Geographer - Animal Shapes EP
Second best EP of the year so far, besides Active Child's
Youtube - "Kites" This song is amazing.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?yld2mdnkmzl

In case you’ve been living under a rock lately, Geographer is the next ‘ need to know’ SF band. Synth-y, orchestral, moody and melodic, they make a beautiful cocktail of music.  The recipe? Take two parts Grizzly Bear and one part New Order, mix well and you’ve got yourself a heady concoction of sound perfect for after hour, late night sessions of…whatever.

Yeah. A+ stuff.

HOLY SHIT

[pwhodges]

Have some punk. 

One of my colleagues had a group about 15 years ago which recorded this EP for Golf Records.  They split up before they could tour on the back of it, and the EP sank without trace.  No one even knows of a surviving copy; but here it is, taken from the DAT master.

Rocket Boy - EP:

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[Zingoleb]

Paul, you are the best.

Emily Wells - The Symhonies: Dreams, Memories and Parties @ 320

I just got this album a few days ago and it's been on almost constant repeat. It's amazing, and I don't even know what to call it. A mix of hip hop, classical, and dub. Absolutely incredible.

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[JD]

Pet Slimmers Of The Year - ...And The Sky Fell[2010]

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http://www.archive.org/details/LostChildren083
Their music isn't nearly as bad as their name, I promise.

[JD]

Everyone should download that emily wells album though

[KvP]

Brokenchord - Bluestar EP

Lithuanian producer Brokenchord comes roaring out of the gate with this, his first EP for the formidable Black Acre imprint. The name of the game is half-step IDM, which as you might recall is really my kind of thing. I've been listening to EP on repeat for the last few days and it's only grown on me.

"Bluestar" starts off the EP with a nondescript-seeming post-dubstep thump and a whirring, twisting synth drone. About a minute in it gets kicked up a notch, with a cool trip-hop vocal sample and buzzing synth chords adding to the mix while the drum sequencing bugs out a bit. Second track "With Tsunami" features what sounds like warped vinyl scratching over a sizzling low end. As the song goes on it becomes ever more hard-charging, with soundscape-y IDM flourishes abound. It's like brostep without the bro, the sort of thing Slugabed would make if he didn't take so much glee in bludgeoning people with his bass. Third track "Lowe" is the high point of the EP, an awesomely hazy abstract hip hop jam more in the Modeselektor mold than the Brainfeeder mold. I've heard no better summation of the pop potential of half-step than in this song. Closer "Run Into the Light" starts quietly, building upon little elements until the heavy, echoing bass starts being thrown around and a half-audible voice (or is that some sort of synth?) starts singing, making the song strongly reminiscent of the anthemic space rock of post-metal titan Jesu more than anything else.

Overall, a pretty strong EP, and as good of an example of how braindance can survive in the bass music scene as any Mu album.

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Milyoo - Dasein EP

Today's featured release comes from Milyoo, a producer out of Kentucky, a state generally known more for its bluegrass than for its electronica. He's come seemingly out of nowhere but he's managed to make a lot of headway recently, with a remix for Greymatter (part of one of the remix EPs posted yesterday) and this 3-track EP on Opit imprint.


The title track starts off with what sounds like a basketball dribble with added delay, a neat little sonic trick reminiscent (to me, anyway) of Los Angeles-era Flylo. Soon enough, however, a pitch-shifted bell loop and a driving, whiplash-inducing bass drum muscle their way into the mix. The nervous tension is broken up somewhat by an understated and pleasant organ line and some cut up, Funkineven-style vox samples, and stressed-out synth sounds. It's a track that's wonderfully hard to classify, not unlike Opit boss Subeena's own music. Whatever it is, it will find you dancing, or at least nodding your head.


Second track "Multitude" is a slow, funk-indebted crawler (UK Funky is such a thing now that I hesitate to use the term "funky" for fear of causing confusion) with a 4/4 thump and evil-sounding vox treatments that perfectly accompanied me on my recent foray down South - thick music for muggy air. "Fayoh" closes out the EP with a Guido-esque piano melody and reverberating handclaps, sharp steppa programming and squashed, churning synths. It's exhilarating and dramatic and a little weird but it keeps its coherence where a less skilled producer would let the tune fall apart. It also features a unique use of vocal samples that I can't quite describe - I've gotten used to soulful vox in my dubstep / garage ever since FaltyDL came onto the scene but this is something different. It's not laid out on top of the mix, it's used almost as a rhythmic element in certain parts of the song. A very interesting track to wrap a short but rewarding EP. I'll be looking forward to more from this guy in the future.

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[JD]

Cloud Cult - Light Chasers[2010]

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[scarred]

cloud cult has the most good music::bad album cover ratio

[squawk]

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It's Jason Lytle and Aaron Burtch from Grandaddy + Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray from Earlimart. Both bands are experts at californian melancholy. With this album they have a bit more fun. It's a good bright record all around, especially for people who miss Grandaddy and like Earlimart. Personally I really like the songs where (Earlimart) Aaron is the lead singer, but Jason's got his shit down too, especially with the closer.

[scarred]

fucking yes

[scarred]

holy balls this is great

[Dollface]

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[DavidGrohl]

Geographer - Animal Shapes EP
Second best EP of the year so far, besides Active Child's

This rocks the socks off the bees knees.

[A Wet Helmet]

Mix equal parts Drive Like Jehu with Sonic Youth.  Add a splash of Maserati. Shake with a female singer with a voice that goes from kitten's purr to panther's scream in the blink of an eye.  Pour into a dirty glass that has served every D.C. band for the last 30 years and you've got:


Gangland Buries Its Own The City Loves You To Death

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[JD]

sounds sexy

edit:
I found a larger album cover image though.

[aflowerchild]

That Emily Wells album is pretty amazing stuff.

[Zingoleb]

I felt like even though I barely contribute to this thread I may as well post one thing amazing.

[Koremora]

Two new amazing albums poooooooooooooooooooost!

Menomena - Mines (2010, 320kbps)

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Just from a few listens, this is already better than Friend and Foe to me. This is coming from a Friend and Foe FIEND.

ANNNND

School of Seven Bells - Disconnect from Desire (2010, 320kbps)

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THE BEST. Singalong shoegaze pop at its most gorgeous. Even better than Alpinisms. Heart is Strange = dancing.

There you have it! Two fantastic bands outdo themselves with two fantastic albums. Download, listen, enjoy, and BUY these albums.

[JD]

when are you gonna update you blog man

[kwami42]

Geographers and Cloud Cult both excellent, thanks!

[JD]

Homeboy Sandman is excellent, thank you

[Samchez]

Homeboy Sandman is excellent, thank you

Not a problem...nice to see someone else thinks so.

[JD]

Masshysteri - Masshysteri[2010](320kb/s)

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http://www.mediafire.com/?dtymzwwzkid2z0nMyspace

Some really excellent female fronted punk from Sweden

[scarred]

they forgot to finish writing their band name

[David_Dovey]

At least they used actual pronounceable letters in naming their band

[scarred]

heyooo

[bahhhhh]

When I Was 12 - Dear Eskimo

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Download: http://www.mediaf!re.com/?oyyfyzojvod
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/wheniwas12
Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/When+I+Was+12