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« Reply #1050 on: 09 Mar 2009, 11:47 »

Cougar - Patriot (2009)
Post-Rock, Jazz, Experimental, Instrumental

I remember having a Cougar song on a mix CD that i had burned a few years ago. I enjoyed the song quite a bit but until recently had forgotten all about the band.



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Saeta - Else Another Light Might Go Out (2009)

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2009 release. Saeta features Matt Menovcik on vocals, guitar and accordion, and Lesli Wood on vocals and piano. With Bob Smolenski on cello, they have created a lush collection of songs, a hypnotic meditation on paradox and terror steeped in a lovely yet uncanny sense of Other. This album achingly explores seasoned songwriter Menovcik struggling with very real demons regarding the painful end of a long-term relationship and other dark circumstances.


Mutyumu - ll y a (2008)
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UTYUMU is a band from Japan, formed in 2001, and their self-titled debut was released in October 2006. Mutyumu are a five (or six)-person group whose web site describes them as a “funeral classical band,” an interesting concept. How else to describe a group that somehow fuses chamber music, death metal, Dead Can Dance, and Godspeed You Black Emperor-style drama into their songs? The tracks here range from a delicate piano intro, a heavy keys-drums-guitar fuzz piece, rock-metal-violin opera, and more. Vocalist Hachisunoit can sound like a demon or an angel, and the music supports whichever role she takes on.Mutyumu list an extensive roster of influences to their music; among the artists mentioned are Johann Sebastian Bach, Dead Can Dance, U2, Nine Inch Nails and Dimmu Borgir - a wide range of influences, all of which are actual musical references.
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« Reply #1051 on: 09 Mar 2009, 12:15 »

Ummm, this thread doesn't suck. If you guys think it sucks, then you need to listen to more kinds of music.
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« Reply #1052 on: 09 Mar 2009, 12:20 »

Starfucker - Starfucker (2008)
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So upbeat, I'm glad that you posted these guys!
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« Reply #1053 on: 09 Mar 2009, 12:37 »

Ummm, this thread doesn't suck. If you guys think it sucks, then you need to listen to more kinds of music.
No brah I agree with Jeans this thread needs more gay shit.
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« Reply #1054 on: 09 Mar 2009, 15:02 »

It's no-one's job,  but you could save your own time and bandwidth with a 30 second check.
Unlimited bandwidth.
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« Reply #1055 on: 09 Mar 2009, 16:50 »

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I didn't really bother to look for a review.  If you're into the whole Beirut/Balkan thing, this is the drunk Russian answer to all that.  You may recognize a couple songs from Everything is Illuminated (how I heard about this group).  Pretty quirky brass oriented stuff
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« Reply #1056 on: 09 Mar 2009, 17:04 »

I just noticed "realize" is spelled incorrectly in the Rules post under the *have some self control* part.  Not trying to be a jerk about it.
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« Reply #1057 on: 09 Mar 2009, 18:35 »

Hey, this is something that's been bothering me for a bit; I've been trying to get cover art on the majority of the albums on Itunes my only concern is, how? It's almost a habit to relate pictures to music and any memories I've had with a specific piece. So is there any way to attach album art?

Any help is appreciated.
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« Reply #1058 on: 09 Mar 2009, 19:05 »

Are you using a PC or a Mac?  If you're on a mac, a good program to use is one called "Album Cover Finder".  It's free, and easy to use (they also make a $10 version that pretty much does the work for you).  From there you can drag the artwork into iTunes.
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« Reply #1059 on: 09 Mar 2009, 19:16 »

Unfortunately I'm using a PC.  You think the program'll work at all?
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« Reply #1060 on: 09 Mar 2009, 19:41 »

...So is there any way to attach album art?

 :mrgreen:

You can find some album art on Wikipedia, though only thumbnail size. Amazon is another place to look for front cover pix. If you "save picture as" from your browser into the album directory as "folder.jpg" then Windoze will recognize it.
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« Reply #1061 on: 09 Mar 2009, 19:47 »

Unfortunately I'm using a PC.  You think the program'll work at all?

You can see if they have a PC version, just google the program.  Otherwise, use amazon/google image search.
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« Reply #1062 on: 09 Mar 2009, 19:47 »

I'm gonna' try that out, thanks.

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« Reply #1063 on: 09 Mar 2009, 21:30 »

"Realise" is correct if you write UK-English instead of American-English. And I'm not trying to be a jerk about it either.

 :-)

I'm glad we're both informative non-jerks!
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« Reply #1064 on: 10 Mar 2009, 06:35 »

I need to finish downloading and then upload to MF, so it might take a while, but here's a leak for you guys.

Röyksopp - Junior (2009)


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« Reply #1065 on: 10 Mar 2009, 09:00 »

AWESOME
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« Reply #1066 on: 10 Mar 2009, 09:41 »

Hi guys, I wanted to share this really pretty and haunting album I came across. One of my favourite songs is 'I'll read you a story', which is executed with what is mainly musical boxes.
Colleen - The Golden Morning Breaks
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To describe the 10 hand-crafted compositions that comprise The Golden Morning Breaks as minimalist psychedelia would be both an oversimplification of the genres and a disservice to the musings of one Cecile Schott, a.k.a. Colleen, whose complex combinations of melodic guitar, glockenspiel, keyboards and found sounds recall neither John Cale nor the 13th Floor Elevators. Still, this her second album for the Leaf label, bounds forth in both directions with equal aplomb, resulting in a sound that is at turns disturbing, humorous, playful and dreamlike – simultaneously seductive and reductive.

Even a cursory listening to this all-instrumental offering reveals a number of intriguing influences. “Floating in the Clearest Night” and “The Happy Sea” share not only a disposition for precious song titles, but also a common musical vernacular with Flying Saucer Attack and the occasional Bardo Pond record. Truly, a number of the songs on The Golden Morning Breaks seem to have been recorded with a barely-melodic vocal track in mind, only to have it removed at the last moment. The absence of lyrics, though, is scarcely a fault, exemplified best by “I’ll Read You a Story” – seven minutes of fleeting, plucked melodies that unfold and develop just like the title implies.

In contrast to the Bliss-Out tendencies on a number of tracks lies the more-playful, if occasionally less-fulfilling, psychedelic tinge of compositions like “The Sweet Harmonicon” and “Mining in the Rain.” Certainly rooted in the same percussive territory as other songs found here, and bearing a marked similarity to recordings by Pipa-ist Min Xiao Fen, these songs sound not as much like self-contained compositions as lost fragments from a Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd album. Undeniably intriguing, if occasionally precious, Schott’s gift for controlled improvisation makes these songs tenable interludes in an otherwise thoroughly-engaging album. Underscoring this point, perhaps intentionally, is the remarkable 10-minute closing track “Everything Lay Still,” which combines playful chimes, droning guitar and keyboards into a single magnificent theme that displays at once both sides of Colleen’s dual nature.
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« Reply #1067 on: 10 Mar 2009, 12:35 »

I've found the majority of Album art for my PC by GISing "Album's Name" Cover Art. works like 98% of the time.
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« Reply #1068 on: 10 Mar 2009, 14:15 »

My problem hasn't been finding the art, but actually adding the pictures to the album. I'm not that good with computers, as you can tell.
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« Reply #1069 on: 10 Mar 2009, 15:23 »

My problem hasn't been finding the art, but actually adding the pictures to the album. I'm not that good with computers, as you can tell.

A lot of media players (read: foobar) will find it if you just drop the jpg into the album's folder and rename the jpg to "folder.jpg" Also that way it will show up on the folder icon when you look at it in thumbnail view.
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« Reply #1070 on: 10 Mar 2009, 16:41 »

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someone emailed me to re-up this. enjoy!


Yes, that was me. Sadly, this link doesn't work for me. Any chance of fixing this?! Cos I really want this album and I can't find it elsewhere. Thanks!
THIS IS NOW FIXED SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG!!!!!
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« Reply #1071 on: 10 Mar 2009, 16:45 »



No go, if you're converting the picture itself to JPG, where can I find the option to do so?
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« Reply #1072 on: 10 Mar 2009, 17:04 »


Titus Andronicus - s/t ep





Any chance of a re-up of this? I've searched forever to find it.
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« Reply #1073 on: 10 Mar 2009, 19:27 »

I'm new here, but I don't think you are suppose to request stuff. 
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« Reply #1074 on: 10 Mar 2009, 19:35 »



No go, if you're converting the picture itself to JPG, where can I find the option to do so?
It has got to actually be a JPG for Windows to like it, I think. If it is not a JPG, renaming it ".jpg" will not do anything, it will just confuse Windows.

if you are asking about how to embed the album cover into your MP3 files, I do not know how to do that. Sorry!
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« Reply #1075 on: 10 Mar 2009, 19:46 »

I'm new here, but I don't think you are suppose to request stuff. 

I think we mostly agreed that asking for a re-up is OK as it's not technically a request for a new album.
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« Reply #1076 on: 10 Mar 2009, 22:29 »

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its been awhile.... heres some new stuff :-D
dan auerbach    keep it hid     2009
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black joe lewis and the honeybears    s/t     2009

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« Reply #1077 on: 11 Mar 2009, 06:25 »



No go, if you're converting the picture itself to JPG, where can I find the option to do so?
It has got to actually be a JPG for Windows to like it, I think. If it is not a JPG, renaming it ".jpg" will not do anything, it will just confuse Windows.

if you are asking about how to embed the album cover into your MP3 files, I do not know how to do that. Sorry!

i'm not sure if there's an equivalent of this on itunes but i know this works on media player - highlight the whole album in the media library, right click one of the tracks and click "advanced tag editor."  then go to the fourth tab, "pictures," click "add," find the .jpg file for the album cover and OK it.  it'll appear in the advanced tag editor window with a dropdown menu next to it called "picture type." select "front cover" and then click OK.  that sounds kinda long winded, but it takes literally a few seconds, i do it all the time. 

again, i'm not sure if you can do anything like that in itunes, but if the files you're doing it for are mp3s, there's no reason why you couldn't import them into windows media player and do that, before reimporting them to itunes or whatever other program you're using.
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« Reply #1078 on: 11 Mar 2009, 12:01 »

I'm new here, but I don't think you are suppose to request stuff. 

You aren't, but re-ups are the exception.

I'm really hoping that someone still has that in particular- I believe it's out of print now.
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« Reply #1079 on: 11 Mar 2009, 12:28 »

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i'm not sure if there's an equivalent of this on itunes but i know this works on media player - highlight the whole album in the media library, right click one of the tracks and click "advanced tag editor."  then go to the fourth tab, "pictures," click "add," find the .jpg file for the album cover and OK it.  it'll appear in the advanced tag editor window with a dropdown menu next to it called "picture type." select "front cover" and then click OK.  that sounds kinda long winded, but it takes literally a few seconds, i do it all the time. 

again, i'm not sure if you can do anything like that in itunes, but if the files you're doing it for are mp3s, there's no reason why you couldn't import them into windows media player and do that, before reimporting them to itunes or whatever other program you're using.

In iTunes, hit command (or control) + I, and it brings up a window where you can add album artwork to the files themselves. Unless iTunes for PCs is super different than Macs, that's all you really need to do. Unless it isn't. ... >.>

EDIT: So I'm too impatient for someone to post and I want to throw you guys the way of this amazing band.

Faded Paper Figures - Dynamo (2008)



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Southern California-based Faded Paper Figures wears its inspirations on its sleeve. On its MySpace page, bands such as The Postal Service and Stars are listed as major influences – a fact that's easy to hear on the electro-pop trio's inspired debut, Dynamo.

The similarities begin with the album's opening track, "North by North," which pairs lead singer John Williams and backing vocalist Heather Alden in an affectionate duet, while accompanied by a drum machine and programmed keyboards. If the song's perfect balance of upbeat and soothing electronics is comfortingly familiar to you, you're probably a fan of The Postal Service. Or perhaps you've heard the work of the band's programmer, Kael Alden on a recent commercial for a line of Lexus automobiles. Either way, that tone figures heavily in the rest of the album, with the exception of the ballad "Red State," which closes Dynamo with gentle strums of a guitar and quiet electronic twinkles.

Lyrically, Faded Paper Figures' narratives are often perplexing. "He won't know Adorno / He's an adult with an adcult / You can buy your way into his head," sings Williams on the "The Persuaded." In case you missed it, that's a references to German philosopher Theodor W. Adorno and the dangers of advertising (the band offers an explanation on its Web site). Sonically, Faded Paper Figures isn't serving up anything particularly groundbreaking on its debut, but it is clever, intriguing at times, and even beautiful.

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« Reply #1080 on: 11 Mar 2009, 13:49 »

I agree that Faded Paper Figures is a sweet band, but that album was already posted. In the future you can always search the name of the band or album that you want to post beforehand to see if it has already been posted.

Good pick though.
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« Reply #1081 on: 11 Mar 2009, 14:22 »

I agree that Faded Paper Figures is a sweet band, but that album was already posted. In the future you can always search the name of the band or album that you want to post beforehand to see if it has already been posted.

Good pick though.

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« Reply #1082 on: 11 Mar 2009, 14:56 »

Here's a bonus selling point of my version though: I included the extra track "Where You Belong," previously a little ditty from a Lexus commercial by Kael Alden. Due to popular demand the full band recorded a full-length version and it might be one of the best songs they've ever done.

For those of you who don't want to go to the hassle of DL'ing the whole album again, you can also find it on their website: Where You Belong (Kael Alden)
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« Reply #1083 on: 11 Mar 2009, 15:19 »

One more question; does the upload you post have to be hosted by that same individual? I know some people who've already posted on other forums what I wanted to share; just trying to get rid of redundancy.

Edit; Faded Paper Figures - Dynamo is worth the listen. Fantastic stuff, download it.
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« Reply #1084 on: 11 Mar 2009, 16:10 »

Some modern folk for all you people out there

Horse Feathers - House With No Home



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Horse Feathers - Words Are Dead



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I've heard good things about these guys, can I get a re-up if at all possible?
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« Reply #1085 on: 11 Mar 2009, 16:19 »

Well, Words Are Dead is still up according to my file store but i'll re-up House With No Home tomorrow.
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« Reply #1086 on: 11 Mar 2009, 18:17 »

So fucking stoked to get my albums up, just making sure that they're not already posted.
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« Reply #1087 on: 11 Mar 2009, 19:45 »


Sunken Foal - Fallen Arches
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Now this is an oddity. De-tuned acoustic guitar, gentle piano, light electronics, muted beats and occasional vocals are combined to produce an album that lurches between summery pastoralism and queasy claustrophobia – often in the same song.

Sunken Foal is known as Duncan Murphy by his mum. He’s from Dublin and Fallen Arches is his debut album. Tracks like “Dutch Elm” and “Cash Poor” are dominated by acoustic plucking and warm piano chords, and yet there is something just slightly ‘out’ about the music that separates it from the chill-out crowd. This is more apparent on “A Bear In The Hermitage” where the guitar has that kind of stilted, off-kilter sound that characterises John Cage’s prepared piano works. The beats, too, are slightly off-centre. Somehow, though, the result isn’t a wilful atonalism, but melodic, if a little disconcerting. The vocal (sample?) towards the end of the track transforms a snatch of a sing-song nursery rhyme into something unsettling and almost threatening.

Back when I was little, the village carnival always included a version of “It’s A Knockout”, played against teams from neighbouring towns and colleges. It culminated in the piano smashing competition where each team had a clapped out piano, and the winner was the one who could get it all through the middle of a suspended tyre. It involved much swinging of sledgehammers, crunching of wood and twang of piano wire. I mention it because “Foathing” sounds like the ghosts of those smashed pianos – strings detuned and broken, wood splintered and cracked.

The more I listen to this album, the more I’m fascinated by it – especially by the juxtaposition of laid back melody and discord. The electric guitar on “Rotunda” follows a familiar chord progression, but the acoustic sounds like a banjo after it’s been used against the proverbial cow’s arse. It’s surprising that this isn’t a distraction, but instead adds a kooky charm of its own. “Rikkic” is a favourite, too, even if it has more in common with Planet Mu boss Mike Paradinas’s stuff than it does with much of the rest of this record.

Ultimately, Fallen Arches is an album that defies adequate description. There are elements that will be familiar to fans of Animal Collective and Fennesz. Some of the more expansive tracks have a lot in common with the slightly boss-eyed sound of Matt Elliott’s recent work. Some people might find the ‘wrongness’ of some of the instrumentation too distracting. I find it refreshing and like the album a lot.
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The M/F Thread 2009: The Quickening
« Reply #1088 on: 11 Mar 2009, 22:47 »

So fucking stoked to get my albums up, just making sure that they're not already posted.

I like your style.


Radiohead Live @ Bonnaroo 17th of June, 2006


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« Reply #1089 on: 12 Mar 2009, 00:34 »

WHO LIKES RADIOHEAD? WHO LIKES LIVE RADIOHEAD??

I LIKE RADIOHEAD!  I LIKE LIVE RADIOHEAD!!
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« Reply #1090 on: 12 Mar 2009, 00:50 »

I also have  "Live @ the Hearst Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California 6-24-06" if anyone is interested.
It was the last live show of the U.S. that they played in 06.

EDIT* Kwami if you're interested I posted A Smell of Recognition a live acoustic set from Radiohead somewhere not too far back.
If you already haven't downloaded it yet.
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The M/F Thread 2009: The Quickening
« Reply #1091 on: 12 Mar 2009, 03:01 »

I'm a long time lurker who visits every few days, and I got to say I am a little disgusted about the flame war last page over whether or not this thread sucks........ Give me a break! There's all kinds of amazing music on this thread... anybody who's a hater is probably not even downloading these albums. No one can keep track of ALL this! I've copped tons of great music from here and there is no reason to complain. Especially at the requesters, who are pretty rare.... if someone requests an album and the next reply is that album, that's perfect. When someone requests and then there are 3 ugly complaints telling him not to, and then an apology, it fucks up the thread. Don't freak out so much about requests....the occasional one won't kill the thread. If someone ups some albums, they deserve to ask about something. The negativity and shit talking just makes it uglier.

If anything, we are just running out of old music to post.... we are kinda spoiled. But if something is old to you, don't talk shit, because it's new to SOMEONE... a lot of people havent heard your favorite bands yet. It's just sad to see guys with thousands of posts getting mad over old stuff when half the people here are newcomers just looking for good music. Just chill out guys.
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« Reply #1092 on: 12 Mar 2009, 03:58 »

Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me




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When Brand New released Deja Entendu in mid-2003, it caught a lot of their fans off guard. It found the band taking a stylistic leap forward from the clever (albeit cookie-cutter) pop-punk of their 2001 debut, exploring expanded sonic textures and indie rock overtones, their urgent choruses tempered by acoustic musings and softer introspections. It all seemed very deliberate yet completely natural all the same, and the record was an underground smash. Something even more substantial was definitely brewing beneath the band's emo façade, and as a result, Brand New's follow-up was hotly anticipated for the three years it took the band to release it. The resulting The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me is the completion of their pop-punk molting process and one of the best surprises -- that isn't really a surprise at all -- to come out of 2006. Even when they were playing straightforward pop-punk ditties, Brand New had an edge to them that made them seem smarter than their peers; now they sound even older and stronger (and like they've been listening to a lot of '90s college and indie rock). This record is dark and dense, yet accessible, a shadowy air permeating every crevice where Jesse Lacey's plaintive and often tortured lyrics aren't already residing. He draws listeners in with vulnerable ruminations and questions of love, death, self, and religion, and his vocal inflections bring as much meaning to the table as his carefully chosen words. The opening "Sowing Season" ebbs and flows steadily, moving along under light guitar before exploding with percussion, Lacey ably switching from a hushed delivery into an anguished cry of emotion before falling back down again effortlessly. With it, Brand New sets up the somber intensity of the record straightaway. Textural and sonic layers unfold at every turn -- punching drums and trembling guitars here, aching vocals and subtle touches of string there -- and the album moves with a directed force that seems so naturally powerful and uncontrived, it's almost ridiculous to think that the band cut its teeth with poppy anthems like "Jude Law and a Summer Abroad." The Devil and God is not an album of hooks; the excellent percussive stomp of "The Archers Bows Have Broken" is the most immediate here, but songs get stuck in the brain nonetheless and demand repeated spins. Old fans especially smitten by Deja's "Play Crack the Sky" have no excuse not to love everything about this record, as even lengthy tracks (like the near-eight-minute "Limousine" or the chill-inducing beauty of "Jesus") are completely compelling. People who were ready to discount Brand New into the emo/TRL heap of the 2000s better rethink their stance; Brand New seems to know exactly what they're doing and this record is a testament to their ability to stay true to themselves. Whether they want to stay underground or fully break into the mainstream, this album has the potential to do either. Either way it doesn't really matter -- whatever happens, there's no denying how excellent this record is.
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« Reply #1093 on: 12 Mar 2009, 05:56 »

^^^^my favorite Brand New record. This will always be one of those CDs that just gets thrown into my cd player at random times for the next 20 years. "Jesus Christ" is probably in my top ten songs of all time.
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« Reply #1094 on: 12 Mar 2009, 07:20 »

Brand New is sooooofuckinggood.
I remember the first time I stumbled upon them and their first album back in the day.
the cover with the chess pieces and clocks sold me completely, I was hooked and then Deja Entendu came out and I was in love.
Then when The Devil and God came out I was looking everywhere for a demo or an ep that I hadn't found yet. I actually posted a demo and another of tracks that they recorded but didn't put onto the third album, it's not too far back.
Now the real reason I got back on here
Anyone like psychedelic blues rock? If not, you should and if you do, you will lovelovelove this band.
Radio Moscow-Brain Cycles

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http://www.mediafire.com/?mnz3xjj5oywI couldn't find a review because this album doesn't drop until April. It's fucking sick and after even just a quick listen you will agree.

Phoenix-Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

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This album doesn't drop until May 26 and when it does you should go buy it.
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The M/F Thread 2009: The Quickening
« Reply #1095 on: 12 Mar 2009, 07:56 »

So fucking stoked to get my albums up, just making sure that they're not already posted.

I like your style.


Radiohead Live @ Bonnaroo 17th of June, 2006


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http://www.mediaf!re.com/download.php?ygmxtgxcmn2


I was really high on acid at this very show! For the first time!
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« Reply #1096 on: 12 Mar 2009, 07:58 »

Do you want a cookie, Kieffer?



CURSES. PAGEBREAK. RULEPOST.

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Rules:

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.

Before you post in this thread, take a minute and consider the following:

Think of this as the community chest. Everyone is free and encouraged to contribute to it, with that in mind:

* This thread is for you to share  the music that you love for people who would normally not be able to access it. This is not an everything-goes-all-the-time mp3 blog.
* Think about what you are uploading. Is it easily available elsewhere and popular? If yes, is it really worth it to upload and post here?
* Have some self control. Is it really necessary to upload the entire discography of this band? Is it all really so excellent? If it is, don't worry. Whoever downloads this will surely realize this and look for more material on their own.

To return to the community chest, imagine you one day open the chest and everyone threw everything inside it. There's probably more things that you can use there now, but they are now buried in a mountain of debris and you'll likely miss the good stuff anyway! Imagine though, that you come to the chest one day and you find that everyone thought about what might best serve us all and the neatly placed it inside. This is what this thread should be.
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« Reply #1097 on: 12 Mar 2009, 09:12 »

I don't really like cookies.
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« Reply #1098 on: 12 Mar 2009, 17:04 »

What's the bitrate on those MONO downloads? I have the vinyl so I never bought the CDs and, I think, most of my mp3s are not very good quality ones.
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« Reply #1099 on: 12 Mar 2009, 20:40 »

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Rules:

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.

Before you post in this thread, take a minute and consider the following:

Think of this as the community chest. Everyone is free and encouraged to contribute to it, with that in mind:

* This thread is for you to share  the music that you love for people who would normally not be able to access it. This is not an everything-goes-all-the-time mp3 blog.
* Think about what you are uploading. Is it easily available elsewhere and popular? If yes, is it really worth it to upload and post here?
* Have some self control. Is it really necessary to upload the entire discography of this band? Is it all really so excellent? If it is, don't worry. Whoever downloads this will surely realize this and look for more material on their own.

To return to the community chest, imagine you one day open the chest and everyone threw everything inside it. There's probably more things that you can use there now, but they are now buried in a mountain of debris and you'll likely miss the good stuff anyway! Imagine though, that you come to the chest one day and you find that everyone thought about what might best serve us all and then neatly placed it inside. This is what this thread should be.

ha! I get to post the rules for once!
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