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[Sox]

I found a download link for that CTTS EP within literally 20 seconds of googling for it. If you don't have it, it's because you haven't even tried to find it. And that is why I am vocally against 99% of this thread. You're all fat and lazy from it.

[valley_parade]

Darryl, you're starting to sound like my mom. Stop whining, seriously.

[Sox]

Get a real job and stop spending your money on silly things. Why don't you ever bring any nice girls around? You need to buy some nicer clothes and stop with this whole 'punk' thing. And clean your room, jeeze.

[You Are Brahman!]

I found a download link for that CTTS EP within literally 20 seconds of googling for it. If you don't have it, it's because you haven't even tried to find it. And that is why I am vocally against 99% of this thread. You're all fat and lazy from it.

Sometimes it will take the second album uploaded or several comments on an artist before I will decide to delve into a new artist, or even genre.  I would rather encourage someone to be a little lazy (because googling an album to download is a LOT less lazy than finding it here?   wouldn't the un-lazy method be to get it "legitimately?") so that they say to themselves, "I have to see what  this hubbub is all about," than let something beautiful go unappreciated simply because I didn't want to take up an extra 5 inches of forum space.   Circle Takes the Square, in particular, is of a genre I was extremely hesitant to dive into, but they especially have helped me appreciate a HUGE variety of music. 


Matt Costa - Songs We Sing

Sincere but not too sincere, cute but not gorgeous, and smart enough to know to steal from the very best, former skateboard pro Matt Costa signed to surfer Jack Johnson's label on the strengths of some very workman-like pop songs and a smooth, appealing voice. Goldilockses of the world are bound to find Costa's unassuming songs just right--and if his work fails to find its way onto the soundtracks of all the hottest television shows, there is little justice in the world. Costa may croon that "These are the songs that I sing/To make the day better," but these really aren't songs so much as they're rock & roll equations. The dude combines the anglophilic sonority of Belle & Sebastian and Donovan with a taste of Elliott Smith's gorgeous downer vibe, heaping doses of the Beatles thrown in throughout. It's pleasantly chiming enough stuff to be sure: it'll just be far more interesting to see what happens once Costa has worked his way through his influences.

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This actually reminds me of Andrew Bird in the variety of genres contained in a single cd.  I definitely recommend. 

[valley_parade]

And clean your room, jeeze.

I did that this morning, for fucks sake.

(speaking of staying punk..)

Gang Green - Another Wasted Night


Gang Green were another one of those Boston hardcore bands from the 80s. I'd first heard of them in '05 when Dropkick Murphys put out their second Singles Collection, which had a cover of "Alcohol". I didn't really pay attention again until I found the old This Is Boston, Not LA comp about a year ago. (this album is at 320kbs .mp3)

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[Sox]

"I have to see what  this hubbub is all about,"

Usually about that one album. In this example, it is that one album. I read the rest of your post as "I'm too stubborn to try sampling something new, it takes a lot to convince me to."
I can't think of a situation where "that one album" would be enough to convince anybody who isn't just being ridiculously stubborn when it comes to trying new music.

[Rubin]

what does trolling mean?

I didn't know either. So let me introduce you to this little neat extension to firefox, called Ubiquity. I have it, and as I stumpled upon "trolling" I simply marked, typed alt+space, and as I already had "wiki" typed in, I just gave me an abstract on different topics like trolling. I could have typed "define" instead, but what ever.
I use it all the time with stuff you guys throw up in here, that I don't know...

That extension is some legit shit sir.

Thats good right!? I sometimes get a bit confused on the internet/street lingo...

But anyways, heres some music for you. Old shit, but good shit.

The Gun Club.
Punk rock.
I've been hearing them played at bars and rock clubs lately, and wondering, "whats IS that shit? It's good shit! Gotta get some!"

Fire of Love

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Miami

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Mother Juno

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Enjoy!

[imm]

The Bells of 1 2, by Sol Seppy

THE ethereal songs of Sol Seppy’s The Bells of 1 2 provide a hypnotic listen that drips with beauty.
Sol Seppy is better known as Sophie Michalitsianos, the former Sparklehorse member, who prides herself in the fact that The Bells of 1 2 revels in a celestial romanticism.
It’s a slow-burner that rewards the patient listener, built around atmospheric soundscapes, soft piano and some spine-tingling cello.
There’s a fragile, almost innocent beauty surrounding tracks like Human, with lyrics such as ‘love will lift your heart’. It’s achingly poignant, tearfully poignant and delivered in such a fashion that defies some of the harsher elements of the world today.
There’s some enchanting electronica surrounding the breezy, hypnotic beats of Come Running, when Sophie’s vocals adopt a more positive vibrancy about them.
While on Move the singer hints at an altogether more feisty approach, dropping an aggressive (by her standards) beat over some really strained vocals (during the chorus).
Fans of the likes of Imogen Heap are sure to be impressed, while the promotional material likens her to Mazzy Star and the Cocteau Twins.
Occasionally, the album drifts into territory that’s simply too ethereal for its own good, testing the listeners’ patience.
But such moments are few and far between, with tracks like Slo Fuzz oozing a quiet sense of foreboding, while introducing some more excellent instrumentation, and Wonderland relating the tragic tale of an artist with the sinking feeling that a change will never come in surprisingly upbeat fashion.
Better still is Loves Boy, an entrancing effort that drips with breathtaking beauty.
As Sophie, herself, states: “It’s the discovery of beauty that inspires me the most.” Her ability to share it musically is what makes Sol Seppy’s debut so impressive.

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[aznbigbuttboy]

uploaded some more music for a friend so...

Wye Oak - If Children



Pitchfork

7.1/10
 There's historical poetry-- and plain shoe-fitting sense-- to Merge's rerelease of Wye Oak's 2007 debut, If Children. The band, a male-female duo from Baltimore, both in their early 20s, is like a Merge incarnate birthed 10 years late: mixed-sex; Mid-Atlantic; pretty without sounding porcelain. Their sound-- earnest folk-influenced indie rock with touches of noise and dream-pop-- is so second-nature that nobody realizes it's actually endangered. In 1995, If Children would've been vernacular, slotting on modern-rock radio next to Belly or sellable Dinosaur Jr.; in 2008, it flashes like lost slang.

Wye Oak isn't gripping song after song-- too uncouth, too flashy-- but moments on If Children are superlative. "Warning" is a collision of momentums, the inherent slowness of guitar atmosphere with drums sputtering out from a garage-rock song. The catch is that Wasner and Stack actually sound comfortable in both modes; their fuzz convincingly dizzy, their inertia reckless. A humble rollercoaster. I might even prefer the grandeur of "I Don't Feel Young", which foams to actual noise without losing any sweetness; the Byrds without acid or English shoegaze without the suggestion of French kissing.

At the heart of both songs is bulletproof innocence. But Wye Oak aren't separatists or daydreamers; they're absolutely uncute. When Wasner sings "I don't feel young, I don't feel scared" she sounds saucer-eyed and terrified; when Stack joins her at the song's climax on the lines "If you feel young and feel ready/ Or if you feel old...You know your secret's safe with me," their appeal to inclusion is wise enough to heed and comforting enough to cry into; when, on "Warning", she confides, "The only hell I'll ever know is when you may go and I may not go," she doesn't flinch. It's not an appeal to be pet, it's a glass of water in the face, honesty so undramatized it's hard to imagine, at the moment, another band so achingly stupid, so brave at heart.

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Wild Sweet Orange - We Have Cause to Be Uneasy



Absolute Punk

90% - Author, 97% - Member's
The buzz about Birmingham, Alabama’s Wild Sweet Orange has been growing steadily throughout the past year-and-a-half and its about to reach its tipping point with the release of the band’s full-length debut We Have Cause to Be Uneasy. Beloved by indie hipster blogs as well as TV shows like “Grey’s Anatomy” and radio stations like revered University of Washington radio-station KEXP, the band appears on the brink of major stardom. We Have Cause to Be Uneasy is packed with eleven songs that are vast yet intimate, jittery and contemplative; and also nostalgic while still hopeful. Lead vocalist Preston Lovinggood has a bit of a lazy vocal delivery that manages to be both haunting and inviting, honest and direct.

There’s something wholly moving about the way he wraps his words around verses and choruses, and as is the case through much of this album, how he bellows and growls alongside a driving guitar lick. Lovinggood’s impassioned and skilled vocal limits partner with an uncanny ability to offer vivid reflections of childhood and the world around us. Lovinggood is not the only talent in the band though: guitarist Taylor Shaw was raised on blues and cut his teeth in various Birmingham blues band, at one time even backing up "American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks. His experience and seasoned playing are a perfect compliment to Lovinggood’s painted portraits of American life. The guitars are raw and gritty, evoking the very essence of the ups and downs of life.

There are very few albums these days that contain powerhouse song after powerhouse song, but that truly is the case with We Have Cause to Be Uneasy. After just one listen the album proves to be unforgettable, charming and nothing short of extraordinary. The album opens with the quiet, gentle roll of the country-folk of “Ten Dead Dogs,” which proves to serve as a bit of an anomaly. For starters, it’s a quirky opening track as it creaks and swirls around like car wheels on a gravel road. Then there are the lyrics; few albums open as grotesquely as this, “I saw ten dead dogs on the side of the road driving late last night to your apartment.” But as the listener waits for more, the song indeed proves to be about nerve-inducing indecision and not canine carnage, “And I thought it was an omen / So I headed on back home / Walked in circles 'round my room."

Listening to the record is like stumbling across the next Wilco; this is the true mark of a band that one would suspect would serve as inspiration for many in the years to come. This is an album that bristles with promise, professionalism and poise, and reeks of landmark status. Easily a top five album of the year, Wild Sweet Orange is indeed ready for their close-up. Not too shabby for a band named after herbal tea.

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The Wild Sweet Orange album is pretty amazing and it gets better with subsequent listens i think.

more to come soon

[sean]

I found a download link for that CTTS EP within literally 20 seconds of googling for it. If you don't have it, it's because you haven't even tried to find it. And that is why I am vocally against 99% of this thread. You're all fat and lazy from it.

Really? I've always had trouble finding that record.

So FIGHT YOU!

[youthcant]

Wild Sweet Orange is pretty solid, i upped some a while back.
this is an EP and live, acoustic album.  thought i'd move it up some since its actual album was uploaded.
if you like them, they have great merch, and are super live.

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[meanwhile]

DJ Fresh - Escape from Planet Monday (2006)

Really accessible but unique drum n' bass. It sounds like a lot of thought went in to the style of each song, and while they don't really have much to do with each other, the album feels complete in that all the tracks are high quality. Some tracks have a jazz feel, some have an rnb feel, along with funk, techno, etc.

sample
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyMotVGNKL0

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[kraemandrummer]

I don't know if anyone else does, but I find it hard to keep up with this thread. To fix this, I spent tonight hacking together a parser in python that creates an RSS feed for the mediaf!re thread. It crawls the latest page of the thread, and generates a list of links contained within. It *tries* to get a title and description from the post as well, but is only successful around half the time, depending on how people format their posts. Hopefully I'll be able to improve this when I get some more time.

The feed is at http://chrisgrice.com/rss/mediafeed.rss.xml . It updates twice a day; again, this will be improved once I have some time.

If anyone wants to improve the parsing, or just the code in general, you can grab it at http://github.com/cgrice/qc-musicthread-scraper/tree/master

If doing this is a Bad Thing, or if people would rather I didn't, let me know and I'll take it down. Hopefully some people will find it useful though! Also any suggestions to improve it will be greatly appreciated.

teh link is not working, unfortunately. You had me so friggin excited for this. An improvement would be putting it back up.

[Harun]

do people like this band?

Thursday - Common Existence

The critical and fan reception to Thursday’s 2006 release, A City By The Light Divided, were, at best, lukewarm. It caused a divide among fans; either you loved it or you hated it. There was no middle ground. City took on a more experimental route with Thursday’s signature sound still woven in. Some complain about the tone of the album, most complained about the production of Dave Fridmann (I personally love it). So when the Jersey sextet announced that Fridmann would be producing the band’s Epitaph debut, Common Existence, fans were naturally wary.

The fears of some will be squashed immediately when first single “Resuscitation of a Dead Man” blasts out of the barrel. The openers on each Thursday album have always been a kick in the balls, and this track is no different. “Resuscitation” sets the pace of Common Existence: urgent and in your face. “Last Call” gradually rises into the beautiful crashing of cymbals and chords. The track is calm and chaotic at once, leaving you dizzy. And “Friends In The Armed Forces” is an absolute doozy. The guitar chords rip as vocalist Geoff Rickly yelps frantically.

“Beyond The Visible Spectrum” begins with a methodical drum roll and sampled strings that are quickly evaporated by the frenzy of chords from guitarists Tom Keeley and Steve Pedulla. The song is equally gentle and forceful, incorporating different sensations throughout. “Time’s Arrow” is a slow acoustic track that will swoon through your earphones.

“Unintended Long Term Effects” is like one of those 5-hour energy drinks. The urgency in Rickly’s voice, along with some well-placed screams, will make this an immediate fan favorite. The fluidity of “Circuits Of Fever” and “Subway Funeral” is pristine and set the stage for the final two tracks of Common Existence. “Love Has Led Us Astray” is a delicate track that pulsates through your veins. The subtleties in this track are what make it standout.

The final track, “You Were The Cancer,” reminds me of why I fell in love with Thursday so many years ago. The intro of the track is like a warning signal, informing you of oncoming chaos. This track bleeds emotion. The screams are perfect, the bridge is chilling, and the outro is remarkable. This is easily one of the ten best Thursday songs ever, and when the dust settles, you, the listener, will sit in silence briefly, trying to take in what just hit you.

Over the course of the last few years, Thursday has seemed to be the forgotten band, one we take for granted. But with Common Existence, Thursday will be knocking down doors throughout 2009. It has been a long time since Thursday has been this good musically and lyrically. This album will win back all of those who gave up on Thursday after City was released. On “Resuscitation of a Dead Man,” Rickly sings, “Can you feel a pulse?/It’s been stopped for so long./Let’s restart it!” I couldn’t sum up the album and its impact any better.

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[Clapyourhandssaywhhaatt]

Thanks for the Wye Oak album. i didn't listen yet but just from the description I can assure you I will love it.
I have been slacking off and not upping anything for a few days due to the new rules of only amazing stuff and the fact that I've been running instead of sitting.
I will up something fun in the afternoon. Maybe some electronica stuff or some good folk music...I KNOW. hmm yes yes. It will be good.
ALSO**
Thursday is pretty good, Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Geoff Rickly tone deaf? I have 8 albums/EPs that they put out pretty much so if you need something request away.

[Yossarian]

The Electric Soft Parade - No Need to be Downhearted



This is – I have to say – the perfect Pop-record. Seriously: There might be others up to the challenge, but in my book none surpasses the effort made by the White-brothers on this, their third, album. It's literally loaded with beautiful hooks and melodies. After scoring a (relative) hit with their debut Holes in the Wall in '02, the Whites (also known for their side-project Brakes alongside Eamon Hamilton of British Sea Power fame) went through some dire times, when the followup “American Adventure“ failed at the counter, eventually leading to the band being dropped by their record company. Still, they managed to put together one of the catchiest and most positive records I happened to come across in 2007. Definitely one of the best things to emerge from musical Britain that year (with Tones of Town by Field Music being a close contender). It still runs on a regular basis in my CD and hasn't lost an inch of its appeal since I first heard it. This certainly isn't just „Happy-Go-Lucky-Music“, but it's giving me a good feeling each time I listen to it. And, given the current state of affairs in a collapsing world economy, its mantra might prove even more relevant today than it did in '07. So: Enjoy.

(I didn't quite like any of the reviews I found, neither good, nor bad ones, but here is at least one, that – though it's a bit lengthy – I concur with in most parts: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/the-electric-soft-parade-no-need-to-be-downhearted)

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[Mr. Tool]

LEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAKKKKKKKK

Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care

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[spoon_of_grimbo]

do people like this band?

Thursday - Common Existence

i'd forgotten they had a new one coming out!  strangely, ACBTLD is the only album of theirs that's actually interested me (i haven't checked out the EP and split releases they've done since, but their older stuff bores me).  i'm gonna resist downloading this, cuz i have a habit of waiting ages before i actually buy an album i've already downloaded, and i want a physical copy of this...

[Clapyourhandssaywhhaatt]

Know Think-Clean Closet EP

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/download.php?sapgygg8sbmFor those of us who enjoy Colossal, Kinsella-like music, just all around good stuff, this is good.

Pavement-Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/download.php?djndzlnqmquI didn't see this on here and figured it should be. It's gotten a 4/5 by Rolling Stone and a 10/10 on other reviews.
 I just couldn't pick a review that I liked. Sorry.

The Whitest Boy Alive-Dreams

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/download.php?gy2mo4yq0yzHere is a review by Prefix Mag.com
http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/the-whitest-boy-alive/dreams/15673/#review

[michaelicious]

I was thinking of uploading that Know Think EP with a couple of other EPs that are long out of print by bands that I like that have since broken up. They are a pretty sweet band. They seem like really cool dudes too. Hopefully they stick around for awhile and release a full-length.

Sound As Language is a pretty awesome website that seems to talk about bands like this a lot if you are interested.

[Clapyourhandssaywhhaatt]

Thanks man. I already see bands on there that I have heard or just heard of. Awesomeawesomeawesome.

[imapiratearg]

So this is something I came across that I found interesting!

Of Montreal - An Eluardian Instance (Jon Brion Remix EP)

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Tracks from Skeletal Lamping are given the remix treatment on this EP, which pairs Of Montreal's hyperactive pop music with Jon Brion's Grammy-nominated production. "An Eluardian Instance," perhaps the most accessible song on the band's previous album, provides the basis for two remixes under the name "First Time High," while "Gallery Piece" is molded into three distinct versions. Brion's remixes turn the latter song into a club-worthy anthem, adding trance percussion and thick, fat synthesizers to each version. Meanwhile, an acoustic adaptation of "First Time High" highlights Kevin Barnes' multi-tracked harmonies with a tidy heap of guitars, mandolins, and assorted string instruments. Stripped of the candy-coated keyboards that coat the original, this remix brings Of Montreal's songwriting to the forefront, demonstrating the pop hooks and solid craftsmanship that remain at the core of even the most elaborate arrangements. The rest of the brief EP doesn't shed much light on the band -- this is a Jon Brion vehicle, after all, and he makes sure his presence is felt -- but existing fans may take interest in the various interpretations of Skeletal Lamping's material.

[sean]

do people like this band?

Thursday

They do not always do the best things but the first song off their split with Envy is pretty good.

[GMM]

So this is something I came across that I found interesting!

Of Montreal - An Eluardian Instance (Jon Brion Remix EP)

Oh HELL yes you did. High fives for you.

[Harun]

Thursday

They do not always do the best things but the first song off their split with Envy is pretty good.

I actually started listening to them because of their split with Envy. You'll probably like this new one if you liked the Envy/Thurs split.

[Blue Kitty]

I thought I should post some local stuff

Howling Diablos-Car Wash

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When a person is downhearted, life becomes slightly tolerable when you hear that someone else is experience similar sadness. Born from the hardship of the Deep South, the spirit of the Blues hits everyone in their soul. The Blues spirit also has haunted some White boys in Detroit named, Howling Diablos. The four members are creating their own style of Blues. As Tino Gross sings, the band moves the spirit along. Mike Smith’s addictive guitar work complements the classic sound of the harp and sax of Johnny Evans. Shannon Boone keeps the rhythm rolling with the drums. Acknowledging their influences but remaining true to themselves, Diablos sing about what they know with a respectful appreciation for the art form.

Thunderbirds are Now!-Make History

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Thunderbirds are Now! is a Livonia-based Post-punk revival band whose sound uses a mix of traditional Post-punk, New Wave and Noise rock. The band is heavily influenced by 1980s New Wave and other Post-punk revival acts like Les Savy Fav. They are currently signed to French Kiss Records, however they have two releases on Action Driver Records and one self-released album.

[Clintaga]

Seeing as Full Colapse was literally the second time I had ever listened to any music that was not Classic Rock ever, it pretty b lazenly wrecked my face and changed my life. War all the time, totally failed to recreate that explosion, but let me cry more than Full Collapse. ACBTLD is basically just the first CD over again, to the point where i'd almost call it a re release, because so much of it sounds just like their first CD.

I'm DLing the new one right now because i love Thursday, but I really hope it doesn't let me down. (MOAR POSER EARLY-MID NINETIES EMO PL0X)

[Clapyourhandssaywhhaatt]

Why is there no God Speed You! Black Emperor on this thread???

[Dimmukane]

There has been, I'm pretty sure.  Plus they're well known enough that by now it's almost a given that everyone on the music board has heard them.  Also, it's Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

[sean]

You could find a godspeed album anywhere on the internet. It is not even close to difficult.

[pat101]

LEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAKKKKKKKK

Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care

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surprised no one's mentioned this, but awesome thank you kindly.

[David_Dovey]

Why is there no God Speed You Black Emperor! on this thread???

You are right, you should upload some!

[ehotey]

You are all amazing. Thanks for all of this.

[valley_parade]

This is Mainliner.

Mainliner is a Psychadelic band from Japan, formed in the latter 1990's. They sound a lot like Boris' "Pink" and "Smile" albums, minus about 10 centigrades of coherency.

Man, I don't hear anything that sounds remotely like Boris in this. It sounds more like "hey what if Merzbow started a thrash-punk band?" to me.

[Catacombs]

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 realise 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.

Also, here is a re-up of the new Bruce Springsteen album.  I know someone upped a leak a few weeks back but it had some corrupted tracks and what not.  This has been ripped from the CD with iTunes.

IMO, it's just okay and thats a big okay.  It all sounds like classic Bruce, but it doesn't have the same feel and emotion of classic Bruce.  However, the song from the movie The Wrestler is pretty damn good, as is the hidden track A Night With the Jersey Devil (a special treat for anyone from Jersey  )

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[Nicky Thrice]

Superchunk - Here's Where the Strings Come In

AMG Review:

Without changing their tensely wound, post-Hüsker Dü punk-pop style at all, Superchunk sound completely weary on Here's Where the Strings Come In. No longer do their nervous, amateurish songs sound energetic -- they sound tired and broken. This actually results in some really interesting music, as Mac McCaughan tries to reconcile his broken spirits with his passion for punk. These songs tend to have more resonance than by-the-books rave-ups like "Hyper Enough," no matter how well those are written, and they suggest that Superchunk may be better off if they decide to revamp their signature sound completely

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This City - Random Songs I Found of Theirs on the Internet

These guys are gettin pretty big over in Brighton and Manchester and have been described as, "like The Travelling Wilburys if it was made of members of Bloc Party and At The Drive In." I dunno by who, but that's pretty accurate. Their album is comin out in about a week and i just thought i'd give you guys a little taste before then.

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[pat101]

OK this isn't a legitimate release or anything but something some may enjoy, I posted this to a blog of mine but the description works here too.

I put this together for a friend of mine recently, and figured some others may enjoy it as well. The Clipse, if you don't know, are the brother Pusha T (Gene Thornton) and Malice (Terrance Thornton) and as far as quality over quantity Clipse are batting nearly 100. They've had two legitimate studio albums (Lord Willin' 2002, Hell Hath No Fury 2006) and the usually great 'We Got It 4 Cheap' Mixtape series'. With a new album scheduled to be released this spring they dropped the free mix tape promoting their new clothing line. Everything on this is taken from one of those releases (other than the Flashing Lights remix) and for the most part is in "order" (earliest to latest) and takes some of the strongest tracks from both Clipse and The Re Up Gang (Clipse + mediocre 'gangsters' Ab-Liva and Sandman) releases.

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The Tracklist

1. Intro (Lord Willin')
2. Studin' All (We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 1)
3. Zen (We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 2)
4. Comedy Central (Lord Willin')
5. What's Up (We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 2)
6. Grindin' (Lord Willin')
7. I'm A Hustler (We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 2)
8. We Got It 4 Cheap (Hell Hath No Fury)
9. Mamma I'm So Sorry (Hell Hath No Fury)
10. Wamp Wamp (What It Do) (Feat. Slim Thug) (Hell Hath No Fury)
11. Chinese New Year (Hell Hath No Fury)
12. Flashing Lights (Benzi Remix) (The Internet)
13. 500 Birds Interlude (We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 3)
14. Dey Know Yayo (We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 3)
15. Big Dreams (Road Till The Casket Drops)
16. Numb It Down (Road Till The Casket Drops)

[LemonOfPink]

It's been a while, but how would you feel about some wonders from transgender harpist, Baby Dee?

I first saw her (him?) opening for Bonnie Prince Billy and Matt Sweeny. The microphones were very quiet and so the audience was, to an extent, rather rude, but she nonetheless gave an AMAZING performance. Sort of a cross dressing Joanna Newsom, I suppose.

The first album is a studio album with songs performed on piano, and the second is a limited edition live LP from a gallery concert with cellist John Contreras. Beautiful, touching music. Rather strange vocals, but I hope you can get around that.

If you have to pick one, pick the live LP. Both highly recommended, of course.

Baby Dee - A Book Of Songs For Anne Marie

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Baby Dee & John Contreras - Love is Stronger Than Death

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Kissy, kissy, motherfuckers.

[chenghiz]

I just registered to say you guys are all awesome and I've found a lot of music that I now love from this thread, so keep up the great work! Also I wanted to post this album by Akufen, whose music is really hard to find for some reason. He does some awesome IDM type stuff that is a lot of fun to listen to or I suppose dance to if you are into that sort of thing.


From allmusic:

One could say that Marc LeClair is to tech-house what Todd Edwards is to garage, since they both apply cut-up techniques to their hook-heavy productions. And, rather frequently, those cut-ups are the hooks. However, LeClair does away with scissors and wields a gleaming exacto knife instead, splicing seconds of the radio babble he has recorded -- from songs, commercials, DJs, who knows what else -- and proficiently places them all for the sake of the tune. Bored with hearing rhythms, choruses, and complete songs transferred from one artist to another, LeClair is motivated to render his randomly captured samples unrecognizable and sculpt them into something that is much greater than their sum. With all the talk of LeClair's methodologies and aims (his own declarations in the liners taken into consideration), it's easy to get lost on the fact that My Way is a terrifically delightful, upbeat record, tipsy with buoyant basslines, swooning textures, and unorthodox hooks. The 4/4 beat on the opening "Even White Horizons" takes four minutes to kick in, prefaced by a cluster of fragmented acoustic guitar flicks that dart in and out between the left and right channels. Following that, the baleful haze of "Installation" and the blissed-out daze of "Skidoos" offer thumping vapo dub, only setting the table for what's to come. "Deck the House" is the obvious centerpiece, a seemingly painstaking but joyously frantic bricolage of LeClair's recordings (blurts of harmonica, snips of radio jingles and pop tunes, more acoustic quarter-licks, unidentifiable sources reduced to squiggles and blips) married to a jumpy house rhythm. That's where the album crests, but the remaining six songs keep the magic flowing, ending with the title track -- a smooth vocal number that seals off one whale of a record.

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There's also an Akufen Fabric live album that I can post, but I'm not sure if it's already been posted or not.

[meanwhile]

The Samuel Jackson Five - Goodbye Melody Mountain (2008)

Great instrumental rock, which isn't a genre I normally enjoy very much, but I can't argue with this. Been listening to this non-stop for the past few days.

samples (old album song on the youtube, this album stuff on the myspace)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t1K4F-Gaa8&feature=related
http://www.myspace.com/thesamueljacksonfive

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And for convenience here's their old album Easily Misunderstood, which is also good, upped by suitupletsgo last year:

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[suitupletsgo]

The Samuel Jackson Five - Goodbye Melody Mountain (2008)

Great instrumental rock, which isn't a genre I normally enjoy very much, but I can't argue with this. Been listening to this non-stop for the past few days.

samples (old album song on the youtube, this album stuff on the myspace)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t1K4F-Gaa8&feature=related
http://www.myspace.com/thesamueljacksonfive

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And for convenience here's their old album Easily Misunderstood, which is also good, upped by suitupletsgo last year:

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oh man, thanks for this. I couldn't find it anywheres!

[Orcusmars]

The Samuel Jackson Five - Goodbye Melody Mountain (2008)

Great instrumental rock, which isn't a genre I normally enjoy very much, but I can't argue with this. Been listening to this non-stop for the past few days.

samples (old album song on the youtube, this album stuff on the myspace)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t1K4F-Gaa8&feature=related
http://www.myspace.com/thesamueljacksonfive

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

And for convenience here's their old album Easily Misunderstood, which is also good, upped by suitupletsgo last year:

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Goodbye Melody Mountain is fantastic - on my first listen through the album, I wrote one of the first prose pieces I've written in months - thanks for sharing.

[meanwhile]

No worries, glad you guys are enjoyin it 

[Rubin]

You know the feeling, when you download something from inhere, but never really get around to really listen to it!?

Well I've done that a couple of times.  And now I've gotten around to listen to Apple Miners Colony, and Apse, I really love both!
Thank you!

[cujo]

ok, this is my first post.  so, um, don't yell at me



Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks: New York Sessions

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In 1974, Bob Dylan recorded and prepared Blood on the Tracks for release in New York.  For any number of hypothesized reasons (the most likely culprit being the same personal turmoil that generated the slate of songs), he went to Minnesota and revamped the album before releasing it.  These are the New York versions of the actual released album (I am not sure if this was how it was originally meant to be released, or simply the organization of the bootleg).  Half the songs are the same as on the released version, but the other half ("Tangled Up in Blue", "You're a Big Girl Now", "Idiot Wind", "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts", and "If You See Her, Say Hello") are different from the versions popularly known to the public.

I have to imagine that if you are reading this you like music, and thus like Bob Dylan, and thus like the original Blood on the Tracks.  In some ways this is just a footnote to the monumental album we all have in our collections, but it's interesting and important to hear how they were originally intended.  Personally, I feel that "Tangled Up in Blue" and "Idiot Wind" benefit from the more melancholy version here, while "You're a Big Girl Now" and "If You See Her, Say Hello" lose much of their gutwrenching punch.  But, on an album where each individual's favorite tracks seem to vary more than on any other release, the original versions will yield different things for different fans.

[pat101]

Nobunny - Love Visions (2008)
PLUS
Bonus Nobunny - Give It To Me 7"

I've been "spinning" this album fairly constantly since I acquired it. It's punk/power-pop/rockish, it's like 20 mins long, apparently during live shows a bunny mask is worn and nudity is common. Very fun, I hope "you" enjoy.

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From Coke Machine Glow
- 82%
- combined rating of 76%

So that sleeve’s calling for attention. You’ve seen it all before, right?

Not to ignore how the joke is wrapped up in a gay old bunny mask and left to frighten the hell out of anyone who popped in this place just to lounge. Because, yeah, dude is in a costume and is filching The Ramones (1976) and is pretty sourly thumbing it to Jay Reatard, who probably, y’know, is a whole lotta angry anyway. Nobunny’s about the love; live, he gets naked. Naked is how a lot of people nowadays live. (I mean, sure, who cares, why not.) Nobunny is also not a real person, just like Ziggy Stardust never existed, and his record has probably sold nothing as it continues to be hard to find in any material form.

But the songs themselves—freak not, these are songs—are great. Flipping, jaunty, beery things. Anthems with true heart and overdriven spirit. Handstand music: Love Visions is just what its title suggests. It’s one guy cartwheeling through punk rock, as much in thrall with the noise he’s making as whatever ideal he’s tuning towards. Love being, of course, that broad subject and occasional retreat for all kinds of nonsense and excuse. Visions being visions. Which, if we make a few reasonable assumptions about the value of retro-rock in a climate that increasingly values retro-rock for its new tradition, as opposed to the forward-thinking elan that might (who knows) actually get us somewhere, could get one to believe that a record like this would get boring fast. No one wants to hear another rock album, I hear you. Few people just want to hear some doof wax about Love.

Thankfully, this is an album played straight. It has the kinda of-itself purity that punk hawks spend whole lives totalling; something true and genuine and which, as keys crash into “Nobunny Loves You,” feels rigorous and elementally inflexible. Call it power-of-pop, I’ll call it fucking irresistible. Love Visions makes fast with the hooks and comes on with the cheery know-all of a perfect genre exercise. It’s a rock’n’roll boner; it’s scuzz with a point; it’s coruscating on some heavy shit. It’s like 20 minutes long. The shortest track is called “Don’t Know, Don’t Care.” You get the idea.

This Nobunny guy probably understands what people want to hear when they want to hear simple songs about love. So when “Not That Good” opens with maybe the sharpest lines of last year (“Called you up on the telephone / You were last on my list but at least you were home”) it’s to say, more or less—hey there, it’s ok, I get how you’re feeling, k. By the time the last chorus is blurted, and the buzz of the guitars have smacked out, there’s little but the need to play the whole thing again. Same goes for “Tina Goes to Work,” the claptrap “Church Mouse,” “I Am A Girlfriend,” basically every track here.

And in “Chuck Berry Holiday,” the record’s most open invocation, Nobunny grovels up a paean to neediness that’s gonna suit enough people fine. The crazed catch in his voice is what lends the track its heart; like the rest of Love Visions, there’s the sense of therapy and the sense of regret, as if these songs have been tucked away to gather resonance for years. So, only now, given the appropriate maturity and hindsight, can this guy rip into it all with the balls-out affection that this material calls for. Like someone fallen on hard times handed a retrospective on how to get a break; Nobunny crashes this record, caterwauls, cracks, and treats everything in general with an estimation and love that moves past the ramshackle and fashionably amateur. There’s an honesty here that can’t be faked.

Love Visions works because of that honesty. It openly engages the listener into not giving a toss about time, place or context for as long as it lasts. I think that’s special. The drum machine’s pretty sick, too.

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Calyx & Teebee - Anatomy (2007)

Drum n' bass, catchy and hypnotic as hell. Man that album cover is pretty uninspired though... they look like they're watching something boring on tv... but in any case I highly suggest trying this out if you like heavy drum n' bass, or if you like heavy music in general, or if you like music with great beats.

sample - as "adw117" puts it, "this is the kinda song that makes you consider shoving knives in your ears so that your last memory of sound is a great one XD"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1sywiDNd80

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[rednightmare]

So I am enjoying Goodbye Melody Mountain, so thanks for that. I remember coming across The Samuel Jackson 5 on last.fm a couple of years ago but I ended up forgetting about them.

Please accept this Spaces album as a thankyou.

Spaces - Voyage


This is some pretty good post rock type music. The opening track really has a Pink Floyd type guitar sound to it. These guys are definitely worth keeping an eye on if you like this type of music. They release their songs for free and add a new track each month that is supposed to continue the "theme" of the album. What I have upped here is a collection of all the songs they have released so far for the "Voyage" album.

If you like the tracks then you can keep a look out for the next track over at their website: http://www.spacescold.com/about.php

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[mbelassie]

Goodbye Melody Mountain is fantastic - on my first listen through the album, I wrote one of the first prose pieces I've written in months - thanks for sharing.

There is a simple dirt path
beyond the lilacs and the roses
where earthen velvet slides a lover's arm
between the red and purple bedsheets

-"Path"

Sir, your signature. Yes...Yes. Thankyou.

[Rubin]

Here's some danish electrosomethingsomething.

As In Rebekkamaria - Queen of France

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Here's a snippet of a review from wears the trousers magazine

...the creature in question is Rebekkamaria Andersson, now a solo artist in her own right, reborn a hybrid of Kylie’s recent divergence into electro, Peaches’ sultry and powerful use of rhythm (see the single ‘She Lion’), Róisín Murphy’s unusual quirkiness and some rather obvious comparisons to Robyn or The Knife. She speaks only in the language of glorious pop and the medium of dance to create a wonderfully romanticised view of the universe before her. Although her offerings are far removed from the great galaxy of Original in terms of musical style, it is refreshing to find such an artist who has carefully considered her message before transmission

Compared to most of what they compare her to, the sound is much more aggressive... Harsher. I like that.