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[Orcusmars]

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

For whatever reason, this link isn't working D:
Any way you could fix it? The album sounds extremely up my alley (also kudos on the other two albums, they were hella badass)

[ackblom12]

Krylancello linked When Eden Burns and I liked it enough that I bought all 3 albums. Haven't seen the first 2 posted yet so here we go.
The Hunter

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http://www.sendspace.com/file/s7hg6r
Evololution Purgatory

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http://www.med!afire.com/?sharekey=27b33a4e01d00b28d2db6fb9a8902bda
Do aplogize for the Sendspace. I purchased the MP3s and they were a bit large for Mediafire. Any suggestions on any other site that's decent for uploads that isn't med!afire and allows over 100 megs?

[Scandanavian War Machine]

i think Megaupload allows more than 100 megs, but i'm not 100% sure.

[pulpfiction21]

Yeah Megaupload is the best place to to upload stuff >100mbs. Sendspace is my least favorite one of them all. Pisses me off cause I have never been able to successfully download anything from sendspace.

[ackblom12]

Alright, I'll probably just put it back up on megaupload once i get home then. Thank ya!

[pulpfiction21]

Some stuff I already had up on med!afire but had yet to post. Pressed for time so no reviews.

Logh - North (2007)
Alternative / Indie / Ambient

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

Bosques De Mi Mente - LO-FI (2008)
Minimalist / Classical / Beauty

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http://www.mediafire.com/?mdg2gz2dmyk

French Teen Idol - Enlightened False Consciousness (2007)
Instrumental / Post-Rock / Ambient

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http://www.mediafire.com/?ohrwm3mkjmt

Ghost Of Tom Joad - Matterhorn (2009)
Indie / Rock / Post-Punk

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http://www.mediafire.com/?5zuyttz25m2

[Swordfish]

I'd definitely go for every single second of that...

Any albums in particular?

For everyone: here is what I consider the ESSENTIAL INTRODUCTION TO ZAPPPPPPA!
If you have not listened to Frank Zappa much (or at all), these are the first and second albums you should listen to.  They are objectively awesome.  No dispute.

I'll up some of my favorite live albums later as well.

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (')

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http://www.mediafire.com/?tw0nmdn2zmj

Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation

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

[barista.babe]

because the soft spot in my heart used to belong to saddle creek...

so here's the thing... i love azure ray, love now it's overhead, love the cutesy cameos with bright eyes, love love love maria taylor. if you like the mellow multi-instrumental beauty that was 11:11 and you enjoyed some of the more upbeat (yet still amazing) lynn teeter flower then you'll seriously love the new maria taylor album "lady luck." the album contains lp versions of some of the songs that were featured on 2008's ep savannah drive (with andy lemaster).

the good news is that it's really good. the bad news is that this maria taylor's first full length album that isn't on saddle creek. she's moved on. which kind of sucks for saddle creek... it seems like everyone is getting to big for their tiny label. alas....

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/download.php?zwt5ymgmtmk
also...the video for time lapse lifeline is seriously rad. check it out.

[ackblom12]

Ok, and because Sendspace blows, I've re upped one of the albums in Megaupload.

Persuader - The Hunter

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5WEI59RD

[Clapyourhandssaywhhaatt]

Can someone help me out????????

I have an incredibly hard time falling asleep quite often (thinking too much ought to be the culprit)
but I'm wondering if someone can tell me of an album or upload something that is just absolutely perfect for falling asleep to?
I'm not looking for something very wordsy or weird or out there in terms of originality.
I'm just looking for something that feels like a pillow and hums like the wind blown from a goddess of dreams.
Usually I just fall asleep to Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Broken Social Scene, or like..very select albums but lately none of the above are cutting it.
Thanks!!

[Yossarian]

I'd definitely go for every single second of that...

[...] Any albums in particular? [...]

[...]I'll up some of my favorite live albums later as well.[...]

Thanks for the upload (also - in advance - the future ones )! I greatly appreciate it.

Since I don't own any Zappa myself yet, but had thought of working my way into his catalogue before (only the disencouraging vastness of it keeping me from doing so), I'm happy with everything you might come up with. You seem to know your Zappa, so I trust in your judgement as to where to start best.

[spoon_of_grimbo]

Can someone help me out????????

I have an incredibly hard time falling asleep quite often (thinking too much ought to be the culprit)
but I'm wondering if someone can tell me of an album or upload something that is just absolutely perfect for falling asleep to?
I'm not looking for something very wordsy or weird or out there in terms of originality.
I'm just looking for something that feels like a pillow and hums like the wind blown from a goddess of dreams.
Usually I just fall asleep to Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Broken Social Scene, or like..very select albums but lately none of the above are cutting it.
Thanks!!

i find "aegetis byrjun" by sigur ros is really relaxing. on of those albums that's kinda gripping if you're in the mood for listening, but if you're tired it's relaxing enough to help you drop off.  also, an album i might post if anyone's interested (although parts of it might be a little too heavy to help your insomnia) is "indian ink" by Meanwhile, In Communist Russia - it's like Mogwai-esque post rock, but with spoken word poetry over the top of some of it, read by a girl with possibly the most beautiful speaking voice i've ever heard.

[valley_parade]

Can someone help me out????????

I have an incredibly hard time falling asleep quite often (thinking too much ought to be the culprit)
but I'm wondering if someone can tell me of an album or upload something that is just absolutely perfect for falling asleep to?
I'm not looking for something very wordsy or weird or out there in terms of originality.
I'm just looking for something that feels like a pillow and hums like the wind blown from a goddess of dreams.
Usually I just fall asleep to Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Broken Social Scene, or like..very select albums but lately none of the above are cutting it.
Thanks!!

Lately I've been using these two.

I've posted them before, but here they are again so you don't have to search the archives for them.

The American Analog Set - From Our Living Room To Yours

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/download.php?vhg20gan2mv

Shuttle 358 - Chessa

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/download.php?m25ukmnmjj2


And on the complete opposite end of the spectrum...

Merzbow - 13 Japanese Birds Volume 1

On the flagship release to his 13 month/13 cd
series Masami Akita, herein known as Merzbow,
returns to his drumset to accompany his complex
analogue noise. His prowess as a drummer rivals
his abilities as a noise artist making this an
essential and exciting entry into the Merzbow
cannon.

Merzbows 13 Japanese Birds is a 13 month/13 CD
set that begins January 2009 and ends February
2010. These are pressed in a limited edition of
1000 and once they are sold out they will not be
repressed.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?tonnmzm52vh

[pulpfiction21]

Going with something with as little vocals as possible would probably work best. You could try Balmorhea - River Arms. Its a fairly quiet record, lovely violin and piano. Might let you float away into the night. You could also try the two albums I posted not too far up, Bosques De Mi Mente - Lo-FI and French Teen Idol - Enlightened False Consciousness. Those are both very beautiful with very few if any loud points.

[pulpfiction21]

Lately I've been using the second American Analog Set album, "From Our Living Room To Yours".

I've posted it before, but here it is again so you don't have to search the archives for it.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/download.php?vhg20gan2mv

I just realized I didnt have this one on my computer anymore. Thanks a bunch for posting it (again).

[valley_parade]

I'm just hoping that the AmAnSet reunion show at SXSW next month leads to a full tour and new material. Though I guess Andrew Kenny's busy with Wooden Birds, now.

[pulpfiction21]

I'm gunna guess not. I'd say this is just a one time thing for now. I'm pretty sure this is a free day show too with free beer. Yippee!!!!

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

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[rosary]

Can someone help me out????????

I have an incredibly hard time falling asleep quite often (thinking too much ought to be the culprit)
but I'm wondering if someone can tell me of an album or upload something that is just absolutely perfect for falling asleep to?
I'm not looking for something very wordsy or weird or out there in terms of originality.
I'm just looking for something that feels like a pillow and hums like the wind blown from a goddess of dreams.
Usually I just fall asleep to Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Broken Social Scene, or like..very select albums but lately none of the above are cutting it.
Thanks!!

This is the best album I've ever found for falling asleep. Just put it on repeat and go. It's also ridiculously rare, unfortunately.

The Wind-Up Bird - Self titled

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/download.php?kdyhjt0ywmo

[wespeakinmidi]

thanks for that wind up bird album.  i saw them years ago and kind of forgot about them..

[pulpfiction21]

From Monuments to Masses - On Little Known Frequencies (2009)
newest album from these political inspired post-rockers.

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

Not Out Yet

The D'Urbervilles - We Are Hunters (2008)

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http://www.mediafire.com/?ltmt25nmmzz

If you’ve never heard of The D’Urbervilles I suggest you go now to iTunes and buy a copy of We Are The Hunters. Go right now, I can wait. You think I’m kidding, I’m not. D’Urbervilles really is one of Canada’s best kept secrets but like all secrets they won’t be a secret much longer. This group, based in Guelph, is making some of the most outstanding and original music out there.

The D’Urbervilles are not to be confused with a roots/country band by the same name. This D’Urbervilles is certainly not roots/country at all. Not even close. With vocals that are a cross between Jim Morrison and Ian Curtis with a bit of Paul Banks (Interpol) thrown in for good measure, jazzy beats, rocking guitars, smart lyrics and funky bass lines, this CD will get your blood up and dancing along with the rest of you. May I suggest listening to this in an empty room because otherwise I suspect to will do damage to yourself while bouncing around.

They Mean Us - Friendship Lottery (2007)

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http://www.mediafire.com/?vrzjnd2zz4z

They Mean Us play simple, up-tempo mathy-postish-indie rock with a certain je ne sais quoi that permeates every aspect of this beautifully orchestrated semi-progressive instrumental euphoria. Celestial in tone, yet earthy in approach, this Texan sextet embosses a depth and tone to their music that has more in common with Scandinavian jazz heads The Samuel Jackson Five and Cleveland’s To Be a High Powered Executive than other Texan standard bearers. They Mean Us exist wholly apart from today’s derivative, boring post-rock and electronic scenes, spanning a breadth of styles and genres so gracefully it’s shocking to learn they haven’t been around since 1995 at the least.



Perhaps They Mean Us are most readily compared to the influx of emo influenced bands from the midwest in the 90’s. My ears detect hints of American Football, Cap ‘n Jazz, and Owen, but Friendship Lottery’s sound is that same clean guitar fueled jazzy aesthetic filtered through 10+ years of post rock, morphed into a truly powerful listening experience. Too many bands with such a wide array of styles and instruments at their disposal rely on creating an “envelope” of sound. They Mean Us uses the expanded palette of cello, dual guitar, electronics, bass and drums to develop a sort of focused perspective, initially drawing the listener from one theme to another, highlighting not individual instruments, but individual articulations and phrases. A calming, ghastly mood of defined purpose dominates this album, spreading an impassioned light of thoughtful preciseness, and that very precision gives this album a math rock feel with out jarring instrumentation or overly complex rhythmic accompaniment. There is no bad member, nor even a bad performance, in this group. They play off of, and occasionally on top of, each other very well. The diverse use of strings never conflict or bury each other in the mix. This speaks for the album’s fantastic production and the talent of the musicians behind it.

Touche Amore - Demos 2008 (2008)
Hardcore / Screamo

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http://www.mediafire.com/?iy4lihmekzz

Could Not Find one. 8 demo songs that make up just over 14 minutes of music. Fast and loud music.

[michaelicious]

The D'Urbervilles - We Are The Hunters (2008)

We Are the Hunters makes me kind of sad. The songs sound great live, the D'Urbs are all really stand-up dudes, and I feel bad for saying this about local bands but this album fell a little flat for me.

I am pretty excited that people outside of Canada know who they are though!

[Harun]

Scale the Summit - Carving Desert Canyons

instrumental, progressive, beautiful, heavy, complex.

These young guys from Houston, Texas manage to make instrumental music that does not sound bland, uninspired, or derivative. They pack so much technical prowess and melody into their music that having a vocalist would just take away from their sound. A must for any guitar nerd (eight and seven string guitars+complex jazzy and polyrythmic passages+harmoniesharmonies+inventive tapping+absolute killer tone).

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/download.php?1ol0hw4omo4

[barista.babe]

okay... so this is a near and dear post for me. i went to school, lived in and work in ypsilanti, michigan (home of the most phallic water tower in the united states):

(it's nick named the ypsi-dick). anyways, ypsi has also produced one of the most short-lived (yet super awesome) post-rock bands i've ever heard...namely the red light chamber choir. and i've decided to share it with you. it's also really really good to go to sleep to.

beautiful and mesmerizing post-rock from ypsilanti, michigan. i love this album, in part because i'm really good friends with the band (which is comprised of: my current boss, some old housemates of mine, a friend from middle school, and a former server of my favorite coney island). the band released this full LP in 2007 (and went their separate ways shortly after. the most popular track (and one of my personal favorites) is titled "strangers in matching suits."

while this is the only official album, red light chamber choir recorded some songs in my basement which we have deemed "the basement ep" if you guys dig "we are in trouble but don't know what to do" i'll consider upping the ep. check it.

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/download.php?xzyrgjzz3gm

[sean]

That is a great name for a post rock band.

[Clapyourhandssaywhhaatt]

 
You are all wonderful wonderful people. I will now try sleeping for days and will most likely succeed.
Now to post something that shows my true appreciation...hmmmm

[sean]

Monument is the best band in Washington, DC right now. You may not argue this, because this would make you incorrect.

Monument - A 3 Song 7"

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http://www.mediafire.com/?zmkmiztr1ij
These guys seem to be starting to get some internet recognition so I figured I'd post their seven inch up here. Anyway, this is a mandatory download for Michael, Christophe, Sam (thanks for showing me them again!), and anyone else who is fucking obsessed with the Kinsella family. It's also mandatory for Johnny C, since they shout Get Rad in their second song. As you have probably guessed, Monument plays that good ol' midwestern emo/indie rock/cap'n jazz style music. And they fucking nail it. From the first moment the needle hits the record until you realize oh shit its over I'm scratching up the serial code you will be jumping around your room giggling like a fool singing at the top of your lungs. And thats just on record. Monument pulls each note and chord with so much energy you simply feel overwhelmed with joy. If you are even remotely into the recent resurgence of indie/emo in the vein of Algernon Cadwallader this 7" is a must. If Monument ever comes to your town drop everything and see them. They are incredible.

www.myspace.com/monumentisaband  Please buy this 7" too. It only costs 5 dollars (four at a show, but they have only played around DC). They are charging mega cheap for it just so people like you can hear them! Its true I talked to them about it. They are mega nice dudes too!

[Clapyourhandssaywhhaatt]

That ummmm Wind-up Bird wassssssssssssssssss...empty?
EDIT* I did find their album "Whips"? though, so if you don't have that I will upload it for you and if you do I am going to do it anyway.

Wind-Up Bird Whips-

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?j4k3zrmndgz

This is one of those little releases that slipped under nearly every (including mine) radar in late 2003. It's one of those discs that I expected to enjoy a little bit, given the few reviews that I'd read on it, but it not only surprised me, but has found such regular rotation in my CD player that I'm already considering revising my year-end list to include it. Created by Joseph Grimm and Jeff Smith, Whips is a loosely-conceptual album about the disolution of a long-term relationship and the subsequent despair, longing, and loneliness that comes afterwards.

That said, one might suspect that an album about such a turn of events to be heavy-handed or even overbearing, but it's just the opposite. Blending sonics that sound like a mixture between Stars Of The Lid, 1 Mile North, and even Dirty Three, the group finds just the right blend of melancholy and hope over the course of 8 tracks and 45 minutes.

[michaelicious]

Monument is the best band in Washington, DC right now. You may not argue this, because this would make you incorrect.

Monument - A 3 Song 7"

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?zmkmiztr1ij
These guys seem to be starting to get some internet recognition so I figured I'd post their seven inch up here. Anyway, this is a mandatory download for Michael, Christophe, Sam (thanks for showing me them again!), and anyone else who is fucking obsessed with the Kinsella family. It's also mandatory for Johnny C, since they shout Get Rad in their second song. As you have probably guessed, Monument plays that good ol' midwestern emo/indie rock/cap'n jazz style music. And they fucking nail it. From the first moment the needle hits the record until you realize oh shit its over I'm scratching up the serial code you will be jumping around your room giggling like a fool singing at the top of your lungs. And thats just on record. Monument pulls each note and chord with so much energy you simply feel overwhelmed with joy. If you are even remotely into the recent resurgence of indie/emo in the vein of Algernon Cadwallader this 7" is a must. If Monument ever comes to your town drop everything and see them. They are incredible.

www.myspace.com/monumentisaband  Please buy this 7" too. It only costs 5 dollars (four at a show, but they have only played around DC). They are charging mega cheap for it just so people like you can hear them! Its true I talked to them about it. They are mega nice dudes too!

Wicked. I really liked their earlier demos. I checked them out when you mentioned them in some other thread. I think I might order this. I have been on a bit of a 7" buying kick lately.

[valley_parade]

Sean,

[rosary]

That ummmm Wind-up Bird wassssssssssssssssss...empty?

empty? the zip worked for me. do i need to re-up?

[youthcant]

That ummmm Wind-up Bird wassssssssssssssssss...empty?

empty? the zip worked for me. do i need to re-up?

it worked fine for me.
thanks for uploading that.
i too forgot about that album, dunno why though it is great.

[Christophe]

Sean,

[mberan42]

Bernstein's Mass

Files have been removed 

[amok]

This is quite good;

The Dř - A Mouthful

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?ojhkm2g0jjz
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/feb/13/new-band-the-do

[devomedes]

Sean,

[Lunatica]

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?sharekey=4be920c70606fef1d2db6fb9a8902bda

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!

[pulpfiction21]

Don't Mess With Texas - Los Dias De Junio (2007)
Post-Rock. The are from Croatia, I'm from Texas, it just makes sense to listen.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?t4yyvyyuoza

There are whole armies of instrumental postrockish bands out there but Don’t Mess With Texas from Zagreb are for sure one of the best of all of them. Especially live they are an awesome and intense experience.

This intensity has been captured on this record as well. The dominant lead instruments are guitar and piano. Compared to the self titled debut the dynamics are worked out a little better and the piano lines are more diversified. The record is mostly in a laid back kind of mood. The heavier eruptions seam rather moderate but I guess in a live situation they might blast pretty much. It’s a listening record. Best listened to in an autumn night with thunderstorm and all. It is slow and urgent like good doom metal but in the same time dreamy and spherical like postrock. I really like it. 

I Was Totally Destroying It - Done Waiting EP (2008)
Powerpop / Rock / Indie


Don't think the EP has any cover art as it is download only i believe.

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

Something happened to I Was Totally Destroying It in the past year, as though the band collectively decided its career had better be more than a few Cradle shows and local adulation (or derision, depending on whom you ask) after releasing its full-length debut in 2007. The tight, precise, polished power-pop the band peddles is the kind of ear-grabbing musical snowcone that many love, many love secretly, and many outwardly hate. This band could or should be famous, and its new, seven-track, MP3-for-free EP Done Waiting sounds refined enough to make for the big time. Whereas that first LP promised versatility at the risk of consistency, this EP finds the band, sonically at least, bursting with purpose. The debut's lighthearted momentariness gives way to a bolder push for something—anything—bigger.

In the process, some of the local allusions that made the debut a Triangle hit get lost, swapped for an elliptical songwriting tack that still suits the band's melodic propensities. Only "Teeth," with its snapped syllables and rhythmic bludgeon, cracks the sing-song mold, and even it swells into a milkshake-smooth chorus.

IWTDI's previous variety act comes folded into better textures beneath these focused tracks: No longer the chugging guitar-centrists of last year, the band stretches its range by adding acoustic plunking to the foreground of "The Masquerade" over the near-Theremin glow of Rachel Hirsh's keyboards. The album's most spacious track, it's a welcome contrast to the other tracks' large-venue ambition. Indeed, what's constant throughout is the record's clear ascendant aims, as if IWTDI got out of the basement and got dressed for a big-time job interview.

Red Room Cinema - Red Room Cinema (2008)
Instrumental / Post-rock

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http://www.mediafire.com/?omgznztkyt5

There are some excellent sounds emanating from Florida and not all the noise is coming from Gainesville anymore. Red Room Cinema hail from Tampa, Florida and play instrumental post- rock. Red Room Cinema practice a version of instrumental rock that at times allows for some sparse vocal interludes. However, for better or worse, this is music completely lead by the instruments.

It is always such a difficult assertion to make in regards to whether a band would be better off with or without vocals. Hell, I have heard my share of bands who probably should have left their lead singer on the roadside somewhere. Yet, for some reason, we always seem to think that instrumental bands lose their purity by adding vocals to the mix. For Red Room Cinema though, I feel as though they could benefit from more vocals. I feel as though the moments where guitarist Anthony Maltese does let his voice out allows the band to have some much needed sense of personality.

The album sounds nice and Red Room Cinema are quite adept at the standard issue rise-and-fall of instrumental music. Still, the band has a hard time distinguishing themselves from the mass of bands playing this style. Because of that Red Room Cinema will probably get lost in the crowded fray. That really is unfortunate as the band and this album show off some talented moments.

Roommate - We Were Enchanted (2008)
I enjoy it.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?mo4gmmdzyzt

We Were Enchanted is Roommate's second full-length album, released in 2008. Roommate features melodramatic popular songs for healing and easy listening. The current Roommate band includes Luther Rochester, formerly of Low Skies (analog synths), Seth Vanek (drums) and Justin Petertil (guitar) of Crap Engine and Velvetron (drums), Mercedes Landazuri (banjo), Erica Dicker (violin), and Gillian Lis‚e, formerly of Fruit Bats and Califone (bass/vocals/percussion).

[exomni]

Here is an EP by one of my favourite bands to ever make music. They were called the Vermicious Knid. The EP is called Days That Stand Still. If the shitty shitty town of Brantford, Ontario was Washington, DC the lead singer of this band would be Ian Mackaye. Except instead of starting a label he started a music venue that puts on cheap all ages shows for local bands all the time.

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Down 

[bonbonpei]

Bruce Peninsula - A Mountain is a Mouth - 2009

Bruce Peninsula is a big band that actually sounds big—members swarm from the crevices between plush toms and crackling woodblocks to literally round out the mix, make it warmer. A Mountain Is A Mouth is something special, a clusterfuck arrangement of bandleader, guitarist(s), percussionists, and revolving choir (friends, admirers, and inspirations) that avoids the obligatory: nuance, screaming, Sufjan Stevens, a trumpet player and a cute cello player from Muncie, or otherwise. Melodrama abounds; lyrics typically touch on cataclysm and finality, and it’d be ridiculous to expect a fat swath of talented songwriters to not lean (really hunker) into a perilous bout of gospel and tormented hymns, but the sheer breadth of the album feels almost necessary. Earned. Like there will always be enough crucial parts to play and everything sounds big because it must.

myspace.com/brucepeninsula
http://www.zunior.com/product_info.php?products_id=2139&osCsid=ebb581bbf33c56b5f2de950d8103bcde

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

[Ceiling Cat]

To the guy who posted that Fugazi Furniture EP: When I unzip the file it says that track 3 is broken  HALP

This thread is brill, it's like a pick n mix stand! I'm working on a wee mix CD 

[KvP]

Monument is the best band in Washington, DC right now. You may not argue this, because this would make you incorrect.

Trouble Funk continue to remain a figure on the Washington DC area live music scene

tsk

[gospel]

(re-up: the previous copy was missing/removed.)

Sholi - s/t

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With influences ranging from jazz and prog rock to qawwali, Sholi's self-titled debut album is a uniquely free-flowing study in contrasts. All three of the band's members -- songwriter/guitarist Payam Bavafa, bassist Eric Ruud, and especially drummer Jonathon Bafus -- are fluent players and often play intricate parts, but they never feel showy; likewise, Bavafa's tenor is a perfect foil for the instrumentation, with a coolness that mirrors the band's prowess and emotionality that complements it. Sholi's songs rarely end the way they started; instead, they shape-shift at will, reflecting the band's mercurial moods: "Tourniquet" goes from dissonant rock to melodic almost-pop and back again almost imperceptibly, with Bafus' busy but purposeful rhythms leading the way. "Spy in the House of Memories" begins with darkly twinkling, loungy jazz with a melody that could be stolen from a torch song, then melts into sunny harmonies and guitars as Bavafa sings, fittingly, "We decide what we cherish and what we forget/What we leave at the other end." These quick changes can shake listeners, especially at first, when songs like "Out of Orbit" and "Dance for Hours" feel too subtle and too insular to reveal themselves fully without close attention; fortunately, Sholi has more immediate moments, such as the opening track, "All That We Can See," which, despite its flurries of drums and guitars and stop-start structure, has a melody that remains constant and infectious, and "Any Other God," which, with its martial drumbeats and subtly insistent guitars and vibes, is Sholi's most instantly catchy song. Fortunately, even the album's least obvious moments are well worth deciphering, and the emotional connection Sholi make on almost every track raises the band from merely impressive to very promising.

[Swordfish]

More Zappa love!  If you consider yourself a fan of music and you do not listen to Frank Zappa, you are doing yourself a disservice.

Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti
Offensive and hilarious social commentary.  Also, Adrian Belew and Terry Bozzio are fantastic musicians.

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Frank Zappa - Roxy & Elsewhere
Arguably one of the best live Zappa albums.  The instrumentals will impress you no matter what; the Mothers lineup is probably one of my favorite (Ruth Underwood on percussion and Napoleon Murphy Brock on sax/flute!)

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Frank Zappa - Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Jazzy and experimental live tracks with a few more "accessible" studio cuts.

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[sean]

Monument is the best band in Washington, DC right now. You may not argue this, because this would make you incorrect.

Trouble Funk continue to remain a figure on the Washington DC area live music scene

tsk

Sorry dude, you are incorrect.

[Swordfish]

Bikini Kill - The Singles
A compilation of singles by the band that launched the riot grrrl movement.  It also contains the best version of Rebel Girl ever.

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And if anyone is interested, here's a PDF of all the albums I have so you can PM me requests from my somewhat embarrassing music catalog.  (Yes, a 200-song Django Reinhardt album.  Be afraid.)

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[sandwich]

ok so i tried to re re re re up "slumber party"- psychedelicate , because i have been getting emails to put it up. for some reason the link immediately says it has been removed I tried re-naming the zip file: no luck. unless anyone has a solution? this album seems to not be able to upload for "violating mediafires content blah blah blah"
thanks....sorry to dissapoint if we cant find a solution!

[medicatesleep]

Kylesa - Static Tensions

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If you like Boris or QOTSA you should be stoked

[pulpfiction21]

For now I have two leaks. The cursive link is out there but most of the links go down fairly quickly so i thought I'd post it on here for yall. Dont even know if anyone on here likes them. If it goes down just let me know. Also the newest great lake swimmers.

Cursive - Mama Im Swollen (2009)
EDIT: Indie / Rock

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Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels (2009)
EDIT: Folk sound similiar to Band of Horses. Soft and relaxing music.

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[sean]

Who are those guys? What kind of music do they play?

Don't upload music and not tell us about it!

[pulpfiction21]

Are you talking about my post?