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[bedhead138]

The Minus 5 - Killingsworth (2009)

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This is another Minus 5 album. Now the eighth LP from the loose creative
collective/serious drinking association helmed by wayfarer and musical enabler Scott McCaughey. This one is called Killingsworth. A recording worthy of the murders committed during its genesis? Perhaps. Incoherent yarns mostly told after midnight by highway hobos in and around Portland, Oregon? Surely. Killingsworth features an incarnation of The Minus 5 including apparatus support poles McOi, Peter Buck (R.E.M.) and John Moen (Decemberists). Other gypsies in the carnival include The She Bee Gees, further Decemberists Colin Meloy, Jenny Conlee, Chris Funk, Nate Query and many more. Pedal steel belted radials drive throughout the gravelly fern-lined byways of the neighborhood of Killingsworth. Either ride along with the show or get out of the way of its careening wheel man, drunk with liquor and blood. Up to you, friend.

01. Dark Hand Of Contagion ( 3:23)
02. The Long Hell ( 3:04)
03. The Disembowelers ( 3:10)
04. The Lurking Barrister ( 3:05)
05. It Won't Do You Any Good ( 1:50)
06. Vintage Violet ( 2:40)
07. Scott Walker's Fault ( 3:08)
08. Big Beat Up Moon ( 3:11)
09. I Would Rather Sacrifice You ( 2:58)
10. Ambulance Dancehall ( 2:51)
11. Gash In The Cocoon ( 3:57)
12. Smoke On, Jerry ( 3:13)
13. Your Favorite Mess ( 2:18)
14. Tonight You're Buying Me A Drink, Bob ( 2:51)

[E. Spaceman]

For the Smiths, "The Queen is Dead" is probably he best place to start for their studio albums. They're all good though, but even so their singles were the best thing about them. I'll up their two singles collection. There are some songs that are on both of them, but each has killer ones the other doesn't.

To clarify why some tracks are repeated. In the UK two compilations were released by Rough Trade; Hatful of Hollow and The World Won't Listen compiling the singles and B-sides up to The Queen Is Dead.  These were not released overseas though, instead Sire put out Louder Than Bombs which was inteneded to substitute for both the others but also had some tracks exclusive to it (namely Sheila...) but also necessarily omitted some tracks from the other two.  So I guess that if you were looking to get their singles and b-sides you'd actually need all three compilations plus the singles from Strangeways Here We Come which to my knowledge were not compiled anywhere but also did not have much in the shape of interesting B Sides.

[wespeakinmidi]

i totaled 3 cars all listening to the smiths...

really, i absolutely love moz, but i try not to drive with him since.

so... if for some reason you guys don't see me posting and i'm mia... you know what happened.  haha

[bedhead138]

The Gentle Lurch - The Beat of the Heart Is the Beat of the Boss (2009)

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The Gentle Lurch’s second album, ‘The Beat of the Heart is the Beat of the Boss’ is a sprawling, experimental epic consisting of 14 songs split over two discs. This time round, the band is loath to include anything less than 5 minutes in length. Also, their sonic palette has grown to encompass jazz and orchestral chamber music.

On first listen, it is clear that this is an album that is not going to give up its charms easily. Lars Hillers, heavily accented, half spoken drawl is a barrier that prevents any immediacy being discovered in the sound. Much more pleasant is Cornelia Mothes bluesy vocals on ‘Owl’ and ‘Kept Woman’.

However, tenacity pays when listening to The Gentle Lurch, and eventually the myriad of charms contained in these sprawling arrangements start to present themselves. At times the band sounds almost discordant, at other times, the sound is so lovely that it sounds completely out of place (the backing vocals on ‘The Magic Ingredient to Flames’ being a prime example.

Ultimately, ‘The Beat of the Heart…….’ is not going to be to everyone’s tastes.

CD1
01-Time Has Done Nothing Wrong [05:58]
02-Owl III [07:21]
03-Tonight, I [04:05]
04-Pigeons [02:25]
05-The Magic Ingredient To Flames [06:05]
06-Song Sung In A Wodden Voice [05:34]
07-The Disappearance [07:58]

CD2
01-The Villagers [05:58]
02-Folksinger [03:21]
03-Amendment [05:34]
04-What Are We [06:21]
05-Kept Woman [05:49]
06-The Modesty Of Our Demands [07:18]
07-Let's Roll [05:56]

[Professor Snuggles]

That A.C Newman record really is disappointing, actually.

Bummer.

Listen to Smith Westerns you fuccs!

[barista.babe]

I know what you mean!! The Slow Wonder album is great (I've loved it for awhile now) but I just can't get into the new album...in fact, I'm pretty sure I hate it.

[theoryC]

That A.C Newman record really is disappointing, actually.

Bummer.

Listen to Smith Westerns you fuccs!

I have the opposite opinion of this post

[Scarychips]

So, you're saying that people should not listen to Smiths Westerns?

[Daft pun]

Nosaj Thing - Drift

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Turning inherently precise electronic lines into a cohesive burst of innovation is hard to achieve. Whimsy is a key ingredient, and while Jason Chung, a.k.a. Nosaj Thing, has plenty of this, he approaches his compositions with a studious and inclusive ear. Chung proved he had this album in him with the 2006 EP Views / Octopus, featuring most notably the rabid, sparkling “Heart Entire.” Since then, he’s remixed the likes of Daedalus and label mate Flying Lotus, and gained exposure as a regular at events like Low End Theory’s club night in his hometown of L.A. On Drift, the peerless influence of Aphex Twin commingles with a preference for hip-hop beats and a collection of synth sounds that range from bird-like to monstrous. While he categorizes his music as hip-hop, he’s merely laying down the beats here. In place of a lyrical message are blips, claps, pulses, and slaps that do, in a way, speak.

As his stage name suggests, Nosaj Thing can create translucent ghosts of songs, manipulating the volume and direction of light vocal lines on “Coat of Arms” to the effect that nothing is grounded or satisfied, even if the melody suggests resolution. There is as much textural variety among this song’s synth lines as there is on the entire album. Similarly, on “Fog,” the airy bass loop that hops all over the scale in the song’s intro gives way to an increasingly slick cast of synths and beats.

Like Richard D. James, Chung embraces beautiful, vulnerable melodic lines that like to snatch the spotlight, if only momentarily, from eerier mates. Sometimes he’ll rest longer on the beauty, but he is never lazy. “Us” could be a fine song with a few essential components, but Chung adds sharp string samples and tiny bits of aquatic atmosphere to the relaxed melody. What might have been an interlude is one of the album’s best songs. The industrial but warm beat on “Voices” could almost fit in with Burial’s world and is unique to this album, guiding a bit-crushed music-box melody and a deep, menacing bass that participate in a haunting melodic dialogue; the only thing uniting the two is the song’s key.

Not all of Chung’s tracks so neatly create organic worlds out of atmospheric variety: “Coat of Arms” and “IOIO” emphasize what’s locomotive in the compositions — and keep emphasizing it in new ways. “IOIO” starts with a ramp up to tempo, and before long the number of percussive and melodic lines has built from a handful to probably more than a dozen. Sometimes, as on this song and “1685/Bach,” the variety is overwhelming, but this may have more to do with the ordering of tracks than anything else; these three songs come in succession. More often than not, Chung’s tireless attention to his work is well-edited, and even the most chaotic and boisterous tracks are riveting.

I just can't stop listening to this. So good.

[theoryC]

So, you're saying that people should not listen to Smiths Westerns?

Well they can if they want to, but I sure don't think there's any rush...

[bahhhhh]

Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms [128kbs]

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Patrick Watson (born 1979) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, whose blend of cabaret pop and classical music influences with indie rock has been compared to Rufus Wainwright and Jeff Buckley.

[Scarychips]

Hey, I'm gonna go see him tomorrow at the Montreal Jazz fest. I really recommend that album. Really good.

[Tom]

Pitchfork so hates them because they won the Polaris music prize in 2007.

[Professor Snuggles]

So, you're saying that people should not listen to Smiths Westerns?

Well they can if they want to, but I sure don't think there's any rush...

You have bad taste then.

[Tom]

Unlike a lot of other lo-fi garage pop/shit gaze acts atm, the Smith Westerns record is full of catchy fuzzy pop with next to no filler.

[Tehz]

The Smith Westerns are definitely worth the download. I'm enjoying the album quite a bit.

[Hat]

I realised that I have been neglecting this thread recently but before I delve headlong into whatever weird shit you dudes have been uploading lately here is some good old fashioned hip-hop like your grand father used to listen to that I have been repping lately.

Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Month and 2 Days in the Life of...

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Of particular interest is the single Tennessee, which independent scientific studies have verified as of the dopest quality,

Speaking of shit I have been repping lately, here is a track of obnoxious, repetitive dance music I am certain the people that hang around my house are truely sick of by now.

The Beat Monkeys - How You Like Me Now ? (Rico Tubbs Gangsters Mix)

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[lauraelise204]

i think it's about time i shared this band on the thread.  two of their six songs are in my top 20 songs (75+ plays) played on itunes and the rest aren't far off either.  sadly, they are a band that is no more.  they were stellamaris for a little while (which i liked best) and then changed it to the new frontiers.  they didn't put out much under the new name before calling it quits back at the beginning of january of this year.

Stellamaris - s/t

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the description from last.fm for the new frontiers:

In a time where big beats and big hooks equal big sales, and transience runs rampant throughout the medium, it is becoming ever so difficult to find records that still matter. You know, the ones that affect you. That stick with you. That serve as an underscore to the essential times in your life. While those types of records are certainly becoming an endangered species, there are thankfully those that defy this trend, and work to supply us with the instant classics we so rarely find anymore.

The New Frontiers are a band on the front lines of this battle with their debut full-length offering, Mending; they wisely let their music do the talking. Sonically, the band once known as Stellamaris offers up their take on a quieter, more introspective brand of indie rock. Anchored by singer Nathan Pettijohn’s emotive vocal delivery, and complemented in kind by an equally skilled Dallas-based supporting troupe, The New Frontiers present tunes with a quiet sense of majesty that still manage to pack a colossal emotional footprint. Their pacing is deliberate, but never sedate and their sound is at once both contemporary and traditional. The overall musical stew is one that combines dashes of alt-country, brit-rock, and indie-pop (among others) towards a final mélange sure to win over sets of ears for years to come.

[lauraelise204]

and as a random one song download i put up for a friend which EVERYONE should have......

the b.a. "Rainbow Connection" by the one and only Kermit the Frog.

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[bedhead138]

The Builders and the Butchers - Salvation Is a Deep, Dark Well (2009)

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2009 release from the Portland-based former Alaskans. Salvation Is A Deep Dark Well is a much more complete work than their debut, showcasing the bands full potential. On Salvation, the Builders worked with producer Chris Funk from the Decemberists who brought with him a throng of expertise, patience, instruments, and some of the best musicians in Portland. In the vein of the Southern Gothic tales Ryan [Sollee, songwriter] weaves stories of struggle with the usual cast of characters God, the Devil, soldiers, branches, wind, rain and hell fire. The story of Salvation Is A Deep Dark Well is that there's joy and celebration through the darkness, there's light in the hardest of times, and when you reach the bottom may salvation light your way.

The Builders and the Butchers add strongly to the long list of “indie-folk” bands coming out of Portland with their newest album, Salvation is a Deep Dark Well. The Builders and Butcher fit in quite well with other burgeoning ‘indie-folk’ acts from this region including Horsefeathers, Norfolk and Western, and Blind Pilot. But, their closest sonic kin has to be the Decemberists. Ryan Solle’s voice is strikingly similar to Colin Meloy’s.
The lyrics are similarly dark and depraved and Solle’s songwriting is lush and vivid. My favorite tune Down in this Hole opens with “Nothing lasts forever in a god-forsaken town. The pocket books are empty ‘cause the priest has left the town. He’s giving all his dollars to the girl that works the square, who never get a dime because there’s murder in the air”. The haunting indie-folk ballads are spread over rough, frantic, and ramshackle tunes thick with the harmonica, and banjo of the Deep South and hills of Appalachia. This album makes me think of bourbon, sweat, fog, and moss hanging from old, dead oak trees.

If Tom Waits and Johnny Cash took over a southern church choir, littered it with mandolins, banjos, acoustic bases, hand-made drums, and summoned a dance party, they might call the whole phenomenon The Builders and the Butchers . No other band will make you feel so blissfully compelled to make deals with the devil.

1. Golden And Green (4:48)
2. Devil Town (2:47)
3. Short Way Home (4:19)
4. Barcelona (3:41)
5. Hands Like Roots (2:20)
6. Down In This Hole (3:55)
7. Raise Up Your Weary Hands (4:11)
8. Vampire Lake (2:59)
9. The Wind Has Come (3:37)
10. In The Branches (5:12)
11. The World Is A Top (3:54)

[bahhhhh]

Hey, I'm gonna go see him tomorrow at the Montreal Jazz fest. I really recommend that album. Really good.

Ha, that's why I posted it. I went to see him. Good show.

[kwintpod]

2009 goodness!

Nero's day at Disneyland-From Rotting Fantasylands

Nero's Day At Disneyland is a triumphant and bombastic art techno project orchestrated by Brock Bousfield from Oakland, California. Blending haunted 15th century sacred music with a tangled mess of burnt out electronic noise with a crushingly huge sense of scope. Nero's Day At Disneyland seems to cram together the entire musical history of the last 2000 years.

One of the best Breakcore albums I've ever heard

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Said The Whale-Howe Sounds

The collective brainchild of Ben Worcester and Tyler Bancroft, Said the Whale is as much a product of Vancouver’s tremendous natural beauty as it is of the city’s budding independent music scene. With a solid fan base accumulated from a litany of previous bands (My Buddy Dave, The Millionaires, WordsOverMusic) Said the Whale are quickly winning over new fans with every show. Their unique blend of eclectic indie rock captures the essence of what it means to be young, free, and occasionally heartbroken in your early 20s. Theirs is the sound of a thousand summers spent lying under a star-filled canopy in the middle of a field. Original, incisive, and destined to set the independent music scene on fire, it is the sound of Said the Whale.

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Kiss Kiss-The Meek Shall Inherit What's Left

I first came across Kiss Kiss in 2007 when I inadvertently stumbled across a portion of their album Reality Vs. The Optimist available as a partial download at freeindie.com. The band combined a chaotic barrage of orchestrated noise rock with an electric violin to boot and lead singer Josh Benash coming off like Billy Corgan gone absolutely batshit. It was an experience.

The soon to be released new album from Kiss Kiss titled The Meek Shall Inherit What’s Left is a decent follow up album to the bands earlier work creating the image of some insane Russian Bar with their jukebox on the fritz or a Yugoslavian Circus gone awry with even more chaotic tracks giving you the illusion that you may have fallen down the rabbit hole in some bizarre dream sequence. The focus is still present providing enough control to help guide you through the twisted orchestrations and Benash’s vocals have gone a little deeper and darker then last time which settles well with the slower more thematic tracks on the album which, I have to be honest, combined with an eerie piano roll playing softly in the background along with the use of the electric violin makes the slower tracks sound almost epic. Definitely an album worthy of taking a journey with.

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The Tumbled Sea-Melody/summer

One man ambient(piano) project, all his music is free and astoundingly good. Check

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[amok]

The Gentle Lurch - The Beat of the Heart Is the Beat of the Boss (2009)

This is excellent.

[lauraelise204]

Rules:

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

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[pulpfiction21]

Thanks for the Kiss Kiss, I've been waiting for that to come out for a while now.

[Professor Snuggles]

Okay, so generally, if I post a link on this board, it's stolen. I download something, decide y'all should listen to it, and repost that link ad nauseum until you guys like it too!

I downloaded this like 3 months ago, and haven't listened to it until today. And it's mindblowing. And I just uploaded it.


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

Of all the many albums heralding the arrival of roots, and driving it to ascendency in the Jamaican and international reggae market, few were as uncompromising in vision as Ras Michael's Dadawah -- Peace & Love. The singing drummer had led aggregations of devout Rastafarian musicians for nearly a decade, releasing grounation flavored, nyahbinghi driven records on his own Zion Disc label. Dadawa now brought Ras Michael together with veteran studio hands -- bassist Lloyd Parks, drummer Paul Williams, guitarist Willie Lindo, and pianist/organist Lloyd Charmers, who trebled as producer. The resulting album was a work of faith, but equally it was a leap of faith for the singles orientated Trojan label, whose full-length records had previously tended towards hits round-ups. Dadawa, in contrast, spread a mere four tracks across two sides of vinyl, and while certainly accessible to a wider audience, it was never going to appeal to pop fans. Although not a concept album in the strict sense of the term, it thematically evokes the Biblical final days. "Run Come Rally" calls together the world's righteous in preparation for the upcoming battle with evil. Having gathered together the brethren from "Seventy Two Nations," all bow before Jah in a celebration of His greatness, then give voice to their desire to return to "Zion Land." The set concludes with "Know How You Stand"'s call for freedom, and with it the ability to fulfill Jah's plan. The extraordinary power of the set's themes is echoed by the equally phenomenal backings, all conjuring up the most haunting of atmospheres. While the hand drums give the album a grounation feel, Parks and Williams simultaneously ground the numbers deep in roots. Intriguingly, though, there's no reggae guitar, just Lindo's sublime riffs and licks that flick into the rock realm, while constantly sliding back into blues. Charmers' piano and organ occasionally take over the reggae guitar role, but mostly his keys intertwine around Lindo's leads, accentuating melodies, scattering elegant flourishes here and there, and subtly building up the atmospheres. Even during the most elongated tracks, there's no sense of repetition or self-indulgent meanderings, every note and bar furthers the musical and thematic journey. Charmers' production is superb, the musicians inspired, and Ras Michael's power undeniable. An astounding album that's lost none of its potency over the years.

I haven't been blown away by a reggae record for like 6 years. I haven't even cared about the genre for like 6 years. This is a really amazing record, and you would be pretty stupid not to listen to it, whether you like reggae music or not.

[sambillini]

O.k,so here are a couple of my own tunes if anyone cares to give feedback..1 glitch-hop the other dub....both are unmastered.

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I like 'em...hope you guys do to.

[epoch]

I come bearing chips (as usual)
CHIPTUNE MEGAPOST!

Commie64- Boolean Values

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Commie64- Slap The Pigeon

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^ This guy makes music using a Commodore 64 computer. Pretty rad if ya ask me.


I, Cactus- I, Cactus

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Firebrand Boy- Songs For Cake

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Nullsleep- Unconditional Acceleration

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IAYD- Supergalactic

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Binarpilot- Defrag

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Glomag- DaMaGe

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Goto80- Contech

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If you don't download any of these, download this one by Starscream, it is an amazing blend of live drums and chipmusic, I can not recommend it highly enough. It is heavy and hard, yet still bleepy and bloopy. It is fantastic.


Starscream- Future, And It Doesn't Work

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[Trevlordyte]

Fast Forward- S/t


"FAST FORWARD was formed around 1999 in L.A, CA and is known for their controversially political live shows. Includes mysterious members w/ ties to such organizations as NAZTI SKINZ, WRANGLER BRUTES, THE LOCUST, and LE SHOK. Their music sounds like CHROME or CHRISTIAN DEATH."

It's good Electronic punk/ experimental music. It's a small file so check it out!

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[bedhead138]

Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem (2009) / AAC 320

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On August 18, Elverum will blow that experiment out to album length when P.W. Elverum & Sun releases Mount Eerie's Wind's Poem, which is being touted as his "black metal album." Elverum recorded the album himself in various locations around his hometown of Anacortes, Washington. Nick Krgovich of No Kids dropped by to add some harmonies, but as with most Microphones/Mount Eerie releases, this is basically all Elverum here. That's the cover above, and the tracklist is below.

The album will be available on CD, digital download, or a clear vinyl double LP in "a gatefold jacket with bronze foil stamping and a pull out lyric poster". One of those options sounds slightly cooler than the others.

When Mount Eerie tours this autumn, Elverum will bring a full band with him, including two drummers. A press release promises gongs and walls of amps. This is going to rule.

01 Wind's Dark Poem
02 Through the Trees
03 My Heart Is Not at Peace
04 The Hidden Stone
05 Wind Speaks
06 Summons
07 The Mouth of Sky
08 Between Two Mysteries
09 Ancient Questions
10 (something)
11 Lost Wisdom Pt. 2
12 Stone's Ode


Florence and the Machine - Lungs (Deluxe Edition) ~ 2009 / Mp3 V0


Disc 1

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For a while, former Camberwell Art School student Florence Welch tried to be the singer the record companies wanted her to be: namely, a more rocky graduate from the Lily Allen school of wayward girls. Then one day she began banging on the walls of her mate’s home studio, instead of playing the drums, picked out a melody on the piano (which she can’t play), and wrote Between Two Lungs, a weird and rather wonderful song about a kiss. If you like Björk or Kate Bush, you’ll love it. If you like Nick Cave, Tom Waits or even Siouxsie, you’ll find much to enjoy elsewhere, from the soulful blues of Girl With One Eye to the ghostly love song I’m Not Calling You a Liar.

An intense young woman who read a lot of Edgar Allan Poe as a child, Florence specialises in dark, gothic imagery - werewolves, wedding dresses, bleeding hearts and coffins - and quirky tunes that start quietly and build into big, soaring climaxes. The songs are generally angry, with an undercurrent of violence and/or animal passion, and a nagging hook to keep you there. When this girl falls in love, you gather, she really falls. When it’s over, the only recourse is pain, rage and vast quantities of alcohol. The current single Rabbit Heart was written after her label asked her for something more upbeat, but ended up with a typically jaunty chorus about sacrifice: “This is the gift/ It comes with a price/ Who is the lamb/And who is the knife?”.

Sometimes the rough edges have been over-smoothed: there are all kinds of strange, cheap synthesised noises buried under the layers of polish that I’d like to hear more clearly. But this is a minor gripe, for despite its dark heart, there’s a real joy about this debut. It’s the sound of someone who has found their voice and is keen to use it - as loudly and freely as possible.

1. "Dog Days Are Over"
2. "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)"
3. "I'm Not Calling You A Liar"
4. "Howl"
5. "Kiss With A Fist"
6. "Girl With One Eye"
7. "Drumming"
8. "Between Two Lungs"
9. "Cosmic Love"
10. "My Boy Builds Coffins"
11. "Hurricane Drunk"
12. "Blinding"
13. "You've Got The Love" (Bonus Track)

Deluxe Version includes the above and the following tracks on a bonus disc:

01. Bird Song Intro
02. Bird Song
03. Dog Days are Over (Demo)
04. Falling
05. Hardest Of Hearts
06. Ghosts (Demo)
07. Girl With One Eye (Bayou Percussion Version)


Psapp - Eary Cats and Tracks Volume 2 (2009) ~ Mp3 V2

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A new self-released, digital-only EP from lovable electronic popsters Carim Classmann and Galia Durant, Cats And Tracks Volume 2 collects early and previously unreleased material from the duo. On here you’ll find songs like ‘Dad’s Breakdown’ from Psapp’s debut Do Something Wrong EP on Melodic, plus ‘Feel The Fur’ from their outstanding Buttons & War EP, released on Isan’s Arable imprint. There’s a great cross-section of Psapp’s work on this collection, showcasing their playful yet technical infallible production work and the sort of hook-smattered pop pedigree more mainstream artists would be envious of. If you’ve been won over by the duo’s Domino output in recent times, here’s a great introduction to some of their earliest material.

01 Feel The Fur 3:58
02 Dad’s Breakdown 3:04
03 Scissory 4:09
04 Northdown C 4:38
05 Happy Lamb 3:53
06 Whores 2:24
07 How Things Turn Up 4:57
08 Who Knows My Ohs 3:48

[ashashash]

Hey, thanks for the new Phil Elverum!

[kwintpod]

Hey, thanks for the new Phil Elverum!

[medicatesleep]

Thanks Bedhead for Mount Eerie! This album is very enjoyable.

[bedhead138]

Yim Yames (Jim James of My Morning Jacket) - Tribute To (2009)

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John Lennon once said he didn't believe that musicians created emotions in their listeners. Rather, he believed that an artist's role is to bring feelings to the surface that already live deep within us. Thus, while all human beings are connected to one another in some way, there is a special bond we feel with the artists that help us shine a light within our own core.

A few days after George Harrison passed away in 2001, Yim Yames (Jim James (of My Morning Jacket)) was moved to record this six-song EP of Harrison covers, paying tribute to a man that he never met, but with whom he felt a special connection. The tracks have a serene quality that mourn the loss of a legendary spirit while celebrating his enduring influence.

On the EP, Yames performs beautiful renditions of four cuts from Harrison's classic album All Things Pass as well as two of The Beatles tunes that he penned. These six tracks have a raw, minimalist feel – featuring little more than Yames' vocals and acoustic guitar. With all the space, the room in which the tracks were recorded truly serves as another instrument in the mix, creating an ethereal aura for a backdrop.

From his warm, multi-layered vocals on opening track "Long Long Long" to his near-whisper at the end of album closer "All Things Must Pass," Yames sings in a fittingly intimate manner. In the album's liner notes, he refers to Harrison as "a prime example of the healing power of music." These words apply just as much to this EP. As the final chords on Tribute To ring out, one can't help but feel a deep, satisfying sense of catharsis.

1.) Long Long Long
2.) Behind That Locked Door
3.) Love You To
4.) My Sweet Lord
5.) Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
6.) All Things Must Pass

[trr005]

Thank you for that.

[bedhead138]

The Dodos - Time to Die (2009) ~ Mp3 320

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Time To Die is the follow up to the mesmerizing Visiter back in 2007. The album will feature a new member in the band as well, upping the number of members to three, a one Keaton Snyder will be featured on the vibraphone.

01 Small Deaths
02 Longform
03 Fables
04 The Strums
05 This Is A Business
06 Two Medicines
07 Troll Nacht
08 Acorn Factory
09 Time To Die

[barista.babe]

Seriously thanks so much for The New Dodos. Visiter was amazing, I'm hoping this follow up is just as badass. 

[De_El]

Oh, man, ditto! I totally forgot they had a new one coming out. Am exciteeeeeeed~

[wespeakinmidi]

some of these albums are friends bands of people i met while growing up and playing music.  they remind me of good times, meeting good friends, networking before the internet, and frankly, when shit was fun and friendship was strong.  Then theres some other random albums that are random shit mixed in.  ha.

really, i'm not trying to get deep with ya'll, i'm just stoned as usual.

anyway, it's definetly a mixed up post, but i'm sure some of you can dig on it.  let me know what you think.

Orchid - Chaos is Me

The Bla Bla Bla ::: Orchid were an early screamo band from Amherst, Massachusetts. Considered by many to be one of the pioneers of the screamo sound, Orchid combined a postmodern aesthetic with hardcore punk, releasing several now-hard-to-find EPs and splits as well as three full-length records. Orchid's influences are assumed to be Canadian hardcore band Union of Uranus and One Eyed God Prophecy, but band members more often cite the German bands Systral and Carol.

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Usurp Synapse - This Endless Breath

The Bla Bla Bla ::: Usurp Synapse was an emo violence band from Indiana. The group combined fast and frantic grindcore influenced drumming and guitar work, and raw screams.  Usurp was born in Lafayette, IN. Through numerous line-ups they continued to push the envelope of the then-bugeoning "screamo" sub-sub-genre of punk rock. Their music was available on several compilations and 7" records, including a split release with Jerome's Dream, with whom they toured the United States, on Clean Plate Records. All their releases have been compiled and released on a discography CD, Disinformation Fix, on Alone Records. Antonio Leiriao moved from New York to Indiana to sing for the band in 1999.
The band utilized unconventional marketing methods, such as a die-cut album cover folded into the shape of a penis entering a vagina, and the inclusion of a razor with a record that promoted suicide on Electric Human Project.
Former members played in Fax Arcana, who have since disbanded.
They reformed as a 4-piece in the year 2004, recorded a full length album, then unfortunately had to cancel a uk tour in 2005 which was supposed to be with phoenix bodies. They have been inactive since.

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SUNN O))) & PANSONIC / ALAN VEGA / STEPHEN BURROUGHS - CHE

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Amanda Woodward

Amanda Woodward is a screamo band from Caen, France formed in year 2000. The lyrics are in French and they often have political messages (“À L’assaut”, “La Décadence de la Décadence”), while keeping guitar riffs and screaming vocals.

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The Bloodhound Gang - Hooray For Boobies

The Bla Bla Bla :::  The album's title is attributed to Parry Gripp of Nerf Herder (a credit he vehemently denies), who also sings harmony vocals on "I Hope You Die" and toured with the band on their previous record. Hooray for Boobies is the final album with drummer Spanky G, who left mid-production. The song "Yummy Down On This" features drummer Darrin Pfeiffer of Goldfinger.
The track "The Inevitable Return of the Great White Dope" appeared on the Scary Movie soundtrack.
"A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When the Stripper Is Crying" is a parody of the narrative "trucker songs" of Red Sovine.
"The Ten Coolest Things About New Jersey" is simply ten seconds of silence.
The final song, "Along Comes Mary," was never intended to be on the album, but Geffen insisted the band include it. Very rare early promo versions of the album exclude the track.

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Hank Williams - Alone With His Guitar

The Bla Bla Bla :::  Recorded between 1949 & August 1952. Includes liner notes by William Gay and Colin Escott.

A revelatory collection of songwriting demos and rare early solo radio appearances, most of which had never appeared in un-dubbed form until 1998's complete Williams box set. Highlights include an early take on "Honky Tonk Blues," with an extra verse that didn't make it onto the hit studio version, an eerie cover of the Sons of the Pioneers' "Cool Water" (one of the few cowboy songs Williams ever recorded), and a run-through of "Kaw-Liga," with several false starts and some studio chatter.

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hope you all enjoy, smoke weed and worship satan. xoxo

[bedhead138]

The Dead Weather - Horehound (2009) ~ Mp3 V2

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The Dead Weather is an American alternative rock supergroup that formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2009. Comprising vocalist Alison Mosshart (of The Kills), guitarist Dean Fertita (of Queens of the Stone Age), bassist Jack Lawrence (of The Raconteurs and The Greenhornes) and drummer/vocalist Jack White (of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs), the band is due to release its debut album Horehound in July 2009. The Dead Weather was revealed at the opening of Third Man Records' new headquarters in Nashville on March 11, 2009. The band performed for the first time at the event, before immediately releasing their debut single "Hang You from the Heavens".

01.60 Feet Tall [05:33]
02.Hang You from the Heavens [03:38]
03.I Cut Like a Buffalo [03:28]
04.So Far from Your Weapon [03:40]
05.Treat Me Like Your Mother [04:10]
06.Rocking Horse [02:59]
07.New Pony [03:58]
08.Bone House [03:27]
09.3 Birds [03:45]
10.No Hassle Night [02:56]
11.Will There Be Enough Water [06:20]

[KurtMcAllister]

Yim Yames (Jim James of My Morning Jacket) - Tribute To (2009)

Hey, thanks for this, but my computer told me that track two is a corrupt file.
Edit: You know what, never mind. Track two can be downloaded from his site, so it's no bother.

[elizaknowswhatshesfor]

@wespeakinmidi.

I own all of those records, they are all AMAZING. (I include bloodhound gang in that!) I'm interested, which were people you grew up with?

You have inspired me & I'm currently uploading a selection of local(ish) bands stuff that is good. It will all be noisy. 

[wespeakinmidi]

elizaknowswhatshesfor..

glad you dug the post. 

i really have a lot of other albums you'll probably like, and i'm working on another post for soon... but not too soon 

i'm not one to drop too much info on the net, or to name drop in general... but... i got to see orchid when i was really young at shows in the new england area..  along with seeing bands like combatwoundedveteran and reversal of man play inside peoples kitchens, etc.  i simply grew up in an area where the punk movement has always been strong and  screamo movement was booming before it took off or became hip so to speak.  shows like these were weekly in my area, and people were much more social back then.  anyway, i also played in bands in that era that was playing shows with many of bands of the like, as well as networking with them in order to try to get records out on shared labels, etc etc. being in a band was so much different back then.  i miss making flyers for shows at kinkos.  these days, it's all photoshop.  not to mention booking a tour was a breeze.. now adays i don't even know where to start.  ha.

anyway, i'll post some more.. you probably want to raid my external hard drive so bad.  and i mean that!  haha it's a good thing i like to share

[elizaknowswhatshesfor]

Hopefully I have them all on vinyl...But yes! Share! As I I'm from the Midlands in England I could say the same for bands from this side of the pond!Although they are probably less well known... (I am impressed, but in a nice way, because Orchid & combatwoundedvetran are two of my favourite all time bands, if I like someone they always get Dr. Goodsex on mixtapes, mainly because it always works....x)

Here is some stuff! (Some of it isn't zipped as my pc is not being my friend & I won't to share so don't be too mad at me)

In light of the fact they will be playing their last show soon, here is Nottingham's  fastest, Army Of Flying Robots:



(I don't know what the artwork is so I just picked this picture)

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This is a complation available free from Holy Roar Records, it's a wicked mixture of stuff, particularly Rolo Tomassi, Youves & The Ergon Carousel:

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Go on there site, a lot of the merch is beautiful! Also buy records as they are good.

Also this just because I cannot stop listening to it and it's the happiest summery thing ever, Fang Island:

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I reccomend putting Fang Island in a youtube serch & watching them play to a room full of kids.

I will put much more up, but not until I can zip it all up! Enjoy x

[wespeakinmidi]

the drummer of fang island is my best friend in real life.  haha.  seriously though.  we've grown up together and i know him longer than i've known anyone really..  i'm glad you dig what he's doing musically!  he's a great drummer, and all his projects are great.

he and i played music together in most of those bands that i previously mentioned when i mentioned playing music in the screamo era.  haha true!  small world.

[elizaknowswhatshesfor]

THAT'S NUTS! In a really good way! It's been my going to work album for the past week! (Sorry for doing him out of money by sharing...eeeep! I can take it down!)

[KvP]

Some older Luke Vibert stuff under the Wagon Christ pseudonym -


Wagon Christ - Musipal

"Now the premise of this album is very, very simple. What's that? To listen to messages of soul with a solid beat, make you move your feet. Now the premise of the album is to find a passing spaceship and get rescued by it. Oh, come on. Now the premise of this album is, well, the dance, actually, dance business. The highest definition ever achieved in recording. I'll even tell you what two of the secret ingredients are: pure electronic modern electronics. That'll make 'em happy! Oh, look at 'em, they want to get up and dance! Let's have a party, we gonna go swinging! I'm gon' fuck the whole world up! Hahahaha, I'm so full of ideas, and here's a good one!"

If that were a quotation from one person, you might well think that they were a raving lunatic or schizophrenic. "Those," you would probably say, "are the ravings of a lunatic schizophrenic!" Well, the above quotation can be found in "The Premise," the slick introductory track on Wagon Christ's fourth album, Musipal. And although it's culled from all sorts of different sampled spoken voices, it feels as if it's been transferred from the personal schizo thoughts of mastermind Luke Vibert to his flexible fingers. I can't vouch for his sanity or any lack thereof, but the man is pretty full of ideas, and I'll be goddamned if the ones found on Musipal aren't good ones.

Vibert hasn't created an incredibly innovative record, by any means. References can be made from the smooth and dirty grooves of DJ Shadow and UNKLE to the jungle agitation of Squarepusher to full-on dementia, either giddy (Kid Koala) or sinister (Aphex Twin). But Musipal is so stocked with variety and, moreover, actual fleshed-out substance, that it manages to bypass the simple "wacky" status of Vibert's previous release as Wagon Christ, 1998's Tally Ho! This record has moods-- some unnerving, some smooth, dark, mechanical, choppy, bouncy, funky, soulful, and even back to wacky, occasionally, all whenever Vibert sees fit. And each of these elements help create the perfected Wagon Christ formula: an unpredictable mixed bag that comes out even, regardless of how many contents are shifted.

Musipal has more than a couple standout tracks, but out of those, its holy trinity comes during its first half. "Natural Suction" is Vibert's only full-on journey into jungle and drum 'n' bass beats this time out, and pad synths and strings complement the jittery grooves nicely. The title track follows, flowing modestly and effortlessly with the inclusion of a shuffling hip-hop beat, squawking horns, and a duet of bluesy lead guitar and whistling.

Up to this point, Musipal would be perfect for your next social occasion. That is, until the unsettling and dark beats of "It is Always Now, All of It is Now" come in. Despite it being the album's obvious highlight, it's probably a bit too paranoid for the houseguests. Dark synths and orchestra hits punch through the ranting of a madman-- possibly Vibert himself-- whispering and mumbling through a distortion filter and squealing feedback.

There are plenty of flavors for anyone on Musipal, although the record as a whole may be too diverse for some, if that's possible. In my book, diversity is a plus. If there's one thing Luke Vibert can do well, it's everything at once. He seems to mock himself by starting his album with a track called "The Premise" and then never fully being able to explain it. It may be that he'll never decide on a certain premise, or idea, or concept; consequently, he'll probably never cover the same ground quite the same way twice. And the schizophrenia and variance that is Wagon Christ has finally controlled itself just enough to avoid sounding piecemeal. Musipal is, as of now, the quintessential Wagon Christ record, and its only preconceived purpose is one of simply letting you have fun while trying your damnedest to find one.

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Wagon Christ - Sorry I Make You Lush

Luke Vibert is one of the finest producers in electronic music today. Never content resting on tired formulas, his Wagon Christ alias has ventured in about all manner of abstract instrumental hip-hop, R&B flavored drum and bass, and richly stringed IDM. From the sounds of it, he seems to be chronologically following up YosepH (released under his own name last year) more than 2001’s Musupial, with the latter’s emphasis on a Tobin-like flow and hip-hop basing to an overly uptempo album. Sorry I Make You Lush sees the Vibert crisp synthetic/acidic production applied to a quicker average pacing than his last Warp release seemingly tearing a page out of the Nightmares On Wax’s playbook and reassembling it with a few off-the-wall samples, like a gym teacher’s whistle or an 8-bit Nintendo synth bleep. He keeps the same essential easygoing vibe alive but undercuts it with some superbly executed sub-bass hinting at a touch of evil just below the serene surface. Counterbalancing this is a series of well-constructed ambient breaks that put Freq Nasty’s pop-club mix to shame. Vibert may outwardly portray a tendency toward cheesiness but his complex production yet clean overall sound clearly demonstrates a level of skill and passion unattainable for most. It’s no fluke; he is the only musician to have released a full-length for Warp, Ninja Tune, Mo’ Wax, and Rephlex. He’s the real deal, folks, and he’ll be around for a long time to come.

1. Saddic Gladdic
2. I’m Singing
3. The Funnies
4. Shadows
5. Quadra & Discos
6. Ubformby
7. Sci-Fi Showcase
8. Sorry I Made You Lush
9. Kwikwidetrax
10. Nighty Night
11. Reciever [multimedia track]

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[medicatesleep]

Fang Island is really fun and that video with them playing for kindergardeners is lol thanks for the post!

[bedhead138]

Buckethead - A Real Diamond in the Rough (2009) ~ Mp3 V0

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Well every once in a while people ask me about Buckethead. Why does he wear a mask and bucket. What happened to his parents. Is he part robot, will he hurt us, is he really Colonel Sanders son, on and on and on. Well I can’t tell you everything about Bucket but I can tell you something.

First of all you gotta understand Buckethead grew up real lonely on that farm. He figured no one understood him. The only thing they understood about him was how to treat him bad. To this very day, believe it or not, Buckethead does not like to be shocked with a cattle prod.

It wasn’t all bad, though, on the farm. As soon as he moved into the chicken coop he started to make new friends. The chickens took real good care of him, and they liked him so much they scratched his face off. Now he could wear a mask every day, just like Halloween! He was the luckiest boy he knew. He didn’t know many other boys though, except those kids who lit him on fire that time.

One good way to forget the smell of burning cartilage was watching movies. Down the hill from the coop, and through a knothole in the fence, was the drive-in theater. Every night at dusk the boy could watch great movies like GIANT ROBOT or THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE. The speakers wouldn’t reach to the coop though so he didn’t even know what the movies sounded like. All he heard was chickens when Leatherface would slam the big metal door shut.

So when he got to be about THIS tall Buckethead started playing his little guitar. He would sit and watch the movies and his fingers couldn’t stop moving and now all the sudden there was music. And Giant Robot would shoot rockets out of his fingers and who knows what would happen.

Buckethead practiced so much he started to get real good. But the people on the farm still made fun of him and smashed his family’s eggs. One night, after he got to be this tall, somebody threw a bucket of fried chicken into the coop. Try as he might, Buckethead couldn’t put the chicken back together again. So he put the bucket on his head, picked up his guitar and ran to the cemetery.

Buckethead was real sad but it seemed like he played guitar better than ever. All the grey people and angels in the cemetery listened to the music and it was so beautiful they just stood still and speechless. He figured the spirits of all the fried chickens he ever knew were channeling into him through the bucket, and he played until he collapsed.

Well it prob’ly won’t surprise you to hear that eventually the sun came up and the rooster crowed. And some folks say Buckethead had chicken grease and barbecue sauce smeared around the mouth hole on his mask. Whatever happened that night, the bucket stayed on his head, and in the morning it was filled full of chicken bones.

1. Broken Mirror 4:16
2. Big D's Touch 4:11
3. Separate Sky 2:58
4. Dawn Appears 3:46
5. A Real Diamond in the Rough 4:08
6. Sundial 1:04
7. Squid Ink 3:05
8. Four Rivers 2:38
9. Allowed to Play 1:55
10. Formless Present 3:44
11. Squid Ink Part 2 0:56
12. The Miracle of Surrender 5:37
13. The Return of Captain EO 3:30


Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall (2009) ~ Mp3 V2

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For his second studio album and proper Matador debut, Memphis prolific punk wunderkind Jay Reatard has moved beyond his roots and recorded an album chockful of irresistible melodies, the songs cascading with joyous hooks. He would not be Jay Reatard, however, if there wasn’t a certain aggro negativity, and the song titles and lyrics do much to undercut the pop sensibility: I’m Watching You, Hang Them All, Can’t Do It Anymore, Wounded, It Ain’t Gonna Save Me.

The perfect summer album for disaffected youth across the country, Jay will be trekking from coast to coast all summer with his ex-In The Red labelmates The Oh Sees and TV Smith (of the Adverts).

1. It Ain’t Gonna Save Me
2. Before I Was Caught
3. Man Of Steel
4. Can’t Do It Anymore
5. Faking It
6. I’m Watching You
7. Wounded
8. Rotten Mind
9. Nothing Now
10. My Reality
11. Hang Them All
12. There Is No Sun

[pulpfiction21]

In an email today from BSM (Big Scary Monsters) Records, I was informed of this band, Talons, that BSM just signed. This band does not seem to have any EPs or CDs but from listening to the songs that they have on their myspace, I can totally understand why BSM stated that "Talons are one of the most exciting, young instrumental bands we've heard in ages, mixing post-rock and math (with not one, but two violins thrown in), resulting in a sound a little bit like Yndi Halda covering These Arms Are Snakes!"

Anyways, they have a single coming out in August and I'm sure a CD will follow in the near future. For now, all that I could get to upload are a couple of songs that they had on compilations. Listen and enjoy!

Talons - 2 Songs off Compilations


Just an image off their myspace.

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