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[medicatesleep]

Iggy Pop - Preliminaires (2009)

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[Touch Me Im Sick]

Anybody want "Boogadaboogadaboogada!" by Screeching Weasel?

[scarred]

I'm always in the mood for the Weasel.

[Touch Me Im Sick]

Boogadaboogadaboogada! - Screeching Weasel

mp3, 320 Kbps

This is quite an improvement from their first album. Instead of the "let's play as fast as we can without any regard to the quality of our songs" mentality, there's a lot more personality and playfulness to go along with their raging adolescence. The easiest way to describe the style of Boogadaboogadaboogada! would be skatepunk with a brain and a sense of humor. True, there are some elements of that, but there are also hints of pop-punk that would eventually mature into the sound of Screeching Weasel that everyone's familiar with. The silliness is still there with songs such as "I Hate Led Zeppelin," which has an angst-ridden Ben Weasel shouting "'Stairway to Heaven' makes me see red/Bonzo's buried, only three more left." Then there's "I Wanna Be Naked," where after the second chorus the band breaks into the Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated," only with an obvious lyrical change. Overall, Boogadaboogadaboogada! is a pretty fun album that has an ultimate party feel to it, perfect for any circle pit or Thrasher skate video. -AMG

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[scarred]

Thanks! All I have is Anthems for a New Tomorrow.

[Touch Me Im Sick]

Thanks! All I have is Anthems for a New Tomorrow.

And all I have is Boogadaboogadaboogada!

and no problem

EDIT: I downloaded it myself to see if it worked and the last song, "Hey Suburbia" was corrupted. If it is, I'll do a seperate upload later, I gotta rest before that.

[scarred]

Yeah, I only got up to "I believe in UFO's."

p.s.

Screeching Weasel - Anthem for a new Tomorrow

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[onewheelwizzard]

Ras Michael's Dadawah -- Peace & Love.

This is really, really awesome.  Thanks a lot!

[Touch Me Im Sick]

Thanks for "Anthem for a New Tomorrow", it's downloading right now.

Here's a seperate upload of "Hey Suburbia"

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[bedhead138]

Screeching Weasel - My Brain Hurts (1991) ~ Mp3 320

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Screeching Weasel - Wiggle (1992) ~ Mp3 192

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Screeching Weasel - How To Make Enemies and Irritate People (1994) ~ Mp3 192

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Screeching Weasel - Kill the Musicians (1995) ~ Mp3 192

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Screeching Weasel - Beat Is on the Brat (1998) ~ Mp3 192

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[scarred]

Oman, that is so much Weasel. I won't need any more for years.

[LazyFlies]

Hello, I'm new here but i thought ill share some music here since i got a lot of great music myself here.

I never used mediaf!re before. But i just uploaded Leatherface's HorseBox and will probably share more in the future

I got plenty to share so I hope i give you something you like.

anyway here is horsebox

Frankie Stubbs has delivered another manifesto of emotional overload, of vocal heart meltdown on record for a solid 47 minutes. Delivering the first Leatherface album of new material in six years, Horsebox is another stunning achievement of brain, brawn, guts, pathos, and liquid fire. Even without the gut-wrenching cover of Nick Cave's "Ship Song," it's clear these guys don't just pummel you senseless -- they flat out know how to play, and Stubbs writes and arranges in an extremely mature manner that feels more complex the more you hear the individual parts. Horsebox is so charged, it's as stubborn to get into as it is to do descriptive justice to, but it also entices from the first play. Stubbs continues to work in mid-tempo material, with passages where the guitars drop out or merely pick at power-lead parts. He and second guitarist Leighton Evans are at their call-and-answer best on the bridge of the most melodic killer "Closing Time," following a passage that's merely bobbing bass and tremendous drumming. "Lorrydrivers Son" and "Box Jellyfish" are two more melodic, meticulously picked gems that give some break from the gale. A criticism? Perhaps they could go out on a limb a little more. It would be good to show more people the deeper ranges of Stubbs' tastes and abilities. That such a bomb like this could be dropped is some kind of miracle -- a marvel doubled when one considers that this band was thought dead forever a few years ago. Like all the hottest LPs, it will take you a few plays for its more discriminating qualities to take hold, for its emotional center to reveal itself amidst the volcanic eruptions, aside from the sound of Stubbs' headlong imploring. And once it does, watch out.

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[MrSteevo]

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

Doesn't seem to be working, can I get a re-up?

[bedhead138]

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

Doesn't seem to be working, can I get a re-up?

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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

[Professor Snuggles]

I herd that dodo's record succs.

[De_El]

I do not know for certain as I only listened to it once, but it was not terribly gripping, no.

[bedhead138]

Happy Cactus - Cricket (1993) ~ Mp3 192

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Happy Cactus was a band formed by Colin Meloy while he attended Helena High School. Other members of Happy Cactus included David Casey, Deidre Casey, and Mark Schummer. Meloy went on to lead Tarkio and later The Decemberists, while the Caseys formed the Watercarvers Guild with David's father Darrell and brother Nathan The band's genre can be described as "alt-country," "indie," and "folk." Former Band members cite R.E.M., The Replacements, The Beatles and Uncle Tupelo as influences.

1. Salvation - 3:19
2. Sunday - 2:04
3. How 'Bout? - 3:26
4. Halo of Eyes - 4:53
5. Step Behind - 3:04
6. Lose Again - 3:09
7. Elizabeth - 2:21
8. Frigid Catfish - 2:05
9. Blind - 3:32
10. Only For You - 5:42
11. Flying - 2:27
12. Mussolini Never Ate Ice Cream - 2:42
13. Say Goodbye - 2:55
14. Fever - 4:18


Dan Black - Un (2009) ~ Mp3 320

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Widely hailed as one of pop's brighter young things, Dan Black is best known so far for the single "Symphonies", which brings to mind the young Beck.

An expatriate Englishman whose debut album was recorded in the basement of his Paris apartment, Black displays few specific musical allegiances, skipping nimbly from baggy Madchester shuffle-grooves to electro twitchers to more straightforward club stompers, as the material demands. He displays a deft touch with string samples, modulating from cello stabs to full orchestral pads on tracks like "Symphonies" and "U + Me =", though his real skill lies in blending diverse elements into smooth adult pop arrangements reminiscent of World Party, particularly on the impressive "Ecstasy". Lyrically, he seems obsessed with dreams, whatever the emotional slant of the song. In "Cocoon", he offers the compliment "You give me ideas when the dreaming stops". Moments later, in "Yours", he's complaining about someone's "Passive-aggressive daily routines/ Now you pull up even my dreams". His own position, though, is probably best represented by "Life Slash Dreams", where he admits, "Life is life, dreams are dreams, and I'm floating somewhere in between". Which is usually where the best ideas originate. An impressive debut.

1. Symphonies 3:41
2. U + Me = 3:09
3. Ecstasy 4:11
4. Alone 3:32
5. Cocoon 4:19
6. Yours 3:24
7. Pump My Pumps 3:33
8. Wonder 3:41
9. Cigarette Pack 4:16
10. Life Slash Dreams 3:44
11. I Love Life 3:09
12. Let Go 5:00


J. Tillman - Year In the Kingdom (2009) ~ Mp3 V0

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Year In The Kingdom unravels some kind of galactic wilderness. Tillman’s 6th album lyrically borders on mystic; proffering a transcendent union, an effortlessness. Strange and honest, this song cycle inhabits it’s own idea-scape; one seemingly obsessed with wrestling death. These are afterlife dialogues of a mysterious future. Celestial badlands.

Unknown to just about everyone, Tillman started recording in April, tracking most of the instruments during the two week session himself. Hammered dulcimer, banjo, recorder, cymbals of varying size and wheezing air organs all feature heavily and lend YITK it’s bizarre scale, conjuring tidal shifts with tiny movements. The string arrangements, performed by Jenna Conrad, as well as transposed from Tillman’s sung direction, were intended to rest on chords almost counter-intuitively, bringing to bloom complex, decontextualized tones. Most noticeable upon first listen, however, is the production itself. While most of Tillman’s records evidence some shambolic home recording, YITK is undisturbed throughout. Out up front of the mix, and dry as a bone, Tillman’s voice is featured in a way unlike any of his previous records.

YITK sounds liberated; it is far and away Tillman’s most joyful work. Created with little input or context, it is seemingly disinterested in communicating much else than a meditation for the few who allow themselves to listen with an open heart.

In 2008, Tillman joined Seattle band of longtime friends and musical collaborators, Fleet Foxes who he’ll be touring with in Europe and the US throughout July, August and September.

Tillman will then embark on a national US tour for Year In The Kingdom in September which continue throughout the Fall.

Noah and the Whale - First Days of Spring (2009) ~ Mp3 320

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Poor Charlie Fink. His south London band, formed with his brother and some mates, features two girls on vocals. Both leave to do their own thing: Emmy The Great to make music with her own band, Laura Marling to become a Mercury-listed singer-songwriter and one of the hits of 2008. But part of Marling’s success is down to Charlie - he produced Alas, I Cannot Swim. He was also her boyfriend. Double-pleased.

Then Laura chucked him.

So Charlie Fink goes away. As his heart plummets his imagination soars. Soon his reflections on love and loss will find form in an album and accompanying film. Both will be called The First Days Of Spring. One song, a folk-blues lament with tear-dripping brass, is called My Broken Heart (”I saw my world cave in”). Another, I Have Nothing, begins with a choir humming and rain falling. The film is unveiled at the Latitude festival next weekend. It will, I suspect, be wonderful.

This is a beautiful album. Moving rather than maudlin, uplifting rather than depressing. Instrumental #1, all strings and brass and piano, is like the overture to a David Lean epic, not least because it leads straight into the mighty, hot-stepping, choir-driven Love Of An Orchestra.

“This is the love song that I write while still in love with you,” Fink sings over booming drums, and more choral backing vocals oh the standout Blue Skies. Next to the irresistible-yet-twee-ish indie-pop of last year’s Top 10 summer hit 5 Years, he’s upped his game quicksmart.

Impressionistic symphonic-pop maestro Sufjan Stevens, back this autumn with a new album, had better watch his back. Belle & Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch, cooking up his own long-gestating, musical-film project, has been served notice. Here is a song-painter blessed with huge talent. Rich Charlie Fink.

01. The First Days Of Spring 6:39
02. Our Window 5:48
03. I Have Nothing 2:42
04. My Broken Heart 5:11
05. Instrumental II 1:33
06. Love Of An Orchestra 2:03
07. Instrumental II 1:36
08. Stranger 5:17
09. Blue Skies 4:07
10. Slow Glass 3:17
11. My Door Is Always Open 4:35

[LazyFlies]

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Sonic Youth-The Eternal

If anyone thought Sonic Youth were getting a little too comfortable, The Eternal proved they weren't afraid of change, even as they closed in on 30 years of making music together. The Eternal is Sonic Youth's first album for legendary indie label Matador Records after a nearly 20-year stint with Geffen Records, which dovetails nicely with the fact that this is also the band's first album with former Pavement bassist (and Matador alum) Mark Ibold. Sonic Youth even changed their usual songwriting approach, writing and recording tracks in quick batches instead of planning an entire song cycle at once. Dust wasn't allowed to settle on these songs, nor could it -- the most striking thing about The Eternal is how hard it rocks. The contemplative haze that drifted over Murray Street, Sonic Nurse, and to a lesser extent Rather Ripped is blasted away by opening track "Sacred Trickster"'s lunging, massive guitars and Kim Gordon's demand to be pressed up against an amp. The rest of the band sounds revitalized, too: Lee Ranaldo's excellent "What We Know" is a furious yet complex rocker, and Thurston Moore sounds like the leader of the gang on "Thunderclap for Bobby Pyn," which name-drops the Heaven's Gate cult and the alias of Germs singer Darby Crash between its "whoa-oh" and "yeah yeah"-fueled choruses. This is the heaviest Sonic Youth have been since Sister, and it's fitting that their return to the indie world touches on their SST days. That's not the only era they revisit, however. "Poison Arrow"'s skronky grind evokes Dirty's sexier moments; "Antenna"'s radio love turns Murray Street's sun-streaked drones into epic pop; and "Calming the Snake"'s tumbling, atonal riffing suggests summery menace as much as it does Sonic Youth's no wave roots.

While there's a little bit of almost everything that has made Sonic Youth great over the years, the band hasn't put these elements together in precisely this way before. Considering how expansive their last few albums for Geffen were, The Eternal's relatively concise songs also set it apart, but when Sonic Youth do stretch out, it's with purpose. "Anti-Orgasm" begins as a duet/duel between Gordon and Moore, who trade challenges and come-ons over free-falling guitars that become a rolling, slow-motion excursion; the track's instrumental interplay is more violent, and more sensual, than its words. "Massage the History" is even more vast, encompassing fragile acoustic strumming, distortion storms, and dead calm over its nearly ten-minute expanse. While The Eternal doesn't flow quite as effortlessly as some Sonic Youth albums, it's perfectly balanced, its raw moments tempered by the subtle "Walkin Blue" and "Malibu Gas Station," which creeps so imperceptibly toward its raging guitars that they're almost unnoticed until you're caught in their undercurrent. Sonic Youth's freedom to follow their bliss is what holds The Eternal together; just as paradoxically, the changes they make on this album not only bring excitement to their music, they reaffirm just how consistently good the band has been -- and continues to be -- over the years.

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Walking Concert-Run to be Born

Walter Schreifels used to be a very hard-rockin' dude, the leader of loud, hard bands like Quicksand and Rival Schools. His new band, Walking Concert, takes a very different route. Leaving behind the raging guitars and vocal shredding, the group is just as emotionally involved and exciting, only now it's a pop band with pop hooks that stick deep and leave wounds when you yank them out. Traces of early Costello, classic Pavement, and Ted Leo crop up here and there, and so do glimmers of bands like Spoon, the Wedding Present, the Kinks, and Guided by Voices too. Not to say that Walking Concert are derivative. They just follow in some large footsteps. On their debut, Run to Be Born, they are tight, tough, sweet, and tender. The record bounces back and forth between jumping rockers like "Studio Space," "What's Your New Thing," and "But You Know...It's True" and tear-stained ballads like "Run to Be Born," "Girls in the Field," and "The Animals." There are also tracks like "Calypso Slide," with its loose, street-corner epic feel, or the acoustic guitar and string quartet "A Lot to Expect," which aches like mid-'60s Dylan -- tracks that sound like Walking Concert could easily break out of the indie rock scene and just be a great rock band. If they do, it will be down to Schreifels. He's got a perfect rock & roll voice, very immediate and affecting, at times spilling into wild bursts of joy, other times whispering secrets in your ear. The guitars are perfect, the arrangements live and real, but what makes Walking Concert the kind of band they are is his voice and his songs. Longtime fans of Schreifels and his hard rock groups may think this record is too soft or poppy, but too bad for them. Anyone who likes their music lean, exciting, heartfelt, and intelligent will be rejoicing about his conversion. Long live pop and amen to Walking Concert!

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Yonlu-A Society in Which No Tear is Shed Is Inconceivably Mediocre

Until 2009, the music of Yonlu lived only in the virtual world on MySpace and on Luaka Bop's Three Inches of Music series. Yonlu was born Vinicius Gageiro Marques, and he hailed from Porto Alegre, Brazil. The difficult part of the story is that Yonlu was a very serious and sensitive young man who found life in this realm unbearable. He took his own life via carbon monoxide poisoning while signed on to a suicide forum on the internet, and remained online to the end, just 36 days before his 17th birthday, and after writing a long letter absolving his parents of any responsibility whatsoever. He left his parents a CD of his music before he died, but it was later, while going through his computer, that his father found most of the songs on A Society in Which No Tear Is Shed Is Inconceivably Mediocre. To his astonishment, he also discovered that Yonlu's music had made its way to many corners of the world and had been commented upon by various friends, DJs, and critics.

That's the myth, sad though it may be. The 14 songs that make up this collection are something else, however. They're infused with a freshness, innocence, and musical vision that is singular in scope and breadth. Yonlu's inspirations were myriad: they ranged from Radiohead and Elliott Smith to Gilberto Gil and the entire Tropicalia movement to classic bossa nova. Indeed, if this music can be called anything at all, it is 21st century bossa, infused by lo-fi and post-rock aesthetics. Yonlu was a musical and cultural polymath (he was an accomplished visual artist) whose sensitivity was matched only by his ability to realize his creativity. Check the tape manipulation skullduggery in "A Boy and a Tiger," where new acoustic, indie rock, samba, hip-hop, and spoken word all take their place in a mix that is dazzling in its reach yet utterly breezy in its space. "Humiliation" weaves together the tenderness of Caetano Veloso with the emotional pathos of Smith and Badly Drawn Boy. His cover of the Kings of Convenience's "Little Kids" is brief, but draws equally on shimmering bossa rhythms, overdubbed acoustic guitars, what sounds like a harp, and a rather complex bassline. Likewise his reading of the great gaucho artist Vitor Ramil's (another big influence on Yonlu) "Estrela Estrela," which is done reverentially and tenderly, carrying within it all the honest, open emotion of the original and adding intricately woven acoustic and nylon-string guitars. But the true wealth of this material lies in Yonlu's own songs. Of course it is tempting to read this through his tragic biography, but to do so would sell this music short. Check the primitive bossa meets futuristic MPB of "Ole Por Nos," with its delicately layered vocals, the messed up folktronica of "Q-Tip," or the glitchy edited loops on "Deskjet Remix with Sabrepulse," directed by the sounds of a charango. The set closes with "Waterfall," an utterly gorgeous and haunting folk song where layers upon layers of vocal harmony are chanted, sometimes in falsetto, sometimes in basso, and fall around an acoustic guitar treated with lacey reverb, sparse keyboards, and an atmosphere so thick its beauty is almost Baroque -- and all this before the rhythm loops kick in. It is as celebratory, innocent, and unremittingly beautiful as anything you are likely to ever hear. This may be the only recording we ever get to hear from Yonlu, but as such, it is a treasure trove of complexity, mystery, and redemptive art. Indeed, this is bedsit music elevated to the realm of high art.

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[McTaggart]

Iggy Pop - Preliminaires (2009)

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Thanks a ton. I've been meaning to check this out for a while now.

[bedhead138]

Nadja / Black Boned Angel - S/T EP (2009) ~ Mp3 V2

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01. I (23:23)
02. II (26:19)

The idea for a collaboration between Canada’s prolific neo-doom duo Nadja and New Zealand’s pitch black droners Black Boned Angel was first hatched in conversations between 20 Buck Spin and Nadja’s Aidan Baker around the time Nadja released their Truth Becomes Death EP on Alien8 Recordings in 2006. 20 Buck Spin ran the idea by Campbell Kneale of Black Boned Angel, who at that point was unfamiliar with Nadja. After hearing their material, the complimentary potential was realized, and the groups began their cross-continental collaboration sending music back and forth digitally.

Time passed and both groups, along with Campbell’s altar-ego Birchville Cat Motel, were extremely busy releasing their own material. By the end of 2007 the collaborative effort had realized three fully formed tracks. One more accessible track that included vocals called “Christ Send Light” was released in 2008 as a CD EP on Kneale’s own Battlecruiser imprint. The other two long tracks were combined for a full length release for 20 Buck Spin. With the album being a collaborative effort 20 Buck Spin also convinced two close comrades, David D’Andrea and Stephen Kasner, to collaborate on some artwork. Again, artistic collaborations take a great deal of time, and finally in 2009 both art and music have finally come together for this much anticipated release.

The two 20+ minutes tracks contained on this self-titled collaboration have a less accessible vibe then the Jesu-like track on last year’s “Christ Send Light” EP. There are no vocals to be heard. They are comprised in equal parts of Nadja’s fuzzed-out, lurching and hazy dream-doom, and BBA’s razor-sharp metallic riff-shards. Extended passages of riff-static noise bleeds one track into the next while deep space eerieness looms ever present in the shadows. Finally the whole thing collapses under the weight of its own self-created black hole. This is the end.

Note that the CD cover displays only a small amount of the featured artwork, which is pictured much more fully on the LP cover.

[Catacombs]

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Also, that Walking Concert album for the bottom of the previous page is quite excellent.  You should check it out!

[Orcusmars]

Iggy Pop - Preliminaires (2009)

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iggy pop please put a shirt on

please

please - no, iggy. that's not a shirt. those are your pants

put a shirt on

for the love of god

[LazyFlies]

Also, that Walking Concert album for the bottom of the previous page is quite excellent.  You should check it out!

I'm glad somebody notice. And if i may, the Yonlu album is also superb, especially if you enjoyed the Ramona Cordova album uploaded here. its similar to that only a lot more experimental and varied

[blacksheepboy]

Hey all,

I found this forum a little bit ago and have found some good stuff through here so i figure I'll start to contribute.  Not sure if I know how to do this right but I'll give it a shot. Please feel free to let me know of a better way to post this. I'm not hte best at describing music but I'm only going to post albums i consider amazing. Also if you have a request let me know and ill help if i can. Enjoy!

Murder By Death - Who Will Survive, And What Will Be Left of Them

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1. "The Devil in Mexico" (feat. Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance) – 5:22
   2. "Killbot 2000" (feat. Geoff Rickly from Thursday)– 3:43
   3. "Until Morale Improves, the Beatings Will Continue" (feat. William Elliott Whitmore)– 3:57
   4. "Three Men Hanging" – 3:47
   5. "Intermission" – 1:14
   6. "A Masters in Reverse Psychology" – 3:13
   7. "The Desert is on Fire" – 3:11
   8. "That Crown Don't Make You a Prince" – 4:00
   9. "Pillars of Salt" – 4:45
  10. "End of the Line" – 9:03

One of the coolest albums I've ever heard. Concept album. It tells the story of a man who betrays the devil and the devil goes on a rampage trying to get even.  Meant to be listened to all the way through. Very dark.  I haven't heard another band that sounds like them. Saw them live.  One of the best shows I've ever seen.

Carissa's Wierd - You Should Be At Home Here

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I           Brooke Daniels' Tiny Broken Fingers (3:16)
II         The Color That Your Eyes Changed With The Color Of Your Hair (5:22)
III         Halfway Spoken Heart That Feels Comfort In Everything Until It Disappears And Then Its Gone (5:09)
IV         A Loose Hair Falls Into A Glass Of Water Without Ice (3:08)
V         Fear Not My Friend For Tonight We Ride (2:39)
VI         Blessed Arms That Hold You Tight, Freezing Cold And Alone (5:27)
VII         All Apologies And Smiles, Yours Truly, Ugly Valentine (2:48)
VIII         The Ghost Of A Dead Hummingbird Flying Around The Room (7:50)
IX         The Part About The Vine That's Growing Through The Window And Reaching Towards My Bed (10:48)
X         You Should Be At Home Here (5:38)

No i didn't misspell it that's the way they do. Hauntingly beautiful music full of cello. Some may consider it depressing but meh.  Carissa's Wierd is made up of members that went on to form grand archives and band of horses.  I wish they would have stuck with this sound not to downplay the new bands which are good but this is so much better for me. Very slept on band.  First two tracks are amazing.

Margot and the Nuclear So and So's - The Dust of Retreat

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   1. "A Sea Chanty of Sorts" – 4:27
   2. "Skeleton Key" – 4:00
   3. "Vampires in Blue Dresses" – 3:19
   4. "Quiet as a Mouse" – 4:36
   5. "Jen Is Bringin' the Drugs" – 2:50
   6. "Dress Me Like a Clown" – 4:37
   7. "On a Freezing Chicago Street" – 3:03
   8. "Paper Kitten Nightmare" – 3:33
   9. "Barfight Revolution, Power Violence" – 3:30
  10. "A Light on a Hill" – 3:58
  11. "Talking in Code" – 3:44
  12. "Bookworm" – 3:05

Awesome band.  7 or 8 piece i can't remember which. Very great album through and through. Please Listen. Please.

Other Lives - S/T

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01. Speed Tape ( 4:39)
02. Don't Let Them ( 3:41)
03. Black Tables ( 4:33)
04. End Of The Year ( 6:29)
05. E Minor ( 3:51)
06. Paper Cities ( 3:51)
07. Matador ( 3:44)
08. It Was The Night ( 4:11)
09. How Could This Be? ( 3:52)
10. AM Theme ( 2:34)
11. Epic ( 3:48)

Hard to describe.  Bedroom pop i guess. Formerly known as Kunek. Lots of strings and piano.  Highly recommended. 

Hopefully i did this correctly.  Lots more to come soon if i did.

[lauraelise204]

THANK YOU thank you for the noah and the whale and j.tillman on the previous page.  my day has not been great and this picks it up a bit for real.

[theoryC]

Yeah, that Noah and the Whale is sounding really good.

[beatkinda]

what up guys?  i've been lurking here for a long time and loving this music.  i'm going on tour w a couple bands this summer and just wanted to spread the word.  hope this doesn't annoy you guys, judging by the music you post i think you'll geniunely enjoy it.

johnny irani is an angry highschool kid from iowa who is really fucking good at words, playing the acoustic guitar and spreading the truth
http://www.myspace.com/johnnyiranixxx

former thieves is some spaced out hardcore/punk, verrry loud. i love it
http://www.myspace.com/formerthieves

lemme know if you like any of this stuff and i'll mediafire their albums

and also, to give back to you good folks, here is one of my favorite albums by one of my favorite people, son house

Son House Delta Blues (1991):
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A big legend in blues, mostly because he's one of the few who was ever filmed. He started recording in 1930, did a little bit in the 40's, and then stopped. Son decided to work for the railroad, quitting music completely. But he was rediscovered in 1964, when all those folkies started loving authentic black music, and he gave us his great gifts until he was physically unable. Here's what a reviewer said in 1967:
"It is difficult to describe the transformation that took place as this smiling, friendly man hunched over his guitar and launched himself, bodily it seemed, into his music. The blues possessed him like a 'lowdown shaking chill' and the spellbound audience saw the very incarnation of the blues as, head thrown back, he hollered and groaned the disturbing lyrics and flailed the guitar, snapping the strings back against the fingerboard to accentuate the agonized rhythm. Son's music is the centre of the blues experience and when he performs it is a corporeal thing, audience and singer become as one."

[kwintpod]

Some grind influenced stuff

An Albatross-The Family Album

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Robo-spazmatazz genre-splicers An Albatross pack more riffs, time changes, and esoteric rock references in one song than many bands jam into an entire album. Fitting for a bunch of dudes whose credo is some sort of mystical mumbo jumbo of cosmic love, fantasy animals, sci-fi weirdness, and-- as the new album expounds on-- space pilgrimages in search of world peace and harmony. And yet, I think they're serious! These love-in rambles only give the ballistic tunes that much more cheeky appeal. For their third full-length, The Family Album, AA continue their psychedelic aural terror, but dig deeper into the annals of kraut and classic rockdom.

No doubt influenced by extremo screamo acts like Blood Brothers, At the Drive-In, and the Locust, their breakout EP We Are the Lazer Viking-- and to a lesser extent their second full-length, Blessphemy... of the Peace Beast Feastgiver and the Bear Warp Kumite-- displayed a grindcore/prog-rock hybrid with lots of new-wave synths and dancey spastic grooves. Whereas Blessphemy turned away from the new wave-y stylings in lieu of more organ sounds (Farfisa and Hammond B3) and space synths (Moog and Korg), Family expands on this golden age of keyboard rock (ELP, Deep Purple, King Crimson, Yes). If it weren't for the numbers-crunching turbo drumming, the engine of this operation would have to be keyboardist Phillip Price who seamlessly alternates between sleek interstellar atmospherics, shrieking dissonant attacks, rolling vamps, and carnival-esque monkey grinds. Take "...And Now Emerges The Silver Pilgrim", a sideways butt-shakin' number that vibes Arab on Radar (surely another big influence) but within its short two-minute run, flips between Herbie Hancock-like DayGlo splats and three-ringed clown-car chasing.

The biggest change in the songs is the way they take already overstuffed freak outs-- usually averaging two and a half minutes-- and add even more textures to ramp up the epic feel: Album closer "3,000 Light Years By Way of the Spacehawk" (one of two songs clocking in over six minutes) adds a string section to the cacophony of vocalist Eddie B. Gieda III's bird-like squawk and the band's space truckin' rumble. "The Psychonaut & The Rustbelt" explores a kind of Oingo Boingo vaudevillian boogie complete with saxophone, death-metal blast beats, and Gieda's David Yow-channeling howls; and "A Convivial Feast of the Peace Beast" highlights "Riverdance"-on-meth jigs with xylophone sprinkles. Album showpiece "The Hymn of the Angel People" pairs more turbo circus music with highbrow art rock: Halfway through the jam, things unravel into a tranquil angelic keyboard-and-saxophone-driven celestial hum where the band ethos gets pontificated by a British-accented poetry-reciting female. Not your dad's prog rock, but equally as smart and a damn sight more engaging.

Anaal Nathrakh-In The Constelation of the Black Widow

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Newest of the Uk based Black Metal/Grindcore band.

Fukpig-Spewings from a Selfish Nation

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Fukpig play  old style crusty grind. the band is made up from Drunk on vocals, Migg (Mick Kenney - Anaal Nathrakh, Mistress, Frost) on drums and leads and Misery (Paul Kenney - 2nd Live Guitar for Anaal Nathrakh, Mistress, Frost) on Guitars and Bass.

New album Spewings from a Selfish Nation limited to 100 copies released on FETO records

[LazyFlies]

Okay I just upped a lot of great albums. Grab them while their hot!!!
Polar Bear Club-Sometimes things just disappear
(note-Theirs no AMG review so i found another from some blog that does a decent job)

It could be very easy to be disappointed with Sometimes Things Just Disappear after Polar Bear Club’s awesome debut EP The Redder, The Better but just give this one a little time; it’s a slow burner.

On this (their debut full-length) Polar Bear Club continues to blend catchy pop-punk hooks with slower and more angular post-hardcore guitars, finding a balance between gruff vocals and melodic harmonies. It is a tried-and-true formula in today’s punk landscape, but Polar Bear Club somehow manage to escape being just another sound-alike. They slow things down just enough to sound a little more intriguing than the majority of their peers.

Now before actually hearing one note from Polar Bear Club people were telling me that they sounded a lot like Hot Water Music. To be honest (though) I really don’t hear it. On Sometimes Things Just Disappear the band sounds more to me like The Casket Lottery meets Rise Against; angular yet poppy (but not too poppy). It all adds up to something that can be blazing but is much more effective when it moves a bit more slowly. Slowly in a way that might disappoint those looking for something more biting and anthemic, but if you are looking for something that sounds like Hot Water Music, you should probably just go listen to Live At The Hardback instead anyhow.

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31Knots-A Word Is Also A Picture Of A Word

The title of 31 Knots' debut full-length, A Word Is Also a Picture of a Word, was taken from Don DeLillo's novel Libra. Like DeLillo's fictional speculation of the events leading Lee Harvey Oswald to President Kennedy's assassination, 31 Knots' album is undeniably sinister, evoking conspiracy and "men in small rooms" with a calculating precision and complexly constructed matrix that would do the novel proud. The guitar and bass move and change with a frenetic nervousness over complicated rhythms. 31 Knots desperately dodges simple labels as A Word Is Also a Picture of a Word grinds from a Jawbox intensity to experimental start/stop guitar parts ("E for Alpha"), from Fugazi politics and riffs interchanged with dreamy melodies ("Buy High Sell Low") to math rock ("Pity Has No Power"). Lyrics apply a sense of institution and red-tape mechanisms to deeply emotional ground. On "Frozen Found Fire," Joe Haege sings "by the last count my hands were co-conspirators." The target of the plot might just be the world of easy-to-categorize rock music.

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31knots-The Days And Nights Of Everything AnyWhere

In the three short years leading up to this record, Portland, OR's 31 Knots became a veritable juggernaut of punky, quirky pop power. From the tight-as-hell compositions on The Curse of the Longest Day and Talk Like Blood (both out in 2005), to the alternating tense-loose-expansive experimentations of 2006's Polemics EP, 31 Knots continued to break new musical ground without losing any of their signature pop/punk/prog/math rock tendencies. The 31 Knots' style filter often put the boys in the same camp as Modest Mouse (and other strict math rockers), but a deeper look revealed a more Police or Fugazi-like aggregation of influences. Strictly speaking, 31 Knots could drop their guitars, drums, basses and synths for tubas, pan flutes, zithers and banjos, and it would still sound like 31 Knots. And so it is, with 2007's The Days and Nights of Everything Anywhere, that we find the boys broadening their sound palette, while honing their singular, signature style. Not too many bands could utilize jarring stop-start musical passages and still be called "relaxed," but that is one of the chief elements that makes 31 Knots so enjoyable overall and The Days and Nights so enjoyable in particular. The fellas seem to have achieved that laid-back, comfortable confidence that only comes with virtuosic musicianship and bandmate-to-bandmate telepathy -- and they make it sound so easy, you may be fooled into thinking it is. The album is packed with odd time signatures, dramatic dynamic variations and prog rock-level riffery, but you'd hardly notice it -- as the songs presented are so carefully serviced, and so fully realized, that they exist as individual works rather than musically dextrous showcases. The technical precision is just a bonus and songs like "Sanctify" and "Imitation Flesh" remind you that, for all of their musical skill, 31 Knots are as keen on serving a song as they are on rockin' it out.

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Troubled Hubbled-Penturbia

The album title refers to the theory that people are moving to more rural areas in reaction to the growth of suburbia. Penturbia, the album, however, is 12 songs of top-notch college pop/rock. The vocals are unique and come off quite creative, with a nod to Switchfoot as well as some of Troubled Hubble's influences such as Built to Spill and Ben Folds Five. In many ways, the sense of humor and musical angle are reminiscent of Archers of Loaf, as much of the music is upbeat; the band has found a way to make even gloomy subjects not be musically miserable. The entire album is a lot of fun and quite catchy, even in its occasional introspective moments. Songs like "I Love My Canoe" will have the ever-too-serious indie rocker rolling his/her eyes on the first listen and singing along on the next. It's fun and yet still retains some indie credibility with its lack of cheesiness. It's bands like Troubled Hubble and albums like Penturbia that show the underground to still be alive and well.

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TrenchMouth-Trenchmouth Vs. the Light of the Sun

Mutating time signatures, elaborate guitar phrasing, and fast-walking basslines may traditionally signify 1970s prog-rock obesity, but the Chicago quartet Trenchmouth takes these elements to a field far more left of center. Fueled by punk anger, no-wave art damage, and a healthy dose of dub ska, Vs. the Light of the Sun captures the group's aggressive musical palette that consistently teeters on the edge of chaos while maintaining a ridged form. Lyrically, the songs teem with occupational imagery that mirrors the goose-stepping rhythms and espionage riffs. Vocalist Damon Locks schizophrenically switches from oppressor to resistance by speak-singing in the disturbed cadence of a mad dictator or shell-shocked survivor. Calling out the warning "they got lights for eyes and submachine guns/they're rolling over houses like they were made of marzipan," Locks confirms that Trenchmouth Vs. the Light of the Sun is an armed conflict.

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Never a band to follow formulaic musical styles, Polvo once again shakes things up with its twisted song structures of multiple tempos and intricate, distorted guitars. Today's Active Lifestyles goes from the raucous "Thermal Treasure," with its tangled guitars, into the meandering "Lazy Comet," with its singsong, rhyming lyrics, to the spare, melancholy "My Kimono," which features a solo by guitarist Ash Bowie. And that's just the album's first three songs! The band experiments with several ideas throughout the album, and each concept is successful. The album ranges from cascading guitar solos in "Stinger (Five Wigs)" to the straightforward "Tilebreaker" to the catchy, rolling, keyboard-punctuated "Time Isn't on My Side." Overall, it's an excellent album with many layers. You can listen to it over and over again and still catch new things going on in every song.

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Enjoy its all rather lovely!

[bedhead138]

Mew - No More Stories Are Told Today... (2009) ~ Mp3 V2

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The full title of this record is actually a poem...

No more stories
Are told today
Im sorry
They washed away

No more stories
The world is grey
Im tired
Lets wash away

...and the music within is just as ponderous and epic as that implies. For No More Stories, the band has dropped the continuous suite style of And the Glass Handed Kites in favor of discrete songs. The album features some tracks that stray from Mews usual quiet-to-loud song structure (see Cartoons) but their trademark epic prog-rock is still the dominant force here. This is the first time that Mew has recorded as a three-piece, since bassist Johan Wohlert left to focus on his family. The band has brought back Rich Costey, who also produced their breakout hit Frengers, to produce this album.

01.New Terrain 03:15
02.Introducing Palace Players 04:47
03.Beach 02:46
04.Repeater Beater 02:34
05.Intermezzo 1 00:30
06.Silas the Magic Car 04:07
07.Cartoons and Macreme Wounds 07:21
08.A Dream 01:48
09.Hawaii 05:02
10.Vaccine 05:09
11.Tricks 04:29
12.Intermezzo 01:04
13.Sometimes Life Isnt Easy 05:21
14.Reprise 05:33

[Mr. Tool]

Dan Black - Un (2009) ~ Mp3 320

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Also, thanks for the J. Tillman.

[kwintpod]

Andrew Jackson Jihad 2009 stuff

Andrew Jackson Jihad-Can't Maintain

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Andrew jackson Jihad-Operation Stackola

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The first one is a full length and the second is a limited edition EP

[elizaknowswhatshesfor]

An Albatross-The Family Album

Went to see them last night. Amazing. Everyone should download both there records & go & see them live.

[k.nol.edge]

Trojan Rastafari Box Set



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1. False Leaders - Ronnie Davis
2. Tired Of The System - Winston Jarrett
3. Back Weh With Your Mix Up - Don Carlos
4. Jah Jah Rain A Fall - Michael Prophet    
5. Rivers Of Babylon - Ronnie Davis
6. Oh Oh Natty Dread - Mike Brooks
7. Save Us Jah - Vernon Buckley
8. Free Up Rasta - Al Campbell
9. Free Speech And Movement - The Royals
10. Nyah Bingi - Jimmy Riley
11. Dread Locks - Anthony Johnson
12. Press Along Natty - Cornwell Campbell
13. Never Give Up In A Babylon - Pancho Alphonso
14. Hold On To Jah - Reggae George
15. Going The Wrong Way - Al Campbell
16. Got To Go Home - Ronnie Davis
17. A Yah We Deh - Barrington Levy

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1. The People Ought To Know - Sugar Minott
2. Give Thanks - Johnnie Clarke
3. Jah Jah Give Us Love - Cornell Campbell
4. Natty Roots Man - Barry Brown
5. Have Faith In Jah - Michael Palmer
6. Praise Jah With Love & Affection - Don Carlos
7. If I Were You - The Royals
8. This Is True True Love - Al Campbell
9. Jah Jah Love Everybody - Barry Brown
10. Jah Love - Michael Prophet
11. Praise The Name Of Jah - Johnnie Clarke
12. Watches Over You - Pancho Alphonso
13. Jah Praise - The Maytones
14. Give Thanks And Praise - Barry Brown
15. So Many Things - Sugar Minott
16. Peace And Love - The Royals

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1. The Moment Of Truth - Al Campbell
2. Jah Oh Jah - The Viceroys
3. Throw Down Your Arms - The Maytones
4. Never Get To Zion - Pancho Alphonso
5. Fight Against Corruption - Cornell Campbell
6. No Weak Heart (Shall Enter Zion) - Ronnie Davis
7. Enter The Kingdom Of Zion - Barry Brown
8. Captivity - Barrington Levy
9. Lead Us Jah Jah - Barry Brown
10. Hard Headed Israelites - Jimmy Riley
11. Wicked A Go Feel It Now - Al Campbell
12. Evil Doors - Michael Prophet
13. Jah Jah Fire - Barry Brown
14. Who Can't Hear Will Feel - The Maytones
15. Revelation - Barrington Levy
16. Mash Down Babylon - Winston Jarrett
17. Armagideon Time - Peter & Paul

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Anyone else have a problem trying to unzip this?

I got it fine.

[onewheelwizzard]

Here's a couple fucking sweet albums for you.

White Buzz - Book of Whyte



I can't find a review but basically this is massive, monstrous doom metal with vocals VERY reminiscent of Al Cisneros from Om and Sleep.  It's a guitar/bass/drums trio, so there's an extra layer of heavy compared to Om, and it works pretty well to have a lead guitar or some post-rock atmospherics every now and then in between the gargantuan riffing.  Highly recommended.

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Sub Swara - Coup D'Yah

'Electronica has been reinvigorated as barriers between fiercely guarded genres continue to come crashing down, whether it's Flying Lotus and Samiyam's messy marriage of hip hop and electronica or house, techno and electro collapsing in on each other. Sub Swara is a New York club night and label that's been running since 2005 and is frequented by pioneering producers such as Hank and Keith Shocklee of The Bomb Squad. Sub Swara's debut LP Coup d'Yah (Low Motion Records) showcases what the night and its collective of DJs, producers, vocalists and instrumentalists are about: the track Infiltrate floats filtered tablas over jagged two-step bass; the brooding Alabaster Dub places subcontinental horns and kathak classical dance rhythms with snares and dhols; Belgrade Riddim playfully chops up marching band brass with slinky percussion; Banga ties ragga to trampolining bassline; The Balance is rolling, fidgety bhangra-bashment; and Koli Stance morphs from hypnotic tabla-funk into a gnarly, stomping banger. Coup d'Yah is a clean sonic draw on Indian instruments, electronica, dub and dancehall but beyond that, it's 21st-century global basstronica. It sounds exceptionally fresh and relevant.' - Metro UK

I'm not really sure how to describe this stuff except by saying that it's really, really fucking good.  I'll just kinda let the quote speak on this one because I don't know where to start.  It feels like the soundtrack to a ritual performed by a cult that worships subwoofers and judges its leaders according to how weird and complicated they can make a drumbeat.

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[wespeakinmidi]

thanks for that an albatross family album, i played a few shows with them back in 2001 and 2002ish?  when eat lightning shit thunder came out i think, and maybe even just before that album came out.  in fact I’ve played with almost all of the bands in my next post at one time or another growing up.  Haha.  We played with with an albatross once, while they were on tour with the sicklipstick, which was a band consisting of members of black cat #13.  I guess I’ll start this post with my favorite black cat 13 7” and roll from there.. dig it..

Black Cat #13 – I blast off 7”

Black Cat #13 was a band from Ontario, Canada. Their style of music was a blend of electro, hardcore, and rock music. They were active from 1998 to 2000, and performed a total of 47 shows. The band is mostly remembered for having as a member Jesse F. Keeler, a member of the successful dance rock group Death from Above 1979, and later the electro/house musician MSTRKRFT (coupled with Al-P).

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CombatWoundedVeteran - I know a girl who develops crime scene photos
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this is one of my favorite LPs.  i have freaking tattoos from the booklet for christ sake.  haha.  it's fast and loud, and you should dig on it.

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Examination of the... - Lady in the radiator

awesome fast and screamy band from souix falls south dakota, label em' whatever you want, members of in loving memory.. some of the best people i've ever met due to playing music.  my friends and i took these midwesterners to the beach for the first time on their first tour.  ever see a bunch of guys from souix falls freak out over the oceans undertow?  haha good times.

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Hot Cross – A new Set of Lungs

I played with this band years ago with a band called ruheada.  I’m trying to dig up some recordings of that, and flipping through all my 12” looking.. ha.  Anyway.

A seething mass of hardcore energy and screamo vocals, Philadelphia's Hot Cross are a fortuitous collision of talent from a handful of noteworthy punk bands, including members of Saetia, Southpaw, Joshua Fit for Battle, You and I, and Off Minor, though the group's music has managed to avoid the pitfalls of the "side project syndrome" and evolved into an exciting and challenging entity all its own. Hot Cross came together in 2000, when percussionist Greg Drudy (ex-Saetia and Southpaw), guitarist Matt Smith (formerly of Off Minor, and a member of She's Hit! with Drudy), and singer and guitarist Adam Marino (from Saetia and Errortype: 11) decided to join forces and form a new band devoted to fast, loud, and lean punk rock. Needing a bass player, the new band invited their friend Josh Jakubowski (ex-Joshua Fit for Battle) to join, but soon afterwards Marino dropped out, citing the demanding time commitments of Errortype: 11. After a few practices as a three-piece, Casey Boland (formerly of You and I) came aboard as a second guitarist, and Hot Cross began working up material in earnest. After completing a set of songs, Hot Cross decided they needed a stronger singer, and Billy Werner, another veteran of Saetia and She's Hit!, was sent a copy of the band's demo while he was studying overseas. Upon returning, Werner jumped into the group head first, and played his first gig with Hot Cross less than a week after returning to the United States. After contributing to a couple of compilations, the band released its first EP, A New Set of Lungs, in early 2003, followed a few months later by a split single with Light the Fuse and Run. By the end of the year, Hot Cross had released their first full-length album, Cryonics, though the independent Level Plane label. Smith and Jakubowski traded places on bass and guitar for the band's second album, 2004's Fair Trades and Farewells, but after nearly six months of touring following the record's release, Jakubowski left the band to pursue a career as a recording engineer. Jakubowski's departure was amicable, and the band (continuing on as a quartet) approached him to record its third album, Risk Revival, which was released by Equal Vision Records in February 2007.
— Mark Deming , All Music Guide

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PageNinetyNine – Document #5

 

Pg. 99 were a hardcore punk band from Sterling, Virginia, located in the outskirts of Washington D.C. “We were just a group of friends who all wanted to play music and try to make our lives more incredible”. They formed as a 6 piece in the Winter of 1998 and later became an 8 piece. They went on several full US tours over their 5 year existence. They have 11 records out on many different labels, all of which have become great friends to them.

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Saetia – A retrospective

The Saetia discography CD finally sees the light of day. It includes their LP, their 7", demo tracks, and a compilation track; seventeen tracks in total. Saetia played bombastic screamo core with lots of volume variances coupled with both screaming and singing. Passionate, messy, subtle, and chaotic all at the same time. The CD is well done and comes with a really detailed booklet that includes lyrics, photos, commentary from the various members; all in all, an appropriate closing chapter to the Saetia story.

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i had a couple more albums to post, but i'm getting lazy, and i have to take a run to the apple store so... i'll save them for next time... get into it.

[a pack of wolves]

You toured with The Sick Lipstick? My jealousy knows no bounds, I never even got to see that band.

[wespeakinmidi]

i did not tour with them, i played a show with them while they were on tour with an albatross.  but i think i caught 3 dates total of their tour including the show we played. i think i might of had a crush on lindsey from the band back then too.  haha whatever.  true story!

[a pack of wolves]

That's still pretty damn awesome. I still rock Sting Sting Sting on a very regular basis, it's great lyrically even aside from the total party that is the music.

[Touch Me Im Sick]

That Polvo album is pretty good. No, I have not listened to them before. Yes, I suck.

[bedhead138]

(500) Days of Summer Soundtrack (2009) ~ Mp3 V2

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01. Mychael Danna & Rob Simonsen - A Story Of Boy Meets Girl 1:35
02. Regina Spektor - Us 4:49
03. The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 4:03
04. Black Lips - Bad Kids 2:08
05. The Smiths - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want 1:52
06. Doves - There Goes The Fear 6:56
07. Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams 3:05
08. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition 3:53
09. Carla Bruni - Quequun Ma Dit 2:44
10. Feist - Mushaboom 3:44
11. Regina Spektor - Hero 3:31
12. Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends 1:20
13. Wolfmother - Vagabond 3:47
14. Mumm-Ra - Shes Got You High 3:25
15. Meaghan Smith - Here Comes Your Man 3:14
16. She & Him - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want 2:12

[scarred]

Lissi Dancefloor Disaster - Lissi Dancefloor Disaster EP / Counterpoint EP [2008]



Lissi Dancefloor Disaster is a blippy electropop duo from Sweden. They are shameless in their love for the ridiculous, colorful, and danceable. They are also extremely fucking catchy. These are their two EP's, combining into 11 bouncy songs that will pull your hips out of your chair. Supposedly they have an album due out this year, and I'm very much looking forward to it. I also really want one of their cat T-shirts.

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[David_Dovey]

Oh my thank you for all of the hardcore and math rock on this page it is the best music

[elizaknowswhatshesfor]

We speakinmidi:

Again, that post rules, except this time I'd only heard two of the records before, please more sir! (Me & your hard drive should totally be friends & hangout, if it's lucky I'll let it feel up my record player a little...)

[pulpfiction21]

Starting off with one of my all-time favorites.

Metal Hearts - Socialize (2006)
RIYL - Pinback or Modest Mouse

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If nothing else listen to the song Gentleman's Spell, it's in my top five songs of all-time.

The placid vocals are mixed in perfectly with an array of different instrumentals, whether it be electronic beats, cello, saxophone, or piano. The overall sound is comparable to Modest Mouse vocals combined with a Pinback or Earlimart composition.... Putting a good start to 2006, this is an essential album to all music enthusiasts." ---Aaron Seelig and Spud Swenson, Thunder Radio

"Drums poke along at a turtle shuffle. Guitars pick high, lonesome clouds of notes while the bass tends to do the heavy lifting of slowly inching the songs forward. String instruments sigh in unison at the back of the mix. It's actually perfect moping music, in other words, and perfect for a cold, slushy, and gray time of year." --Jess Harvell, Baltimore City Paper

"Anar Badalov and Flora Wolpert-Checknoff might be barely out of their teens, but they already sound like they've passed into the netherworld. ...the distant souls equip themselves with keyboards, guitar, saxophone and various programming elements to make their brand of indie rock--but in the end they sound like ghosts tapping on a wall, trying to reach out to the land of the living." ---Kurt Orzeck, Harp

"It is amazingly put-together in composition, sounding like something that other bands might have worked for years to achieve, yet it also maintains the alluring roughness of music that has never passed through the filters of overproduction. ...an uncomplicated combination of sound that magically meshes into one of the most captivating albums you'll hear this year." ---Anne Valente, Playback

"You can tell that they've got a very honest, stripped down, and seductive sound. Every second of the album pulls on your heart strings, drawing you more into the songs." ---Shane Stiles, Rise and Revolt

Stars Of Track and Field - Centuries Before Love and War (2006)
RIYL: The Postal Service or Sunny Day Real Estate

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There Will Be Fireworks - There Will Be Fireworks (2009)
RIYL: Frightened Rabbit or Twilight Sad

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When the narrative comes to be written for standout albums of 2009, there’s going to be a whole heap of Scottish bands involved. And they just keep coming: The Phantom Band, My Latest Novel, Meursault, We Were Promised Jetpacks, the live Frightened Rabbit Album, Broken Records… There Will Be Fireworks are the latest to well up from the fertile Scottish plains, and I suspect, come the end of 2009, they’re going to be somewhere near the top of that ragged heap, if not at the very top.

The facts are these: There Will Be Fireworks are four Glaswegians – old school friends – Adam Ketterer (drums, glockenspiel), David Madden (bass), Gilbran Farrah (guitar, violin, piano) and Nicholas McManus (guitars, vocals, organ) and this is their first record, though it has been a fair while in the making. It was recorded pretty much live in a huge 17th century mill in Stratharven and it’s hard to miss the fact that the circumstances of the recording have invaded the record’s very weave – it sounds huge. What the band have done is taken the dynamics of a certain strand of post-rock (think Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky) and squashed them into throbbing, explosively passionate songs, and in doing so have channelled something of a new sound – a propulsive, widescreen sound that seems at once born of the organic live recording situation and something else, something deeper. There are lives packed into these songs, and at times it feels as if the skin is close to ripping.

The album begins with a poem written specially for the album by the Stornoway writer and poet Kevin MacNeil. His writing is full of heat and fire, often frayed at the edges – quite a coup for the band and just the perfect fit. His lilting yet powerful monologue (”for there will be fireworks/and they will light up your eyes/and you will feel more alive than ever before/just as your sister would wish for you…”) is consumed by an immense firewall of howling guitars. It’s a powerful statement of intent. Somewhat surprisingly it fades into the calm of ‘So The Story Goes’ – a vast sounding track, but one built around a bare skeleton of distant guitars and understated brass. It’s here and on ‘Midfield Maestro’ that you get a real sense of that recording base the band used – the gaps between the instruments seem almost unnaturally huge at times, and whilst the production isn’t always perfect it’s great to hear such an honest and live sound.

‘Midfield Maestro’ is also where you get a real sense of the band’s emotional punch – and it’s the first of a trio of songs that give the album its narrative heart. As ‘Midfield Maestro’ builds to a huge close (and Ketterer’s drums sound immense here) McManus is bleeding into the mic ‘we’ll set these tapes on fire as your heart breaks in my car/you’re unravelling in my arms’ and you can hear his intakes of breath as they vibrate against his taut vocal chords. The track melts into ‘Guising’ a gorgeous vignette detailing a trick or treat incident, which in turn becomes ‘Off With Their Heads’ – a genuinely epic track which is the band at their very best: raw, ambitious and adept in weaving emotion into dynamic sonic patterns. The closing moments make me want to bust through the top of my head.

You could say, though it would be unfair (what of the broad sweep of ‘A Kind Of Furnace’, the strung-out drama of ‘We Sleep Through The Bombs’ and ‘We Were A Roman Candle’, with it’s blizzard of guitars and aching refrain of ‘I could have been more cautious!’?), that the record never recovers from this highpoint But in truth, and this rambling review is testament to this, the record is ambitious and detailed enough to hold the attention – you can get lost in shadowy corners, listen for buried references to earlier tracks, and all of the while feel a part of the thing. It’s a truly inclusive record. Christ only knows what they’re like live.

Eulogies - Here Anonymous (2009)
RIYL: Catchy Indie-Rock

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There is an obvious sense of natural progression that can be heard on any given Eulogies track. They are a refreshing objection to the stagnant reality of rock ‘n roll. The haunting yet calming sound Peter Walker’s majestic voice is easily up to par with any lead singer already well appreciated in the music community. And with extensive touring, and the release of their latest album Here Anonymous (due April 7th), these realities are sure to shine a light for Walker and company.

It seriously appears as though this four man crew work as hard as possible to create very heart felt tunes. “The Fight (I’ve Come To Like)” is as catchy as it is a great example of said progression of naturalization. “This Fine Progression” (seems to be a theme, maybe?) is more sappy melodrama may believe you have already heard somewhere, somehow. But, there is no replication of anything beyond their own dreams and ventures into the study of life’s usual caricature of itself.

For fans of artists of life and earth, it doesn’t get much better than these guys. For folks only looking for conveniently place euphoniums with no real sense of being, don’t bother. Eulogies will soon prove themselves to be a staple among artists in this era of discontent.

[MrBlu]

Electric Light Orchestra- "Out Of The Blue" (1977)

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Anybody want some Death From Above 1979?

[Random1]

Here's my latest contribution to the thread.
The Arkells - Jackson Square

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Nowadays, it is difficult to find a sound as authentic as Arkells’. It’s also comforting to know that Canada is home to a band that knows how to rock as hard as these guys do. Their sound is a mix of rock riffs, soul, and blues. Jackson Square is a compilation of catchy songs that, from the first listen, you’re instantly hooked.

(From http://awmusic.ca/2008/12/05/arkells-jackson-square-review/)

Here's their myspace if you want to give'em a test listen first : http://www.myspace.com/arkellsmusic

[Avec]

I give you guys my favorite Hip-Hop artist of all time, Nujabes. I'll upload all the released albums in chronological order.

Jun Seba (せば　じゅん Seba Jun?) is a Japanese hip-hop producer and DJ who records under the name Nujabes. The alias is an anagram of his first and last name spelled backwards and combined. Alongside making music, Nujabes is also owner of the Shibuya record stores, T Records and Guinness Records and founder of the independent label Hyde-Out Productions. Nujabes's (New-jah-buhs) genre-blending music style is known for a distinct cool jazz and soul influence. He most typically uses samples from artists such as Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, and Yusef Lateef and adds live instrumentation, such as flutes, acoustic guitar, piano, and saxophone to create warm, mellow tracks.

Hydeout Productions 1st Collection
Released: April 23, 2003

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1. "Moon Strut"
2. "Don't Even Try It" (featuring Funky DL)
3. "Strive" (featuring Apani B)
4. "Home Sweet Home" (featuring Substantial)
5. "Still Talking To You"
6. "Luv (Sic)" (featuring Shing02)
7. "Steadfast"
8. "Lyrical Terrorists" (featuring Substantial & L-Universe)
9. "Lose My Religion" (Remix) (featuring L-Universe)
10. "It's About Time (Fat Jon Remix)" (featuring Pase Rock)
11. "Plazma Avenue" (featuring Five Deez)
12. "D.T.F.N." (featuring Cise Starr)
13. "People's Don't Stray" (featuring Funky DL)
14. "Luv (Sic) Part 2" (featuring Shing02)

Metaphorical Music
Released: August 21, 2003

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1. "Blessing It (Featuring Substantial and Pase Rock of Five Deez)" (Produced by Nujabes)
2. "Horn in the Middle" (Produced by Nujabes)
3. "Lady Brown (Featuring Cise Starr)" (Produced by Nujabes)
4. "Kumomi" (Produced by Nujabes)
5. "Highs 2 Lows (Featuring Cise Starr)" (Produced by Nujabes)
6. "Beat Laments the World" (Produced by Nujabes; contains a sample from "Blessing It")
7. "Letter From Yokosuka" (Produced by Nujabes)
8. "Think Different (Featuring Substantial)" (Produced by Nujabes)
9. "A Day by Atmosphere Supreme" (Produced by Nujabes)
10. "Next View" (Featuring Uyama Hiroto on Sax)
11. "Latitude (Remix) (Featuring Five Deez)" (Produced by Nujabes)
12. "F.I.L.O. (Featuring Shing02)" (Produced by Nujabes)
13. "Summer Gypsy" (Produced by Nujabes)
14. "The Final View" (Produced by Nujabes)
15. "Peaceland" (Produced by Nujabes)

Modal Soul
Released: November 11, 2005

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1. "Feather" (featuring Cise Starr & Akin)
2. "Ordinary Joe" (featuring Terry Callier)
3. "Reflection Eternal"
4. "Luv (Sic) Part 3" (featuring Shing02)
5. "Music Is Mine"
6. "Eclipse" (featuring Substantial)
7. "The Sign" (featuring Pase Rock)
8. "Thank You" (featuring Apani B)
9. "World's End Rhapsody"
10. "Modal Soul" (featuring Uyama Hiroto)
11. "Flowers"
12. "Sea Of Cloud"
13. "Light On The Land"
14. "Horizon"

Hydeout Productions 2nd Collection
Released: November 11, 2007

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1. "Voice of Autumn"
2. "Sky Is Falling" (featuring CL Smooth)
3. "Waltz for Life Will Born" (featuring Uyama Hiroto)
4. "Imaginary Folklore" (featuring Clammbon)
5. "Hikari" (featuring Substantial)
6. "Counting Stars"
7. "Another Reflection"
8. "Fly By Night" (featuring Five Deez)
9. "Old Light (Voices from 93 Million Miles Away Remix)" (featuring Pase Rock)
10."With Rainy Eyes" (featuring Emancipator)
11. "Luv (Sic)(Modal Soul Remix)" (featuring Shing02)
12. "Windspeaks" (featuring Uyama Hiroto)
13. "Winter Lane (Nujabes Remix)" (featuring DSK)
14. "After Hanabi (Listen To My Beats)"

Enjoy.