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[barista.babe]

oldest lesbian

would see

Yeah I don't know many lesbians willing to dive past the "best if used by" date of a 91 year old. Again though, totally worth checking out her stuff. I'm going to post some more vintage Spanish music this afternoon.

[Mixitup]

The Twilight Sad - Forget The Night Ahead (2009) Advance




01 Reflection of the Television
02 I Became a Prostitute
03 Seven Years of Letters
04 Made to Disappear
05 Scissors
06 That Room
07 That Birthday Present
08 Floorboards Under the Bed
09 Interrupted
10 The Neighbours Can't Breathe
11 At the Burnside

The Twilight Sad announce the details of their hugely anticipated sophomore ‘Forget The Night Ahead’ album. Already trailed by opener ‘Reflections Of The Television’ - which dropped on Pitchfork during May, and single ‘I Became A Prostitute’ on August 3rd, the new album will be released in the UK on 5th October.

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[pulpfiction21]

thanks a bunch for the twilight sad. Ive been waiting for that thing to leak. I hope it is as good as their previous stuff.

[barista.babe]

Another dose of goodness in Spanish.

Maria Jimenez - Donde Mas Duele, Canta Por Sabina (Where It Hurts The Most, a tribute to Joaquin Sabina)

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Traditional Spanish music from Spain (also known as Canción Española) The songs on this album are covers of Joaquin Sabina (one of Spain's most popular and famous singer/songwriters). Overall, I love this stuff. It reminds me of my childhood. The songs are upbeat and have a little bit of a a flamenco flair to them. Probably the best track (which consequently has the best video. check it on youtube) is Con Dos Camas Vacias.

Sara Montiel - Todas Las Noches A Las Once (Every Night at 11)

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Another Spanish Classic. Montiel was huge in Spain. She's a singer, dancer and actress from the forever ago. (She's like 82 years old now) This album is a 2 disc retrospective and includes her biggest songs and some unique covers (including a Spanish version of La Vie en Rose, and a Spanish version of When Smoke Gets In Your Eyes).  The album also showcases some of her biggest songs (she was a big success in the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s and even briefly in the 80s) like: Quizas, Quizas Quizas (another video you should check out on youtube). 

I know that Spanish music isn't for everybody (especially since most Americans hate languages they can't understand) but this stuff is worth checking out even if you can't understand Spanish, the music itself is pretty enjoyable. But then again, what the fuck do I know...I'm from Spain and am a little bit biased. haha

[Koremora]

Oh fuck yes new Twilight Sad

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Amy Millan - Masters Of The Burial (2009)

Amy Millan (also of Stars and Broken Social Scene fame) returns with Masters of The Burial, a wistful yet warm collection of songs and the follow up to her 2006 solo debut, Honey From The Tombs. Masters of The Burial includes interpretations of Death Cab for Cutie’s “I Will Follow You Into The Dark” and “Old Perfume” by Sarah Harmer. Recorded at The Well and produced by Martin Davis Kinack (Broken Social Scene), the album features guest performances from Evan Cranley (Stars), Dan and Jenny Whiteley, Feist, Liam O’Neil (The Stills), and many more.

Bruised Ghosts
Low Sail
Old Perfume
Towers
Day To Day
Bury This
Finish Line
Run For Me
I Will Follow You Into The Dark
Lost Compass Bound

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Tweak Bird - Reservations

The link is down

re-up

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[Sox]

Honestly?
Do you guys listen to these things before you post them here? What happened to unbearably high standards?
There's a kind of an unspoken rule on the forums, we mention it every now and then when we have to, however. I think it's about time we mentioned it again. When you're about to post, hit preview and read it back to yourself. Sit on it for a few minutes and ask yourself...
"Is this something that Darryl really wants to hear?"
If the answer is "he will probably complain about this" then you should probably hold off of posting.

It doesn't just apply to this thread, but every thread on every subforum.
Don't blog about your relationship unless you think I will find it funny, don't post music unless you think I'll find it interesting, don't talk current events if I'll disagree with you and don't post pictures of yourself unless I'm gonna want to look at you.
Shape up!

[gospel]

This means I shouldn't upload that American Idol album?

[Scarychips]

"Is this something that Darryl really wants to hear?"

This means I shouldn't upload that American Idol album?

This means you totally should.

[Mixitup]

Being new to the forum, am trying to decide between if people
appreciate the leaks or prefer being condescending instead.

And yes, I previewed my post......

[sean]

dont worry about darryl he's just extra curmudgeony.

but in all seriousness if you trying to upload coldplay send the link to yr facebook friends not us.

*dino smiely*

[minus_the_david]

you guys need to get a clue, coldplay is great! they want to be the modern U2, and though they're not nearly as good, they are great!

[StaedlerMars]

...

EDIT: I was going to edit this with some snarky comment about U2 and Coldplay and Nickelback, but I got nothin' sorry guys.

[JD]

Much worse has been uploaded

Rules:

No hot-linking images or albums. You can re-host images at http://imageshack.us.

Ensure your tags are correct and that you have specified both Artist/Album in your post.

Upload your files in either a .zip or a .rar archive to mediaf!re.com, in multiple parts if the album is over 100mbs. The reason for this is that we know mediaf!re is safe and efficient and allows multiple downloads. The ads on other sites, such as Sendspace, are known to contain viruses on the page. Get yourself checked out.

Post your link using code tags. It's the # icon above the policeman emoticon. This prevents the links from being traced back to the forums, lowering the chance that the wrong people notice the thread, potentially threatening Jeph with legal action.

ALSO, PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST ALBUMS. This includes requests for re-uploads; if you miss it, try looking for it somewhere else.

Repost the rules at the top of each new page.

[Wasteroo]

Somebody should re-up that Sholi album, I've checked Mediafire and Sordo to no avail

Also people need to stop being dicks

[scarred]

Also people need to stop being dicks

Quoted-for-fucking-truth.

This thread is for music that you, the uploader, feel is fucking rad. If you don't want it,
DON'T DOWNLOAD IT
and fuck off. I think that Spinnerette record is awful but if other people like it more power to them. Unless this thread is a lie, shut the hell up.



The xx - xx [2009]



This is some fucking ace genre-bending post-punk / electronica right here. They were nice enough to get an 8.7 and a "Best New Music" from Pitchfork.

The xx are four 20-year-olds from South London who make predominantly slow, furtive pop music, mostly about sex. They are also one of the stranger recipients of UK hype in recent memory. They have no calling-card song; members of the Pitchfork staff have ID'd no fewer than four songs ("Basic Space", "Crystalised", "Islands", "Infinity") as "the one." They are not fashion plates, nor likely to be. Their list of influences is potent but imperfect: Young Marble Giants (too shaggy and heavy-lidded); Japan (too robust and theatric); Glass Candy (too quick and glammy). Without one gimmick song they'll never be able to reproduce, without an alternate agenda, without a set-in-stone hip influence, the xx start to sound like a real actual band, even if, after dozens of listens, it's nearly incomprehensible to think that a group so fresh-faced produced xx.

Singer-guitarist Romy Madley Croft in particular seems all but incapable of uttering a line that isn't a come-on, a post-coital musing, or a longing apology for a lack of one of the former. During "Islands" or "Basic Space", her voice takes on a pleasant soft-pop vibe, like Stevie Nicks'. When Madley Croft sings, during "Shelter", "Maybe I had said/ Something that was wrong/ Can I make it better/ With the lights turned on," it's unclear whether lights-turned-on activity is sex or... something besides sex. She's not some purring kitten, though, merely reflective about a subject we don't often associate with teenagers and self-awareness.

Croft's sparring partner, bassist Oliver Sim, usually fills in the other spaces via either his responsive vocals or ever-present bass. (His best trick: momentarily interrupting the divine verses of "Islands" with four short thumbings). Sim's voice, papery and affectless, is a sticking point for some, but pop music has plenty of room for ugly male voices, especially those with such pleasant friends. Importantly, both Croft and Sim seem like they're singing not because they have the best voices but because they have the most to say (and, purely speculatively, possibly to one another), something that would align them with an indie rock tradition as long as the genre is old, (and folk and blues long before that).

Their voices provide plenty of friction, however, in the context of the xx's slight, expert compositions. Working without a live drummer, the xx manipulate airy, lingering negative space as well as any band going. Initially hospital-tile sterile, xx rewards volume and repetition like few other albums this year. Nudge the knob clockwise to hear sparse guitars decay, bass notes wobble. Amid these delicate environs, Croft and Sim can seem like they're working on different agendas, but the cagey back-and-forth on "Basic Space" is exquisitely timed, and the lovers' mumbles of "Heart Skipped a Beat", over a clacking drum machine, acquire their own weird logic. Jamie Smith (he of the "Basic Space" remix) and Baria Qureshi are responsible for most of the drums/loops/keyboards (and some of the guitars), and they're adept at knowing when to jump in, picking up "Stars" just as Sim seems to get bored with it, spicing "VCR", the band's quaintest, simplest pop song ("You/ You just know/ You just do"), with small xylophone melodies.

That all said, the record is not a complete break with recent sounds: tune in during certain moments of "Crystalised", and you'll hear the flecked, staccato guitars of Interpol. "Infinity"'s slow-strummed electric chords feel like late-period Radiohead. But xx is nervy and self-contained, the product of a new band thinking a lot harder about topics-- sex, composition, volume-- than we are accustomed to new bands thinking. It is so fully formed and thoughtful that it feels like three or four lesser, noisier records should have preceded it. The xx didn't need a gestation period, though xx is nuanced, quiet, and surprising enough that you might.

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[Wasteroo]

I think it's time to introduce you fellows to some truly excellent hip hop that is local (for me). I'm not sure how well known these guys are known outside of Seattle, but they are basically really rad musicians and cool guys. Just this last week they were going around Seattle in a van, stopping occasionally for impromptu performances involving rapping over beats played right out of said van's sound system.

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[JD]

God Help The Girl(2009)

"Girl singer needed for autumnal recording project," the ad in the paper said. "Autumnal," of course, being the Queen's-- and the critics'-- preferred English for, uh, "fall-like." You know that song where, when people talk about the fall, Jens Lekman thinks they're talking about Mark E. Smith? Stuart Murdoch probably thinks they're talking about the Garden of Eden.

After all, the main character in God Help the Girl-- a new album of songs from the Belle and Sebastian singer/songwriter's planned musical-film project-- is called Eve. She's voiced angelically by Catherine Ireton, cover girl for the Scottish septet's "White Collar Boy" single and one half of a sleepy acoustic pop duo called the Go Away Birds. Ireton is one of nine singers (incuding the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon) joining members of Belle and Sebastian for the recording, and her Irish-Zooey-Deschanel-next-door vocals have ended up gracing 10 of the set's 14 songs. But not until after an internet-wide sing-off. "The competition was me showing a startling lack of faith in what was right in front of me, but I had to see what was out there," Murdoch recently told London's Guardian.

From the humble school project that became 1996 debut Tigermilk to the professional pop majesty of The Life Pursuit a decade later, the Scottish pop savant's work has been almost one leap of faith after another. Murdoch lands on solid ground again with God Help the Girl, which has catchy, jangling girl-group ditties aplenty, a little theatrical flourish thanks to Belle and Sebastian trumpeter Mick Cooke's orchestral arrangements, and at least one typically Murdoch-esque character, Eve. The imagery is always vivid, even when the plot isn't. From what I can tell, Ireton's bookish ingenue gives herself to the Holy Trinity: sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll. God love 'er.

Always one for evocative character sketches, Murdoch clearly relishes his role as demiurge of God Help the Girl's self-contained universe. First single "Come Monday Night" is a good preview, with the wispy lilt of early Camera Obscura and a way of lingering on "the gray of ordinariness" long enough to show how it's lined with silvery subtleties. Like, that restless first evening between a disappointing weekend and another drab workday. The way sleep leaves a face "crumpled and creased." And the full rundown of Eve obsessing over some guy she likes ("Please stop me, I'm even boring myself!"). At times, Murdoch's realistically elaborate fiction points to its own phoniness. "Life could be musical comedy," suggests "Hiding Neath My Umbrella", a bittersweet Murdoch-Ireton duet over waltzing piano and swelling strings.

God Help the Girl opens with a delicate new version of The Life Pursuit centerpiece "Act of the Apostle II". Switched from "senior year" to "senior ward," and re-titled simply "Act of the Apostle", the song also drops its last verse-- making the whole thing more prologue-like-- and gains a bit of Andrews Sisters swing. For all the specifics about a sick narrator and fighting parents, "Act of the Apostle" is still essentially a pop kid's update of the Velvet Underground's "Rock and Roll": "My Damascan road's my transistor radio." Her life was saved by girl groups.

Or was it? The nuance-rich Murdoch is characteristically coy when it comes to certain details. He's mentioned musicals such as Jesus Christ Superstar or the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory film as inspirations; my fellow 1980s babies may remember Whoopi Goldberg in Sister Act, where all those awesome Motown songs turned out to make real nice hymns if you did the ol' Christian rock trick and replaced "him" with "Him". So The Life Pursuit's "Funny Little Frog", sung here by Internet contest winner Brittany Stallings, might not work as a soul song, but just think: a soul song. About someone who is everywhere, but you don't think of in a physical way. Someone you might go and visit on rainy Sundays.

"She was into S&M and Bible studies," Murdoch once sang. Eve's first romantic experience is creepy, Murdoch offering to rub and scrub her during the ironically formal strings and piano of "Pretty Eve in the Tub". No wonder she winds up in the arms of Hannon's hammy rake on "Perfection as a Hipster", asking for haircare tips even as she wastes away from lack of nutrition. Asya, of Seattle teen keyboard-drums trio Smoosh, may have an even more girlish voice than Ireton's, but on "I Just Want Your Jeans", she's looking for boys to make her "go, 'Ouch!'"-- heck, she's "open to dark surprises." And somewhere in there I just skipped a couple of totally skippable instrumentals.

The last two songs are among the album's most inspired. "I'll Have to Dance With Cassie" suggests Eve has returned to the church of rock'n'roll; now that she knows her "dream boy" doesn't exist, she's shimmying with a girl friend like they're a pair of boxing kangaroos. On closing number "A Down and Dusky Blonde", having "fried" her head-- another double entendre?-- Eve joins an entire sisterhood of female singers. She hasn't been getting her apple a day, so a doctor counsels, "A woman does not live by the printed word/ Forgive yourself, and eat." How about it, Eve?

"I need a friend and I choose you," the final song continues, with a vow to "forget the kiss and feel." Hmm. God Help the Girl is a spirited expansion of some of Murdoch's best ideas, but until the film finishes shooting-- set to start next year-- we'll probably just have wild-ass guesses like mine as to the real story. "I feel like I have God for a pal because no one else would have me," Murdoch writes in an online journal entry. "Maybe that's the basis for a lot of religion. He's the invisible friend that it's OK to have as an adult." Tell you this much, He's in the details.

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I guess I gotta be more choosey with my uploads. This is pretty fantastic regardless though^^^

[bbq]

Hey, I don't know when it was posted, but thanks to whoever uploaded squarepushers 'Solo electric bass 1'. It's fantastic. 

[Mixitup]

Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor 2009 [320k] Leak

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Memory Tapes – Seek Magic [August 2009]

Moniker-crazed one-man-band Dayve Hawk splits the difference between his Weird Tapes project (dancey, electro) and his Memory Cassette project (hazy, wistful) with Memory Tapes (dancey, yet wistful!). After the incredible single "Bicycle", we now get news of the debut Memory Tapes LP, dubbed Seek Magic and out in a very limited edition September 29 via Acephale.

To start, the record is primarily being released on vinyl-- first run records will be light blue with some special "white/blue haze" LPs thrown in just in case you didn't get the idea that this shit is fucking hazy.

If you're still into CDs, you'll have to travel to London's Rough Trade shop to pick up Seek Magic because that's the only place on earth selling it on compact disc. UPDATE: The Rough Trade version is out this coming Monday, August 24, and it comes with a bonus disc featuring a 30-minute instrumental.

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[karl gambolputty...]

Crunt - Crunt

The fact that Crunt's drummer and occasional vocalist is Russel Simins from the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion is enough to raise eyebrows. The all-star line up continues with Kat Bjelland from Babes in Toyland on bass and her then-husband Stuart Gray [Lubricated Goat] on guitar and vocals. In short, this band produces quick, raunchy and nasty sounding rock 'n roll songs which immediately captivate the listener with their style, sexiness and immediacy. With their choppy, distorted guitars and frantic drums, Gray and Simins groan and yell about sweat, vengeance, pigs and sex, while Bjelland pounds away at her bass and even lends her trademark screeching yell to "Unglued". Both the music and lyrics are raw, blunt and unforgiving, with no pretense or ornamentation. Guaranteed to make your body move and highly recommended to anyone into JSBX or Boss Hog.

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[Wasteroo]

Crunt?

[karl gambolputty...]

Crunt

[Mixitup]

Beck and Record Club: The Velvet Underground & Nico (2009)

Here's another one from the interwebs, specifically beck.com. As he relates there, a bunch of friends and him got together in the studio for a day to record a "classic" album in it's entirety. The choice was this or "Sex Packets". I think you will agree they made the right choice even before you've heard it. They dubbed themselves Record Club (I have listed them as "Beck & Record Club" - a: to keep this organized with Beck in my iTunes and b: cos it sounds nice with the "Velvet Underground & Nico").
The songs were posted as videos, one a week over an eleven week period. You can go there and watch them all now.
These were posted as Vimeo videos. And even though the videos themselves were charmingly old school, with cheesy pixelation effects, etc. we can be glad they were not on Youtube with their horrendous audio quality. These sound great. Captured them with Audacity at 192kbps.

Tracks:
01. Sunday Morning
02. I'm Waiting For the Man
03. Femme Fatale
04. Venus In Furs
05. Run Run Run
06. All Tomorrow's Parties
07. Heroin
08. There She Goes Again
09. I'll Be Your Mirror
10. Black Angel's Death Song
11. European Son

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[karl gambolputty...]

Anytime

[Avec]

The Blue Scholars are excellent, I've know about them for a year and a half now and I advise all hip hop fans to give Bayani a listen.

[byebyepanda]

*cough* washed out *cough* >.>

[scarred]

Blue Scholars post

As a Seattlite myself I feel obligated to give these guys a shout-out. They played in my high school gymnasium for chrissakes. Represent!

[gospel]

Jason Webley
http://www.myspace.com/jasonwebley

Jason Webley is a Seattle-born singer-songwriter known for playing a mix of gypsy, folk, and punk. He has released five albums on his own label, Eleven Records. These feature Webley on the piano, guitar, accordion, and a number of other instruments, though when touring he only brings his guitar, accordion, and a vodka bottle containing coins from around the world, which he uses for percussion. In addition, he has released five collaborative albums, one with Seattle poet Jay Thompson, another with Michigan singer-songwriter Andru Bemis, the third with Reverend Peyton of The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, and the fourth with Sxip Shirey.

folk, singer-songwriter, accordion, gypsy, indie

Jason Webley - Only Just Beginning

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http://www.mediafire.com/?nzkntnintkeJason Webley - Against the Night

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The Darklings - Desert Ship

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http://www.mediafire.com/?dtdnfabljy2The Darklings' neo-folk/dark cabaret/melancholic music is strangely alluring. This is probably the closest to pirate music I can listen to without being tongue-in-cheek/ironic. I feel the sudden urge to sail the seven seas in order to explore for adventure.

There's a preview on CDBaby.

Dark Dark Dark - The Snow Magic
http://www.myspace.com/darkdarkdarkband

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Despite employing little more than accordion, strings, banjo, and voice, The Snow Magic still manages to swell with dramatic tension, its streamlined sound marching confidently forward. Oh and what the hell, a little drumming here and there from local superstar Martin Dosh certainly won't hurt any album.

Even as the rollicking saloon jam “Ashes” launches the listener into the record, Dosh keeps his presence graceful with just a dash of frenzy, always ceding the spotlight to the band's rustic interweaving melodies. The ghostly harmonizing groans on “A Cloud Story” provide just one example of Dark Dark Dark’s unique blend of old world suspense and intricate aural trickery, and surely due credit goes to their producer – Minneapolis music scene veteran Rob Skoro, whose own records have always sparkled among the crowded local singer-songwriter field. Skoro’s mixing board prowess is readily evident when the vocalists  burst out in front of the music with the memorable line, “there's no ocean in Minneapolis!” on the rousing “Colors” and when the accordion keys can be heard ever so slightly tapping along with the exhaled not. more...

Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard Band - 'em and I
http://www.myspace.com/jefflewisband

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Jeffrey Lewis is an American singer/songwriter and comic-book artist, part of the Anti-folk movement. Several of his musical influences have been acknowledged in his songs such as The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song, concerning the song by Leonard Cohen, and The History of the Fall.

anti-folk, singer-songwriter, indie, lo-fi

"Eighty per cent of success is showing up," quipped Woody Allen, to whom fellow neurotic New Yorker Jeffrey Lewis has often been compared. That would at least explain Lewis's lack of mainstream success, because more often than not he's too busy unravelling his anxieties around a battered acoustic guitar to bother showing up. If past Jeffrey Lewis albums count as showing up, then it's showing up hungover, in a crumpled suit, with bits of toast in his beard.

'Em Are I, then, is Lewis's fifth proper LP and, after years of acclaim in anti-folk circles, it's his first that has at least one eye on the mainstream. It also contains what is pretty close to a straight-ahead pop song in Broken, Broken, Broken Heart, a handclap-strewn ditty that wouldn't sound out of place on With the Beatles. Well, that's if the Fabs had ever sung about trying to break their own hearts by leaving them out in the rain.

Despite higher production values (ie it wasn't recorded in a tumble dryer), this probably isn't going to be the record that propels Jeffrey too far beyond his army of devoted followers. Truth is, he doesn't know how to do commercial. This is a guy who interrupts gigs to recite from his pictorial history of communism in North Korea, whose last album consisted of nothing but covers of anarcho-punk band Crass and who once wrote a six-minute song that told the story of the struggling artist through the eyes of someone being raped by Bonnie Prince Billy on a New York subway track. His songs may be many things - mind-boggling in scope, laugh-out-loud funny, wonderfully moving - but a threat to Lady GaGa they are not. more...

Lastly, something apropos to the recent discord
American Idol Season 8: Disco Fever!

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Volcano Choir - Unmap (2009) Leak



Unmap marks the debut full-length from Volcano Choir, the collaboration between
Collections of Colonies of Bees and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver.

Husks And Shells
Seeplymouth
Island, IS
Dote
And Gather
Mbira In The Morass
Cool Knowledge
Still
Youlogy

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[bedhead138]

Lucero - 1372 Overton Park (2009) ~ Mp3 V2

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Alt-country rockers Lucero have returned for their first album in three years, 1372 Overton Park, and not only is the upcoming release the band’s sixth record overall, but it will also be its major label debut. The album will be out in stores on October 6th via Universal/Republic Records.

According to a press release, 1372 Overton Park moves further towards the Memphis soul that has slightly influenced the group’s records up to this point. Produced by Ted Hutt of The Gaslight Anthem, the title works as a dedication to the loft in Memphis where all the band members lived at one time  It was also the home to some of the recording sessions for 2003’s That Much Further West.

The soul music of Memphis heavily influenced this album, making the record almost a tribute to the city. Lead singer and guitarist Ben Nichols said, “When [saxophonist] Jim Spake put that first horn track down, we began thinking of the record as having a certain sound. We heard pieces of Memphis history being played over our songs and it floored us and we just went with it.”

Lucero will hit the road in the U.S. this fall in support of 1372 Overton Park.

1. Smoke 5:29
2. What Are You Willing To Lose 4:08
3. Sound Of The City 3:12
4. Cant Feel A Thing 4:06
5. The Devil And Maggie Chascarillo 3:45
6. Sixes And Sevens 3:21
7. Goodbye Again 3:52
8. Johnny Davis 3:07
9. Darken My Door 3:48
10. Halfway Wrong 2:58
11. Hey Darlin Do You Gamble 4:48
12. Mom 3:58


Willie Nelson - American Classic (2009) ~ Mp3 160

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Legendary singer Willie Nelson American Classic is his first album of standards since his landmark 1978 masterpiece Stardust, and his solo debut for Blue Note Records. Produced by Tommy LiPuma, American Classic features special guest appearances by Norah Jones and Diana Krall, string arrangements by Johnny Mandel, and a top shelf backing band that includes Nelson’s longtime sidekick Mickey Raphael on harmonica, and such notable jazzmen as pianist Joe Sample, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Lewis Nash. While it’s common now for mature pop artists to attempt to put their own stamp on the American Songbook, Nelson practically invented the approach. He set the standard for playing the standards with Stardust, perhaps this “outlaw” entertainer’s most daring move. The album went on to become the most successful album of his career thus far. It reached #1 on the Billboard’s Country Albums chart; racked up more than five million in sales; earned Nelson a Country Male Vocal Performance Grammy; and, most significantly, helped to transform a colourful, middle-aged cult figure into a mainstream star.

1. The Nearness Of You
2. Fly Me To The Moon
3. Come Rain Or Come Shine
4. If I Had You (Feat. Diana Krall)
5. Ain't Misbehavin'
6. I Miss You So
7. Because Of You
8. Baby It's Cold Outside (Feat. Norah Jones)
9. Angel Eyes
10. On The Street Where You Live
11. Since I Fell For You
12. Always On My Mind


Rodrigo y Gabriela - 11:11 (2009) ~ Mp3 V0

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11:11 is the third studio album by Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela. It will be released on independent label Rubyworks on September 7, 2009. It will guest star Strunz & Farah on the song "Master Maqui" and guest star Alex Skolnick on the song "Atman."

1. "Hanuman"
2. "Buster Voodoo"
3. "Triveni"
4. "Logos"
5. "Santo Domingo"
6. "Master Maqui"
7. "Savitri"
8. "Hora Zero"
9. "Chac Mool"
10. "Atman"
11. "11:11"


Tim Buckley - Live at the Folklore Center 1967 (2009) ~ Mp3 192

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This previously unreleased recording was captured by folk impresario Izzy Young at his famed Folklore Center located at 321 Sixth Avenue, which served as a nexus for up-and-coming singer-songwriters during the folk boom of the late '60s. The entire night's concert, performed in front of about 35 people, is presented in its original running order of 16 songs, six of which are Tim Buckley compositions that have never appeared on any studio or live album. The CD package includes an unpublished interview with Buckley conducted by Izzy Young on March 17th & 18th, 1967, along with new notes from Young. The album was produced for release by Tompkins Square label's Josh Rosenthal in cooperation with Buckley's Estate, and mastered from the original tapes by Grammy-winning engineers Steve Rosenthal, Warren Russell-Smith and Jamie Howarth.

Tim Buckley (1947-1975) was among the most adventurous and influential singer-songwriters of the `60's and `70's, releasing nine studio albums in his career. Buckley's music continues to deeply inspire new fans and artists with each passing year. 'Live at the Folklore Center', the earliest live recording among several others commercially available, showcases Buckley in an intimate, solo acoustic setting, highlighting his magical guitar playing and soaring vocal style.

1. Song for Jainie
2. I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain
3. Wings
4. Phantasmagoria in Two
5. Just Please Leave Me
6. Dolphins
7. I Can't See You
8. Troubadour
9. Aren't You the Girl
10. What Do You Do (He Never Saw You)
11. No Man Can Find the War
12. Carnival Song
13. Cripples Cry
14. If the Rain Comes
15. Country Boy
16. I Can't Leave You Loving Me


Nadja - Belles Betes (2009) ~ Mp3 V2

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Edition of 500 copies - Packaged in a heavy book bound LP sleeve on 180 gram vinyl. Warning: not recommended for listening in buildings without earthquake retrofitting: Nadja’s doom-fuzz may crack foundations and/or reduce nearby objects to jelly. However, Nadja, here performing a quartet of solo Aidan
Baker covers, maintains a certain melodic balance within the throat-clearing guitar lurches which levitates the heavy, like the most graceful pterodactyl-flying-off-with-a-dead-baby-Icthyasaur you have ever seen. Especially when his voice cuts in, the low-end maraud transforms into a sweet continuo that seems like stoner-metal chewing on 4AD’s ear. A grinding thump into the clouds which proves there ARE beautiful uglies.

1. Sand Like Skin 7:14
2. Beautiful Beast 13:34
3. Green & Cold 7:31
4. Wound Culture 13:29


The Black Crowes - Before the Frost...Until the Freeze (2009)




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THE BLACK CROWES will release their new studio CD, Before the Frost... on September 1, 2009 in the US and August 31st in the UK.

A second album, titled …Until The Freeze, will be given away for free exclusively through a unique download code which is included in Before The Frost… as a “thank you” to their fans for two decades of continued support.

Before the Frost..., and its corresponding free album …Until The Freeze, were recorded over a series of five nights at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY. Although both are studio albums, all the new material was performed and recorded in front of an intimate audience of the band’s fans, making them a part of The Black Crowes musical history.

The innovative technique of inviting fans into the studio as part of the process during recording is a rare experience.

Before the Frost... features eleven new and previously unreleased Black Crowes songs including Good Morning Captain, I Ain’t Hiding, Been a Long Time (Waiting on Love), and other original songs that will serve to spotlight the bands ability to make emotional connections through their music. The free album …Until The Freeze is a nine-song collection featuring eight new original Black Crowes songs plus a cover version of the Stephen Stills classic So Many Times.

A limited edition vinyl release of Before The Frost…Until The Freeze, featuring all 20 tracks, will also be available on September 1, 2009.

Chris Robinson conceived the concept of Before the Frost...Until The Freeze.
“I think we fulfilled a musical commitment to continue on the golden road of artistic independence. Approaching 20 years into our careers, we still are ambitious enough to push ourselves to create something unique that we have never done before.”

As The Black Crowes approach the upcoming 20th anniversary of their release of one of rock’s most influential records, Shake Your Money Maker, which produced such hits as Jealous Again, She Talks To Angels and Hard to Handle, they are time and again hailed as one of Rock and Roll’s best live acts.

Before the Frost
1. Good Morning Captain
2. Been a Long Time (Waiting on Love)
3. Appaloosa
4. A Train Still Makes a Lonely Sound
5. I Ain’t Hiding
6. Kept my Soul
7. What is Home?
8. Houston Don’t Dream About Me
9. Make Glad
10. And the Band Played On...
11. The Last Place That Love Lives


Until the Freeze
1. Aimless Peacock
2. Shady Grove
3. Garden Gate
4. Greenhorn
5. Shine Along
6. Roll Old Jeremiah
7. Lady of Avenue A
8. So Many Times
9. Fork in the River


Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence (Single) (2009)

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Norwegian rock duo Kings Of Convenience will break a five-year silence this fall with its third studio album, "Declaration of Dependence," due Oct. 20 from Virgin. The 13-track set is led by the single "Mrs. Cold," which has been making the rounds on blogs in the past week.

"Declaration of Dependence" is the follow-up to KOC's 2004 album "Riot on an Empty Street," which has sold a career-best 78,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Recorded in Bergen, Norway, and Italy, the new album is more stripped-down than either of its predecessors, with a host of the tracks consisting of nothing more than voice and acoustic guitar.

01. Mrs. Cold
02. Freedom and It's Owner
03. Riot On An Empty Street


Brand New - Daisy (2009)

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1- Vices
2 - Bed
3 - At The Bottom
4 - Gasoline
5 - You Stole
6 - Be Gone
7 - Sink
8 - Bought A Bride
9 - Daisy
10 - In A Jar
11 - Noro


A.A. Bondy - When the Devil's Loose (2009) ~ Mp3 320

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The reason that people are enamored with the singer-songwriter concept is that we all love the idea of conveying our innermost thoughts, hopes, dreams, ruminations, and beliefs through music. Yet, despite such desires, most of us don’t possess the talents necessary to shape words and melodies into the proper form, or at least not a form that will have people singing along at a show, fashioning a mixtape, or spend hours upon hours teaching themselves how to play guitar—all because of one single, memorable, unforgettable song. While the likes of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and others sing about feelings and situations shared by many members of the music-loving public most of us can’t craft the thoughts and chords into a coherent whole that others will appreciate.

What makes A.A. Bondy stand out from his fellow guitar-strumming contemporaries is his ability to pair his beleaguered voice with a brand of road-weary folk rock that’s intimately accessible, without sounding stale or hackneyed. Opposed to indulging in the sort of overtly passionate melodrama that passes for emotional transparency these days, When The Devil’s Loose finds Bondy singing song after gut-wrenching song, yet doing so with a strength that gives his pathos that much more depth. He doesn’t have to belt out his lyrics at full volume, wailing on his guitar with tears in his eyes and a bleeding heart on his sleeve, for listeners to connect with his songs, to believe that what he’s singing is oh-so-true.

Moreover, what advances Bondy’s cause is that he’s able to sing songs packed with political, spiritual, and romantic imagery without sounding like an overzealous, strident demagogue. When he pleads to Delia in the record’s title track, “What does the mirror show you? Can you see the grave? Your sadness, it is quite lovely, but it’s the sadness of the slave,” he doesn’t shriek, moan, or howl to get across exactly what he’s feeling and thinking. If Damien Rice grew a pair of balls, absorbed some of David Bazan’s somber sorrows, and actually knew how to affect some of Nick Cave’s melancholy delivery, you might have an idea of the power of Bondy’s style.

Sure, it’s folk music—we’ve all heard these familiar cadences and chord progressions before—but we listen because we want to listen to songs that give voice to our problems in ways we cannot. Bondy, thankfully, has no need for theatrics as a songwriter: he can deliver the punch of the story without resorting to a tawdry, over-the-top anthem, but he also knows when to step back from the mic and give the music space to breathe on its own. Songs like “A Slow Parade,” the title cut (one of my favorites so far from 2009), and “The Coal Hits The Fire” possess a strong, steady pacing complete with electric guitars laden with washes of reverb and delay, giving this record a finely honed mournful tone with undeniable appeal. Not only is there “No hiding from the mightiest of guns” (as the album’s opening track declares), but there’s no hiding from the solid songwriting found on When The Devil’s Loose.

1. "Mightiest Of Guns" - 3:47
2. "A Slow Parade" - 4:57
3. "When The Devil's Loose" - 4:07
4. "To The Morning" - 3:38
5. "Oh The Vampyre" - 2:33
6. "I Can See The Pines Are Dancing" - 3:42
7. "False River" - 2:44
8. "On The Moon" - 3:28
9. "The Mercy Wheel" - 3:48
10. "The Coal Hits The Fire" - 4:14

[scarred]

This page just turned fucking awesome.

[bedhead138]

A.A. Bondy's new album is quite simply amazing.

[Wasteroo]

Tim Buckley

I sort of want to make love to you and never stop right now

[bedhead138]

My Morning Jacket - Chapter 1: The Sandworm Cometh: Early Recordings ~ Mp3 320

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Drawing from the band's early 7"s, unreleased material, and compilation appearances, My Morning Jacket's two reissues from Darla show that the band already had a large back catalog before its first full-length. And with 28 tracks between the two "chapters," this is a wonderful gift to the fans and shows a more personal and simplistic side of MMJ. Even without a full band and less reverb for most of these tracks, the sound from Jim James and the rest of the group (guitarist Johnny Quaid, bassist Two Tone Tommy and drummer J. Glenn) is rich with emotion and imagery. The covers of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" and Elton John's "Rocket Man" fit neatly beside originals such as "I Just Wanted to Be Your Friend" and "Evelyn Is Not Real." Along with other such gorgeous moments as "Weeks Go by Like Days," it's easy to hear how the talent was already in place so early in MMJ's career.

1. "Weeks Go by Like Days" – 4:16
2. "What Will I Do?" – 1:35
3. "M. White Rabbit" – 2:29
4. "Downtown" – 1:36
5. "I Just Wanted to Be Your Friend" – 2:29
6. "Time Never Gets" – 1:43
7. "They Ran (Acoustic)" – 3:34
8. "Evelyn (Be-Mixed)" – 2:31
9. "Isobella w/ The White Umbrella" – 3:04
10. "Josta Dreams and Bitter Hands" – 1:41
11. "Olde Sept. Blues (Ga-Ed Out)" – 5:44
12. "When Will They Come??" – 2:17
13. "Somebody Cares About the Maestro" – 2:01
14. "Rocket Man" – 4:59


My Morning Jacket - Chapter 2: Learning: Early Recordings ~ Mp3 320

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Considering that its later albums contributed some of the finest country-rock in the early '00s, it seems out of character for My Morning Jacket to be covering a new wave ballad such as Berlin's "Take My Breath Away." With Jim James' pretty vocals, however, anything is possible, and he turns a lovely song into a beautiful one. So is the case with much of Early Recordings, Chapter 2: Learning. The band's collection of early work is mainly My Morning Jacket in name only, as James played most of the instruments and, other than the covers (there's also a version of the Pet Shop Boy's "West End Girls" and Hank Williams' "Why Don't You Love Me?"), takes full credit for songwriting. Much of this is lo-fi, allowing a more intimate feel to James' performances, some of which are live. Whether that includes the captivating "Just One Thing" or "I Will Be There When You Die," he hints at what was to come on At Dawn and It Still Moves.

01. Tonite I Want 2 Celebrate W/ You!
02. Just One Thing (Demo)
03. Take My Breath Away!
04. West End Girls
05. Dream A Lil Dream O' Me
06. Death Is The Easy Way (Demo)
07. Bermuda Hwy (Live)
08. Nothing 2 Me
09. I Wont Cry!
10. Why Don't U Love Me
11. That Someone Else Was You
12. Tyrone
13. I Will Be There When You Die/Sunrides And The Girls Scream (Live)
14. Good Nights And Happy Trails

[vickster]

Is it just me or is the Black Crowe's "Before the Frost" corrupted?

[Avec]

Not too long ago I remember someone asking for tranquil flute music. This is top notch stuff.

R. Carlos Nakai - Canyon Trilogy: Native American Flute Music

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Due to the size of the file I decided to use megaupload instead, if this is a problem please notify me and I will change my source.

[sean]

you do realize you can do 200mb on mediafire now, right?

[edwinalink]

Much worse has been uploaded


yeah, I think I win that. easily.

[JD]

The Darklings - Desert Ship

This is pretty good. Yar

[Nicky Thrice]

Blue Scholars post

As a Seattlite myself I feel obligated to give these guys a shout-out. They played in my high school gymnasium for chrissakes. Represent!

same here bro, they rocked the shit

[mod_a]

Thanks for the xx and the AA !!

[scarred]

Memory Tapes – Seek Magic [August 2009]

Quality.

[mod_a]

The xx - xx [2009]

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So good, wrote about this album, thanks for sharing.  I love finding music here.
http://music-addiction.com/2009/08/the-xx-xx/

[bbq]

Brand New - Daisy (2009)

yessss

Thank you.

[Down623]

Brand New - Daisy (2009)

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Been waiting for this. Here's hoping it's better than their last album.

[bedhead138]

Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (2009) ~ Mp3 320

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The Blueprint 3 is the upcoming eleventh studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, set to be released in the US on September 11, 2009 (UK released September 14), which is 8 years after the release of the first Blueprint. It will be the final installment in The Blueprint trilogy, preceded by the critically acclaimed The Blueprint (2001) and the commercially successful The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse (2002). On May 20, 2009 Jay-Z confirmed that he bought out the remainder of his contract from Def Jam Records in order to start his contract with Live Nation, and therefore The Blueprint 3 will be released under Roc Nation and distributed by Atlantic Records.

01.What We Talking About(Ft. Luke Steele) (Produced by Kanye West, No I.D.)
02.Thank You (Produced by Kanye West, No I.D.)
03.D.O.A (Produced by No I.D.)
04.Run This Town (Ft. Rihanna & Kanye West) (Produced by Kanye West, No I.D.)
05.Empire State Of Mind (Ft. Alicia Keys) (Produced by Al Shux)
06.Real As It Gets (Ft. Young Jeezy) (Produced by The Inkredibles)
07.On To The Next One (Ft. Swizz Beatz) (Produced by Swizz Beatz)
08.Off That (Feat. Drake) (Produced by Timbaland)
09.A Star Is Born (Ft. J.Cole) (Produced by Kanye West, No I.D.)
10.Venus Vs. Mars (Produced by Timbaland)
11.Already Home (Ft. Kid Cudi) (Produced by Kanye West)
12.Hate (Ft. Kanye West) (Produced by Kanye West)
13.Reminder (Produced by Timbaland)
14.So Ambitious (Ft. Pharrell) (Produced by The Neptunes)
15.Young Forever (Ft. Mr.Hudson) (Produced by Kanye West)

[Metope]

The new Mountain Goats leaked! I don't have anything to say about it yet since I'm not done listening to it, but it's The Mountain Goats so it's probably a good album. Enjoy!

The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come

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