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[coldenginelogic]

Who's the female Shankar then?

::looks it up::

Anoushka, now I remember.  Never mind!  I didn't realize there was another Shankar besides Ravi and Anoushka.

\-there are two girls-Geethali Norah Jones Shankar
more commonly known just as Norah Jones

[coldenginelogic]

The Parable of Arable Land (1967) is the first album by the Red Krayola, then known as the Red Crayola. The album is self-described as a “Free Form Freak-Out,” and remains one of the most infamous in their catalogue. A “Free Form Freak-Out” segues each of the actual songs, often resurfacing again elsewhere within the songs. The songs introduce mainstay Mayo Thompson’s signature style of abstract lyrics wed to minimalist (and often avant-garde) melodies and rhythms. The album is also notable for instrumental cameos by label mate and 13th Floor Elevators frontman Roky Erickson.

RED KRAYOLA-Parable of Arable

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[Jackie Blue]

CAT POWER AND MOGWAI HAD A BABY; THEY NAMED HER "DIXIE DIRT"



These are some dear friends of mine - I've known the singer/guitarist for around 10 years, even - who put out one of the best, most sad albums I know of.  Combining whisky-drunk cracked vocals courtesy of Kat Brock and long instrumental segments.  Track 3, "Bad Lights", is pretty close to the most perfect song I have ever heard in my life.  Download this or I will cut you.

I almost didn't upload it because my CD is fucked up and the last track, the 10-minute "Appetite", won't rip, but I decided to anyway because then maybe you would have incentive to at least buy that one track from Last.fm (but you should really buy the whole album if you like it, and their newer one, too; you can get it on Amazon).

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[sandwich]

slumber party-psychedelicate
they are on kill rock stars. sounds like somewhere between velvet underground and electrelane. the name of the album kinda hits it on the head, quite soft, psychedelic.

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I have a bottle of bourbon, and i feel like giving back to this thread tonight so strap in.

[sandwich]

speaking of electrelane
electrelane- the power out

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[sandwich]

eletrelane- rock it to the moon

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http://www.mediafire.com/?f219yny3izp those are the first two albums they have two more if people give good feedback i will post the rest. i recommend starting with rock it to the moon more on the instrumental side lots of organ post rock/psychedelic heavy builds quickening pace, a simple drummer whose time changing fills are excellent. JUST PUT IT IN YOUR EARHOLE!

[suitupletsgo]

The Samuel Jackson Five - Easily Misunderstood

From Wikipedia : "The Samuel Jackson Five (or SJ5) is a four-piece band from Norway, which started out as a "failed drum'n'bass-project"[1], but later switched to playing Post-rock music with distinctive jazz influences. They describe their sound as ethereal, experimental, improvised, dynamic music." This is their second of two albums. I haven't been able to find the first yet. Supposedly going to come out with another album Fall '08. I highly suggest them, they make me very happy.

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[sandwich]

The Samuel Jackson Five - Easily Misunderstood

would you say they are like" do make say think"?

[suitupletsgo]

The Samuel Jackson Five - Easily Misunderstood

would you say they are like" do make say think"?

last.fm says so. I say it's similar, yeah, but a bit more loud.

[sandwich]

The Black Lips have a reputation for crazy live shows that have included vomiting, urinating, nudity, band members kissing, fireworks, and a chicken. They have slowly built a fanbase that appreciates their energy and style that is a rough mishmash of blues, rock, doo-wop, country, and punk.
If you dont like this your dead inside.
Black Lips- let it bloom

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[Jackie Blue]

Hey sandwich, you don't need to make a new post for every album you upload.

[sandwich]

Hey sandwich, you don't need to make a new post for every album you upload.

fair enough i will try to keep them together. just have so much to show, and i was making sure i was searching between post so i didnt duplicate albums on the thread. next post will have multiple post.thanks

noticed this was missing from the thread. sorry no track names.

Boards of canada-Twoism
(judge a book by its cover, or an album by its artwork)

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[imagist42]

You... can click the "Modify" button when you're done searching, you know. Or, say, open up another tab for searching.

[Jackie Blue]

fair enough i will try to keep them together.

It's cool, it just helps to keep the pagecount of the thread down so that albums don't get bumped off before people see them.

You could make it up to me by uploading The Campfire Headphase.  

[sandwich]

you got it.
boards of canada- campfire headphase

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and thanks for the advise imagist42...something extra
boards of canada- boc maxima

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this compilation is hard to find


N.Y No Wave- the ultimate east village 80's soundtrack
A 22 tracks CD compilation of the finest of the No Wave songs from the back catalogue of ZE all stars recording artists including : Suicide • Mars • Lydia Lunch • James Chance • Rosa Yemen • The Contortions • Arto Lindsay • James White & the Blacks • Lizzy Mercier Descloux • Teenage Jesus & the Jerks

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[mikebulko]

Creeping Nobodies - Augurs and Auspices

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[Trillian]

I kind of want to contribute, but I don't know what to post.  So the first person to request something will get it.  This isn't expressly breaking any forum rules, and I hope people don't mind.  I am just kind of bored.   

[sandwich]

 the misfits collection II? i cant find that anywhere

[Jackie Blue]

I kind of want to contribute, but I don't know what to post.  So the first person to request something will get it.

Sex.

Wait...

I mean, the first Kills album.  Or the new one.

[Trillian]

okay I don't have the misfits.  But I will look.   

And Jackie, done and done.  I will do two but only because I like you so well. 

[sandwich]

psychic ills??

ok metalocolypse fans dethalbum plus 5 bonus tracks

Dethklok-Dethalbum

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[Jackie Blue]

And Jackie, done and done. 

When we form our cuddlecore band, can we be like The Kills and get as close to having sex onstage as legally possible?

[Trillian]

Just as long as you follow through offstage. 

[ohwellwhatever]

HAWT!
New dEUS album!
dEUS - Vantage Point

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http://www.mediafire.com/?tzjxxnsnmesThe first singles sounded lame, but so far it's pretty solid. It's dEUS anyway, so yay! And thanks for Pere Ubu.

Regarding no wave, there's a nice No New York compilation with the most listenable of jerks, DNA and co. I can upload it later. Wish I was on time, I can't find mclusky's b-sides disc from mcluskyism anywhere, including all record stores around.

[Trillian]

Here is a Psychic Ills album, as I couldn't find the misfits album that you wanted.  But this is what I had! 



Dins by Psychic Ills

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And I decided to upload all three of the The Kills Albums just for the hell of it.



Keep On Your Mean Side by The Kills

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No Wow by The Kills

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Midnight Boom by The Kills

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[E. Spaceman]

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because some people actually haven't listened to it

[pat101]

And I decided to upload all three of the The Kills Albums just for the hell of it.

boss

[Trillian]

because some people actually haven't listened to it

Which is so unfortunate.

[Jackie Blue]

And I decided to upload all three of the The Kills Albums just for the hell of it.

Well, you certainly earned some sex for that.

The kind you like, too.  

[Trillian]

You promise?  I have been a very good girl.   

[onewheelwizzard]

Seriously, guys.  Do we have to go through 2 or 3 of these posts every time one of you does something the other likes?  zerodrone, you literally expressed a goal of keeping the pagecount down ... earlier on this page.

[Patrick]

get a room

fix'd

If you make it up to me by posting Texas Tornados I might forgive you.

[valley_parade]

Patrick, the whole requests thing?

NOT KOSHER, HOMEBOY.


The Ergs - Jersey's Best Prancers


Do we really need a review or explanation for an Ergs album? I think not. It's the fucking Ergs and they're doing pop-punk HELL OF RIGHT. Also, AMG didn't have one.

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[Jackie Blue]

Seriously, guys.  Do we have to go through 2 or 3 of these posts every time one of you does something the other likes? 

Short answer?  Yes!

[E. Spaceman]

We are not going to, actually.

[agers]

Boards of Canada - Music has the right to children

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[Jackie Blue]

We are not going to, actually.

You're going to ban us?

[Albatron]

The Sword - Age of Winters

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from allmusic

ot to be confused with the Canadian heavy metal band from the late '80s, named simply Sword, the Sword is a retro-metal four-piece hailing from -- of all places -- the singer/songwriter oasis of Austin, TX. First conceived in 2003, the Sword really hit their stride about a year later, when founding vocalist and guitarist J.D. Cronise joined forces with guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie, and drummer Trivett Wingo, and made a much raved-over appearance at Austin's famed SXSW festival.National touring stints with everyone from Clutch to indie rock darlings ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead followed, and by mid-2005 the Sword had been picked up by New York-based indie label Kemado Records, with their much-anticipated debut album, Age of Winters, appearing early the next year. Before completing their second album, they released an EP titled Amplified Heat in 2006 and contributed two songs (one original and one Led Zeppelin cover) to a split 12" EP with Swedish heavy rockers Witchcraft in November 2007. Gods of the Earth arrived in spring 2008.

Red Sparowes - Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun.

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from allmusic:

Red Sparowes play a form of intensified, experimental post-rock with a notable use of pedal steel guitar. The Los Angeles act formed in 2003 and features current and former members of other bands: guitarist Bryant Clifford Meyer (Isis), guitarist Josh Graham (visuals for Neurosis), bassist Greg Burns (Halifax Pier), bassist/guitarist Andy Arahood (Angel Hair), and drummer David Clifford (Pleasure Forever).

Apocalyptica - When Worlds Collide

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from allmusic

The Helsinki, Finland, quartet Apocalyptica comprised classically trained cellists Eicca Toppinen, Max Lilja, Antero Manninen, and Paavo Lotjonen; formed in 1993, the group made waves internationally in 1996 with Plays Metallica by Four Cellos, which combined their formal background with their love of heavy metal. The album found favor with both classical buffs and metal heads alike, and two years later Apocalyptica resurfaced with Inquisition Symphony, which featured covers of material by Faith No More and Pantera. They added double bass and percussion to the mix for 2001's Cult, a collection of all-original material, and again on 2003's Reflections. 2005 saw the release of the eponymous Apocalyptica, followed in 2006 by the collection Amplified: Decade of Reinventing the Cello. The band returned to the studio the following year for Worlds Collide.

[good news]

This is a nice little band from Chicago. "Apocalyptic Folk," according to their website.
Root Shoot Leaf- The Gallows

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[Daft pun]

Thee More Shallows - A history of sport fishing

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Thee More Shallows' debut, 2002's A History of Sport Fishing, is a subdued affair, focused on precise arrangements and emotive songwriting rather than the studio-as-instrument bombast of their incredible 2005 follow-up, More Deep Cuts, which became the model for their subsequent releases. They hadn't yet delved into the lo-fi but huge-sounding dynamics that make Cuts such a unique and powerful album. But the tension, paranoia, and despair that characterize the Shallows' modus operandi are readily present, perhaps in their formative stages, even if you have to read between the lines to see them (as in the barely restrained anguish of "The 8th Ring of Hell"). Gentle melodies, hypnotic rhythms, deliberate pacing, and whispered/mumbled vocals create an atmosphere of ennui that's constantly teetering between hopelessness and resignation (as in "The Perfect Map" and the title track). The arrangements have a post-rock feel -- and there are a number of instrumentals included -- but the simple, clean, and often chiming guitar lines, accented by a muted rhythm section and touches of keys, strings, and samples, result in perfect angst-pop confections (as in "The Ballad of Douglas Chin" and "I Do So Have a Sense of Humor"). It's the unstrained subtlety and understatement of the songs collected here that make A History of Sport Fishing such a rewarding listening experience and set the stage for the albums to come.

Thee More Shallows - More Deep Cuts

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This album is good. Really damn good. Thee More Shallow’s Dee Kesler spent nearly three years in the studio with More Deep Cuts before finding it ready for the masses. What we have been presented is a nearly flawless release, which remains faithful to the luminous roots of rock and roll while brilliantly expanding into other arenas in the spectrum of music.

Theirs is a wide reaching sound on More Deep Cuts. While Kesler’s vocals are immaculately clear, clean, and fit to be supported by a happy-go-lucky sound, TMS have decided to present their music tucked away behind the shadows, off in a corner of the room. From the weeping strings of "Int #1" (a la Godspeed You! Black Emperor), to the ominous surroundings of "Cloisterphobia," Kesler awkwardly fits the gloomy sound with his innocently maudlin presentation, introspective tales, and insightful descriptions. And the music is just so damn impressive.

Despite throwing in orchestral aspects, piano, bells, samples, keyboards, horns, drums, and guitars, More Deep Cuts has somehow managed to keep things simple and straightforward. While each individual track has its own unique sound — the languorous aspiration of "Walk of Shame," the beat driven rumble of "Freshman Thesis" — they all flow seamlessly together. The sequencing and spacing have made this an actual album rather than a collection of songs. The time Kesler and Thee More Shallows have spent with More Deep Cuts is apparent on the album. From the layering to the fine-tuning to the tweaking and the clarity, the production, mixing, and mastering are what make this record standout as one of the most original and best releases of 2005.

Thee More Shallows - Monkey vs Shark EP

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Looking at the cover art of this EP, one sees an illustration of a rambunctious monkey and shark in a bedroom setting. What does it all mean? Is it a pictorial allegory where the monkey represents evolution and the shark religion (Jesus fish)? Is it a visual description of the struggle between the sexes—the monkey, male; the shark, female? Masculinity emphasized by such statements as "monkeying around," "monkey wrench," and the monkey armpit scratch; femininity by the sniffing out of lifeblood, water birth (the womb tank), and that smooth, sexy, and sleek dorsal fin? The gender war has been well documented:

Mick Jagger: "I’m a flea-bit peanut monkey...I’m a monkey man!" ("Monkey Man", 1969)

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen: "Sharks, they’re state of the art/ They’re top of the heap/ The T-Rex of the deep." ("Sharks", 2002)

T. Rex: "The sea beasts scull the waters." ("The Sea Beasts", 1969)

Then there was the following attempt made by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart at pacifying the situation, though ignored by the music industry:

The Monkees: "Hey, hey, we’re the Monkees/ People say we monkey around/ But we’re too busy singing to put anybody down." ("(Theme From) The Monkees", 1966)

And then there is the feather the monkey wields in the illustration. Is it for tickling—torture? Does it belong to Yankee Doodle? Has it been plucked from the plume of a peacock? The music on the EP is just as cryptic as the cover art. Thee More Shallows combine mature gadget noises with flimsy toy sounds. The band is playful, but deadly serious. As Buck 65 once said: "I like human contact, but I don’t like to play-fight." This animalistic bedroom romp is more than just touching and teasing—it’s a battle.

Dee Kesler, Chavo Fraser, and Jason Gonzales are clearly referring to an intimate struggle, as the lyrics of the title track indicate: "On creepy sheets in the dark / I was the monkey and you were the shark." The drone, percussive erraticism, eroticism, and siren squeals of the opening number even need the following track, "Int 3," to peter out completely. Peter, being a male, obviously.

The band’s spooky rendition of Al Green’s "I Can’t Get Next To You" is startling. Clear and coherent lyrics over the band’s occult music leave the listener numb with gummy flesh. Odd Nosdam and Yoni Wolf stop in to help their fellow San Franciscan performers with crunch and crunk production and lighthearted harmonies. From start to finish, the shark circles and the monkey swings. All that’s left in the bedroom is shark teeth and ape shit.

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[karl gambolputty...]

I got all homesick for Austin today, and decided to up some of my favorite under-appreciated Austin/Denton bands

Astroblast - This Will Help You On Your Way



They're essentially a perfect mix of twee and shoegaze.  Tweegaze if you will.

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Ed Hall - Motherscratcher

Motherscratcher was the most focused, least whimsical Ed Hall album issued during the trio's career -- certainly more so than Albert and Love Poke Here -- and it was the first in which Gary Chester's exceptional Paul Leary meets Robert Fripp guitar playing truly sang out. Furthermore, the bottom end, provided by Will Shatter-esque bass player Larry Strub is the perfect architectural framework around which Chester's prickly riffs and trebly, note-driven leads can jab and dance. The opening "White House Girls," with its exaggerated backbeat, and laughing chorus, is a near-perfect example of this. Texturally, Ed Hall, with this album, was beginning to resemble a more cryptic and nuanced, less abrasive version of Flipper, one of the trio's most salient influences. What also distinguishes Motherscratcher from previous Ed Hall efforts is it's more rock-oriented rhythms, perhaps owing to new drummer Lyman Hardy; either way, the approach is more serious, straightforward, and memorable. It is with this album that Ed Hall fully found their voice, even if they had but one album left. "Satori in Manhattan, Kansas" is a strikingly beautiful instrumental, one eclipsed by very little in rock music. Ed Hall's finest album.

tl;dr They love the Butthole Surfers.

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Transona Five - Melatonin Bullet EP



Sad, slow, and shoegazey. 

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(If you are picky about this sort of thing, the folder is named wrong because I got the name of the album wrong when i first ripped it.)

Paul Newman - Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Much like Frames Per Second, Only Love Can Break Your Heart tends to borrow a bit more from Tortoise's self-titled debut than one might wish. Fortunately, Only Love comes across as the more original of the two, if only because it contains a healthy Slint influence. Whether derivative or not, the results are appealing listening -- the record's shifting dynamics, rhythmic changes, ringing melodies, and solid composition are all lovely enough to keep listeners from caring about the (arguable) pointlessness of the band's sound.

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Monroe Mustang - Plain Sweeping Themes For The Unprepared

Some four years in the making, Monroe Mustang's full-length debut was worth the wait -- the group possesses a finely-honed melodic sensibility put to excellent use on lo-fi pop gems like "Vinyl," "The Elephant Sound" and "We Aren't the Stars."

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More to come

[MisterFoolish]

I know its been mentioned and discussed on these forums about ten quadrillion times, but for those who don't have it, here it is.

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

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By refining the song-oriented breakthroughs of Sister and developing their fascination with noise and alternate tunings, Sonic Youth created a masterpiece of post-punk art rock with the double-album Daydream Nation. Though the self-conscious sprawl of the album might appear self-indulgent on the surface, Daydream Nation is powered by a sustained vision, one that encapsulates all of the group's quirks and strengths. Alternating between tense, hypnotic instrumental passages and furious noise explosions, the music demonstrates a range of emotions and textures, and in many ways, it's hard not to listen to the record as one long piece of shifting dynamics. But the songs themselves are remarkable, from the anti-anthem of "Teen Age Riot" and the punky "Silver Rocket" to the hazy drug dreams of "Providence" and the rolling waves of "Eric's Trip." Daydream Nation demonstrates the extent to which noise and self-conscious avant art can be incorporated into rock, and the results are nothing short of stunning.

I'm in love with a lot of the contributions here. My library has at least doubled in size.

[amok]

Right Away Great Captain!- The Bitter End LP

The Bitter End is the first release from Andy Hull's solo project, Right Away, Great Captain. The album was recorded in 3 days near Bastian, VA in August of 2006. It is a concept record focusing on a 1600's sailor at sea for 3 years. Each song being a journal entry to his family at home or his captain.

Andy Hull is quite possibly one of the best new songwriters in the past few years. Sure, he's not going to make Rolling Stone as the next Bright Eyes or Dylan, and Pitchfork would probably write him off quicker than they would eat up the new Of Montreal album. Hull is as quiet as Sam Beam and possibly as metaphoric while possessing the simplicity of his friends and peers Jesse Lacey and Kevin Devine. With his main project, Manchester Orchestra, most can tell how Hull and Co. take simple song structures and make it into something big and something real. Right Away, Great Captain! is not going to be Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea or The Microphones's The Glow Pt.2, but the raw underlining is present.

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This album is some really awesome lo-fi indie minstrelsy from the frontman of Manchester Orchestra.

Quoting this from the top of the last page because the thread's moving so fast now - I really, really enjoyed this. Thank you for the upload and highly recommended to others.

[Jackie Blue]

I'm in love with a lot of the contributions here. My library has at least doubled in size.

You should buy some of the albums you download.

[MisterFoolish]

I buy albums! I just kind of lost control for about a week, but I'm much better now. 

[agers]

A Classic in my opinion - The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery & Imagination



From CD Universe - The maiden voyage of the Alan Parsons Project, 1976's TALES OF MYSTERY & IMAGINATION, finds Parsons paying homage to the thrilling work of suspense legend Edgar Allan Poe. Although such an ambitious undertaking would likely be a disaster for most debuting artists, Parsons had engineered albums by the Beatles and Pink Floyd, making the British musician more than familiar with adventurous, highly textured records.

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[Patrick]

You should buy some of the albums you download.

Tell me where I can find some Texas Tornados.

[onewheelwizzard]

This is 5 pages too late, but ...

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Imagine if a bunch of electronic musicians from tijuana one day thought"hey, how come all our stuff sounds like we come from Detroit?" and then decided to make electronic music taking the musical elements that are found in Tijuana instead. Tex Mex, Mariachis, Tambora and the like, and they were pretty good! This is the last one they did and probably the most polished one.

BLUUUUUUUUHHHH SOO GOOOD

[breakfastcake]

Joel Plaskett Emergency - Ashtray Rock


allmusic (4/5)

If there's any experience that's universal in post-war North America, it's going to high school, falling for the wrong person and suffering untold angst as a result. While Joel Plaskett is hardly the first guy to write a song about this all-too-common turn of events, very few have gone so far as to spin the tale into a concept album, which is what Plaskett and his band the Emergency have done with Ashtray Rock. Thankfully, Ashtray Rock is on a par with the late and lamented television series Freaks and Geeks in terms of getting the details of life in the teenage nation just right -- in Plaskett's tale, two guys lose their friendship when they fall for the same girl and vie for her attentions during evenings spent getting drunk on cheap beer at the local teenage hangout (the Ashtray Rock of the title). In time, one wins her heart (but only for a while) while the other forms a rock & roll band. Plaskett's narrative isn't a marvel of originality, but that's also part of what makes it effective -- if you didn't live out this story (or something like it), you doubtless know someone who did, and the bits where the kids compare notes on music, make out while trapped in a snowstorm or struggle to make sense of why they can't be loved by the objects of their obsessions all ring painfully true. Just as importantly, Plaskett's music fits this tale perfectly, nestled between smart power pop and vintage hard rock, and his vague vocal resemblance to Jackson Browne helps give this material an appropriate period patina without forcing the issue. Ashtray Rock is by turns funny, smart and heartbreaking in its tales of problematic adolescent romance, and the music is an ideal match, hitting a strong emotional pitch without sinking into melodrama, and nearly anyone who (a) loves rock & roll, or (b) still thinks about their eleventh grade crush late at night will love this album.

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Joel Plaskett Emergency - In Need of Medical Attention


allmusic (4.5/5)

n Need of Medical Attention could be tossed off as Thrush Hermit unplugged, but Joel Plaskett -- Hermit's former lead vocalist and primary songwriter -- makes sure the similarities are minimal. He strips down his material to its most sparse and naked, and adds introspection and intimacy to his expressive yet simple songs. The low-quality production gives the recording a rough, rustic feel, which only adds to its allure. Laced with humor, yearning, regret, apathy, sarcasm, wit, and love, Plaskett's thoughts are courageously, confidently plunked down on this drowsy, somewhat awkward, and ultimately poignant album with nothing to hide or fear. The acoustic yet anthemic "Weigh It Down," the sparse but emotional "The News of Your Son," the country-tinged "I'd Rather Be Deadly Than Dead," and the title track are among the best songs, and "Goodbye Doctor" fades with the pretty, echoey lyric "a gentleman of God." (The album is in memory of Plaskett's late grandfather, a physician.) In Need of Medical Attention is ephemeral, heartfelt, and brave. It characterizes the thin and wiry Plaskett (who had health problems of his own in 1999) emotionally and physically in one recording: delicate but resilient, spare yet multilayered, and achingly honest.

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Joel Plaskett Emergency - Down by the Kyhber


allmusic (3/5)

Down at the Khyber, released in 2001, finds Canadian indie-rock fixture Joel Plaskett (formerly of Thrush Hermit) continuing to mature as a songwriter with a knack for endearingly awkward, heartfelt lyrics and inventive compositions with a classic rock feel. At times echoing such diverse artists as Gram Parsons, Jeff Buckley, Big Star and fellow Canadians Max Webster, the Joel Plaskett Emergency manages to mould their influences into a unique sound. Notable tracks include the trippy rocker "Maybe We Should Just Go Home," the catchy pop of "True Patriot Love," and the ballad "Clueless Wonder." All things considered, Down at the Khyber is a solid rock record by one of Canada's finest emerging songwriters.

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Joel Plaskett - Make a Little Noise (Bonus CD)

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Do you like Leonard Cohen? How about Nick Drake? Smog, maybe? Of course you do; these are all likeable people. This being the case, you will also enjoy this. Really good folky music in the vein of all those guys, with maybe just a touch of Elliott Smith. This is one of the best albums I've heard in a while.

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