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[Ocarina654]

Here is the second Demons and Wizards album to complement morca007's post above.

Demons and Wizards - Touched By The Crimson King

Digi-pack Cover

Real Cover

http://www.mediafire.com/?79xtxve1u9x

I don't like any of the reviews I can find.  Just listen to the whole thing and decide for yourself if you like it.

MP3 format.
By the way, this contains the "special edition" or Digi-pack version of the album, so it contains four bonus songs, namely, that last four.
Enjoy!

[imapiratearg]

Thursday, Coheed, and stuff.

Uhm...Except for The Promise Ring (who are pretty cool), I don't really think any of those bands are "emo," but pop punk.  If you really want to hear some emo, listen to like, Rites of Spring, or Sunny Day Real Estate.  I think I'll upload Diary and Disk 1 of Cap'n Jazz's Analphabetapolothology.  In my opinion, the first wave of emo was the best.

[pinkpiche]

Yup, imapiratearg is right. All that stuff you just mentioned sounds more like Nickelback than Jawbreaker.

LISTEN TO END ON END

[Spinless]

Thursday and the Promise Ring sound like neither! Jawbreaker were not emo by any useful definition of the term! They were pop-punk! Crazy people deny that. Crazy people also deny the holocaust.
Denying Jawbreaker were just a straight forward pop-punk band is like denying the holocaust.

[valley_parade]

I just discovered this little gem

Cos I posted it on the last page? =P



Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder

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http://www.mediafire.com/?c19d32uvjjr
Slowdive - Just for A Day

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http://www.mediafire.com/?6g9ibjnhib0

[a pack of wolves]

Uhm...Except for The Promise Ring (who are pretty cool), I don't really think any of those bands are "emo," but pop punk.  If you really want to hear some emo, listen to like, Rites of Spring, or Sunny Day Real Estate.  I think I'll upload Diary and Disk 1 of Cap'n Jazz's Analphabetapolothology.  In my opinion, the first wave of emo was the best.

I rather agree, but they all used to get called emo all the time back in the day when the term was only known by the kind of people who read cut and pasted zines so I can see why they described them as such. Neither Sunny Day Real Estate nor Cap'n Jazz are from the first wave, Rites of Spring, Embrace, Moss Icon and The Hated are the kind of thing you want for that. If anyone's interested in emo stuff I have a slew of stuff I can upload (in addition to the Evergreen discog I upped on the last page and the bands mentioned above) like Native Nod, Indian Summer, Love Lost But Not Forgotten, Funeral Diner etc, I've never bothered before because I didn't think anybody on here would really be interested.

[valley_parade]

Breaking the request rule to say:

I've never heard Sunny Day Real Estate. Someone change that, please.

[a pack of wolves]

Here you go, this is their first album. However, after uploading this I will probably end up uploading loads of things where people yelp and sing out of key that nobody but me cares about so you should probably feel bad.



Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary

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http://www.mediafire.com/?38mvcy3djmh

[imapiratearg]

I love that album.  I'll post End on End when I get home tonight.  Yeah, you are right, a pack of wolves.  Cap'n Jazz and Sunny Day aren't first wave emo, but they're much better than what is passing off for it nowadays.

[a pack of wolves]

I don't know about that, the new What Price, Wonderland? album is killer (even if they do have the worst name ever) and that 7" Jupiter Lander did before they split was top notch. Now that you mention it I'd much rather listen to La Quiete than Sunny Day Real Estate actually, La Fine Non E La Fine is a superb album and it's only three or so years old. They're still that good too, they rip it up live every time. And Feint really need to get something out, that band keep getting better and better every time I see them play. Funeral Diner too, I'm still loving that band. In fact, I think I'll upload Difference of Potential, quality album.

In case you can't tell, I like emo just a little bit.

[valley_parade]

Thanks, wolves. That's some good shit.

[a pack of wolves]

It's no bother, I'm on a total emo tip lately since the Feint/What Price, Wonderland? gig so I'm all about this stuff at the moment.

On that note, here is some excellent somewhat more recent emo. I rather wish I could upload something even more recent but I can't rip from vinyl so this will have to do. It's a great record though so it's all good.



Funeral Diner - Difference of Potential

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http://www.mediafire.com/?0mf1xzxja5v
This is what the label, Ape Must Not Kill Ape, has to say about the record:

FUNERAL DINER - Difference of Potential CD/LP
This is a great follow up to the Funeral Diner/Staircase split LP. Funeral Diner creates a dramatic and moody hardcore assault that is over flowing with passionate and well crafted songs. Slightly arty, slightly depressing, very emotive, solidly honest, and intense sounding music that never lets go of their passion. Funeral Diner will be on a US tour this summer. Featuring an ex-member of Portraits of Past.

[bulldawg982]

King Crimson - In The Court of King Crimson

This reissue of King Crimson's debut, In the Court of the Crimson King (1969), renders all previous pressings obsolete. In the late '90s, Robert Fripp remastered the entire Crimson catalog for inclusion in a 30th anniversary edition. Nowhere was the upgrade more deserved (or necessary) than on this rock & roll cornerstone. Initially, King Crimson consisted of Robert Fripp (guitar), Ian McDonald (reeds/woodwind/vibes/keyboards/Mellotron/vocals), Greg Lake (bass/vocals), Michael Giles (drums/percussion/vocals), and Peter Sinfield (words/illuminations). As if somehow prophetic, King Crimson projected a darker and edgier brand of post-psychedelic rock. Likewise, they were inherently intelligent -- a sort of thinking man's Pink Floyd. Fripp demonstrates his innate aptitude for contrasts and the value of silence within a performance, even as far back as "21st Century Schizoid Man." The song is nothing short of the aural antecedent to what would become the entire heavy alternative/grunge sound. Juxtaposed with that electric intensity is the ethereal noir ballad "I Talk to the Wind." The delicate vocal harmonies and McDonald's achingly poignant flute solo and melodic counterpoint remain unmatched on an emotive level. The surreal and opaque lyrics are likewise an insight to Peter Sinfield's masterful wordplay, which graced their next three releases. The original A-side concludes with the powerful sonic imagery of "Epitaph." The haunting Mellotron wails, and Fripp's acoustic -- as well as electric -- guitar counterpoints give the introduction an almost sacred feel, adding measurably to the overall sinister mood. Giles' percussion work provides a pungent kick during the kettle drum intro and to the aggressive palpitation-inducing rhythm in the chorus. "Moonchild" is an eerie love song that is creepy, bordering on uncomfortable. The melody is agile and ageless, while the instrumentation wafts like the wind through bare trees. Developing out of the song is an extended improvisation that dissolves into a non-structured section of free jazz, with brief guitar lines running parallel throughout. The title track, "In the Court of the Crimson King," completes the disc with another beautifully bombastic song. Here again, the foreboding featured in Sinfield's lyrics is instrumentally matched by the contrasting verbosity in the chorus and the delicate nature of the verses and concluding solos. Of course, this thumbnail appraisal pales in comparison to experiencing the actual recording. Thanks to Fripp and company's laborious efforts, this 30th anniversary edition sports sound as majestic as it has ever been within the digital domain. Frankly, the HDCD playback compatibility even bests the warmth and timbre of an original 1-A vinyl pressing. This is especially critical during the quieter passages throughout "Moonchild" and "I Talk to the Wind." Initial releases were housed in a limited-edition gatefold replica of the original LP packaging and were accompanied by an oversized 12-page memorabilia booklet with photos and press clippings from the era.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/fzjpd0

[amok]

Funeral Diner - Difference of Potential

cheers buddy, sounds interesting.

(placeholder) currently uploading the Spy vs Spy re-release 2cd set. it's jawesome.

[imapiratearg]

I don't know about that, the new What Price, Wonderland? album is killer (even if they do have the worst name ever) and that 7" Jupiter Lander did before they split was top notch. Now that you mention it I'd much rather listen to La Quiete than Sunny Day Real Estate actually, La Fine Non E La Fine is a superb album and it's only three or so years old. They're still that good too, they rip it up live every time. And Feint really need to get something out, that band keep getting better and better every time I see them play. Funeral Diner too, I'm still loving that band. In fact, I think I'll upload Difference of Potential, quality album.

In case you can't tell, I like emo just a little bit.

Well, I meant stuff like, Fall Out Boy and their ilk.  Stuff that is labeled "emo" but really isn't.

[E. Spaceman]

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http://www.sendspace.com/file/l3isfx
This is "Most of the remixes we've made for other people over the years except for the one for Einstürzende Neubauten because we lost it and a few we didn't think sounded good enough or just didn't fit in length-wise, but including some that are hard to find because either people forgot about them or simply because they haven't been released yet, a few we really love, one we think is just ok, some we did for free, some we did for money, some for ourselves without permission and some for friends as swaps but never on time and always at our studio in Ghent." by Soulwax. It is pretty much what the title says! Soulwax makes killer remixes. Also, it turns out i'm really bad at uploading double albums because i forgot to upload the second disc which is also awesome, will do after work.

[TwinkyToes]

here is an album i uploaded for shane: http://www.mediafire.com/?0lxd4o10nyd

here is their allmusic page: http://wm02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jifoxzuhldje

thanks

[valley_parade]

Cryuff In The Bedroom - Perfect Silence

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http://www.mediafire.com/?6nt1xzzhlbj

(thank you, Vivian!)

[a pack of wolves]

cheers buddy, sounds interesting.

(placeholder) currently uploading the Spy vs Spy re-release 2cd set. it's jawesome.

Yes! You're a legend. The mini-cd is undoubtedly my favourite emo record of all time, I've had it in constant rotation since it came out and one day I hope to be in an emo band that's half that good. Sadly, I never got around to getting a copy of Little Lights at the time, then Subjugation went under and the band split before I got to see them, I was gutted. Happily they're back now and I'll be picking this up when they play here soon (I am more excited about that gig than any since I saw Fugazi years ago) but it'll be mint to re-familiarise myself with Little Lights again before I see them since it must be a good five years since I last heard those songs.

imapiratearg: Ah, I see what you mean. Since most of the people I talk about music with are DIY nerds I tend to forget about all that stuff getting called emo.

I think I'm going to upload some more cracking emo, maybe some Moss Icon.

[amok]

ding.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JKL0A5YV
Spy vs Spy discography.

Had the pleasure of seeing this lot live a few weeks back, absolutely blinding.

[Clintaga]

Okay, while The Promise Ring and Thursday are most assuredly Emo, yeah the other albums I posted were Pop/Punk and Prog-Emo. Saves the Day's Through being Cool is still totally totally awesome, and mislabel aside, you should still try it out.
That said, I am utterly thrilled to have opened up some emo floodgates. Please good god, If there is more 1st wave emo to be had, make it so, that Sunny Day Album has eluded me for YEARS.

I'd also like to stress that I specifically went out of my way NOT to post Fall Out Boy and their "Ilk". Whatever over produced club remix garbage the genre has become, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Juliana Theory, You know, really good music, will almost always be really good. In any case:

If anyone's interested in emo stuff I have a slew of stuff I can upload (in addition to the Evergreen discog I upped on the last page and the bands mentioned above) like Native Nod, Indian Summer, Love Lost But Not Forgotten, Funeral Diner etc, I've never bothered before because I didn't think anybody on here would really be interested.

I am Here and would really be interested =) Also, anyone open minded enough to accept that good music doesn't have to be eight minutes of droning space riffs or Post-Industrial Folk or whatever us Hipsters are breathing these days, please expand your record vocabulary and check this jank out!

Also, HUGE PROPS to Demons and Wizards. Thanks for both albums you guys.

EDIT: I feel it'd be important to point out that none of the 5 albums I posted sound ANYTHING even REMOTELY like Nickelback. Nothing against Nickelback, but they sound as much like Nickelback and they do "The Lord of the Rings OST". If I should be listening to End on End, Something I'm open to, can you make it so?

[michaelicious]

I think I'm going to upload some more cracking emo, maybe some Indian Summer.

[a pack of wolves]

You have a dog in a wig as your avatar. How can I say no? Indian Summer coming soon, I should have the discog on this computer. Edit: No I don't, it must have been on my old computer and I haven't replaced the whole thing yet. I need to get it back though, so I'll up it once I have done.

I am Here and would really be interested =) Also, anyone open minded enough to accept that good music doesn't have to be eight minutes of droning space riffs or Post-Industrial Folk or whatever us Hipsters are breathing these days, please expand your record vocabulary and check this jank out!

In that case, grab the Spy Versus Spy discog amok posted and the Evergreen discog I posted on the last page. Also sort yourself out with this:

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Moss Icon - Lyburnum

If I've done it right this should be the Vermiform cd reissue with the extra tracks from It Disappears, it was originally released with the first ten tracks as Lyburnum Wit's End Liberation Fly on the same label. These guys formed in 1986, just one year after revolution summer and along with The Hated were one of the bands responsible for taking emo out to a wider audience. Great as Rites of Spring were they never played outside Washington DC, it was bands like Moss Icon who toured playing this music and are responsible for it still being alive today. This album's truly essential for anyone with an interest in emo.

[amok]

How can I say no? Indian Summer coming soon

Oh fuckin' A. These guys seem to get mentioned in the same breath whenever anyone's talking about decent emo, been meaning to check 'em out for ages. Stellar effort mate.

[Clintaga]

Spy vs. Spy: Check
Moss Icon: Check
Evergreen: Check

These are fantastic, but I would hate to be a lout and rely exclusively on this thread to expand my tastes. What other Older-than-school Emo bands are there that I should be on the lookout for. (Telling me to listen to a band AND THEN uploading it after I find it elsewhere will ALWAYS be funny)

EDIT: I'm also gonna hand this little gem out.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?1mm1ynyj2jv
The Smashing Pumpkins are a really great band. This is a really great EP by that band (Feat. Acoustic Tonight Tonight!!) I've been told by some friends who are HUGE SP fans that this album is rare these days, but my buddy's Ex girlfriend just gave me a giant box of CDs, so I don't care. Enjoy.

[michaelicious]

You have a dog in a wig as your avatar. How can I say no? Indian Summer coming soon, I should have the discog on this computer. Edit: No I don't, it must have been on my old computer and I haven't replaced the whole thing yet. I need to get it back though, so I'll up it once I have done.

Aww yeah.

[a pack of wolves]

I could go on about emo for ages, so I should probably just start an emo thread instead of clogging this one up with recommendations.

Right then, Indian Summer. Now, before I get to the upload I need to explain a bit about this. First of all, the tags are all screwed up, the tracks aren't in a proper order and this doesn't constitute exactly their released discography. Why? Well, the problem with Indian Summer is that they never named their songs. Unlike a band such as Arsedestroyer where the songs are named 1, 2, etc when you download them, with Indian Summer fans named their songs and tagged them as such. Unfortunately their was never consensus on what the songs should be called, so whenever you get something what the tracks are called is based on what the person ripping it decided to name them. Sadly, I don't own a physical copy of this record (I think it's oop but I could be wrong about that) to solve the problem by doing my own rip. So this is all the Indian Summer I have, some 14 tracks. Several are duplicates, there are two versions of the song called Sugar Pill, Your Train Is Leaving is the same as I Think Your Train Is Leaving, Truman is the same as Untitled, Asking Angel is Aren't You Angel. The reason I've included the duplicates is because most of these are vinyl rips so the quality varies and this way you can select which version of the track you prefer, also I'm a bit useless with dropping tracks when I start fiddling around with uploads and I was worried I'd balls it up. And since there's no consensus on what the songs are called I can't work out the order they should be in or even if this is everything they released (I think it is though), although this should be possible I've never been fussed enough to do it myself.

Indian Summer - Discography (I think)

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http://www.mediafire.com/?4vd0wf2jtbo

[amok]

Holy shit that's confusing. I may have to sober up before downloading and sorting that. But thanks

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=703FKKWN
Morphine - Cure For Pain

Morphine is a rarity -- bluesy, bare-bones rock & roll without any guitars. Instead of guitar riffs, the trio relies on sliding two-string basslines, raucous saxophones, and wry, ironically detached vocals. During the mid-'90s, Morphine gained a sizable cult following in America, primarily due to good word of mouth, heavy college airplay, and positive reviews.

With their cult following growing, Morphine expanded their audience even further with their exceptional 1994 sophomore effort, Cure for Pain. Whereas their debut, Good, was intriguing yet not entirely consistent, Cure for Pain more than delivered. The songwriting was stronger and more succinct this time around, while new drummer Billy Conway made his recording debut with the trio (replacing Jerome Deupree). Like the debut, most of the material shifts between depressed and upbeat, with a few cacophonic rockers thrown in between. Such selections as "Buena," "I'm Free Now," "All Wrong," "Candy," "Thursday," "In Spite of Me" (one of the few tracks to contain six-string guitar), "Let's Take a Trip Together," "Sheila," and the title track are all certifiable Morphine classics. And again, Mark Sandman's two-string slide bass and Dana Colley's sax work help create impressive atmospherics throughout the album. Cure for Pain was unquestionably one of the best and most cutting-edge rock releases of the '90s.

yeah.

[Scandanavian War Machine]

oh man, thank you for the Morphine! i have The Night and a Greatest Hits of some kind but i've been meaning to get that album for so long! fantastic!

edit: oh, it appears to be unavailable at the moment. dang.

[amok]

Yeah I ran a search and saw that the two you mentioned were up a couple months back, but an uploady thread without the best CD is criminal

yr more'n welcome pal. it'll be ok in a few minutes, always seems to be unavailable right after it's done sending.

[a pack of wolves]

Yeah, sorry about that with the Indian Summer. I really wish people hadn't bothered giving them names when the band didn't or that I was better at working out which names refer to which songs, it confuses me so badly.

Clintaga: I started a thread about emo with some recommendations in for you.

[onewheelwizzard]

I just discovered this little gem

Cos I posted it on the last page? =P

You know, I was wondering where I got that.  I get music at such a rate nowadays that I often forget precisely where it came from.  I checked back to make sure I hadn't done that but not far enough (I used the "these are recent posts" bit of the posting page).  Now I just feel really dumb.  Consider this a thank you, I suppose.

[imapiratearg]

Hooray for good emo!



http://www.mediafire.com/?a0tc9zjocak

[michaelicious]

Indian Summer - Discography (I think)

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http://www.mediafire.com/?4vd0wf2jtbo

Thanks a lot, this is probably as close as you're gonna get to a complete discography with a band as evasive as Indian Summer. I doubt that their stuff is still in print, which is a shame.

[Trillian]

A damn fine first post. I love me some Jens.

Well I am glad you enjoyed it!

Sheesh this thread moves almost too quickly for me to keep up!  Sorry for the delay in my promised "real" post.  Had a storm last night and my internet went missing.  I found it this morning though so it is all good.  On to the important part!


Scribble Music Comic Journal by A Sunny Day in Glasgow

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http://www.mediafire.com/?3fww5dxt2n4

If listening to Scribble Mural Comic Journal could be likened to watching a horror flick made in the 1950s, Ben Daniels would be a skinny teenage genius in a baggy lab coat, his twin sisters Lauren and Robin would be his eerie assistants clad in go-go boots, and the album itself would be his robot bride. In other words, A Sunny Day in Glasgow's debut is ambitious to the point of becoming monstrous; it strides right past the pop-oriented shoegaze material of the preceding EP and dives right into the sometimes miry tangle of Ben's auditory imagination. Lauren and Robin's tightly wound vocals are gorgeously incomprehensible, the guitars are acidic and knotted, the drums sound like they were recorded at the bottom of an abandoned mineshaft, and the whole thing comes off like a hot, blurry night at the bar. It's the kind of album that demands headphones.

I adore this album.  Since the release of their EP The Sunniest Day Ever I have been hooked and really interested in seeing where this group will go.  I definitely was not disappointed with the results thus far.  Also, I know we aren't supposed to make requests, but I am going to deviate outside of that rule for a moment.  Does anyone have their EP Tout New Age?  I was just curious.  (Actually I really, really want it).


Armchair Apocrypha by Andrew Bird

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http://www.mediafire.com/?6c6t1koxcgo

With Armchair Apocrypha, Andrew Bird takes another developmental departure from his previous works, though not nearly in as drastic a fashion as his previous album-to-album jumps in style. This has become expected of Bird and is one of the merits that make each of his releases highly anticipated. Where in the past Bird has impressed listeners with his violin artistry and vocal delivery, and later his use of electronic looping and whistling, with Armchair he allows the songs to breath more on their own, using the aforementioned elements to blend into the structural integrity of the songs rather than predominately featuring each component. This is not to say his previous approaches were ineffective, but rather an observation that is one of the essential reasons Armchair Apocrypha holds together more cohesively than Bird's previous outings. Perhaps the heavy inclusion of drummer and electric pianist Martin Dosh has much to do with this cohesion; it is the first time Dosh and Bird have teamed up on a recording, though the two had been touring together with regularity for a couple of years previous to this. Dosh provides excellent propulsion as a drummer and his Rhodes/Wurlitzer playing adds a deep and dynamic warmth to the entire album. With a few other guests, most noticeably bassist Chris Morrissey's playing on five of the 12 tracks, Armchair is the first album since the 2001 release of The Swimming Hour that feels like a band playing together rather than songs built in separate layers.

We Brave Bee Stings and All by Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Down

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http://www.mediafire.com/?1gqzxlt2mva

Sweet but not sappy, Nguyen's inviting folk pop has some of Jolie Holland's woozy swagger, a pinch of Beth Orton's genteel grace, and endless reserves of energy. Though ringing guitars and eager singing imply she's a bubbly amateur, her deceptively sophisticated songs offer intriguing sketches of troubled lives. "I have seen fear and convenience / I have never glimpsed romance," Nguyen chirps amid perky handclaps; elsewhere, she exclaims brightly, "You're never gonna love me like I need." Nguyen's aversion to standard melodrama makes her terse dispatches all the more convincing.

This is a little bit of a leak.  I say a little bit because the release date is right around the corner (January 29).  She also released an album Like the Linen last year which quite possibly makes it onto my list of top albums of 2007. 

Heretic Pride by The Mountain Goats
(Unfortunately I have no album art for you!  I suppose the size of the last one makes up for it.)

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The Mountain Goats are one of the more unusual bands to find shelter under the ever-expanding umbrella term of indie rock. Hyper-prolific and militantly lo-fi, there are over a hundred Mountain Goats songs scattered across compilations and label samplers, most of them recorded (by choice) on a department-store boom box. Although many musicians have contributed to Mountain Goats releases, by far the person most identified with the outfit is singer/guitarist John Darnielle. (In fact, many Mountain Goats tracks feature only Darnielle's nasal bleat and his primitive yet frenzied acoustic guitar.) Taking the name from the Screamin' Jay Hawkins song "Big Yellow Coat," Darnielle donned the Mountain Goats moniker in 1991 while working as a nurse in a California State hospital and began releasing cassette-only albums for the Shrimper label. Despite attracting a devoted underground following (or, possibly, because of it) the Mountain Goats continued to release songs in cassette form only for many years, using tape hiss as, virtually, an additional instrument.

Another leak.  This album is set to be released February 19, 2008.  So those of you that are interested get it a little bit early.  That is all for today, kids.  Hope that there are at least a few of you that can get a kick out of these albums. 

[Trillian]

Soulwax Remixes

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http://www.sendspace.com/file/l3isfx


This is missing track 5.    At least, it was for me when I downloaded it.  It could be that my computer is secretly withholding tracks from me.  Either way, it made me sad.

[sean]

Attn all posting emo, especially a pack of wolves...

thank you. please keep it coming.

Now on that line, I'll contribute too!

Saetia- A Retrospective

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http://www.mediafire.com/?cem2xngwgst

Before the term got applied to every Weezer-lite band with guitars and a singer in nerd glasses, emo was an offshoot of hardcore punk (see Rites of Spring, early Fugazi, etc.). The short-lived Saetia, whose demo tape, single, LP, and one compilation track are collected on this 23-track, 73-minute disc, never forgot their history, and A Retrospective is emo at its purest. The band mixes hardcore aggression with stop-on-a-dime shifts in dynamics and time signatures, easily shifting from passages of post-rock complexity to pure bash-it-out aggression and back. Think Joan of Arc with considerably more rock muscle behind it. (Drummer Greg Drudy is particularly impressive.) Over this, singer Billy Werner alternately howls and moans lyrics that mostly stay on the right side of the most common emo pitfall -- overblown words that sound like the sort of thing pretentious high school kids who read too much Kerouac would think was cool -- but occasionally slip over. Aside from that, however, A Retrospective is a powerful slab of emo, and both an excellent starting point for newcomers to the genre, and an essential document for fans.

[TrialAndTerror]

This is my favourite page of my favourite thread ever. Even though i have at least a digital version of all of it already. Anything attached to the word emo in here is awesome and eveyone should get on it.

Would love to add to this, but all my stuff is in AAC and take it that's unpopular here... It's all in 320 though so my question is should I convert it to mp3, will it still be high enough quality? If not I guess I'll re-rip some cds but that will have to wait as its 2 am.

Also, I saw the Spy Vs Spy cd in hmv at uni in Norwich, but didn't pick it up... If that sucker's gone when I get back next week I'm going to be gutted. Had no idea they were back!

[GenericName]

It's all in 320 though so my question is should I convert it to mp3, will it still be high enough quality?

It really depends on the settings in the program you use. Anyways, i hate to be offending anyone but above 220 it's usually really hard to tell the difference. If youre using iTunes, it may automatically rip to 160 though so you'll want to check.

Honestly i think whatever you rip it to, the people that download it should be grateful no matter whether its at 128 or 320, as long as it's mp3.

[Trillian]

Sea Wolf - Leaves in the River

I love this album.  That is all really.  Thanks for uploading it. 

[David_Dovey]

Aphex Twin- Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2

Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2 is a more difficult and challenging album than Aphex Twin's previous collection. The music is all texture; there are only the faintest traces of beats and forward movement. Instead, all of these untitled tracks are long, unsettling electronic soundscapes, alternately quiet and confrontational; although most of the music is rather subdued, it is never easy listening. While some listeners may find this double-disc album dull (both discs run over 70 minutes), many listeners will be intrigued and fascinated by the intricately detailed music of Aphex Twin.

Disc 1

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Disc 2

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http://www.mediafire.com/?ci5ynzg1n29

[Trillian]

Is it just me or did all of the mediafire links stop working?

I don't think it is just you.  I tested things and got an error message on all of the ones I tried.  Maybe the server is down? 

[Ishotdanieljohnston]

On an unrelated note.

Trillian your avator is mad ass, I fucking love that episode of Black Books.

[Trillian]

I am just glad someone gets it.  Generally people just ask me how much I charge, and I have to send them on their way.  Although, for someone that appreciates Black Books as much as I do, perhaps licentious robot prostitution is in order?

For those of you that don't know Black Books, here is a happy clip (and consequently, where my icon comes from)!

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Yay for off topic!  Fin.

[Tom]

Media fire better be fucking working 'cause tonight, I wanna upload Banjo Story, Snake's Got A Leg and Icons, Abstract Thee.

[TrialAndTerror]

It really depends on the settings in the program you use. Anyways, i hate to be offending anyone but above 220 it's usually really hard to tell the difference. If youre using iTunes, it may automatically rip to 160 though so you'll want to check.

Honestly i think whatever you rip it to, the people that download it should be grateful no matter whether its at 128 or 320, as long as it's mp3.

Haha well I dunno, hard drive space wasn't an issue when I started doing it, just after I'd got a £200+ pair of headphones, so I thought "why not go for the best"? Now I'm downloading stuff whatever the quality if I want it, so not too sure why I keep ripping that high... OK, well if mediafire is working I'll get some stuff up today then.

[michaelicious]

Some Cap'n Jazz for amok, and everyone else too!



Disc 1

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http://www.mediafire.com/?2tn0kaggidx
Disc 2

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http://www.mediafire.com/?9j1ic33xzpm

[amok]

I'm loving the last few pages of this thing.

Cheers pal.

[Trillian]

It appears that mediafire is off the fritz.  So in celebration I uploaded two albums. 


Asobi Seksu - Asobi Seksu

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http://www.mediafire.com/?4ndiuobjxzn

Bearing a hyper-stylized and glitzy graphic design sense, a pretty and petite Japanese female singer who sings alternately in Japanese and English, and a band name with a hint of nod-and-a-wink naughtiness (it's claimed to be a Tokyo-based slang term that means "playful sex"), Asobi Seksu comes across like the latest Japanese import, the newest in a long line of ironic Shibuya-kei indie pop artists following Puffy AmiYumi, Cibo Matto, or Pizzicato Five. In fact, the quartet is based out of New York City, and besides the heavy Japanese pop influences, Asobi Seksu bears comparison both to the British shoegazer bands of the early '90s (My Bloody Valentine in particular) and to New York guitar noise acts ranging from Sonic Youth to Yo La Tengo.

I saw Citrus up in a much earlier post, so I figured I would give you their self titled as well. 


This Bird Has Flown: A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul

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http://www.mediafire.com/?d1yzyt13dvm

There have been countless tribute albums, but relatively few have been an album-length salute to a proper album. Most notably there was NME's 1988 Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father, which had a nice sense of humor and adventure, featuring such excellent pairings as Sonic Youth and "Within You, Without You," Billy Bragg and "She's Leaving Home," and the Fall taking on "A Day In the Life." Seventeen years later, there's Razor & Tie's This Bird Has Flown: A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul, which rounds up 14 adult-alternative and indie rock artists to do a track by track cover of another classic Beatles album. While there are no superstars here, the lineup is rather impressive: adult-alternative mainstays like Ben Harper and Cowboy Junkies are balanced by up-and-comers like Mindy Smith and Nellie McKay, plus indie cult favorites the Fiery Furnaces, Low, Ted Leo and 2005's golden boy Sufjan Stevens.

[bbqrocks]

I feel kinda guilty for just lurking and downloading off this thread, so I will upload some stuff soon. Assuming you guys like metal, that is..