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[imagist42]

I love Emily Haines. So here is what I have of hers (with Metric). If only I had more... 


Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?

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http://www.mediafire.com/?3zjyxtjwxcz
All VBR mp3s ~256 Kbps.

[De_El]

Last I checked that Gowns album was in .wma which was very frustrating, because I liked the looks of it.

Hey, that looks like a request, so here's somethin':

In an effort to prove Metric frontwoman Emily Haines was not the only dominating personality behind the Canadian indie rock group's first album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, the second album hammers home the fact that it's more of a group effort. Production duties were handed to guitarist James Shaw and Haines' trademark synths take a back seat to screeching guitars and more cohesive playing as a quartet. Despite the added punk rock punch the guitar gives, the bite of their debut is dulled by a weaker set of songs, with only minor aesthetic changes to mask the slight sophomoric slump. Live It Out desires to be a major step forward (Emily Haines would release her first solo album, Knives Don't Have Your Back, a year later), but the best moments on the album are the ones that recapture what made the debut such a compelling piece of '80s retro -- showcasing Haines' trademark keyboards and her effective cooing vocals, which manage to sound both cloyingly sexy and gutturally raw at the same time. "Poster of a Girl" transforms a few rudimentary French lyrics and an unassuming keyboard intro into a spacy, groovy dance track. "The Police and the Private" is an effectively simple and haunting keyboard-heavy song that shows Haines' best vocal performances are the down to earth ones (something she thankfully discovered on her solo album). As with Old World Underground, Haines has a tendency for collegiate-level prose when the band gets political, and songs like the "Combat Baby" knockoff "Handshakes" have a smug, elitist attitude about them, without providing much insight into their political beliefs. The first single, the hooky "Monster Hospital," is a light-hearted punk song with great non-sequitur lyrics, but the overdubbed guitars and big production typically reserved for an alternative rock album don't fight the overall motif of Live It Out. There's a reason Haines was featured on the cover of Old World Underground and it's possibly this: she's what separates Metric from other '80s revivalist groups.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?0sxxyw1nbxj

[FireAarro]

Those of you who like Amps for Christ should really download that Gowns album I put up a few pages back, as half of Gowns is Erika Anderson from said band.

Do you know what AFC recordings she played on? I couldn't find any information on that. Ezra from Gowns played viola on one track of The People At Large.

Joanna Newsom, Zach Hill, and another person I can't remember off the top of my head:

Funny since we've been mentioning Deerhoof so much recently, but the last person in the band is Greg Saunier, Deerhoof's drummer.

[icanstopandstart]

These are some things I uploaded a few days ago for a friend (using sendspace), so I figured I should share them with you...

This first one is a folder with 4 albums in it:

Helios - Eingya
Hella - Church Gone Wild
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High
Sic Alps - Description of the Harbor

http://www.sendspace.com/file/xpq4xx

Here's a noisy record by project, Nervous Cop

Joanna Newsom, Zach Hill, and another person I can't remember off the top of my head:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/jfivr6

And here's one more side-project involving Zach Hill and a personal favorite, Rob Crow (Thingy, Heavy Vegetable, Pinback, Goblin Cock, etc...).  They go by the name The Ladies, here's the album:

"Non-Threatening" is probably one of my favorite songs ever.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/901rta

Thankyou sooooo much for Nervous Cop! I've been looking for it for ages.

Not a problem.

Although, to be honest, I don't think it's that great of a record.

 

[gardenhead_]

I love Emily Haines. So here is what I have of hers (with Metric). If only I had more... 


Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?

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http://www.mediafire.com/?3zjyxtjwxcz
All VBR mp3s ~256 Kbps.

I'll upload Live It Out and Grow Up and Blow Away for you

[sean]

Last I checked that Gowns album was in .wma which was very frustrating, because I liked the looks of it.

Also it has no track information whatsoever. SAD! Here it is if anybody wants it.

Fargo, Rope, Fake July, White Like Heaven, When it Burned, Subside, Clawless, Mercy Springs, Advice, Cherylee

[Jackie Blue]

Last I checked that Gowns album was in .wma which was very frustrating, because I liked the looks of it.

It's not that big of a deal to download something which will play .wma files if you have a Mac (which I'm assuming is the only thing stopping you?)

And sorry there was no track information.  I ripped it to my comp without checking.

As for which Amps For Christ albums Erika played on, I'm not 100% sure, but from Gowns' official website:

For the past two years, former Mae Shi vocalist/gunk programmer Ezra Buchla and Amps for Christ guitar-wailer Erika Anderson have brought to the American West Coast a fertile marriage of eerie folk murmur and crushed, twisted electronics.

[De_El]

Right you are! And that is my learned thing for today.

[psyne]

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http://www.mediafire.com/?5zomtinjv9n
Fantastic album, and great intro to Spoon.

[Scandanavian War Machine]

Mountains in the Sky - Accipio

An old man hums for two bars until a looped-backwards chorus of children sing, accented by plucked harp, and followed by a giant, majestic horn that was probably lifted from some album about some time when Julius Cesar or at least Frank Sinatra came into some place and did something awesome. Descending, vaguely jazzy chords are introduced while the chorus of kids becomes more pronounced and the horn continues to sound. You get the feeling that a wondrous “Event” is taking place, and you’re privileged to be amongst the few who get to enjoy it.

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

i am trying desperately to download this based on that description alone but alas, i cannot. anyone else have a problem with it or is it just me?

[icanstopandstart]

Klimek - Milk & Honey

"None of us here really like "techno" all that much. That's why we were always so attracted to the mutant strains of techno that manage to turn what often to us seems to be vapid, plastic dance music into cool and creepy, murky weirdness. Chain Reaction's brand of so-called "heroin house" for one. And of course Kompakt's beloved minimal thump. That German label's output was however always really close to being just straight up four on the floor house music, but somehow they always found a way to be sonically creative enough to turn their techno into something new and exciting. And then something weird started happening. The folks at Kompakt called it "pop ambient", a new strain of techno that removed the beat from the equation entirely, relying more on thick organic swells and crystalline melodies than beats. Occasionally, those melodies would fragment and shift and loop and form abstract almost-rhythms, but more often than not, notes and chords would just hover, suspended in an ambient ether, humming and vibrating, shimmering and buzzing. Such is the case with this new Klimek record (an artist who had a track on the Pop Ambient 2004 compilation we also made Record Of The Week a little while back). Spare and sparse and elegently gorgeous. The source material sounds like it must be a guitar. But it's as if the notes were extracted one at a time from the guitar. No strumming or fingerpicking. Just the timbre of a steel string vibrating and disturbing the molecules around it. Removed from its natural setting, these notes sound completely alien, althought they remain rich and organic. Klimek takes these notes and drops them delicately into a warm sonic bath, letting them settle next to complimentary notes, some notes dissolving into nothingness, or disturbing the tranquil stillness, sending off gradually decaying sonic ripples. Imagine the abstract glitch-guitar technique of Fennesz, the underwater ambience of Oval, the quiet parts by your favorite post-rock band, all stretched out, melodies pulled apart until, the notes are almost far enough apart that the melody that birthed it is just a shadowy memeory, a sonic trace, leaving a gorgeous and shimmery landscape of sonorous languor."

www.aquariusrecords.org

h||p://www.mediafire.com/?09whycfoaxs

[icanstopandstart]

Neu! - Neu!

"Fresh after leaving Kraftwerk in the fall of 1971 for what they perceived to be a lack of vision, guitarist Michael Rother and drummer Klaus Dinger formed their own unit and changed the face of German rock forever -- eventually influencing their former employer, Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk. The 1974 album Autobahn was a genteel reconsideration of the music played here. Neu! created a sound that was literally made for cruising in an automobile. While here in the States people were flipping out over "Radar Love" by Golden Earring, if they'd known about this first Neu! disc, they would never have bothered. Dinger's mechanical, cut time drumming and Rother's two-note bass runs adorned with cleverly manipulated and dreamy guitar riffs and fills were the hallmarks of the "motorik" sound that would become the band's trademark. On "Hallogallo", which opens the disc, the listener encounters a timeless rock & roll sound world. The driving guitar playing one chord in different cadences and rhythmic patters, the four-snare to the floor pulse with a high hat and bass drum for ballast, and a bassline that is used more for keeping the drummer on time than as a rhythm instrument in its own right. These are draped in Rother's liquidy, cascading single note drones and runs, so even as the tune's momentum propels the listener into a movement oriented robotic dance, the guitar's lyrical economy brings an aesthetic beauty into the mix that opens the space up from inside. The tense ambient soundscape of "Sonderangebot" balances things a bit before the slower-than-Neil Young "Weissensee" opens with a subtle industrial clamor and opens up into a lyrical exploration of distorted slide guitar aesthetics with an uncharacteristic drum elegance that keeps the guitar in check. "Im Glück" tracks a restrained, droning path through the textural palette of the guitar, treated with whispering distortion and echo. All hell breaks loose again on Dinger's "Negativland" as an industrial soundscape eventually gives way to a bass and guitar squall as darkly enticing as anything on Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures. It's really obvious now how the JD's sound was influenced by this simply and darkly delicious brew of noise, bass throb, percussive hypnosis, and an oddly placed, strangely under-mixed, guitar. Rother's style had as much to do with not playing as it did with virtuosity, and his fills of open chords, stuttered cadences, and broken syntax provided a much needed diversion for the metronymic regularity of the rhythm section. Rother didn't riff; he painted a mix with whatever was necessary to get the point across. His mannerisms here are not to draw attention to himself, but rather to that numbing, incessant rhythm provided wondrously by Dinger. Neu!'s debut album was driving music for the apocalypse in 1971. These official CD reissues, remastered by Neu! with Herbert Gronmeyer, are the first official ones. Their sound is phenomenal and the strange dropouts and fades are intentional. They are worthy packages. Oddly enough, after a millennial change and a constant stream of samples being taken from it, and its influence saturating both the rock and electronica scenes, it still sounds ahead of its time."

All Music

5/5 Stars

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[icanstopandstart]

Sloan - One Chord To Another

"Following the bungled American release of Twice Removed, it seemed unlikely that Sloan would survive, let alone record an album as wonderful as One Chord to Another. On the group's previous album, Sloan had refashioned itself as a power pop band, often with terrific results, but on One Chord to Another the songwriting blossoms. Filled with catchy, jangling riffs and memorable melodies, the record is a tour de force of hooks and harmonies, filled with exceptionally strong songs and forceful performances, which give the record a firm, rocking foundation. Few power pop records of the '90s are as infectious and memorable as One Chord to Another."

All Music

4.5/5 Stars

h||p://www.mediafire.com/?e3x2hmmhb2d

[gardenhead_]

Metric - Grow Up and Blow Away

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http://www.mediafire.com/?0noisjrx2esMetric - Live It Out

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http://www.mediafire.com/?5rn0hcdyjqyEDIT: hmm, looks like I was beaten to it...

[Jackie Blue]

YES!  Sloan is absolutely fucking amazing.

That review is a little misleading, though - the previous album, Twice Removed, is an absolute masterpiece and was famously voted the best Canadian album of all time in the Canadian version of SPIN.

All their albums are worth getting.  The American release of One Chord To Another came with a bonus "party disc" of mostly covers, which I will upload later tonight.

[FireAarro]

Yeah, I think it was referring to this...

It was more melodic and catchy than their previous album, Smeared, and as a result Geffen did not promote it very well because it didn't fit the commercially dominant grunge rock style of the time. The band was dropped from Geffen after Twice Removed was released. Although it was the record that made them famous in Canada, Sloan took time off from touring and writing after the troubles with Geffen, and they were rumoured to have broken up.

[sean]

Here's a cool little ep by the Pirate Ship Quintet. They're a post-rock band from England. While this stuff isn't all that original, these guys craft some incredibly gorgeous post-rock. They've been compared to Yndi Halda too, so if you like them, you'll probably dig this. Happy listening.

The Pirate Ship Quintet- The Pirate Ship Quintet EP

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?5i4nkxt6wem

[icanstopandstart]

Peter Brotzmann - Machine Gun

"This historic free jazz album is a heavy-impact sonic assault so aggressive it still knocks listeners back on their heels decades later. Recorded in May 1968, Machine Gun captures some top European improvisers at the beginning of their influential careers, and is regarded by some as the first European -- not just German or British -- jazz recording. Originally self-released by Peter Brötzmann, the album eventually came out on the FMP label, and set a new high-water mark for free jazz and "energy music" that few have approached since. Brötzmann is joined on sax by British stalwart Evan Parker and Dutch reedsman Willem Breuker (before Breuker moved away from free music, his lungs were as powerful as Brötzmann's). The rest of the group consists of drummers Han Bennink (Dutch) and Sven-Åke Johansson (Swedish), Belgian pianist Fred van Hove, and bassists Peter Kowald (German) and Buschi Niebergall (Swiss). Brötzmann leads this octet in a notoriously concentrated dose of the relentless hard blowing so often characteristic of his music. While Brötzmann has played this powerfully on albums since, never again is it with a group of this size playing just as hard with him. The players declare and exercise their right to bellow and wail all they want; they both send up the stereotype of free playing as simply screaming, and unapologetically revel in it. The sound of Machine Gun is just as aggressive and battering as its namesake, blowing apart all that's timid, immovable, or proper with an unrepentant and furious finality. The years have not managed to temper this fiery furnace blast from hell; it's just as relentless and shocking an assault now as it was then. Even stout-hearted listeners will nearly be sent into hiding -- much like standing outside during a violent storm, withstanding this kind of fierce energy is a primal thrill."

All Music

5/5 Stars

One of my all-time favorites...

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[icanstopandstart]

YES!  Sloan is absolutely fucking amazing.

That review is a little misleading, though - the previous album, Twice Removed, is an absolute masterpiece and was famously voted the best Canadian album of all time in the Canadian version of SPIN.

All their albums are worth getting.  The American release of One Chord To Another came with a bonus "party disc" of mostly covers, which I will upload later tonight.

Yeah, I never really liked that review either.  I think Twice Removed is MUCH better.  I worship that album.

[imagist42]

Gimme Fiction

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http://www.mediafire.com/?5zomtinjv9n
Fantastic album, and great intro to Spoon.

Personally, I prefer either of the following two on both accounts:


Kill the Moonlight

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http://www.mediafire.com/?9ys5f0qsjyw

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

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http://www.mediafire.com/?2dw9wmbcj1m
All 128 Kbps mp3s.

Also, thanks for the Metric, guys. Emily Haines is awesome.

[Jackie Blue]

Fun facts about Sloan!

Their signing to Geffen initiated a friendship between one of the members and Krist Novaselic of Nirvana.  The lyrics on the first song on Twice Removed, "Penpals", are constructed entirely from fanmail written to Kurt Cobain from people who didn't speak English very well:

I write you from a far country in North of Africa
It is Algeria and my city is Oran
I know you'll find this letter strange
That is because I am strange
My first name is amal
And I'm a girl, I'm a girl, la la la
I am a Norweigan boy which have some question
I have only 13 years but I am crazy of you
Can I have a souvenir?
And if you can a lock of hair
Send me documents and a photo of you alone
Here's my photo dedicece one of you would be canon
I worship all your handsome words, to me you seem giant
You're so cool but you know that
I hope your letters never stop
You are surely special
I like you, I'm like you, la la la

Another song on the same album, "Bells On", referenced that a member of Sloan had borrowed $30 from Novaselic.

Yet another song, "Coax Me", refers specifically to Kurt's death and Courtney:

It all seemed to happen so fast
Will you ever believe the way he passed away
I saw his widow speak on her fortune
She was feelin' pretty apathetic

Coax me, cajole me
Coax me, cajole me

If I drink concentrated OJ
Can I think Consolidated's okay?
It's not the band I hate, it's their fans
Three cans of water perverts me

Coax me, cajole me
Coax me, cajole me
Coax me, cajole me

And after he died
By rights she'd have cried
I gave mine away
I gave mine away

[imapiratearg]

Alright, I have a couple short albums of noise/math rock.  I'm not exactly sure what to call them, but here y'all go:

Shellac - The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History 7"

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http://www.mediafire.com/?0tmn9mmq9yd
and

June of 44 - Tropics and Meridians

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

[Jackie Blue]

Guys, don't you think you should go back to using the Code tag so that people have to copy and paste the link?  It would be unfortunate if clickthroughs led Mediafire or anyone else to realise that this very popular webcomic has a forum with a thread that has literally hundreds of links to entire copyrighted albums and got Jeph in trouble.

I mean, even SomethingAwful's forums have a zero tolerance policy on posting any kind of information on how to obtain any kind of copyrighted material whatsoever.

[imapiratearg]

I couldn't figure out how to do it, but yeah, I'll try.

[KvP]

Sloan gets my support for getting Buck 65 his first record deal.

And speaking of Krist Novaselic, did you all know he's joined Flipper? Now you know.

Man, I wish I had something to upload right now. I'm run dry at the moment.

[Christophe]

People, download that June of 44 album or I will kill a puppy. Your puppy. Someone's puppy. My puppy.

I don't have a puppy. But maybe you (or someone) do(es).

[gardenhead_]

Yeah, that June of 44 album is friggin' awesome. Thanks for that, imapirate

[icanstopandstart]

Talkin' about all this Sloan, I can't find my copy of Twice Removed!

Could anyone up that for me when they have a moment?  I thank you in advance...

[bff]

Dear Lord was this thread active today, lots of good stuff too.  Hopefully my contribution will be appreciated:

This is an excellent quality Mogwai show from 2006 at the Gothic Theatre. 

Tracklist:
01. Intro
02. Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home
03. Hunted By A Freak
04. Friend of the Night
05. Helicon 2
06. Acid Food
07. I Know You Are But What Am I?
08. Cody
09. We're No Here
10. Stanley Kubrick
11. Travel Is Dangerous
12. You Don't Know Jesus
13. Helicon 1
14. Glasgow Mega Snake
15. My Father, My King

I had to break it into two separate files to keep under the mediafire 100 mb limit

http://www.mediafire.com/?04901tcndmj
http://www.mediafire.com/?btxqagd2gg1

[gardenhead_]

Maps and Atlases - Tree, Swallows, Houses

allmusic:

If rock music is comparable to a game of checkers, Maps & Atlases would be Bobby Fischer, playing a similar but more intellectual game. Their first EP, Tree, Swallows, Houses is a busy record full of mathematical mastery in the vain of Don Caballero and Hella. But the bonus here is, where many math rock bands are all-too-often preoccupied with showing off their ability to play complex rhythms and scales, even when it makes the music unlistenable, Maps & Atlases contain their sudden changes and maximal musical acrobatics within the confines of a relatively standard four-minute pop song structure that actually sounds like a song. Granted, the band doesn't use a typical verse-chorus-verse format, but instead, something more like a Deerhoof or TV on the Radio composition; the destinations of their songs are clear despite the detours they take. Chances are, if you're a musician, you will be completely floored by the chops of this virtuosic four piece. And if you're not a musician, you can enjoy their tunes without being overwhelmed by their technique. The effect is somewhat like Tortoise on pep pills, with harmonious melodies, strong pop sensibilities, and led by a singer/guitarist who sounds a bit like Nick Drake if he were angrily inhaling helium. Surprisingly, his unique vocal range doesn't detract from the equation, but instead completes it and gives the music and arrangement a sense of fullness. The disc is jam-packed with flurries of bass and guitar notes, but before the rampant tapped-arpeggios and odd thrashing drum patterns can get obnoxious, the band shows off their sweet side with two rich, mellow psychedelic folk-based numbers. These continue the fancy guitar fretwork with trickery like tapped harmonics while simultaneously slapping a bongo beat on the body and bending sustained notes by loosening the tuning pegs. The technical wizardry might be too much for some, but if you can keep up, you'll be bobbing your head with envy when you're not shaking your head and smiling in disbelief at this adventurous combination of art rock, indie rock and prog rock.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?fnmiafm64t2mp3s VBR ~250kbps

[psyne]

I've been flipping back through this thread and my mind is boggled by how much amazing stuff there is in here. I was especially excited by all the jazz posts a few pages back, since I've been wanting to get more into jazz but never know where to start. You guys seriously rock.

In appreciation, have lots of Belle and Sebastian! Here's basically their entire discography. I suggest Dear Catastrophe Waitress to start if you haven't listened to them before, that was my first and still one of my favorites.



Dear Catastrophe Waitress

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http://www.mediafire.com/?9mmyyygdy39
The Life Pursuit

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http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dzc2dwfkwdn
If You're Feeling Sinister

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http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?1agx3zn9gsv
Tigermilk

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http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4yjgoyzznsh
Storytelling

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http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?8ntma1q9etm
The Boy With the Arab Strap

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http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4yotymy12gx
Fold Your Hands, Child, You Walk Like a Peasant

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http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?24ncdtjhkkg

(Any chance someone could re-up the new Xiu Xiu? The link is dead.)

[imapiratearg]

People, download that June of 44 album or I will kill a puppy. Your puppy. Someone's puppy. My puppy.

I don't have a puppy. But maybe you (or someone) do(es).

Yeah, that June of 44 album is friggin' awesome. Thanks for that, imapirate

No problem, guys.  I've also got The Anatomy of Sharks and Engine Takes to the Water if anyone wants it.

Also, on a side note: I just wrote a song tonight that sounds kind of like Shellac and June of 44, or Don Cab, or a combination of all three.  Regardless, I'm super stoked on it.

[McTaggart]

i am trying desperately to download this based on that description alone but alas, i cannot. anyone else have a problem with it or is it just me?

Yeah, it does seem broken for some reason. I'll try re-upping it later on.

[Trillian]

Oh, I am so embarrassed.  I should insert a rolling-eye smiley here.

In penance for my internet sin, I'll post something I'm sure no-one here has: 
A live recording of Gamelan Nyai Saraswati, an ensemble of the Dept of Music, College of Arts & Sciences at UNC Chapel Hill.
Entitled "Molak-Malik, An Evening of Musical Transposition", it is a great introduction to gamelan music of Java. 
I accidentally uploaded this one instead of the other gamelan album I wanted to share, so this'll do for now.
http://www.mediafire.com/?0snjxb3tluy

Well I most definitely did not have this.  I did some reading on Javanese music, and this album in particular just to have a better understanding of the structure itself.  I would like to think that as a music student I would have a fairly good ear, but this poses a challenge.  I just thought it was very interesting the use of scalar and modal shifting throughout the entirety of the recording.  Thank you for posting this!

Nicholas Szczepanik - Astilbe Rubra
http://www.sendspace.com/file/6bo75p

I am downloading this currently, and once it is finished I will give it a listen.  It will be fun to listen to something created by a QC forum dweller. 

[McTaggart]

Mountains in the Sky - Accipio

An old man hums for two bars until a looped-backwards chorus of children sing, accented by plucked harp, and followed by a giant, majestic horn that was probably lifted from some album about some time when Julius Cesar or at least Frank Sinatra came into some place and did something awesome. Descending, vaguely jazzy chords are introduced while the chorus of kids becomes more pronounced and the horn continues to sound. You get the feeling that a wondrous “Event” is taking place, and you’re privileged to be amongst the few who get to enjoy it.

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

The mediafire link seems broken, so sendpace:

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http://www.sendspace.com/file/maa4wk

[Spinless]

Guys, don't you think you should go back to using the Code tag so that people have to copy and paste the link?  It would be unfortunate if clickthroughs led Mediafire or anyone else to realise that this very popular webcomic has a forum with a thread that has literally hundreds of links to entire copyrighted albums and got Jeph in trouble.

I mean, even SomethingAwful's forums have a zero tolerance policy on posting any kind of information on how to obtain any kind of copyrighted material whatsoever.

I've seen other forums that only allow bootlegs and out of print albums. I think that is a pretty great policy.

[gardenhead_]

(Any chance someone could re-up the new Xiu Xiu? The link is dead.)

Women as Lovers coming right up. Great post by the way.

[valley_parade]

The new Chris Walla album coming...tomorrow or Friday. I'm not entirely sure when, but I'll get it up.

[gardenhead_]

Inspired by the ASMZ thread
A Silver Mount Zion - Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upward

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http://www.mediafire.com/?33sy95gz2ztI know you're not supposed to request...but more ASMZ maybe...?

[mberan42]

Their new one is posted a few pages back.

[psyne]

Time and wireless to kill between classes. Have some Ian MacKaye!


Fugazi - 13 Songs

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http://www.mediafire.com/?9nlxvq1mmyb

13 Songs (a combination of the Fugazi and Margin Walker EPs) is usually among the first records that spring to mind when defining alternative rock. Furious, intelligent, artful, and entirely musical, it's a baker's dozen of cannon shots to the gut -- not just a batch of emotionally visceral and defiant songs recorded by angry young men, but something greater. Nearly every song here reaches an anthemic level without falling prey to pomposity.

Minor Threat - Complete Discography

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

Minor Threat was the definitive Washington, D.C., hardcore punk band, setting the style for the straight-edge punk movement of the early '80s. Led by vocalist Ian MacKaye, the band was staunchly independent and fiercely sober. Through their songs, the group rejected drugs and alcohol, espoused anti-establishment politics, and led a call for self-awareness. Every song was fast, sharp, and lethal, often clocking in at just around a minute. Their speed and fury often hid their fairly catchy melodies, but the band's main function was to vent rage.

The Evens - Get Evens

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

Formed in the autumn of 2001, the Evens -- Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Embrace, Fugazi) on baritone guitar and vocals and Amy Farina of the Warmers on drums and vocals -- released their self-titled debut on Dischord in the spring of 2005. With a more laid-back sound than MacKaye's earlier work (outside of some tracks on Fugazi's 1999 Instrument soundtrack) and a somewhat less angular approach than the Warmers, the Evens honed their hard-to-nail-down atmospheric folk-esque sound through extensive touring.

p.s. I'm still going through the earlier pages, and I just got Elliott Smith's XO from there and OH MY GOD. I tried listening to him before and didn't get why everyone was nuts about him, but I think that's because I had downloaded rarities/b-sides that people had upped for other people who were already fans - not the best intro. But oh my god this album is phenomenal.

[imapiratearg]

That's my favorite Fugazi album so far.  I haven't heard much else, besides a few songs off of Repeater.


*Hint hint.*

[Christophe]

Thanks muchly for the Minor Threat, but it seems that track 23 got lost.

[bulldawg982]

fuck straight edge.

now that thats being said, i will look into get even.

also, i love elliott. if you want another album i would be happy to upload any/all that you might want. i have... well a large collection. all studios + from a basement on the hill II + loads of demos and b-sides... so yea....

i havent really gotten into fugazi (it is just that the song waiting room captivates me so that i feel compelled they must be good... i have just not given them the proper time), but i have most if not all of their stuff. if there is something in particular you want, lemme know.

[bbqrocks]

Will post the new earth album later tonight.

[gardenhead_]

Xiu Xiu - Women As Lovers

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http://www.mediafire.com/?038xqwxgzm4

[sean]

I've also got The Anatomy of Sharks and Engine Takes to the Water if anyone wants it.

I don't have these so yes please!

Also bff I love you for posting that Mogwai show!

[psyne]

Thanks muchly for the Minor Threat, but it seems that track 23 got lost.

Huh, I didn't notice that - I don't seem to have that on my rip of it, must have accidentally deleted it sometime. I'll see if I can get it off a friend and post it, I don't have the CD handy.

bulldawg: That would be fantastic! Anything you recommend besides XO or Either/Or (just got that off a friend). [[edit - someone sent me Roman Candle, From a Basement on the Hill I, Figure 8, and Elliott Smith too]]

That's my favorite Fugazi album so far.  I haven't heard much else, besides a few songs off of Repeater.


*Hint hint.*

I have no idea what you could be hinting at! But unrelated, I just happen to have uploaded another album!


Fugazi - The Argument
http://www.mediafire.com/?5emcyyomg5z
This one's the other bookend of their career - it's the last one, from 2001. 13 Songs is their first. I unfortunately don't have any other Fugazi albums at the moment, so that's the last of my Ian MacKaye.

Gardenhead, thanks!

[Trillian]

Mountains in the Sky - Accipio

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http://www.sendspace.com/file/maa4wk

Hurrah!  Thank you for re-upping. 

[imagist42]

from a basement on the hill II

Wait, what? What is this?