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[Rubin]

Turboweekend:

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http://rapidshare.com/files/98542193/turboweekend_-_night_shift_2007.zip

Turboweekend:

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http://rapidshare.com/files/98542193/turboweekend_-_night_shift_2007.zip

thanks btw for uploading it,but rapidshare is blocked in my office, ,is there any else
like MEDIAFIRE of course!

Sorry. But mediafire uploads not really working for me...

[Liz]

Radical Face - Ghost

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Guys, I have had this album for a while. It is SO DAMN GOOD and therefore everyone needs to get it.

[valley_parade]

You heard the lady. GET ON IT.

[onewheelwizzard]

Thank you Rubin!  I didn't know that existed.

Mark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell - Ballad of the Broken Seas



According to Wikipedia, most of the songs (excluding the covers and Lanegan's contribution "Revolver") were written by Campbell and she approached Lanegan with the idea for the collaboration.  They apparently hadn't even met each other until they got into the studio.

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Also, to continue the Lanegan love ...

Mark Lanegan Band - Here Comes That Weird Chill (Methamphetamine Blues, Extras, and Oddities)



This is a companion EP to "Bubblegum," but it's got 8 full songs on it so it's almost another whole album.  The first track, which isn't included, is "Methamphetamine Blues" from "Bubblegum" (uploaded in previous posts).  The  tracks that are zipped in this archive might actually be my favorite collection of Mark Lanegan songs that he's ever put on one disk ... "Message to Mine," "Lexington Slow Down" and "Skeletal History" are spectacular and the cover of Captain Beefheart's "Clear Spot" is pretty boss as well.  The gritty flavor of these tracks fits Lanegan's voice perfectly.

If nothing else, this one is worth the download for one thing: the tortured, unearthly, haunting moan that Lanegan lets out at 0:53 in "Lexington Slow Down."  It puts chills through my spine every time I hear it.

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[bulldawg982]

The Everybodyfields - Nothing is okay

too bad i don't have plague of dreams or Halfway There: Electricity and the South (esp this one) or i would post it...

Uh, holy crap. Those two hang out at my favorite bar a lot, and reside somewhere in town.

I was unaware they'd gotten this big. Wow. (ps, thanks for that)

they don't live too far from me. a friend of mine knows them and introduced me to their music. i personally love it. although i am not sure on how big they are, but as a side note to this paste magazine (i'm not saying i place stock in paste, but it says something) ranked it the 43 best album of 2007. not very high, but it is on there.

[ptownblazer]

Ben792x - Thank you for the solid post, in particular the first two albums (I've had the other two for a while, but as awesome as they are they should still be up here.)  And because anytime I write I have to give pat101 props - pat your the man.

It's a shame there is only one Super Furry Animals "album" on this board.  It's not even an album but rather a greatest hits collection of sorts.  In my mind the only serviceable greatest hits collection is that CCR compilation.  Ok, the Steve Miller Band best of works well too.  I think I'm going to slowly add the Super Furry Animals albums here.  I'm going to start with one that is harder to find:

Super Furry Animals - Mwng



AMG (4.5/5)

The very fact that Super Furry Animals had the courage to release Mwng, an all-Welsh-language album, is proof that the group is the great eccentric band of its time. Unfortunately, many critics and listeners may dismiss Mwng as a stunt or a wacky joke, which is condescending -- especially in light of what a terrific album this is. It doesn't matter that many listeners will not understand the lyrics, since the music is terribly effective in its own right. Ironically, Mwng is more of a pop album than its predecessor, Guerrilla, which often took fascinating detours into electronica-inspired pure sound. Mwng has more than its fair share of evocative sonic textures -- it's easy to get lost not just in the surface sound but what's buried beneath the melodies -- yet it's also a concise, sharply written psychedelic pop record. These are smart, melodic, catchy songs graced with inventive, clever arrangements. Super Furry Animals have tempered their harder rocking in favor of expanding their prog, psych, and pop inclinations. There are still numbers that rock, but they're unconventional, taking wonderful left turns and being blessed with arrangements that are welcoming, but never predictable. Fuzztone guitars and floating keyboards vie for space in the mix, vocals swoon in reverb, horns sound equally eerie and enthusiastic, and instruments are compressed so they no longer sound normal. Even when it skirts with psych-pop convention, with sitars popping up in the mix, it sounds fresh. Mwng is simply intoxicating with its richly melodic songs and dreamlike flow. This is an otherworldly record not because it is sung in Welsh, but because the music is fully realized and visionary.

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Super Furry Animals have consistently been one of the best bands for the last 12 years.  If you haven't taken the time to check them out, I highly recommend doing so.

[KvP]

Re-upped.

Pantha du Prince - This Bliss

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Also,

Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babies

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[Malex]

I'm maddeningly trying to remember the name of the show/books that those elephants are from.  I'm fairly certain it's european name....fuck.  Drawing a blank.  It might begin with H.

Babar the Elephant

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babar_the_Elephant

[TheFuriousWombat]

Sweek - The Unbelievable Cinematic Crash



Absolutely stunning post-rock from Belgium. The first two songs alone are over half an over of sheer brilliance. Lots of strings, brass (trumpets and trombones), harp, clarinet, even some accordion thrown in for good measure on top of your typical guitar/bass/drums/violins/cellos. Epic, beautiful, really awesome. Obvious influences include EitS but there's more depth to the instrumentation here. This is a truly superb album, one of my all-time favorites.

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[SuperCola]

Dengue Fever - Venus on Earth

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(I thought I might up this because the other link isn't right)

Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain

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Mono - One Step More & You Die

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Bluebeard - s/t

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Rururu - s/t

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Kacica - s/t

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Bloodthirsty Butchers - Mikansei

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[michaelicious]

Say, that's a Swell Map!

Trip to Marineville

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Jane From Occupied Europe

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Bonus tracks!

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[roulettescars]

Ok, so far the award for coolest things I've discovered on this thread recently include, but are not limited to:
* Dragons of Zynth
*C-mon & Kypski

I may have to think of some things to upload ASAP to reward those 2 albums for improving my life 10 fold.

[pat101]

Super Furry Animals - Mwng

thanks! I haven't heard this album. I actually have been meaning to get some more Super Furry Animals as I've only heard a few albums (which were fantastic) also I saw Gruff Rhys open up for Bright Eyes and was quite fantastic.

[bulldawg982]

speaking of...
would any one care for some bright eyes? i have most everything (just missing like 2 or 3 eps)

[imagist42]

I would not object if I found a link to Fevers & Mirrors here, as I only have two songs from that one.

[bulldawg982]

I would not object if I found a link to Fevers & Mirrors here, as I only have two songs from that one.

i will upload the japanese import. it has two bonus songs (one is a cut up version of another song, which i have the other [better] version of). the other is a beautiful song called jetsabel removes the undesirables. i payed $35 for this cd, just to have this one song, because i already had fevers and mirrors.

*edit*

Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors (Japanese Import)

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[sean]

Rules:

No hotlinking images or albums. You can rehost images at http://imageshack.us.

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

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

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

Also, please do NOT request albums.

Repost the rules at the top of each new page.

[imapiratearg]

Blood on the Wall - Liferz

I came across this random blog while doing an image search on Google, and it had something about one of their albums up and I planned on getting it tonight.  Looks like I'll get this one, too.

I'll also try and upload the albums I found out about on the blog I read.

[Broken_Drum]

Got some Aphex Twin if anyone's interested.

[sean]

dogg just upload it! somebody will appreciate it (me) (i dont have much by them)

[tomselleck69]

Yes, Aphex Twin is very welcome 'round these parts.

[_yoda]

Actually, while we're talking Aphex Twin, if someone has a load of RDJ's more obscure work (AFX, Caustic Window, Polygon Window, Power-Pill, GAK etc) and wants to upload that I'd be over the moon.

Especially the Analogue Bubblebath EPs.

[ptownblazer]

it seems to me that many people have not figured out what that "search" button does yet.  i will tell you, it searches this board for whatever text you put into it.  it seems a lot of redundant posts could be avoided this way.  but you know what, i really dont give  a rats ass one way or another.  i don't know why i'm bitching.  sorry for that.  post whatever floats your boat.

Here is a bulk of the Super Furry Animals disco.  In my mind one of the best string of albums (6 in a row) in contemporary music including Mwng which chronologically falls between Guerrilla and Rings Around the World (available on the previous page.)  For what my opinions worth (not much right, i'm just some douche boarder) you should get these six albums and spend some quality time acquainting yourself.  But I never liked it when people told me what to do, so maybe you should just ignore these and listen to something else

Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic



amg (4.5/5)

Super Furry Animals are eclectic, to say the least. Fusing together pop melodies, psychedelia, and art rock with an impish, punky fury, the band cover more ground on their debut album, Fuzzy Logic, than most indie bands do in their entire career. However, the album works better as a series of moments than as a collection, mainly due to their overreaching ambition. Each song floats by on irresistible, catchy vocal harmonies, while the music alternates between glitzy overdriven guitars and sighing, sweeping keyboard, guitar, and string backdrops. Over these lush sonic beds, lead vocalist Gruff sings lyrics that are either mystical, nonsensical, or bizarrely funny -- none of the songs make much literal sense, but that doesn't quite matter when the music is as free-spirited as this. The songs may start conventionally, but they'll be undercut by wild synthesizers and careening guitar solos, or off-kilter vocal melodies. Taken as individual moments -- as the singles "God! Show Me Magic" (relatively straight-ahead punk-pop), "Hometown Unicorn" (gorgeous psychedelia), and "Something 4 the Weekend" (which finds the middle ground between the first two singles) prove -- the music of Super Furry Animals is quite intoxicating, but when assembled together, they don't sustain momentum. However, the individual pleasures of each song become more apparent with each listen and Fuzzy Logic suggests that the group could blossom into something quite distinctive and utterly unique within a few albums.

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SFA - Radiator (+ bonus disc)



amg (4.5/5)

Using the psychedelicized prog-punk of Fuzzy Logic as a foundation, Super Furry Animals move even further into left field on their second album, Radiator. As before, the group displays a gift for catchy, deceptively complex melodic hooks, but now its songwriting and arrangements are mind-bogglingly intricate and eclectic. Songs boast intertwining melodies and countermelodies, with guitars and keyboards swirling around the vocals. Similarly, the production is dense and heavy with detail, borrowing heavily from prog rock and psychedelic pop, but pieced together with the invention of techno and played with the energy of punk. It's a heady, impressive kaleidoscope of sounds, but what gives Radiator its weight is the way the sonics complement the songwriting. SFA's songs are melodic, accessible, and utterly original -- melodically, they may borrow from '60s pop, but they rearrange the clichés in fresh ways. Also, Gruff Rhys has a fondness for revolutionary politics and the bizarre that helps give Radiator its intoxicating, otherworldly atmosphere, making it one of the few late-'90s albums that sounds inventive, vibrant, and utterly contemporary.

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SFA - Guerrilla



amg (4/5)

It's difficult not to find Super Furry Animals' brand of pop infectious, particularly the collection of numbers compiled for Guerrilla, the band's third full-length and arguably most cohesive -- albeit pleasingly and consistently unpredictable -- one to date. Old-school techno remains in remnants, such as in "Wherever I Lay My Phone (That's My Home)." When it rears its head otherwise, it rests easily beside and within the majority of the fully fledged pop songs. The High Llamas contribute to the dreamy "Turning Tide"; there's the Tropicalia of "Northern Lites," and, as ever, there are shades of punk and distortion in "Night Vision." Amazingly, the superbouncy rocker "The Teacher" does not credit a sample to the Who's "Baba O'Riley."

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SFA - Rings Around the World (bonus disc included)



amg (4/5)

Super Furry Animals' leap to a major label in the U.K. with Rings Around the World isn't that drastic of a change -- Fuzzy Logic was also released on Epic in the U.S., Creation was subsidized by Sony, and they never were exactly wanting of money on their previous records -- but the band nevertheless seizes the opportunity to consolidate their strengths, providing an introduction for listeners that may not have been paying attention before. As such, it's hard not to consider it as a bit of a missed opportunity, since this is the first SFA album not to progress from its predecessor, or offer the shock of the new, and that's hard not to miss -- but, if this is the first SFA record you hear, it'll likely intrigue, even dazzle, with its kaleidoscopic blend of pop, prog, punk, psych, and electronica. Still, this is nearly Super Furry Cliff Notes, offering a glossy, big-screen variation on all of their themes -- decadently lush pop-psych, chugging rock & roll, bitter leftism, sublimely warped imagery, experimentalism wrapped in luxurious productions. Alluring, to be sure, and satisfying, too, and there certainly are wonderful details scattered throughout the album, the least of which are cameos by John Cale and Paul McCartney. Plus, there is exceptional songwriting here, such as the cinematic "Juxtaposed With U," "Sidewalk Serfer Girl," and "Receptacle for the Respectable," which encapsulates nearly every side of the band within five minutes. Still, it's hard not to want a little more from the band that was the best pop band of the late '90s. It's hard not to at least want surprises (since there are none) or, if it's going to be a consolidation, to have it be a statement of purpose, since it lacks either an overarching theme or a music that gels. So, it's not what it could have been, but what it is is still pretty damn great, satisfying with its melodies, textures, and ideas. Compared to what Super Furry Animals have done before, Rings Around the World pales slightly but noticeably, but compared to the dead world of mainstream and indie rock in 2001, it still shines brightly.

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SFA - Phantom Power



amg (4/5)

With Rings Around the World, Super Furry Animals took a stab at a streamlined, big-budget album, complete with guest stars and cameos. It was accomplished and accomplished what it set out to do -- namely, elevate the Furries' critical standing, making them a mainstay of Mojo readers and opening some doors in American magazines, who had previously ignored the brilliant Welsh quintet. Nevertheless, it was their least-interesting set of music released to date, often sounding constrained by its polished widescreen aspirations (not to mention its similarly cleaned-up, simplified political stance and lyrics), so it comes as no little relief that SFA loosens up on the sequel to Rings, the superbly titled Phantom Power. Teaming up with producer Mario Caldato, Jr., who helmed the Beastie Boys' comeback, Check Your Head, the Furries come up with their fuzziest record yet, abandoning the Technicolor gloss of Rings for a hazy, slow-rolling collection of elastic pop songs. Caldato facilitates the return of dance beats and hints of electronica, sometimes recalling Guerrilla in its arrangements, but his biggest contribution is to give the record a bit of dirt, grounding this music in reality. This is a mixed blessing, since it means that Phantom Power never takes off the way Radiator or Mwng or even Fuzzy Logic did in its sheer exuberance. This earth-bound feeling is all the more palpable because SFA's sensibilities are still in line with the streamlined attitudes of Rings Around the World. Their different influences and ideas don't intertwine the way they used to; they exist as separate songs. These songs are frequently very good, and display many of the band's attributes, from Gruff Rhys' ethereal yet warm voice and his sweet, enveloping melodies to the group's effortless eclecticism, grounded in neo-psychedelia but encompassing much more, including a new fascination with country-rock. It's a very good listen and there's a certain appeal to the dreamy haze of the production, particularly when it's goosed along by sighing harmonies and sweet steel guitars, sounding something like a Californian Magical Mystery Tour. That, of course, is a good thing, and Phantom Power is a very good album (and, again, compared to many of SFA's peers in 2003, it is far ahead of the pack), but it does lack some of the things that made earlier Super Furry Animals so exhilarating -- the grit, the wild abandon, the absurdity, and the sheer unpredictability, where it was impossible to tell what would happen next. Perhaps this is the inevitable result of maturity, which does make one a little bit older and a little bit slower, but it's still hard not to miss. But, at least they're still making good records, unlike some bands who enter their mature phase.

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[DMart]

1st attempt - let me know if I've forgotten something.

13 & God - s/t

Though it looks somewhat better on paper than it sounds as a completed album, 13 & God is a compelling experiment of indie collaboration. Like so many projects of its nature, this self-titled album began with tapes and discs traded in the mail between artists. Eventually the two parties, Germany's glitchy electronic rockers the Notwist and U.S. left-field hip-hoppers Themselves, assembled together in Germany to recorded the finishing touches that would glue the fragments and puzzle pieces together. The finished piece is a decidedly dark and murky musical excursion into a realm of percolating electronics, moody jazz elements, bizarre raps, ethereal acoustic guitars, and sad pianos. As would be expected, some tracks sound untouched by one-half of the collaborators. "Men of Station" comes across like a Neon Golden B-side, and it's difficult to understand what Themselves could have added, because it contains every earmark of the Notwist but nothing more. Likewise, "Ghostwork" feels like a typical offering from Doseone and crew, with perhaps just a scattering of xylophone and a skittering sampler contributed by the Acher brothers. Thus, it's likely that fans of either band might appreciate only half of the album, as the artists' musical oeuvres are so different. But while some of the album feels like a compilation of the two bands, truly collaborative songs where creative input seems evenly spread, such as "Perfect Speed," present something fresh and innovative. Indeed, there are moments such as "Tin Strong" and "Walk" that come across as so musically alien in outright genre-splicing that a listener would be hard-pressed to describe just what musical style is being heard. Is it quirky underground rap, ambient electronica, moody industrial dirge, or John Cage-style experimentation? It is likely that fans of the Notwist's traditional melodies might find many of these ten songs a difficult listen, and it's equally likely that anyone enamored with Themselves might not appreciate some of the album's wistful vocals and dreamy keyboards. While there's a sense that both artists went a bit too heavy on dark atmosphere, given that both usually inject more whimsy into their creations, 13 & God is still a consistently intriguing, frequently beautiful experiment that offers ample rewards with each new listen.

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Great Lake Swimmers - s/t

With hollow hiss and insect chirping in the opening moments, Great Lake Swimmers offer up a haunting invitation to curious listeners on their self-titled first outing on Misra Records. The atmosphere that the band creates along with the production (or minimal use of production) is a testament to the recording location — an abandoned silo in southern Ontario — and Tony Dekker's melancholy vocals and delicate acoustic picking. Great Lake Swimmers tap into an essence of times gone by, unfolding a sad vibe that doesn't force itself on you, much like Damien Jurado or Sun Kil Moon's frequent moments. From the rolling opener, "Moving Pictures, Silent Films," to the dark gospel feel of "I Will Never See the Sun" or, finally, the angelic and resonant closer, Great Lake Swimmers play music like a dream you cannot shake. A solid, haunting debut.

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Songs: Ohia - Axxess & Ace

Songs: Ohia takes a big step forward with Axxess and Ace, both in ambition and accessibility. Whereas the self titled debut and the follow-up, Imapala, could be esoteric and downright depressing in places, Axxess weaves intensely personal lyrics with universal worries and anxieties to create a rich musical tapestry. An all-star team of Chicago-based musicians, including Joe Ferguson of Pinetop Seven, Julie Liu of Rex, and Boxhead Ensemble's Michael Krassner add musical support, while Edith Frost sings backup on a few numbers. The musicians heard songwriter Jason Molina's planned songs for the first time on the day of recording and performed them almost entirely live; the finished product is one of spontaneity yet surprising fullness. Any exploration of the music of Songs: Ohia should start with this album.

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[thisbugsme]

nice blog with much mediafire posts, daily updated

http://m-itunes.blogspot.com

[Broken_Drum]

I Care Because You Do- Aphex Twin

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[bulldawg982]

some more....
Bright Eyes:
Insound Tour Support No. 12

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Take It Easy (Love Nothing) EP

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Don't Be Frightened of Turning the Page EP

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Home - Volume IV [split ep]

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There is No Beginning to the Story EP

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Drunk Kid Catholic EP

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[sandwich]

First post ever!
This guy is a local DC musician. really good folk/traditional inspired singer/song writer, but upbeat pop undertones. sorry if I fucked up the artwork.dont know if it will display

[sandwich]

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sorry

[scraggg]

Okay then.


Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood OST

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Paul Thomas Anderson's fifth film There Will Be Blood is too monumental and odd to not provoke sharply divided opinions but all reviews, from raves to revulsion, agree on two points: Daniel Day Lewis' performance as oilman Daniel Plainview is astonishing, and Jonny Greenwood's score is extraordinary. Lewis dominates the film, appearing in all but one scene, and Greenwood's music is used far more sparingly yet it's no less indelible. From the moment the film fades open to a spare, unrelenting Californian landscape, Greenwood's tense, coiled score mirrors the eerie emotional undercurrent to the film, pulling suppressed feelings to the surface, often with an almost operatic sense of drama. This is grand music, but it's also controlled, unleashing its furious clashes of dissonance with precision. Greenwood has demonstrated such mastery of mood as the guitarist within Radiohead but There Will Be Blood is superficially far removed from that band's restless experiments with electronic music. There are no electric instruments here at all -- this is all orchestral music, created on instruments that were available at the film's setting of the beginning of the 20th century, yet Greenwood doesn't attempt to re-create turn-of the-century mores: he writes music that taps into the rotten heart of Daniel Plainview. This is magnificently unsettling music, whether it's used within the film or heard on its own terms -- either way, it's impossible to forget after it's been heard.

Tapes 'n Tapes - Walk It Off

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Black Mountain - s/t

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Black Mountain rises from within the Vancouver-based fiefdom of Stephen McBean, the hazy-toned singer and meandering songwriter who also heads up Pink Mountaintops. Both groups languish in a fog of psychedelia and sexual release. But while the latter opts for arty avant folk, Black Mountain lives up to its name with a heavier foundation. The self-titled debut on Jagjaguwar (its eight-song count and subdued cover art are a dark mirror to Pink Mountaintops) busts open half-lidded Velvet Underground fetishisms with squalls of Blue Cheer guitar, and further channels the heady sounds of the late '60s with a moodily dwelling organ. McBean shares vocal duties with Amber Webber throughout, but she becomes an especially important factor on the twosome that closes Black Mountain, since her stoned and elegiac vocals make them something more than simply idling jams. "Heart of Snow," for example, flutters like a warped and ancient recording of "Space Oddity" as Webber draws out the syllables in lines like "Heart of snow/Let go let go/But your sad wings/Won't fly you home"; feedback and pounding drums periodically join in. It's a damaged blues sound comparable to that of Jennifer Herrema's Royal Trux outgrowth RTX, but McBean's vaguely mystic lyrics also dovetail Black Mountain back into Pink Mountaintops territory. "Modern Music" and "No Satisfaction" rock a White Light/White Heat tumble that's nevertheless well done, particularly on the former, which features some spectacular sax assistance from Vancouver area player Masa Anzai. The remainder of Black Mountain positions stoner rock chording over swirling vintage keys and the ever-impressive vocals of McBean and Webber. It's a referential sound, to be sure. But there's enough weight to Black Mountain's mojo to make it more than worthwhile.

[ptownblazer]

scraggg - thank you for the solid post!

here is something fun.  this is the very first thing guided by voices ever recorded (ok maybe not the first, first thing ever but the first thing available to the public).  it's a little strange because, despite being from 1986, it is probably the most polished sounding thing they've done!  i've read that robert pollard doesn't like it because you know it sounds produced and stuff.  i've read knocks on it saying that it sounds like so many mid-80's college bands . . . very much like mumer-era r.e.m.  you know what i say?  who gives a fuck.  it's actually very interesting to listen to and pretty good in my opinion, especially if you even have a passing interest in GBV. 

Guided by Voices - Forever Since Breakfast

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[sandwich]

thanks for that scraggg


Angels of Light - Everything is good here please come home

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[ptownblazer]

yeah angels of light!  if there was more i wouldn't be bummed 

[sandwich]

thanks ptown for the GBV that the only one I dont have. sorry thats all the angels of light i have.

[sandwich]

these guys are awesome if you like ian curtis I would give this a listen. sorry i dont have the track names for the first album but they are on wikipedia.

wilderness-wilderness (2005)





Wilderness is a Baltimore-based indie rock band currently signed to Jagjaguwar. Lead by the theatrical, chant-like vocal style and lyrical presence of James Johnson, they are known to create a complex brand of post-punk that heavily recalls art-emo pioneers Lungfish and more closely Public Image Limited. Their debut full-length was recorded, mixed and mastered in May and June of 2004, by Chad Clark and T.J. Lipple at Silver Sonya in Arlington, Virginia. It was released in July of 2005 and has been widely celebrated in indie music circles..

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wilderness-vessel states (2007)

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John Vanderslice - Emerald City

Emerald City finds John Vanderslice moving in a more organic direction, relying less on electronic studio trickery and more on the weight of lyrics in his songs, in the vein of the Decemberists or Neutral Milk Hotel. According to a press statement by Barsuk Records, Emerald City was supposedly written as John Vanderslice dealt with legal issues due to an incident where his Parisian girlfriend's visa immigration was rejected by U.S. Immigration. Of course, with Vanderslice it's hard to know the difference between fact and fiction. (He cried wolf once before when he told the press that Bill Gates was suing him because of his song "Bill Gates Must Die," and his lyrics are often buried so deep beneath layers of mixed metaphor that it's more likely about something else entirely -- or then again, it could be about nothing in particular.) That's the beauty of Vanderslice's music. With good art, you can take away many different meanings depending on your perspective. There is a definite reoccurring theme that alludes to events of 9/11, with imagery of towers disappearing in a cloud of white smoke, but the stories are convoluted enough that it's difficult to know positively the concept of the record. It seems to be a tale of a man who destroys the Chrysler Towers in an act of terrorism. Afterwards, the protagonist loses the police in a parade and flees to a new home where he is tormented by paranoia and eventually leaves the country to escape. He starts taking codeine to help ease his mind, but is constantly haunted by memories of the past; a neighbor bemoans the loss of her daughter in the war, a tarot card reveals a picture of a burning tower on it, and tension builds and eventually drives the main character further into seclusion where he is consumed by loneliness. In the last song (the beautifully moody, electric piano based "Central Booking"), he receives a letter from his former lover but decides not to open it for fear of giving away his secret location. Of course this take on the content is merely one interpretation of the songs' meanings and if the press statement explains Vanderslice's motivations truthfully, the record is actually an autobiographical love story dedicated to a girl in France. It's doubtfully that simple, especially considering that his last four albums were so character-driven, but it's entirely plausible. Like Pixel Revolt his melodies are still strong and unpredictable, at times sounding like Matthew Sweet performing a ballad by Neil Young, and the production is still huge and full, although audiophiles may be disturbed by the overdriven acoustic guitars on certain songs that give an unnerving sensation of blown speaker cones. It's a forgivable stylistic decision, and doesn't detract much from the overall solidarity of the disc, which reiterates once again that Vanderslice is holding the torch as one of indie rock's most imaginative songwriters.

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[karl gambolputty...]

Reupped the Bedhead, and then some

What Fun Life Was  and  Transaction De Novo

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Beheaded, 4Song EP, and Dark Ages EP

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[onewheelwizzard]

There have been a lot of new faces on this thread recently so I'm going to re-up the most popular thing I've probably ever uploaded onto this thread ... this album is absolutely fantastic and there are very few musical works that I could recommend more highly to this forum.  It got a really positive reaction the first time around, I hope people like it just as well this time.

Gary Higgins - Red Hash

During one forty-hour period in 1973, folk musician Gary Higgins and his band of five -- guitarist Jake Bell, cellist Maureen Wells, keyboardist Terry Fenton, mandolin/flutist Paul Tierney and bass player Dave Beaujon -- laid down one of the saddest, loveliest acoustic recordings you'll ever hear, the now semi-legendary Red Hash. Time was tight because Higgins had recently been arrested on drug charges and was facing years, maybe decades in jail. Money, too, was in short supply. The entire album was recorded on four-track, giving it the warmth and immediacy of live performance, but making it hard to hear instruments like bass and drums. Even so, its haunting harmonies and wistful mood are amazing; in addition to being an absolute distillation of 1960s and 1970s folk, it hints at the skewed purity of contemporary psyche folk.

Higgins disappeared after Red Hash was released, first serving out his sentence and later marrying, having a child and spending his time as many of us do, making a living rather than pursuing his dreams. Although Higgins and his friends recorded a few more songs together -- two of them appear on the Red Hash reissue as bonus tracks -- there was never another record. The whole unlikely experience seemed likely to drop into the black hole of lost albums.

Then, during the 1990s, word began to spread about Red Hash. Pirated copies appeared for sale on the Internet. Tracks were played on influential freeform radio stations like WFMU. Musicians, most notably Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance and Comets on Fire, cited the forgotten disc as an influence; Chasny even covered "Thicker than a Smokey" on his 2005 album School of the Flower. Zach Cowie, then negotiating to bring Comets on Fire to Sub Pop, received a burned copy from Chasny and immediately became fascinated with the album. He embarked on a quixotic quest to find its author, mailing off hundreds of letters and calling every Gary Higgins he could find in Connecticut phone books. Finally, he located that Gary Higgins -- still in northwest Connecticut, still writing and playing songs in his spare time, still holding the master tapes to his one and only full-length album. The album was remastered and reissued on Drag City in 2005.

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[sandwich]

onewheelwizzard i am totally excited about red hash cant wait to hear it.

on the amazing folk/country record note:

Townes Van Zandt- Townes Van Zandt

 Anyone who doesnt have this needs to songwriting genius!!!

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[du_och_jag]

Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart

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(new song)

[valley_parade]

*crosses fingers*

verdict: Good! Thank god. I was hoping they wouldn't continue the downward slide after Plans.

[bulldawg982]

i got red hash the first time around, and EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE IT, MUST GET IT.

[unkle]

I've downloaded some great music from here over the past week or so, so I wanted to return the favor.

Jason Isbel - Sirens of the Ditch

Accomplished guitarist and songwriter Jason Isbell, formerly of Drive By Truckers (DBT), releases his debut solo album Sirens Of The Ditch.

The album rocks with 11 tracks all written by Isbell kicking off with "Brand New Kind Of Actress", followed by the rocker "Down In A Hole", a swampy number featuring Muscle Shoals natives Spooner Oldham and David Hood. Isbell s songwriting skills shine especially on "Dress Blues" a pensive ballad about a high-school classmate who lost his life fighting in Iraq and "Chicago Promenade" a tribute to his late Grandfather.
Sirens Of The Ditch's mystical quality can be partially attributed to the FAME recording studio (Aretha Franklin, Duane Allman, Otis Redding) in Isbell s hometown of Muscle Shoals, AL where the album was recorded. A lot of old soul musicians came through here in the late 60s and 70s and helped define the Muscle Shoals sound, the lifelong Alabamian explains, so that influence was always in my environment, but on this record I really tried to capture that.

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[unkle]

Old 97's - Hit By a Train The Best of Old 97's

The Old 97’s have a rich, organic sound that effortlessly fuses roots rock, alt-country twang and pure pop sensibilities. Known for the raw intensity of their live shows and the authentic Americana-spiked punch of their recordings, the band formed in Dallas, TX, in the early ‘90s. Their early singles and 1994 indie debut disc, Hitchhike To Rhome led to a trio of critically acclaimed and crowd-pleasing albums for Elektra, beginning with 1997’s stellar Too Far To Care and running through 2001’s Satellite Rides.

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[unkle]

Old Crow Medicine Show - O.C.M.S

During the "folk music-scare" of the early 1960s, a bunch of white middle-class youths with names like the Greenbriar Boys and the Even Dozen Jug Band discovered the mountain music of the Stanley Brothers, Skillet Lickers, and Uncle Dave Macon and set about introducing it to the country's college kids. Four decades later, the members of OCMS fit the profile of those early revivalists, yet if anything they have tapped deeper into the primal elements of an American art form. As demonstrated on their debut, they have assimilated not just the sound--banjos, harmonicas, acoustic guitar and bass--but more importantly the haunting spirit of music that was made to keep hard times at bay. How else to explain their ability to take a well-worn chestnut like "CC Rider" and infuse it with an energy that reveals once again why it is a classic? Not content to live completely in the past, they wrote "Big Time in the Jungle," which, though it is about Vietnam, could easily be transposed to 2004's desert conflicts. Kindred spirit and producer David Rawlings (Gillian Welch's longtime collaborator) has kept their energy intact, but one can only wonder what sort of magic they must deliver live. --Michael Ross

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[Oscaio]

I saw a couple of postings with stuff by Lanegan and/or Lanegan-Campbell. I didn't see their last one, so here it is.


Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday At Devil Dirt (P 2008)

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This album is very very VERY VERY good!!!!! Lanegan's got the voice, she is so sweet... and they complement each other so well.

enjoy

[unkle]

Here's one more for today. I'm sorry if it's already been uploaded. I saw most of the other Iron & Wine albums, but not this one.


Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog

Following a one-record hiatus to collaborate with Tucson collective Calexico on 2005's In The Reins, Iron & Wine (Sam Beam, that is) recoils to the earnestness and intimacy that embodied his first two records, his cerebral words and phrases tunneled beneath an orchestra of guitar, banjo, keyboards, and strings. More definitive than ever, the rhythm and percussion complement Beam's voice, a lulling, almost eerie tone that occasionally recalls John Lennon's early solo work, especially on delicate tracks like the bluesy "Wolves (Songs of the Shepherd's Dog" and "Carousel," with its veiled references to Iraq. Those raised on the lo-fi routine of Beam's earlier work will find rawness and sanctity in the more upbeat selections: The CSN folk-rock of "House by the Sea" and "Boy with a Coin" and the atmospheric beauty of "Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car" and Shepherd's best song, "Lovesong of the Buzzard." With an organ swirling about and a slide guitar adding gentle flourishes, Beam concedes that "no one is the savior they would like to be," without realizing that, when it comes to fluent music and pristine storytelling, perhaps he is. --Scott Holter

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[onewheelwizzard]

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday At Devil Dirt (P 2008)

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Thank you thank you thank you

[sean]

Hey guys can I ask you all something?

I know I've probably been guilty of this too, but if you post an album with no quote/descpription, can you please at least write a little something about it and say what genre it could be fit in and stuff like that? I'd make downloading the type of music you like much easier and such. Perhaps we could even add something to the rules.

Thanks guys!

[unkle]

No problem.  I'll do better next time.