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[blaha 41]

Hello Saferide - Introducing Hello Saferide

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precious acoustic pop from a Scandinavian journalist. wonderful tea-drinking music.

[GnarlsBroccoli]

Beautiful!

Thank you!

[De_El]

I have been listening to a bit of this recently

A universally acknowledged masterpiece, Another Green World represents a departure from song structure and toward a more ethereal, minimalistic approach to sound. Despite the stripped-down arrangements, the album's sumptuous tone quality reflects Eno's growing virtuosity at handling the recording studio as an instrument in itself (à la Brian Wilson). There are a few pop songs scattered here and there ("St. Elmo's Fire," "I'll Come Running," "Golden Hours"), but most of the album consists of deliberately paced instrumentals that, while often closer to ambient music than pop, are both melodic and rhythmic; many, like "Sky Saw," "In Dark Trees," and "Little Fishes," are highly imagistic, like paintings done in sound that actually resemble their titles. Lyrics are infrequent, but when they do pop up, they follow the free-associative style of albums past; this time, though, the humor seems less bizarre than gently whimsical and addled, fitting perfectly into the dreamlike mood of the rest of the album. Most of Another Green World is like experiencing a soothing, dream-filled slumber while awake, and even if some of the pieces have dark or threatening qualities, the moments of unease are temporary, like a passing nightmare whose feeling lingers briefly upon waking but whose content is forgotten. Unlike some of his later, full-fledged ambient work, Eno's gift for melodicism and tight focus here keep the entirety of the album in the forefront of the listener's consciousness, making it the perfect introduction to his achievements even for those who find ambient music difficult to enjoy.

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Before and After Science is really a study of "studio composition" whereby recordings are created by deconstruction and elimination: tracks are recorded and assembled in layers, then selectively subtracted one after another, resulting in a composition and sound quite unlike that at the beginning of the process. Despite the album's pop format, the sound is unique and strays far from the mainstream. Eno also experiments with his lyrics, choosing a sound-over-sense approach. When mixed with the music, these lyrics create a new sense or meaning, or the feeling of meaning, a concept inspired by abstract sound poet Kurt Schwitters (epitomized on the track "Kurt's Rejoinder," on which you actually hear samples from Schwitters' "Ursonate"). Before and After Science opens with two bouncy, upbeat cuts: "No One Receiving," featuring the offbeat rhythm machine of Percy Jones and Phil Collins (Eno regulars during this period), and "Backwater." Jones' analog delay bass dominates on the following "Kurt's Rejoinder," and he and Collins return on the mysterious instrumental "Energy Fools the Magician." The last five tracks (the entire second side of the album format) display a serenity unlike anything in the pop music field. These compositions take on an occasional pastoral quality, pensive and atmospheric. Cluster joins Eno on the mood-evoking "By This River," but the album's apex is the final cut, "Spider and I." With its misty emotional intensity, the song seems at once sad yet hopeful. The music on Before and After Science at times resembles Another Green World ("No One Receiving") and Here Come the Warm Jets ("King's Lead Hat") and ranks alongside both as the most essential Eno material.

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[_yoda]

That Goyte is pretty great, so much so it may crack my top ten.  Thanks much.

Top 10 of all time? FYI it came out in '06

Well, it depends on where you're from. The UK/EU/JP release only came out this year (with a slightly different tracklist), while the (independent) AU release was mid '06.

So, in a way it is an album from this year for the rest of the world.

Does anyone want the remix album? Happy to post if anyone would like a listen.

[Rubin]

Sooo.... Here's some more danish stuff. This guy is called Mikael Simpson, does electronic stuff, quite well. He's worked alot with trentemøller, his music though is more laid back, and more indieish. His singing is all in danish, but that doesn't make it not woth your while to give it a listen. It IS good.

Mikael Simpson - De Ti Skud

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Mikael Simpson - Stille og Uroligt

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[medicatesleep]

Would someone please post something kick ass? I got enough electro pop, post rock, and indie folk to last me a year DJing the local American Eagle Outfitters.

Love,
MedicateSleep

[spoon_of_grimbo]

Would someone please post something kick ass? I got enough electro pop, post rock, and indie folk to last me a year DJing the local American Eagle Outfitters.

If kickass is what you require, look no further than the now sadly-defunct, but eternally fucking awesome Rocket From The Crypt, a band whose inherent kickassitude has never, and will never be brought into question.  This .rar file contains three of their recordings, "Hot Charity," "The State of Art Is on Fire" EP, and their most commercially successful and well-known offering, "Scream Dracula Scream". 

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RFTC pretty much invented punk'n'roll, or at least defined how it ought to sound, and also helped stop everyone from making the assumption that any band that wears suits and has a brass section is necessarily a ska band.  John "Speedo" Reis (also known for his work in Drive Like Jehu, Pitchfork, Hot Snakes, Sultans, Back Off Cupids, and currently The Night Marchers) and the guys' songwriting is never less than brilliant, with just the right combination of heavy rhythms, catchy hooks, and general badassery.  And if you wanted further proof of the brutalicious scent of spectacularity which wafts permenantly around their bad selves, then know this - all three of these albums were recorded and released in the space of ONE YEAR.  If you don't like Rocket From the Crypt, well I'm sorry but it's pretty likely that you're a freak who likes to innappropriately touch animals.  And I'm not passing judgement, that's just the way it is.

[jonskeezy]

Would someone please post something kick ass? 

Liars-Drums Not Dead

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http://www.mediaf!re.com/?wdhyokmAlso, for animal collective fans, there is a fucking amazing rip of a new track off of MPP floating around out there. Brothersport. I had to change pants

[Catacombs]

rocket from the crypt stuff

That review was a bit wordy, but this band is pretty good.  I've only heard Hot Charity.  Straight up rock with a lot of punk influences.  Good music to drive to as well.  And if you like this, check out the Datsuns album that was uploaded within the last...maybe ten pages or so.  It's in the same vein.

[MrBlu]

Would someone please post something kick ass? I got enough electro pop, post rock, and indie folk to last me a year DJing the local American Eagle Outfitters.

Love,
MedicateSleep

How do you feel about Reggaeton?

[KvP]

Don't know if this has been posted yet. It may have been, a long time ago.
DEESCO.

Morgan Geist - Double Night Time

At the outset, Double Night Time might be met with some degree of slight, partially greed-related aggravation. Morgan Geist's first true solo album since 1997's lost classic The Driving Memoirs, nearly half of it is made from previously released material, and its featured vocalist is Jeremy Greenspan, whose Junior Boys -- more so than ever here -- are stylistic peers. It could be speculated that, several years removed from peaking in notoriety with the Metro Area full-length, Geist wanted to make a Junior Boys album, yet the seed for this set was more likely planted with "Ghost Trains." A darkly shimmering track Geist produced for Erlend Øye's Unrest album, that song predated the JBs' debut, indicating Geist's shift from Metro Area's modern post-disco/pre-house to winsome electronic pop with vocals. Five years later, he finally explores the form to its full album-length extent. Ultimately a modest and compulsively listenable set of nocturnal electronic lullabies, Double Night Time's use of two- and seven-year-old tracks is not unwarranted. Opener "Detroit" cleverly incorporates the zapping/prickling glow of 2001's "24K," while Greenspan, barely above a whisper, sets the album's tone by romanticizing night drives to a vibrant motor city clubbing scene. Both sides of the 2006 "Most of All" 12" are tucked in the middle, like an old XTC reissue, but they slip snugly into the album's fabric; in fact, the reprised A-side is as representative of Geist's approach as anything else he has released, fitting several ideas into a direct and compact piece that could be heard as glum just as easily as giddy, and not without evidence of twisted humor. "Lullaby," from the same Environ 12" as "24K," is Kraftwerk's "Numbers" made florid (with surprisingly congruent trumpet), where Geist is at his most emotionally sweet. The new tracks are equally insidious and moving, with "The Shore" coming on like a more active version of "Ghost Trains" and "Ruthless City" a roguishly charming heartbreak ballad: "When I woke up the next day, bleeding on the sidewalk/It was then I knew, without a doubt/I had finally found a mate."

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[MrBlu]

"Barrio Fino en Directo [CD-DVD] Disc 1"- Daddy Yankee

It's Reggaeton. It's the Live version of the album. It's awesome. Freshly converted and up loaded.

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[GnarlsBroccoli]

Esta Lo Que Quieren/

Toma Reggaeton/

QUE? QUE?/

Toma Reggaeton!

Edit: page break! whatdoido?

[GnarlsBroccoli]

Rules:

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

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

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

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

Also, please do NOT request albums.

Repost the rules at the top of each new page.

[Phshhdan]

Here's some more essential Brian Eno:

Ambient 1: Music for Airports - 1978

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Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror - 1980 with Harold Budd

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Ambient 4: On Land - 1982

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Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks - 1983

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Cluster & Eno - 1977

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Fripp & Eno - Evening Star - 1975

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Here Come The Warm Jets - 1974

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Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) - 1974

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[MrBlu]

*snip*Lots of Brian Eno*snip*

Hot damn, you're my new best friend.

[medicatesleep]

I've already got the RFTC discog along w/ Hot Snakes, Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu and The Nightmarchers.


Nice try though... what else ya got?

[nekooo]

Here are some live albums of Tera Melos that they put up on their blog. Some of these are old sets, and the Silverlake Lounge one is their most recent one that was recorded.

Live from The Boardwalk

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Live from The Basement

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Live from The Silverlake Lounge

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Live from Atlas Clothing

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Live from Dance Unlimited

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Probably one of the neatest technical rock bands out right now. Can't wait to hear their new stuff. Their live shows are ridiculous, go see them when you have a chance.

[imapiratearg]

Tera Melos are a fantastic band.

[michaelicious]

I have heard good things about Tera Melos, but never listened to them. Where should I start?

[imapiratearg]

Many moons ago, I uploaded their debut, Untitled, but I think it's gone now.  That's pretty great.  A little more drawn out, bursting with energy, but I think Drugs to the Dear Youth is much tighter and maybe a bit more accessible.  I haven't heard much of their new album, but I wasn't crazy about what I heard.  I think they added vocals into the mix, which really dumbed down their sound and, I feel, made it kind of boring.

[nekooo]

They added a minimal amount of vocals to their latest CD, but they had a minimal amount of vocals on Untitled. Find all their albums, they're all spectacular.

[imapiratearg]

I'll have to give it a good listen, then.  It's been a while since I've heard it.

[michaelicious]

Thanks, guys

[nekooo]

For anyone already into Tera Melos, these live recordings are gems!

[jonskeezy]

From P4K:
Unlike its predecessors, Un Día is less a dinner-party record and more of a conversation piece itself. Here Molina further abstracts her songs, emphasizing more than ever dense hypnotic repetition and the forceful impact of sound itself, sometimes at the expense of the more traditional elements that have always rooted her music. The title track features layers of cascading noises and sonic elements added until the track approaches a cacophonous din. "Vive Solo" is more toned down, but Molina's vocals are still almost subsumed by the rhythms, at once indebted to South America and the 70s minimalists. Her singing here serves as a sort of breathy thematic thread linking the various polyrhythms, a living loop changing and modulating itself without veering too far out of range..
Juana Molina-Un Dia

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[spoon_of_grimbo]

I've already got the RFTC discog along w/ Hot Snakes, Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu and The Nightmarchers.


Nice try though... what else ya got?

well you'd probably like the Glass and Ashes album i uploaded a few pages back (here's the link to my post, with download link and artwork etc. http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,19792.msg721076.html#msg721076), as it's got a bit of a Jehu/Snakes vibe to it, albeit much heavier.

do you have the night marchers' 7inch btw?  i've got the mp3s of that if you're interested.  maybe the new bronx album?  mediafire is giving me jip at the minute, but let me know if you (or anyone else for that matter) is interested in either of those, and if so i'll try uploading again later.

[the_pied_piper]

The RFTC is great but winrar tells me that 'ball lightning' from 'Scream, Dracula, Scream!' won't unzip so i'm left without it when i play the album.

[michaelicious]

Here is an album by a band. The band is called Algernon Cadwallader. I don't know what that means. They are basically the second coming of Cap'n Jazz. Seriously. The first time I heard this album I was kind of creeped out at how similar it was. This band basically sounds like they have never ever in their life heard a band that didn't have a Kinsella in it, but somehow they still don't sound like they are ripping those bands off. It's more like they are a logical extension. I know a lot of people will write this band off as copy-cats or whatever, but fuck that. What's wrong with playing music that sounds like the bands you love?

Some Kind of Cadwallader

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[spoon_of_grimbo]

The RFTC is great but winrar tells me that 'ball lightning' from 'Scream, Dracula, Scream!' won't unzip so i'm left without it when i play the album.

oh sorry man.  you really don't wanna be missing that one either, it's one of the best on the album IMO.

here ya go:

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[sean]

Oh my god Michael I have wanted that album for so long thank you so much please can I have your babies?

[Harun]

downloaded for use of construction paper album art

 

[Scandanavian War Machine]

what's a Kinsella?

also, that album is pretty good.

[michaelicious]

Mike, Tim, and Nate Kinsella are all relatives (Mike & Tim are brothers, Nate is their cousin) from Illinois that are all in a bunch of good bands including Cap'n Jazz, Make Believe, Birthmark (Nate's solo project), Owen (Mike's solo project), Joan of Arc, American Football, and Owls.

[Christophe]

I think Algernon Callawader were supposed to play an hour away from where I live, but they canceled at the last minute. Bummer. I will check them out.

EDIT: Holy hell these guys sound hell of Kinsellesque. I don't care though since they sound rad.

Michael, we need to, like, star in a buddy cop movie where we fight over whether June of 44 or Bedhead gets to play on the car stereo.

[michaelicious]

I'd be down for that. Let's make it happen. I think if I ever drove listening to Bedhead I would probably get into an accident because when I listen to them my body goes into a state of paralysis.

[Tom]

Michael is instantly paralysed at the wheel while driving down an incredibly busy road. Christophe tries to prevent them from crashing the patrol car without stopping the music, hilarity ensures.

[michaelicious]

That's one episode down!

[Christophe]

Nice!

Next episode: Michael and I stand over the remains of a broken guitar. I kneel down over it and say "Well, it looks like these chords... (puts on sunglasses) were too angular."

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Seriously though, I should probably upload something, I haven't in a while.

Consider this post a placeholder for the following:

June of 44- Engine Takes To The Water  (re-up because mediaf!re took it down last time I upped it)

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If you don't have these albums, download 'em now. They're chock full of screamy, angular-guitary slow-burning goodness.

[MrBlu]

*snip*Tera Melos lots*snip*

Guys, get these. Now.
Wow, if I got some Portugal. The Man, today would be complete.

Many moons ago, I uploaded their debut, Untitled, but I think it's gone now.  That's pretty great.  A little more drawn out, bursting with energy, but I think Drugs to the Dear Youth is much tighter and maybe a bit more accessible.  I haven't heard much of their new album, but I wasn't crazy about what I heard.  I think they added vocals into the mix, which really dumbed down their sound and, I feel, made it kind of boring.

http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,19792.msg651187/topicseen.html#msg651187
Found it. Gold.

[the_pied_piper]

The RFTC is great but winrar tells me that 'ball lightning' from 'Scream, Dracula, Scream!' won't unzip so i'm left without it when i play the album.

oh sorry man.  you really don't wanna be missing that one either, it's one of the best on the album IMO.

here ya go:

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Thanks, it is one of the best songs on the album.

EDIT: I also have a couple of albums to upload. These are from Alaska in Winter, a band (one artist and guest friends) like Beirut but more so.

The First is debut full-length release "Dance Party In The Balkans"

What do you get if you cross the Balkan folk of Beirut and Hawk and a Hacksaw with the 80s disco reverie of the Junior Boys? Well, Alaska in Winter managed to find out when they rectruited a certain Zach Condon and Heather Trost from Beirut to play on his record, which does exactly what it claims to - soundtracks a dance party in the Balkans. Sort of anyway, this is similarly hook-laden and just as strangley alluring as Beirut's 'Gulag Orkester' but then those 80s drum machine beats and wobbly basslines cut in and you almost forget what it is you're listening to. I've got to say it's a brave move from Brandon Bethancourt (for he is Alaska in Winter) and not the most obvious one to say the very least, these tracks occasionally sound like they've been beamed from another world - the piano/violin and crunk combination of 'Balkan Lowrider Anthem' for instance. it sounds like it's going to be a comedy record I know, but trust me it really is anything but. If you really need proof then flip straight to the album's final track (which features Mr. Condon on vocals) 'Close your Eyes - We Are Blind' which is as gorgeous a piece of guitar-less indie pop as you're likely to hear this year. Beirut fans looking for more to fuel their hunger should look this way...

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The second is brand new full-length release "Holiday"

“….far-flung variety of forms into chilly, beat-oriented, downtempo hymns: amorous Balkan strings, the melismatic vocal tapestries of classical Arabian music (often so gently vocoder-kissed as to sound more spectral than robotic), icily splintered piano loops (which are actually played live), skittering hip-hop percussion (ditto), and soaringly simple indie pop melodies obscured in an atmospheric haze.”

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[TomatoSynthesizer]

Longtime lurker making some noise.

AMG:

Appearing in America after an initial Japanese release, and with a revamped track listing and song titles to boot ("Bocabola" is called that here only because somebody somewhere was worried about what a certain soft drink company might think of the original title), Pop Tatari definitely holds the crown as being one of the strangest things to surface under a major label's auspices. Even the Butthole Surfers' major label debut that year looked straightforward in comparison. Starting off with "Noise Ramones," which consists solely of various high-pitched tones like those of the Emergency Broadcast System, Tatari contains some nearly conventional bits. Yet even the semi-lounge smoothness of "Nice B-O-R-E Guy Boyoyo Touch" collapses just enough, while elsewhere the screaming lunacy of fullthrottle Boremania rampages unchecked. Songs shudder to stops, launch into roaring mania and deathstomp rattle, and crunch more quickly and unexpectedly than those of just about anybody else -- no real change there, then! Add dashes of heavy funk mania ("Bo Go" would do early Funkadelic proud) along with whatever logic operates inside the band members' skulls, and the result is more cockeyed genius. Yamatsuka Eye rants above the whole mess like a man possessed, trading off with other band members in ways that practically redefine call and response. Singling out all the highlights would take forever, but "Bore Now Bore" feels like a mid-'60s frug played by berserk aliens, with some random electronics to boot, while a cover of the old Peggy Lee standard "Fever," retitled "Heeba," keeps the central riff but abandons just about everything else; the lyrics sound like they're slurred through cotton and various thrashy instrumental breaks. Concluding with the multigenre purée of "Cory & the Mandara Suicide Pyramid Action or Gas Satori," Tatari kicks out the jams eight different ways at once.

Please note, I have uploaded a version of Pop Tatari different from the track list on AMG--I think this one has the Japanese tracks rather than American, but I am unsure.  Just know that it is different.

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AMG:

It can still be said that they're the Boredoms, but it can also be said that they're not simply content to totally repeat themselves, established as the band's general formula is. The crowned princes and princesses of "wackoaggro," here the Boredoms start to let more of their prog-rock fascination creep in, often doing so to brilliant effect. "Acid Police," not merely a great opener but also one of the group's best songs, period, offers an a cappella call and response between Eye and his main vocal cohort, which eventually turns into a pounding, roiling epic stomp, drawing as much from Kraut-rock trance as metal, and fading out on an even more aggressive drumming note. The title track, is simply dreamy -- a brief but serene number working in odd synth sounds and various percussion noises. Other ghosts of early Faust and both Amon Düül collectives show up more than once (perhaps most hilariously on "B for Boredoms," which starts as a heavily distorted "Gimme a B!" call-and-response chant before turning into a mini-Metallica epic as voiced by helium-loaded chipmunks). As a result, even the more typically Boredoms numbers sound just a bit more weirdly intricate. Arguably things are a little tighter and more focused all around (even the trumpet playing sounds almost smooth at times), and those who appreciated the go-everywhere-at-once feeling of many previous releases might find the relative straightforwardness in songs like "Mama Brain" (at least up until the end) a bit disappointing. The soundscrapes of "Action Synthesizer Hero," though, which feature singing counterbalanced against pure white noise before launching into another series of instantaneous time signature switches and loudness followed by quiet, make it clear that the Boredoms merely know how to work ever more ways than before.

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[bff]

I was reading the thread about "Chinese Democracy" (which I think will be a waste of plastic) and got the impression that many of the people commenting had never really listened to Guns N Roses outside of the hits or radio.  So I decided to upload "Appetite for Destruction".  While that was uploading I started to think about other bands that once were great and now are worthless sacks of shit, bands that some younger board members may not even know why they were such a big deal.  This naturally lead me to Metallica, so I decided to throw in "Ride the Lightning".

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For those who have forgot, I remind you that at the time "Appetite" came out Bon Jovi was probably the biggest hard rock band around.  Shit like "Mr. Brownstone" was definitely not something you would find his smiling ass singing.  As for "Ride the Lighting", this was back when Metallica had a real bass player and played on a no-shit independent label.  It was also the first album that wasn't almost entirely comprised of Dave Mustaine's songs.  Enjoy.

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Now playing: Greifenkeil - Vendetta
via FoxyTunes

[Catacombs]

"Mr. Brownstone" is an excellent song, as is "My Michelle".  I listened to that album earlier today after all the Chinese Democracy hype

[imapiratearg]

Since I haven't uploaded anything in the longest time, and I'm on a bit of a math rock/emo/post-hardcore-type binge sort of thing, here is a band I was intrigued by when I saw Jeff of Bomb the Music Industry! wearing one of their shirts.  They are a pretty awesome post-hardcore/math rock kind of band.

We Versus the Shark - Dirty Versions

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[valley_parade]

*drumroll* Now that it's finally out (and I'm snagging the 2xLP version at some point)...

The Ergs! - Hindsight is 20/20, My Friend

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[imapiratearg]

I'm so bummed they're calling it quits. 

[valley_parade]

Already have. Their last show was last Saturday. 

[imapiratearg]

 

I can't believe no one moved during their set at Higher Ground.  I talked to my friend afterwards and he thought they were kind of boring.  He said: "They didn't really have a lot of energy."  Newsflash, neither did the crowd.  Performers feed off of the audience.

[Mr. Tool]

Hello all.

I just came across this thread (and this site) today while searching for the latest Wintersleep album. While that link is long dead, I was able to find plenty of other stuff to grab my interests. Therefore I see no reason why I shouldn't join this forum so I can start contributing some stuff.

I'll try to up stuff that hasn't been on here before, but since I've not yet been able to dig through the entire 107 page history of this thread, I hope you will forgive me if I post something that's already been seen.

The reason I was looking for the Wintersleep album is because I've really gotten into this record:

Contrived - Blank, Blank, Blank

Right now, bloggers are freaking out about the new project from former members of The Arcade Fire and The Unicorns, but personally, I’m much more intrigued by the new LP from Canadian super group, Contrived. As far as Canadian music goes, a band comprised of past and current members of both Wintersleep and Holy Fuck is about as topical (and as Nova Scotian) as it gets, but Contrived is more than just an outlet for the talented musicians.

blank, blank, blank is the third Contrived record, and the comfort level and trust the quintet has developed over the years helps make it their most enjoyable record yet. Mixing infectious melody and sludgy haze, like the band does on the opening single (Not a Goodbye), you almost want to start talking about bands like Dinosaur Jr., but they quickly change directions and move towards a more DC sound (Angels Rioting Against the Nothing). With all the surging guitars and textures they play with, the straight ahead drumming provides the stability needed to keep the song moving forward and the end result is one of the most inspired tracks I’ve heard lately.

Over the course of 8 songs and 35 incredibly diverse minutes, the band manages to meld melodic sludge and classic rock into the inspired indie anthems and sonic explorations you’d expect from their other projects. They can hit you with a political post hardcore jam (The War to Settle the Score) or soften the blow as they add angelic vocals and spacey, dreamlike textures (Keepsake and Celebrate). Keepsake builds and builds, but instead of succumbing to melodramatic excesses, the band simply lets the song come to life until it courses through your veins.

In the end though, the most interesting things about this record (and the band in general I suppose) is the simple fact that their success makes it almost impossible to tour or even support this release. Contrived took the time and effort to release this material because they believe in it. They aren’t trying to write songs that sell and start a musical career, and the result means they can launch into a huge guitar frenzy for the last two-minutes of Firing Squad or a soaring anthem like Attention (Black Ops) without worrying what people will think.

Complete musical freedom is a rare thing, and Contrived certainly takes full advantage of their unique position to deliver a record that stacks up nicely against the songs you already know and love.

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Little Joy

Attempting to compile a list of good side-project albums by drummers of successful bands is a task that will have you stumped almost from the beginning. It appears that Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti has done the impossible, though, with Little Joy, the band he formed in 2008 with Rodrigo Amarante of the Brazilian band Los Hermanos and Los Angeles singer/songwriter Binki Shapiro. Fab doesn't do the singing, but he wrote (or co-wrote) all the songs and provides a good portion of musical backing for Amarante and Shapiro's restrained vocals. Not only is the result not the embarrassment that some more uncharitable people may have anticipated, but Little Joy is a good — sometime very good — album. A laid-back and easy to digest album with no grand statements to absorb or deeper meanings to dig for, it's made up of simple songs recorded simply and sung sweetly. The variety of influences on display (like midtempo Memphis soul, lovers rock, bossa nova, early-'70s singer/songwriters, and sunshiny pop) gives you an idea of the mood the record conjures. The pieces are mixed and matched smoothly and with an ease and peaceful grace, making the record a joy to listen to. The hooky songs with summery grooves (the sweetly romantic "Brand New Start," "No One's Better Sake") and the semi-rockers (the kinda Stroke-y "Keep Me in Mind") are the first to grab you, but the quiet acoustic songs are just as nice. The gentle touch they display on "Unattainable" and "Don't Watch Me Dancing" is far from what you'd expect from the drummer of the Strokes, but it works perfectly for the trio. It's unlikely that this will become Moretti's full-time gig anytime soon, but he's using his downtime to the fullest with Little Joy.

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Miniature Tigers - Tell It To The Volcano

The Miniature Tigers’ debut full-length mines the same whimsical, slightly silly pop territory as their earlier White Magic and Black Magic EPs. With song titles that read like they could be episodes of The Venture Bros. ("Cannibal Queen”, “Dino Damage”, “Hot Venom”, “Last Night’s Fake Blood"), the band is clearly not overly serious. But singer Charlie Brand’s high, wistful vocals keep the songs from becoming too comedic, despite the goofy subject matter. The band’s biggest strength is knowing how to write catchy pop hooks. Tell it to the Volcano is filled with the tunes that lodge instantly in your brain and have you singing along before the songs are even finished. And with 11 tracks coming in at just under 30 minutes, the album wraps up before all those hooks start to wear out their welcome. This is fun stuff.

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Finally...

The Flaming Lips - Zaireeka (stereo mixdown)

A combination of the words "Zaire" and "Eureka," Zaireeka is a term coined by Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne symbolizing the fusion of anarchy and genius. It's a perfect title; Zaireeka is the culmination of the Lips' helter-skelter brilliance. Pushing the concept of interactive listening into new realms of possibility, the work extends Coyne's infamous "parking lot experiments" into not merely one album, but four separate discs that can be played separately or in groups of two, three, and four with multiple stereos. (Properly synchronized multi-disc playback requires more than one person — it's literally a party album.) Between combining the discs and toying with volume, balance, fidelity, etc., the options are truly limitless. No two multi-disc performances can be repeated, thanks to the space-time continuum and discrepancies from one CD player to another. Musically as well as conceptually, the Lips are defiantly experimental throughout Zaireeka; individually, each disc sounds more like free jazz than pop, although Coyne's diamond-sharp melodic sensibilities prevail even during the most chaotic moments. With each additional disc, the music's force and ingenuity reveals itself: "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)" is an epic orchestral noise suite, "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" is a multi-narrative plane-crash drama remarkably evocative in its depiction of fear and chaos, and "How Will We Know? (Futuristic Crashendos)" features such extreme high and low frequencies that it can lead to disorientation, confusion, or nausea (the track is not recommended to be played while operating a motor vehicle or in the presence of infants). Logistical nightmares aside, Zaireeka is a dense, difficult work, recommended only for the hardiest Flaming Lips fetishists; however, they're in for the musical experience of a lifetime.

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