That Special Thread - Onward, ever Onward!

[pwhodges]

Here's the link to last year's thread:  Wink, wink, 2011!
Also: 2010, 2009, 2008; no earlier threads survive.
Consider also the Mixtape Thread.

Rules for this thread:

• Please ensure your tags are correct, and that you have specified both Artist/Album in your post.  It's good to give pointers to what the music is like, too.
  
  
• No hot-linking images or albums. You can re-host images at your favourite image hosting site (e.g. http://imageshack.us).
  
  
• Upload your files in either a .zip or a .rar archive to Mediafile, in multiple parts if necessary. We know MF is reasonably safe and efficient and allows multiple downloads, but there are comparable alternatives. The ads on some other sites, such as Sendspace, not uncommonly contain viruses on the page. Get yourself checked out.
  
  
• Post your link using code tags. It's the # icon above the policeman emoticon. This helps prevent 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.
  
  
• The forum software automatically changes the name MF to avoid being found by search engines - remember to correct it when using the URLs you find here.
  
  
• Please do NOT request albums; this includes requests for re-uploads.  If you miss it, try looking for it somewhere else.
  
  
• Repost the rules at the top of each new page
  
  

[houray]

Night Beds - Country Sleep

http://www.m/f.com/?uk61e1obr85iup8

1. Faithful Heights
2. Ramona
3. Even If We Try
4. 22
5. Borrowed Time
6. Cherry Blossoms
7. Wanted_You in August
8. Lost Springs
9. Was I For You
10. Tenn

This is a Nashville band I've been following really closely since I found their first ep here a few years ago. Their new full length just leaked, and it's pretty fucking sweet. It's country-folk with a washy-electronic accents here and there. I feel like this is the most appropriate place it could be posted.

[jawnbailey]

Ohbijou - Metal Meets [2011]

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http://www.mf.com/?vidiv6d0i9sd48s

Ohbijou -- a Canadian indie pop ensemble whose folksy, multi-instrumental sound welcomes comparisons to the Bowerbirds and Arthur & Yu

[MrSteevo]

Night Beds - Country Sleep

Sounds awesome but, needs a re-up.

[krazykarl]

First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar (2012, Wichita) [indie folk/Americana/pop]

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http://www.M/F.com/?1c53cu2o4pmbst9

[trr005]

I really am loving the First Aid Kit having listened to it on a stream, but is this a CD rip, or a stream rip?

[krazykarl]

I really am loving the First Aid Kit having listened to it on a stream, but is this a CD rip, or a stream rip?

iTunes rip

[FloridaRotisserie]

Hmm, no new thread?



Jeff Lewis - A Turn In The Dream Songs

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http://www.m//f.com/?09fdp9zptud7rtp

[Algernon]

of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks (2012)



Wintered Debts, Dour Percentage

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http://www.mediafire.com/?se747af5rbx762u



Tennis - Young and Old (2012)



It All Feels The Same, Origins

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[minus_the_david]

of Montreal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[krazykarl]

yeah I had considered sharing the OM a couple weeks ago, but after listening to it, decided otherwise.  That said, I am still interested to hear anyone's positive review of Paralytic Stalks.

[kwami42]

I like Paralytic Stalks more than their last two but it's not close to their best work.

[leftandleaving]

I think I've hated just about everything I've ever heard by them, except for Hissing Fauna, which is one of my all time favorite albums ever.  What.

[alli]

Mark Lanegan - Blues Funeral

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http://www.mediafire.com/?cjsyb9x3ayahsqe

[nippletwister]

spooge!  Been waiting impatiently for that one.

[krazykarl]

i'm going to cheat here - no MF for this album, just a direct DL link from the band's website.  hope that's OK.

The Darcys - Aja (2012)  [RIYL Steely Dan, Radiohead]

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http://www.thedarcys.ca/download-aja.php

[pwhodges]

I made this a new thread for this year.

[Lwize]

I kinda thought the thread was dead, with no new posts since Jan 28.

Is MF cracking down? 

[pwhodges]

Nothing to do with MF, just a matter of who's contributing or not.  The main crowd who used to feed this thread went to another forum last summer; but they have not started a comparable thread there.  So this is much slower now - but there is still interesting stuff sometimes.

[valley_parade]

This thread has come so far since Emilio and I started it way back when.

I'm at work right now, but I think I need to make a bit of a megapost, since I haven't uploaded anything in quite a while.

[Algernon]

I used to take advantage of this thread a lot, and it's kind of sad to see it so devoid of life.  I have a bunch of my stuff on my To Upload checklist (including Air's new soundtrack album, Django Django, Porcelain Raft, and Grimes), so hopefully I'll get around to that soon and give a little back to the community and whatnot.

[pinkpiche]

Murder - Gospel of Man

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http://www.M/F.com/?3v667oquo5yc4xv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yc1AXu5WjY

The Caretaker - Patience (after Sebald)

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www.M/F.com/?z0olwfwz03mjm1r


Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis (1998)

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http://www.M/F.com/?5mezdbtld0d


Alice Coltrane - Ptah el Daoud

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http://www.M/F.com/?8xx7gakfuiqr6jb


Papir - Papir



Name your price bandcamp : http://papir.bandcamp.com/album/papir

I don't know how much of this have been posted before, but there ye go...

[snowfallsoon]

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http://www.M/F.com/?0kkcgf7rq339ozn

[ADRIAN WOODHOUSE]

Bleubird - cannonball (2012)

recommended if you like: sole, ceschi, astronautalis

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http://www.mediafire.com/?kplq4h4tj99tmt2

[trr005]

Ahhhh. Thanks much for the Shearwater. I've been meaning to find a download link. I can't wait to give it a listen.

[amok]

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http://www.mediafire.com/?bk78i77zdpckxcd

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http://www.mediafire.com/?j8ygih3t4u44fc4

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http://www.mediafire.com/?m7g3eh4pcdfc9h1

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http://www.mediafire.com/?7rm0p6ia63iq1q3

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http://www.mediafire.com/?ql8b7wklswc9d9f

[SSPKR]

The Caretaker link isn't work.  Bummer.

[pinkpiche]

I'll upload it again tomorrow

[valley_parade]

Since I have today off (Cheers, mssrs Washington and Lincoln), I will update this post throughout the day. Starting wiiiiith:

Skin Like Iron/Nails - split 7 inch



RIYL: pounding, thrashy hardcore.

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http://www.M/F.com/file/18bd3yuc8vknbmf/slinails.zip


Pelican - Pelican



RIYL: teh post-metals

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http://www.M/F.com/?4379fmong5g34ys

Cruyff In The Bedroom - Ukiyogunjou



RIYL: My Bloody Valentine, Lush

I've posted almost all of their other releases in previous incarnations of this thread. Track them down if you want more.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?xtnzo2to6l2in09

[amok]

Sweet, is that Cruyff in the Bedroom new? Love that band.

[valley_parade]

Yep, came out last year.

[minus_the_david]

is that a new pelican????

[valley_parade]

That is their self-titled EP from wayyyyyyyy back in 2001. Supposedly they're putting out a new EP in April, though!


side note: I was just flipping through the '08 thread. Half of the jazz albums I downloaded from Harry's post, I now own on vinyl. Fantastic.

[pinkpiche]

Re-up of The Caretaker

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http://www.mediafire.com/?3wwra364cj568xk

[minus_the_david]

oh. intersting. I've been fortunate enough to see pelican 3 times, and they were fucking awesome. gonna be interesting to hear the new stuff.

[krazykarl]

Black Bananas - Rad Times Xpress IV (2012)



Sounds like: the Runaways having an orgy with the Stooges, Daft Punk, and P-Funk.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?v9wybd7519fyp85

[SSPKR]

Re-up of The Caretaker

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http://www.M/F.com/?3wwra364cj568xk

Thanks!!!

[Avec]

So I didn't bother putting up my own version, but here it is.


Brasstronaut - Opportunity EP [2011]

http://deepgoa.blogspot.com/2011/09/dka095-brasstronaut-opportunity-ep.html

It consists of two lovely originals, plus a remix by No Gold.

[sketchball]

This is an instrumental album I made in 24 hours. I'm a hip hop producer.. This is just a collection of spacey instrumentals. Relatively repetitive beats, but if you dig beats, check it out.

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http://www.M/F.com/?2ttx9mh6zcv8kxv

[pinkpiche]

I think everyone should listen to Dirty Three

"Melancholy instrumental trio Dirty Three formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1992, led by classically trained violinist Warren Ellis, who began writing and performing music for art openings and plays and also tenured in the groups Blackeyed Susans, Paranoid, and the Nursing Mothers." - Allmusic

Basically Dirty Three is the trio you'll dig if you like Grails, some A Silver Mt. Zion, a bit of Grinderman/Bad Seeds and a touch of Bonnie "Prince" Billy. They are absolutely amazing at what they do, instrumental atmospheric rockmusic, especially Jim White on the drums spans from doing machinegun-like beats to perfectly timed snares. Everything he does is important to the overall experience of these two emotional journeys.

Horse Stories

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http://www.M/F.com/?d0ttmt3jjon

Ocean Songs

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http://www.M/F.com/?jkztnjojyyn

And I'm currently uploading the new album.

[Patrick]

Protip: if you want to expose likeminded music lovers to your favorite jams, please adhere to Paul's suggestion and give a description of what it is! (and no, putting 'awesome' in italics below the album art doesn't count!) Sure, I may get flak for "adhering to the trappings of genre tags" or whatever, but frankly, I hate 90% of electronic music, and I don't want to waste time/bandwidth/exposure to risk of legal consequences downloading some dubstep tracks I'm not even going to like in the first place. Please be courteous and help your fellow listeners out!

[amok]

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http://www.mediafire.com/?nedizflxq1yvqrd
http://www.mediafire.com/?56oiyskzf3apqwl

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http://www.mediafire.com/?7yl6bpe9n1kf11i

[valley_parade]

Oh hey Olafur Arnalds.

[pulpfiction21]

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http://www.M/F.com/?0kkcgf7rq339ozn

Has quickly jumped ahead of everything else so far this year and i simply cannot get enough of this entire album. listen to this if you havent

[pinkpiche]

Yes! That is an amazing album! Get it!!

[snowfallsoon]

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http://www.M/F.com/?0z86dz56df62z8s

[flaschenpfand]

Post your link using code tags. It's the # icon above the policeman emoticon. This helps prevent 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.

[pwhodges]

Rules for this thread:

• Please ensure your tags are correct, and that you have specified both Artist/Album in your post.  It's good to give pointers to what the music is like, too.
  
  
• No hot-linking images or albums. You can re-host images at your favourite image hosting site (e.g. http://imageshack.us).
  
  
• Upload your files in either a .zip or a .rar archive to MF, in multiple parts if the album is over 200Mb. The reason for this is that we know MF is safe and efficient and allows multiple downloads. The ads on other sites, such as Sendspace, not uncommonly contain viruses on the page. Get yourself checked out.
  
  
• Post your link using code tags. It's the # icon above the policeman emoticon. This helps prevent 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.
  
  
• The forum software automatically changes the name MF to avoid being found by search engines - remember to correct it when using the URLs you find here.
  
  
• Please do NOT request albums; this includes requests for re-uploads.  If you miss it, try looking for it somewhere else.
  
  
• Repost the rules at the top of each new page
  
  

[ptownblazer]

This was, surprisingly, not simple to find. Unless you've been living under a rock, this band needs no introduction, and where the hell would I begin anyway?...

Mouse On Mars - Parastrophics

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http://www.mediafire.com/?62g1sugm039p3vs

[Algernon]

So I've got a little something for you all, soon to be followed by some more interesting stuff.

The Shins - Port of Morrow (2012)


Simple Song
September

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http://www.mediafire.com/?71jtcqi8jm9f6dd

Honestly, I haven't even listened to this all the way through yet.

But it's the fucking Shins—or at least James Mercer, who's pretty much the Shins anyway—so you have to download it, if only to see if it can possibly live up to your expectations of The New Shins Record™.