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 Member 482 Level 45.24 Mar 2006 |
Comus - First Utterance
 Year: 1971 Label: Dawn Genre: PsychFolk Comus' first album contains an imaginative if elusive brand of experimental folk-rock, with a tense and sometimes distressed vibe. Although there are elements of traditional British folk music, there's an edginess to the songwriting and arrangements that would be entirely alien in a Fairport Convention or Pentangle disc. At times, this straddles the border between folk-rock and the kind of songs you'd expect to be sung at a witches' brew fest, the haunting supernatural atmosphere enhanced by bursts of what sound like a theramin-like violin, hand drums, flute, oboe, ghostly female backup vocals, and detours into almost tribal rhythms. All of this might be making the album sound more attractive than it is; the songs are extremely elongated and fragmented, and the male vocals often have a grating munchkin-like quality, sometimes sounding like a wizened Marc Bolan. The lyrics are impenetrable musings, mixing pastoral scenes of nature with images of gore, torture, madness, and even rape, like particularly disturbing myths being set to music. 1. Diana 2. The Herald 3. Drip Drip 4. Song To Comus 5. The Bite 6. Bitten 7. The Prisoner Get It Von Südenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions  Year: 2007 Label: Domino Genre: An old Cockney man shouts angrily over Manchester IDM Mouse on Mars and Mark E. Smith enjoyed working together on the 12" version of "Wipe That Sound" so much that they decided to give their collaboration its own full-fledged identity, Von Südenfed (a witty mash-up of Germany's süden -- that is, southern -- region and the decongestant Sudafed). Though much has been made of how strange this pairing of artists is, it's really not that unpredictable: Smith, Andi Toma, and Jan St. Werner all like to defy expectations. More to the point, Smith has made a career of breaking and re-forming language in his own image, and in much the same way, Toma and St. Werner keep reconfiguring their music. Besides, getting hung up on the "quirkiness" of Von Südenfed's origins overlooks just how enjoyable Tromatic Reflexxions really is. It's clear that the trio shares a playful, fruitful creative spark -- even "That Sound Wiped," which uses leftover pieces from the initial "Wipe That Sound" collaboration, barely resembles its source materials. Sonically speaking, Tromatic Reflexxions is aggressively accessible, combining the tussling beats and splattered synths of Varcharz with the poppy, structured approach of Radical Connector, as well as elements of electro, dub, shortwave, hip-hop, and much more. The album leads off with three of its strongest tracks: "Fledermaus Can't Get Enough"'s irascible beats and vocals sound like LCD Soundsystem's "Losing My Edge" went over the edge, while "The Rhinohead" brandishes a stomping beat and some of Smith's most melodic vocals in a long time. "Flooded," which is based on a dream St. Werner had of showing up to a gig only to find another DJ there, is a surreal, subterreanean dancefloor emergency, complete with synths that sound like sirens and sonar-like echoes on Smith's vocals. Speaking of Smith, he is as cerebral and caustic as ever; when you can make out what he's ranting about, it usually sounds like an internal conversation or argument, as on "Family Feud," a domestic dispute with Smith voicing all the relatives. "Speech Contamination/German Fear of Osterreich" blurs his versions of English and German together into a third, irresistibly rhythmic tongue. With tracks like "The Young the Faceless and the Codes," you can listen closely for the cheeky wordplay, or just appreciate how perfectly Smith fits into the mix, as on "Serious Brainskin." Tromatic Reflexxions leaves some of its most surprising songs for last, like the cranky, acoustic driven hoe-down "Chicken Yiamas" or the lilting, Afro-pop-tinged "Dearest Friends," which closes out the album. Brimming with gleeful collisions of sounds and words and puzzles you can dance to, this is an immensely fun working holiday. 1. Fledermaus Can't Get It 2. The Rhinohead 3. Flooded 4. Family Feud 5. Serious Brainskin 6. Speech Contamination/ German Fear Of Osterre 7. The Young The Faceless And The Codes 8. Duckrog 9. Chicken Yiamas 10. That Sound Wiped 11. Jback Lois Lane 12. Dear Dead Friends Get It The Book Of Knots - Traineater  Year: 2007 Label: ANTI- Genre: Experimental Rock On Anti- for their second album, Traineater, the avant-rock collective Book of Knots gets even wilder and more ambitious than they were on their uncompromising self-titled debut. Where The Book of Knots was inspired by the seaside towns in which members Joel Hamilton and Matthias Bossi grew up, Traineater explores the corroded chassis of the American rust belt, possibly because Tony Maimone of Pere Ubu (the definitive Midwestern experimental punk band) is also a member. Traineater's portrait of the rust belt is not at all sentimental; instead, it crafts a landscape of hulking metal skeletons, buildings that are purely functional, and humble, largely hidden tools of industry and transport. This time the group's sound is more eclectic, welding together elements of free jazz, noise, metal, and Americana to complete their vignettes, and the cast of collaborators is just as wide-ranging. Some blend into Traineater's sonics seamlessly: Zeena Parkins' electric harp adds a subtle, prickly intensity to several songs, while Doug Henderson's aural manipulation piece "Walker Percy Evans High School" ties into the more abstract feel of the interlude by the Book of Knots' core members, "Hands of Production." Other collaborators are unmistakable: Carla Bozlulich's unmistakable rasp holds its own among the caustic noise/metal/jazz of "View of the Water Tower," which opens Traineater with one of the album's most overtly challenging moments. Likewise, the rusted industrial spiritual "Pray" is indelibly a Tom Waits track -- gruff vocals, junkyard percussion, and all -- and David Thomas' creaky voice makes the spooky fable "Red Apple Boy" even spookier. Even more so than The Book of Knots, Traineater is highly theatrical. Jon Langford, who contributed the brilliant "Back on Dry Land" to the Book of Knots' debut, takes the lead on "Boomtown," a much more elaborate and conceptual piece. Mike Watt's largely spoken word "Pedro to Cleveland" and Rick Moody's "Hewitt-Smithson," a spiraling study of self-loathing in a glass-making plant, also make Traineater feel as much like performance art as an album. Many of the album's most musical songs feature core BOK member Carla Kihlstedt at the helm. "Traineater" itself is a standout: an elegy for a furnace on its final train ride, Kihlstedt's empathetic vocals make it subtly, hypnotically beautiful. She lets it rip on "Salina," a plea for escape driven by her keening singing and violin. Though Traineater's second half isn't quite as strong as its first, the album is powerful, telling stories of strength and despair against a rusted backdrop. Like Skeleton Key, Tin Hat Trio, Pere Ubu, and the other projects the Book of Knots' members are involved with, this album is equal measures challenging and listenable, and entirely fascinating. 1. View From The Watertower 2. Hands Of Production 3. Traineater 4. Pray 5. Pedro To Cleveland 6. Red Apple Boy 7. Where'd Mom Go? 8. The Ballad Of John Henry 9. Midnight 10. Boomtown 11. Salina 12. Third Generation Pink Slip 13. Hewitt-Smithson 14. Walker Percy Evans High School Get It Doug & The Slugs - Cognac and Bolagna/Wrap It!  Year: 1982 Label: Ritdong Genre: Extremely well written and witty pop music I had several of the Slugs' albums on vinyl back in a previous century, but I lost track of them for many years and only rediscovered them on CD a year or so before Doug Bennett's untimely death. I was delighted with how well this music had aged, if anything I appreciated the mix between energetic pop songs and more thoughtful numbers with insightful and often bittersweet lyrics more than ever. And it's hard not to like a band that sounds as if the members are having fun, it's a refreshing contrast with the brooding self-pity that so many rock musicians indulge in. Like some other Canadian Bands (Rough Trade or The Tragically Hip come to mind) the Slugs deserved more commercial success than they achieved, the name of the band probably didn't help much there, and maybe they were laughing too much for the music industry to take them seriously. But if you haven't heard this music then this collection is the best place to start, some of their later recordings maybe are not up to this standard, but Cognac and Bologna in particular is outstanding with razor-sharp songwriting that will have you hitting "repeat" to savor to savor the lyrics over and over again. 1. To Be Laughing 2. Just Another Case 3. Soldier Of Fortune 4. Too Bad 5. Advice To A Friend 6. Stay With Me 7. Chinatown Calculation 8. Thunder Makes The Noise 9. Drifting Away 10. If I Fall 11. Tropical Rainstorm 12. Dangerous? 13. Real Enough 14. Not On The Corner 15. Wrong Kind Of Right 16. Partly From Pressure 17. Alibi 18. Infrared 19. Forget About Me 20. Frankie 21. (Just A Little Bit) Embarrassed 22. River Get It There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Member 34 Level 23.53 Mar 2006 |
The Mountain Goats - Zopilote Machine
(1995, Acoustical Awesome)  Track List: 1. Alpha Incipiens 2. Azo Tle Nelli in Tlalticpac? 3. Alpha Sun Hat 4. Black Ice Cream Song 5. Sinaloan Milk Snake Song 6. We Have Seen the Enemy 7. Standard Bitter Love Song #7 8. Quetzalcoatl Eats Plums 9. Orange Ball of Love 10. Orange Ball of Hate 11. Bad Priestess 12. Going to Bristol 13. Young Caesar 2000 14. Going to Lebanon 15. Grendel's Mother 16. Song for Tura Santana 17. Alpha in Tauris 18. Going to Georgia 19. Quetzalcoatal Is Born Props to el jacko for the original upload. Review (from here:)
P.S Links to the old thread posts (well, 250 of them) are here. P.P.S If you want to repost an album from the old thread, all of the albums from the old thread are stored here This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
Last edited by Moon; Jul 25, 2007 at 09:18 PM.
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Member 770 Level 34.03 Mar 2006 |
Fair to Midland - Fables From a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times is True
Year: 2007 Genre: Prog Rock  1. Dance of the Manatee 2. Kyla Cries Cologne 3. Vice/Versa 4. The Wife, The Kids, And the White Picket Fence 5. April Fools and Eggmen 6. A Seafarer's Knot 7. A Wolf Descends Upon the Spanish Sahara 8. Walls of Jericho 9. Tall Tales Taste Like Sour Grapes 10. Upgrade^Brigade 11. (When the Bough Breaks) Say When Okay, so the tendency for a lot of prog bands these days is to jam as much gobbledygook as they can into a song or album title, but Fair to Midland shouldn't be discounted just because of that. Any fans of The Mars Volta and Coheed & Cambria will recognize some of the high-pitched vocals and interim songs between tracks, but Fair to Midland rein themselves in short of having 3 minutes worth of ambiance in the middle of a song. Instead, what you'll find here is some very catchy tunes with a progressive edge to them, and some captivating lyrics that lend themselves well to the "classical fable" theme of the album (even if they don't make a damn bit of sense). At the day's end, you might not rank these guys among your favorite bands, but I think it's interesting that they're trying to make progressive a mainstream affair, and that they succeed, to a certain extent. (By the way, that growling section in Dance of the Manatee is thankfully the only one of its kind on the album. I'm not sure what they were thinking there. =/) Favorite tracks: Dance of the Manatee, Walls of Jericho, A Seafarer's Knot, Say When, April Fools and Eggmen Splendidly weaved from an atom bomb. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?
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Member 4221 Level 18.81 Mar 2006 |
Journey - Dream After Dream
Columbia, 1980 Rock, Soundtrack  1. "Destiny" 2. "Snow Theme" 3. "Sand Castles" 4. "A Few Coins" 5. "Moon Theme" 6. "When the Love Has Gone" 7. "Festival Dance" 8. "The Rape" 9. "Little Girl" Out of place in Journey's large body of work and completely dissimilar to their cheesy, radio-friendly hits, "Dream After Dream" is the soundtrack to a Japanese film of the same name. Vocals are sparse, but the vocal tracks are actually my favorite. If you're a casual Journey fan who hasn't heard of this, give it a listen. And if you think you hate Journey, you may be in for a surprise. Dream After Dream I was speaking idiomatically.  |
Member 175 Level 58.82 Mar 2006 |
Jukka Eskola - Jukka Eskola
Label: Free Agent Records Year: 2005 Genre: Jazz  DOWNLOAD LINK 1. Introduction 2. 1974 3. Kulo 4. Go Time 5. Buttercup 6. Timber Up 7. Selim 8. Duudamdej 9. Last Breath 10. Kulo(Studio Live, Take 4) ~ Jukka Eskola Quintet - Hub Up Label: Free Agent Records Year: 2006 Genre: Jazz  DOWNLOAD LINK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This cat is seriously one of the best players I've ever run across. It's even more surprising that I found it in a den full of music nerds in SAUS <3. I really don't wanna have to review either of these albums. This is just good, well-produced jazz in its purest form. Man... I drive to Pearl's in San Francisco to SEE cats like him play. Enjoi~ What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
Member 4221 Level 18.81 Mar 2006 |
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Label: Tamla, 1971 Genre: Soul  Side A 1. "What's Going On" – 3:52 2. "What's Happening Brother" – 2:44 3. "Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)" – 3:49 4. "Save the Children" – 4:03 5. "God is Love" – 1:49 6. "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" – 3:14 Side B 1. "Right On" – 7:31 2. "Wholy Holy" – 3:08 3. "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" – 5:26 Most have heard one or two of the singles from this album, notably the title track, but the entire thing is truly remarkable. What's Going On is considered one of the greatest albums of all time and was certainly a landmark soul recording. This is actually the Deluxe Edition; the first nine tracks (listed above) comprise the original album. What's Going On FELIPE NO |
Member 722 Level 44.20 Mar 2006 |
The Offspring - Americana
Label: Sony Release: November 17, 1998 Genre: Indie Rock & Punk  Tracklisting: 01 - Welcome 0:09 02 - Have You Ever 3:56 03 - Staring At The Sun 2:13 04 - Pretty Fly For A White Guy 3:08 05 - The Kids Aren't Alright 3:00 06 - Feelings 2:51 07 - She's Got Issues 3:48 08 - Walla Walla 2:57 09 - The End Of The Line 3:00 10 - No Breaks 2:06 11 - Why Don't You Get A Job 2:52 12 - Americana 3:15 13 - Pay The Man 10:18 Total Time: 43:33 Review: Spoiler:
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Member 838 Level 18.30 Mar 2006 |
I've been listening to this as of late; it's good fun. I think it may have been uploaded before, but I don't care.
Supertramp - Breakfast in America A&M :: 1979 :: Rock  1. Gone Hollywood 2. The Logical Song 3. Goodbye Stranger 4. Breakfast in America 5. Oh Darling 6. Take the Long Way Home 7. Lord Is It Mine 8. Just Another Nervous Wreck 9. Casual Conversations 10. Child of Vision Download here AMG: With Breakfast in America, Supertramp had a genuine blockbuster hit, topping the charts for four weeks in the U.S. and selling millions of copies worldwide; by the 1990s, the album had sold over 18 million units across the world. Although their previous records had some popular success, they never even hinted at the massive sales of Breakfast in America. Then again, Supertramp's earlier records weren't as pop-oriented as Breakfast. The majority of the album consisted of tightly written, catchy, well-constructed pop songs, like the hits "The Logical Song," "Take the Long Way Home," and "Goodbye Stranger." Supertramp still had a tendency to indulge themselves occasionally, but Breakfast in America had very few weak moments. It was clearly their high-water mark. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Member 4221 Level 18.81 Mar 2006 |
The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics
Label: Warner Bros, 2006 Genre: Psychadelic/Space Rock  1. "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)" – 5:22 2. "Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with a Suicide Bomber)" – 3:39 3. "The Sound of Failure / It's Dark... Is It Always this Dark??" – 7:18 4. "My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (The Inner Life as Blazing Shield of Defiance and Optimism as Celestial Spear of Action)" – 5:01 5. "Vein of Stars" – 4:58 6. "The Wizard Turns On... The Giant Silver Flashlight and Puts on His Werewolf Moccasins" – 3:45 7. "It Overtakes Me / The Stars Are So Big... I Am So Small... Do I Stand a Chance?" – 6:55 8. "Mr. Ambulance Driver" – 4:21 9. "Haven't Got a Clue" – 3:23 10. "The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)" – 3:44 11. "Pompeii am Götterdämmerung" – 4:19 12. "Goin' On" – 3:44 Spoiler:
At War With the Mystics There's nowhere I can't reach.
Last edited by Will; Aug 1, 2007 at 03:31 PM.
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Member 175 Level 58.82 Mar 2006 |
Bang Camaro - Bang Camaro
Year: 2007 Label: Black Sword Records Genre: Rock  PUSH, PUSH LADY LIGHTNING!  Boston's Bang Camaro is more than a metal band. It is its own metal universe: a self-contained cosmos encompassing the last quarter-century of metal -- pop metal, hair metal, speed metal, thrash metal, glam metal -- writ large (SERIOUSLY LARGE... it's one drummer, one bassist, 3 guitarists and 15 singers), loud, and proud of it. Bang Camaro is a band I was introduced to me through the bonus junk songs in Guitar Hero II; most of which are pretty awful. "You see," agrees guitarist and co-founder Alex Necochea, "we took the important parts of pop metal and distilled it. We came up with a purer type of music in the end. Lets be honest, no one cared what the lead singer of those bands had to say. They were either comparing their genitalia to some type of weapon that they were going to attack groupies with or they rhymed fire and desire. The fans never cared about that stuff. They wanted to scream along with the huge choruses or they wanted to air guitar to the solos. Thats what we bring." For those of you who just had to let go of all that rock and metal back in the way in order to give way to adulthood: FUCK ADULTHOOD. Listen. -- The Last Vegas - Seal The Deal Year: 2006 Label: Get Hip Genre: Rock  RAW DOG TO RIDE! Another Guitar Hero band and winner of Red Octane's 2006 Be A Guitar Hero contest, their song Raw Dog was put into the game as one of the bonus tracks. The explosive 5-piece line-up boasts members who grew up in blue-collar towns raised on a steady diet of Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, AC/DC and anything else their older brothers were listening to. They started bands young, conquering their hometowns and moved to the city to pursue their goal. Their music pays homage to the journey, unapologetically mixing in the best doses of rock, glam, trash and arena rock. They may be trash glam rock just like Buckcherry, but this is trash with STYLE. -- And now... for something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. Cliff Martinez - Solaris Original Soundtrack Year: 2003 Label: Trauma Records Genre: Soundtrack / Ambient Symphonic  THAT THING IS NOT HUMAN This score completed the film Solaris. I distinctly remember being impressed during the film when I heard these exciting waves of sound passing over the film with such subtelty. Cliff Martinez embalmed us with this orchestral-ambient-electronic suite, and in the process, he has quite possibly signalled a shift/evolution in how we look at film scores. The instrumental beauty speaks to us in a very mature manner. Its message (delivered with gentle calm) is that in principle, soundtracks don't always have to rely on the 'classical' method of arranging instruments. All too often in soundtracks, the strings are taken for granted, mainly because we have grown so used to those mandatory overtures at those expected moments in predictable films. Here Martinez makes the strings a focus, they are the center, they are a meaningful and simple force, a soothing wave. They will move, softly travel, like pencils in zero gravity, drifting us into submissive moments, in and out of our emotions, moving us. Then moving on. The overall feel could be described as cold, the music evokes images of snow and feelings of isolation, however the warmth and emotion is present in every song, always bringing you out of the jouney feeling positive. The electric bells and synthy basslines are out of place, but they don't sound it for a second. Martinez truly shows himself to be a master of the aesthetic art that is ambience, and he's clearly in full command of the exciting sounds he uses. Musically, he is a gifted artist. On the basis of this album, Cliff Martinez is Steven Soderbergh, his musical counterpart you could say, so it's no wonder the stylish director chose this stylish music to accompany his slick and emotional film. A beautifully subtle album that flows like a perfect story. In it's calm, demure, sedated tones, it still manages to scream out loud, grabbing your face with it's cold clammy hands, only to warm itself to you within seconds. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
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Member 722 Level 44.20 Mar 2006 |
Red Fish - 4 Seasons 4 Loves
Label: Follow Up Belgium Release: November 5th, 2001 Genre: Downtempo - Vocal/Lounge/Dub  Tracklisting: 1. Red Prelude 2. Winter Skies 3. Like An Angel 4. 4 Seasons 4 Loves 5. Spring 6. Clouds Moved So Slowly 7. Summer (The Way You Kissed Me) 8. Optical Delight 9. Ultimo Amore 10. Night Flight 11. Fall 12. It's Never Too Late 13. Cotton Candy 14. Final Cut 15. Out Of Time Review: Spoiler:
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Member 34 Level 23.53 Mar 2006 |
Akiko Shikata - Raka
(2006, World)  Track List: 1. Pulse Of The Earth 2. Kinkanshoku 3. Haru Tsuge ~Raggi di primavera~ 4. Mahoroba 5. Souheki no Mori 6. Reimei ~Aurora~ 7. Inori ~Monram~ 8. Luna piena 9. Utakata no Hana 10. Haresugita Sora no Shita de 11. AVE MARIA 12. Utau Oka ~EXEC_HARVESTASYA/.~ Review:
-------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Various Artists - The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever! (2005, Choral)  Track List: Disc: 1 1. Gloria In Excelsis Deo - Academy And Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields 2. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge 3. Zadok The Priest - Ambrosian Singers 4. Miserere Mei, Deus - Gerald Finley 5. Veni Creator Spiritus - Choir Of The Monks Of The Benedictine Monastery Of Santo Domingo De Silos 6. Lacrimosa - London Philharmonic Choir 7. For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Ambrosian Singers 8. The Heavens Are Telling - John Shirley-Quirk 9. Panis Angelicus - Halle Choir 10. Ave Maria - Groupe Vocal De France 11. Ode To Joy - The Westminster Choir 12. Va, Pensiero - Chorus Of the Royal Opera House 13. Chorus Of Slave Girls - Chorus Of The National Theatre Of Sophia 14. Coro De Romanticos - Coro Cantores De Madrid 15. In Paradisum - Choir Of Kings College, Cambridge 16. Totus Tuus - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge 17. Song For Athene - Winchester Cathedral Choir 18. Celebration - London Symphony Chorus 19. Jerusalem - Royal Choral Society Disc: 2 1. Zion Hort Die Wachter - South German Madrigal Choir 2. Pleni Sunt Coeli Et Terra - Charles Brett 3. Hallelujah Chorus - Ambrosian Singers 4. Thou Knowest, Lord - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge 5. Veni Sancte Spiritus - Choir Of The Monks Of The Benedictine Monastery Of Santo Domingo De Silos 6. Awake The Harp - City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus 7. And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth - New Philharmonia Chorus 8. L'Adieu Des Bergers - Choeurs Rene Duclos 9. Agnus Dei - Peter Barley 10. Cantique De Jean Racine - MONKS AND CHOIRBOYS OF DOWNSIDE ABBEY 11. Ave Verum Corpus - Schutz Consort 12. Begluckt Darf Nun Dich, O Heimat - Bavarian State Opera Chorus, Munich 13. Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne Spoglie - Chorus Of the Royal Opera House 14. Laudamus Te - Radio France Chorus 15. Chichester Psalms - Rachel Masters 16. The Lamb - Vasari Singers 17. Agnus Dei - Winchester Cathedral Choir 18. Requiem Aeternam - Choir Of Kings College, Cambridge 19. Dies Irae - Philharmonia Chorus 20. O Fortuna - London Philharmonic Choir 21. Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1 (Land Of Hope Glory) - Royal Choral Society Review:
-------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- I'm not a Gun - We Think As Instruments (2006, Instrumental Rock)  Track List: 1. Soft Rain in the Spring 2. Ripples in the Water 3. Move 4. Long Afternoon 5. Letter from the Past 6. Rush Hour Traffic 7. Unseen Moment 8. Blue Garden 9. As Far as Forever Goes 10. Continuous Sky Review (from here):
-------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Lau Nau - Kuutartha (2005, Finnish Free-Folk)  Track List: 1. Jos minulla olisi 3:53 2. Kuula 4:14 3. Plakkikanteletar 4:33 4. Tulkaa! 5:31 5. Puuportti rautaportilta 4:09 6. Johdattaja-Joleen 2:48 7. Hunnun 4:38 8. Kuljen halki kuutarhan 3:48 9. Kivi murenee jolla kävelee 4:25 10. Sammiolinnut 3:06 Review (from here):
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Member 205 Level 22.32 Mar 2006 |
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials ( 1979, Resurgent, Punk Rock )
 Track Listing 1. Frightened 2. Crap Rap 2/Like to Blow 3. Rebellious Jukebox 4. No Xmas for John Quays 5. Mother-Sister! 6. Industrial Estate 7. Underground Medicine 8. Two Steps Back 9. Live At the Witch Trials 10. Future and pasts 11. Music Scene Overview: That the first Fall album in a near endless stream would not only not sound very punk at all but would be a downright pleasant listen at the start (thanks to Yvonne Pawlett's electric piano on "Frightened") seems perfectly in keeping with Smith's endlessly contrary mind. His inimitable drawl/moan and general vision of the universe (idiots are everywhere and idiotic things are rampant) similarly sprawls all over the music -- there's no question who this is or whose band it is as well. That said, most of Live at the Witch Trials is co-written with Martin Bramah, whose guitar work here is noticeably much more inclined to chime and ring instead of brutally scratching away like Craig Scanlon's awesome work would soon do. Bramah's not just there to sound tuneful, though, and the killer Marc Riley/Karl Burns rhythm section both keeps up the energy and provides surprising grooves. On chugging tracks like "Two Steps Back," it's not hard to tell Smith's Krautrock fandom is coming into play. With Pawlett's keyboards providing a pretty garage kick on top of it all, the result is an all-around treat. Brilliantly scabrous tracks are everywhere, one of the most memorable being "Rebellious Jukebox," simultaneously one of the most tuneful and aggressive songs from the early lineup, Smith pouring it on along with the band as a whole. The driving funk of "Music Scene," meanwhile, redefines misanthropy (and more) with a particularly central Smith target in mind. "No Xmas for John Quays," meanwhile, almost establishes the Fall formula on its own -- Smith chanting and yelling over a quick, semi-rockabilly shamble and attack punctuated with unexpected stops and starts. Note -- the Cog Sinister CD re-release of the album, in keeping with similar perverse reissues in the Fall's back catalog, is mastered directly from vinyl, and more than once sounds it. Download Link Live at the Witch Trials The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour ( 1982, Resurgent, Punk Rock )  Track Listing 1. The Classical 2. Jawbone and the Air-Rifle 3. Hip Priest 4. Fortress/Deer Park 5. Mere Pseud Mag. Ed. 6. Winter 7. Winter, No. 2 8. Just Step Sideways 9. Who Makes the Nazis? 10. Iceland/Island 11. And This Day Overview The Fall already had a slew of brilliant records under their belt by the time Hex Enduction Hour emerged, but when it did, the result was a bona fide classic on all fronts. Honing the vicious edge of his lyrics to a new level of ability, Smith led his by-now seasoned band -- at this time sporting the double-drumming lineup of Paul Hanley and Karl Burns -- to create a literal hour's worth of entertaining bile. The Marc Riley/Craig Scanlon team had even more of a clattering, industrial edge than before, now inventing its own style of riff and melody that any number of later groups would borrow, with varying degrees of success. "Iceland" itself tips its hat toward where part of the album was recorded, and it's little surprise that the Sugarcubes and any number of contemporaneous bands from that country ended up with a deep Fall fetish. Of the many song highlights, perhaps the most notorious was the opening "The Classical," an art rock groove like no other, racketing around with heavy-duty beats and stabbing bass from Steve Hanley. Apparently, the band was on the verge of signing with Motown, at least until they heard Smith delivering the poisonous line, "Where are the obligatory niggers?/Hey there, f*ckface!" Politically correct or not, it set the tone for the misanthropic assault of the entire album, including the hilarious dressing down of "misunderstood" rock critics, "Hip Priest" ("He...is...not...ap-PRE-ciated!") and the targeting-everyone attack "Who Makes the Nazis?" Musically, all kinds of approaches are assayed and the results are a triumph throughout, from "Hip Priest" and its tense exchange between slow, dark mood and sudden guitar bursts to the motorik drone touch of "Fortress/Deer Park." As a concluding anti-anthem, "And This Day" ranks up with "The N.W.R.A.," ten minutes of ramalama genius. Download Link Hex Enduction Hour Otyg - Älvefärd ( 1998, Napalm, Folk metal )  Track Listing 1. Huldran 2. I Trollberg Och Skog 3. Älvadimmans Omdaning 4. Ulvskrede 5. Fjällstrom 6. I Höstlig Dräkt 7. Myrdingar - Martyrium 8. Allfader Vise 9. Fjälldrottningens Slott 10. Trollpiskal Ödemarksblod 11. Draugen 12. Skymningsdans Download Link Otyg's first album and not the one with the Holy Diver Cover What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
Member 336 Level 19.24 Mar 2006 |
Leftover Crack Rock The 40 oz. Label: Bankshot! Release: 1999 Genre: Punk 01. Leftover Crack Intro 02. Jesus Has A Place For Me (Rock The 40 Oz.) 03. Nazi White Trash 04. S.T.I. (Stop The Insanity) 05. Muppet Namblin' 06. The Good, The Bad, And The LoC 07. Outro 08. Crack City Rockers 09. Muppet N.A.M.B.L.A. (ft. The Distillers) 10. Atheist Anthem (4-Track Demo) 11. Nobody Is Free (4-Track Demo) 12. Rock The 4-Track Oz 13. Gay Rude Boys Unite (Instrumental '99) http://www.sendspace.com/file/thyju7/ Mediocore Generica Label: Hellcat Release: 2001 Genre: Punk  Tracklisting: 01. Homeo-Apathy 02. Nazi White Trash 03. Atheist Anthem 04. The Good, The Bad, And The Leftover Crack 05. Gay Rude Boys Unite 06. NC 07. interlude 08. Stop The Insanity 09. Crack City Rockers 10. Burning In Water 11. With The Sickness 12. Born To Die 13. http://www.sendspace.com/file/jdhrem/ Deadline (Split w/ Citizen Fish) Label: Fat Wreck Release: 2007 Genre: Punk  Tracklisting: 01. Working On The Inside (Citizen Fish) 02. Money (Citizen Fish) 03. Meltdown (Citizen Fish) 04. Getting Used To It (Citizen Fish) 05. Back To Square One (Citizen Fish) 06. Join The Dots (Citizen Fish) 07. Clear Channel (Fuck Off!) (Citizen Fish) 08. L.O.C. Into (BDO) (Leftover Crack) 09. Baby-Punchers (Leftover Crack) 10. Genocidal Tendencies (Leftover Crack) 11. And Out Comes The N Bomb (Leftover Crack) 12. Life Causes Cancer (Leftover Crack) 13. World War 4 (Leftover Crack) 14. Supermarket Song (Leftover Crack) 15. Reason For Existence (Leftover Crack) http://www.sendspace.com/file/sdrenz FELIPE NO  |
Member 205 Level 22.32 Mar 2006 |
The Fall - Dragnet ( 1979, Step Forward, Punk Rock )
 Track Listing 1. Psykick Dance hall 2. A Figure Walks 3. Printhead 4. Dice Man 5. Before the Moon Falls 6. Your Heart Out 7. Muzorewi's Daughter 8. Flat of Angles 9. Choc-Stock 10. Spectre Vs Rector 11. Put Away Bonus Tracks 12. Rowche Rumble 13. In My Area 14. Fiery Jack 15. 2nd Dark Age 16. Psykick Dance Hall ( No.2 ) Overview The Fall's second album was also one of the hardest to find in later years, getting only sporadic represses and reissues. Though some opinions would have it that there was a good reason for this -- namely, that it was something of a dead end sonically -- it's not as bad as all that. It's true that more than a few tracks come across as Fall-by-numbers (even then, already better than plenty of other bands), but there are some thorough standouts regardless. There's also another key reason to rate Dragnet -- it's the debut album appearance of Craig Scanlon, who picked up on the off-kilter rockabilly-meets-art rock sensibilities of the initial lineup and translated it into amazing guitar work. No less important is the appearance of Steve Hanley, who would soon take over fully on bass from Marc Riley, who in turn moved to guitar, forming one heck of a partnership with Scanlon that would last until Riley jumped ship to form the Creepers. Generally the songs which work the best on Dragnet throw in some amusingly odd curves while still hanging together musically. The full winner is unquestionably "Spectre vs. Rector," an amazing combination of clear lead vocals and buried, heavily echoed music and further rants, before fully exploding halfway through while the rhythm obsessively grinds away. Another odd and wonderful cut is "Muzorewi's Daughter," which starts out sounding like stereotypical Hollywood music for Native American tribes before shifting between that and quicker choruses. "Dice Man," with its rave-up melody and slower vocal- and guitar-only chorus, not to mention the weird muttering elsewhere in the mix, says it all in under two minutes and has fun while doing it. Through it all, Smith rants and raves supreme, spinning out putdowns, cracked vocals, and total bile with all the thrill and energy one could want from a good performer. one of the most underrated and misunderstood Fall albums Slavland - Echa Wieków Pradawnych ( 2007, Eastside Recs, Folk metal )  Track Listing 1. Zmierzch Fałszywych Proroków 2. Na Rozdrozu 3. Pieśń Żerców 4. Plomien Wzgardy 5. W Starożytnym Gardźcu 6. Siła Wiary, Triumf Woli 7. Goreja Wici 8. Wilcze Pragnienie 9. Łużyc 10. A Nienawiść Wciaż Płonie 11. Wiec 12. Przesilenie Overview Polish Based folk metal with plenty of BM undertones. A pretty solid release from a supposedly " Kvlt " artist. A kickass Folk-metal Record X - Los Angeles ( 1980, Slash, L.A Punk )  Track Listing 1. Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not 2. Johnny Hit and Run Paulene 3. Soul Kitchen 4. Nausea 5. Sugarlight 6. Los Angeles 7. Sex and Dying in High Society 8. The Unheard Music 9. The World's a Mess; It's In my Kiss Bonus Tracks 10. I'm Coming Over ( Demo ) 11. Adult Books ( Dangerhouse Rough mix ) 12. Delta 88 ( Demo ) 13. Cyrano De berger's Back (Rehearsal ) 14. Los angeles ( Dangerhouse Version ) Overview By the late '70s, punk rock and hardcore were infiltrating the Los Angeles music scene. Such bands as Black Flag, the Germs, and, especially, X were the leaders of the pack, prompting an avalanche of copycat bands and eventually signing record contracts themselves. X's debut, Los Angeles, is considered by many to be one of punk's all-time finest recordings, and with good reason. Most punk bands used their musical inability to create their own style, but X actually consisted of some truly gifted musicians, including rockabilly guitarist Billy Zoom, bassist John Doe, and frontwoman Exene Cervenka, who, with Doe, penned poetic lyrics and perfected sweet yet biting vocal harmonies. Los Angeles is prime X, offering such all-time classics as the venomous "Your Phone's Off the Hook, but You're Not," a tale of date rape called "Johnny Hit and Run Paulene," and two of their best anthems (and enduring concert favorites), "Nausea" and the title track. While they were tagged as a punk rock act from the get-go (many felt that this eventually proved a hindrance), X are not easily categorized. Although they utilize elements of punk's frenzy and electricity, they also add country, ballads, and rockabilly to the mix. A very brilliant album that is also very easy on the ears for people who want to venture into the chaotic origins that is punk rock What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Member 122 Level 55.02 Mar 2006 |
Safri Duo - Episode II
Label: MCA Released: June 26, 2001 Genre: Electronic dance music with REAL DRUMS  Tracklist: 1. Played-A-Live (The Bongo Song) 2. Snakefood 3. A-Gusta 4. Samb-Adagio 5. Everything 6. Everything Epilogue 7. Crazy Benny 8. Baya Baya 9. Adagio Review: Honestly, when I first heard the first track on the album, I wasn't as much of a fan of electronic and dance music as I am now. Something about the song floored me, and it's a rather nice and infectious piece. While the whole album doesn't stay at quite that quality level, it's generally a very good album; highlights are the two random classically influenced pieces in the middle and end and Crazy Benny and Everything. Get it here Jam it back in, in the dark. It was lunchtime at Wagstaff.
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Member 482 Level 45.24 Mar 2006 |
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Bluejeans & Moonbeams
 Year: 1974 Label: Blue Plate Genre: Blues-Rock A lot of people judge this record against the Captain's other material, which really isn't fair at all, because that always leads to bad reviews for this simply because it's not off the wall and shit-crazy. The truth, though, is that it's really a great, laid back record that always gets overlooked in Beefheart's catalog. If you've tried listening to Beefheart before and couldn't handle the strangeness, you'll probably really enjoy this record anyway. Tracks: 1. Party Of Special Things To Do 2. Same Old Blues 3. Observatory Crest 4. Pompadour Swamp 5. Captain's Holiday 6. Rock 'N Roll's Evil Doll 7. Further Than We've Gone 8. Twist Ah Luck 9. Bluejeans & Moonbeams Get It Corrosion Of Conformity - In The Arms Of God...  Year: 2005 Label: Sanctuary Genre: Metal Prior to Corrosion of Conformity's 2005 release, In the Arms of God, many fans wondered if the group was over. After all, it had been a long time since the band had issued a studio set (2000's America's Volume Dealer). During this extended break, singer/guitarist Pepper Keenan did double duty in Down (2002's Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow), and of course, had a much publicized tryout for the vacated bass position in Metallica (as seen in the indulgent Some Kind of Monster docu-film). But now COC is ready to roar once more, and the group does so on their eighth studio album overall. Joining Keenan once more are other mainstays Woody Weatherman (guitar) and Mike Dean (bass), as well as a big surprise on drums -- Galactic timekeeper Stanton Moore. To prime themselves for the sessions, the group immersed themselves in old hardcore and metal albums they hadn't listened to in years, and the approach worked, as In the Arms of God is a straight-ahead and raw set. The beginning of the album opener "Stone Breakers" closely resembles a Tony Iommi-led Sabbath jam, while such other ragers as "Paranoid Opioid" and "Never Turns to More" are classic COC. The intro on the first track alone makes it one of my favorite records. Tracks: 1. Stone Breaker 2. Paranoid Opioid 3. It Is That Way 4. Dirty Hands Empty Pockets/(Already Gone) 5. Rise River Rise 6. Never Turns To More 7. Infinite War 8. So Much Left Behind 9. The Backslider 10. World On Fire 11. Crown Of Thorns 12. In The Arms Of God Get It Greg Brown - One Night  Year: 1982 Label: Red House Records Genre: Folk Actually, two nights in October 1982, a time when Greg Brown was a dark horse still building a following and discovering his lyrical genius. In those lean years, Brown worked as a regular on Prarie Home Companion and gigged at coffeehouses more accustomed to hosting open mics than one of the finest singer/songwriters of the time. This long-out-of-print recording provides a window into a lovely, intimate solo show that's full of Brown's folksy wit and touching, previously unavailable ballads. "Banjo Moon" and "Ships" combine sly humor and melancholy, but the satirical set pieces are the most prescient and charming. In "Dream On," Brown raps, "We're not going to drop a bunch of bombs on everybody, blow up the whole world over some little political difficulty or border dispute / Dream on, little dreamers." On "Waiting" he offers a friendly parody of Tom Waits pilfering lines from a wino. Perhaps even more than 1995's The Live One, One Night provides perspective on just what distinguishes Brown from his contemporaries. Even at this early stage, his pacing and delivery are deft, his voice is flexible and visceral, and his songs are keen, openhearted marvels. Tracks: 1. Dream On 2. Canned Goods 3. Every Street In Town 4. Flat Stuff 5. Introduction To "Downtown" 6. Downtown 7. Heart Of My Country 8. Butane Lighter Blues 9. Banjo Moon 10. Waiting 11. Ships 12. You Don't Really Get Me 13. Introduction To "On Records ..." 14. On Records, The Sound Just Fades Away 15. Love Is A Chain 16. Ella Mae 17. All The Little Places Around The Town 18. Never Shine Sun Get It John Coltrane - My Favorite Things  Year: 1960 Label: Atlantic Genre: Jazz Although seemingly impossible to comprehend, this landmark jazz recording was made in less than three days. All the more remarkable is that the same sessions which yielded My Favorite Things would also inform a majority of the albums Coltrane Plays the Blues, Coltrane's Sound, and Coltrane Legacy. It is easy to understand the appeal that these sides continue to hold. The unforced, practically casual soloing styles of the assembled quartet -- which includes Coltrane (soprano/tenor sax), McCoy Tyner (piano), Steve Davis (bass), and Elvin Jones (drums) -- allow for tastefully executed passages à la the Miles Davis Quintet, a trait Coltrane no doubt honed during his tenure in that band. Each track of this album is a joy to revisit. The ultimate listenability may reside in this quartet's capacity to not be overwhelmed by the soloist. Likewise, they are able to push the grooves along surreptitiously and unfettered. For instance, the support that the trio -- most notably Tyner -- gives to Coltrane on the title track winds the melody in and around itself. However, instead of becoming entangled and directionless, these musical sidebars simultaneously define the direction the song is taking. As a soloist, the definitive soprano sax runs during the Cole Porter standard "Everytime We Say Goodbye" and tenor solos on "But Not for Me" easily establish Coltrane as a pioneer of both instruments. It's not often that you can say Julie Andrews butchered something beautiful, but such is the case. Tracks: 1. My Favorite Things 2. Everytime We Say Goodbye 3. Summertime 4. But Not For Me Get It Sparks - Kimono My House  Year: 1974 Label: Island Genre: pop music Arguably one of Sparks' best albums, 1974's Kimono My House finds the brothers Mael (Ron wrote most the songs and played keyboards, while Russell was the singing frontman) ingeniously playing their guitar- and keyboard-heavy pop mix on 12 consistently fine tracks. Adding a touch of bubblegum, and even some of Zappa's own song-centric experimentalism to the menu, the Maels spruce up a sleazy Sunset Strip with a bevy of Broadway-worthy performances here: as the band expertly revs up the glam rock-meets-Andrew Lloyd Webber backdrops, Russell sends things into space with his operatic vocals and ever-clever lyrics. And besides two of their breakthrough hits (the English chart-toppers "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" and "Amateur Hour"), the album features one of their often-overlooked stunners, "Here in Heaven." Essential. Tracks: 1. This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us 2. Amateur Hour 3. Falling In Love With Myself Again 4. Here In Heaven 5. Thank God It's Not Christmas 6. Hasta Manana, Monsieur 7. Talent Is An Asset 8. Complaints 9. In My Family 10. Equator 11. Barbecutie 12. Lost And Found Get It There's nowhere I can't reach. |
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Member 79 Level 15.45 Mar 2006 |
John Paul Jones - Zooma
 Year: 1999 Label: Discipline Global Media Genre: Hard/Blues Rock Track Listing: 1. "Zooma" – 5:52 2. "Grind" – 5:20 3. "The Smile of Your Shadow" – 5:50 4. "Goose" – 4:58 5. "Bass 'N' Drums" – 2:32 6. "B. Fingers" – 5:26 7. "Snake Eyes" – 7:32 8. "Nosumi Blues" – 5:48 9. "Tidal" – 4:20 Spoiler:
Linkage. John Paul Jones - The Thunderthief  Year: 2001 Label: Discipline Global Media Genre: Prog/Hard/Experimental Rock/Metal Track Listing: 1. "Leafy Meadows" – 5:10 2. "The Thunderthief" – 5:58 3. "Hoediddle" – 7:00 4. "Ice Fishing at Night" – 4:31 5. "Daphne" – 4:50 6. "Angry Angry" – 5:54 7. "Down to the River to Pray" – 4:17 8. "Shibuya Bop" – 5:56 9. "Freedom Song" – 2:37 Spoiler:
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Member 377 Level 20.83 Mar 2006 |
Kate Nash - Made Of Bricks (2007)
 "Play" - 1:11 "Foundations" - 4:05 "Mouthwash" - 5:01 "Dickhead" - 3:42 "Birds" - 4:25 "We Get On" - 4:34 "Mariella" - 4:15 "Shit Song" - 3:05 "Pumpkin Soup" - 2:59 "Skeleton Song" - 5:07 "Nicest Thing" - 4:05 "Merry Happy/Little Red" - 13:10 (UK bonus track)
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Member 838 Level 18.30 Mar 2006 |
Radar Bros. - The Singing Hatchet
1999 :: Philips Media :: Rock  1. Tar the Roofs 2. Shiftly Lies 3. Shoveling Sons 4. All the Ghosts 5. Find the Hour 6. You're on an Island 7. The Pilgrim 8. You've Been Hired 9. To Be Free Again 10. Five Miles 11. Open Ocean Sailing 12. Gas Station Downs Download Here I found this album for $5 in a tiny record store in Providence. Anyone already familiar with this band is going to enjoy this album, since it's similarly themed to their other albums. AMG: The Radar Bros.' second album The Singing Hatchet delivers more of their quietly quixotic, psychedelically rootsy songs, which roll along like tumbleweeds: shambling and seemingly fragile, yet surprisingly strong. Crackling static, solemn pianos, doleful mellotrons, and chiming guitars support the rambling, almost weightless melodies of songs like "Shifty Lies," "You've Been Hired," and "Tar the Roofs" and the clean production shows off the songs' expressive arrangements -- "Shoveling Sons"' guitars sparkle like dust motes in the sunlight. Musically and lyrically, The Singing Hatchet often manages to be poignant, spooky, and funny all at once; Jim Putnam's mournful upper register makes vaguely disturbing lines like "All the Ghosts"' "Eyes are painted shut and we won't come clean" even more unsettling, while "Open Ocean Sailing"'s lament "fight the ways of a slow production day" hints at emotional truths without tipping the entire hand. Somnambulistic reflections like "The Pilgrim," spaced-out spaghetti western soundtracks like "Five Miles," and sweeping epics like the aforementioned "Open Ocean Sailing" and "You're on an Island" make this release a surprisingly diverse album, while the songs' relatively concise lengths make it surprisingly coherent. A shabbily majestic, subtly accomplished work, The Singing Hatchet doesn't wear its heart on its sleeve, but it's in the right place. Blonde Redhead - 23 2006 :: 4AD :: Rock  1. 23 2. Dr. Strangeluv 3. The Dress 4. S.W. 5. Spring and by Summer Fall 6. Silently 7. Publisher 8. Heroine 9. Top Ranking 10. My Impure Hair Download here I recently saw this group in Chicago; watching the band jump around the stage to the music was quite a sight. It's great music to move to, since there's so much energy to feel. AMG: With each album since Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons, Blonde Redhead has made huge strides forward with their sound. Misery Is a Butterfly pitted fragile melodies against dark, swirling arrangements, and its tragic glamour turned the album into a cult favorite. On 23, the band trades the cloistered chamber rock of Butterfly for tone-bending dream pop and subtle electronics; while the wide open spaces sound a little bare at first, this streamlined approach ends up making this Blonde Redhead's loveliest and most accessible work yet. The group begins each album with a bold statement of purpose, and 23 is no different. The epic title track's delicate electronic rhythms, swooping, shimmering guitars, and majestically bittersweet melody pitch it somewhere between My Bloody Valentine and Asobi Seksu, showing how a more restrained Blonde Redhead can still sound lush and haunting. "Spring and Summer by Fall"'s streaming, comet-tail guitars and "Silently"'s thorny melody hark back to Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons, while "Heroine"'s vocoders sound surprisingly fresh, giving the song a fairy tale-meets-sci-fi vibe. This more whimsical, if not exactly lighthearted, feel flows through much of 23, especially on "Dr. Strangeluv," which boasts playful percussion and sparkling synths, and "Top Ranking," which layers Kazu Makino's vocals into futuristic girl group harmonies. However, Blonde Redhead hasn't ditched the brooding beauty of Misery Is a Butterfly entirely. "The Dress" is just as darkly stunning as any song on that album, with looping gasps and insistent guitars circling lyrics like "the fear starts creeping up when you have so much to lose," while "SW"'s melody and psychedelic brass interlude have a Butterfly-esque intensity. And as always, Blonde Redhead has a flair for haunting melodies, particularly on "Publisher," the chorus of which sounds peculiarly like Aerosmith's "Dream On." 23 is stunning -- in fact, its only flaw might be that its track listing is a little top-heavy, resulting in an album with an amazing first half and a flip side that is only very good. Nitpicking aside, 23 is mysterious and modern, with an artfully strange beauty that is more memorable than perfection. Destroyer - Ideas for Songs 1997 :: Granted Passage Cassettes :: Folk/Rock  Side A 1. A Month in the Country – 2:06 2. Song About Disappointment – 2:01 3. Spring Cleaning – 2:23 4. No One Needs to Know – 3:16 5. Death to the Northern Man – 2:06 6. Child of Styx – 2:31 7. Marrying the Hammer – 1:40 8. Nothing Against You (Bored Spectre) – 3:46 Side B 9. Song About a Girl Up to a Point – 1:31 10. The Terror Serves a Purpose – 2:42 11. Leaving London – 1:38 12. Untitled – 2:50 13. Forget America – 1:06 14. Stuffed and Sick – 1:29 15. The Leg We Stand On – 2:33 16. Why Banacek Doesn't Love – 5:24 Bonus Tracks Idea 17 (You Can't Go Home Again) Idea 18 (It is Me Who Will Rate You) Idea 19 (These Times) Download here This album (a cassette release, actually) is about as "Destroyer" as you can get. Stripped down to nothing more than an acoustic guitar and Bejar's vocals (and little else), the album stands entirely on the highly descriptive, highly cryptic lyrics. It's tough to get into; even I had reservations the first time I heard it (and I love Destroyer). Now, though, I love every piece of the puzzle, the imaginative and creative world that I honestly don't entirely understand. Unless you don't like Destroyer at all, giving Ideas for Songs a couple listens are all it takes to get into it. How ya doing, buddy? |
Member 34 Level 23.53 Mar 2006 |
Flying Saucer Attack - Rural Psychedelia
(1994, Experimental Indie Rock / Psychedelia)  Track List: 1. My Dreaming Hill 2. A Silent Tide 3. Moonset 4. Make Me A Dream 5. Wish 6. Popol Vuh 2 7. The Drowners 8. Still 9. Popol Vuh 1 10. The Season Is Ours Review (from here:)
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Member 328 Level 29.80 Mar 2006 |
A Fine Frenzy - One Cell In the Sea
 Year: 2007 Label: Virgin Records Genre: Alternative/Indie Tracklist: 1. Come On, Come Out 2. The Minnow & The Trout 3. Whisper 4. You Picked Me 5. Rangers 6. Almost Lover 7. Think of You 8. Ashes and Wine 9. Liar, Liar 10. Last of Days 11. Lifesize 12. Near To You 13. Hope for the Hopeless 14. Borrowed Time Review:
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Member 34 Level 23.53 Mar 2006 |
Frank Zappa - Sleep Dirt
(1979, Progressive Rock / Jazz)  Track List: 1. Filthy Habits [instrumental] (7:33) 2. Flambay (4:54) 3. Spider of Destiny (2:33) 4. Regyptian Strut [instrumental] (4:13) 5. Time Is Money (2:48) 6. Sleep Dirt [instrumental] (3:21) 7. The Ocean Is the Ultimate Solution [instrumental] (13:18) Moon Note: WARNING: This album will get you completely and insatiably hooked on Zappa. Fortunately, knkwzrd can get you your fix Review (from here:) Spoiler:
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ONE BIG CIRCLE JERK~
Circle Jerks - Group Sex Label: Frontier Release: 1980 Genre: Punk  DOWNLOAD LINK ~ Circle Jerks - Wild In The Streets Label: Frontier Release: 1982 Genre: Punk  DOWNLOAD LINK ~ Circle Jerks - Golden Shower of Hits Label: LAX Records Release: 1983 Genre: Punk  DOWNLOAD LINK ~ Circle Jerks - Wönderful Label: Combat Core Release: 1985 Genre: Punk  DOWNLOAD LINK ~ Circle Jerks - VI Label: Relativity Release: 1987 Genre: Punk  DOWNLOAD LINK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In what seemed like a backlash against New York's art-punk scene of the 1970s, young rock acts on the West Coast came out of the decade parading a rootsier, more working-class sound than their elitist forebears. The first band from this new wave to gain broad notoriety were the awesome Black Flag. Flag's original singer, Keith Morris, left in 1980 to form his own band, Circle Jerks, a quartet whose early line-up was completed by Morris's friend, the energetic guitarist Greg Hetson (formerly of the acclaimed Red Kross), bassist Roger Rogerson and drummer `Lucky' Lehrer. What might appear an unassuming band name was in fact a euphemism for a nasty little frat-house initiation involving several young men and a milk bottle, and thus Circle Jerks found some labels a touch reluctant to sign them up. However, the hardcore-championing SST stepped in to issue the band's first album, the entertaining Group Sex (1981). This was a not entirely successful attempt to establish a more solid identity than the 'Black Flag mark 2' tag, but nonetheless contained the elements of humour and satire that were to become a trademark of Circle Jerks' lyrics. Alternative US college radio stations loved it, and the frantic strains of classics such as "Wasted" and "Beverley Hills" could be heard echoing across many a West Coast campus. In the UK, John Peel saw to it that Circle Jerks were heard by his own audience at least. Circle Jerks were rapidly becoming a compulsive act. Later in 1981 this was recognized by ex-Police manager Miles Copeland, who signed them to his own Step Forward/Faulty label, which soon issued the second LP, Wild in the Streets, bringing Circle Jerks to a wider audience. Almost to order, this label transfer (along with a slightly tighter production) brought about a backlash; 'The satire, spirit and fun of the first album is practically non-existent', complained the New York Rocker. Well, it wasn't ever that bad, and included a definite stand-out in the adrenalin-infused "Letter Bomb". Circle Jerks' reputation as being at the helm of the US hardcore battleship was strengthened by their inclusion on Jello Biafra's compilation Let Them Eat Jellybeans, to which they contributed the popular "Paid Vacation". However, the appeal of early 80s US punk began to wane by 1983, and Circle Jerks' third album (the stale and regrettably named Golden Shower) took a critical pasting. Disillusioned by this downturn of fortune, Rogerson and Lehrer disappeared from the scene. Undeterred, stalwarts Morris and Hetson continued, and, after a hiatus of nearly three years (during which time Hetson worked with hardcore contemporaries, the enduring Bad Religion) returned with V1, a long-player which appeared almost to ridicule their earlier identity. Sadly, it received almost no publicity, and garnered little airplay, even from those die-hard college stations. Just as it seemed the Circle Jerks were to disappear without trace, they acquired new musicians in bassist Zandor Scloss and sticksman Keith 'Adolph' Clark. This breath of new life spawned Wonderful in 1988, which showed the band maturing and even attempting to nurture some of the other then-current musical stylings. Stand-out tracks included "Killing For Jesus", and, continuing the band's apparent fascination with incendiary devices, "Making the Bombs". Jam it back in, in the dark.
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