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Old Jul 25, 2007, 08:54 PM Local time: Jul 25, 2007, 06:54 PM #1 of 201
Gamingforce Music Exposure Club™

Alright... That last thread got too big for its britches and I'm pretty sure that updating that index was going to be a chore of biblical proportions so I decided (after Moon brought it to my attention) that 420 posts was far too much for one thread to hold. So without further ado, let us usher in a new thread since the old one has been moved to the Archives.

I sincerely doubt we have anyone who's new at this but just in case we get any more new cats (and thankfully, we always do) contributing to the thread, here's a quick rundown of the posting format:

Originally Posted by Example
Nujabes - Modal Soul
Label: Hyde Out Productions
Year: 2005
Genre: Hip-Hop




1. Feather
2. Ordinary Joe
3. Reflection Eternal
4. Luv (sic.) Pt. 3
5. Music Is Mine
6. Eclipse
7. The Sign
8. Thank You
9. World's End Rhapsody
10. Modal Soul
11. Flowers
12. Sea of Cloud
13. Light On The Land
14. Horizon
... along with a mini review of the album.

As was recommended in the last thread, you might want to use SendSpace, MegaUpload, YouSendIt or RapidShare. (Apparently RapidShare gave some people problems with the downloads, so try to use this one sparingly.)

Share, enjoy and have fun!

In memory of the old thread, I have taken the liberty of making a GF Wiki page for it. Please feel free to add or edit anything that you guys feel need editing. If you have any questions about using the Wiki, you can PM me and I'll probably find some way to work on it with you, because I still don't know the ins and outs of it myself.

Index will (hopefully) be updated every week. (I swear to god, guys... Somebody better get on my ass about that updating shit or there's gonna be FUCKING BANNINGS)

~ I N D E X ~
In alphabetical order and sorted by artist. Links open up to individual posts in this thread, not actual downloads.
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88-Keys - Adam's Case Files

A Fine Frenzy - One Cell In the Sea
Acidman - And World
Adrian Quesada & Ocote Soul Sounds - El Nin~o Y El Sol
Akiko Shikata - Raka
Alabaster & REDALiCE - Oto no Ishi - Happy Hardcore Style "Mother" Arrange CD Album
Alexisonfire - Crisis
Amoebic Ensemble - Limbic Rage
Anal Cunt - I Like It When You Die
Angus & Julia Stone - A Book Like This
Ataxia - Automatic Writing
Ataxia - AW II
Avishai Cohen - Continuo
Ayreon - 01011001
Ayreon - The Human Equation

Ball of Flame Shoot Fire - Grumpy Little Bird
Baloji - Hotel Impala
Bang Camaro - Bang Camaro
Behold...The Arctopus - Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
Benoit/Freeman Project - The Benoit/Freeman Project
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Beyond Twilight - For the Love of Art and the Making
Bill Bruford's Earthworks feat. Tim Garland - Random Acts of Happiness
Black Lips - Los Valientes del Mundo Nuevo
Blonde Redhead - 23
Boom Boom Satellites - EXPOSED
Bonobo - Days to Come
Boris - Flood
Brian Simpson - It's All Good / Postcard from LA / Above the Clouds (3 albums)
Bruce Cockburn - Stealing Fire
Buried Inside - Chronoclast: Selected Essays On Time-Reckoning And Auto-Cannibalism



C.O.B. - Moyshe McStiff And The Tartan Lancers Of The Sacred Heart
Cameo - A Gentle Introduction
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Bluejeans & Moonbeams
Charles Gayle - Repent
Chick Corea and Bela Fleck - The Enchantment
Circle Jerks - Golden Shower of Hits
Circle Jerks - Group Sex
Circle Jerks - VI
Circle Jerks - Wild In The Streets
Circle Jerks - Wönderful
City and Colour - Sometimes
Claude Desjardins/Eric Robertson - Canada: A People's History
Cliff Martinez - Solaris Original Soundtrack
Cocteau Twins - Lullabies To Violanie (Volume One)
Commix - Call To Mind
Comus - First Utterance
Corrosion Of Conformity - In The Arms of God...
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

Dave Martone - A Demons Dream
Dave Tate - Home is in the Stars
Dave Tate - The Solitude of Here
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Destroyer - Ideas for Songs
Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom
Dirty Three - Dirty Three
DJ Krush - Zen
DJ Nozawa - Memory Of The Future
Doug & The Slugs - Cognac and Bolagna/Wrap It!
Dream Theater - Awake
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Dream Theater - Master of Puppets
Dream Theater - Metropolis Part II: Scenes From a Memory
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Dream Theater - The Number of the Beast
Dzihan & Kamien - Freaks & Icons

Emancipator - Soon It Will Be Cold Enough
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
Etro Anime - See the Sound
Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd - Blow Boys, Blow

Fair to Midland - Fables From a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times is True
Farmers Market - Surfin' USSR
Fat Jon - Hundred Eight Stars
Faust - Faust
Fightstar - One Day Son This Will All Be Yours
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes - s/t
Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant
Flying Saucer Attack - Rural Psychedelia
Frank Zappa - Sleep Dirt

Gallows - Orchestra of Wolves
Genesis - Foxtrot
Genesis - Nursery Cryme
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Girl Talk - Night Ripper
Gong - The Best of Gong
Great Big Sea - Up
Greg Brown - One Night
Groundhogs - Thank Christ For The Bomb

Handbuilt by Robots - Newtown Faulkner
Happy End - The Three Studio Albums
Hayseed Dixie - Let There Be Rockgrass
Hella - Hold Your Horse Is
Hold Your Colour - Pendulum
Howlin Wolf - The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions

I'm not a Gun - We Think As Instruments
Immortal Technique - The 3rd Word
Innocence & Despair: The Langley Schools Music Project
Isengard - Vinterskugge

Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Nostradamus In Echtzeit
Jeffrey Lewis - 12 Crass Songs
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
John Paul Jones - The Thunderthief
John Paul Jones - Zooma
John Legend - Once Again
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Journey - Dream After Dream
Jukka Eskola - Jukka Eskola
Junius - Forcing the Silence (EP)

Kate Nash - Made Of Bricks
Ken Vandermark and Tim Daisy - August Music
Kiss The Anus of a Black Cat - If the Sky Falls We Shall Catch Larks

Lau Nau - Kuutartha
Leftover Crack - Deadline (Split w/ Citizen Fish)
Leftover Crack - Mediocore Generica
Leftover Crack - Rock The 40oz.
Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
Louis Logic - Sin-A-Matic

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Machinae Supremacy - Overworld
Mako Ishino - New Best One
Månegarm - Vargstenen
Martin in St. Field - Ravel
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Mattias IA Eklundh - The Road Less Traveled
Merry Christmas from the Brady Bunch
Mew - Frengers
Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
Mike Birbiglia - My Secret Public Journal Live
Minus The Bear - Planet of Ice
Miriam Makeba - Africa
Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata
Mississippi Fred McDowell - I Do Not Play No Rock 'N' Roll
Moloko - Do You Like My Tight Sweater?
Montifera - Vastiia Tenebrd montifera
Moondog - Moondog
Morten Schantz - Segment
Moxy Früvous - Bargainville
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

Nahrayan - The End
Natural Snow Buildings - Slayer Of The King Of Hell
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Nujabes - Second Collection Hyde Out Productions
Nujabes - Sweet Sticky Thing Mixtape

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo
Ookla the Mok - Oh Okay L.A.
Otyg - Älvefärd
Otyg - sagovindar's boning

Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Pharoache Monch - Internal Affairs
Pink Floyd - Animals
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
Portugal.The Man - Church Moth
Powerglove - Metal Kombat for the Mortal Man
Praful - Pyramid in your Backyard
Project 86 - Truthless Heroes
Putrescence - Fatal White Pustules Upon Septic Organs

Qua - Painting Monsters On Clouds

Radar Bros. - The Singing Hatchet
Red Fish - 4 Seasons 4 Loves
Rick Braun - Yours Truly / Sessions Volume 1 / RnR (3 albums)
RIOW ARAI - Device People
RJD2 - Deadringer
Road Vodana - Road Vodana
Robert Fripp & The League of Crafty Guitarists - Show of Hands
Rocky Votolato - Makers
Roisin Murphy - Overpowered
Ron Goodwin/William Walton - Battle of Britain (SOUNDTRACK)
Ruby suns - Sea Lion
Ruckus Roboticus - Playing With Scratches

Safri Duo - Episode II
Shark Quest - Battle of the Loons
Silver Jews - American Writer
Slavland - Echa Wieków Pradawnych
Solefald - Black for Death: An Icelandic Odyssey Part 2
Solefald - In Harmonica Universali
Sparks - Kimono My House
Soul Ballet - LAViSH
Squarepusher - Feed me Weird Things
St. Vincent - Marry Me
Stablizer - A Fuse Slowing Burning
Stacey Kent - Dreamsville
Sukima Switch - Natsukumo Noise
Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
Sunkings - Soul Sleeping
Suga Shikao - 4FLUSHER
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Swans - Cop + Young God
Swan Lake - Beast Moans
Sweet Coffee - Naked City

Talib Kweli - Eardrum
Tenhi: Folk Aesthetic 1996-2006
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
The Black League - Ichor
The Book of Knots - Traineater
The Brecker Brothers - Heavy Metal BeBop
The Builders and The Butchers - The Builders and The Butchers
The Cravats - The Land Of The Giants
The Dinner is Ruined - Elevator Music for Non-Claustrophobic People
The Drones - Gaia Mill
The Drones - Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By
The Fall - Dragnet
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials
The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics
The Flashbulb - Kirlian Selections
The Fumes - Guns of Gold
The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
The Hush Sounds - Goodbye Blues
The Hush Sound - Live Vines
The Last Vegas - Seal The Deal
The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
The Mess Hall - Devil's Elbow
The Mess Hall - Notes From A Ceiling
The Mountain Goats - Zopilote Machine
The Offspring - Americana
The Parlor Mob - And You Were a Crow
The Sadies - New Seasons
The Shapes - Songs For Sensible People
The Slip - Eisenhower
The Soft Machine - Fourth
The Sword - Age of Winters
The Who - Who's Next
Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever
Transatlantic - SMPTe
Transatlantic - SMPTe: The Roine Stolt Mixes
Toru Takemitsu - Between Tides
Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson In Crime

Ultimate Opera: The Essential Masterpieces
Unexpect - In A Flesh Aquarium

Various Artists - Fantasies: Trance Opera
Various Artists - Solutions for Dreamers: Season 2
Various Artists - The Best Coral Album in the World...Ever!
Värttinä - Ilmatar
Vast Aire - Deuces Wild
Venetian Snares - Chocolate Wheelchair Album
Viikate - Unholan Urut
Von Südenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions

William Shatner - The Transformed Man
Wolf & Club - Vessels

X - Los Angeles

Yasume - Where We're from the Birds Sing a Pretty Song
Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
Yellow Matter Custard - One Night in New York
Yesterday's New Quintet - Sound Directions: The Funky Side of Life

Thanks to Lady Miyomi for the consistently updated index which I (being Mexican) was too lazy to compile.


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Old Jul 25, 2007, 09:10 PM Local time: Jul 25, 2007, 08:10 PM #2 of 201
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

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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

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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

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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

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Old Jul 25, 2007, 09:15 PM #3 of 201
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.

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If you are reading this review, you probably already know how much John Darnielle rocks. A lot, just to clarify. This first album is absolutely no exception, and although it lacks the refinement of songwriting of his later albums, it makes up for it in raw passion. Darnielle plays just about every song on this album like its the last time he will ever touch a guitar. This raw and powerful playing style is accentuated by the fact that this album was literally recorded on a stereo system with a mic plugged in. The songs on this album also exhibit the fantastic lyrics-writing that Darnielle is renowned for from the bitter sweet half-love poems of 'Going to Georgia' and 'Orange Ball of Love,' to the clever historical and literay references in 'Young Caesar 2000' and 'Grendel's Mother.' This is certianly one of the best Mountain Goats albums, and worth having for every fan. Maybe not a good place to start your collection though, if you are looking to get hooked, look to 'The Sunset Tree.'
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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

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Old Jul 26, 2007, 04:17 PM Local time: Jul 26, 2007, 04:17 PM #4 of 201
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

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Old Jul 26, 2007, 07:27 PM #5 of 201
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.
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Old Jul 28, 2007, 02:49 AM Local time: Jul 28, 2007, 12:49 AM 2 #6 of 201
Jukka Eskola - Jukka Eskola
Label: Free Agent Records
Year: 2005
Genre: Jazz




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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)

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Jukka Eskola Quintet - Hub Up
Label: Free Agent Records
Year: 2006
Genre: Jazz




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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~

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Old Jul 30, 2007, 05:16 PM 1 #7 of 201
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.

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Old Jul 31, 2007, 12:41 PM Local time: Jul 31, 2007, 10:41 AM 1 #8 of 201
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:
Review from Amazon.com:

Maybe hanging out with Jello Biafra put the fun-loving spring in Offspring's step. Or perhaps it was just the royalty checks, hot babes, and fast cars. Whatever the case, the band's fourth record, Americana, is its most lively offering to date, replacing angst and rage with energy and sarcasm. The novelty single "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" matches infectious riffing and shout-along vocals with fly-girl chants of "Give it to me, baby" and lyrics about wannabe scenesters; and a storming punk-rock version of Morris Albert's "Feelings" sees the band hitting a new level of, er, (in)sensitivity.

Elsewhere, the humor is slightly more subtle; "She's Got Issues" cops a new-wave guitar line from the Cars songbook, "The Kids Aren't Alright" opens like an Iron Maiden anthem, and "Why Don't You Get a Job?" is a blatant reggae-style spoof of the Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da." Musically, Americana offers no real revelations, but the songs are a bit craftier and more diverse than the rest of the Offspring oeuvre, veering haphazardly between anthemic punk metal, blistering hardcore, and near-psychedelic experimentation.

--Jon Wiederhorn, Amazon.com


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Old Jul 31, 2007, 11:16 PM Local time: Aug 1, 2007, 01:16 PM #9 of 201
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

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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.

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Old Aug 1, 2007, 12:26 AM #10 of 201
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:
This album is seriously underrated. By most fans' standards, it doesn't compare favorably with their other albums. It's definitely heavier and more guitar-driven than past offerings, but maybe that's why I like it so much. The following is an excerpt from the Pitchfork review:

...At War With the Mystics is a grab bag of musical styles, without ever seeming like a retread of any particular album or sound they've explored during the course of their 20-year career. Though the themes are cut from the same cloth as the last few records-- meditations on fear, death, love, one's place in the universe, and so on-- musically, the band is up for experimenting. The production is distant, queasy, fuzzier, and less direct than any of their recent outings; the vocals are often manipulated and toyed with-- Coyne goes from singing in a register so low you can hardly recognize him (the single "Yeah Yeah Yeah Song") to one so high that he sounds like Beck doing Prince ("Free Radicals"). Musical mastermind Steven Drozd even sings his first lead, on "Pompeii Am G�tterd�mmerung", one of the record's better songs, a peculiar amalgamation of several strands of krautrock and Pink Floyd's "One of These Days". - Pitchfork Media


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Old Aug 2, 2007, 01:58 PM Local time: Aug 2, 2007, 11:58 AM 1 #11 of 201
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.


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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.


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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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Old Aug 3, 2007, 01:56 AM Local time: Aug 2, 2007, 11:56 PM #12 of 201
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:

Review by Dark Nation:

This album is a Gem and a hard to find Gem at that. While the title track was previously found on a compilation album Rendezvous Lounge, having the band's full American Debut album available is a much better way to judge how they can perform (Because as anyone can tell you, one song does NOT define a person or band's talent, although some have proved to be exceptions) and in this respect, the band performs wonderfully.

4 Seasons 4 Loves is a stroll through the year in mood and expression, in both in the atmosphere of the music, the lyrics and even the song's titles. While 15 tracks is more then enough to covey a change over 4 seasons the mood is always properly conveyed. In a nice twist the band starts off with 'Winter', as opposed to the more conventional thinking that the seasons start with Spring. Winter is around for January to March, so kudos to the band for remembering that small detail. The vocals in the songs are a synth-laced female's voice who, in a different genre or band might come off as tacky or even downright weird, fits perfectly with the landscape-effected sounds found here. The Natural Instrumentation of Piano, Drums and Electronic sounds mesh smoothly, and allows the music to lift itself above being background music and instead transforms into a canvas of emotion and reflection.

The tempo and mood of the songs are accurately reflected in the seasons, with winter sounding more 'cold', Spring having a 'wet' and slightly playful tone, Summer giving off the sense of a warm night spent dancing or caressing with a lover, Fall being reflective and slightly melancholy, but picking up with the feeling of a cool fall day's walk through the falling leaves, and ending with a melding mesh of the seasons.

A highly recommended listen for those who are looking for an album to sit back and relax to. Personal Favorite Tracks include "4 Seasons 4 Loves", "Optical Delight" and "Fall", but all the songs on here are good. The only minor complaint is the male raspy voice, but he only appears in two tracks.

Enjoy 4 Seasons 4 Loves, because it cost me 10 bucks!


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Old Aug 3, 2007, 06:04 PM #13 of 201
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:
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Short version: Ar Tonelico Hymmnos Concert Side Green, done by the Japanese version of Azam Ali.

Long version: This albums is all over the place in terms of style. It's got celtic, choral, a hint of African, and just generally wipes the floor with your eardrums in awesomeness. Akiko is a classically trained vocalist, and it shows jsut with the expressiveness her voice carries. Granted, I have no diea what the words mean, but they sure sound good. And ending the album with a throwback to Ar Tonelico (which she was a contributing artist for) was nice. Heck, it's almost better than the version that was in the game.

At either rate, this has been deemed REQUIRED LISTENING. A question on this album will be on the midterm. It will count towards your final grade.
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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:
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The title is true, and self-explainatory. This is the best damn choral compilation I have ever heard.
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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):
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MICHAEL UPTON's igloomag.com REVIEW ::
(05.01.06) This is the third album by electronic producer Jon Tejada and guitarist Takeshi Nikimoto. It's the most straightforward instrumental rock album they have released, with the electronic aspects largely functioning as a backdrop on which Nikimoto gets to pick, strum and riff away. There are no massive solos, but layers of clean electric guitar providing both harmonies and melodies. Tejada often accompanies on acoustic drums as well.

It would be a mistake to call We Think As Instruments "post-rock," even if that phrase gets used to describe almost any instrumental music now. This really is solidly rock, and has more in common with quiet, 80s art rock from artists such as The Durutti Column, Daniel Lanois (yes, U2's most famous producer), and perhaps Michael Brook than with Tortoise or anything on Kranky. Of course, there are elements of contemporary electronica in Tejada's production - the CD-skip minimalism of "Rush Hour Traffic" reduces what I can only imagine were once guitar notes into stammering harmonic layers - but on most of the album the clicks and synthetic rhythms are the icing on a cake made to a much more traditional recipe.

The album's finest moment is "A Letter From The Past," the track on which Nikimoto puts aside his guitar in favor of a sarod and gets his freak on. Well, in an Indian classical style, at least. Tejada provides a Geiger counter click which builds into a strong techno pulse and builds the tension gently with live ride cymbals and an electronic drone.
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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):
Quote:
One of the key aspects to the Finland artists working around this ‘free folk’ area is the importance of female vocalists. Within a few weeks of each other we have here two releases by female vocalists from Finland. Lau Nau is a vocalist with Finnish bands like ‘Kiila’, ‘Päivänsäde’ and ‘The Anaksimandros’. Islaja is a member of legendary bands Avarus (click here for new Avarus review) and Kemialliset Ystävät here on her second solo album, the first being ‘Merite’ from 2004. As experimental as their solo albums are they are not as far out as their collective bands but instead are intimate, highly personal exploratory works.

Finnish ‘free folk’ albums often feel simultaneously familiar and distant, using song structure and instruments that are recognisable but in the Finnish language, with folk instruments and amazing low-fidelity electronics that take it into other realms. It is therefore not surprising that the music is often tagged that which would be played deep in the forests at night, as animals move and unseen forces become manifest. It does sound ancient, alien, unknowable and mysterious to those growing up in primarily English speaking countries. For the reviewer they evoke the strangeness close at hand in the works of Algernon Blackwood or Arthur Machen, the races of unhuman people who dwell unseen in forests. This would sound a cliché until the music starts to seep through the speakers and a sudden change in the atmosphere takes place.

Both artists make music that to the initiate would appear to be similar, acoustic instruments, haunting voices, rumbling percussion, subtle electronics and noises combine into a sublime textured music that appears slightly out of reach. This is informal music, sounding loose and evolving at its own pace to a logic of its own. It often feels trance like, with similar feelings evoked to some music of the Indian sub-continent. After a while this music can seem to recede into the shadows, hanging just at the edge of audible perception. That is not to say it lacks power, but it the form to become part of the air, changing the atmosphere itself.

Lau Nau’s album is perhaps the more acoustic of the two, with stringed instruments that don’t sound anything like guitars or cellos, working in keys that seem different to the norm. Drones, overtones, soft plucking, tiny chimes, slow sitar sounds, deep percussive tones, restrained electric guitar and whispers form this music. It’s closest comparison would be the early work of Norway’s Stina Nordenstam or even moments from Mary Margaret O’Hara. It’s simplicity and innocence occasional evokes the memory of Bridget St John or Anne Briggs but really this is a folk music all of its own connecting as easily to 1920s wax recordings of blues with the hiss and simple communication as it does to modern music.
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Old Aug 3, 2007, 08:35 PM #14 of 201
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.

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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.

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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

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Old Aug 7, 2007, 04:26 PM #15 of 201
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)

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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.

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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)

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Old Aug 7, 2007, 06:14 PM 2 #16 of 201
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

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Old Aug 7, 2007, 06:27 PM #17 of 201
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.

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Old Aug 8, 2007, 04:17 PM Local time: Aug 8, 2007, 03:17 PM 1 #18 of 201
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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Old Aug 12, 2007, 01:11 PM #19 of 201
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:
Originally Posted by allmusic
John Paul Jones stayed quiet for years after the disbandment of Led Zeppelin, performing the occasional arranging, soundtrack, or production gig, or collaborating with such avant garde musicians as Diamanda Galas. Throughout it all, he never released a full-fledged solo album -- until the fall of 1999, when he unleashed Zooma. Anyone that was following who Jones worked with in the '90s -- including Galas, the Butthole Surfers, and R.E.M. -- shouldn't be entirely surprised by the depth, range, and gleeful strangeness on Zooma, but those expecting something like Led Zeppelin IV will be disappointed. That's not to say that there's no Zeppelin here at all. Jones was a key member of Zep, contributing heavily to their sonic majesty and experimental bent, all things that are apparent throughout the album. The difference is, Jones frees himself and his collaborators -- including Paul Leary and members of the London Symphony Orchestra -- to push the envelope hard by making Zooma an instrumental effort. Freed from the boundaries of songs, but not compositions, Jones crafts a series of nine truly impressive songs, blending together blues, worldbeat, heavy rock, jazz, and the avant-garde into a distinctive, unpredictable, and original sound. It may have been a long wait to receive the first solo album from Jones, but the end result makes it all worthwhile.


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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:
Originally Posted by allmusic
As in his previous solo album, The Thunderthief makes it very clear exactly what John Paul Jones brought to Led Zeppelin: driving bass, epic compositions, and impeccable musicianship. It's also very clear what he wasn't doing for Zeppelin: writing the lyrics. The tracks with words on the album are awkward and occasionally laughable, particularly the title track, which sounds suspiciously like a jab at Robert Plant, and "Angry Angry," a presumably mock punk song. Both detract from what is otherwise a very impressive album. (fuck all that noise) Jones plays nearly every instrument on the record and mixes sounds from seemingly every continent and era he could think of. The Thunderthief's best moments are its surprises, like "Down to the River to Pray," a beautiful rendition of the bluegrass standard, and "Hoediddle," which starts off a classic rock jam and works its way into an Irish jig. On "Freedom Song," Jones mixes Eastern sounds in with Western philosophy and somehow makes its work. At the very least, The Thunderthief is evidence that Jones continues to experiment and brave new territory -- encouraging news from a man who could just rest on the greatest of laurels.


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Old Aug 15, 2007, 06:19 PM Local time: Aug 15, 2007, 11:19 PM #20 of 201
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)

Quote:
Why has Kate Nash struck such a chord with the record-buying public? The more lazy journalists have compared her to Lily Allen - presumably on the basis that she's young, female, sings in a London accent and gained a lot of fans on MySpace - but there's a hell of a lot more to her sound than that.

Yes, she writes clever little pop songs about crap boyfriends now and again, but names such as Regina Spektor and even poets such as John Cooper Clarke are as likely to crop up when listening to Made Of Bricks. There may be subjects on the album ranging from crumbling relationships to unrequited love, but you'll also find songs about a child genius who sews her own mouth shut and a girl with a skeleton for a best friend.

It's all shot through with such warmth, wit and vulnerability that you can't help but be charmed on the very first listen. Forthcoming single Mouthwash documents the minutae of everyday life ("I use mouthwash, sometimes I floss") before a lovely catchy chorus of "I'm singing uh-oh on a Friday night, and I hope everything's going to be alright" kicks in. And once it kicks in, you'll have trouble removing it from your brain for a number of weeks.

If there's one thing that Made Of Bricks proves, it's that the advance word about Nash's songwriting talents was right on the money. Birds perfectly describes a conversation between two inarticulate young lovers, while the beautifully yearning The Nicest Thing will strike a chord with everyone who's ever been in love with someone unobtainable. Merry Happy is the other side of the coin, a bouncy, joyous number celebrating the end of a relationship while extolling the joys of "dancing in discos, eating cheese on toast".

The lovely tale of 'girl meets boy, boy ignores girl' of We Get On is also a wonderful highlight, if only for Nash's hilarious delivery of the line "so my friends said what-ever, you'll find someone better", while also reprising Franz Ferdinand's notorious 'party/arty' couplet, and managing to make the line "Saturday night, I watch Channel 5, I particularly like CSI" sound heartbreakingly poignant.

Yet it's the more seemingly obscure songs on here that bear up best to repeated listening. Skeleton Song is just incredible, with clattering percussion and Nash's trademark piano skating all over the place, while Nash sings about a beloved friend who just happens to be a skeleton. It really shouldn't work, but you'll find yourself combing the lyrics over and over again. It's also probably Nash's most musically ambitious number here.

Those long-term fans who downloaded demo versions will find plenty to debate on here too - Dickhead has changed from a stark piano tune to a smokey jazz ballad with Björk-style sonic oddities scattered all around, while the show-stopping Mariella benefits from a beefed-up sound and some gorgeous harmonised backing vocals. The cryptic lyrics ("sometimes, I wish I was like Mariella, she got some pritt stick and glued her lips together.So she never had to speak") just add to the genius of it all.

Only Pumpkin Soup will possibly give some ammunition to the 'poor man's Lily' brigade, but it's fresh, funky and danceable and gives a great deal of variety to the album.

Some fans may raise a quizzical eyebrow over some of Nash's finest songs that are missing, such as Stitching Leggings, but that's all the more reason to keep an eye out for B-side releases over the next few months - there are at least four or five songs here on here that could easily be Top 5 hits between now and Christmas.

So, from bed-bound broken foot casualty to creator of the finest debut album of the year in just over a year. That's one pretty huge silver lining.
Recommended Track - Foundations

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Old Aug 16, 2007, 05:42 PM Local time: Aug 17, 2007, 07:42 AM #21 of 201
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

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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

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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)

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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.

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Old Aug 17, 2007, 11:45 AM #22 of 201
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:)
Quote:
On my first listen, I was going "huh?" I was hearing this really cool psychadellic spaced-out alternative indie rock (think Porcupine Tree meets Pink Floyd meets Mogwai). But mysterious noisy static keyboard effects were layered over this music. I was wondering if the keyboard were suppose to have this much feedback. I was asking myself that question until the music grew on me. I didn't care anymore, I realized how briiliant these experimental rockers were. What sounded like a mistake was actually an elaborately structured new expression of rock music. My main beef with this album is the times when the filler tracks play. There are tracks where the band is just playing around with obscure sounds, no real melody, just a wall of noise. As for the vocals, it's kind of buried and soft spoken yet isn't boring. It's not like the singer is just blurting out a bunch of words. He puts effort in making the words flow at ease with the music and it's sort of mellow too. Beautiful haunting voice is what it is. This is an album that manages to be real calm but also crazy, the atmosphere fills with blurry fuzz. They don't call this "Flying Saucer Attack" for nothing because I felt a flying saucer was attacking the music.
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Nahrayan - The End
(2007, Post Metal)



Track List:
1. The Last Sunrise
2. A Dying Sun
3. The End

Review:
Quote:
This personally reminds me of Pelican mixed with a hint of Mogwai and a good dash of metal. The first track starts off with some bleak ambient guitar and then hits you with a wave of power. Then the bleakness returns with but with gusto, and then another wave of power. Tracks two and three are like that, and it makes for a pretty rocking album.
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Old Aug 19, 2007, 11:38 PM #23 of 201
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

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A Fine Frenzy is actually just a fine young singer-songwriter from Seattle, born Alison Sudol. A self-taught piano player, on her debut album she pairs sweeping orchestral arrangements with dreamlike lyrics inspired by the classic works of fantasy writers like CS Lewis, EB White, and Lewis Carroll. Add to that a propensity for frilly shirts and cryptic song titles such as "The Minnow & the Trout" and you half-expect to find a back alley Joanna Newsom. Instead Sudol specializes in accessible pop epics, the kind of songs that fit perfectly over the end credits of a great Hollywood tearjerker. Despite the gentle melancholia that runs through "Ashes and Wine" and "You Picked Me," each tune arrives wrapped in an exuberant melody and topped by the singer's commanding voice. On the disc's standout moment, "Almost Lover," she shows she can do simplicity as well, musing over a sublime piano medley, "Shoulda known you'd bring me heartache/ Oh, most lovers always do." --Aidin Vaziri
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Old Aug 27, 2007, 07:29 PM #24 of 201
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

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In my youthful Zappa explorations, I became increasingly wary of later releases, and glossed this one over, among a few others. A few years ago, I read a review of this slab, which touted it as holding true to some of Zappa's greatest instrumental work. Since I don't remember where I read that, I'll repeat it here for others who were unaware:

This is a great Zappa album.

As became the norm for his late '70s work, Zappa compiled this album from recordings of various line-ups, set to tape over the course of years; in this case 1974-76. If you find the vocals in Zappa's work often annoying and obtrusive, you won't be surprised by Harris' work here. Her voice and style are right in line with Frank's and Ray's and Ike's, although a tad less goofy. The four tracks featuring her vocals aren't completely forgettable, and are certainly not out of place. Sometimes operatic, sometimes loungey, she provides some of the best vocals ever set to Zappa's work. However, the true gems here are the first and last tracks.

"Filthy Habits" teams Zappa and Bozzio with Dave Parlato on bass. Parlato comes in with a dark and haunting bass line, which shifts key and cadence occasionally, but is basically repeated throughout the song. As the other half of the rhythm section, Bozzio is given carte blanche by this repetition to go absolutely ape-shit on drums. And he does. Over all that, Frank sets up some keyboards for filler and then goes to town with multiple guitar tracks. He combines a Hot Rats like style with some distorted feedback, and pollutes the bass line with astounding grace. This easily could've been on one of the Guitar comps.

"The Ocean is the Ultimate Solution" is also driven by Bozzio's drums, but Patrick O'Hearn is brought in to add an explosive dynamic to the bass. These three present an instrumental orgy with sonic climaxes happening all over the place, leaving you to either clean up or sleep in the wet spot afterward. Bozzio shuffles along, conducting percussive experiments with bonus snare work and a flashy kick drum pattern in 5/8 that resolves the chaos from time to time. For the first half of the song, Frank's comping and strumming only ceases momentarily to let O'Hearn bust out some super fancy bass riffage. The liners only credit him with bass, but it sounds like an acoustic double bass and brings Mingus to mind. After O'Hearn's explosions, Zappa gains a partner in another double guitar track, and adds an extensive solo throughout the second half of the song. With a few changes in pace and energy, this song ebbs and flows all the way to the disc's delta, where it quietly fades out, leaving resonance in your head and your hand reaching toward the play button to repeat the whole thing again.

I may be biased toward his instrumental compositions, but I wouldn't hesitate to call these two of my favorite Zappa songs ever.


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Qua - Painting Monsters On Clouds
(2007, Electronica / Post Rock)



Track List:
1 Painting Monsters (1:53)
2 On Clouds (4:30)
3 Luckybuster (4:45)
4 Devil Eyes (3:57)
5 Night Sailing (3:49)
6 Watercolour (5:01)
7 Stranger Comforts Have Slipped By (Pt 1 & Pt 2) (10:01)
8 Happy Domestika (4:01)
9 Low Hanging Fruit (1:10)
10 Output (5:29)
11 Secret Space (6:24)

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Australia's Cornel Wilczek has been releasing music under the name Qua for several years now, but none of it has seen release inside the United States until Mush Records decided to remedy that situation by re-releasing a couple of his albums to hopefully introduce his music to a wider audience. While his debut Forgetabout from 2002 was a decent little release (that definitely still sounds like an artist who's trying to find his way), it's his follow-up of Painting Monsters On Clouds that really finds him stretching out and exploring some unique sounds.

The two-part album opening tracks of "Painting Monsters" and "On Clouds" are a perfect introduction to his sound as he explores rhythm, melody and texture in ways that call to mind a slew of different artists without sounding directly like any of them. The former track mixes soft waves of feedback, clicky percussion and billowy ambience into a nice introduction, while the latter mingles together ramshackle drumming, playful melodies (that include filtered harps and twangy guitars), and warm textures in a way that calls to mind Caribou or Four Tet.

From there, the album continues to play things light and loose, and "Luckybuster" mixes some pretty guitar melodies with soft keyboards and some rather hyper programming into a track that falls somewhere between The Books and melodic IDM. The middle of the release slows things down a bit with quieter tracks like "Watercolour" (that blends field recordings, warm melodica, and some nice programming) and "Happy Domestica," which mixes clean playful tones and organic instrumentation in a way that sounds a bit like Nobukazu Takemura or Motohiro Nakashima.

Also a multimedia artist, Wilczek really sounds as if he's literally taking small steps with each song on his albums. Painting Monsters On Clouds fittingly ends with two of the best tracks on the entire release, with "Output" finding quirky melodies dancing off more textural backdrops and some nice acoustic guitar while the closer of "Secret Space" builds from an intro that recalls Mum into a more band-like second section with muffled drums, bright guitars, chimes, and loads of electronics. Considering the nice leap he made from his first album to his second, and that this eleven song release originally came out in 2004, here's hoping for yet another chapter in the evolving sound of Qua in the near future.


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Old Aug 28, 2007, 01:54 PM Local time: Aug 28, 2007, 11:54 AM #25 of 201
ONE BIG CIRCLE JERK~

Circle Jerks - Group Sex
Label: Frontier
Release: 1980
Genre: Punk




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Circle Jerks - Wild In The Streets
Label: Frontier
Release: 1982
Genre: Punk




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Circle Jerks - Golden Shower of Hits
Label: LAX Records
Release: 1983
Genre: Punk




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Circle Jerks - Wönderful
Label: Combat Core
Release: 1985
Genre: Punk




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Circle Jerks - VI
Label: Relativity
Release: 1987
Genre: Punk




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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".

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