THIS BLOG IS CLOSED

several of the biggest music blogs have closed lately because of lawsuits. if it was just me, I wouldn't close this blog, but because a lot of other people use this and are uploading to it, I don't want to risk that anyone get in trouble for hosting music here.

it's been a lot of fun and I guess unless I do recieve a threat, I'm not going to close all the download links (namely because it would take a really long time) but this blog is closed indefinitely.

sorry gang!

Tim Buckley - Lorca (1970)

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#01 - Lorca
#02 - Anonymous Proposition
#03 - I had a talk with my Woman
#04 - Driftin'
#05 - Nobody Walkin'

I guess to talk about how weird this LP is would be kinda pretentious. I have heard apocraphyllic stories about how Buckley made this album to alienate his fans on purpose... but as far as I am concerned what you get is a haunting front side full of rhodes piano and really strange dissonant passages that have more in common with what Miles Davis was doing in 1970 than with the rest of folk music at large, and on the second side the reverse is true, however, adding to the mix electric bass and congas. Regardless of any stigma this album may have within music circles (I really dont know if I'm putting up an absolute stinker or what) but I really enjoy it and I think that if you're into avant-garde type music that you should definitely check this out.

from allmusic.com: Buckley stunned and, to a rare degree, alienated fans with the dissonant, at times wearying, avant-garde exercises in vocal gymnastics that took up the entire first side of this LP. Side two was far more accessible, though Buckley's fusion of folk instrumentation with jazzy improvisation on extended compositions continued to take him further away from his folk-rock roots.

Frank Sinatra- Watertown (1970)

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"Watertown" – 3:36
"Goodbye (She Quietly Says)" – 3:06
"For a While" – 3:09
"Michael and Peter" – 5:10
"I Would Be in Love (Anyway)" – 2:31
"Elizabeth" – 3:38
"What a Funny Girl (You Used to Be)" – 3:00
"What's Now Is Now" – 4:04
"She Says" – 1:51
"The Train" – 3:26
"Lady Day" (CD bonus track) – 2:47

I got this because 1. love Sinatra and 2. reportedly it's the first concept album. It's very sad music and of course Sinatra's beautiful voice. I've always loved Sinatra so I guess I can't be OBJECTIVE but I really liked this.

Also no, it's not flac; I couldn't get the flac up.

Macho Man Randy Savage- Be A Man (2003)

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29384. Macho Man Randy Savage - [Be A Man #01] Intro
29385. Macho Man Randy Savage - [Be A Man #02] I'm Back
29386. Macho Man Randy Savage - [Be A Man #03] Ru Ready
29387. Macho Man Randy Savage - [Be A Man #04] Hit The Floor
29388. Macho Man Randy Savage - [Be A Man #05] Let's Get It On
29389. Macho Man Randy Savage - [Be A Man #06] Remember Me
29390. Macho Man Randy Savage - [Be A Man #07] Tear It Up
29391. Macho Man Randy Savage - [Be A Man #08] Macho Thang
29392. Macho Man Randy Savage - [Be A Man #09] Be A Man
29393. Macho Man Randy Savage - [Be A Man #10] Get Back
29394. Macho Man Randy Savage - [Be A Man #11] Feel The Madness
29395. Macho Man Randy Savage - [Be A Man #12] What's That All About
29396. Macho Man Randy Savage - [Be A Man #13] Gonna Be Trouble
29397. Macho Man Randy Savage - [Be A Man #14] Perfect Friend

Yes.

This is real.

The Descendents- Milo Goes to College (1982)

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"Myage" – 1:59
"I Wanna Be a Bear" – 0:42
"I'm Not a Loser" – 1:28
"Parents" – 1:38
"Tonyage" – 0:56
"M 16" – 0:43
"I'm Not a Punk" – 1:04
"Catalina" – 1:46
"Suburban Home" – 1:40
"Statue of Liberty" – 1:59
"Kabuki Girl" – 1:10
"Marriage" – 1:39
"Hope" – 2:00
"Bikeage" – 2:14
"Jean Is Dead" – 1:33

A classic punk rock album. I don't know why I uploaded it since if you like punk, you have this, and if you don't, this probably won't change your mind, but what a fun fucking album this is.

PAREEEEEEENTTTSSS

So if you like good music, get it, if you are too afraid of letting go and rocking out (minimal rock outs here...) don't!

Buddy Rich & Max Roach- Rich Versus Roach (1991)

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04222. Buddy Rich & Max Roach - [Rich Vs. Roach #01] Sing, Sing, Sing (alternate take)
04223. Buddy Rich & Max Roach - [Rich Vs. Roach #02] Sing, Sing, Sing
04224. Buddy Rich & Max Roach - [Rich Vs. Roach #03] The Casbah
04225. Buddy Rich & Max Roach - [Rich Vs. Roach #04] The Casbah (alternate take)
04226. Buddy Rich & Max Roach - [Rich Vs. Roach #05] Sleep
04227. Buddy Rich & Max Roach - [Rich Vs. Roach #06] Figure Eights
04228. Buddy Rich & Max Roach - [Rich Vs. Roach #07] Yesterdays
04229. Buddy Rich & Max Roach - [Rich Vs. Roach #08] Big Foot
04230. Buddy Rich & Max Roach - [Rich Vs. Roach #09] Big Foot (alternate take)
04231. Buddy Rich & Max Roach - [Rich Vs. Roach #10] Limehouse Blues
04232. Buddy Rich & Max Roach - [Rich Vs. Roach #11] Limehouse Blues (alternate take)
04233. Buddy Rich & Max Roach - [Rich Vs. Roach #12] Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye

Two of the best drummers the world has ever seen, playing their hearts out. I think I read that Rich was the left speaker, and Roach the right, but I don't know. Blogger sucks balls so I won't type more but if you are into drumming or jazz, get this. If you also appreciate actual ability instead jerking off on instruments, get this.

Ott- Skylon (2008)

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29295. Ott - [Skylon #01] From Trunch to Stormness
29296. Ott - [Skylon #02] The Queen of All Everything
29297. Ott - [Skylon #03] Rogue Bagel
29298. Ott - [Skylon #04] Daisies and Rubies
29299. Ott - [Skylon #05] Signals from Bob
29300. Ott - [Skylon #06] 382 Seaside
29301. Ott - [Skylon #07] Roflcopter
29302. Ott - [Skylon #08] A Shower of Sparks

Uploaded this on request, and I know some of you will like it. PS OTT IS ELECTROS IF YOU DONT LIKE ELECTROS DONT GET THIS.

Sun Kil Moon- Ghosts of the Great Highway (2003)

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"Glenn Tipton" - 4:16
"Carry Me Ohio" - 6:21
"Salvador Sanchez" - 6:29
"Last Tide" - 2:55
"Floating" - 3:19
"Gentle Moon" - 5:18
"Lily And Parrots" - 4:18
"Duk Koo Kim" - 14:32
"Sí, Paloma" - 5:32
"Pancho Villa" - 5:12

Do you like people that come from the same school of thought as the Decembrists, that music should tell a story and all these emotion songs are boring? Are you in the unenviable position of being one of these people, but you can't stand Colin Meloy because you have taste?

Welcome to Sun Kil Moon, a band created by the singer from the Red House Painters, a group Jope linked me to once without knowing it (heh). Really good stuff, especially if you like story music or the Red House Painters.

The Innocence Mission- Small Planes (2001)

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29263. The Innocence Mission - [Small Planes CD1 #01] Rooftop
29264. The Innocence Mission - [Small Planes CD1 #02] Too Early To Say
29265. The Innocence Mission - [Small Planes CD1 #03] Migration
29266. The Innocence Mission - [Small Planes CD1 #04] Today
29267. The Innocence Mission - [Small Planes CD1 #05] The Girl On My Left
29268. The Innocence Mission - [Small Planes CD1 #06] Song About Traveling
29269. The Innocence Mission - [Small Planes CD1 #07] Oh Do Not Fly Away
29270. The Innocence Mission - [Small Planes CD1 #08] I Left The Grounds
29271. The Innocence Mission - [Small Planes CD1 #09] Some Clear Joy Is Coming
29272. The Innocence Mission - [Small Planes CD1 #10] Small Planes
29273. The Innocence Mission - [Small Planes CD1 #11] I Have Loved You

You might think, hey, I wonder what Sufjan Stevens is doing now. If you are, congrats, you're a fucking idiot. he's writing lyrics that would be okay until he finally throws himself into the song and ruins it because he's a self absorbed faggot.

Luckily, there is someone who sings like him and isn't self absorbed and actually has an excuse for sounding like a woman (guess that it is). Not an award winning album, but if he didn't bite her style, I'd be pretty amazed.

whats this

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http://www.gamingw.net/forums/index.php?topic=68488.0

music is in the previous post if that's what you're all about

Mike Patton - Pranzo Oltranzista (1997)

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It's likely that Mike Patton appears SOMEWHERE in your music collection. With all his bands and collaborations he's pretty much music's slut.
That said, his solo albums don't come up much. Maybe because they're batshit insane or not so easy to find. This here is the second one, and it's the more "musical" of the two albums. (Not hard, given the first [Adult Themes for Voice] is just him making noises in a microphone.)

Pranzo is still pretty experimental and noisy, though. It's based around food and the Futurist Cookbook. Features Marc Ribot on guitar, William Winant on percussion, Erik Friedlander on cello and John Zorn on alto sax. Kinda unsettling stuff!

Uh fucks me what else to say HERES THE WAKEPEDEDIA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranzo_Oltranzista

wa me do that wa me go,
jope

John Mayall - The Turning Point (1969)

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2024. John Mayall - [The Turning Point #01] The Laws Must Change
2025. John Mayall - [The Turning Point #02] Saw Mill Gulch Road
2026. John Mayall - [The Turning Point #03] I'm Gonna Fight for You J.B.
2027. John Mayall - [The Turning Point #04] So Hard to Share
2028. John Mayall - [The Turning Point #05] California
2029. John Mayall - [The Turning Point #06] Thoughts About Roxanne
2030. John Mayall - [The Turning Point #07] Room To Move

Acoustic blues from the late 60s. For those of you who dont know who John Mayall is.. well.. without him there would be no Eric Clapton, no Jeff Beck and no Jimmy Page. They all played guitar in his (Mayall's) band at one point or another, but I digress. This is an interesting album because uhh it comes immediately after the blues revival in England, which was pretty electric and departed from most jazzy roots, but this album is pretty much the opposite. Its acoustic, has no drums and almost feels like delta blues at times. Some classic tracks on here though, so definitely worth checking out.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor- F♯A♯∞ (1998)

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# "The Dead Flag Blues" – 16:27
## "The Dead Flag Blues (Intro)" – 6:37
## "Slow Moving Trains" – 3:33
## "The Cowboy…" – 4:17
## "The Dead Flag Blues (Outro)" – 2:00
# "[[East Hastings]]" – 17:58
## "…Nothing's Alrite in Our Life…"/"The Dead Flag Blues (Reprise)" – 1:35
## "The Sad Mafioso…" – 10:44
## "Drugs in Tokyo" – 3:43
## "Black Helicopter" – 1:56
# "Providence" – 29:02
## "Divorce & Fever…" – 2:44
## "Dead Metheny…" – 8:07
## "Kicking Horse on Brokenhill" – 5:53
## "String Loop Manufactured During Downpour…" – 4:36
## "J.L.H. Outro" – 4:08

Sometime in 2007, I uploaded the fantastic Teargas & Plateglass, and mentioned it was one of the few albums that honestly made me feel terrified while I listened to it. The first such album had to be this one, a classic now in music circles, and unfortunately given a lot of indie cred as a result, and you all know how irritating those guys can be.

It's a real shame, because this is one scary fucking album. This album will liquify your shit and make it leak out your ass. It's beautiful and pretty much made Godspeed the second biggest name in postrock (outside of Slint which now has ridiculous indie cred, but you know, Spiderland is a good album anyways, one of those deals).

If you don't have this album, what on earth. Get it already, put some headphones on, and hear one of the best albums of the 90s.

If you really don't get what it will sound like: look at the album cover.

The Unspoken Heard- 48 Months (2003)

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25134. The Unspoken Heard - [48 Months #01] Mid Atlantic
25135. The Unspoken Heard - [48 Months #02] Better
25136. The Unspoken Heard - [48 Months #03] Nigga Like Me
25137. The Unspoken Heard - [48 Months #04] Setting Sun
25138. The Unspoken Heard - [48 Months #05] How You Livin (feat. J-Live, Grap Luva and Sondia)
25139. The Unspoken Heard - [48 Months #06] Trackrunners (feat. J-Live and Grap Luva)
25140. The Unspoken Heard - [48 Months #07] The Music
25141. The Unspoken Heard - [48 Months #08] Smiley (The Woh Woh Song)
25142. The Unspoken Heard - [48 Months #09] Its About Time
25143. The Unspoken Heard - [48 Months #10] Dream Birth
25144. The Unspoken Heard - [48 Months #11] SouLTamboree
25145. The Unspoken Heard - [48 Months #12] Jamboree
25146. The Unspoken Heard - [48 Months #13] General Blackman Isgod
25147. The Unspoken Heard - [48 Months #14] Black Moses
25148. The Unspoken Heard - [48 Months #15] Smiley (Soul Dub Version)
25149. The Unspoken Heard - [48 Months #16] Untitled

Asheru is probably most famous for the theme song he rapped for the Boondocks, but his own rap group, the Unspoken Heard, is definitely not shabby. SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS whatever, if you have heard his voice, check it out.

Tom Waits- Nighthawks at the Diner (1975)

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"(Opening Intro)" – 2:58
"Emotional Weather Report" – 3:47
"(Intro)" to "On a Foggy Night" – 2:16
"On a Foggy Night" – 3:48
"(Intro)" to "Eggs and Sausage" – 1:53
"Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson)" – 4:19
"(Intro)" to "Better Off Without a Wife" – 3:02
"Better Off Without a Wife" – 3:59
"Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street)" – 11:30
"(Intro)" to "Warm Beer and Cold Women" – 0:55
"Warm Beer and Cold Women" – 5:21
"(Intro)" to "Putnam County" – 0:47
"Putnam County" – 7:35
"Spare Parts I (A Nocturnal Emission)" (Waits, Chuck E. Weiss) – 6:25
"Nobody" – 2:51
"(Intro)" to "Big Joe and Phantom 309" – 0:40
"Big Joe and Phantom 309" (Tommy Faile) – 6:29
"Spare Parts II and Closing" – 5:13

Nighthawks at the Diner is an album by Tom Waits, released in 1975 on Asylum Records. The name is inspired by a 1942 painting by American Edward Hopper that is titled Nighthawks but commonly called Nighthawks at the Diner.

The album was recorded "live" in the studio, in front of a small invited audience. This gives the record a distinct charm as Waits spends time telling stories, jokes and explaining the stories behind his songs through seven separate introductions.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Devotional and Love Songs (1993)

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#01 - Allah Hoo Allah Hoo
#02 - Yaad-E-Nabi Gulshan Mehka
#03 - Haq Ali Ali Haq
#04 - Ali Maula Ali Maula Ali Dam Dam
#05 - Mast Nazroon Se Allah Bachhae
#06 - Woh Hata Rahe Hain Pardah
#07 - Yehjo Halka Saroor Hae
#08 - Biba Sada Dil Morr De
#09 - Yaadan Vichhre Sajan Dian Aiyan
#10 - Sanson Ki Mala Pey

This is an a-typical Nusrat recording. It has the traditional tabla/harmonium setup but also includes a zither of some sort or possibly even like a guitar I cant actually tell what it is. Either way there are some classic Nusrat tracks on here, Allah Hoo and Ali Maula Ali Maula Ali Dam Dam so as far as Pakistani music goes this is pretty essential. Check it.

Public Enemy- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)

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"Countdown to Armageddon" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 1:40
"Bring the Noise" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 3:46
"Don't Believe the Hype" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, W. Drayton) – 5:19
"Cold Lampin' With Flavor" (E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, W. Drayton) – 4:17
"Terminator X to the Edge of Panic" (C. Ridenhour, N. Rogers, W. Drayton) – 4:31
"Mind Terrorist" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 1:21
"Louder Than a Bomb" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 3:37
"Caught, Can We Get a Witness?" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 4:53
"Show Em Whatcha Got" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 1:56
"She Watch Channel Zero?!" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, R. Griffin, W. Drayton) – 3:49
"Night of the Living Baseheads" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 3:14
"Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, W. Drayton) – 6:23
"Security of the First World" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 1:20
"Rebel Without a Pause" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, N. Rogers) – 5:02
"Prophets of Rage" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, W. Drayton) – 3:18
"Party for Your Right to Fight" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 3:24

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the second full-length album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released on Def Jam Recordings on April 19, 1988 (see 1988 in music). Widely regarded as the group's magnum opus, the album regularly ranks as one of the greatest and most influential recordings of all time in various publications.[1][2][3] In 2003, the album was ranked number 48 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It is the highest ranking hip hop album on the list.[4] Acclaimedmusic.net ranks the album as the 17th best album of all time and also the greatest hip-hop album.[5] TIME Magazine hailed it as one of the 100 greatest albums of all time in 2006. [6]

Enormously influential, the album's mix of The Bomb Squad's dense, sample-heavy production and Chuck D's politically charged lyrics turned the album into a sensation, peaking at #42 on the Billboard 200.

1905- Voice (2004)

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00248. 1905 - [Voice #01] Introduction
00249. 1905 - [Voice #02] Control
00250. 1905 - [Voice #03] Fall
00251. 1905 - [Voice #04] Quote
00252. 1905 - [Voice #05] Voice
00253. 1905 - [Voice #06] Cant Change Everything
00254. 1905 - [Voice #07] Side By Side
00255. 1905 - [Voice #08] Missing
00256. 1905 - [Voice #09] Go
00257. 1905 - [Voice #10] Throw
00258. 1905 - [Voice #11] Your Wrong
00259. 1905 - [Voice #12] Silhouette
00260. 1905 - [Voice #13] A Conversation
00261. 1905 - [Voice #14] For Sale

"1905 is a punk band from Washington, DC that started in 2000, played a few shows, had a line-up change in the summer of 2001 (adding a new bass player to the mix), regrouped and reworked some things, and has since been playing around rather consistently since October 2001. The lyrics address the politics of our everyday lives and how the individual plays an important part in the greater scheme of things. These lyrics are conveyed through female and male vocals. The vocals go between singing and screaming. The music has a distinct feel to it and there is definitely a great deal of emotion poured into it. 1905 now has a full length CD called Voice on Exotic Fever Records, look for the LP soon on Amor y Lucha."

Public Enemy- Fear of a Black Planet (1990)

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"Contract on the World Love Jam" – 1:44
"Brothers Gonna Work It Out" – 5:07
"911 Is a Joke" (William Drayton, Sadler, Shocklee) – 3:17
"Incident at 66.6 FM" – 1:37
"Welcome to the Terrordome" – 5:25
"Meet the G That Killed Me" – 0:44
"Pollywanacraka" – 3:52
"Anti-Nigger Machine" – 3:17
"Burn Hollywood Burn"(Featuring Ice Cube And Big Daddy Kane) (Antiono Hardy, O'Shea Jackson, Ridenhour, Sadler, Shocklee) – 2:47
"Power to the People" – 3:50
"Who Stole the Soul?" – 3:49
"Fear of a Black Planet" – 3:45
"Revolutionary Generation" – 5:43
"Can't Do Nuttin' for Ya Man" – 2:46
"Reggie Jax" – 1:35
"Leave This Off Your Fu*kin Charts" (Norman Rodgers) – 2:31
"B Side Wins Again" – 3:45
"War at 33.3" – 2:07
"Final Count of the Collision Between Us and the Damned" – 0:48
"Fight the Power" (Ridenhour, Sadler, Hank Shocklee, Keith Shocklee) – 4:42

Fear of a Black Planet is the third full-length album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released on March 20, 1990 on Def Jam Recordings (see 1990 in music). The album's musical qualities were overshadowed by a controversy surrounding alleged anti-Semitic remarks by group member Professor Griff. After the controversy had been forgotten, however, the album's critical reception was generally very positive, with many commentators ranking it equal to or better than the previous album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988). In particular, critics were favorable to The Bomb Squad's innovative and diverse production and Chuck D's songwriting. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music credits Fear of a Black Planet's atmosphere to the "bunker mentality" of "clashes with the press", and specifically cites "Fight the Power", which "bites harder than just about any other track in rap's history" (p. 1864).

It was ranked 21 in Spin's "100 Greatest Albums, 1985-2005". In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source Magazine's 100 Best Rap Albums.[1] In 2003, the album was ranked number 300 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2004, Fear of a Black Planet was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.

I'm drunk!!!

Kazuhito Yamashita- Pictures at an Exhibition/The Firebird Suite (1981)

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13734. Kazuhito Yamashita - [Pictures At An Exhibition/The Firebird Suite #01] Promenade ; Gnomes
13735. Kazuhito Yamashita - [Pictures At An Exhibition/The Firebird Suite #02] Promenade ; Il Vecchio Castello
13736. Kazuhito Yamashita - [Pictures At An Exhibition/The Firebird Suite #03] Promenade ; The Tuileries
13737. Kazuhito Yamashita - [Pictures At An Exhibition/The Firebird Suite #04] Bydlo
13738. Kazuhito Yamashita - [Pictures At An Exhibition/The Firebird Suite #05] Promenade ; Ballet of the Little Chickens
13739. Kazuhito Yamashita - [Pictures At An Exhibition/The Firebird Suite #06] Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyle
13740. Kazuhito Yamashita - [Pictures At An Exhibition/The Firebird Suite #07] A Market Place in Limoges
13741. Kazuhito Yamashita - [Pictures At An Exhibition/The Firebird Suite #08] Catacombae ; Con mortuis in lingua mortua
13742. Kazuhito Yamashita - [Pictures At An Exhibition/The Firebird Suite #09] The Hut of Baba-Yaga
13743. Kazuhito Yamashita - [Pictures At An Exhibition/The Firebird Suite #10] The Bahatyr Gate of Kiev
13744. Kazuhito Yamashita - [Pictures At An Exhibition/The Firebird Suite #11] Introduction
13745. Kazuhito Yamashita - [Pictures At An Exhibition/The Firebird Suite #12] The Firebird and It's Dance
13746. Kazuhito Yamashita - [Pictures At An Exhibition/The Firebird Suite #13] Variations of the Firebird
13747. Kazuhito Yamashita - [Pictures At An Exhibition/The Firebird Suite #14] The Round of the Princesses
13748. Kazuhito Yamashita - [Pictures At An Exhibition/The Firebird Suite #15] Infernal Dance of King Kastchei
13749. Kazuhito Yamashita - [Pictures At An Exhibition/The Firebird Suite #16] Lullaby
13750. Kazuhito Yamashita - [Pictures At An Exhibition/The Firebird Suite #17] Finale

Look at the songs and you know what this is. It's really good instru guitar stuff buddies, and a classic guitarist etc. Man, why is blogger this terrible! It types hella slow and locked up.

Guided By Voices- Bee Thousand (1997)

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"Hardcore UFO's" – 1:54
"Buzzards and Dreadful Crows" (Jim Pollard, Robert Pollard) – 1:43
"Tractor Rape Chain" – 3:04
"The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory" – 1:45
"Hot Freaks" (R. Pollard, Tobin Sprout) – 1:42
"Smothered in Hugs" (Mitch Mitchell, J. Pollard, R. Pollard) – 2:59
"Yours to Keep" – 1:15
"Echos Myron" – 2:42
"Gold Star for Robot Boy" – 1:39
"Awful Bliss" (Sprout) – 1:12
"Mincer Ray" (Sprout) – 2:21
"A Big Fan of the Pigpen" (Randy Campbell, J. Pollard, R. Pollard) – 2:09
"Queen of Cans and Jars" – 1:55
"Her Psychology Today" (Guided by Voices) – 2:04
"Kicker of Elves" – 1:04
"Ester's Day" (Sprout) – 1:51
"Demons Are Real" (Guided by Voices) – 0:48
"I Am a Scientist" – 2:30
"Peep-Hole" – 1:25
"You're Not an Airplane" (Sprout) – 0:33

Absolutely fantastic album and a very important one too. The representative of the lo-fi sound, and recorded on 4 tracks and it's just so good! Get this stuff if you aren't lame as shit.

ArcSin- Oculus Fang (2007)

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01629. Arcsin - [Oculus Fang #01] Dreamcatcher
01630. Arcsin - [Oculus Fang #02] Scarlet Fever
01631. Arcsin - [Oculus Fang #03] Phreaks
01632. Arcsin - [Oculus Fang #04] Apache Cyborg
01633. Arcsin - [Oculus Fang #05] Geodesium
01634. Arcsin - [Oculus Fang #06] Acid Tearstain
01635. Arcsin - [Oculus Fang #07] Megathrash Methuselah
01636. Arcsin - [Oculus Fang #08] Ghosts
01637. Arcsin - [Oculus Fang #09] White Crow
01638. Arcsin - [Oculus Fang #10] The Circular Blades of Jake
01639. Arcsin - [Oculus Fang #11] Beatbox Capone
01640. Arcsin - [Oculus Fang #12] 88 Tusk Hammers (Reprise)
01641. Arcsin - [Oculus Fang #13] Lungpunch Parade
01642. Arcsin - [Oculus Fang #14] Fangdango

One of my favorite hiphop/dnb albums. Bizarre and you will hate it I DARE YOU TO GET IT.

Samples Imogen Heap who sucks too woot.

Jesse Cook- Gravity (1997)

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28799. Jesse Cook - [Gravity #01] Jesse Cook - 01 - Mario Takes A Walk
28800. Jesse Cook - [Gravity #02] Jesse Cook - 02 - Azul
28801. Jesse Cook - [Gravity #03] Jesse Cook - 03 - Gravity
28802. Jesse Cook - [Gravity #04] Jesse Cook - 04 - Closer To Madness
28803. Jesse Cook - [Gravity #05] Jesse Cook - 05 - Into The Dark
28804. Jesse Cook - [Gravity #06] Jesse Cook - 06 - Brio
28805. Jesse Cook - [Gravity #07] Jesse Cook - 07 - Falling From Grace
28806. Jesse Cook - [Gravity #08] Jesse Cook - 08 - Olodum
28807. Jesse Cook - [Gravity #09] Jesse Cook - 09 - Rapture
28808. Jesse Cook - [Gravity #10] Jesse Cook - 10 - Gipsy
28809. Jesse Cook - [Gravity #11] Jesse Cook - 11 - Luna Llena

look that douchebag who plays guitar in the quad made a decent guitar album! it's not that gay shit with fucking tapping and slapping and beating but it's pretty good and sounds like a person with a soul is playing. all instru too.

Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius (1976)

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#01 - Donna Lee
#02 - Come On, Come Over
#03 - Continuum
#04 - Kuru-Spike like a Child
#05 - Portait of Tracy
#06 - Opus Pocus
#07 - Okonkole y Trompa
#08 - (Used To Be A) Cha-Cha
#09 - Forgotten Love
#10 - (Used To Be A) Cha-Cha (take 2)

If you like any of the following you will enjoy this album: bass guitar, grooves, fusion jazz, world music, orchestra. There are several classic songs on this that any fan of jazz bass really should be familiar with, for instance a recording of Miles Davis and Charlie Parker's Donna Lee for solo bass with conga accompaniament and the Jaco standard Portrait of Tracy in its earliest recorded form. Theres a whole goody bag of shit on here running from jazz standards and ballads to fusion and afro-cuban. So yeah, its groovy, its varied and its pretty awesome.

Goran Kajfeš- Headspin (2004)

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28918. Goran Kajfeš - [Headspin #01] Zagreb
28919. Goran Kajfeš - [Headspin #02] The Man With The Golden Arm
28920. Goran Kajfeš - [Headspin #03] Futi
28921. Goran Kajfeš - [Headspin #04] Headspin
28922. Goran Kajfeš - [Headspin #05] Nuclear War
28923. Goran Kajfeš - [Headspin #06] Tremblin'
28924. Goran Kajfeš - [Headspin #07] Pulaski Bridge

This album came up when someone joked about "hiphop jazz" instead of jazzy hiphop and Nuclear War came up. So check this out if that peaked your interest. Very groovy shit!

Flower Travellin' Band- Satori (1971)

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28912. Flower Travellin' Band - [Satori #01] Satori Part I
28913. Flower Travellin' Band - [Satori #02] Satori Part II
28914. Flower Travellin' Band - [Satori #03] Satori Part III
28915. Flower Travellin' Band - [Satori #04] Satori Part IV
28916. Flower Travellin' Band - [Satori #05] Satori Part V

Blogger is typing with lag so I'm just uploading and recommending with this wiki entry.

Satori (1971)

-- Probably the most well-known FTB album in the West, Satori consists of five original songs, "Satori parts I-V". These are lengthy heavy rock pieces, verging on progressive rock or jam rock at times, with furious guitar soloing and strong arranging, as well as Yamanaka's over-the-top vocals. Critically, Satori is considered the album where FTB truly came into their own. Stoner Rock and Doom Metal enthusiasts often cite this album as one of the precursors in those genres. This album was later utilized as the soundtrack to Takashi Miike's film Deadly Outlaw: Rekka in which Akira "Joe" Yamanaka and Yuya Uchida had small roles.

King Crimson - Red (1974)

#01 - Red
#02 - Fallen Angel
#03 - One More Red Nightmare
#04 - Providence
#05 - Starless

the last album that the best King Crimson line-up (Fripp, Cross, Bruford and Wetton) released before disbanding in the mid 70s. Its not as good as Starless and Bible Black.. but I didnt have a non flac version of that one so I chose to upload this one, plus it has its own interesting stuff in it, way more saxophones and cornets and flutes and shit relative to any previous albums. Complex as always, but not to the point of pretention or wankery. Not Wetton's best performance but he contributes a lot more than just bass to the album so yeah, definitely worth checking out.

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Napoleon IIIrd
In Debt To
GO BUY THIS EXCELLENT ALBUM!!!



1. Introduction to a
2. This Is My Call To Arms
3. Defibrillator
4. The Conformist Takes It All
5. Guys In Bands
6. Anti-Patria
7. Hit Schmooze For Me
8. Introduction to b
9. Kate's Song
10. What We Have Here Is Ending
11. The Casual Terrorist Vs. The International Board of Wishing
12. My Superiority Complex
13. One Song Before Bed to Three Four

Napoleon IIIrd is one man from Leeds, who plays music with a couple of instruments and a reel-to-reel tape player. His debut album, In Debt To, came out with the sort of staggered that only indie labels are forced to do, arriving digitally in May, slowly building up the attention needed for the physical launch last month.

Experimenting with broken rhythms and symphonic production (he occasionally plays shows through surround sound speakers), he has culled two singles from the disc, both released on Brainlove Records, the London-based basement company that released the album.

The first, This Is My Call To Arms, begins with him wailing, out of tune and sounding slightly mad before racing to a false finish just 20 seconds in. Singing, in harmony with himself, “This is my call to the upper limbs”, horns kick in, and the song proper begins.

The trait that both Call to Arms, and the current single, Hit Schmooze for Me share is a feeling that they are every so slightly broken. What belies their analog roots, though, is that these hiccups - slightly off-key singing, instruments not all starting at the same time - add to the enjoyment of the song. Don’t get me wrong, I love Glitch as much as the next man (because the next man probably hasn’t heard of it), but, like Lomography before him, Napoleon IIIrd succeeds in taking technology that doesn’t quite work, and using those flaws to create beauty.

WA WE DO THAT WA ME GO

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28740. Yung Trill - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #01] Crank Dat Aquaman
28741. Crank Squad - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #02] Crank Dat Batman
28742. J-Roc Jr. - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #03] Crank Dat Folgers Boy
28743. BBP - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #04] Crank Dat Hulk
28744. Deltts - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #05] Crank Dat Iceman f/ Scubba
28745. Soulja Boy - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #06] Crank Dat Jump Rope
28746. King of Clubs - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #07] Crank Dat Lion King
28747. Mr. Clean - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #08] Crank Dat Megaman
28748. Luch Millions - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #09] Crank Dat Roadrunner
28749. Cheve Chavell & South Bound - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #10] Crank Dat Robocop
28750. PLP - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #11] Crank Dat Roosevelt
28751. Dat Mound - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #12] Skeeted On Dat Hoe As I Crank Da Roosevelt
28752. TOC - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #13] Crank Dat Ryu
28753. Custume Made - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #14] Crank Dat Smirnoff
28754. Soulja Boy - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #15] Crank Dat Soulja Boy
28755. Crank Squad - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #16] Crank Dat Spiderman
28756. Pop It Off Boys - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #17] Crank Dat Spongebob
28757. Ladii Unique - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #18] Crank Dat Watcha Call It f/ Montana & POB
28758. Bo-Bo - [Crank Dat Trendwatch Vol. 1 #19] Crank Dat X-Man
28759. Cash Camp - [Unknown Album (7/9/2007 4:24:1 #20] Crank Dat Yank

Boris with Michio Kurihara- Rainbow (2007)

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04122. Boris With Michio Kurihara - [Rainbow #01] Rafflesia
04123. Boris With Michio Kurihara - [Rainbow #02] Rainbow
04124. Boris With Michio Kurihara - [Rainbow #03] Starship Narrator
04125. Boris With Michio Kurihara - [Rainbow #04] My Rain
04126. Boris With Michio Kurihara - [Rainbow #05] Shine
04127. Boris With Michio Kurihara - [Rainbow #06] You Laughed Like A Water Mark
04128. Boris With Michio Kurihara - [Rainbow #07] Fuzzy Reactor
04129. Boris With Michio Kurihara - [Rainbow #08] Sweet No. 1
04130. Boris With Michio Kurihara - [Rainbow #09] ...And, I Want

I uploaded the companion album to this a while back, enjoy!

Bijan Chemirani - Gulistan (2001)

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#01 - Liqa
#02 - Makrinitsa
#03 - Taksim Laouto
#04 - Socratako
#05 - Taksim Robab
#06 - Naom Gaffani
#07 - Taksim Duduk
#08 - Zeimbeki
#09 - Tarigh
#10 - Gardesh
#11 - Syrto
#12 - Taksim Cistre
#13 - Sento d'amor la fiamma
#14 - Gulistan

Gulistan means Rose Garden in Parsi, and for some reason Persian musicians love referencing it in their music, I have yet to figure that out. Anyway this is a really awesome percussion driven album by an artist who was very young at the time of recording. It doesnt follow the traditional Persian compositional pattern of 'pishdaramad' (prelude) 'daramad' (introduction), 'tasnif' (song), 'Chahar Mezrab' (rhythmic interlude), 'reng' (dance), and any number of 'gusheh' (melodic movements) but instead is pretty much entirely chaharmezrab and reng. Its mostly instrumental, so if the vocals were your draw to the other Persian shit, sorry about that lol, but this is definitely worth checking out.

Ghostface Killah- The Big Doe Rehab (2007)- Best of 07 #5

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01 At the Cabana Skit [performed by Ghostface Killah and Rhythm Roots Allstars]
02 Toney Sigel a.k.a the Barrel Brothers [ft. Beanie Sigel and Styles P]
03 Yolanda's House [ft. Raekwon and Method Man]
04 We Celebrate [ft. Kid Capri]
05 Walk Around
06 Yapp City [ft. Trife Da God and Sun God]
07 White Linen Affair (Toney Awards) [ft. Shawn Wigs]
08 Supa GFK
09 Rec-Room Therapy [ft. Raekwon and U-God]
10 The Prayer [performed by Ox]
11 I'll Die for You
12 Paisley Darts [ft. Raekwon, Sun God, Trife Da God, Method Man, and Cappadonna]
13 Shakey Dog Starring Lolita [ft. Raekwon]
14 ! [performed by Ghostface Killah and Rhythm Roots Allstars]
15 Killa Lipstick [ft. Method Man and Masta Killa]
16 Slow Down [ft. Chrisette Michele]

I ranted a bit about indie kids, but here's where it really gets me; they've fucking made Ghostface not cool anymore.

A friend of mine (who is it???) went to a Ghostface concert and it was a good time, except for all the hipsters. I don't like hipster hate, really; a lot of it is usually overexaggerations and then hipster hating becomes just as tired as hipsterdom itself. But there they all were, and then Ghostface says something like "Where my niggas at?" and

The hipsters look at each other incredulously, like "Can you BELIEVE he said that?"

And that's really the status Ghostface is reduced to; people looking at each other and treating him like some kind of a clown, a goofy black dude who raps things they don't understand (what's a...a baseball spliff???).

And the sad thing is, he's way more than that. He's fucking talented.

This came on the heels of the new Wu Tang, and blew that boring piece of shit away. Stellar beats, and great rapping by Ghostface.

If only you damn white people stayed away (CONTROVERSY).

But what can I say? Probably one of the best rap albums of his already stellar discography. Sidenote: does anyone know what the deal with Bulletproof Wallets is? No one talks about that shit at all.

Battles- Mirrored (2007)- Best of 07 #4

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02267. Battles - [Mirrored #01] Race:In
02268. Battles - [Mirrored #02] Atlas
02269. Battles - [Mirrored #03] Ddiamondd
02270. Battles - [Mirrored #04] Tonto
02271. Battles - [Mirrored #05] Leyendecker
02272. Battles - [Mirrored #06] Rainbow
02273. Battles - [Mirrored #07] Bad Trails
02274. Battles - [Mirrored #08] Prismism
02275. Battles - [Mirrored #09] Snare Hanger
02276. Battles - [Mirrored #10] TIJ
02277. Battles - [Mirrored #11] Race: Out

You know, I really do respect technical prowess. Only problem is, most people seem to think that means how long John Petrucci can touch his dick in a new and different way. Fuck, doesn't Kenny G hold the record for longest note held because he's such a king of circular breathing? Of course he's good at it, dude's been breathing out of his nose for so long thanks to all the dick he sucks. I'm going to set a record for the word dick today maybe.

No, real technical ability is shit like Bach's fugues, where about five different melodies all compliment each other and you can write an entire book on one of them (and many academics have), not this garbage hitting shit fast. It's that real kind of ability that makes Mirrored such a good album.

These guys know how to put together a song. And yes, despite the elf vocals that sound like someone put the singer's testicles into a vise, they are all men as far as I know. This shit is so complex and nice sounding and really just in your face. I don't think it's party music, unless your parties are full of dicks that wear scarves where they will all nod their heads and fold their arms and lean slightly askew on objects. Somehow Battles got indie cred, and so it's hard to say you like it anymore without someone rolling their eyes.

But fuck you, it's a good album. Short and like a punch in the face, it's not something that goes well in the background of anything. I wonder how many kids tried to drop DXM to this shit and ended up crawling in the corner to die, because this is some intricately composed stuff and I am sure you'd hallucinate mice shitting blood.

And the fucking elf vocals.

Single Atlas appears to have the lyrics: weeby weebly weeby weebly weeby weebly siiiing this hook oooowwweeeoooo captain this hook oooowweeeeeooo sissa pa ma we oooooowwwweeeooo.

Thanks a lot Battles you fucking guys! You get to be number 4.

Teargas & Plateglass- Black Triage (2007)- Best of 07 #3

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25376. Teargas & Plateglass - [Black Triage #01] Introduction
25377. Teargas & Plateglass - [Black Triage #02] Plague Burial
25378. Teargas & Plateglass - [Black Triage #03] One Day Across the Valley
25379. Teargas & Plateglass - [Black Triage #04] Kuomintang
25380. Teargas & Plateglass - [Black Triage #05] Simplify the Landscape With Darkness
25381. Teargas & Plateglass - [Black Triage #06] Behold the Sea of Ills So Vast
25382. Teargas & Plateglass - [Black Triage #07] Pray for Night to Fall
25383. Teargas & Plateglass - [Black Triage #08] L'Hopital de Martyrs
25384. Teargas & Plateglass - [Black Triage #09] Book of Black Valentines
25385. Teargas & Plateglass - [Black Triage #10] Seduction of Canned Laughter
25386. Teargas & Plateglass - [Black Triage #11] Fury of an Arroused Spectator
25387. Teargas & Plateglass - [Black Triage #12] Rain Falling On Ann's Grave
25388. Teargas & Plateglass - [Black Triage #13] Haengyong (Bonus Track)
25389. Teargas & Plateglass - [Black Triage #14] Age of Dust (Bonus Track)

Usually albums built on emotions sound like hokey post-rock bullshit. The reason is because most post-rock is more suited for a fucking movie soundtrack than an actually good album. Emotion becomes overwrought, everything has to be epic and with violins and horns and walls of sound and of course, the fucking titles all have to be the size of Tony Everready's dick.

There are of course albums that are built off emotion that come across very well; if you don't know this you don't know anything about fucking music. But for primarily instrumental albums, it seems to be impossible to create any sense of subtlety. I've seen it a few times, and one of the best examples is Godspeed You! Black Emperor's f#a#, which tackles the theme of the apocalypse and the idea of the world ending with a whimper and more importantly doesn't fuck around with bullshit. I never thought I'd find another album like that again.

And then this little gem comes out of nowhere.

Despite being on the X-Men 3 soundtrack (or perhaps because the movie was so shit, due to), no one seems to know about this album. I had it recommended as music like Burial's Untrue (further down the list) and so I gave it a listen with some headphones on.

And a few minutes later I was in another world. A world of dead Bosnians.

That's really what this album is about. Genocide, genocide, genocide. The dead are all over this, and it's a fucking scary album. I was in a well lit room surrounded by people talking and drinking coffee and I was breathing hard and incredibly nervous. This is not a pleasant album, but goddammit, it's a necessary album.

If I had to think of a single visual image to go with this album...got one.

In Saving Private Ryan's famous opening scene, the one that gave a lot of veterans PTSD flashbacks (good job Hollywood), there's a scene where the sound goes off, and you see this man, looking around for something on the floor, and then he picks up his own arm.

That little scene and this album go together perfectly; a quiet moment of complete and utter horror. This is such a good album. I don't know what else to say. If Amon Tobin had come out of Hersegovina, he'd make this album.

Absolutely perfect and terrifying. It gets number 3, even if no one else has heard of it.

M.I.A.- Kala (2007)- Best of 07 #2

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15068. M.I.A. - [Kala #01] Bamboo Banger
15069. M.I.A. - [Kala #02] Bird Flu
15070. M.I.A. - [Kala #03] Boyz
15071. M.I.A. - [Kala #04] Jimmy
15072. M.I.A. - [Kala #05] Hussel (feat. Afrikan Boy)
15073. M.I.A. - [Kala #06] Mango Pickle Down River (with The Wilcannia Mob)
15074. M.I.A. - [Kala #07] $20
15075. M.I.A. - [Kala #08] Down River
15076. M.I.A. - [Kala #09] The Turn
15077. M.I.A. - [Kala #10] XR2
15078. M.I.A. - [Kala #11] Paper Planes
15079. M.I.A. - [Kala #12] Come Around (feat. Timbaland)

You know, I've never liked the people that say OH I DON'T LIKE RAP. They never have good reasons either; if someone had an issue with BEATS or VOCALS as a whole, then I guess it makes sense. But no, it's always that bullshit "too much gangster shit" excuse.

As a result, part of me condemned Kala before listening to it; I hadn't heard Arular, and really, the descriptions put me off for a long time. Hiphop for people who don't like hiphop is usually the most disgusting backpacker shit.

But M.I.A. is not hiphop for people who don't like hiphop. It's the fucking future.

You know how in depictions of the future, authors always make the music some type of drone? And those weird future kids dance with their eyes or minds or some goofy shit? Kala is actually what you'd expect the future to sound like. It's vibrant, samples fucking everything, and is just all around brilliant. M.I.A's strange vocal gymnastics and bizarre lyrics are fucking great, and man, I can't write more to praise this album. Were it not for the terrible Mango Pickle Down River, which fits in the album but falls apart on its own, it'd be album of the year.

As it is, a fantastic release by a great artist.

The National- Boxer (2007) -Best of 07 #1

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25254. The National - [Boxer CD1 #01] Fake Empire
25255. The National - [Boxer CD1 #02] Mistaken For Strangers
25256. The National - [Boxer CD1 #03] Brainy
25257. The National - [Boxer CD1 #04] Squalor Victoria
25258. The National - [Boxer CD1 #05] Green Gloves
25259. The National - [Boxer CD1 #06] Slow Show
25260. The National - [Boxer CD1 #07] Apartment Story
25261. The National - [Boxer CD1 #08] Start A War
25262. The National - [Boxer CD1 #09] Guest Room
25263. The National - [Boxer CD1 #10] Racing Like A Pro
25264. The National - [Boxer CD1 #11] Ada
25265. The National - [Boxer CD1 #12] Gospel

What can I say about this album? I really don't have words. For me this was the best album of a very good year. I downloaded it warily, and listened to the first track, and listened to the album three times that day. The opening track, the most loving condemnation of America I think I've ever heard, sells the album's two big points; the singer's amazing deep voice and the drummer's ability to kick complete and total ass. This only gets more apparent in the next track. There's also a nice little...concept, I guess, in the middle of the album about war. There isn't a weak track on this album, and it leads me to a funny story.

I'm at a concert, and this douchebag shows up in the conversation, wearing an ironic sweater. You know what I mean; it's warm as shit inside and here comes a colorblind douchebag looking for all the world like the Zebra Stripes zebra. We get on subject of the best album of the year, and I mentioned the National and he WINCED. Like it fucking hurt him. And then of course he said Panda Bear's Person Pitch, probably the most pussy album of the year. And then no shit he pointingly dropped his copy of Howl.

So yeah, fuck that guy. If you are that guy, or someone who has an opinion on Pitchfork (who fucking cares it's free and they keep up with releases and are sometimes right and sometimes wrong you fucking dicks), you won't like this album because your little twee sensibilities will wince and you'll be too upset to deal with the fact that this album rocks about as much as it indies it up occasionally.

The album sounds just like the cover art shows; it's intimate and honestly I wish this band had never blown up like it did, because we'll probably never get a National like before Boxer again.

My best album for 2007, hands down. Also, fuck Panda Bear.

Ai Aso- Chamomile Pool (2007)

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28640. 朝生愛 - [カモミールのプール #01] Date
28641. 朝生愛 - [カモミールのプール #02] A LO N
28642. 朝生愛 - [カモミールのプール #03] Life
28643. 朝生愛 - [カモミールのプール #04] Tee Te Te
28644. 朝生愛 - [カモミールのプール #05] Colchicum
28645. 朝生愛 - [カモミールのプール #06] Not Late Yet
28646. 朝生愛 - [カモミールのプール #07] KA MI TSU RE NO O O KI NA MI ZU TA MA RI
28647. 朝生愛 - [カモミールのプール #08] Hundred Years
28648. 朝生愛 - [カモミールのプール #09] The Future
28649. 朝生愛 - [カモミールのプール #10] Land

Uploadng this for a certain person because it name drops Boris and Rainbow but god read this review IT'S SO FUNNY.

"If Boris and Michio Kurihara's Rainbow (2007) was the storm's immediate wake, its beatitude still charged with the tearing of light passing through drenched air, Boris-affiliated and Michio-married Ai Aso's Chamomile Pool is the even more serene denouement, where the rain waters have come together to rest, where the rainbow lands on some hidden horizon point and drowns in the clouds' remains with only us listeners as witnesses. Which is probably a too florid way of saying that Rainbow and Chamomile Pool make for a damn fine double feature.

Beautiful binaries are built right into this album's oil-and-water confluence, into the spare elements that yin-yang around each other within a production aesthetic that's as lucid and glutinous as the titular image. Opener "Date" hums to a start pointedly, a synth flute blaring out a three-note melody that goes up and down and pans over from the left channel while Ai's vocals refrain airily just over the surface; then Ai makes a "boop" noise and the last note echoes over on the right channel, at which point hubby Michio steps in with drawn guitar sighs easing languidly from left to right and back -- as if the picking by Ai on the right draws Michio over and then sends his plaintiveness back where it came from. The total sonic effect is inertial: the added elements simply ensure that "Date" continues its spiral sink into blue depths. The next time Ai says "boop," the key line becomes viscous chords into which You Ishihara (of White Heaven/the Stars) releases a free patter of cymbal splashes, vestigial drops falling from tree leaves into the pool, an incidental requiem for the sunken rainbow and a mere remembrance of the storm. The very definition of freaking gorgeous, it's an incipit that recalls the subdued yet potent elegiac effect of the first vignette in Kurosawa's Dreams (1990).

Most of Chamomile Pool's front half slowly spins on a similar magnetic bipolarity. In some ways the construct of "Tee Te Te" is virtually identical, just built around a different melody and without the synth or cymbal, a centered guitar line appearing sporadically throughout; but its shifts are more subtle, the overall song reveling in a harmonious sort of stagnancy. "Life" pairs a low acoustic figure on the right with a piano on the left, brushed drums and Ai floating in between, its breakdown a stunning little lounge jam where Ishihara again provides perfect cymbal glances. "Colchicum" starts with a canned bossa nova beat before Michio's picks and shimmers appear on either side, Ai's insouciant vocals and bass bringing up the middle. And "Not Late Yet" pares the dynamic down to its core, just Ai Aso singing another pristine melody with a guitar round in one hand and glockenspiel chimes coming from the other. The exception is "A Lo N," which features a full band fully playing their way through a nice pop song that would've felt right at home on early '90s Touch and Go. It's cute because it's the second track and it sounds like it's supposed to be the album's single.

Things start stirring in the album's back end. "Ka Mi Tsu" (see track listing for full title 'cause that'd be the first and last time I'm typing it all out) initially sounds like more of the same, but then Ishihara's drums and Chiaki Teranishi's Procol Harum-y organ join the mix. Still, it all stays very restrained, even with Michio's slow-motion shredding in the last minute. "Hundred Years" continues the album's newfound sense of spreading sound and measured layering, Soichiro Nakamura basically keeping time down below with the bass and drums while Ai and Michio together create incandescent cascades on high, which feels like hearing their matrimony and is enough to make a single person envious. The song holds back, though, fading out as Ai's vocals affect a dramatic rise into angelic territory. A realization creeps up on you: Chamomile Pool's about to bloom. While a solid ditty in and of itself, "A Lo N" retrospectively becomes the only too forward note in a graceful progression that peaks with "The Future."

There's an increasing but always mild restlessness to the way the band plays through the first four minutes of "The Future," like a swarm of bubbles rushing to a placid surface. When the geyser breaks, the band settles into a sustained gush of glory notes, Ai and Teranishi pounding away at their keys while Nakamura froths away at his drum kit and Michio's guitar arcs into the sky, blasting a crack through the atmosphere and letting in a radiant vocal pulse from outer space. It's thrilling but also never anything but sublimely beautiful. The tension involved doesn't feel dark or angst-ridden, seems alien to human concerns, like it really is modeled after some force of nature that's power becomes mystic to our perception. When the fountain subsides, Chamomile Pool returns to its serenity, "Land" a remake of Rainbow's "And I Want..." that finds Ai Aso back between two shining repetitions that try and fail and try again to merge, ad infinitum. And it feels like Ai might forever stay content in that static flux, a bath of chamomile keeping all nightmares at bay."

so lmao.