April 2010
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Tobacco - Maniac Meat (2010)
Amazing followup to his first album! The track featuring Beck might be the best thing he’s done since Sea Change.
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Rangers - Suburban Tour (2010)
“Rangers is Joe Knight from Dallas, Texas. He makes cosmic tape collages that are heavily rhythmic and psychedelic. He mixes bits and pieces of heavily processed and treated live recordings of guitar, keyboards, bass and percussion with samples of a wide variety of media (commercials, movie samples, jingles, etc.) and found sounds, culminating in long continuous pieces that are truly...
March 2010
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Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us (2009)
This is my favorite BMSR album. Iron Lemonade is a great song.
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Crystal Stilts - Alight Of Night (2008)
Recently found this band and fell in love. It’s like a strange combination of Interpol, Joy Division, The Velvet Underground and The Jesus And Mary Chain. Check it out
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February 2010
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Massive Attack - Mezzanine (1998)
Most people...
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The Warlocks - Heavy Deavy Skull Lover (2007)
Modern psychedelic rock at its finest. So into this band! Similar to Spacemen 3 except it rocks a lot harder.
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Red House Painters - Songs For A Blue Guitar...
I’m a huge Pedro The Lion fan and never really thought I would find another artist that comes close, until I discovered Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon. Have You Forgotten is such an amazing song. Recommended for any fans of singer/songwriter kind of stuff.
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“Lou began to sing “Heroin”. Gerard slowly unwound, came to rest on...”
– Description of the event Andy Warhol, Up-Tight, Film Maker’s Cinematheque 41st Street Theatre, New York City 1966, (Up-Tight, The Velvet Underground Story, Victor Bockris & Gerard Malanga )
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Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends (2008)
Great psychedelic hip hop album. Yeahhhh! Tobacco is a solo project of one of the guys in Black Moth Super Rainbow so you know it’s good. Plus one track has Aesop Rock rapping over it.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-14) →
Ulrich Schnauss (21)
The Mountain Goats (17)
Sun Kil Moon (17)
Lymbyc Systym (15)
My Bloody Valentine (14)
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Yaysayer - Odd Blood (2010)
For the Animal Collective fans. I don’t really like this but it’s new so I figured I would post it.
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The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2 (2001)
I don’t even know what to say about this album. I love it. Definitely one of the best albums of the last decade! The lyrics really strike a chord with me for some reason.
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Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder (1989)
I just love this album because there is an awesome cover of Ceremony by New Order. It’s only 4 songs so just give this one a listen!
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“The people that create and write and update these sites with fervent passion are...”
– Patrick from Pop Tarts Suck Toasted, on Blogger’s shutdown of his blog (via hypem)
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Six Degrees of Loveless →
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By Douglas Wolk
When My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless arrived in late 1991, it was shockingly fresh, an overwhelming, densely beautiful record that seemed to bear almost no relation to anything that had come before it. Within months, baby bands started springing up that had clearly been inspired by Loveless to make music along the same lines; MBV’s torrential live performances only...
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Various Artists - C86 (1986)
Amazing mid 80s indie/jangle pop compilation.
Ex-NME staffer Andrew Collins summed up C86 by dubbing it “the most indie thing to have ever existed”
Just get it, it’s good.
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Black Moth Super Rainbow (53)
My Bloody Valentine (49)
Bedhead (23)
Built to Spill (21)
The Beatles (21)
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New Order - Substance (1987)
Post-Joy Division band. Really good stuff, especially if you’re a fan of Joy Division. A little more synth poppy which usually doesn’t sit well with me, but this rules.
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Black Moth Super Rainbow - Drippers (2008)
This stuff sounds awesome. A lot of vocoder stuff and analog beats that sort of resemble Boards Of Canada at times. I’ll probably end up posting some of their other albums in the next few days.
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My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise EP...
Love the album. Love the band. Love the cover. I love everything about this. You Made Me Realise is one of my all time favorite songs.
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My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
My favorite band. This one sound a lot different than Loveless but it’s still amazing. I’m too biased to write anything about this. Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside) makes me wet.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-31) →
Boards of Canada (46)
The American Dollar (34)
The Beatles (34)
Hammock (32)
The Velvet Underground (30)
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Built To Spill
Great band. This is all of their studio albums and one compilation album (The Normal Years). I’m still kind of working my way through their discography so I don’t really know where a great place to start is. They are all good!
Ultimate Alternative Wavers (1993)
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There’s Nothing Wrong With Love (1994)
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The Normal Years (1996)
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Dykehouse - Midrange (2004)
Great shoegazey electronic stuff. Sort of similar to M83 but different in an awesome way. I found this at a record store and bought it for the hell of it and it really surprised me. Give it a try
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January 2010
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Bailter Space - Robot World (1993)
Bailter Space (a.k.a. Bailterspace) was an atmospheric noise rock band that formed in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1986. This is my favorite album by them. One of my all time favorites! If you like any late 80s/early 90 shoegaze/noise rock stuff this should be right up your alley.
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Cocteau Twins - Victorialand (1986)
I didn’t like this the first time I heard it but it’s really started to grow on me. Classic record by a classic band. Elizabeth Frasiers is an amazing vocalist.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
Atlas Sound (33)
The Microphones (23)
My Bloody Valentine (23)
The One AM Radio (21)
Boards of Canada (17)
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Algernon Cadwallader - Fun (2009)
Good EP by a great band. Their album is a lot better than this to me so if you have never heard these guys before I would grab that first. Next best thing to Cap’n Jazz
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The Asteroid #4 - These Flowers Of Ours A Treasury...
Only album I’ve ever heard by this band. I’m not sure why I haven’t gotten any of their other stuff yet because this is really really good. Check out this link if you want to preview some songs. And of course the download…
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Fleeting Joys - Occult Radiance (2009)
Great band, dumb album art. Most of this album sounds similar to My Bloody Valentine which is nice. I heard on April Fools day someone from another blog posted this album except they labeled it as NEW MBV ALBUM LEAKED! I think that’s hilarious.
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William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops I-IV
From Wikipedia,
“Loops is based on Basinski’s attempts to salvage earlier recordings made on magnetic tape, by transferring them into digital format; however, the tape had physically deteriorated to the point that, as it passed by the read/write head, the ferrite detached from the plastic backing and fell off. Basinki has alleged that he finished the project the morning of the...
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Spacemen 3 - Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take...
SOUNDDD OF CONFUSSSIOONN! The recordings on here are mostly demos I think…a lot of the songs were re-recorded for their later more “polished” album Sound Of Confusion. I think I like this one better. Might just be because of the album name though. Sort of sounds like The Velvet Underground…kinda.
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Indie Bands About Which I Wish I Cared Enough To...
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Animal Collective
Vampire Weekend
Grizzly Bear
The Dirty Projectors
Spoon
Phoenix
The Arctic Monkeys
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-17) →
Atlas Sound (56)
Sonic Youth (41)
The Appleseed Cast (33)
SIANspheric (26)
Teenage Cool Kids (23)
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Arms And Sleepers - Matador (2009)
Really good ambient/trip-hop kind of stuff with vocals. Really chill…It’s hard to describe. Download this and put it on while you’re falling asleep. It will be awesome.
This isn’t the best song on the album (by far) but I thought the video was cool.
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This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You...
Best album cover. Amazing album. If you haven’t heard this already, get it. Standard post rock type of sound with some cool electronic stuff sometimes. Really powerful songs.
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The Appleseed Cast - Low Level Owl Vol. 1 & 2
One of my favorite albums ever. Great post rock kind of sound with vocals. They are going on tour soon and playing this album (both vol 1 and 2) in it’s entirety! Definitely something to check out
http://www.myspace.com/theappleseedcast for the dates
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Jay Reatard - Ain’t Gonna Save Me
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Explosions In The Sky
This band changed the way I listen to music. I’m posting their entire discography because it changed my life. Looking back now I don’t think their songs are necessarily my favorites out of all the instrumental music I listen to, but they all have a special place in my heart. Start with their newest and then if you like it grab The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place simply because it...
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Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See...
Another great album by Atlas Sound. I don’t think this one is quite as solid as Logos, but it’s still a great release. River Card is my favorite song on this.
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Various Artists - Whore: Tribute To Wire (1996)
Wire is awesome. They are even more awesome when artists like My Bloody Valentine, Lee Renaldo, Lush, Godflesh, and Mike Watt cover their songs. This is the best tribute album I’ve ever heard.
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The One Up Downstairs - EP (2002)
Before American Football, bassist Mike Kinsella (Cap’n Jazz, Joan of Arc) and drummer Steve Lamos played in The One Up Downstairs with Dave and Alan Johnson (both of Very Secretary). The One Up Downstairs recorded a 3-song 7” which was to be released by Polyvinyl. Prior to the single’s release, however, the group disbanded and despite having recorded material, the single was never released....
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Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - Kollaps...
This is their latest release. Chances are that you’re already familiar with this band so take a listen.
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Caspian - The Four Trees (2007)
My favorite Caspian album. Moshka is an amazing track. This is one of the albums that really got me into this kind of music. One of the essential listens if you’re into post rock or instrumental stuff.
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Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind Of Cadwallader...
Amazing band. If Cap’n Jazz were still around today (REUNION?) I think this is the kind of music that they would be making. If you’re a fan of American Football, Joan Of Arc, Ghosts And Vodka, or any other Kinsella band you MUST give this a listen. Screamy math rocky jams never sounded so good!
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SIANspheric - Somnium (1995)
Ethereal dreamy pop that borrows a bit from the shoegazing classics of the late ’80s and early ’90s. This is their debut album and doesn’t receive quite as much attention as their other ones, but I think it’s just as good for the most part. The first song I ever heard by these guys was Turbulent/Hydrodynamic which might be one of the reasons I have a thing for this...
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Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind (2009)
I figured some people might want this
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