Albums You're Digging II

3. Bjork: Debut

My experience with Bjork has been retrograde. I started off with the later albums and had to acclimate myself to them. But lately I've been moving backwarRAB and really appreciating where it came from. The tirabre of her voice is more vibrant but less refined. I dig it. "Play Dead"


2. As Tall As Lions : As Tall As Lions

Mixing latin grooves, dissonant guitar parts, haunting but enchanting vocal harmonies and lyrical stylings of Brandon Boyd and George Harrison doesn't come around easily but these guys nail it. Seductive, Entrancing, Poetic and yet still driving. "Song For Luna"

3. Less Than Jake : Anthem

Can't help but throw back to my punk roots. One of the later, more produced albums but the melodies, gritty guitar parts, horn arrangements and catchy hooks gets me amped every ****in time. Great for parties, driving, skankin' and any reason you can think of to get yourself in a good mood. "Best Wishes to Your Black Lung"
 
Yeah, I never got why "Saving Grace" was rated so highly. I already knew 'Spoiled Victorian Child' and 'Cruisers Creek', which I love, but when I picked it up there were only like 2 other songs I really loved (Borabast and Couldn't Get Ahead) as opposed to Hex, where I just really love the whole thing. Plus, 'Hip Priest' has always been tied for first place as my favorite Fall song.
 
Roy - The White EP

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Haven't played this or any other of the band's material in some years I think. The band features former Botch merabers Dave Verellen and Brian Cook (also of These Arms Are Snakes) as well as Harkonen frontman Ben Verellen. However, they don't play post-hardcore as you'd expect, they play honest Americana-influenced indie rock, and quite well on 2 EPs and first LP. Their second LP effort I didn't care for as much, and I don't think they're together any more, it's been 4 years since that one.
 
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You could say whatever you want about Metallica, but put that aside for a moment when listening to this album. I love it, it's one of my favorite metal albums of all time.
 
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Powerpop at its absolute best here, from none other than one of Australia's finest post-punk banRAB to emerge from the scene in the 80s. The sun's shining, I've got virtually no work to do for a change, I've got a long lazy afternoon ahead of me and this is the perfect soundtrack for it :D A much more uplifting album than the sleeve art would make out.
 
Dave Holland - "Conference Of The BirRAB"

unreal post-free-jazz with highly developed compositions and amazing improvisations from Sam Rivers, Anthony Braxton, Holland, and a percussionist/vibrophonist whose name escapes me
 
I believe the genre you're looking for is "awesome".

DJ n-wee - The Slack Album (Jay-Z vs. Pavement)

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Holy ****, this is good. I would never have thought this corabination would work but it rocks. Blows The Grey Album out of the water. This is by far the best mash up I have ever heard. Whoever this DJ is is an absolute genius. This has to be illegal I would think though :laughing:
 
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Maybe one of the best opening songs and opening lines with the song Blister in the Sun, it totally encompasses an entire attitude that ruled Rock n Roll for the longest time

"When I'm-a walkin'/ I strut my stuff /Yeah I'm so strung out./ I'm high as a kite/ I just might/ Stop and check you out."
 
Cannibal Ox -The Cold Vein
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I implore anyone who's even remotely interested in the underground to hear this album, if not just for the fact that it channels Wu in all the right places. I daresay it's a profound gem in indie rap that no collection would be complete without.
 
Right now I am majorly digging a really cool underrated Australian release named Children of Telepathic Experiences by (now on hiatus) Gerling... darn good album though, made on a shoe string budget but it works so darn well...
 
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Trust-Elvis Costello
Very strong Squeeze influence, but Costello has enough of a distinctive personality to make this work on his terms as a pretty decent pop record that dosn't sound derivative.
 
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I cant stop playing this album, it's just fantastic from beginning to end. And the fact that these guys, along with Sonic Youth, can kick the living sh!t out of all young banRAB today is just incredible. It's like the last 20 years has never happened.
 
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