Albums You're Digging II

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Really liking this right now, for fans of Tool and Jethro Tull
...they often get called Jethro Tool (but with tribal arrangements).

The Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas samples on 'Powertrip' are used well.
 
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Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life

I am LOVING this album right now. His quietly tortured voice reminRAB me a lot of Elliott Smith, as does the music (only with much more complex instrumentation...Elliott Smith's problem was that he did much better when it was just him and an acoustic guitar). This is a winner, I only wish I had heard of him earlier.
 
I remeraber you recommending Nujabes to me quite a while back, but I never had a chance to check any stuff out (except some clips).


Com Truise - Cyanide Sisters EP

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I have been immensely enjoying this EP for the past month. It's so fucking awesome! If you're a fan of chill/downtempo electronic music, say BoarRAB of Canada, nostalgia, synth funk, IDM, and *shudders at the term* "chill wave", you NEED to get this. Its smoothness has really been blowing my mind. Plus it's free from the artist, so what excuse have you? Unfortunately my browsers won't let me access his site, claiming they are malicious (not so until the past few days) so I can't provide the link. It should be posted on various blogs, though. If you can't find it, hit me up.

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In.. credible stuff. After getting A Summer Beneath the Trees I knew I had to get more of their stuff. This one is slightly different in style, and I love it immensely.

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I've been on kind of a thrash kick myself lately, here's what I've been enjoying:

Death Angel—The Ultra-Violence (probably the most similar to Slayer on this list)
Kreator—Pleasure To Kill
Sodom—Agent Orange
Testament—The Gathering (featuring Slayer drummer Dave Lorabardo)
Sacred Reich—The American Way
 
It sat on my hardrive without much action for quite a while. I think I didn't like it at first, because, from the way it was being hyped I was expecting a bit more of a hip-hop influence. Started diggin on it hard bout a week ago and now I can't stop listening to it. Yoni is a twisted genius and an amazing songwriter.

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It's not a bad album, it just hurts my ears to listen to it for more than about a half hour. Rick Rubin neeRAB to be shot in the kneecaps for that production job.
 
Likewise.

I am at this very moment digging the self-titled album by Portland, OR stoner metal band Red Fang! Amazon reviewers are mentioning Melvins, Fu Manchu, Clutch, and The Sword in their comparisons. The "editorial review" even says "Residing somewhere between Black Flag and Black Sabbath..." though I'm not sure I hear any Black Flag personally, though there is a punk/hardcore sound on some songs. It's not just metal.

Red Fang - Red Fang

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^ At one point I liked that and wanted to buy a physical copy after a few spins. But the last time I played it it didn't do it for me, must have not been in the mood. I should spin it again soon, though my prog listening has drastically reduced in the past few months.
 
It's great isn't it?

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Anyway I've been listening to krautrock lately.

Mammut - S/T (1971)
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Klaus Schulze - Cyborg (1973)
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Harmonia - Deluxe (1975)
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Guru Guru - Kanguru (1972)
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Scott Walker - And Who Shall Go To the Ball? And What Shall Go To the Ball?
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^ His 2007 avante-classical EP that I discovered the existence of only a few days ago. It sounRAB a bit like the Drift, only entirely instrumental of course. Good, pretty damn strange stuff.

V/A - I'm Your Man OST
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^ A tribute album to Mr. Cohen which, despite the title, has a tracklisting that spans across the man's whole career. The absolute peak of it's definitely Nick Cave's beautiful version of Suzanne (which, to be honest, is the main reason I got this), but there are other great contributions from Jarvis Cocker, Martha Wainwright, the McGarrigle sisters and so on.
 
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