Albums You're Digging II
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Molly Casey
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I don't know why it took me so long to get into this album. I love it.
(2006)
Two men, both over 40, mash everything that's good about music (plus some drum n' bass) into one album with impeccable style and pop sensibility in a trans-Atlantic collaboration that only a few hundred people in the known universe will be acknowledging. Which is a shame.
Lori cutie
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Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
The album that half the people here post and the other half ask what it is.
The album that half the people here post and the other half ask what it is.
SCWIDVICIOUS
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Cynic - Focus (Remastered)
Supposedly a classic album, the first to corabine elements of jazz-fusion and death metal together in an appreciable way. I have to say that after some lengthy listening to Focus, I can see where a lot of modern day "melo-death" banRAB and certain prog. metal outfits derived their sound from, but are ultimately unable to surpass. Tracks like 'Veil of Maya' and 'Endless Endeavors' don't sound like they came from 1993 at all!
likeitlikethat
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I've been filling in my Go-Betweens back catalog and I'm delighted to discover that this is almost as good as their mid-period material. Wicked band.
And I've been rediscovering Pretties For You... for some reason it really clicks with me. Yes it's disjointed, sloppy and directionless, yes the recording quality is shite, but it's ultimately a pleasant sort of scatterbrained mess.
And I've been rediscovering Pretties For You... for some reason it really clicks with me. Yes it's disjointed, sloppy and directionless, yes the recording quality is shite, but it's ultimately a pleasant sort of scatterbrained mess.
That's actually the reason it became my favorite album. The first half is some of the absolute best work Sonic Youth has ever done, and every time I wanted some SY I would remeraber those and stick on Goo. Being OCD about finishing an album start to finish, I of course had to listen to the second half as well. They grew on my like nothing else. You'll get there.
The second half is kind of like all of Daydream Nation for me. It took me a really long time to get into that album. I was always confused why everyone thought it was so good until one day it clicked.
The second half is kind of like all of Daydream Nation for me. It took me a really long time to get into that album. I was always confused why everyone thought it was so good until one day it clicked.
Yahootime!
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Maps and Atlases "You, Me and the Mountain"
^ Elvis Costello teams up with Allen Toussaint to do a jazz/soul/New Orleans r'n'b album. With the exception of a lame space-filler or two, stellar stuff.
~^ Lifeforms - a very left-of-centre, arabient and fittingly long and complex effort from the same bunch that brought Papua New Guinea to dance floors all over the world. An absolute gem this.
^ And this blew me away with the first listen. Fantastic beats, fantastic use of vocals - classic.
People always hate on Japanese music, but I can't hate on the pillows. They have a lot of magical music and a sound that speaks just as well as any other international band. My favorite album by them by far is Please Mr. Lostman. It's a great album from them put out in 1997. Every track has something beautiful to offer.
hmmm, not too bad of a start, but just a heaRAB up, if you love this album there's a slight chance you may not like the previous ones. idk, probably cause they don't sing like they do on this one.
although if you love how they composed their music/played the most, then you'd love some of the older stuff.
although if you love how they composed their music/played the most, then you'd love some of the older stuff.
D4rkBu113t
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The stretch from "Hairless Heart" to "Anyway" (minus "The Waiting Room" which doesn't do much for me) is so damn amazing.
Percyboy:R.I.P MJ !
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Shpongle - Tales of the Inexpressible
I've been rediscovering my favorite Shpongle album after a long while. Every song is sooo good.
beagle171717
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It's amazing, I'm on a kick right now of banRAB playing at ATP in Deceraber cos I'm going and there's a few banRAB playing which I've not listened to. Dean Wareham is playing there and is gonna be playing Galaxie's music so y'know. Cannot wait for that.
The Gold Standerd on ECW.
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DEATH PROOF O.S.T
No matter what I think about the film, the soundtrack is excellent and this is one of the best retro tunes I have heard for a long time:
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ELECTRIC ORANGE-MORBUS
I have already started a thread on these German retro psychedelic cosmic rockers. Love Krautrock? Get it!
YEAH YEAH YEAHS-SHOW YOUR BONES
I am a latecomer to this album and it is definitely my loss. Just good upbeat tunes that restore your faith in great simple tunes.
GREGORY ISAACS-REVENGE
The rocksteady Reggae king keeps banging out quality releases.
No matter what I think about the film, the soundtrack is excellent and this is one of the best retro tunes I have heard for a long time:
[YOUTUBE]UqDwnT_HSXg[/YOUTUBE]
ELECTRIC ORANGE-MORBUS
I have already started a thread on these German retro psychedelic cosmic rockers. Love Krautrock? Get it!
YEAH YEAH YEAHS-SHOW YOUR BONES
I am a latecomer to this album and it is definitely my loss. Just good upbeat tunes that restore your faith in great simple tunes.
GREGORY ISAACS-REVENGE
The rocksteady Reggae king keeps banging out quality releases.
Matilda Rose
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Which one was that?