Weekly Music Trading Post

Yeah, I keep getting sidetracked by my various stuff that doesn't happen on this monitor I'm currently staring at.

If anyone interested could let me know in this thread if they want in on the next trade as well, that'd be cool. I'll take part myself, but won't be able to upload anything 'til the 10th. Seeing as this one we're in the middle of's themed, the next one's gonna be an un-themed swap.
 
Dr.Seussicide sent me Laura - Mapping Your Dreams

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Since I took forever to finish my last review I figured I'd do the extreme opposite this time and get it up right after my initial listening. I usually try to listen to albums twice but this loving this album was a no brainer.

Laura is a post rock band and I loved the whole album all the way through. The album was mostly an instrumental, I heard vocals on the last track definitely and maybe one more but they were enjoyable when they were there and the instrumentals are strong enough to stand without them.

I don't know what it is with post rock and sludge but the two genres sound super similar to me sometimes and miles apart at others and this was one of the times it sounded similar. The album did a great job of conveying the emotion Laura was trying to express, you could just feel the intensity at times.

I highly recommend this album to anybody looking for some good post rock to listen too or anybody interested in checking out the genre.

Thanks Dr.Seussicide

edit - I'm downloading Radio Swan is Down right now and I hope it's just as good.
 
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Tick Tock, Tick Tock the noises of Big Ben open this album with "25 'o' clock". A very groovy song with one heck of a sweet bassline. Following this are fifteen more tracks of Psychedelic Pop, That aren't really terribly original but the songwriting is what makes this special. The songwriter really seems to be great based on this and no I haven't heard XTC but based on this album i'm going to :D. So here are my highlights.

The Mole From The Ministry-A great nuraber with some brill drum bits, sounRAB kind of Beatles-ish.
Vanishing Girl-A perfect pop song just so upbeat and awesome you can't help tapping your foot.
You're A Good Man Albert Brown-Once again sounRAB very Beatles-ish and has an amazing singalong vibe
Pale And Precious-Awesome song with an amazing Beach Boys sound

So all in all I was surprised that this band weren't actually Psychedelic artists as they have the sound perfected. Psych is my third favourite genre and I like to think I have fairly good taste in it and I found this to be pretty solid. And I will most definetly check out XTC.
 
Swap Index​

WEEK 17

From Lateralus to NuraberNineDream
Incubus – Fungus Amongus

From NuraberNineDream to Lateralus
Asylum Choir – Look inside the Asylum Choir

From Schizotypic to mojopinuk
Grinderman – Grinderman

From mojopinuk to Schizotypic
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O – Crytal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars

From Terrible Lizard to Zarko
Cerrone – Supernature

From anticipation to abdullah424
Quasimoto – The further adventures of Lord Quas

From dreadnaught to Bulldog
Jens Lekman – Oh you’re so silent Jens

WEEK 18
(Theme : Favourite Artwork)

From NuraberNineDream to Bulldog
Witth
 
Just a word to the wise but Asobi Seksu isn't her name, it roughly translates to "fun sex" in Japanese. I think her name is Yuki (?)

But I've neglected giving Hush a listen, despite Citrus being one of my favorite shoegaze albums discovered last year. I'll have to get it soon.
 
I think it's time I just force myself to write these reviews.

From abdullah424:

Vato Negro - Bumpers (2008)

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Vato Negro is a side project from the bassist of the Mars Volta, Juan Alderete. Unfortunately, I never gave the Mars Volta a listen, so I can't compare Alderete's work in both projects.

Anyway, I loved the album the second I played it. It's solely instrumental, with a lot of electronica arrangements surrounding the drums and the virtuosic bass guitar playing. I don't think I can get hooked on it, as I can't seem to memorise much of it, but I'm sure I'll be listening to it a lot. I loved listening to it while studying, while trying to sleep and of course while rockin' in my car. It's just not hard to be in the mood for it, opposite to what I usually get from listening to electronic music.

I'm pretty sure I'll be searching for some Mars Volta albums to download very soon.


From GotJuice:

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi battles the pink robots (2002)

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The Flaming Lips was also a band I never gave a listen, although I heard about them a lot, and this album precisely was highly praised on these boarRAB. So I was fairly excited when I got the album from GotJuice.

The first few times I've given this album a try, I just couldn't get through the first 2 songs. I had some kind of problem with it. I couldn't figure out if this album is hard to crack into, or just if it's something I won't enjoy, no matter how much I forced myself.

Getting ready for the previous review, I thought I give this one another try, as I won't review an album without giving it the fair amount of chances, and I have to say, this 2 day break really helped. Now still listening to the album, I think I'm very much liking it. From the multi-layered arrangements to the spacey vocals, definitely a grower.
Although I'm reviewing it without having heard it completely (I'm now in the 9th track) I think it's safe to say I got my general perception of the album.
I might find out later, which of the tracks stood out for me, as for now, all the songs sound of great potential. All I'm saying, I didn't find myself skipping any of them.

It was a great trade with both of yous, abdullah424 and GotJuice :thurab:
 
Goldfish - Perceptions of Pacha

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This album was definitely was definitely out of my usual sound, but I thought it was absolutely fantastic. The band encompassed the perfect sound of dance music and lounge jazz like Stereolab (don't have anything better to compare it to). The songs Fort Knox and Wet Willy kind of shied away from this sound, and didn't really do it for me. But the rest of the album was unexpectedly fantastic. I really enjoyed the use of another language (blogs told me it was a Zim language, but that was all I kind find).

Pretty much, this was a full hour of unexpected enjoyment. Songs like Sold My Soul (the first track), Hold Tight (which has a really cool horn part), and Soundtracks and Come Backs really did it for me. I absolutely loved the use of the jazz flute on the last listed there, it really fit right into the song perfectly without overpowering any of the other sound.

Overall, this was straightforward dance music that could be played at a nightclub. But it also contained an element of jazz to keep people like me interested in just listening to the music. I really enjoyed the sound, and I would like to thank Zeppy for sending it in my direction I'd give it:

7.4/10

Thanks again Zeppy! I enjoyed this a lot.
 
So, Pobody's Nerfect sent me Esqueletos by Tarantella, and I've gotta say it's another album I've got from this thread which I've loved (btw, PM sent regarding next week Rezz). As far as I know they've been knocking around for the last five-odd years, and the Argentine group's take on the Denver avante-country scene really is something else, and one of many examples of why you should never write something off just because of its country tag. There's a slower, more brooding and darkly contemplative air about the whole album, with the added textures of the fiddle with the dreamy vocals of Cal Cahoone to give it that extra spice.

Anyway, thanks a lot for this man - really enjoying this one.
 
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