Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm (2004)

Moody and atmospheric post-metal, with some heavy sludge-influenced moments. Considered the forefathers of post-metal. Highly recommended.

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Pelican City - Rhode Island (2000)

Let me first start off by saying that if you don't download this album you're (a) making a big mistake, (b) making small children cry, and (c) a communist. Secondly I'd like to make a point that this is one of the best trip-hop albums I've ever heard. If you're familiar with the musician DJ Danger Mouse, this is the same guy. He makes some really solid beats. I really have nothing else to say. This is an awesome album, you should get it.

Similar Artists: Bowery Electric, Airlock, Emancipator

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Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (1990)

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Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue (2009)

Bibio is known for his guitar loops and electro-acoustic music. In this album, he sort of shys away from that. He sings, he incorporates many different genres, and he does it all well. He stepped out of his comfort zone, and made an extremely solid album, one of my favorites of this year. I was really excited to read the reviews for this, as I figured this would end up being another predictable Bibio release.


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Aranis - Aranis (2005)

Aranis is a Flemish septet, playing music across the borders of classical, folk and (post)rock. They have released two albums so far: Aranis (2005) and Aranis (2007).

For a while I didn't know what to make of this style of music, but it grew on me as most decent music does. If you're looking for something new and avante-garde this is definitely it.

Similar Artists: Univers Zero, Far Corner

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Psycroptic - Scepter of the Ancients (2003)

Thrashy technical death metal from Australia. This was Psycroptic's second album, and their last with vocalist Matthew Chalk, who is the Mike Patton of death metal as far as I'm concerned. His performance contains all manner of growls, gurgles, cackles, screeches, and roars, and along with the band's precision riffing, makes for one hell of a listen. One of my favorite death metal albums.

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Hrvatski - Swarm And Dither (2002)

"While Hrvatski is usually lumped in with all the usual suspects from Planet Mu, he is far more capable than the Autechre ripoffs that label seems to churn out." If that sounds like the introduction to a lengthy musical dissertation, that's because it was. This album is good. Download it.

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The Heavenly States - Black Comet (2005)

I'm just going to post some quotes from their myspace because I'm lazy.

"Combining the scruffy shocks of guitar and dyspeptic swagger of pre-grunge rockers like Agitprop and Pavement with a layered late-90's indie-pop aesthetic best associated with Dave Fridmann... the States' mix of beauty and attack are keenly calibrated"
--AP Mag

For all you indie snobs with a shadowy Dave Matthews Band-loving past, this Oakland, California, trio delivers equal parts patchouli-soaked violin and Superchunk-worthy melodies.--RollingStone

Similar Artists: The Beasts of Eden, Frantic, Envy and Other Sins

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Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)

michael jackson died today at age 50 in los angeles, california. he was one of the greatest performers of our time and one of the best selling artists ever. i enjoyed michael's music very much during my childhood and still do today so news of his death were kind of sad to me. i don't care about his general weirdness and the scandals as that was part of his personal life, i'm just interested in the musician and entertainer, i hope all of you remember him for that as well as acknowledge his importance in music history, this is a sad day for music and music fans. here's his album thriller, the best selling album of all times. RIP king of pop.

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A-Fei - Nympheas (2008)

For anyone that doesn't have this album yet. Electronic, some great piano parts, and some heavy beats with a little glitchiness thrown in at times.

Vaguely similar sounds: Pivot , The Ghost Orchid , I'm Not a Gun

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School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms (2008)

get it if you like: fever ray, telepathe.

psychedelic electronic dreampop from brooklyn, members include twins alejandra and claudia deheza formerly of on! air! library! and benjamin curtis from the secret machines. it's been a while since this album was released and for some reason i thought it was already on the blog, i just realized it wasn't so here it is, amazing addition to everyone's library. sorry for the rapidshare link but the .rar is kind of big and most of you fail at downloading 2 part .rars.

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Eluvium - An Accidental Memory in the Case of Death (2004)

So my hard drive is still not working, accounting for the lack of uploads on my part in a while. Apparently this is a common problem with this type of hard drive and Windows Vista. Anyway, there goes 200+ GB of music that I can no longer listen to or upload. So I'm slowly getting a new library together and re-downloading some old stuff. Anyway, enough about me, let's talk about the music.

Eluvium is a solo project of Matthew Cooper that many of you are probably familiar with. The music varies from album to album, incorporating solo piano, minimalist works, ambient music, and various styles of electronic and shoegaze music. This particular album is solely piano works, ranging from good to amazing depending on the track and taste of the listener. I would recommend trying it.

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Flake Music - Spork EP (1995)

Flake Music was a band from Albuquerque, United States led by James Mercer before he dropped the project in favor of his side-band, The Shins. In fact, James brought along the entire band with him and they formed under their new name.

90s indie rock, somewhat lo-fi. good stuff. get it. also get their later album which I posted on this blog a while ago if you like this one.

Similar Artists: Pixies, The Shins

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The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge (1983)

get it if you like: echo and the bunnymen, bauhaus, the church

this is the debut album from english post-punk band the chameleons (known by some as the chameleons UK as it was the name they used for some US releases). i don't know what else to tell you about them, they were not as popular as some bands from their time but they were probably better than most of them. great album.

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Marina and The Diamonds - The Crown Jewels EP (2009)

second release from marina and the diamonds, the crown jewels is a 4 song EP that features the tracks i am not a robot, seventeen (which is totally amazing, probably my favorite marina song ever), simplify and a cool i am not a robot remix. still waiting for her debut album which should be out in a couple of months, meanwhile get this EP and the obsessions single

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Blank Dogs - Under and Under (2009)

I posted Blank Dogs' first release on this blog not too long ago, but I must say, this release is MUCH better. On Two Sides, his first album, was pretty good, but this is easily my AOTY 2009 so far. Not really much else too say, this is just some good tunes worth checking out.

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Pivot - Make Me Love You (2005)

A sexily good album with equal parts instrumental and electronic sounds, rife with head-swaying melodies, and that busy, interesting percussion I always love. Enjoy.

Vaguely similar sounds: Cougar , I'm Not a Gun , The Ghost Orchid , Fridge

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Flutterspot - Suitable for a Desire to Share (2007)

Some electronic with nice beats and a talent for melody.

Vaguely similar sounds: Minotaur Shock , Xploding Plastix

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Murder by Death & Amanda Palmer - Split (2009)

get it if you like: calexico, rasputina, cursive.

from their website: Murder By Death are releasing 7 records in a 7" series where they trade covering songs with other bands they know.

they are releasing one split every 3 months, this is the third one from the series, released last month, featuring amanda palmer from the dresden dolls.

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Murder by Death & O' Death - Split (2009)

get it if you like: calexico, rasputina, cursive.

from their website: Murder By Death are releasing 7 records in a 7" series where they trade covering songs with other bands they know.

they are releasing one split every 3 months, this is the second one from the series, released in mid february, enjoy.

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Nobunny - Raw Romance (2009)

The followup album from Okimoniks drummer/Sneaky Pinks founder Nobunny. Love Visions, his previous release (which can also be found on this blog), was my AOTY 2008. This rendition is a lot more acoustic based than his previous one, but he still sticks to the lo-fi/garage rock genre very well. I didn't enjoy this release as much as Love Visions, but it's growing on me over time and it's a entertaining album in it's own right.

Sorry for the awful picture, finding an actual picture of the album art in a decent size is a bitch.

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The Sounds - Crossing the Rubicon (2009)

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the previous rip was shit. here's a better version of this awesome album.

finally the new the sounds album is out. crossing the rubicon is the 3rd full length from this swedish band, i've been waiting for this for a couple of years and though it's not as upbeat and catchy as their previous albums, it feels more mature, dunno might be a grower.

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Imperium Dekadenz - Dämmerung der Szenarien (2007)

To celebrate the 666th post here at We Fucking Love Music, I've decided to upload some truly outstanding black metal. The riffs are ridiculously epic, and the beautiful clean interludes are wonderfully atmospheric. While characteristically thin, the production is fairly crisp for a black metal record.

Sounds like: a more black metal Agalloch, with an almost funeral doom atmosphere at times

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Murder by Death & William Elliot Whitmore - Split (2008)

get it if you like: calexico, rasputina, cursive.

from their website: Murder By Death are releasing the first of 7 records in a 7" series where they trade covering songs with other bands they know.

they are releasing one split every 3 months, this is the first one, released in october 2008. so far they've released 3 of them, i'll be posting those during the weekend and then the rest every time a new one is released. enjoy, murder by death is a very very good band and you should feel bad if you don't like them.

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Warpaint - Exquisite Corpse EP (2009)

get it if you like: rasputina, telepathe, pocahaunted.

i really liked this ep, brought back the same mood telepathe and pocahaunted put me in, while i pictured rasputina playing guitars and drums instead of cellos. highly enjoyable really, it's a mix of folk, indie rock and psychedelic rock with pop and shoegaze elements thrown in. sometimes it's really quiet too. i thought it was an all-girl band but there's a dude on their pictures from myspace, so i guess they're not.

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Silver Apples - s/t

I don't really know too much about this band, or what to say about this music, so I'll go ahead and copypasta the last.fm since it's a hell of a lot more informative than I am.

"Contrasting the flowery psychedelic rock music of the late-1960s, the new york city-based Silver Apples created an avant-garde sound based on little more than a homemade synthesizer and an extensive drumkit."

I've only listened to this album once, and I really, really enjoyed it. A few people that I've talked to say it's one of their favorites. Overall, it's a really cool album that deserves some attention.

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Fever Ray - Triangle Walks (2009)

get it if you like: royksopp, the knife.

triangle walks is the third single from fever ray's debut album, one of the best albums of the year so far, top 5 material really. this third single features heavy marimba through the whole song as well as ambient pads and some other organic-sounding sytnhs and bells, and of course, karin dreijer's amazing voice. includes 2 remixes by james rutledge and tiga. video finished shooting in south central LA a couple of months ago but hasn't been posted online yet, here are some stills.

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The Sawtooth Grin - Cuddlemonster (2002)

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Clocking in at just over 16 minutes, The Sawtooth Grin's Cuddlemonster is an amazing display of melodic technicality, if you can see passed the flurry of notes. The band includes ex-The Number Twelve Looks Like You drummer Jon Karel.

Recommended Tracks: Give Me The Amulet You Bitch, Sometimes She Tasted Like Burnt Plastic Smells

Kap Bambino - Love (2002)

Sorry I haven't been around all week (or since my birthday, really). I've had one hell of a time. Of course, you probably didn't notice or care. I'll be catching up on overdue papers for a week or so, but before that, I have a few uploads to justify my protracted leave.

Love is Kap Bambino's first, extremely limited edition, Vinyl-only release from way back in '02. So you can forgive a lot of publications for citing ZLNV as their debut. It's much more mellow than their later stuff, though it still gets pretty intense at times. If you are not a Kap Bambino fan, this will not convert you. Lots of those great squelchy synths and noisy hooks I am so fond of.

I have not heard the new album yet, since I shelled out big to order a copy from Holland and I feel some sort of grudging duy to wait. Don't spoil it for me.

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HORSE the band - Shapeshift 7" (2009)

get it if you like: xiu xiu.

horse the band's new single from their 4th album desperate living (to be released in august), features vocals (and possibly production) from james stewart from xiu xiu. limited to 500 copies, 250 to be sold on tour while on the UK (go see them britfriends) and 250 to be sold through vagrant records. the song is still very horse-ish, similar to the stuff on a natural death, but like more mature, as it's been with every horse album, natural evolution i guess we could call it. also includes a remix by skrillex, aka sonny moore, former singer of from first to last.

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Hostage Calm - Lens (2008)

I'm not much of a fan of hardcore punk, but Hostage Calm has produced some pretty decent melodies to kick off the summer with. I would advise checking this album out if you're looking for something energetic.

Similar Artists: Make Do and Mend, At All Costs, Ambitions

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Holy Fuck - LP (2007)

“This Canadian mega-group play an interesting trade of organic electronica where they shun all usage of laptops, pre-programmed backing tracks in favour of Real Instruments with Real Soul creating experimental improvised songs where not even they know what will happen.” Drowned in Sound

“You will have the contours of your brain worn down by shards of liquid magma noise and you will embrace every second with the grin of a baby that has just discovered its feet at the end of its legs.” New-Noise.net UK

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Týr - By the Light of the Northern Star (2009)

Grab a sword and a flagon of mead, folks, because the Faroe Island's premiere Viking metal band (well, probably their only well known one) is at it again with their latest album "By the Light of the Northern Star." Týr is known for their catchy, fist pumping melodies as well as their dedication to the folk traditions of the Faroe Islands, Denmark, Iceland, and Scandinavia in general. There is some repetition, especially in the metallified folk songs, but overall, this is an incredibly solid release from a band that still stands out in the viking/folk metal world.

Also the cover shows an armor-clad Viking chopping a fucking cross in half with his sword. What reason do you have to NOT get this?

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Men Eater - Hellstone (2007)

Great album from a great portuguese band. You must listen to this album if you're into sludge/stoner. 10 powerfull songs combining into a whirl of sound and emotion.

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Annie - Anthonio (2009)

get it if you like: little boots, kylie minogue, sophie ellis bextor.

anthonio is an amazing pop song of heartbreak from a one night stand in brazil (or something like that). truly amazing, really. nice comeback single from norway's annie. includes 4 remixes and a nice b-side. if you're interested, anthonio is a real guy, and he recorded a reply song to annie, you can listen here.

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Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985)

I'm sure a lot of you have heard this album or any other album Tom Waits has put out, but I've really been diggin' this lately so I thought I'd share it with those that haven't heard it. The sound changes quite a bit throughout the album, it's hard to place it under one genre. The only thing that's consistent, however, is how amazing it is, and how eerie Tom's voice is. Give this a shot, it's one of my favorite albums of all time.

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Rasputina - The Lost and Found 2nd Edition (2003)

get it if you like: cello rock, classic rock, emilie autumn.

"rasputina is a cello driven band" says their wikipedia article. think apocalyptica's setup without the ridiculous metal imagery and the nordic gays and replace it with emilie autumn's. times 4. or something. i got into this band way back in middle school through a friend and loved them since, recently i re-discovered this EP full of cover songs from pink floyd, creedence clearwater revival, pat benatar and more, and i still love it. these are some amazing covers, all played by cellos and with melora creager's haunting beautiful voice. truly enjoyable release, i'll try to post more rasputina soon.

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Bison b.c. - Quiet Earth (2008)

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a love child of pelican and high on fire, maybe? heavy as fuck, but with dueling guitar solos and harmonics 'n shit. definitely a headbanging, beer-swilling kind of metal. have a listen on Youtube.

Shearwater - Rook (2008)

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Lush chamber pop from Jeff Meiburg (ex-Okkerville River) and 14 friends. This album is alternately pastoral and thunderous, with Meiburg's gorgeous voice and piano front and center. Plus, it's about birds because he's ornithology grad student, haha.

K.C. Accidental - Anthems For The Could've Bin Pills (2000)

K.C. Accidental has one dude from Broken Social Scene and another dude from Do Make Say Think. This album is nothing short of great. Recommended for fans of post-rock and BSC especially.

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