tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2434506748012471712024-03-21T13:51:13.990-04:00Can't Draw To Save...this is a personal blog and a music blog. random stories from my past and present life meet reviews/recommendations of albums and bands I love.Matthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-37681301802792852592017-08-31T00:13:00.001-04:002017-08-31T13:05:57.712-04:00Chalk Hands – Burrows & Other Hideouts<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PNsYvBESJMQ/WaeM3HLET8I/AAAAAAABCZk/hIuqHBSN6DgGCUl4rCW1yboNazEdhmLRQCHMYCw/s1600-h/Burrows%2B%2526%2BOther%2BHideouts%255B5%255D"><img alt="Chalk Hands EP Sleeve R2 OL" height="390" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OUrAePXL8bg/WaeM4NhexWI/AAAAAAABCZo/fvUcke41n8E7304YQU8K_7dOU19jPTElwCHMYCw/Burrows%2B%2526%2BOther%2BHideouts_thumb%255B3%255D?imgmax=800" style="display: inline;" title="Chalk Hands EP Sleeve R2 OL" width="390" /></a><br />
<em>note: before I get going with this I just want to say that I have not been paid in any way to give a favorable review of this release </em><br />
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<em> </em>One very cool , but infrequent, thing that has occurred in this blog's history would be submissions for review by outside artists. The idea that anyone would think I would enjoy their band is pretty awesome. And I really like the idea of being introduced to new music anyway . I've also lucked out that I've enjoyed what has been shown to me. (Umm hello? <a href="http://cantdrawtosave.blogspot.com/2009/11/oh-canada-part-9-damages-scars.html">Damages</a> much?)<br />
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Chalk Hands are no exception. "Burrows & Other Hideouts" is the debut EP by this Brighton, UK screamo band. And once again, if you've followed this blog long enough, you will know that when I say screamo, I'm not talking about something you will see on a T-shirt at a Hot Topic. Chalk Hands play a style of the genre that is also known as skramz. A lot of people also refer to this as “real” screamo. Chalk Hands encompasses a lot of the genre staples. But not in a way that ever feels derivative. The semi-titular first track of the EP, "Burrows", opens with a guitar line that straight up feels like it could be a b-side off one of Envy’s more recent outings. Eventually, the song blasts ahead full force in a tune that, overall, feels more so like a pre-“Keep You” Pianos Become The Teeth. With some sweet Suis La Lune-esque guitar leads and "Enter" era Russian Circles tapping. Hell, parts of it even remind me of pre-“Smother” Frameworks songs. Tonally, the second song, "Arms", is a much darker sounding song musically. But at the same time, it has moments that are extremely triumphant and, honestly, beautiful. Its the stuff that hits home and resonates and makes you feel something inside yourself. The song's exploding "breakdown" leads right into a somber and quiet interlude. Only to jump back in with intense guitars & high energy drumming that bring to mind "Parting The Seas…" era Touché Amoré. You know, the good stuff. The vocals on the EP remind me somewhat of how Jordan Dreyer of La Dispute has and can sing at that band's most aggressive moments.<br />
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Without being too over-the-top, I can definitely say that this is a awesome first release. I know that this review has a lot of band name checking . But that's honestly just for reference so you as the reader can grasp some idea of what these 2 tracks encompass musically. Do I think Chalk Hands sound exactly like all of the bands I mentioned in this review? No. But they have a lot of different elements from a lot of those very good and important bands. And they blend those elements together in a seamless way that makes the music their own. Like I said early on, they never feel like they're imitating. They feel musically like they are a peer to a lot of the bands that they remind me of and, potentially, draw influence from. And for a band that is newer and not a long-established act, I think that is quite a feat. I know that for me personally, I am sold. And I will continue to follow them & the music they release in the future. <br />
Skramz for life yo.<br />
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<a href="https://chalkhands.bandcamp.com/">Download & Listen To The Album Here</a>Matthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-28645136976892455352017-04-11T14:30:00.001-04:002017-04-11T14:30:24.921-04:00Best of 2016<p>Hey hey hey! So it’s time for my annual get productive post. haha. 2016 was a really good year in my life. A great year for music. No time to spare. As per usual, these are in no particular order. And if you like it any of them, go buy them from a local record store or from the bands directly <3</p> <p><u><strong><font size="5">LP’s</font></strong></u></p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Russian Circles – Guidance</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-G_OXTG7GIZM/WO0eaY4FNRI/AAAAAAAA1gA/CHyJJT3Xs0g/s1600-h/russian4.jpg"><img title="russian" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="russian" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Et8GgcD8Cx0/WO0eb2wF3-I/AAAAAAAA1gE/OfcTPo5mDV0/russian_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="385" height="385" /></a></p> <p>Obviously, when i write these best of posts annually, the albums featured are releases that really made a impact on me. And its safe to say that as the year draws to a close, i have a idea of everything that will be featured. And some years, I’m lucky enough to have a standout release of the year. And that's pretty rad. Well, this year is odd. Because there were 2 albums that are pretty evenly matched in my head for AOTY. And they couldn't be more opposite. And I think that ultimately makes it really rad that these are the 2 its come down to. Russian Circles, for those not in the know, play extremely heavy, loud, beautiful instrumental music. Genre wise its somewhere between post rock and metal. Post metal? That could be a thing i suppose. haha. My main draw to the band was that it initially had 2 members of the defunct instrumental Math Rock band Dakota/Dakota. And I have followed them since their inception. Eventually, there was a change up in members and the ex-Bassist of Botch/These Arms Are Snakes joined the band. Personally? Some of my favorite stuff they have put out has been since this change. Because I think they kept all the beauty their earlier albums had, but got even heavier. Which I love. If I had any complaint with this album its that i love it so much that i wish there were more songs on it! haha. Though the last song on the album “Lisboa” has one of my favorite passages the band has ever written. It is unbelievably beautiful.</p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/8scb722fdn3kp3h/Russian_Circles_-_Guidance.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Porches – Pool</font></strong></u> </p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sk_VNMxEt58/WO0ed4o9zuI/AAAAAAAA1gI/kYQ_SU67FS4/s1600-h/porches8.jpg"><img title="porches" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="porches" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jga0wfq6gEc/WO0ef-kUezI/AAAAAAAA1gM/a0A1tBzOtl0/porches_thumb6.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" height="384" /></a></p> <p>So that brings us to the 2nd contender for AOTY. And fuck. This album is so fucking good.  I don't really know how to explain it. Heavy, heavy 80’s vibes. Dancy AF. I wont lie that I hadn't heard of this band prior to this year. And truly, I am unfamiliar with their releases prior to this album. I saw YouTube videos of just the singer singing and playing guitar. Which led me to believe that perhaps this was (is?) his solo project? I don't fully know. Truly? I heard of the band because their drummer was (is?) Cameron who used to play in Zona Mexicana. haha. I laugh because this band has ZERO in common with Zona, but I am still stoked I looked into them because I love the album! Once again, if i had to complain about anything, its that its over before you know it. I am not really aware of other synthy pop bands. I know there have to be some but please note i have no point of reference. I don't listen to that kind of music regularly. I just know I like this band. “Underwater” is a amazing opening track. “Mood” makes me feel like I should be on a yacht in Miami in the 80’s. Or maybe just playing GTA Vice City? haha. I cant recommend the record enough. Its upbeat. mellow. fun. poppy. Idk. Its not a very “me” record. And I’ve had alot of fun destroying people preconceptions of what I like musically by sharing it with them. I’ve listened to this record at work more times than i can tell you. And if I can give it one point over Russian Circles, its that it has the ability for more mass appeal. Hell, skramz emo dude me fucking fell in love with it!</p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/h3spdagvs2vkn4o/Porches+-+Pool.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Tortoise – The Catastrophist</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ECS2D5lhvEs/WO0ehAlNI-I/AAAAAAAA1gQ/kzLpMu83ock/s1600-h/tortoise4.jpg"><img title="tortoise" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="tortoise" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yZEiNhy-EvQ/WO0ei5d1zNI/AAAAAAAA1gU/6oW0z6MVGCM/tortoise_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="380" height="380" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www109.zippyshare.com/v/Npvurfzd/file.html">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u><font size="4">Nothing – Tired Of Tomorrow</font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ISJ6lyTKBe8/WO0elPrbJ5I/AAAAAAAA1gY/ten9ffdfe6Y/s1600-h/nothing6.jpg"><img title="nothing" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="nothing" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_aT8GSt4WBc/WO0emrecmkI/AAAAAAAA1gc/tMHUh6NCmcw/nothing_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="382" height="382" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/cuwobb67vn4b46w/Nothing+-+Tired+of+Tomorrow.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u><font size="4">Mouse On the Keys – Live At Red Bull Studios Tokyo</font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WCj7Bm4IrYw/WO0enrQhAoI/AAAAAAAA1gg/Bpocvml1tJI/s1600-h/mouse4.jpg"><img title="mouse" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="mouse" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qnMpOrMAmsw/WO0eqtusz9I/AAAAAAAA1gk/dQ3T8n2DRoc/mouse_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="379" height="381" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/8ri3l4br2vmkbmu/Mouse+On+The+Keys+-+Live+at+Red+Bull+Studios+TOKYO.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nhyVG8__2rI/WO0esmCOwkI/AAAAAAAA1go/HW4mabO-ZVE/s1600-h/radiohead4.jpg"><img title="radiohead" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="radiohead" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-by5oo4USjo4/WO0eumYg4RI/AAAAAAAA1gs/P64h-q81Fa4/radiohead_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="376" height="376" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/5m8lm629l98o7tp/Rdhd+-+Mn+Shpd+Pl.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Totorro – Come To Mexico</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YNs2Q_Tshrs/WO0ewTjS24I/AAAAAAAA1gw/68i_0Ur53LM/s1600-h/totorro4.jpg"><img title="totorro" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="totorro" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ciNmhSztHG4/WO0eyRtN0-I/AAAAAAAA1g0/xhaiEwrQMKQ/totorro_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="377" height="377" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/jwwntunal52aozk/Totorro+-+Come+To+Mexico.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Deftones – Gore</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ihTIXUXXl60/WO0ezpYKk3I/AAAAAAAA1g4/kWEyY4wJ6bA/s1600-h/Deftones-Gore-Cover-Retouched4.jpg"><img title="Deftones-Gore-Cover-Retouched" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Deftones-Gore-Cover-Retouched" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4GjKol5ylx4/WO0e2Qpx4PI/AAAAAAAA1g8/OS7PmQwjBgk/Deftones-Gore-Cover-Retouched_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="376" height="376" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/tw3eqsq2pgg4lr2/Dftns+-+Gr.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">The Mercury Program – New Myths</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-o9pgLr1uAyY/WO0e3X2Ga5I/AAAAAAAA1hA/BTEISKvbLSw/s1600-h/mercury4.jpg"><img title="mercury" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="mercury" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6Fd9CWoJsNE/WO0e5t43DoI/AAAAAAAA1hE/WIU07B2HFq4/mercury_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="379" height="379" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/pgv9pwwtp93pxkk/The+Mercury+Program+-+New+Myths.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Knola – To The Rhythm</font></strong></u> </p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0_3hx6IqiFc/WO0e7Fnc4RI/AAAAAAAA1hI/q8rNSaVQY0M/s1600-h/Knola4.jpg"><img title="Knola" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Knola" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oiV4GwGAl3Q/WO0e9d5xvuI/AAAAAAAA1hM/bwFGrLxeFrA/Knola_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="380" height="380" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/awkzs9z4ne9wgca/Knola+-+To+The+Rhythm.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">David Bowie – Blackstar</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7XEapOKKoC8/WO0e_ESWF0I/AAAAAAAA1hQ/seV_q1qlo24/s1600-h/david-bowie4.jpg"><img title="david bowie" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="david bowie" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EFVhOmsFAgY/WO0fBNkhE5I/AAAAAAAA1hU/FkCmOdhToyQ/david-bowie_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="381" height="381" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/hs7a7halmyl36y7/David+Bowie+-+Blackstar.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="4"><u><strong>Enemies – Valuables</strong></u></font></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GqJDjduAtxM/WO0fCb_UQuI/AAAAAAAA1hY/Li7vUJZDBRE/s1600-h/enemies4.jpg"><img title="enemies" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="enemies" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3ApLBBDc7jk/WO0fFCbIvJI/AAAAAAAA1hc/oTn9PtqOa14/enemies_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="383" height="383" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/bem6zbbmtz3tii9/Enemies++-+Valuables.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Touché Amoré – Stage Four</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uIYZ_mMXWHw/WO0fGGmXqAI/AAAAAAAA1hg/Tkm8th17uf4/s1600-h/Touche4.jpg"><img title="Touche" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Touche" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5qbMaU0FODE/WO0fIBfHx8I/AAAAAAAA1hk/RcerjlUtuuY/Touche_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="381" height="381" /></a></p> <p>I have a love/hate relationship with this album. Its placement on this list is no surprise. I think every album they have released since I saw them open for Envy all those years ago have been on these best of lists. I need to be fucking upfront as hell. This album is fucking good. The music on it is right in line with what they put out on “Is Survived By” IMO. But note that for the first time (that I know of anyway) there are vocals that aren't screaming. Idk how i feel about them tbh. But you gotta understand, I was in this from “…To The Beat Of A Dead Horse” on. And I've seen the band get less heavy with each release. So from that standpoint, its a progression that seems expected. But not necessarily where I would like to personally see them go. Anyway, all of that aside? I don't really dislike any of it. My first listen through I thought, “this is good. A bit of a bummer though.” This is before I knew anything about what the album is actually about. And once I found out, and listened again, I cried. Holy shit did i cry. The album touched me in such a personal way that i lost it. Idk if i should really get into what this album is actually about. But lets say I had a personal connection to the themes that are touched on with the lyrics. I identify with the feelings and thoughts. And I am lucky enough to be on the other side of the situation. And having my situation turn out differently. So my love for this album, its because of that connection. Because it was able to move me to tears. In a year of some sad releases (David Bowie’s final album and Radiohead/Thom Yorke’s break up album) this one has taken the cake. So as much as I love it. I love it for making me feel how i did. Being able to touch me how it has. I hate it because it has made me feel more vulnerable than any album I can remember in recent years. And I am scared at what it does to me. I think the ability from simple music and lyrics affecting someone in such a way is very very powerful. And hats off to Touché Amore for that. Now, lets get back to skramz-ier sounding tunes dudes. ;-)</p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/l3acagub07abgon/Touch%C3%A9+Amor%C3%A9+-+Stage+Four.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u><font size="4">Contact – Zero Moment</font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iQ-jEoYcRic/WO0fKroOV8I/AAAAAAAA1ho/dym3A4Nd6H4/s1600-h/contact4.jpg"><img title="contact" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="contact" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oJjC2JLhghI/WO0fMpjDy2I/AAAAAAAA1hs/1WGQ2z5ULnQ/contact_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="382" height="382" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/c4lu2klplmx8mxk/Contact+-+Zero+Moment.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Dikembe – Hail Something</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IIW6IhxMmFc/WO0fOkyanhI/AAAAAAAA1hw/i7aCiafcOAI/s1600-h/dikembe4.jpg"><img title="dikembe" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="dikembe" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5t7HkM0xO5c/WO0fQheatsI/AAAAAAAA1h0/ph0fWOt5Uuo/dikembe_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="382" height="382" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/d8ehlda1e8bhcc5/Dikembe+-+Hail+Something.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">John Carpenter – Lost Themes II</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Vm3mcL1-bL0/WO0fSXeh7ZI/AAAAAAAA1h4/RpumG4T4Ga4/s1600-h/john-carpenter6.jpg"><img title="john carpenter" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="john carpenter" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BwfR5cdR2qA/WO0fUUNTYdI/AAAAAAAA1h8/wEJ9uaq2b18/john-carpenter_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="388" height="388" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/npxzj75oazaqhq2/John+Carpenter+-+Lost+Themes+II.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">TTNG – Disappointment Island</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--jchRrRXC28/WO0fVrXM1GI/AAAAAAAA1iA/xR6CGMV3neI/s1600-h/ttng4.jpg"><img title="ttng" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="ttng" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m2VU8iDZn3c/WO0fXbHm24I/AAAAAAAA1iE/Kfxe3Yw6H60/ttng_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="380" height="380" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/nllr8n58uf24nqu/TTNG+-+Disappointment+Island.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Hesitation Wounds – Awake For Everything</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1kgO8VQUTUg/WO0fY9hojrI/AAAAAAAA1iI/Gnn9W15LUjY/s1600-h/hesitation4.jpg"><img title="hesitation" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="hesitation" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--sksqJYgliA/WO0faCgWjCI/AAAAAAAA1iM/lM5pC7Sz3jY/hesitation_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="381" height="381" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/v75r4wllvw5om4l/Hesitation+Wounds+-+Awake+For+Everything.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u><font size="4">S U R V I V E – RR7349</font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZxP974wUp-s/WO0fbfdTRBI/AAAAAAAA1iQ/Tyeo3ib2-gI/s1600-h/survive5.jpg"><img title="survive" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="survive" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dpIc3WBotXY/WO0fdd_tSSI/AAAAAAAA1iU/NPGtc-RJNEo/survive_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="381" height="381" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/f66ajb7dkakul0p/S+U+R+V+I+V+E+-+RR7349.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Frameworks – Smother</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rhOQeqCOtVU/WO0feZ-behI/AAAAAAAA1iY/sYc710Th4lM/s1600-h/frameworks_1800_square4.png"><img title="frameworks_1800_square" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="frameworks_1800_square" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qQB96PoXRFs/WO0fgAvNBWI/AAAAAAAA1ic/TukfaFoQgek/frameworks_1800_square_thumb2.png?imgmax=800" width="384" height="384" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/von54c50vi69hv7/Frameworks+-+Smother.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Lite – Cubic</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Mxu6oynMJu0/WO0fiPsMijI/AAAAAAAA1ig/wpA29q3b9ec/s1600-h/lite5.jpg"><img title="lite" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="lite" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6aOD5KOOStU/WO0fkKJ0UVI/AAAAAAAA1ik/nyLtFA4rlig/lite_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" height="371" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/6u4uyas3s1vnq1d/LITE+-+Cubic.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Daughter – Not To Disappear</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_jjrW8Z4YW8/WO0flFxgCFI/AAAAAAAA1io/n10SySyyj2I/s1600-h/daughter4.jpg"><img title="daughter" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="daughter" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-punNo0ewou0/WO0fnKka1fI/AAAAAAAA1is/9pi-q3yNqxo/daughter_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="383" height="383" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/x91abird09b266g/Daughter+-+Not+to+Disappear.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Explosions In The Sky – The Wilderness</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tpxO9Cd0B_o/WO0foyu8MBI/AAAAAAAA1iw/F4dbqpLoVFM/s1600-h/explosions4.png"><img title="explosions" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="explosions" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J-QCTJ6gVKs/WO0fqbop3QI/AAAAAAAA1i0/dIApQf14u_w/explosions_thumb2.png?imgmax=800" width="383" height="383" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/ffuefu497f717x4/xplsns+n+Th+Sky+-Th+Wldrnss.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">American Football – LP2</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Mm0Ge3S71SA/WO0frnxFFsI/AAAAAAAA1i4/eILpaOO4UuM/s1600-h/american-football5.jpg"><img title="american football" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="american football" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fWTM-EWJBUk/WO0ftse4MXI/AAAAAAAA1i8/oVL9xKeb2xM/american-football_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" height="384" /></a></p> <p>I’m going to do my write up about this album in a way that's potentially weird. I am going to first, talk about everything I DISLIKE about the album. Okay. First and foremost, Mike’s voice! I know, I know. A lot of people are very defensive of this. “It’s been such and such however many years since the self titled. You can’t expect him to sing the same.” Really? I point you to the Colossal and Owen (oddly enough, Mike Kinsella’s solo project) Split from this same year. And more so direct you to Colossal specifically. Their last full length came out 12 years ago. Their last recorded content released on comps 10 years ago. And yet, their song? Sounds exactly like them. No difference in voice OR music. It sounds like a Colossal song. Which brings me to my next thing I don't like about this album. It is clear that it WAS NOT written like previous American Football songs. American Football was a trio. 2 guitarist and a drummer. I think those 3 wrote in a very specific way. Not only is this heard on all the pre break up material, but you can hear it on the newly released demos that came out on the reissue of the first LP. NOW, I am not putting down Nate Kinsella. The last Birthmark record is fucking stellar. A+. No hate on him. BUT personally? I think including him, and his instrument, in the writing process of THIS record definitely changed its tone. And made it LESS American Football-y. If that makes sense. My personal opinion, and what I would've liked to have seen, is that they should've wrote the album as a trio, and brought in Nate to add his basslines once the songs were written. Now, I get it. They toured. Played all those reunion shows. And he was there. He helped them play live and helped the songs sound fuller live. So maybe it was that they thought they owed it to him. Or that he was actually a member at that point. But they didn't take into account how that would ultimately change the writing process and the music produced. Okay, so get this. THATS IT. that's all the issues I have with this record. Any problem i have can be traced back to those 2 things. It took quite alot of listens before this album grew on me and i was able to get through all the bs I had with it. Its good. It has alot of the qualities that are associated with their material from back when. I think there is some definite show of age though on the songs. Not just Kinsella’s obvious different singing style. But the songs all seem ALOT more straight forward. Very little of AF’s “signature” polyrhythmic drumming is present. There are some minor attempts here and there. But nothing to really write home about. And nothing that really grabbed me. That's fine and I honestly think that was probably a conscious decision by the band to maybe be more appealing to the general masses. But that's obviously speculative. Listen, if you've heard the AF’s EP and LP and like them, you kind of owe it to yourself to listen to this. You may like it, you may not. Most of what I’ve seen is people raving about it. It took me a lot longer to warm up to it. But I can now say I enjoy this record and have some great memories connected to it. </p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/gklmdpu0rrjtfu5/American+Football+-+LP2.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="5">Soundtracks</font></strong></u></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4">Mogwai – Atomic</font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CbFQ9lkZwPo/WO0funNq4OI/AAAAAAAA1jA/yUiOck9E6Dc/s1600-h/mogwai4.jpg"><img title="mogwai" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="mogwai" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nnle6tKwyO0/WO0fvwJNTtI/AAAAAAAA1jE/e8ocEoWRjUw/mogwai_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="382" height="382" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/h61s5c3b2529ahu/Mogwai+-+Atomic.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">scntfc – Oxenfree OST</font></strong></u></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jhiyfkUhcOw/WO0fxcSJIyI/AAAAAAAA1jI/-RNp_kdEoVE/s1600-h/oxenhead6.jpg"><img title="oxenhead" style="display: inline" alt="oxenhead" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Gu8Rh2CI4Q4/WO0f0J3onSI/AAAAAAAA1jM/TJREumtGDWs/oxenhead_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="382" height="382" /></a></font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/6nyg5xg5d8mo3lb/Oxenfree+-+OST.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Monument Valley – OST</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZeWAzb-dpzY/WO0f12kJvYI/AAAAAAAA1jQ/1qBMiBfzEX8/s1600-h/Monument_Valley-iam8bit.08.png"><img title="Monument_Valley-iam8bit.0" style="display: inline" alt="Monument_Valley-iam8bit.0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Xt4D3b4j6Ak/WO0f3L8ZYrI/AAAAAAAA1jU/9B_RfZ0LheE/Monument_Valley-iam8bit.0_thumb4.png?imgmax=800" width="379" height="379" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/kfax0t1iwg8uvef/Monument+Valley+OST.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">The Blasting Company – Over The Garden Wall OST</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jfDgHJVYOfU/WO0f4dRdcRI/AAAAAAAA1jY/35eVWrgWWI0/s1600-h/OTGW5.jpg"><img title="OTGW" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="OTGW" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rQCK9VSr8pY/WO0f5lQS5oI/AAAAAAAA1jc/lg60WdDrkMM/OTGW_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="381" height="381" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/6ev5msqr3hgm3c9/Over+The+Garden+Wall+OST.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">You’re Next – OST</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kvyOkhuRsto/WO0f7bl1M6I/AAAAAAAA1jg/cw22i_roMB4/s1600-h/youre-next5.jpg"><img title="youre next" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="youre next" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qJth7QVdWqY/WO0f9cohWaI/AAAAAAAA1jk/fGB44hK1zqQ/youre-next_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="383" height="383" /></a></p> <p>I have not been able to find this album digitally. I’m sorry.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u><font size="4">Stranger Things – Volumes 1 & 2</font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BoOw64FDF-I/WO0f-gaBcCI/AAAAAAAA1jo/2XY7pCVIIjE/s1600-h/stranger4.jpg"><img title="stranger" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="stranger" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4XOg6jUnVpE/WO0gBsTU_KI/AAAAAAAA1js/s-T5HLFJ_PY/stranger_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" height="384" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/c8te9oigsfc8b4c/Stranger+Things+Vol.+1+%26+2.zip">Download The Albums Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u><font size="5">Splits & EP’s</font></u></strong></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4">Colossal/Owen – Split</font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WBZQl1n0nUE/WO0gDeEEXDI/AAAAAAAA1jw/qzV6AmShoJk/s1600-h/colossal4.jpg"><img title="colossal" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="colossal" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IFrVhhbFAkM/WO0gF6BZg9I/AAAAAAAA1j0/XxAbr2Vl6R8/colossal_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="382" height="382" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/o6w7id8unl96ps4/Colossal+%26+Owen+-+Split.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Lifted Bells – Over Reactor</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MutbE9tDhKc/WO0gHGaJb8I/AAAAAAAA1j4/GEkqi8ZIezE/s1600-h/lifted5.jpg"><img title="lifted" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="lifted" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RKt8ocHTeGc/WO0gI5VszgI/AAAAAAAA1j8/-CG27x-P5eM/lifted_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" height="384" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/xpmbjdpo7cr58pe/Lifted+Bells+-+Overreactor.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Suis La Lune/Shirokuma – Split</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XG9ERRZHgV8/WO0gKFKy6NI/AAAAAAAA1kA/FQTQ_A-2mSo/s1600-h/suis4.jpg"><img title="suis" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="suis" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9ermw_XA314/WO0gLaNm_-I/AAAAAAAA1kE/4dcSQA4wBVI/suis_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="377" height="377" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/h1tvh72932y3hfp/Suis+La+Lune+%26+Shirokuma+-+Split.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Red Hare – Lexicon Mist</font></strong></u></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bNwD79WKBRE/WO0gMSx9ClI/AAAAAAAA1kI/UJVIFtuGP3Q/s1600-h/redhare4.jpg"><img title="redhare" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="redhare" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z7k9e8p_ZjI/WO0gOCCCXII/AAAAAAAA1kM/UNKckEI9YMw/redhare_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="382" height="382" /></a></font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/aule58lbha7uu7a/Red+Hare+-+Lexicon+Mist.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="4"><u><strong>Youth Novel/Coma Regalia – The Gentle Harm Of Tradition</strong></u></font></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SeV6AimcnLk/WO0gPfGI64I/AAAAAAAA1kQ/DK-59ikG-A0/s1600-h/youth4.jpg"><img title="youth" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="youth" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_yxfu4XaEz0/WO0gRIDBNpI/AAAAAAAA1kU/kXFkqqXmRj4/youth_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="385" height="385" /></a></font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/bl5om8y46xzqhca/Youth+Novel+%26+Coma+Regalia+-+The+Gentle+Harm+Of+Tradition.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="4"><u><strong>Lite/Mouse On The Keys – Split</strong></u></font></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-djwLRiJ-bsw/WO0gSPWqsBI/AAAAAAAA1kY/OrLDYhXL2_4/s1600-h/lite-mouse5.jpg"><img title="lite mouse" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="lite mouse" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HRslbDqqt0E/WO0gUIIFLUI/AAAAAAAA1kc/4qXbcyfMH7w/lite-mouse_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="386" height="386" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/i2nltg7lwkec6ii/LITE+%26+Mouse+on+the+Keys++-+Split.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><font size="5"><u><strong>Reissues & Compilations</strong></u></font></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4">Converge – You Fail Me Redux</font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ft2j6HJLBh0/WO0gVcxOhLI/AAAAAAAA1kg/LTPh1PNYMFY/s1600-h/converge7.jpg"><img title="converge" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="converge" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JARYpFt1KE8/WO0gXKUbYeI/AAAAAAAA1kk/SOh7O7CA1Uo/converge_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" width="385" height="385" /></a></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"></font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/cve0zkzfiw5xwqf/Converge+-+You+Fail+Me+Redux.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"></font></u></strong></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4">Jeff Buckley – You And I</font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7JNuvRorUZo/WO0gYeY2miI/AAAAAAAA1ko/aDysilq6QfI/s1600-h/jeff4.jpg"><img title="jeff" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="jeff" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qp09RXAnlfo/WO0gacv88ZI/AAAAAAAA1ks/N0POYSsT7kU/jeff_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="386" height="386" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/03e8xedc8zb2sfr/Jeff+Buckley+-+You+And+I.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u><font size="4">Oswego – Self Titled</font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-55BFL6tVLDY/WO0gbW9ialI/AAAAAAAA1kw/moYXIgFqyWM/s1600-h/Oswego5.jpg"><img title="Oswego" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Oswego" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-leZkH1PMLGM/WO0gdQ5eWtI/AAAAAAAA1k0/GpKETA4oxXo/Oswego_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="388" height="388" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/hfdybw83dmf6qbm/Oswego.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Snowing – That Time I Sat In A Pile Of Chocolate</font></strong></u></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-a-gc7puR_sE/WO0geR3hScI/AAAAAAAA1k4/QDtxSWGBPFU/s1600-h/snowing4.jpg"><img title="snowing" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="snowing" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b7xEn6gUE8U/WO0gg-z2sFI/AAAAAAAA1k8/WeviNFSLyqI/snowing_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="391" height="389" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/f6ajjok13bpct7d/Snowing+-+That+Time+I+Sat+In+A+Pile+Of+Chocolate.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"></font></u></strong></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4">Saetia – Collected</font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X67SajmodCk/WO0giJTqTKI/AAAAAAAA1lA/7kl_ubCiWfU/s1600-h/saetia4.jpg"><img title="saetia" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="saetia" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Abxof6EWqFQ/WO0gkdn7dFI/AAAAAAAA1lE/JRQN78NeDz0/saetia_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="391" height="391" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/6wterbyi9miw833/Saetia+-+Collected.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"></font></u></strong></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"></font></u></strong></p> <p><strong><u><font size="5">Local/Friend’s Bands</font></u></strong></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4">Secret Pizza – Nothing Needs to Happen</font></u></strong></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/weytv685pw533u5/Secret+Pizza+-+Nothing+Needs+to+Happen.zip"><img title="secret pizza" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="secret pizza" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gCSz2jyvPtE/WO0gldO6UZI/AAAAAAAA1lI/ZGho2aKeAjE/secret%252520pizza.jpg?imgmax=800" width="385" height="385" /></a></font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="https://secretpizza.bandcamp.com/album/nothing-needs-to-happen">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"></font></u></strong></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4">Slingshot Dakota – Break</font></u></strong></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fQfrDsJ4gUk/WO0gnUlMbwI/AAAAAAAA1lM/_wcHpyzaGxk/s1600-h/slingshot4.jpg"><img title="slingshot" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="slingshot" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ENhDJXHd2zw/WO0gogPo6PI/AAAAAAAA1lQ/cztO6h1xjxI/slingshot_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="383" height="383" /></a></font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/1biafhdrdxth4f0/Slingshot+Dakota+-+Break.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u><font size="4">Cattle Drums – Sorta Is The Best We’re Doin</font></u></strong></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kMR6oec67qs/WO0gphUV0BI/AAAAAAAA1lU/Ht39ilD66tk/s1600-h/cattle4.jpg"><img title="cattle" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="cattle" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8REd5N527Xk/WO0gqgK8KjI/AAAAAAAA1lY/0HQIhAy6IXw/cattle_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="382" height="382" /></a></font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/of7iu21e87fx3gb/Cattle+Drums+-+Sorta+is+the+Best+We%27re+Doin.zip">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"></font></u></strong></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4">Birthday Boy – Hi Anxiety</font></u></strong></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/uw5zdgp48tewoxu/Birthday+Boy+-+Hi+Anxiety.zip"><img title="birthday" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="birthday" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rajmSkU1YhQ/WO0gr8WD2VI/AAAAAAAA1lc/rzXZwpoSB3Q/birthday%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="381" height="381" /></a></font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="https://bdayboy.bandcamp.com/album/hi-anxiety">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"></font></u></strong></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4">Living Room/Typesetter – Glimpse</font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/ldneabqc41r1suf/Living+Room+and+Typesetter+-+Glimpse.zip"><img title="living" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="living" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2LHa9elCPlg/WO0gtM5AAmI/AAAAAAAA1lg/jBcTjv9offc/living%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="381" height="381" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://jetsam-flotsam.bandcamp.com/album/glimpse">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"></font></u></strong></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4">Difficult – To Heal</font></u></strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/95m66s5e65pu5wz/Difficult+-+To+Heal.zip"><img title="difficult" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="difficult" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_PkueVnEDTQ/WO0guQgHIxI/AAAAAAAA1lk/JOY8jXU_h5M/difficult.jpg?imgmax=800" width="381" height="381" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://difficult.band/">Download The Album Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"></font></u></strong></p> <p><u><strong><font size="4">Ohne-ká And The Burning River – Tree Lines And Birth Rights</font></strong></u></p> <p><strong><u><font size="4"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/234n2dr4973zcwh/Ohne-k%C3%A1+and+the+Burning+River+-+Tree+Lines+and+Birth+Rights.zip"><img title="ohne" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="ohne" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4tgJZj9wFuw/WO0gvda9ZdI/AAAAAAAA1lo/3qMiDg11LBY/ohne%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" height="384" /></a></font></u></strong></p> <p>Years ago there was a local Syracuse metal band called Cicada. Cut to the chase, they SLAYED. Beloved doesn't really begin to describe their local support. The issue with Cicada? The time it took for them to release their album took FOREVER. Seriously. I remember talking with friends at shows about the anticipation and when they would actually release it. It did eventually come out. And people rejoiced. But I always joked that that was the local album that took the longest to come out. Well, that was until the release of THIS album. haha. I feel like for YEARS this album has been done, or being mixed or something along those lines but there was always no release date or projected release. Friends of the band talking about how they have a early demo version of the album. Etc. Etc. Well, would you believe that half of Ohne-ka and the burning river were in the band Cicada? Haha! Anyway, i will say that this is a great fucking record. And while i didn't give up on it getting released, i kept my anticipation for the release low, so it wouldn't drain any sort of excitement i had toward the record. For those not in the know, Ohne-ka and the burning river play instrumental metal music that is heavily post rock influenced. Is post metal a thing? haha. Idk. Start to finish, this is a very good record. And it flows really well. How they structured the tracks is a really good fit. If you have heard their previous record (and you should've as it was featured on this site's best of for the year of its release!) this record continues in the same vein. In a lot of ways, from song structures or sonic experiments, they have grown. And I personally feel like the album has a concept album vibe to it. One cohesive goal or vibe with all songs attempting to work together to get you there. To be fair though, I do have a few minor gripes with the release. I honestly just don't like the singing on the vocal heavy track "Shadows On The Wall." . The music is good. But i do not love the vocals/vocal style. If anyone knows me, they know that when a instrumental band stops being instrumental and starts having singing, that's usually when i check out. (Tera Melos is a great example of this happening) This didn't happen with Ohne-ka though. The final track on the album "Into The Dark Without" ends its almost 20 minute run with singing that i really enjoy. So don't pigeonholed me as a vox hater! haha. My only other complaints are so minor and nerdy that its not worth getting into. haha.  And I know the album was recorded, mixed and released by the band themselves. So realistically, releasing a album of this quality is a outstanding feat! For many years, Ohne-ka And The Burning River have been a local band that has consistently challenged themselves and blended all sorts of elements to be one of the most unique and beloved Syracuse bands in recent history. This album continues their impressive musical legacy. Let’s hope they keep it up. (And maybe at a quicker pace? :’D )</p> <p><a href="https://ohne-ka.bandcamp.com/album/tree-lines-and-birth-rights">Download The Album Here</a></p>Matthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-70562419754234366182016-03-10T20:49:00.001-05:002016-03-19T10:07:47.987-04:00Best of 2015another year. more music. this year had some of the best and worst moments of my life. so maybe more often than in the past I relied very heavily on music to try to help. These are my favorite releases of the year. In no order as per the usual. I hope you like the list!<br />
p.s. as always, if you like any of these albums, please purchase them in one form or another<br />
p.p.s. sorry for the mostly monochromatic album covers this year. haha.<br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Deafheaven – New Bermuda</span></u></strong><br />
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This album could, potentially, be my album of the year. My only issue with that is that I just heard Deafheaven for the first time this past year. But the first album I heard was "Sunbather". There was one day where i just thought, "you know what? I am going to check out a bunch of these albums that i have seen in passing, but haven't given them time." Along with stuff like The Hotelier, Joyce Manor, and ALOT of others, the plain pink cover of "Sunbather" had been sort of burned into my mind. ALOT of the albums I went through had the usual listen to the first 5 songs. Acceptance. Understanding. the "ahh, i see what they are doing." Sunbather was different. Mostly because musically, it wasn't some emo-y thing. or punky thing. To me, I said "whoa, someone likes Envy alot." But after more listens, then it became "its like Envy with blast beats" More and more listens lead to the final "This feels like if Envy started listening to black metal and got Matt from Majority Rule to sing" So okay, enough of my mini "Sunbather" review. Because, this album is not that album. I think musically, its similar. But the production on "New Bermuda" makes it less spacey and ambient sounding. less of that post rocky feel that exists on their previous effort. Also, the vocals are VERY upfront in comparison. Which apparently, was something alot of people didn't like about "Sunbather" but I must be in the minority. Because I quite liked the quieter vocals in the mix. Added more to that ethereal, spacey, post rock-y vibe i mentioned previously. The "black metal" nature of the vocals are much more obvious now. Overall, Deafheaven plays a form of Metal that while influenced heavily by Post Rock AND Black Metal evenly, isn't really either genre specifically. This album consists of five 8+ minute epics containing everything from blast beats, breakdown, and parts that sounds like outtakes from The Cure's "Disintegration". If any of this sounds of interest to you, look into it. This album destroys.<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><strong>Mouse On The Keys – The Flowers Of Romance</strong></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><u>Torche – Restarter</u></strong></span><br />
<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GlFl1fCWccI/VuIh_UMzusI/AAAAAAAAQsM/miW19q67S0Y/s1600-h/torche4.jpg"><img alt="torche" border="0" height="379" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SSpLiwW9T-o/VuIiAQm0msI/AAAAAAAAQsQ/QsopuqJsjkg/torche_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="torche" width="379" /></a><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Raein – Perpetuum</span></strong></u><br />
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You know, there are going to be ALOT of albums on this years list that wont surprise you. But while last year could potentially viewed as the year of the Emo comeback, this year has to go to all the skramz/screamo bands that came out with new releases. As some of you may know, Skramz was made up to describe a specific style of Screamo. Not what the genre is. But what it was in the 90's. Passionate, heavy, often times chaotic. And obviously screamy. Suis La Lune, Sed Non Satiata, even Envy all put out new music this year. Raein is also part of that group. Though not as long running as Envy, (at 20+ years who is?) Raein has been around for quite a long time. They’ve put out numerous splits and EP’s over the years, along with a few full lengths. And they’ve generally been playing similar music from their inception. This is their first release since 2011 (a split with Loma Prieta came out in 2013). Honestly this album kind of came out of nowhere. Had no clue it was coming and then BOOM it was here. I was disappointed in myself because i try to stay in the know. This album offers up more of their fast paced, intense rock-y screamo. The vocals are just as intense as ever. The guitars go from chaotic to beautiful and immersive. My only complaint is that this album is over far too soon for my taste. But it was not the bands only offering for 2015.<br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">John Carpenter – Lost Themes</span></u></strong><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Foxing – Dealer</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Envy – Atheist’s Cornea</span></strong></u><br />
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Okay so onto the second of the big "Skramz" release of the year. Though Envy sort of exists outside of that genre. The last album they put out that I think you could argue is closest to that would be 2003's "A Dead Sinking Story". After that album, they took on more post rock type elements. A band that can simultaneously be considered skramz. But others might just simply call hardcore or post hardcore. Either way, the music this band churns out is consistently strong. With numerous variants to the sonic qualities they explore. An example would be that a song on this album ends with a music movement that i could easily see played at a wedding. Another song on this album is honestly one of my favorite songs the band has ever written. And as heavy and intense as it is, it has ZERO of the intense vocal style the band is known for. Cant say enough good things about Envy's brand of hardcore and of this album specifically. On a personal note, how fucked is it that Envy opened for Deafheaven on some dates of their fall tour? Just personal opinion. I love both bands. But there is a certain level of respect I feel Envy deserves. 20+ years playing this kind of music and consistently putting out good and important music.<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Le Matos – Chronicles Of The Wasteland / Turbo Kid OST</u></span></h4>
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Caspian – Dust And Disquiet</span></u></strong><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Maserati – Rehumanizer</span></u></strong><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Loma Prieta – Self Portrait</span></strong></u><br />
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This album was HIGHLY anticipated for myself and I know a lot of other people. This album is my other album of the year contender. I don’t think going into 2015 I ever could have guessed that outcome. Initially, Loma Prieta played music that I would say was highly influenced by Orchid. Their early stuff had that brutal, chaotic, fast paced, noisey style. Power violence? Emo violence? Screamo? Idk man. I know that their songs were and are usually on the shorter side of things. Fast and brutal. My issue with their releases up to this point was the production. I honestly couldn’t really determine what was going on. haha. This can be said of a lot of bands that play that style or similar styles. Ampere is another band that comes to mind. But any way, this album has it! I can hear what is going on. I can determine everything. The vocals are not as intense as their past albums. Or maybe that’s just the the production making them more clear and less distorted? One thing that is odd is some of these songs, they have hooks!? That was fully unexpected. But this album gives it all. A lot of people were disappointed with the album. Mostly because these changes. To each their own. I think this album is fucking great. And I honestly welcome the minor changes to the writing and to the production. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Victor Villarreal – Sleep Talk</span></u></strong><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Zombi – Shape Shift</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Chon – Grow</span></strong></u><br />
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I have made it clear that I have sort of phased myself out of the math rock world in the past few years. Kind of used to be everything to me. Even looking far back in this blog, you can see that A LOT of what I talked about was in that vein. But I just don’t know much of anything anymore. Which brings us to Chon. Idk how I first heard of them. Welllll, that’s sort of a lie. Their Audiotree live performance captivated me and A LOT of my friends. The majority of us had never heard of the band before that. And that’s just unreal. Realistically Chon falls somewhere between Math Rock, Virtuoso-ish Metal (think Vai, Satriani, style/technique hounds) and even chord structures and movements that seem Jazz influenced. The elements that are on “Grow” are nothing new for the band. Just more progression in the vein of their previous EP’s. There is some experimentation with vocals. I don’t love it. I don’t hate it. I just prefer them as a instrumental entity. It’s really where they shine. Basically, if you like off the hook melodic metal with dual guitar you will like this band. Fans of musicianship, etc.. this is the type of band you like to see. The only thing that could make this band better was if their live performances were more energetic. The bassist seems to be the only one to openly show he’s digging the music. And with music this fun, you really want to see members of the band looking like they are enjoying themselves. But shit, that’s potentially asking a lot. I have never and will never play music of this caliber so I have no clue what it takes perform it.<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Suis La Lune – Distance/Closure</span></strong></u><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><u>Battles – La Di Da Di</u></strong></span><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Monobody – Self Titled</span></strong></u><br />
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The first place I heard about Monobody was through Math Rock groups that I follow online. Truly, and I know I've mentioned this before, I’ve distanced myself from that “world” if you will. I didn’t pay them much mind. Until I saw the label that was putting out their debut. Naked Alley Records was (RIP :-[ ) a label that was started by then ex- guitarist of Loose Lips Sink Ships. Which was obviously a band I was familiar with prior to peacing on the math rock scene. He has since gained a lot of popularity/attention with playing in Their/They’re/Their. Anyway, this isn't about him. haha. Finding that his label was releasing their album, I then perked out. And what I found was very different then what I thought I might find. I, personally, don’t find this to be math rock. This album has far more in common with Return to Forever or other Fusion bands of that same era for me to to really liken it to that genre. I get that the guitar (and maybe bass?) sometimes has tapping. But like, Stanley Jordan the JAZZ guitarist tapped all the fucking time, and that didn’t make him a Math Rock guitarist. Ya get my drift? That said, there is some influence there. Though not enough that I would change my opinion that this is a fusion album. Revivalist in a way. And its really good. Anyone interested in fusion should check it out. And while I am not sure that every person interested in math rock should listen, I think its worth a shot. There is some cross over there that makes this album pretty unique.<br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Steve Moore – Cub OST</span></u></strong><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Pretend – Tapestry’d Life</span></strong></u><br />
<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L5ZuSHDBs7c/VuIi0YUf8KI/AAAAAAAAQuU/GcxYBLJJMdQ/s1600-h/a1517676658_104.jpg"><img alt="a1517676658_10" border="0" height="386" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eG5siPYVMBY/VuIi1RVr0fI/AAAAAAAAQuY/i7mk2jpW2Ww/a1517676658_10_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="a1517676658_10" width="386" /></a><br />
If there was a darkhorse album of this year, this is it. I have a hard time as to why I had no prior knowledge of this band. But I have a feelings its along the lines of why I didn’t know about Chon. Just musical circles I had sort of phased myself out of. But lucky for me, Topshelf put this one out. And as lame as it may seem, in the past I’ve been a bit of a Topshelf whore as it were? haha. Whatevs man. They put out good music. So when the stream of this album went up, I checked it out. At first listen, I wasn’t fully sure about this. The first track started and honestly reminded me of Death Cab For Cutie. The vocals mostly. But almost as quickly it got turned on its head. The band plays music that’s influenced by bands of the Kinsella fam. Twinklely fans take notice. Really pretty guitar work. Honestly though, I think the drumming is one of my favorite things about this record. Technical, yet bombastic. Very interesting all together. The vocals are always very mellow and usually in the higher register. Even at the heaviest points of this record, they don’t deviate. The songs do tend to be longer and usually change quite a bit within that time. I just really enjoy this record start to end and I’m extremely glad I checked it out.<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Disasterpeace – It Follows OST</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Baroness – Purple</span></strong></u><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Without talking this up too much, this album was essentially a Christmas present to myself. I wont lie anymore. I did not love Yellow and Green. And I put it on my best of list from the year of its release. But truth be told, I maybe listened to that album 3 times. And I was over it. I was over the band. And that’s sad. but I was so turned off by where it appeared that Baroness was heading with Y&G. I didn’t listen to anything they put out post. And things were fine. Well, time passed. I knew this album was coming out. And I didn’t care. I was done. But then randomly, I said, fuck it. I will check it out. I assumed it would be a death nail. But I was wrong. I was dead fucking wrong. And I couldn’t be happier I was wrong. Right from the opening track, I was sold. First listen was Christmas Eve Day. And by the time I reached my house from my job (a 10 to 12 minute drive) I was so happy. Not just because so many of the songs on this record are just tops. But just like, a old friend came back around. I can really only compare it to how a lot of people felt when they saw the new Star Wars movie. Almost like, an old friend who you haven't seen in a while shows back up into your life. They apologize for what happened between you and show you they’ve changed. Praise aside, I don’t love every song on this album. There are obviously musical directions I prefer over others. But the fact that I could listen to this album start to finish? Huge deal. I genuinely enjoy this album and feel like the band I fell in love with years ago is back. To be told, I already had this best of post written prior to even hearing this record. And I thought “well, I can include them in the honorable mention category.” But the more and more I listened, I had to admit that this deserves higher placement. </span><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Live</span></strong></u><br />
<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Team Sleep – Woodstock Sessions Vol. 4</span></u></strong><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Bedhead – Live 1998</span></u></strong><br />
<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9oboAoHrpF4/VuIjBkxNkgI/AAAAAAAAQu4/BlEkw0_nDEA/s1600-h/bedhead4.jpg"><img alt="bedhead" border="0" height="387" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DLeRc5lSrds/VuIjC8J3H-I/AAAAAAAAQu8/Ru6Pjw1mIBc/bedhead_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="bedhead" width="387" /></a><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Lite – Approaches IV</span></strong></u><br />
<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j5ERXG0dc8U/VuIjFEcVHmI/AAAAAAAAQvE/Ax2olsxcLdE/s1600-h/lite-approaches-45.jpg"><img alt="lite approaches-4" border="0" height="389" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mXcKlc6LT_Q/VuIjHUaGoqI/AAAAAAAAQvI/GAPQrBzr4ow/lite-approaches-4_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="lite approaches-4" width="389" /></a><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: large;">EP’s/Splits</span></strong></u><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><strong>Del Paxton/Gulfer Split</strong></u></span><br />
<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eznrGRfUgzI/VuIjJBcb-sI/AAAAAAAAQvM/UdcvCekTVWw/s1600-h/del5.jpg"><img alt="del" border="0" height="383" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GVbRKFhGFC4/VuIjLAbwgiI/AAAAAAAAQvU/5Wg5wY7UT8Y/del_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="del" width="383" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><strong>Moving Mountains/Prawn – Split</strong></u></span><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Giraffes? Giraffes! – Spazz Master</span></strong></u><br />
<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-45X9TfbyyEI/VuIjP2kUnZI/AAAAAAAAQvg/Av-rLbH2ypU/s1600-h/Giraffes4.jpg"><img alt="Giraffes" border="0" height="385" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vdn8P-qomK8/VuIjRcHfxaI/AAAAAAAAQvo/3by4aaX3Yxo/Giraffes_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Giraffes" width="385" /></a></span></u></strong><br />
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<a href="http://ducklittlebrotherduck1.bandcamp.com/"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><u>Duck. Little Brother, Duck!</u></span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><u>/Malegoat Split</u></span></h5>
<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XwOvk8pe8Xk/VuIjTHOz72I/AAAAAAAAQvs/pTABLX5-BBw/s1600-h/duck4.jpg"><img alt="duck" border="0" height="384" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O7GRSmO-sFM/VuIjUi3WtmI/AAAAAAAAQvw/l6GsSgu7Flg/duck_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="duck" width="384" /></a><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Braid – Kids Get Grids</span></strong></u><br />
<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lep5LvReTkM/VuIjVyu0TbI/AAAAAAAAQv0/1wI2L2OnAb4/s1600-h/tsr125_942_726.jpg"><img alt="tsr125_942_72" border="0" height="384" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-478ywi2TV4E/VuIjW9E8SGI/AAAAAAAAQv4/weuWoyjhxbE/tsr125_942_72_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="tsr125_942_72" width="384" /></a><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Raein/Ampere Split</span></u></strong><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Recreational Drugs – EP</span></u></strong><br />
<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Fk1ixcXU5wA/VuIjdR_JSUI/AAAAAAAAQwM/WSTG1WBveCQ/s1600-h/Recreational_Drugs_EP4.jpg"><img alt="Recreational_Drugs_EP" border="0" height="390" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-udZu6NCiBmE/VuIjffLGbHI/AAAAAAAAQwQ/x3iCHl-QA0k/Recreational_Drugs_EP_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Recreational_Drugs_EP" width="390" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><u>Caravels/Octaves Split</u></strong></span><br />
<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JrB12ApnIzE/VuIjhFvtl-I/AAAAAAAAQwU/pGsxppBmARQ/s1600-h/caravels_octaves_942_725.jpg"><img alt="11183_JKT" border="0" height="384" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uo_e6XZraz0/VuIjjO8tiUI/AAAAAAAAQwY/07lqjYUeFc0/caravels_octaves_942_72_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="11183_JKT" width="384" /></a><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Dikembe – Ledge</span></strong></u><br />
<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-krNDZ714jM8/VuIjlJI6QAI/AAAAAAAAQwg/Kn0RJUoIszQ/s1600-h/dikembe5.jpg"><img alt="dikembe" border="0" height="376" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IwCQm28M6MU/VuIjmYBWT-I/AAAAAAAAQwk/aBEBt04XEKc/dikembe_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="dikembe" width="386" /></a><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Sed Non Satiata/Carrion Spring Split</span></strong></u><br />
<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-r8UO23efXaM/VuIjn1mYysI/AAAAAAAAQwo/k5P8M7SQ_nY/s1600-h/sed-non-satiata4.jpg"><img alt="sed non satiata" border="0" height="385" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-W2WAU3hiuJs/VuIjpAnekDI/AAAAAAAAQws/k8Mhz_NBZpo/sed-non-satiata_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="sed non satiata" width="385" /></a></span></u></strong><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Local/Friend’s Bands</span></strong></u><br />
<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Mouse House – MHEP</span></u></strong><br />
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This album was HIGHLY anticipated locally. Honestly, not since the release of Cicada’s album years ago could I really think of a album that had such a similar anticipation (though ex-Cicada dudes Ohne-ká and the Burning River's sophmore record is getting to that point). Mouse House was a interesting entity. Essentially, their claim to fame was being ex-Oak and Bone/Black Throat Wind. Not that I am some scene know it all, but as far as I knew, the other guys in the band didn’t have any connections to anything known, popular, or honestly important. Except that their original drummer was in The Sweet Hereafter. But that was more of a personal connection for me tbh. And anyway, it wasn’t till his departure that their sound got to where it did. Mouse House played post rock music, but all the instruments were acoustic. That was kind of their thing. Their claim to fame. The thing people would talk about. “So I saw this band. They all played acoustic guitars. But holy shit were they LOUD!” That kind of became the thing. Maybe I am just some sonic plebian, but I personally never understood that concept other than on the level of having a gimmick. But gimmick arguments aside, the songs were always good. And they were LOUD and played well live. As seems to be the custom nowadays, this album was not released while the band was together and playing regularly. It came out shortly before they played their last show. Recorded in haste and released quickly. Overall, I think its a lot better then a lot of other albums I've heard recorded under similar circumstances. And like I said, these guys write good songs. I listened to the album numerous times out on tour this summer, and it was always good. If you like big sounding post rock, you should definitely give these guys a listen. RIP.<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><strong>Shipley Hollow – Normal Soup</strong></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><strong>Speirs – Speirs EP</strong></u></span><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Hidden Hospitals – Surface Tension</span></strong></u><br />
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I think for a lot of us, there was hope that Hidden Hospitals would end up being like Damiera version 2.0. I know a lot of people who listened to their first and second EP’s hoped for that. And it became clear that wasn’t going to happen. And truly, its for the best. Damiera was, and will always be, their self titled EP and M(us)ic (though The Disillusionist is the shit). And the majority of ex-Damiera members in this band didn’t write that material. Back to this album. If you like the their EP’s, you will enjoy this album. There aren't huge deviations to the band’s already established sound. Except, I think this album has a more polished sound then their previous EP’s. And it flows together nicely. There is a bit of like, 80’s sounding keyboard on the album? Like, I wasn’t and I am still not sure how I feel about that. But bands gotta experiment and try new stuff. Another example of that would be that there are some dynamic shifts on this album, that at first listen were a bit jarring. Like going from pretty, poppy and light to extremely heavy. Like, I laughed the first time I heard it because it caught me off guard so much. But all of that said, I think the album is good. The songs are well written and well executed live. I would even go as far to say that seeing them live is JUST like listening to the album. There’s obviously something positive to be said about a band that goes to the lengths these guys do to be able to play live and have it sound EXACTLY like the recording. But I cant lie that I miss the real energy and passion that I used to see when I would watch Dave play in League and the first 2 versions of Damiera. I think its hard to keep that when you all have earpieces, are playing to sequencers and have all sorts of samples running simultaneously. That also limits the venues and crowds you can play to as a band. Gone are the gyms and community centers of the past. Hidden Hospitals have taken the concept of “DIY” to a very different level. Different than any other “DIY” band I know tbh. Obviously you could discuss the moral, ethical and ideological implications behind this or that. But save that for another day. Sometimes you have to put aside your personal opinions regarding a band’s actions and choices and say “the music on this album is good.” And I can say that about this release. Just don’t go touring and following these guys like they are Phish or something. You will be sorely disappointed. :-P<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Birthday Boy - Slamming Doors</span></u></b><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Kinoko Teikoku – Neko To Allergy</span></u></strong><br />
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I wanted to love this album. I did. I listened to it numerous times hoping, basically praying, I would enjoy it. I am sad to say, I just cant give this one a pass. And its not saying it’s a bad album at all. Quite the contrary. But here is the deal, since the release of (and maybe even marked on the release) their “Long Goodbye” EP, the majority of the songs that Kinoko Teikoku have put out have veered toward more straight forward pop sensibilities. Their last full length prior to this album, “Fake World Wonderland”, was honestly a disappointment. And much like Baroness, I gave them a pass in the year of its release. And it made its way on to that year’s best of list. And I think a lot of that was just out of respect. Even though the band had changed significantly, there were still very positive elements to the music. And that’s not to say that there aren't positive elements to this release either. But its just not the same band. All the same members. But this isn't that band. And I genuinely think this may be a point of no return for me. Sure I will probably listen to their next release. But honestly, I am not a fan of pop rock. I have a hard time even calling this stuff alternative. I think that anyone who fell in love with “Uzu ni Naru<em>” </em>would listen to this and feel the same. Listen, I am all for independent bands getting signed to major labels. But when you sacrifice what your band is doing sonically to be able to get signed? well, that’s a negative thing IMO. But then again, I’ve always been more of a fan of important sounding shoegaze influenced alt rock over indie pop rock. <br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Toe – Hear You</span></u></strong><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Refused – Freedom</strong></span></u><br />
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To be clear, I know that I, and quite a lot of others, wanted this album to be fucking stellar. I mean “The Shape Of Punk To Come” was their previous release. And I think for a lot of people, it marked a really interesting point in the band’s career. Not going to say the pinnacle, because I know a lot of people who disliked the experimentation on that record. That same dividing line was pretty much why so many liked the album. Often regarded as a classic in certain circles. Coming from that, and having nearly 20 years between the releases (3 years shy) there was excitement to have new material. And the first track that was released, the opening track of the album, “Elektra” honestly sounded like a leftover song from “TSOPTC”. The bottom line is, arguments of experimentation with sound and style aside, this album is not the successor to “TSOPTC” that we had all hoped. I found it to be a bit disjointed track to track. One thing that made its predecessor so great was while experimental, it sounded cohesive track to track. Interviews with the band in regard to the album yielded the issue. The album was written over several sessions YEARS apart. Some songs having been written closer to the band’s break up, others years later.Though I have no personal knowledge of what was written when, I think you can determine fairly easy for yourself if you’ve heard their previous efforts. Ultimately, I walked away from this album with me liking MAYBE half of it. Which is, obviously, why I couldn’t put it in my faves. (Interestingly enough, that’s pretty much the same reason Toe is listed here as well)<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Harmlessness</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Nai Harvest – Hairball</span></strong></u><br />
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Ever since the release of “Whatever” I have been following Nai Harvest. Actually, at that time I had to pay the import fees etc to get my own copy from Dog Knights Productions. And it was worth it. My introduction to this band came from emo discussion. And they were mentioned as having a very Kinsella-y sound. Not necessarily musically, but vocally. Well, I like Tim and Mike’s vocals (not so familiar with any of the rest of the clan) so I checked out the band. I liked a lot. And I followed along. Eventually they got signed and I was stoked. It was to Topshelf. And as most know, they are sort of the front runners of the emo resurgence thing that was/is happening in the US. So this was big. A few years ago I traveled to see them in Buffalo. They opened and I basically left shortly after them. I met them and they were rad dudes. But I wont lie that the newer material they played that evening didn’t strike me in the same way. But I stayed hopeful. While different, I enjoyed the “Hold Open My Head” EP. So why not? “Hairball” is a decent album. But its basically just a genre switch from their last full length. High energy, fast paced lo-fi emo has now become fuzz laden high production alt rock. The songs aren't bad. But its just, different. Still, worth checking out.<br />
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Matthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-2379208540681065822015-12-15T17:17:00.001-05:002015-12-15T17:17:47.612-05:00Okay, images backtook quite a long time, but i was able to get all of the images for the albums back up here. Some stuff doesn't exist anymore and i had to use other images instead. But overall, the blog is back looking the same as it has.Matthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-38133825233464186992015-12-12T12:39:00.000-05:002015-12-12T12:39:13.995-05:00Some images are gone?soooo, apparently, i must have unknowingly screwed up something with the image hosting for this blog. i admittedly have not checked here in awhile. And while working on my entries for my now annual "best of.." i decided to give a look. only to see quite ALOT of the album artwork is missing. I'm going through and removing alot of the "image missing" pics to try to make the blog look nicer. I hope to go back (maybe tonight?) and readd all the missing album artwork. Idk how long of a process it will be. but I will get things looking nice in time. and as i already eluded to, expect a nice looking "Best Of 2015" post coming early next year. <3 p=""></3>Matthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-64627164216216318742015-01-25T01:12:00.001-05:002015-12-15T14:46:49.586-05:00Best of 2014wow. what a year! lots of good music came out. Some by long time favorites. This year I am going back to something I did years past where I actually wrote about the albums. But given the amount of records, I’m just going to write about select releases from the year. Believe me, I could write about them all. I just know this blog will be put up in a much quicker time frame this way. I know you people don’t care what I think and just want to download the shit anyway. So lets get to it! As always, the records are listed in no particular order. And please, <u><strong>IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR PURCHASE IT!</strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">This Will Destroy You – Another Language</span></strong></u><br />
Instrumental Post-Rock<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This really had all the trimmings early on of potentially being album of the year for me. This Will Destroy You was a band I connected early on with. Instrumental post rock is something I love. Often times I feel like singing can take away from the power and feeling that a songs music may convey. And that’s really important to me. This album, no surprise, is powerful. I really wasn’t sure what to expect from this record. “Tunnel Blanket” took awhile to grow on me. But after that record came out they released their “Live in Reykjavik, Iceland” triple LP which contained songs from all their previous records and it really kicked my love for the band into overdrive. So this album hit at the best time possible for me and them. I also saw them live and they played a lot of songs from this album. And it was one of the best concert experiences I’ve had. Sadly, some personal things in my life have sullied this release for me in recent months. Making it hard to even listen to for me. But honestly, I would say this is their strongest release since “Young Mountain”. And I cant wait for the day when I can get passed my pain and hurt that I associate with this record and fully enjoy it again. It’s a great post rock record.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><strong>Shellac – Dude Incredible</strong></u></span><br />
Post Hardcore, Noise Rock<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><strong>Kinoko Teikoku – Fake World Wonderland</strong></u></span><br />
Alternative Rock, Indie Pop<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Frameworks – Loom</span></strong></u><br />
Post Hardcore, Screamo/Skramz<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This album was sort of a surprise hit in my life. I think, without exaggeration, I listened to it more times this past year than any other album. And it’s really surprising. I wont lie I had only heard of Frameworks when it got announced that they were signing with Topshelf. As a lot of you know, I am a lil bit of a fanboy in regard to that label. Now that’s not to say that I am a fan of everything that they put out. But as this list probably shows, I like A LOT of what they do release. Anywho, I figured, I should check them out. I listened to their EP “Small Victories” a crumb ton and built up a considerable amount of “stoked” for this LP. Though to this day I am not totally in love with the production, I can’t argue with the actual songs that are on this record. Great material in the way of screamy post hardcore. Almost comparable to the European skramz stuff in some aspects. Though there are some vibes on some of the songs that can only be described as American sounding. When you hear it, you’ll know what I’m talking about. These guys might not be on the tip of everyone’s tongue like some bands they would be considered musical peers with. But I guarantee they are better then A LOT of those hyped bands.</span><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">The Rentals – Lost In Alphaville</span></strong></u><br />
Indie Rock, Alternative Rock<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">The Jazz June – After The Earthquake</span></strong></u><br />
Indie Rock, Emo<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Trembling Hands – Self Titled</span></strong></u><br />
Screamo, Skramz<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Adebisi Shank – This Is The Third Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank</span></strong></u><br />
Instrumental Dance-y Rock<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">The Life And Times – Lost Bees</span></strong></u><br />
Alternative Rock, Space Rock<br />
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<u><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Sleep – The Clarity</strong></span></u><br />
Stoner Metal<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><strong>Prawn – Kingfisher</strong></u></span><br />
Indie Rock<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I can not honestly say enough good things about Prawn. My band was lucky enough to play with them early in our life and they were super sweet. Not just sweet musically, which is a no brainer, but as people. You never know how genuine bands are when you play with them. I feel like bands always want to stay nice and keep the networking part of things prominent even if they don’t particularly like a opener/direct support band. I can honestly say I genuinely felt they were earnest with everything that they said. Now enough of my lame personal stories. This album follows numerous splits/comps as well as their amazing EP “Ships” and continues in the same vein. Prawn plays a form of indie rock that often times reminds me of being borderline shoegaze-esc or post rock-y. Just very atmospheric. Very spacey. I know those things can often times be a turn off and can sound like I am describing something you aren't into. I promise. This record is one of the best indie records of the year. </span><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Watter – This World</strong></span></u><br />
Ambient Rock, Post Rock<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><strong>Coping – Nope</strong></u></span><br />
Emo<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Nothing – Guilty Of Everything</span></strong></u><br />
Shoegaze, Alternative Rock<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Dikembe – Mediumship</span></strong></u><br />
Emo Rock<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun Kil Moon – Benji</span></strong></u><br />
Acoustic, Slowcore, Sadcore<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Braid – No Coast</span></strong></u><br />
Emo<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">So there were 2 releases this year that were kind of a big deal. Both coming from long defunct emo bands. Braid’s release being not as surprising as The Jazz June’s return given their releasing the “Closer To Closed” EP in 2011 and then a split in 2013 with Balance and Composure. What I think shocked a lot of people was how truly good the album is. At least within my present social circles, not a lot of my peers loved EP. Everyone I talked to didn’t hate it. But being the follow up to “Frame and Canvas” there was a lot to live up to. And there comes a lot of scrutiny in that situation. “No Coast” blew fucking everything away. I’ll just say it. From the opening track it rocks the hell out. The big surprise on the album would be that Bob Nanna is sharing vocal duties WAY more with Chris Broach than in the past. And Broach’s singing style is more like singing and less like shouting on this release. View that however you like. I actually really liked his shout-y vocal style that you can hear on “Frame”. I won’t lie that his actual singing reminds me of Tom Delonge of Blink-182 at points. All that said, this album just fucking rocks. Some of the catchiest songs of the fucking year. And realistically, a proper return for one of the most important Midwestern emo bands. End of story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><strong>Restorations – LP3</strong></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><strong>Mogwai – Rave Tapes</strong></u></span><br />
Post Rock<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Owls – Two</span></strong></u><br />
Indie Rock, Experimental Rock<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The first Owls record is hugely important in so many ways. It was the original Cap’n Jazz members (yes, Davey Von Bohlen was in Cap’n Jazz…later. Not originally) getting together later on in life and seeing what they wrote. By that point both Victor Villarreal and Mike Kinsella were at almost virtuoso levels of playing and writing. And what was released blew away the math rock AND indie worlds. Influenced countless bands. In addition to the Albini recorded full length there were some other random songs that appeared on compilations. All of it gold. I will say this, this is not that band. The biggest note is that 2 guitars are very prominent on this record. Where there is some of that in notable amounts on the first LP, its VERY noticeable on this record. Take that how you will. I think I would prefer just a Villarreal heavy record personally. But that’s the band I love. I also wish the record was produced by Albini again. His drum sounds are what I crave. So where does this leave us? Well, beside a record of more straight forward (time wise) material and a less noodlely, less Villarreal-y Villarreal, it’s good. I know, I know. It sounds like I am shitting on it. But believe me, I wouldn’t put the record on here if I didn’t enjoy it. Just the classic follow up falling a lil bit short. And being this came out over 10 years after all their initial material was released, they get a pass. Still a hugely influential band. I wouldn’t even be surprised if this album influences new bands to come out.</span><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Sore Eyelids – For Now</span></strong></u><br />
Shoegaze, Emo<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Pianos Become The Teeth – Keep You</span></strong></u><br />
Post Hardcore, Emo<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">You would think it is a different band if you compare this album to their previous album. I don’t know if it was the producers doing. I don’t know if the band is just trying something different. I just don’t know. The only thing it’s slightly comparable in their musical history is their split with Touché Amoré. I really liked that song when I heard it. Cause historically, the band has been all screams. And to have that break up was nice. If their other music previous to that split is on one side of their musical spectrum, this is complete opposite end of the spectrum with the TA split lying in the middle. The music in general is not as aggressive as I am used to from the band. There are almost no screams on the album. And the ones that are there, sound different from previous releases. I feel like the lack of screaming allows for the introspective lyrics to punch through a little easier. I know this album got a lot of hate when it was released. And truthfully, there are elements from the older albums that I miss. But the truth is, I whole heartedly enjoy this record. I think it’s a great album. And if you can get away from how different it is from previous releases, I think you can really enjoy it.</span><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Slint – Spiderland</span></u></strong><br />
Math Rock, Post Rock<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Street Smart Cyclist – Discography</span></strong></u><br />
Emo<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Nirvana – In Utero 2013 Mix</span></strong></u><br />
Grunge, Alternative Rock<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Fugazi – First Demo</span></strong></u><br />
Post Hardcore<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">The White Octave – Style No. 6312</span></strong></u><br />
Post Hardcore, Emo Rock<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Tangled Hair – Two EPs</span></strong></u><br />
Math Rock, Indie Rock<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This collection of the bands previous 2 EP’s (hence the clever name) is pretty unstoppable. Tangled Hair’s lineage sprouts from their Singer/Guitarist and Drummer coming from the defunct Math Pop (yes folks, it’s a genre. Well, maybe not, but pretty sure these guys were it haha) band Colour. I’ve often described Colour as a combination of Bloc Party and Damiera. Does that get you interested? it should. and you should go listen to their “Anthology” record stat. BUT, we are talking about Tangled Hair. Colour breaks up. These guys start Tangled Hair. And shit gets a lil crazy. Like no joke. Not to say the pop sensibility is gone. But there there some leaps on all levels with the music these guys pop out. The drumming especially is super interesting and crazy. Like pretty sounding guitar and vocals? Crazy time changes? Just listen to this record. And join the kickstarter campaign I’m going to make to bring these boys over to the States. </span><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Del Paxton – Worst. Summer. Ever.</span></u></strong><br />
Indie Rock, Emo<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This should probably be in the reissue area. But fuck it. These guys are my friends and I am seriously so happy for them. Its like, the classic story of what you’d like to see happen. Band comprised of friends who have all played in other bands, toured, etc. Self release a EP. Plays loads of shows. EP gets lots of hype. Next thing you know they are signed to local label with all sorts of other larger labels showing interest in signing or releasing future material. This is what you want to see happen for your friends! This all too short 6 song EP consists of some super fun and high energy indie rock. Influences range from more twinkly indie/emo stuff to alternative rock mainstays like Third Eye Blind. I’ve heard and seen what the future holds for these guys. Its awesome. And this is where it all started. Get on these guys and hold on for dear life. They are going places. </span><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Human Lanterns – Debut</span></strong></u><br />
Post-Metal<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Stepfriends – All We’ve Got</span></strong></u><br />
Indie Rock, Emo<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Bridge Under Fire – I Got A Guy For That</span></strong></u><br />
Punk, Post Hardcore<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Living Room – Moonchaser</span></strong></u><br />
Emo, Post Hardcore<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">League – Self Titled</span></strong></u><br />
Indie Rock, Emo rock<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another record that should be in the reissues. Another one where my friendship and connection with the members of the band warrants its inclusion to this section. League were a early Post Hardcore/Emo Rock band hailing from the Buffalo area of NY. They did what was pretty common place. Play a shit ton of shows. Tour seemingly endlessly. Break up. Members go to be in other awesome bands like Saxon Shore and Damiera. Ultimately, for me, this record brings back early thousands. I was playing guitar and sing in a band called Amorous Radio. We were trying to do the same thing as League. Play. Tour. Release. Be awesome. They just did it better. But we shared lots of bills with them. We broke up long before they did. But all stayed friends. It was that connection that spanned all our future friends. And we are still friends to this day. Music time. If you have heard Damiera, then you know what you are getting vocally. Though Dave’s singing in League tended to be even higher. There are often some cool time switch ups here and there. But usually its more straight forward and rocking. Breakdowns! and not chug chug, money grab breakdowns as much as what Helmet used to do all so well. Seriously there is a part in the song “Scarecrow” that I argue needs to be played as loud as fucking possible. If you like anything like what I’ve mentioned, and have not heard these guys, you need to listen to this record. Just listen to it anyway. <3</span><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Department – Conversation</span></u></strong><br />
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I’ve done this one other time. But at the time it was a band I had just joined and a record I had nothing to do with really. This record is a big deal to me personally. My band Department self released it in August. We faced much adversity getting to this point. The fact we even released it is often a feat to me. Most people don’t even know we’ve been a band since 2012. Within that first year we wrote 10 songs. 6 of which our featured on this EP. Our bassist quit and we spent what seemed like forever finding someone who liked what we were doing enough to join and learn everything we had. But it finally came together. And since then its been a really great ride. We’ve played so many great shows with bands that are amazing. Met great people. And released this EP. Thank you to everyone that was a part of our first real and active year as a band. More great things await!<br />
<a href="http://departmentmusic.bandcamp.com/album/conversation-2">Download The Album Here</a>Matthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-29083569179537246092014-06-19T11:54:00.000-04:002014-06-19T11:54:03.976-04:00EVERYTHING IS BACK!just wanted to let everyone know that last week i busted my ass and got ALL of the download links to work again!<br />
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Last time mediafire shut down my account and deleted all my material, I lost A LOT of personal material along with it. This time as a security measure, any of the problem bands/records(Foo Fighters, Baroness, Tortoise, etc.) are not hosted on my mediafire. I don't want to go through this again. So being that there is a good chance those may get shut down in the future, please message me if you notice a dead link and I will rectify the situation .<br />
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I'm pretty excited to FINALLY have this done after years of putting this off. Now on to posting all new blog entries!Matthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-1799136507980409812014-05-17T16:06:00.001-04:002015-12-12T13:02:12.247-05:00Crash Of Rhinos – Distal<span style="font-size: x-small;">I haven't posted in awhile. And this post was kind of egged on by a conversation I had with a friend last night. Apparently he was a follower of the old Listen To This Once blog I used to write for and I unknowingly, along with at least one other contributing writer to that blog, turned him on to music he really enjoys to this day. We didnt know each other at the time. But now are friends, and our bands are friends. So it was a really, strange but cool thing to hear about. And made me feel like writing for my somewhat neglected music blog.</span><br />
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Last night I was driving home from a amazing show my friends <a href="https://www.facebook.com/delpaxtonbuffalo">Del Paxton</a> played for the record release for <a href="http://delpaxton.bandcamp.com/">their EP “Worst Summer Ever”</a> on <a href="http://www.secretaudioclub.com/">Secret Audio Club</a> and I wont lie, I was drained. haha. I had worked a full work day and, to make sure I got to the show on time, I drove straight from work to the show. Stopping only to get a bite on the way to Ithaca. WORTH IT! haha. Being as tired as I was, I obviously didn’t want to listen to jazz or post rock or anything like that. This record was the first thing that came to my mind. It got me thinking about the past and made me a little sentimental. <br />
I discovered Crash Of Rhinos on a British music message board. I was on a search to see what the members of the band Spy Versus Spy did after that band disbanded. I did get some leads. But within that was mention of these guys. At the time, they had just released this album. So I immediately checked them out. I was obviously not disappointed. Coming from the recommendation based off of Spy Versus Spy, I thought I knew what to expect. Which is essentially, something sort of like a more post hardcore influenced Braid. I wont lie that their name being taken from a Magic: The Gathering card didn’t hurt my interest. haha. It’s a amazingly fitting name given the set up of the band. Two guitars, two basses, drums, and all of the members singing, often simultaneously. The opening song of this record “Big Sea” starts so heavy, and then somehow, gets even bigger and heavier. haha. One of my all time favorite record openers. This album is filled with everything from intricate beautiful sounding guitars, complex time signatures and incredible drumming, to just heavy rock out parts. The songs in general, are longer than say a Braid or Mock Orange. Which keeps in line with Spy Versus Spy. One of my favorite things that Crash of Rhinos do on this album that they sadly did away with on their follow up is the gang/group vocals. It is so rare to have that in a band that is not some bullshit punk/hardcore crap. And being from Syracuse, NY I know a thing or too about bullshit punk/hardcore haha. One of the main things with putting this album on when I was tired and fighting off sleep is the promise that I could blast this album in my car and yell at the top of my lungs and feel a strange connection to what's happening with the recording. Its like any good album you really love and care about. And it having the group vocals to start have it set up almost right from the get go to have that special feeling. <br />
This band broke up recently. For me, it was personally crushing. They put out their follow up to this record, “Knots”(which you can download in my Best of 2013 post), out on Topshelf Records here in the states and I really thought they were poised for amazing things. “Knots” got a shining review from Pitchfork. That record, while more polished, etc. is so good. But I really feel like this album is the top. Amazing songs. So many different kinds of songs and feelings occur when I listen to this release. There are very few albums that come out that have this kind of power. If you haven't heard this band, and more specifically this album, you need to do yourself a favor and check it out. It’s a amazing record start to finish.<br />
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Buy it if you like it!Matthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-75216210499400914572014-05-17T13:22:00.003-04:002014-05-17T13:22:55.539-04:00Labeling of past blogsI am trying to go through and label/tag past blog entries that i didn't initially. The ones that I wanted to do the most were the numerous "Best of's" from over the years. Issue is, blogger SEVERELY limits the amount of tags/labels I can do. So in the instances of the Best of posts, not all the information I would like to be there, is or can be tagged. I do apologize. I am trying to make the tags/labels the best i can given the restriction of 200 characters in total. ouch!Matthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-9908351690985954822014-02-01T17:16:00.001-05:002015-12-13T00:12:12.359-05:00Colossal<br />
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There is something that has been going on in the present state of music, and more specifically music journalism, recently that is a VERY upsetting trend. There have been numerous articles that I have read that have been talking about the "emo revival" that is apparently happening right now in the world. They are hard for me to read. And this is coming from someone that, if you read <a href="http://cantdrawtosave.blogspot.com/2014/01/best-albums-of-2013.html">my fave records of 2013 post</a> for example, actually enjoys ALOT of what/who is being included in this supposed revival. There is seemingly a lax of knowledge of what happened musically in the past that led to where we are presently musically in a lot of these write ups. A big example would be a article i read the talked about the waves of emo. omfg. it essentially acted like after the shitty mallcore "emo" (My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, etc) there wasn't anything going on musically. Essentially completely neglecting the fact that this music was continuing and stilled existing while that garbage happened. A lot of people, myself included, don't really include that poppy neo alternative radio shit as a facet of the emo family tree at all. But it is seemingly one of those things that music writers/critics, labels, publicity people, etc. have hammered home that it was actually a thing. haha. So i guess that's how it stays. BUT I digress. So while all this talk is happening, and new albums are coming out, and new bands are coming out/blowing up, all i could think about was the bands from the last wave that would be fucking HUGE right now. Now I'm trying to be very respectful with this article. I don't want to name names or point out who wrote what. I just need to say that first. BUT, there are bands blowing up right now, that while good or even very good, are not as good as some of that last wave of bands. But the media/press attention on them would make you think they were the greatest ever. <br />
One band I feel bad about is Colossal. They formed in Elgin, IL in the early 00's. They ran until 2006 when they went a hiatus, that I hope isn't indefinite. There were a lot of claims to fame when it came to who played with the band too. Members of Abilene, The Lawrence Arms and Smoking Popes all spent time in the band. Musically though, they don't really share anything with those bands. The first time Colossal was mentioned to me was something along the lines of this "You like American Football? Well you would love Colossal! They are like the same thing!" Lets get real, this is NOT true. Realistically, how often does someone suggest a band to you with that tag line, and the band genuinely sounds exactly like the aforementioned? Rarely. That being said, Colossal share some of the things that American Football had in their sound. Clean, pretty almost jazzy guitar parts are sort of the main binding factor between the 2 bands. But often times, lines that are played have far more in common with something Victor Villarreal would write. Usually lying somewhere in between his youthful chord based work in Cap'n Jazz and his more complex work in Owls. Between the two guitar lines that are going on, in most of their songs, usually one will be playing the more straight away, jaggley chords and the other will be doing the noodley guitar. Its like having your cake and eating it too! Also, Colossal are a lot more upbeat and energetic than American Football. Just another thing that really makes them stand out as their own band. And another thing that draws a more realistic comparison to Cap'n Jazz over American Football. I will say that one thing the band had in common with American Football was there use of a trumpet on some songs. The difference obviously being that American Football used the trumpet in studio, but live there was no trumpet to be found. Colossal's guitarist doubled as the trumpet player. So that must have been awesome to see live. There singer is another thing that set them apart from other emo/indie bands in this style. Where vocals tend to be in the higher registers with these types of bands, Colossal's singer is a cool baritone. And its a nice change because, as i said, you don't see that so often. Sometimes it honestly kind of reminds me of Stephen Malkmus a little bit. Its great. I promise. Their rhythm section (which at times on different releases AND live had multiple drummers playing simultaneously) is outstanding. Their bass player is able to move around while holding it down at the same time. The drums and bass actually do a lot of cool things together outside of what the guitars are doing. The drummer(s) are so tight that I'm at a loss for which songs they play on simultaneously. Call that seamless. Best I can tell from the limited information out there, Colossal went on hiatus due to their guitarist's band, Smoking Popes, reuniting. It's quite a shame. Not because of the popes or anything like that. This band was such a great band. Who knows what other excellent music they could've put out. So many good things have been written about them. They were always viewed as a super promising act. And all they ever put out was a EP and one full length. In today's modern revival whatever landscape, they would be destroying. Because truth is, they are better than probably 90% of what is happening right now in that scene. So please, this band is amazing. This is everything I have by them. Listen. Love. Let’s find every member of the band and bug the shit out of them to reunite so they can take over everything. <br />
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The one thing I will say is that, at least in my life, Topshelf Records is really the label that hit it out of the park. So many great releases this year! Label of the year! I SAID IT!<br />
And my usual disclaimer of <strong>PLEASE PURCHASE THESE RECORDS IF YOU LIKE THE MUSIC YOU HEAR.</strong> Thank you. <3<br />
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<u><span style="font-size: large;">Crash Of Rhinos – Knots</span></u><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>A Great Big Pile Of Leaves – You’re Always On My Mind</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Caravels – Lacuna</u></span><br />
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p.s. if anyone knows of a site I could use instead of mediafire for my file hosting, please let me know! I'm sick of fear keeping me from sharing music with people!<br />
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-mattMatthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-82104933109515604672013-01-27T16:31:00.001-05:002015-12-15T16:20:35.148-05:00Best Of 2012Well, the world didn’t end like so many new age so and so’s were preaching. And I guess that’s a positive thing? haha. Well, at least now I have a more valid excuse as to why I didn’t start work on this sooner. haha. But I will say I did better than the past few years in 2012 as far as output. A few more blog post anyway. But enough of the babbling. Here are my favorite releases of 2012! As always, if you enjoy ANY of these albums, <strong>PLEASE SEEK OUT AND BUY THEM! </strong><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: large;">FULL LENGTHS</span></u></strong><br />
<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind</span></u></strong><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Soundgarden – King Animal</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Baroness – Yellow And Green</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Deftones – Koi No Yokan</span></strong></u><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><strong>Steve Moore – Light Echoes</strong></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><strong>Lungfish – A.C.R. 1999</strong></u></span><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Torche – Harmonicraft</span></u></strong><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">The Life And Times – No One Loves You Like I Do</span></u></strong><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Narrows – Painted</span></u></strong><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Maserati – VII</span></strong></u><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Mission Of Burma – Unsound</span></u></strong><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Damages – Indignation</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">The Sword – Apocryphon</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Sleeping People – Notruf</span></strong></u><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Rush – Clockwork Angels</span></u></strong><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">The Evens – The Odds</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Unwound – Live Leaves</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Suis La Lune – Riala</span></strong></u><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Mouse On The Keys – Machinic Phylum</span></u></strong><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Old Baby – Misunderstanding Human Behavior</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Torche – Harmonslaught</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Toe – The Future Is Now</span></strong></u><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Black God – II</span></u></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><u>Touché Amoré/The Casket Lottery Split</u></strong></span><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Slingshot Dakota – Dark Hearts</span></u></strong><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Hidden Hospitals – EP 002</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Black Throat Wind – Between White Worlds</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Patrons Of Sweet – Outnumbered</span></strong></u><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Bridge Under Fire – Why Wait?</span></u></strong><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Why The Wires – All These Dead Astronauts</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Ohne-ka' And The Burning River – Where The Real Wind Blows</span></strong></u><br />
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Sleeping People started in the early thousands. I guess their initial claim to fame was that they had ex members of the instrumental math rock band Rumah Sakit. They also once had a member of The Dirty Projectors on gutiar. Anyhow, they seemingly disappeared after the release of their last full length “Growing” in 2007. I personally wasn’t sure what happened to them. As most of you could tell from my blog, and if you’ve ever spoke to me in real life, I enjoy math rock. At least some certain facets of the genre. I personally have become bored with the recent fad or whatever you call it that was essentially spurred on by Tera Melos and bands of that ilk. Its like kids who were into math rock listened to them and Maps & Atlases(Trees, Sparrows, Houses era anyway) and started bands emulating that style of Math Rock. You know what I mean. Extremely spazzy drums and guitarists tapping so much that something often gets lost in the translation. Not taking away from those 2 bands. I love early Tera Melos and Maps & Atlases. But I always appreciated the style as done by the likes of Don Caballero, Lynx, and Sleeping People. Sleeping People, more so than the other 2 aforementioned bands, seemed to really try their hardest to blend Math Rock and one of that genre’s predecessors Progressive Rock. Riffing that was clearly influenced by King Crimson. Not only that, but they themselves making reference in a song title (Fripp For Girls) to their love and influence from that band. Over the years they have released some really great music. Even through changes in member personal. Which can often really mess up a band. So after “Growing” and years of nothing, here comes “Notruf.” If there was ever proof that Sleeping People had prog influence and tendencies, this album is it. The album is only 2 songs. But they are awesome. Truth is, I've been listening to this album nonstop this past week and went out and bought the vinyl today. I’m glad they didn’t break up. And I really hope that they put out more albums. I think everything they have put out is spectacular. And I’m glad bands like this still exist in a math rock world that has definitely changed since their birth. <br />
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Please buy it if you like it!Matthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-72594152910902840812012-09-15T17:50:00.001-04:002012-09-15T17:50:50.699-04:00Screw it. Blogs back on!<p>After a recent Twitter interaction with someone who just discovered the blog, I decided that this blog should continue. I am going to slowly try to get all the previous album downloads up for download again. It will be time consuming, and I will keep you all posted as to the progress with that. As things transpire with that though, I am planning on writing some new music blogs. Though I lost most of my old music I would've liked to have written about, I do have newer things that have come out since. So hopefully tonight or tomorrow, I will be posting a new blog posting! I’m excited. For anyone who has been interested in what I’ve been listening to I have been making posts on the sister tumblr page to this blog. Check that out <a href="http://cantdrawtosave.tumblr.com/">here</a> if you would like. definitely wish me luck with everything. thanks to all who have been interested, and still are interested!</p> Matthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-70783200886296352322012-06-12T00:01:00.001-04:002012-06-12T00:01:22.700-04:00Goodbye music! Goodbye blog?<p>My Mediafire account, which I’ve been using for the past Idk how many years, got boned for hosting copyrighted material. Shut down. Everything gone. So all the links on this site, are now shit. The worst is, as I posted in a past post, my hard drive that had all my music, crapped the bed. And I lost everything. So as far as reuploading anything that I posted over the years, that’s not possible. So I guess this means the end of this blog. Now granted, I haven't been posting as I once did. At best I’d post a couple times a year. So I’m sure no one will miss this blog. But as far as past blog posts I wrote, I am sad that that music will no longer be available. Especially to me. I am not saying I owned everything I hosted on Mediafire. But I owned a shit ton of it. And some of it that was hosted, I was the only person I knew who had it. Not everything up there was for blog posts. Some of it was as a back up. But when you play with fire, you might get burned. And that’s what happened to me. So to all the people who ever benefitted from this music blog in anyway, I thank you for listening to my rants and trusting that music I liked enough to write about was worth listening to. Bye.</p> <p>-Matt</p> Matthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-691666391004708132012-03-05T11:56:00.001-05:002015-12-15T17:15:47.568-05:00Best Of 2011I know, its lame. Haven’t posted in awhile and now I'm posting my “best of”. I don’t want it to be like this from now on. A real post a year. But it is a new year, and hopefully a new era. As always, <strong><u>if you enjoy any these albums, PLEASE seek them out for purchase and enjoy further.</u></strong> Also, posts are not listed in any order of importance or greatness.<br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">FULL LENGTHS</span></strong></u><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will</span></u></strong><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Ampere – Like Shadows</span></strong></u><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Radiohead – King Of Limbs</span></u></strong><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Zombi – Escape Velocity</span></u></strong><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Rival Schools – Pedals</span></u></strong><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Foo Fighters – Wasting Light</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Kite Party – Baseball Season</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Primus – Green Naugahyde</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Obits – Moody, Standard and Poor</span></strong></u><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Beirut – The Rip Tide</span></u></strong><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Explosions In The Sky – Take Care, Take Care, Take Care</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: medium;">Touché Amoré – Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me</span></u></h3>
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Bridge And Tunnel – Rebuilding Year</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Young Widows – In And Out Of Youth And Lightness</span></strong></u><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><u>Braid – Closer To Closed</u></strong></span><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Mouse On The Keys – Live Session 2011/3/28</span></strong></u><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><u>Oak & Bone – Self Titled</u></strong></span><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Night Owls – Rapture</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Hidden Hospitals – EP 001</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Ed Gein – Bad Luck</span></strong></u><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Zona Mexicana – Self Titled</span></u></strong><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Like Wolves – Self Titled</span></strong></u><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><u>Nirvana – Nevermind</u></strong></span><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Rush – Moving Pictures</span></strong></u><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Deftones – Diamond Eyes</span></strong></u><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><strong>Torche – Songs For Singles </strong></u></span><br />
<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_VzcmP5lI/AAAAAAAAAa4/76Jstanc5UQ/s1600-h/Torche-Songs-For-Singles-Ne.jpg"><img alt="Torche-Songs-For-Singles-Ne" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_Vz_WdmPI/AAAAAAAAAa8/RUBi9X5b8UI/Torche-Songs-For-Singles-Ne_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="384" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Torche-Songs-For-Singles-Ne" width="384" /></a></span></u></strong><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Mogwai – Special Moves</span></u></strong><br />
<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V0RxpXBI/AAAAAAAAAbA/EsGEucLwWCM/s1600-h/Mogwai-Special-Moves-Burning7.jpg"><img alt="Layout 1" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V096_k7I/AAAAAAAAAbE/G7yffXcmh0o/Mogwai-Special-Moves-Burning_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" height="393" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Layout 1" width="384" /></a></span></u></strong><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Maserati – Pyramid Of The Sun</span></u></strong><br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V1jeZLyI/AAAAAAAAAbI/B_PM5bMNQoI/s1600-h/trr1726.jpg"><img alt="trr172" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V2JYjxUI/AAAAAAAAAbM/jxyeYqmUUv0/trr172_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="385" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="trr172" width="385" /></a><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun Kil Moon – Admiral Fell Promises</span></u></strong><br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V2s_0hnI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/Hi2s84rX80o/s1600-h/Sun-Kil-Moon-Admiral-Fell-Promises5.jpg"><img alt="Sun-Kil-Moon-Admiral-Fell-Promises" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V22ZHafI/AAAAAAAAAbU/zLnQuFX5sIw/Sun-Kil-Moon-Admiral-Fell-Promises_t.jpg?imgmax=800" height="386" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Sun-Kil-Moon-Admiral-Fell-Promises" width="386" /></a><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: medium;">A Silver Mt. Zion - Kollaps Tradixionales</span></u></h3>
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V31e1nJI/AAAAAAAAAbY/Nxyr1Lb4J0Y/s1600-h/cst063cover_web6.jpg"><img alt="cst063cover_web" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V4Z-YJUI/AAAAAAAAAbc/a3SQVytgYfU/cst063cover_web_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="386" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="cst063cover_web" width="386" /></a><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Envy – Recitation</span></strong></u><br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V4_9WMFI/AAAAAAAAAbg/NKkmgMil71Y/s1600-h/envrec6.jpg"><img alt="O-Card" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V5N3d-JI/AAAAAAAAAbk/3ZD3gqk6gRo/envrec_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="385" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="O-Card" width="385" /></a><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">The Walkmen – Lisbon</span></u></strong><br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V5ifHWaI/AAAAAAAAAbs/dWl8mGzd8R4/s1600-h/Walkmen_COVER-17.jpg"><img alt="Walkmen_COVER-1" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V6Cy5-0I/AAAAAAAAAbw/9v9SEP_SI1s/Walkmen_COVER-1_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" height="374" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Walkmen_COVER-1" width="385" /></a><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Jonsi – Go</span></u></strong><br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V6iIlJ7I/AAAAAAAAAb0/y5-OpE-yfDU/s1600-h/Jonsi-Go-Packshot5.jpg"><img alt="Jonsi-Go-Packshot" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V7GGRtvI/AAAAAAAAAb4/4z7cCNws9oQ/Jonsi-Go-Packshot_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="383" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Jonsi-Go-Packshot" width="383" /></a><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: large;">EP’s</span></u></strong><br />
<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Suis La Lune – US Tour 7inch</span></u></strong><br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V7XI4y8I/AAAAAAAAAb8/yEIYT8HiyfI/s1600-h/suislalune7.jpg"><img alt="suislalune" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V72iXr1I/AAAAAAAAAcA/PY1hW62fNaA/suislalune_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" height="384" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="suislalune" width="384" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><u>This Will Destroy You – Moving On The Edges Of Things</u></strong></span><br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V8LeUOpI/AAAAAAAAAcE/tlJZ9M5qCa0/s1600-h/0000916183_3505.jpg"><img alt="0000916183_350" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V8sZ5YzI/AAAAAAAAAcI/rP782o7KcmE/0000916183_350_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="385" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="0000916183_350" width="385" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><strong>Frodus – Soundlab 1</strong></u></span><br />
<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V85LhAxI/AAAAAAAAAcM/iYjmvuvAwkw/s1600-h/2608804685-15.jpg"><img alt="2608804685-1" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V9ozHYTI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/LbqXlgVdcQ0/2608804685-1_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="388" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="2608804685-1" width="388" /></a></span></u></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><u>Maserati – Pyramid Of The Moon</u></strong></span><br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V-F3kFnI/AAAAAAAAAcU/IGdx_aAEZF0/s1600-h/trr1715.jpg"><img alt="trr171" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V-bB5jwI/AAAAAAAAAcY/AjWzEM38Olw/trr171_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="390" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="trr171" width="390" /></a><br />
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<u><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Reissues</span></strong></u><br />
<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Refused – The Shape Of Punk To Come</span></u></strong><br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V_L8ijGI/AAAAAAAAAcc/BRxs2kJHQF0/s1600-h/Refused---the-shape-of-punk-to-come-%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="Refused - the shape of punk to come lp 1998 by monejo" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_V_s3ZLYI/AAAAAAAAAcg/9yNv6_gqnu0/Refused---the-shape-of-punk-to-come-.jpg?imgmax=800" height="389" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Refused - the shape of punk to come lp 1998 by monejo" width="389" /></a><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Weezer – Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition)</span></u></strong><br />
<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_WAd4fuaI/AAAAAAAAAck/d2OMLhuwLLM/s1600-h/Weezer-Pinkerton-DGC-Records5.jpg"><img alt="Weezer-Pinkerton-DGC-Records" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_WAmMCMeI/AAAAAAAAAco/OnflpQu7t8M/Weezer-Pinkerton-DGC-Records_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="388" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Weezer-Pinkerton-DGC-Records" width="388" /></a></span></u></strong><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Converge – Jane Doe</span></u></strong><br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_WBGZGnTI/AAAAAAAAAcs/RxxPj5CCf98/s1600-h/P200810_00.1400014.jpg"><img alt="P200810_00.140001" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_WDB9jJdI/AAAAAAAAAcw/OhvC12NU-BY/P200810_00.140001_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="388" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="P200810_00.140001" width="388" /></a><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">The Cure – Disintegration</span></u></strong><br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_WDsJXQQI/AAAAAAAAAc0/gebauU7v-jk/s1600-h/The-Cure-Disintegration5.jpg"><img alt="The-Cure-Disintegration" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_WD2_jQ1I/AAAAAAAAAc4/aCZR8qUVBRY/The-Cure-Disintegration_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="383" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="The-Cure-Disintegration" width="391" /></a><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: large;">Compilations</span></u></strong><br />
<u><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Daïtro – Collected</span></strong></u><br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_WEanZGVI/AAAAAAAAAc8/C_jF02bAAI8/s1600-h/cover6.jpg"><img alt="booklet" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_WE_mtfvI/AAAAAAAAAdA/X8zl-G_NptU/cover_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="388" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="booklet" width="388" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><u><strong>Pavement – Quarantine The Past</strong></u></span><br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_WFsPhVNI/AAAAAAAAAdE/HS0oNO0r7uo/s1600-h/Pavement-Quarantine-the-Past6.jpg"><img alt="Pavement-Quarantine-the-Past" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_WGD4aI1I/AAAAAAAAAdI/eeMzoq9o728/Pavement-Quarantine-the-Past_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" height="387" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Pavement-Quarantine-the-Past" width="392" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><u>Connections, Part II Split (featuring <span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><u>Suis La Lune, Kias Fansuri, The Saddest Landscape, Adorno, Isaiah, Captain, Your Ship Is Sinking)</u></strong></span></u></strong></span><br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Sonic Youth – Hits Are For Squares </span></u></strong><br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_WHTX7avI/AAAAAAAAAdU/Qa3gXiLN3vA/s1600-h/Sonic-Youth-Hits-Are-For-Squa-510851.jpg"><img alt="Sonic-Youth-Hits-Are-For-Squa-510851" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TZ_WHvKmF6I/AAAAAAAAAdY/jlfnNMiwUVA/Sonic-Youth-Hits-Are-For-Squa-510851%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="401" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Sonic-Youth-Hits-Are-For-Squa-510851" width="392" /></a><br />
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(note: I wrote this PRE seeing Rush Thursday.)<br />
Here is the deal. I am going to see Rush this upcoming Thursday. I'm freaking out. I haven't seen them since 2004. They were awesome then. But they were on tour for the “Vapor Trails” album. Which doesn't suck. But yo, this is fucking “Moving Pictures.” And idk if its true or not, but i heard that they are playing this album IN ITS ENTIRETY on their present tour. That along with a lot of their hits from over the years. So yes, safe to say, I'm very excited. This album is a hit machine pretty much. The first 4 songs are fucking CLASSIC. “Tom Sawyer” is one of the quintessential Rush songs. I think most people would agree to that. And its what starts off this album. I don't honestly know if this is the best Rush album. It was the third in a string of awesome records. The other two being “Hemispheres” and “Permanent Waves.” Between those 3 albums are a shit ton of amazing material. So i usually sort of hold them as my trinity of great Rush albums. haha. I try not to pick. Yes I know. You are thinking,”What about 2112?” Yes, that album is great. Its just, well, that's a different Rush. haha. I know that sounds weird, but the 3 albums I mentioned are just a different Rush. Different from 2112 era. Like i said, its hard. I love all the shit they have done since Peart started playing drums for them. So yeah, that's a few records before they got to this point on a musical level. I love the band. I'm stoked. And this album and its songs rock. The end. Go listen to Rush, k?<br />
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Buy It If You Like ItMatthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-68897553997453260342010-08-22T12:23:00.001-04:002014-06-14T15:00:02.597-04:00Codeine – The White Birch<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/THFPD-YWTSI/AAAAAAAAAWM/5mXlPh0LbWY/s1600-h/codeine_thewhitebirch_cd_us_cover_pr.jpg"><img alt="codeine_thewhitebirch_cd_us_cover_print" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/THFPEYU3YjI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/MpxKz8Denqs/codeine_thewhitebirch_cd_us_cover_pr%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="388" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="codeine_thewhitebirch_cd_us_cover_print" width="388" /></a> <br />
When i was younger. I heard about slowcore and sadcore. Two genres of music that seemed fairly interchangeable. The music is exactly the same but the differentiation comes from the lyrics and what they are about. Either emotional and “sad” or more open ended. So really, interpretation of a band’s music plays alot into what you would consider them. Any how, the first band I started listening to that had been described as either of these genres was Red House Painters. I liked them so much that I looked into more bands. I got into Low and Idaho. And i think that was the end of my searching out slowcore/sadcore bands. So flash forward to years later. I start listening to Rodan and every band that is associated with them. Through my interest in Rodan, and later June of 44, i came upon Codeine. A slowcore/sadcore band i had heard of, but never heard. This is my shit. I mean, completely different from Red House Painters. More along the lines of Low. Like a Chicago style slowcore band, but from New York. The songs are slow. and they do tend to have a sad feel both musically and lyrically. But this band is really heavy at times. Leading the way with huge sounding distorted basslines. I mean, even beautiful with how it adds a ethereal quality. How i missed out on this album for so long is really beyond me. It sounds like something I would like. I think most people that listen to it could tell you that. “The White Birch” is actually revered as one of the defining albums in Slowcore and Sadcore. So definitely give it a listen. A good album to know. <br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download/12tddi451a3i0do/Codeine+-+The+White+B%2Arch.zip">Download The Album Here</a><br />
Buy it if you like it!Matthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-44300870900210532512010-08-09T17:20:00.003-04:002010-08-09T17:22:12.727-04:00NEW SISTER BLOG!<a href="http://cantdrawtosave.tumblr.com/">http://cantdrawtosave.tumblr.com/</a><div><br /></div><div>because i suck at html and have no clue how to do it on here. (if anyone knows please let me know)</div><div>just songs that i love and am really into at the moment. </div><div>theres a very real chance it will be updated more than this blog because its WAY easier. haha. </div>Matthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-54094968473561094482010-07-30T21:17:00.001-04:002014-05-17T13:41:33.118-04:00Tenebre – Self Titled EP<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TFN5tu1q9MI/AAAAAAAAAWE/VKEHlEaXWk8/s1600-h/3281804063-1%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="3281804063-1" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TFN5uUQfTSI/AAAAAAAAAWI/mcvSCGsVW9Q/3281804063-1_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="382" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="3281804063-1" width="382" /></a> <br />
I realize I haven't written anything for this blog in a while. In a minute as the youths say. I'm sorry. Shit still sucks in my life. And sadly, I'm still listening to ALOT of the same stuff I've already written about. But listen I LOVE Tenebre. I wrote about their <a href="http://cantdrawtosave.blogspot.com/2009/01/tenebre-in-everything-give-thanks.html">full length</a> a long time ago. The band just does it for me. This is their latest release. Its great. You can listen to it <a href="http://tenebre.bandcamp.com/">here</a> FOR FREE! You can also buy the album from that site in record and digital form. DO IT!Matthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243450674801247171.post-40489231580587540962010-06-05T18:36:00.001-04:002014-06-12T15:46:33.934-04:00Aloha – Sugar<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TArRZIfkjrI/AAAAAAAAAVc/kg7hldVNP0Y/s1600-h/00169_prc0514.jpg"><img alt="00169_prc051" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/TArRZqKVzNI/AAAAAAAAAVg/PN9m4Rm6_4I/00169_prc051_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="393" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="00169_prc051" width="393" /></a> <br />
This album takes me back to a time when I was first sort of thrust into all the indie underground stuff. Granted, in middle school i got into the hardcore that was going on in Syracuse and through that found about about other hardcore bands. High school brought more post hardcore DC type stuff into what i was listening to. I also got more into 90’s alternative rock stuff. But after high school was when I started to really get into indie rock and what had been and was going on to my oblivious mind. Aloha was one of the many bands I found in that time that opened me up to different ideas musically. Aloha set the standard for the sort of jazz/post rock influenced indie rock band. They weren't Tortoise. There is enough of a pop sensibility to their songs that there is the chance for a crossover to someone that is not hip to post rock or anything like that. The vocals play just as important of a role as the vibraphone does. Which is often not the case with post rock bands. Considering a large portion of them are instrumental. This record start to finish is set up to sort of just move all together. Seamless transitions between songs make it seem like it is one long song. And to view it like that, would be a bit much. I mean, there is ALOT going on with this record. There are all sorts of ideas. Whether they be lyrical, musical or whatever else. Sometimes, I have to admit, that it can become a bit much if you don't know what you are getting into. Thick layers of all sorts of sounds. Keyboards, Percussion, Sounds, Vibraphone, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Etc. Sometimes it seems like the songs come to the brink of falling apart into some sort of noisy collapse. But they find their way back every time. I’m not trying to scare anyone away. This record is fucking great. It has some amazing moments. Some beautiful musical movements. Some outrageous drumming. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, a drummer really makes a band in a lot of ways. At least for certain kinds of music. The album is always interesting. Mathy. Ambient. Technical. Music at its best in a lot of ways. I don't know if this is really Aloha’s best album. I just know its the one I’ve listened to the most over time and have grown most attached to. Songs like “They See Rocks”, “Let Your Head Hang Low”, “Balling Phase”, “Protest Song” and “We Get Down” seal it for me. Okay, I just named like, half the album. haha. I don't care. That just shows how awesome this record is. If you are into post rock influenced indie rock, or indie rock influenced post rock, listen. Experimental music? listen. I think even my hippie coworker could dig this record. haha. <br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download/ln3cda7ay0qvas5/Aloha+-+Sugar.zip">Download The Album Here</a><br />
Buy It If You Like ItMatthew Saint Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597868197616343829noreply@blogger.com0