Unkle - B Sides, Rarities, Remixes & Unknown Songs

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This is a compilation of a few UNKLE songs that I really like and are a bit hard to come by. ENJOY!!!

The J3sus & Mary Cha1n - Automatic

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TJMC are one of those forgotten alternative indie 80s bands. Highly influential and ahead of their time they combined punk, pop, sludge, noise, and walls of feedback to create some of the most inspiring music to come out of the early indie scene

"Automatic" was TJMC's third album, and can be considered the dreaded "mature" album. At this point in the band's career they were veering away from the 1-2 minute punk tunes and trying to assert themselves as musicians who had a love for creating beautifully chaotic perfect pop songs.

The album's most well known song, and probably the band's as well is the highlight of the record. "Head On", made famous by the Pixies who covered the song. "Head On" is the a perfect pop song. Its about falling in love, and how it feels to be so much in love, but the contradiction between the lyrics and how the brothers Reid sing make it genius.

Their sound is what would happen if the Velvet Underground got into a fight with the Beach Boys. Classically chaotic pop songs that pummel the listener. TJMC crafted catchy pop tunes and disfigured them beautifully with feedback and distortion.

Alaska 1n W1nter - Danc3 Party 1n The Balkans

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A.I.W. managed to rectruit Zach Condon and Heather Trost from Beirut to play on his record. Sort of anyway, this is similarly hook-laden and just as strangely alluring as Beirut's 'Gulag Orkester' but then those 80s drum machine beats and wobbly basslines cut in and you almost forget what it is you're listening to. I've got to say it's a brave move from Brandon Bethancourt (for he is Alaska in Winter) and not the most obvious one to say the very least, these tracks occasionally sound like they've been beamed from another world - the piano/violin and crunk combination of 'Balkan Lowrider Anthem' for instance.

If you really need proof then go straight to the album's final track (which features Beirut!!!) which is as gorgeous a piece of guitar-less indie pop as you're likely to hear anytime soon.

Beirut fans looking for more to fuel their hunger should download this.

Neutral M1lk H0tel - 1n The Aeroplane 0ver The Sea

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Neutral Milk Hotel is essentially a one man band consisting of Jeff Mangum. But don't expect any lo-fi bullshit. It's a rare indie rock album that actually sweeps your emotions into a place where The Who, The Flaming Lips and psychedelic marching bands coexist in a stomping mystical church revival breakdown. The lyrics are too obtuse to decipher when examined closely, but when heard the way it's supposed to be, they evoke a rush of early Bob Dylan intensity, and you know exactly what feelings are being expressed.

It's amazing when you realize such a grand-sounding statement was created with mainly an acoustic guitar, with a little help from his friends on organ, flugelhorn, euphonium, singing saw, accordian, zanzithophone, trombone and milleann pipes. This is ambitious, majestic music.

(I even dedicated one song from this album once...)

Now go and download this classic. GO!

D3ad Man's B0nes - D3ad Man's B0nes

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Actor Ryan Gosling, another guy and a bunch of kids from a choir's music conservatory make an album an does NOT suck(I recognize that the children's choir might be a dealbreaker for some, but the tenaciousness with which Dead Man's Bones use the choir should win over all but the most ardent kid-hater, actually it gives the album an spooky, eerie feeling).

The entire thing can easily be described in one sentence: Imagine the Arcade Fire stuck into Disneyland's Haunted Manor.

Overall, I'm surprised with Dead Man's Bones. So many ways for it to go wrong, but instead it's a unique, catchy and lovably weird record, with highlights (the electric piano singalong "Pa Pa Power", the Beck-ish "Werewolf Heart") that could hold their own with the best indie singles of the year. Give it a try, you won't regret

The Durutt1 C0lunm - LC (re-uploaded)

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One of the more prophetic records ever made. If it were released today it would be called a post-rock record, and why it isn't considered one is beyond me."LC" is one of those records that sounds like nothing else, because it wasn't really inspired by anything - there really isn't anything released beforehand that sounds at all similar, I guess some tracks have a similar vibe to Joy Divison, but the very characteristics that made Joy Division so distinctive are not here.
It's one of those records like Emergency & I by the Dismemberment Plan that just appeared out of nowhere with this new sound that wasn't quite like anything anyone had heard before, and because of this, musicians took that sound and rolled with it and evolved it.

Seriously guys this is one of the FINEST things I've ever heard. If you don't like it you can kick my nuts. ENJOY IT!!!!!!!!

Charl0tte Ga1nsb0urg - 1RM

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1RM is the third studio album by French electronic pop singer Charl0tte Gainsb0urg, with all songs written and produced by BECK except "Le Chat Du Café Des Artistes" written by Jean-Pierre Ferland. The album title was inspired by the sound of a MRI Scanner.The lead single is "Heaven Can Wait", a duet with Beck, and was released on 2 November.

Recommended if you like sexy, dark, chilling, sensual, suspenseful music. You can feel Beck's touch all over. Give it a try.

The S1sterhood - Gift

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The Sisterhood was a short-lived English musical project, consisting of Andrew Eldritch (writer and producer), drum machine "Doktor Avalanche", Lucas Fox (drums), Patricia Morrison (bass and vocals), James Ray (guitar and vocals) and Alan Vega (synthesizer and vocals). Eldritch provided vocals on "Colours" and "Giving Ground".

I Don't Know about you but the combo A. Eldritch + Alan Vega is a winning formula to me.

K-sh-mir - Tr3s-pass3rs

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Tr3spass3rs, the sixth full-length album from the danish band Kashmir. It was produced by John O'Mahony and Andy Wallace and recorded at Jimi Hendrix' legendary studio Electric Lady Studios in New York City. They haven't changed their style since No Balance Palace, they still have that soft pleasent sound to their music. It's quite a good record but it won't surpass it's predecesors. Quite good though. Enjoy!!!

The Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil

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The Black Lips are a self-described “flower punk” band from Atlanta, Georgia.

While still teenagers, they formed in 2000 after guitarist Cole Alexander and bassist Jared Swilley left the Renegades, and guitarist Ben Eberbaugh left theReruns. Drummer Joe Bradley joined a few months later. They released their first 7” in late 2001/early 2002 on their own Die Slaughterhaus label.

Playing garage-flavored punk rock with a Southern accent, a messed-up and bluesy undertow, and the gleefully destructive impact of a 15-year-old with a bag of firecrackers, the Black Lips are an Atlanta-based combo who after their debut in 2000 soon developed a reputation as one of the Peach State's wildest bands.

The Beta Band - Hot Shots II

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Hot Shots II is The Beta Band's second studio album, released in July 2001.

One of my favourite bands ever, what can I say...they were unique. Enjoy!!!

Sun Araw - Heavy Deeds

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DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE COVER OF THIS ALBUM, I KNOW IT'S CRAP BUT THE MUSIC IS JUST AMAZING, IT IS A TOTAL SUBMERSION INTO A WORLD OF PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS AND TEXTURES THAT WILL TRANSFORM YOUR PERCEPTION. A MUST FOR PEOPLE WITH TASTE. TRULY PROPOSITIVE.

The solo universe of Long Beach psychonauts Magic Lantern’s guitarist Cameron Stallones. Spanning Spacemen 3 garage cosmos, Starving Weirdos coastal séance, and a healthy stratosphere of pan-dimensional astral feedbackers, Sun Araw floats freely from form to formlessness in the blink of a third eye. A great journey into white light dirge and dead distortion blues. Creepster tropical psychedelic drone for more creepsters like yourself.

Lone Pigeon - Schoozzzmmii

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Lone Pigeon is the working name of Gordon Anderson, a Scottish musician and co-founder of The Beta Band (which was formerly known as The Pigeons). He is now a member of the band The Aliens with John Maclean and Robin Jones from The Beta Band.

Schoozzzmmii collects together tracks recorded before Gordon Anderson made his first Lone Pigeon album, Concubine Rice – selections of home recordings purposely left on a dusty, old reel and off the debut. So, the question is: Why has he dug out these masters? If the answer is historical exposition, then it’s both slightly presumptuous (perhaps even cheeky), and highly unnecessary. Because a large portion of Schoozzzmmii sounds like what it is – recordings that should be, at best, traded in illicit fashion between Lone Pigeon fanatics on some bedraggled Yahoo Group out there.

Lone Pigeon - Concubine Rice

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Lone Pigeon, the side/solo project from Beta founder Gordon Anderson replaces the rest of the Beta Band with a Casio. Momus he is not. Or Wesley Willis for that matter. Rather, Concubine Rice captures exactly what one would expect from a Beta Band b-side— Anderson's achingly beautiful voice minus any attempts at production or fully realized musical backing. The genres change more often than the tracks do, each conceptualized with tongue in cheek and seemingly recorded with whatever instruments happen to be left in the studio next door.

The album is light and playful, there is a wonderful dreamy ambience to the work. Anderson can be a great songwriter—the title track Concubine Rice skips along effortlessly thanks to his dreamy and breathy delivery.

Kasab1an - Cunny Grope Lane

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I forgot to include this track in the past upload and I just couldn't let this awesome be lost TO the big-bullocks bloggers. Get it and listen for yourselves it's really worth it, actually one of the best b sides i found from Kasabian.

ENJOY!!!!!!

Kasab1an - B Sides and Non Album Tracks

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I was very pleased by Kasabian's third album "West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum", but since I am a very big fan of the british band, I just couldn't bare waiting another couple of years for new material, so I decided to do some searching through the net for b sides and non album tracks and actually came across a lot of really cool material that turned me into an even more obsesive fan of the band. Taken from EPs, live recordings, acoustic performances and Itunes releases, these tracks are a sweet way of coping with the waiting period for their next album. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have. I love this band. Enjoy!!!

H3r3 W3 G0 Mag1c - H3r3 W3 G0 Mag1c

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Luke Temple's first foray into pseudonymical songwriting territory feels as current as did Snowbeast and Hold a Match for a Gasoline World , his prior two records released under his given name. But where those albums-- banjo-centric and cast with Temple's delicately high-pitched voice-- situated him firmly in the realm of borderline-precious indie folkies like Sufjan Stevens and Danielson, Here We Go Magic works with a different form of alchemy. Four-tracked and supposedly cut in "a two-month period of stream-of-consciousness recording," the album filters Temple's psychedelic muse through a much more muted palette: hazy electronic textures, endlessly-spiraling lyrical loops, occasional forays into extended sections of ambience and noise. The title itself indicates that Here We Go Magic might just be a spur-of-the-moment lark between more polished works, but its best points suggest we should only encourage Temple to mess around more in his off-time.

Eels - Tiempos Finales

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Tiempos Finales is the eighth studio album by American rock band Eels released on January 19, 2010. The album was self-produced and focuses on themes of divorce and aging. The cover was designed by Adrian Tomine. The album will also be released in a deluxe edition with a bonus EP. The music video for "Little Bird" was released on YouTube through the official Eels channel in November 2009 and "In My Younger Days" in December 2009. The single for "A Line in the Dirt" backed with "Little Bird" was released through Eels' online store on January 13, 2010.

Clint Mansell - Moon OST

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Moon is a 2009 science fiction/psychological drama film about a solitary lunar employee who experiences a personal crisis as the end of his three-year stint nears. The music was made by Clint Mansell, a British musician, composer, and former lead singer and guitarist of Pop Will Eat Itself. The movie rocked and the soundtrack stands in its own ground.

Do no miss the movie and DO NOT MISS OUT ON THE SOUNDTRACK!!! ENJOY!

Bl4ck L1ps - 200 Million Thousand

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200 Million Thousand is the fifth studio album by garage rock band Black Lips. The album was recorded in August 2008 and released on February 24, 2009 in the United States and March 16 in Europe. The first single, "Short Fuse" was released on March 9, 2009.

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B3irut - Pompeii EP

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Pompeii is an EP by Beirut, released in 2007. It features only the work of Zach Condon and pre-dates the Gulag Orkestar debut album. While initially only available exclusively through eMusic and Rough Trade Digital, it can now be found on iTunes. The album cover features Zach Condon (on the left) and his younger brother Ross Condon (on the right).

More from one of my favourite bands Beirut. Enjoy!

1971 - Small Time AmericanBats

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Zach Condon has released an EP, Small-Time American Bats, under the name 1971. This was recorded with his friend, Alex Gaziano on guitar and vocals, when they were both around 16 years old (2002). Alex is a founding member of another band originating from Santa Fe, New Mexico, Kidcrash. If you are a fan of Beirut, then this is a must. Enjoy!

L1ARS - S1STERW0RLD

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No strangers to drastic stylistic departures and abstruse lyrical themes, Berlin-by-way-of-Brooklyn art punks Liars returned to the States to record Sisterworld, the follow up to 2007’s well-received self-titled effort. Written and recorded in Los Angeles with Jon Brion disciple Tom Biller, Sisterworld is, according to the band, a meditation on the “alternate spaces” and “underground support systems” people create in order to maintain identity in a city like L.A.

A little bit more abstract and spacey than their eponymous album, but its a lot more accessible than either Drum's Not Dead, or my personal favorite They Were Wrong So We Drowned. The highlights are definitely the heavy tracks like Scissor and Scarescrows on a Killer Slant. I also like Proud Evolution, and Too Much, Too Much is a fantastic closer. Bottom Line is if you've liked all of the previous albums, you'll like this.

BAD L13UT3NANT - N3V3R CRY ANOTH3R T3AR

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Their debut album. It was released on 5 October 2009. Ex-New Order member Bernard Sumner formed the group with Jake Evans and Phil Cunningham. The three guitarists wrote and performed the album together with a number of additional musicians. During recording sessions Blur bassist Alex James and ex-New Order drummer Stephen Morris worked with the band on some of the tracks

Murcof - La Sangre Iluminada

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Fernando Corona (yes, he is mexican) has been evolving his Murcof sound throughout his releases from glitch to ambient and drone, and a constant factor in this development has been the influence and use of classical instrumentation (via samples) and ingeniously detailed sonic elements. It's safe to state that he's been digging deep in his bag of tricks to present an organic whole that comprises minimized flares of the aforementioned genres in an unobtrusive manner.

La Sangre Iluminada is an album that needs a few listens before one can fully appreciate its form and colors. It taps into a wide array of experimental genres, from Scandinavian neo-classic ambient to Japanese cupboard-like IDM, without letting the listener drown in its fine pond of organic sound waves. Like an anti-depressive, it takes a while before it sticks and has the desired effect. The album made me sad as it made me smile when I was bathing in its glorious melancholy; I dare even say that over the few weeks of time I've been exploring Murcof's score, it has made me a slightly happier person, and who couldn't use a bit more joy in this crazy and hectic world we live in?

The Sound - Jeopardy

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This album and this band should have been as influential as Joy Division (maybe they were, since influences are harder to track than sales) or commercially as successful as Echo & the Bunnymen. If you like artfully done guitar rock with lyrics that are about as deep as the arrangements, then this group is for you and this album is them at their most accessible.

Enjoy.

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F0UR T3T - There is Love In You

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His albums are aural mosaics, painstakingly compiled to work on several levels. Some songs, for example, may appear relatively traditional; but take a closer listen and there are intricacies aplenty. Even the more straightforward offerings gently lull the listener in while sneaking a bewildering array of bells and whistles into the mix, so by the denouement you’re blissfully nodding along to what in less dextrous hands would be a chaotic maelstrom of noise.

There are a few recognisable trademarks along the way, which, again, may sound slightly off-putting for those who wouldn’t normally listen to experimental electronica.It’s a theme that recurs throughout the record, and, indeed, that defines the Four Tet canon: mesmeric, melody-laden music, with varying degrees of difficulty. There is Love in You should be a fine introductory course.

{{{Sunset}}} - Glowing City

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This singer/songwriter is channeling something that has led to the creation of the must-hear prog-folk record of the summer… Sunset is Baird’s opus. As Baird alternatively croons and chants deep within a densely layered mix, you can hear his passion seep through instruments as diverse as French horns, tribal drums, Kraftwerk-esque keys, and accordions. This album is apparently the conflation of two separate complete records, yet a narrative arc is undeniable and the overall tone is cohesive… Bill Baird took some chances recording this music, and you should take a chance listening to it. The effects could be emotional.

Br0k3n B3lls - Br0k3n B3lls

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The Collaboration between acclaimed producer Danger Mouse and The Shins' leader Jim Mercer is here and bears the name Broken Bells.

As some of you can remember these guys worked before on a track for the never-released album Dark Night of The Soul so you can have a clue of the sound of this album.

This is not one of those fancy pretentious collabs, on the contrary this LP is a subtle mixture of the well-known Danger Mouse production tricks (catchy harmonious basslines, soft beats here, blips and blops there etc) and the lyrics and now iconic voice of Mercer and his guitar. Give it a try.

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains of Being...

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Perfect for headphones, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart is repetitive, but only to a point of recognition. It is far too short to wear out its welcome, and the same can be said about each individual track. All that its familiar methods really do is provide the album with an identity -- which is unexpected, since the band is working with such a plethora of influences -- and an utterly consistent tone. Their songs have a kinship in mentality that works the like the start of glorious day leading to an exhausted head upon a pillow. Romantic while only grasping its ever-fleeting nature, this record is not so much about sadness as it is about the privilege of feeling such craving -- and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart don’t mind how schmaltzy that may seem. They embrace it because it gives them range and insight. It gives them heart.

Air France - No way Down EP

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Air France use elements of both Balearic and pop to create their sumptuous, sincere fantasy world. In that respect, Air France's No Way Down is reminiscent of the Avalanches' dazzlingly great Since I Left You, another record that finds wide-eyed delight in silly stuff like truth, beauty, and fun. It imagines an impossibly idyllic place through sounds that probably could never have been performed that way in real life. Though it's been said, many times, many ways: Welcome to paradise.

Give it a try, very enjoyable EP.

G o r i l l a z - S t y l o (NEW SONG)

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After a loooooooooooooooooooong period of waiting and not knowing if Mr. Albarn was going to delight us with another Gorillaz album, finally we have the newest song from the up coming album.

Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!! I know i will...

B34CH H0US3 - T33N DR34M (re-uploaded)

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Porque usted lo pidió, ponemos de nueva cuenta el Último disco de "Casa de Playa" que al parecer también anda un poco ausente en la red.Como en ocasiones anteriores también disfrazamos el titulo para que sea UNTRACEABLE (dizque) . Enjoy!

T N Ps - H i d d e n

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Una vez más el Sheriff anda tumbando posts y en la red, el lanzamiento de éste disco no es la excepción, así que de nueva cuenta disfrazamos el nombre del disco para evitar que nos lo borren. La reseña de siempre bajo éstas lineas:

It is easy to fall victim to hyperbole at the start of a new decade. There have already been CD reviews pronouncing the arrival of 'The first masterpiece of the 2010s’. Time will tell if Hidden, this young Essex art rock quartet’s uncompromising second album, can be afforded such a title, but it deserves a prize for ambition and dedication alone: band leader J. Barnett learned notation specifically for the record. The album has a sweeping, almost cinematic scope. Songs evoking the mystery of Thames Estuary marshland are complemented by a children’s choir. A deep Japanese drum booms on seven-minute epic We Want War. Elsewhere, beats crackle and pop like gunfire. Holding it all together is Barnett’s quivering, reed-like voice. The result is a magically bleak, fantastically original record. And, possibly, the first masterpiece of the 2010s.

The Album Leaf - A Chorus of Storytellers

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There is a subtle difference in the tan and inflexion of this, their fifth album and their first since 2006. It was recorded in Seattle but remixed in Iceland by Jón Birgisson of Sigur Rós and seems to bear the hallmarks of that migration. Moreover, rather than LaValle playing all the instruments himself as he usually does, he has involved all the members of his touring group, including multi-instrumentalist Matthew Resovich, guitarist Drew Andrews, bassist Luis Hermosillo and an Icelandic horn section.

However, with vocal contributions from The Black Heart Procession's Pall Jenkins, A Chorus of Storytellers rises nicely to its resolution, with Almost There and Tied Knots bringing together all the strands, energy and personnel that make up the album to a quietly affirmative conclusion.

The Chameleons UK - Script Of The Bridge

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The Chameleons came to the studio determined to make a great first album with Script of the Bridge. To say they succeeded would be like saying Shakespeare did pretty well with that one Hamlet play of his. Script remains a high-water mark of what can generally be called post-punk music, an hour's worth of one amazing song after another, practically a greatest-hits record on its own. Starting with the passionate fire of "Don't Fall," Script showcases how truly inventive, unique, and distinctly modern rock & roll could exist, instead of relentlessly rehashing the past to little effect. The scalpel-sharp interplay between the musicians is a sheer wonder to behold, the guitar team provoke nothing but superlatives throughout, also a perfect rhythm section, while the crisp production of Colin Richardson and the band adds delicate synth lines and shadings. Add to that the words of Burgess, one of the few lyricists out there who can tackle Big Issues while retaining a human, personal touch, and it all just adds up perfectly.

This is perhaps one one of the best albums i've ever heard. Please enjoy it as much as i do.

Cuchara - Transferencia

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En esta ocasión haremos una excepción y postearemos el nuevo disco de Cuchara de ésta forma para evitar que el Sheriff de la Red nos lo detecte y nos haga borrarlo OOOTRA Vez.

My Dad is Dead - The Taller You Are, the Shorter You Get

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The one-man-band My Dad Is Dead on The Taller You Are, the Shorter You Get provided a quintessentially post-punk sound with jagged melodies and Ian Curtis-inflected vocals, but there are a couple of things about this album that made it special even in 1989. The first was the compositional maturity on display. Even though it was a double LP, every track is a killer, catchy yet with their own personality and a break from formula. These songs are largely five-minute meditations on longing and loss that, with many instrumental sections, break out of the three-minute verse/chorus/verse mold.

Second was the musical versatility - the songs are very eventful, employing all sorts of different musical styles and this album never gets same-ish. Some people have leveled the usual criticism on first glance that the album wears out at the end, but put the last few tracks on at the start and they sound like highlights. I don't much about My Dad Is Dead, but it seems clear to me that at one point in time he made one of the greatest records of post-punk 5-10 years too late.

Mission Of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches

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I'm a big fan of post-punk, and this album is one of the shining gems of the genre. Bands were taking to heart the freedom that punk rock offered and taking the music to a new place. Burma were the voice of America in a postpunk world dominated by Wire, Gang of Four, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Killing Joke, et al. If you like any of these bands, or are interested in this incredibly vital period in rock music, Mission of Burma is necessary to your life. 'That's When I Reach for My Revolver', 'Academy Fight Song', and 'This is not a Photograph' are probably the best three songs to start your Burma fascination, and they're all on this album.

The Monochrome Set - Strange Boutique

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The Monochrome Set were an English post-punk band originally formed in 1978 from the remnants of a college group called The B-Sides (whose members had included Stuart Goddard, a.k.a. Adam Ant).

Lost in the mists of musical history, the Monochrome Set appeared in the hazy period just after punk and hung around for a good two decades, releasing clever albums full of hook-crammed melodies and coloured with a dark sense of humour. Frontman Bid's arch vocals gave the band a wonderful camp quality, and it was probably his lyrical smarts that alerted a young Morrissey to their presence; they were even one of his favourite groups before he formed the Smiths. Johnny Marr recalls first meeting Morrissey and flicking through his singles collection that Morrissey had whittled down to just 10 seven-inchs. Along with some girl groups and T-Rex, were the Monochrome Set. This must have impressed Marr, because they too were one of his favourite bands.

An obscure classic... some kind of strange mutated pop... it certainly defies strict categorization musically... i guess you can just call it excellent!!!

Casettes Won't Listen - Small Time Machine

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Jason Drake’s multi-instrumental solo project, Cassettes Won’t Listen, is a synth-pop lover's dream. With Small-Time Machine, the jump to CD took place and its seven tracks are well worth a listen.

This is a delightfully melodic album. It is also emotional, particularly for synth-pop, which can often leave expressive songwriting behind in favour of blips and parlour tricks (not that it’s a bad thing in the right hands). Drake keeps things simple, making the album accessible.

Drake’s record moves merrily between elements of trip-hop, indie rock, and drum-and-bass. With such well-built melodies and unique sounds, one figures that he could get away with just about anything. Drake has placed his songs skilfully, too, allowing each one to flow into the next. When the album kicks off with sounds of what could be background noise from a cafeteria and ventures into staccato piano, it’s a thing of beauty.

David Bowie - Low

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Low is a 1977 album by British musician David Bowie. Widely regarded as one of his most influential releases, Low was the first of the "Berlin Trilogy", a series of collaborations with Brian Eno. The experimental, avant-garde style would be further explored on "Heroes" and Lodger.

Low has risen to the top of many critics' "best album" lists. It was rated the #1 album of the 1970s by Pitchfork Media. In 2000 Q placed it at number 14 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2003, the album was ranked number 249 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

If you have never heard this one before do it now. NOW!!! You'll understand many things after listening to this.

The Clientele - Bonfires On The Heath

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As with Strange Geometry, the band tenders Bonfires on the Heath with smoothness and flawless production quality. Lazy summertime harmonies and softly dissonant pianos create a richness that’s bold and intriguing. If it’s possible for a full on symphonic string section to sound quiet within a folky pop song, they manage it well.

The album is superbly mixed and all of the instruments blend together gorgeously. Gently bouncing guitar chords create ass-shaking rhythms, but avoid jarring the smoothed out edges of the production. At times, it’s difficult to choose between sighing and laying the seat back or dancing your ass off around your house.

You’re in for a beautifully enriching experience with this one.

Spoon - 30 Gallon Tank EP

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An Early EP by one of Big-Bullocks' all time favorite bands. Enjoy!

Queens Of The Stone Age -The Definitive Collection Of B-Sides & Rarities

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2 CD´s with early and alternate versions, demos, and covers of bands like: Turbonegro, Kinks, Tom Waits and Brian Eno. Listen loud!

Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound - When Sweet Sleep Returned

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Like their fellow San Franciscans in Wooden Shjips, Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound mix bell-bottomed acid rock with vintage psychedelia, a combination that prizes instrumental prowess and long, skuzzy jams over vocals.

Bands like Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound have not only absorbed those influences to the point that they can hold their head in such company; they have also absorbed a broad array of sounds from the 80’s and 90’s. Alongside R.E.M I can hear echoes of the Meat Puppets, the intonations of Elizabeth Fraser (of the Cocteau Twins) in some of the backing vocals and even Screaming Trees on tracks like ‘Drunken Leaves’.

It’s also of note that experiencing a band play this kind of music in their prime with this much vigour is a timeless experience. Just knowing that they’re out there feels like a kick on your behalf in the face of bland conformism and the limp strut of passing fashions. Not having listened to Assemble Head before I can’t say how this fits into their development as a band, but I get the feeling that this is the sound of them finding their feet.

Can - Tago Mago.

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LP effort from legendary German prog group. This album, their first with Japanese street-singer Damo Suzuki, sounds a little dated today, but nonetheless makes clear the band´s strengths. Half of the album is made up of typical Can "songs": metronomic grooves, trance-like repetition of motives, impressionistic harmonic tendencies, extremely tight ensemble. The other half is sound experiments largely comprised of odd synthesizer-effects and way too much echo. Some of this album compares with early, experimental Pink Floyd, but Can´s drummer is a lot better (read: funkier). Be prepared to hook up the old Lava Lamp for this one.

One of those bands waaaaaaaay ahead oh its time! Enjoy!

Talking Heads - Fear of Music

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All Talking Heads albums are great but this is onf of the best. It combines the minimalism and edginess of the first two albums with the african instrumentation and polyrhythms of 'remain in light'. Talking heads distilled their guitar sound into its base elements on this album; a unique, scratchy, edgy noise. Brian Eno's contribution is evident in the strange sounds and effects which run through this album. far from sounding dated and gimmicky, however, the production still sounds fresh and exciting. tina weymouth's bass makes the faster songs pure dance music [the subsonic bass drops on 'i zimbra' sounds have to be heard to be believed; it sounds like whales' mating calls!]. the slower songs such as and 'air' 'mind', and the ballad 'heaven' are beautiful, and never sound trite or cliched

Ride - Nowhere

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The term shoegazer is synonymous with My Bloody Valentine, and even more specifically with the album Isn't Anything and their powerful follow-up Loveless. Imagine a less abrasive and more laid back Loveless, and you have Ride's Nowhere.

This is an album for fans of My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive and other shoegazer in general. This isn't an album for everyone, although there are several songs that everyone can enjoy. It is an album that I listen to frequently and has grown into one of my favorites and perhaps the first truly great shoegazer album.

A Silver Mt. Zion - Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upward

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This release is all about expansion. Not only did the group change their name from A Silver Mt. Zion to The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band, but they've added new members and instead of simply releasing another album full of the same sorts of sounds, the group has expanded into entirely new sonic territory on the record in places. When I first heard their release He Has Left Us Alone..., I wondered if it would be a one-off recording with several members of Godspeed You Black Emperor and that would be it.

That wondering, though, and the wondering of anyone else who thought that the group would simply turn into "that GYBE side project" gets dramatically shaken to the ground 4 songs into this release. While this is obviously still the same group and there are familiar themes that weave throughout this recording, the group also explores vibrant new places, including the creation of easily their loudest song to date, as well as a song that is probably the most "pop"-based that the group has ever done.