Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Dance Gavin Dance - Dance Gavin Dance (2008)
That’s no moon…
Alex English
Buffalo!
Me and Zoloft Get Along Fine
The Robot With Human Hair Pt. 3
Hot Water On Wool
Hot Water On Wool (Reprise)
Uneasy Hearts Weigh The Most (feat. Nic Newsham)
Caviar (feat. Chino Moreno)
Rock Solid (feat. Matt Geise)
Burning Down the Nicotine Armoire Pt. 2
Reprogramming Mental Preprogramming
Skyhook
People You Know
They say never judge a book (or by extension, an [...]
Monday, September 3, 2007
Circa Survive - On Letting Go (2007)
This building smells so familiar…
Living Together
In The Morning And Amazing…
The Greatest Lie
The Difference Between Medicine And Poison Is In The Dose
Mandala
Travel Hymn
Semi Constructive Criticism
Kicking Your Crosses Down
On Letting Go
Carry Us Away
Close Your Eyes To See
Your Friends Are Gone
First they were “Holding Someone’s Hair Back,” now they’re “Living Together.” Between Juturna and “On Letting Go,” the [...]
Monday, August 27, 2007
Emanuel - Black Earth Tiger (2007)
Fang Shui
Whiteflag (intro)
Cottonmouth
Anathamatics
My Antapex
Scenotaph
Phobos
Abandonment Star
Let Them Die
Year of the Pig
Forever
Whiteflag (Reprise)
With a title variously described as sounding like a Mortal Kombat finishing move, a pose Jet Li might strike, or a post-apocalyptic robot terminator shaped like a feral cat, the press kit for “Black Earth Tiger” stresses one thing above all others: this ain’t your [...]
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Fair to Midland - Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True (2007)
Hailing from Sulphur Springs, TX, Fair to Midland’s ten year life as a band has seen them make the startling transformation from an ultra-alternative/experimental, bordering on “world music” jam band, into viciously melodic hard rockers with a healthy dose of every band member’s guilty pleasures, and a healthy appreciation for continued experimentation.
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Genghis Tron - Dead Mountain Mouth (2006)
The warlord’s ghost in the machine
The Folding Road
Chapels
From The Aisle
Dead Mountain Mouth
White Walls
Badlands
Greek Beds
Asleep On The Forest Floor
Warm Woods
Lake Of Virgins
This is basically the sound of tuning an FM radio from inside a 1980s mainframe. A soundtrack to uploading Genghis Khan’s consciousness to digital memory. [...]
Monday, January 29, 2007
The Swirlies - They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons (1996)
Just wild stuff, just really wild
French Radio
In Her Many New Found Freedom
No Identifier
Sounds Of Sebring
San Cristolbal De Las Casas
You Can’t Be Told It You Must Behold It
Pony
Do Any Of You Know Anything About Love?
Two Girls Kissing
Sterling Moss
Boys, Protect Yourselves From Aliens
Sunn
The Vehicle Is Invisible
Bonus Track (Untitled)
More delicate records from the shoegaze era are usually graffitied [...]
Friday, October 6, 2006
Brazil - The Philosophy of Velocity (2006)
Re-Loused in the Comatorium
On Safe-Cracking And Rubella
Crime (And The Antique Solution)
You Never Know
The Vapours
Cameo
Candles (Cast Long Shadows)
Au Revoir, Mr. Mercury
Captain Mainwaring
A Year In Heaven
The Remarkable Cholmondley Chute System
Breathe
Strange Days
Jonathon Newby must have a set of pitch pipes tuned to Cedric Bixler’s vocal cords, [...]
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Espers - II (2006)
Haunting folk brew
Dead Queen
Widow’s Weed
Cruel Storm
Children Of Stone
Mansfield And Cyclops
Dead King
Moon Occults The Sun
The dreary, sparkling world of Espers is as sharp and haunting a trip as a drop of blood falling from a blade of grass. “II” is a worthy follow-up to the acclaimed first Espers record, which [...]
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Deftones - Deftones (2003)
When they’re ripe…
Hexagram
Needles and Pins
Minerva
Good Morning Beautiful
Deathblow
When Girls Telephone Boys
Battle-axe
Lucky You
Bloody Cape
Anniversary of an Uninteresting Event
Moana
“White Pony” should stand as one of the best recordings made at the onset of the 21st century. Combining heavy metal guitars and futuristic electronica touches with the alternately [...]
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Mansun - Kleptomania [BOX SET] (2004)
Quite a steal. Worth every penny.
Disc 1
Getting Your Way
Slipping Away
Keep Telling Myself
Harris
Love Remains
Cry 2 My Face
No Signal/No Complaints
Home
Fragile
Wanted So Much
Good Intentions Heal The Soul
Disc 2
Take It Easy Chicken
Everyone Must Win
Closed For Business
Ski Jump Nose
Can’t Afford To Die
Railings
Flourella
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