Lykathea Aflame - Elvenfris (2000)

or "the Good, the Great and the fucking Great"

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White Buzz - Book of Whyte

This band listens to their OM... one might say too much.


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Church of Misery vinyl

Did anyone else order Houses of the Unholy off of Rise Above? And has anyone still not received it?

Ulver - Live at Maihaugsalen (2009)

Bootleg of the first live Ulver set in 15 years at Lillehammer, Maihaugsalen in Norway.

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Keelhaul - live 1.31.2009

NEW. SONGS. new album out August 4th


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parody songs

never ever funny

Doomgasm

Black Math Horseman - Wyllt

The Wounded Kings - Embrace of the Narrow House

Subrig Destroyer - Rode Asunder EP

Eibon - s/t

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Harum Scarum - Mental Health

All female crust punk from portland. they lost a member and subsequent albums lost part of their appeal. i don't know if they're still active, but this first album of theirs is an excellent crust/punk record. i've also typed out the lyrics and included them in a file.



Caught in between someone else's lies and mine. This world makes sense about none of the time. I've learned everything backwards, hateful... my head is spinning out of control. I can't even see anymore. Not what is self-inflicted by fear. My sleep is broken, I can't even breathe. My sanity a token, inside and outside... by the the absence by the pain, by the absence by the pain. They say I've gone mad they give me pills to clear my head... cuz doctors know best... I can't trust myself... in the name of mental health.

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Top 5 1st-Gen Shoegaze Albums

"1st-Gen" meaning any/all groups formed prior to '93. These aren't listed in any specific order, but all fit somewhere in my top 5 list (although My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive are omitted, due to their position as leaders of the genre).


Catherine Wheel (formed '90) - Ferment (released '92)



Catherine Wheel are one of the best examples of the breadth that the shoegaze genre could achieve. While they surely have a very textured sound, often enough with that swirly/heady kind of vibe that shoegaze often gives off, they are also a very progression-conscious, sometimes even rock-oriented, band - there is movement in their music in addition to the haziness that a lot of other bands contained in this category are content to simply get lost in.

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Chapterhouse (formed '87) - Whirlpool (released '91)



Chapterhouse remind me a bit of a mix between The Jesus & Mary Chain's less-abrasive moments and Ecstasy & Wine-era By Bloody Valentine, meaning that there's a bit of a 60's-pop/playful kind of vibe accompanying the (occasionally) cacophonous background music. Altogether, its not at all harsh (as my evocation of The Jesus & Mary Chain may suggest), and I say "remind" because there is far more to this album than what I just said (the vocals in particular I think are quite good).

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The Ecstasy of St. Theresa (formed '90) - Sussurate (released '92)



With the exception of The Jesus & Mary Chain (from Scotland) The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa are the only group in this list that falls outside of England... and they are from Czechoslovakia (never saw that one coming). Their sound is a bit like Catherine Wheel's, in that each song has a rather definite progression/s, and I'd say that they are even more into the fusion of shoegaze and rock/indie than Catherine Wheel was - so much so that at times I'm pretty sure Dinosaur Jr. is their backing band. But despite their best attempts at incorporating something that was a bit different into a genre that was, at the time, very rigid, they can play as rigidly as the best of them (track 2 is a wonderful example of that). Almost drone-y, their meditations on distortion, paired with Katerina's almost ghost-like vocals, The Ecstasy of St. Theresa would be one of my top picks for accompanying a hallucinogenic experience.

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The Jesus & Mary Chain (formed '83) - Psychocandy (released '85)



These guys are pretty well known, but compared to MBV and Slowdive, they still fall to the wayside it seems. Which is unfortunate, because these guys are basically a perfect combination of MBV distortion and composition and Joy Division rhythm and, maybe half the time, vocals. And they're loud, too. In my opinion, these guys blow MBV out of the water when it comes down to sheer abrasive-ness... yet somehow it comes off as very mellow.

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Lush (formed '88) - Split (released'94)



Lush borders on Cocteau Twins territory at times. That's probably the first thing to get out of the way. They have a very prominent rhythm section, and quite a few vocal melodies going on, with some very trebly guitars contrasting the bass. Distortion wise, they're nothing to gawk at, and so with what I've just said I feel like these guys are a good example of the transition that shoegaze started going through around this time ('94/'95) - it got pop-ier, less distorted, but still has a distinctly distant kind of sound... perhaps that's due to the rather high female vocals, the very-low-presence/high-treble guitar, or the repetitive but not-highlighted use of crash cymbols, but there is something unmistakably shoegaze-y about this album, and its a real killer (especially track 3).

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

Put simply this is one of the best albums Týr has ever made. Somewhat akin to Amon Amarth if one replaced the word viking with pagan and substituted Týr's unique blend of progressive rock/viking metal for the death metal. Not much else to be said except that this album is very much Crom approved.

~re-upped~

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Thou - Through The Empires of Eternal Void [LP] + (2009)

Thou cover Black Sabbath. Thou cover Nirvana, Minor Threat, Agents of Oblivion & play some originals. Ep's included:
- Through the Empires of Eternal Void EP
- Degradation of Human Life EP
- Baton Rouge, You Have Much to Answer For EP

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Alestorm (2009)

Best pirate album of the year.

RIYL: Running Wild, Finntroll, Muppet Treasure Island, Hook, Pirates, The Pirate Movie, Swashbuckler, drinking, Secret of Monkey Island, Errol Flynn, etc.


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Zoroaster - Voice of Saturn (2009)

these guys appear to be no fun
i don't know how people could be so angry, they're angrier than i was after i watched CRASH for the first time, they're angrier than i was after my friend told me burn notice the spy show on the usa network was "interesting"

eyehategod is a great place to start when describing this band, unearthly trance/ehg.
i've listened to this album a shit load lately, and i loved dog magic, but i can already say this album eclipses that album several times over

track 3 skips for a second for me, or at least it does in my itunes. i love this fucking album
i can't wait to buy it
i can't wait to sit in my room listening to this and punching everything

ps i shan't be posting the new coalesce because if you want it you like shitty music and if you already have it you know it sucks

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Xela - The Illuminated (2009)

I've not yet listened, but much thanks to petya for providing the link. perhaps i'll write more later. atmospheric, long songs, horror soundtrack-ish.

update: so I listened, and yeah, this guy's good. two songs coming in 'round 40 minutes. the songs play like an unsettling movie score, only unlike most you've heard before. fans of sunn o))) etc should give it a listen. underrated, but not for long.

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Caturday morning cartoons

Tweak Bird - Reservations

Pretty awesome brother duo making very riff oriented jams. These guys have been touring with Big Business this year.



Enjoy and comics tomorrow!


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Asobi Seksu

So I really like shoegaze. A lot. And I've been pretty disappointed by every band that has come out since that genre's demise in, what, '92 (Catherine Wheel not counted)? Asobi Seksu, out of NYC, really makes me think that shoegaze, as a genre, is still a viable means of musical expression. Call me a pansy, a puss, whatever, I think these guys make some really phenomenal fuzzed-out pop music. About half of the lyrics are in Japanese (and if you've been watching my posts, you've probably figured out that I have a bit of an appreciation for what bands from Japan release), but honestly that literally plays no role here - I think this band just puts out really great music, and if it were in ancient greek or fucking swahili, I'd feel the same way.

Oh, and their name means something like "Playful Sex."


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The Warlocks - The Mirror Explodes (2009)

The LA 7 piece return with a new album.

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Supermachiner - Rust (2009)

Members of Converge try "post-rock".

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Isis – Way Through Woven Branches [Japanese Bonus Track] (2009)

For completeists.

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Baroness EPs

These 2 EPS are Baroness' first efforts and, in my opinion, are a bit better than the stuff they are releasing at the moment. I think I picked these up maybe 5 or so years ago at a show they played with Cursed.

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Second

SCRATCH ACID

EDIT:

thanks to medicate$leep, the shiny grey monotone blog and some other dude for providing links in the comments.

SCRATCH ACID  -  LIVE ALBUM 1   [a set from germany]   dl

SCRATCH ACID  -  LIVE ALBUM 2    [a set from chicago]   dl

SCRATCH ACID  -  GREATEST GIFT    dl

Cave - Psychic Psummer (2009)

New full-length from the Chicago band.

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thrones - live 5 20 2009

More live Thrones. More new material.


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UGK - Ridin' Dirty

hi. yeah. for whatever reason i'm compelled to listen to this album a lot lately, and its one of the few rap gems i've come across. front to back, an excellent listening experience with inspired melodies and genuine lyrics. instead of linking their myspace, i'm putting up a link to what may be their best song ("Diamonds & Wood").

this dl is from another and probably better blog but i had to re-d/l it recently and don't mind stealing because i'm sick and disoriented by body aches and eight pills. if all goes well, it'll kill me. One day you're here, then the next day you're gone...


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Bloodhorse - Horizoner (2009)

New album from the Boston trio.

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Keelhaul

New songs up. NEW ALBUM SOON

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G.A.T.E.S - God Admires The Evil Soul

G.A.T.E.S is a japanese metalpunk band formed with three metalheads and a punk guy.the bass player Mikami used to play for a progressive metal band called SALEM and now plays for a doom metal band CHURCH OF MISERY. Negishi, the singer, is ex.CHURCH OF MISERY. he also used to sing for a hardcore band ASSAULT.our drummer Samm used to play for SABBAT and SACRIFICE. now plays for a ghost of NWOBHM band MAGNESIUM and also for METALUCIFER.the guitar player Futatsugi used to play for a crusty hardcore band ANTI AUTHORIZE and also for LIFE.

Here's all 3 releases from this year in a single RAR for you.

G.A.T.E.S - Blood Sucker 7" (2009)
G.A.T.E.S & Burning Leather - Split 7" (2009)
G.A.T.E.S & Children Of Technology - Split 7" (2009)

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T O R T I S E - B E A C O N S O F A N C E S T O R S H I P ( 2 0 0 9 )

I'm still getting into it. TNT and Standards are still the best.


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Marjoe Gortner - Bad But Not Evil (1973)

This is an album i've been looking for since last May when I first saw the documentary Marjoe. Just recently I got ahold of it and its one of the best albums i've heard all year. Musically its solid 70s rock with a few blues numbers, but the true highlight is Marjoe's lyrics/delivery. As he was so burned in his life by religion, its a natural pick for lyrical inspiration and he plays with it to no end; clever arrangements that sound like church tunes get 180'd, songs about offering plates/cash-gouging, Jesus actually just oneself, etc. To this end as well is why there is a cover Jethro Tull's song 'Wind-Up' on here; being a huge Tull-head myself i'd just like to point out that this cover is not only fucking great but also the most poignant/surreal cover i've ever heard since Gortner as a child literally WAS this song.

Marjoe


Jethro Tull - Aqualung [Gold disc remaster] + Japanese bonus tracks


Tull

Christopher Lee

Dark sorcery from Isengard

Devils, Rogues & Other Villains (1998)
Revelation (2006)

Ender - Ender (2008)

can music be tragic?
can things from new zealand not suck?
THIS BAND IMMEDIATELY SAYS YES TO BOTH MY STUPID LEAD IN QUESTIONS EVEN THOUGH THE FIRST ONE MADE NO SENSE

the best thing about liking a band from new zealand is they'll never tour the us so i don't have to feel guilty for not going to see them when they come around because they're playing the same night i watch mtv roadrules/realworld challenge

fucking drone rock that seems heavier than anything crowbar ever did, its like if someone took a cave full of angry rocks and gave them a guitar this album would be created, now this isn't heavy like eyehategod is, its heavy like a long looooong build up can be and when the build up finally happens into one monster riff you actually FULLY appreciate what is going on, gritty music one could really get a good brooding session to


isis, pelican, what have you, phenomenal postmetal/drone/ whatever you call it 13 minute songs of perfect terraforming music

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Kubota - Watt is Love (2009)

i've decided to post the best bands that sent me music, so this is the second of three acts

the guy who sent me this email compared it to electric wizard and karma to burn
i don't know what karma to burn is but this isn't ew heavy, but its still very very good, reminds me more of oliveri fronted qotsa songs fast songs that are purposeful

this is another release that i REALLY like
french turbo rock described on their own site as nitro fueled tractor driven by obsolete robots, which to date is the best description of anything anywhere ever

not to mention they have such a good video its silly

Kubota - Spelling Aberration from butterwitch on Vimeo.

the whole having a video thing works out great because i can't describe or hype music for shit, so pressing play benefits everyone involved i say


kyuss/electric wizard/qotsa
some dude from some site called butterwitch sent me their album, its really good and hopefully he sends more like it, because if he sends me a bad album i'll ignore his emails from now on

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Collapse Under The Empire - Systembreakdown (2009)

straight outta nazi fucking germany comes collapse under the empire c.u.t.e.

they sent me an email along with a link to a very solid album(only listened once) and a package for the album including a review which is so professional and shit it makes our site's writers look like a bunch of jerkoffs(get it guys?)so needless to say i will be stealing from it when i make my own review, try and guess the points when i do it, it'll be a fun little game seriously how good are the Synth-pads on this album mix that with casual playfulness of the drums on further than the end of the world.

seriously mix those two things together!!!

this is another great post-rock album that will get lost in obscurity but i can say with certainty that this album is very strong i'm burning it to listen to on the way to nh this weekend


it also came with a weird wordpad interview with no credited source, so it kinda seems like they posted their own FAQS which is ...off putting
but don't worry about that because they make reeeeeeally good music AND their country sucks at soccer

i highly recommend this cd if you like eits, the wind up bird, hidden in buildings, domakesaythink, or the mercury program
just click play and if you don't like it fucking go eat sand on a beach ala bateman

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shit load oif bands sending in music

i'll upload everything today
lots of good music
one really bad band

i accidently deleted 2 emails from bands so if you're left out its because i fucked up
so please keep on me to upload your music

also send me a paragraph describing your band that you want people to read, try and get yourselves over in it

Viisikko - IIIII (2009)

Debut album from the Finns. Split album here.

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Pelican - Ephemeral (2009)

this will probably be taken down
so if they'll read this then hopefully they'll see what i write

sigh... where do i even start
this band had a metallica like fall from grace
this band got so bad i thought henry rollins joined them
this band went from so good to so bad it'd be like that guy's life who quit botch and joined minus the bear in reverse order

what the fuck happened? did mild success go to their heads??!?
also what is with the fucking eps in music lately? these eps aren't good enough to stand on their own, stop acting like 20 minutes of music is enough to get your fans to get their dick beatings out over

i'd call it lazy but i know thats not the case, how can an EP seem exhausted of ideas? i'm not talking about this album because i haven't listened to it but i'm talking about every release pelican has had except their first 3

now i'm not one of the people that bought into the hype of this band after australasia and revolted when they didn't release the same album
thats the biggest problem with people who are reformed hardcore fans(see everyone on lambgoat), they like the same thing over and over and hate when a band tries to expand a little and maybe grow they fucking breakdown emotionally and start a huge backlash on the band they over hyped to begin with

so when this band didn't release australasia2 people shit their pants, i LIKED throats firey something beckoned or whatever, its not like Peace Sells...but who's buyin' blow you out of the water but it was "good"

so whatever i'm doing a lot of typing for something that will be taken down, so whatever, stop sucking and re-releasing everything to cash in on the vinyl craze *glares at hydrahead*

listening to while i type this, its not the most groundbreaking release ever, but its definitely pretty.....i like it



TAKEN DOWN VIA REASONABLE REQUEST, the fact we even post unreleased albums to begin with is horse shit, thanks for never suing me

From Monument To Masses - On Little Known Frequencies (2009)

post rock is by far the least downloaded music on this site and i don't blame you guys outside of 5 bands everything sounds exactly the same, this band does something different, they sound like a more streamlined less silly hella, great help from electronic elements and samples/sound clips
this isn't slow paced ambient orchestral and this isn't soft build up eits stuff

at the very least this is an album you should listen to if you like the fucking champs and jackie-o mother fucker, hella/the advantage whatever

this album will have 20% of the dls the next album i'm going to post will have, but whatever


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Dark Night of the Soul

I figured I'd post this here, there's gotta be a few of the lucid visitors that might want this. It's a pretty solid album with some great guests (um, David Lynch? Iggy Pop?) not to mention that the record label it was supposed to be on has now canceled it's release & the dudes who made it are basically endorsing that it be given away, so enjoy


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Meat Puppets - Sewn Together (2009)

It's no "Too High To Die", but it's pretty damn good.

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Runhild Gammelsæter - Amplicon

Runhild Gammelsæter (Thorr's Hammer, Sunn0))), Khlyst) releases her first solo recording. The purpose was to create something organic – sound with and about life.
A lonely thing, like life, arisen from void. Stillness and a microphone, vocal chords. An idea, thoughts, a goal. Sounds of cycles of life and death, birth and cessation, described with terminology from physics, chemistry and biology. Creating by amplifying an infinitely small idea – creating an Amplimer, an Amplicon. Amplicons are pieces of DNA formed as the products of natural or artificial amplification events. Like evolution, giving rise to animal forms with ability to reproduce and die. Amplifying from a minute non-tangible idea something larger which may be experienced with the auditory sense. In physics, matter creation is the appearance of elementary particles in physical processes; the opposite of annihilation. Amplicon see Gammelsæter as a creation operator, increasing the number of particles in a given state, taking the operation necessary to amplify ideas to sound. Mixed by Tore Ylvisaker of Ulver.

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Nachtmystium - Doomsday Derelicts [EP] (2009)

Was told not to apologize.

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Minsk - With Echoes In The Movement Of Stone (2009)

sorry for so many posts.

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Y The Last Man 26-35 and Transmetropolitan 13-22

More Y


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More angry Spider Jerusalem/Warren Ellis.

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Ahkmed - Distance (2009)

New album from the Melbourne trio.

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Zenocide - Self-Titled (2009)

Sub-Corrupted, wall of noise, guttural droning hardcore sludge on HG Fact.
Props to this dude.

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And, a bonus link to their s/t cdr

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Well Then...

Aaron said...

you guys are stepping into dangerous hipster territory with this one.

Suck on this : 2 dance-punk releases



Japanese synth-heavy dance/rock with a little bit of that EMF feel. Some might refer to this kind of music as 'gay'.

Monica Uranglass - The Temptation X



Weird-sex and cocaine fueled and snotty as fuck. Contains some cool old school punk and bizarre movie samples.

(VMW)Virgin Mega-Whores

Maudlin of the Well - Part the Second [2009]

New Maudlin of the Well album posted on their website for free download. They're giving that suggested donation approach a shot like Radiohead did with In Rainbows, but Maudlin of the Well obviously need the donation quite a bit more so maybe people will actually consider it. Haven't heard it yet, but I'll drop some dollar bills on it.


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Heirs – Alchera (2009)

Debut album from this "post-whatever", Victoria, Australia quartet.

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Kongh - Shadows Of The Shapeless (2009)

The Swedes return with a new album.

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The Gutter Twins & The Noise-A-Go-Go's

The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia


The Gutter Twins kind of remind me of The National fused with some Nick Cave-y folk. Anyway, its got Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees/QOTSA notoriety and some other goof. Generally pretty mellow, with (I think) 1 more upbeat track on the album.

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The Noise-A-Go-Go's - Rock 'n' Noise Grind 'n' Roll


I won't lie - when I first heard about what these guys who used to be the noise outfit Gore Beyond Necropsy were trying to do, grind-rockabilly fusion, I wasn't sure it would work. But it does. Really well (granted its definitely more towards the grind/hard rock end of the spectrum for most of the album). And it needs not much more of an intro than that.

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hi guys

haven't been posting as much lately
mostly because nothing is better than
elton john - good bye yellow brick road
or
the flaming lips - at war with the mystics

so i don't know what to do, sorry guys

Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines (2002)

Olden gods revived via epic death metal.

Re-up requested
part I II

Horrific - Your Worst Nightmare (2009)

der Slasher Dave of the excellent Acid Witch returns on Razorback with some neato 80s/death metal riffage. Where you too busy ballin to post this one ax?

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High Dependency Unit - Metamathics

Awesome psychadelic/rock/experimental group. This album reminded me a bit of wildidlife's in that it starts out with a fairly straight-forward and catchy rocker before heading for far more experimental pastures.


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Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing

Awful names all around, but I like the tunes, which are a pleasing mix of pretty, hypnotic ambient sounds and simple beats with abrasive noise.


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Ten Grand - This Is The Way to Rule (2003)

Post hardcore form Iowa. If you like At The Drive In, Circus Lupus and the stuff _socrates_ posts, you'll probably dig this.


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Legend: Director's Cut (Tangerine Dream score)

This will be my 2nd film post and probably my last as there are much better things to post, but i'm making an exception in this case. All the hullabullo boils down to this being the best damn fan-restoration i've ever seen; its the closet one can get to seeing it in theaters when it was released. Legend back in the day had wonderful Tangerine Dream soundtrack that was shown theatrically in the US before Jerry Goldsmith was called in to do a rather unspectacular score which has been on DVD ever since and thus why this had to restored by fans. In the comments i've put the password/links required to compile this awesomeness and i'd suggest a service like Jdownloader to grab them all.

Finally, here are both the official & bootleg soundtracks courtesy of Vinnie Rattolle

Tangerine Dream official
TD bootleg