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churippu · . Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 22 Location: Alabamy

Wauggh I can't stop listening to Blumchen. I accidently stumbled apon the profile on myspace and I was blown away by the catchy german happy hardcore music! I hear that the girl now does just regular pop music now.

dhex · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:30 pm Post subject:

grindcore with a drum machine, two keyboardists, guitar and singer that has weird little idm flourishes in part. it is ridiculously good.
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Wall of Beef · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:19 pm Post subject:

Is it as good as the album cover? Because a cover that good would make one assume that music is just as good.

dhex · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:58 pm Post subject:

yes. yes it is.

the full length is a bit more polished, it sounds better (the mixing is remarkably good) and considering all the drums are fruity loops, etc, yes.

one of hte dudes is in a band that i'd heard of before but i can't remember what.
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:03 pm Post subject:

I heard a few of their songs two months ago, they have too much mathcore (I hate the term "mathcore") in their sound for my liking.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Weren't they part of Indian Jewelry or some such tidbit?
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duckzero · . Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Where THEY live.

Wall of Beef · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:27 am Post subject:

helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

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OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

So I'm going to take this opportunity to plug my best friend's band, as it seems like there might be some people here that would be interested in it. Their name is The Concerta Circus, their MySpace profile with songs and such is located here, and, if I had to describe them, it would be with the terrm "reggae punk". I'm not sure if the music on their site is from their last show, but I helped them do their demo about a week ago and it sounded really rough (we made it in five hours by recording them through my camcorder and then ripping the audio from the tape) but the quality of the songs still kind of shone through in a way. The live stuff from their last show is really good though, and they're planning on recording a proper demo soon (plus they're going on tour throughout Texas, West Virigina, North Carolina, and everywhere in-between this summer... they could've played South by Southwest too but they didn't have a demo done in time).

If you decide to friend them, let 'em know that I sent you (my actual name's Rex by the way, if you tell them my forum handle they won't know who you're talking about).
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Wall of Beef · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:12 pm Post subject:

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Wall of Beef · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:35 pm Post subject:

Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Soundtracks for the Blind is a good start. Follow with Children of God, The Great Annihilator and Love of Life. The frontman, Michael Gira, also released a couple of solo albums. I recommend Drainland, then Solo Recordings at Home. Also consider World of Skin's Blood, Woman, Roses and Shame, Humility, Revenge as well as the Neurosis & Jarboe album.

If you're looking for something more folk oriented, his Angels of Light project is where its at.
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Wall of Beef · Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:52 am Post subject:

I am currently half way through "Soundtracks for the Blind", this album is so far fantastic. I can't really comment on it too much since I am only at track number 14 (the sound) of 26. It could be the name of the album "Soundtracks..." thats influencing me, but it does feel very cinematic. That each song was crafted around video segments. Plus the audio samples of old people chattering on about their problems also adds to that feeling. I mean who does'nt love hearing an old man talk about his detached retina? Ill add more comments once I am finshed with the album.

dhex · Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:26 am Post subject:

don't forget white light from the mouth of infinity!

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dongle · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 290

The Psychic Paramount

(thanks wfmu)

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

I've got a few albums I've been listening to an awful lot lately. They seem to aptly soundtrack the experience of being 23 with no job and living in my dad's back room.

Lou Reed - Berlin
Iggy Pop - The Idiot
Nico - Chelsea Girls
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson

That last one I don't even put back in the case, it just lives on top of my CD player, that's how much it gets listened to.

gutomatic · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 34 Location: Curitiba, Brazil

los hermanos, my favourite brazilian band.

Also Annuals - Be He Me, a very good debut album, Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming, and the new The Shins album.

baron patsy · . Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 58

The Decemberists' EP The Tain is really good.

antitype · . Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 292

Wall of Beef · Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:28 am Post subject:

antitype · . Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 292

One more thing: CROTCHDUSTER! (Cover art somewhat NSFW.)

Metal with all the irreverent, manic humor of The Mothers of Invention!
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Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

internisus · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 354

Antitype, I think I am going to go and rediscover Bjork as well. Debut has some great songs; Post is fantastic through and through, and it contains her first real bits of dark wonder in Cover Me and Headphones; I like the songs of Homogenic, but not really the style; Selmasongs is exhilerating; Vespertine is incredibly gorgeous and perfect for wintertime; Medulla didn't do much for me, but I love Oceania. Her Sugarcubes (they've been having reunion shows!) work was fun, too! I have the Family Tree box set that came out after Vespertine, and it includes some incredible recordings both in the sense of her history and just as very unusual or alternative takes you wouldn't normally hear. I'm going to go and put that set on now!

Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 4:32 pm Post subject:

helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

I'm going to track down that Clipse album and get back to everybody on how I feel about it. Pitchfork loved it, but Pitchfork doesn't seem to understand hip-hop a lot of the time, and they write like pricks. HarveyJames: Thanks for your input on it!

I've been listening to the Cirque du Soleil Beatles mash-up album "Love" ever since my roommate came home with it a week ago. If you like the Beatles a whole lot, and I do, this will be one of the most fun records you'll ever listen to simply because it invites a close-listening re-examination of the songs you are so familiar with deconstructed, reconstructed, meshed and mashed. The track that combines "Within You Without You" and "Tomorrow Never Knows" is a dream.
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antitype · . Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 292

Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:55 pm Post subject:

Tiresome is the word that I shall use for it. Like "the joke guy" in any group, the one who keeps starting up jokes because he has the idea that he's a genuinely funny social magnet but instead gets excluded from all activities because he just ruins the moment and causes everyone to roll their eyes and tries to look away and embarrassed to be associated with him.

I'd rather listen to Lawnmower Death. In fact, I'm listening to Mower Liberation Front right now.
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antitype · . Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 292

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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

My biggest problem with The Grey Album is that I like the white album and The Black Album so much better on their own. That having been said, I still really like it. "What More Can I Say" and "December 4th" work especially well on it.

The official helicopterp's Hell Hath No Fury report should be coming Tuesday or Wednesday, since a friend of mine is going to burn me a copy. This was after he left a message on my facebook wall calling the album "straight fire." We'll see.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:50 am Post subject:

Opinions differ as does taste in humour, antitype. You'll probably never change my mind on Crotchduster but you deserve props for trying. I think I'll just stick to the other duster, Bloodduster. No new album yet but Tony does have a real frostbitten tatt.

Now let's all be friends and put on a bit of

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duckzero · . Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Where THEY live.

I have some thoughts on the Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury album.

Honestly this is the hip hop album i've been waiting on all year. Moreso than the new Jay-Z, or the new Jeezy. The production is incredibly tight, the rhymes of Pusha and Malice are very, acceptable (I would prefer a little less cocaine talk, but it's not overpowering though). Yeah, they do sound the same, only because they are twins, and that adds a bit to the album, because I always listen extra hard to the lyrics to make sure i know who's spitting what. Which in turn made me appreciate them more. Overall, best hip hop album of the year.

And for a bonus, if anyone can pick up the We Got the Remix Mixtape by the Clipse, it's well worth it. I can send it to people who want it.

Danger Mouse is a solid producer for sure, although I have not heard the Grey Album, Danger Doom and Gnarles Barkley are testaments to his skill with Hip Hop.

For bonus points: Get the new Jeezy album, it's quite nice![/i]

Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

I like Gnarls Barkley but it doesn't seem like hip hop much at all.

The Danger Doom album is pretty good.

Hot Stott Bot · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 366 Location: Boston

Ebrey · . Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 38

There seems to be a recent trend of doing hip hop production on non-hip albums. Gnarls Barkely, both Gorillaz albums (the first is by Dan the Automator, the genius behind Dr. Octagon's beats, the second by Dangermouse), and a lot of Fugees/Lauryn Hill stuff can't be categorized as hip hop.

It's actually a damn smart way to get that hip hop energy and innovation into stale genres like pop and soul.

dongle · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 290

i can't stop listening to my neighbors on both sides of my dorm having sex Sad

i wish i could stop.

i've been listening to WFMU and discovered Gyorgy Ligeti. Well, his experimental electronic side, anyway. I think we all know him from Kubrick films.

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dhex · Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 8:03 am Post subject:

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