Lush

And now the second! Thank you, Davey!

For Lush's first proper full-length, the band opted to work again with Robin Guthrie. Though generally delightful, Spooky suffers from being bottlenecked into a dream-drift haze that isn't as convincing as the ones concocted by the likes of My Bloody Valentine and A.R. Kane. On paper the Guthrie/Lush collaboration seems like a match made in heaven; however, this lacks a punch and balance that begins to frustrate by the latter half. Whatever dynamics Lush appear to be capable of are rendered limp by Guthrie's sonic razing. Saving the record from being buried is a batch of quality songs. Despite its faults, it's more hit than miss. It's easy to criticize the lack of drive, but the drifting nature is rapturous in spots. Regardless, the draftiness is relied upon too often.

The three singles released from the LP ("Nothing Natural," "For Love," and "Superblast!") showcase the aggressive side, if only through a relative nature. As with much of the band's early material, guitars dart and veer all over hell's half acre -- just as you hear a gentle strum in one ear, another guitar whisks by like an overhead jet, only to be grounded to a halt by a swollen jolt from some netherworld. If stripped of its myriad effects, "For Love" would sound like a top-rate Go-Betweens song, filled with lovely jangles and smart songwriting. Closer "Monochrome" is a melancholy ballad whose cousin is Catherine Wheel's "Black Metallic." Beneath all the swooning and swaying, it almost suckers you into missing the cheesy "dum-dum-dum" drum lead-in to the choruses, airlifted out of your least favorite Top 40 schlock ballad circa '86. Those devils!

Review Courtesy Of AllMusic.Com

Artist: Lush

Album: Spooky
Genre: Shoegaze

Track Listing:

1. "Stray" – 2:07
2. "Nothing Natural" – 5:54
3. "Tiny Smiles" – 4:26
4. "Covert" – 3:34
5. "Ocean" – 4:49
6. "For Love" – 3:29
7. "Superblast!" – 4:07
8. "Untogether" – 3:33
9. "Fantasy" – 4:27
10. "Take" – 3:28
11. "Laura" – 3:22
12. "Monochrome" – 5:05

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Slowdive

David has given us shoegaze! Thank you David! Here is the first album!

Though not as big and swirling as Just for a Day, there's more of an attempt to put advanced song structure and melody in place rather than just craft infinitely appealing, occasionally thunderous mood music. Everything is simplified, as if Brian Eno's presence on two songs -- he contributes keyboards and treatments and co-wrote one tune after turning down the band's invitation to produce -- hammered home the better aspects of "ambient" music. This is no Music for Airports though. On the opening "Alison," the largely uplifting "When the Sun Hits," and the darkly blissful "Machine Gun," Slowdive are still capable of mouth-opening, spine-tingling flourishes. They've found a way to be quiet, moving, and aggressive simultaneously, mixing trance-like beauty with the deepest delayed guitar sounds around, a sound at once relaxing, soothing, and exciting, and most of all harshly beautiful.

Review Courtesy Of AllMusic.Com

Artist: Slowdive

Album: Souvlaki
Genre: Shoegaze

Track Listing:

1. "Alison" – 3:52
2. "Machine Gun" – 4:28
3. "40 Days" – 3:15
4. "Sing" – 4:49
5. "Here She Comes" – 2:21
6. "Souvlaki Space Station" – 5:59
7. "When the Sun Hits" – 4:47
8. "Altogether" – 3:42
9. "Melon Yellow" – 3:53
10. "Dagger" – 3:34
11. "Some Velvet Morning" – 3:23
12. "Good Day Sunshine" – 5:08
13. "Missing You" – 4:15
14. "Country Rain" – 3:34

Bonus Disc:
1. "Some Velvet Morning" – 3:23
2. "So Tired" – 4:03
3. "Moussaka Chaos" – 6:24
4. "In Mind" – 3:45
5. "Good Day Sunshine" – 5:08
6. "Missing You" – 4:15
7. "Country Rain" – 3:34

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Thunderbolt

The album is Demons & Diamonds. I dunno what it is or where it comes from, but it sounds like Power Metal and durry wanted it up.

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Harvey Danger

You may have heard of them. Well, to be honest, you probably haven't. But I'm sure you know the song Flagpole Sitta, which was all over the place in the late '90s and was used as the theme song for the genius British sitcom Peep Show. The album I'm posting today doesn't actually have that song on it but you'll like it anyway.

Harvey Danger are an indie rock band from Seattle. Little By Little is their third full-length studio album, and in 2005 they released it as a free download from their website - before Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead made it cool.

It's a nice little album, and well worth a listen. And at least it's not noise. I mean, who the fuck wants to listen to Masonna? (Lolicat touches little boys.)

Artist: Harvey Danger

Album: Little By Little
Genre: Indie Rock

Track Listing:

1. "Wine, Women, and Song" – 3:15
2. "Cream and Bastards Rise" – 3:17
3. "Moral Centralia" – 4:27
4. "Little Round Mirrors" – 5:15
5. "Happiness Writes White" – 3:09
6. "Incommunicado" – 2:16
7. "Cool James" – 3:26
8. "What You Live By" – 3:04
9. "War Buddies" – 4:25
10. "Diminishing Returns" – 5:13

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To Kill a Petty Bougeoisie

If you're on the metal forum, these are the guys in Actumen's sig. He gave me the download link today off of his blog, so I thought I'd share this with you. It's great haunting dark ambient stuff, with female vocals.

The Patron:
http://www.mediafire.com/?0ej1jm1ungk

Lazy post, so fuck you.

Björk

Starting out at the tender age of 11, Björk has since appeared in various Icelandic pop outfits, of which The Sugarcubes gained some international acclaim. Following the break-up of The Sugarcubes, Björk has pursued a solo career which has seen her go from basic dance-pop to classical instrumentation and avant-garde experimentation. Whatever mode her music takes, however, it always carries the mark of modern pop's most singular innovator, Björk.

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Emilie Simon

If my words are not that clear
I know my hearts is understading every little kiss
Of you

Just a sunny day in Paris
Please give back to me
I don't need to be romantic
I just have to be me

My lover is gone
But I'm not on my own
With all this little kisses of you
My lover is gone
But I'm not on my own
With all this little kisses of you

Émilie Simon born in Montpellier in 1978, is a French singer and composer of electronic music.

The daughter of a sound engineer, Émilie grew up in Montpellier, France. She studied lyric singing at a Conservatoire for seven years before studying ancient music at the Sorbonne and later electronic music at the IRCAM; she tried her hand at jazz and rock until finally turning herself towards electronic music. She concluded her advanced studies, obtaining her DEA in contemporary music.

This is her debut album, self-titled Émilie Simon. It was a commercial and critical success, and features such stand-out tracks as Flowers, Dancers in the Rain (one of the most emotionally affecting songs I've heard for a while) and a wonderful cover of I Wanna Be Your Dog.

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Masonna

Masonna is, if anything, more harsh than Merzbow, but his tracks tend to be shorter (Tripsy Sunshine is an exception), often being under 2 minutes in length. However, this makes the album matter more than the individual song, and as such, a Masonna album can only be described as an experience best lived through oneself. Masonna takes no prisoners.

Sonic Devil
http://www.mediafire.com/?cwutw2mtmyo

Tripsy Sunshine

http://www.mediafire.com/?fzjtromktqg

Shock Rock

http://www.mediafire.com/?augykmmmazw

Merzbow

Probably Merzbow's most famous recording, and certainly the most popular that I can tell, Pulse Demon is a sumptuous exercise in harsh noise. Whereas other Merzbow recordings might feel undercomposed, or rushed, given Akita's prolific work-rate, Pulse Demon is the work of a master at ease with his talent. As always, the tracks were personally mastered by Akita above and beyond normal quality levels so as to work better at high volumes.

1. "Woodpecker No. 1" – 6:42
2. "Woodpecker No. 2" – 3:37
3. "Spiral Blast" – 4:30
4. "My Station Rock" – 4:54
5. "Ultra Marine Blues" – 11:29
6. "Tokyo Times Ten" – 11:09
7. "Worms Plastic Earthbound" – 24:53
8. "Yellow Hyper Balls" – 6:03

Midori

As introduced to me by our beloved Han Wu Ti, Midori are a hardcore/punk band with a touch of jazz. Now, ignoring genre, as 'hardcore' will more than likely put you off, brave Beardians... It's more like a more reserved, non-electronic Melt Banana. It's fun, and you have a Lolicat seal of approval on it!

http://www.mediafire.com/?ytlo7x39o9z - first album
http://www.mediafire.com/?y13lvjdgjsq - second album
http://www.mediafire.com/?mpav5uymupy - third album
http://www.mediafire.com/?nmbbyhiy3o0 - fourth album

The Clash

When they kick out your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head?
Or on the trigger of your gun?

London Calling is the third album by English punk rock band The Clash, released December 14, 1979, on CBS Records in the UK and in January 1980 on Epic Records in the United States. The album represented a change in The Clash's musical style, and featured elements of ska, pop, soul, and reggae music. The album's subject matter included unemployment, racial conflict, drug use, and the responsibilities of adulthood.

The album received positive reviews and was ranked at number eight on Rolling Stone' list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003. London Calling was a top ten album in the UK, and its lead single "London Calling" was a top twenty single. It has sold over two million copies worldwide, and was certified platinum in the United States.

Give 'Em Enough Rope, for all of its many attributes, was essentially a holding pattern for the Clash, but the double-album London Calling is a remarkable leap forward, incorporating the punk aesthetic into rock & roll mythology and roots music. Before, the Clash had experimented with reggae, but that was no preparation for the dizzying array of styles on London Calling. There's punk and reggae, but there's also rockabilly, ska, New Orleans R&B, pop, lounge jazz, and hard rock; and while the record isn't tied together by a specific theme, its eclecticism and anthemic punk function as a rallying call. While many of the songs -- particularly "London Calling," "Spanish Bombs," and "The Guns of Brixton" -- are explicitly political, by acknowledging no boundaries the music itself is political and revolutionary. But it is also invigorating, rocking harder and with more purpose than most albums, let alone double albums. Over the course of the record, Joe Strummer and Mick Jones (and Paul Simonon, who wrote "The Guns of Brixton") explore their familiar themes of working-class rebellion and antiestablishment rants, but they also tie them in to old rock & roll traditions and myths, whether it's rockabilly greasers or "Stagger Lee," as well as mavericks like doomed actor Montgomery Clift. The result is a stunning statement of purpose and one of the greatest rock & roll albums ever recorded.

--Review courtesy of AllMusic.com

Listen to this. Even David likes it.

Artist: The Clash

Album: London Calling
Genre: Punk Rock

Track Listing:

1. "London Calling" – 3:19
2. "Brand New Cadillac" – 2:09
3. "Jimmy Jazz" – 3:51
4. "Hateful" – 2:47
5. "Rudie Can't Fail" – 3:26
6. "Spanish Bombs" – 3:18
7. "The Right Profile" – 4:00
8. "Lost in the Supermarket" – 3:47
9. "Clampdown" – 3:50
10. "The Guns of Brixton" – 3:07
11. "Wrong 'Em Boyo" – 3:10
12. "Death or Glory" – 3:55
13. "Koka Kola" – 1:45
14. "The Card Cheat" – 3:51
15. "Lover's Rock" – 4:01
16. "Four Horsemen" – 3:00
17. "I'm Not Down" – 3:00
18. "Revolution Rock" – 5:37
19. "Train in Vain" – 3:11

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