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That is a nice pick up! Love that Man Man album, even though I have to admit they are definitely a better live band then a studio band. The Morning Benders' new one is great too.

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Kool Keith—Black Elvis/Lost In Space
So far this is my least favorite Kool Keith album of the ones I've heard. It's not bad though, maybe it'll grow on me.

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Pat the Bunny is just so incredibly awesome.

I did really enjoy the Man Man album. I saw they are coming to town in September and it definitely sounds like something I would enjoy live.

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One EskimO - S/T (2009). Beautiful subdued British indie rock, hint of electronic elements with awesome vocals and songwriting.

They're fantastic live. I love their albums but I think they sound way better in person.

Well then...I should plan to make it to the show. Damn weeknight shows, it's on a Wednesday, 3 days after Pavement's Sunday night show.

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Blood Ceremony - S/T (2008)

Postulate, if you will, Black Sabbath riffage and Jethro Tull flutage fornicating wildly and producing female-fronted offspring who grew up to love doom metal. This, ladies and gents, no longer leaves the result to the imagination, and it's quite awesome to behear.


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Carl Anderson - Fantasy Hotel (1992)

Anybody who has seen Jesus Christ Superstar knows who this guy is, but you don't need any of that background to enjoy this surprisingly atmospheric entry into post-80's R&B. It's straightforward balladry in many places. but executed in such a way that every song remains a pleasure.


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Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues (1983)

A tad more accessible than Remain In Light, Fear Of Music, etc, but that's not necessarily a bad thing: it has a skittery sort of charm that grows over you like moss...in a good way.

To end off funk week,

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Sly & the Family Stone - A Whole New Thing

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Graham Central Station - Graham Central Station

New shipment in from my local hipster:

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Fine choices. Although Congratulations > Oracular.

I used to love Kasabian, they're still alright though.

Are all four of those bands British?

edit: whew, just three. What has gotten into me?

2*

Kasabian and Fictionplane

Latest Haul:

MC Chris- MC Chris is Dead (600th album woot)
Cornelius- Point
Shpongle- Tales of the Inexpressable (re-downloaded since my collection crashed)
Shpongle- Are you Shpongled?
Shpongle- Nothing Lasts...But Nothing is Lost
Mindless Self Indulgence- Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy
AFI- Crash Love (finally)
This Heat- Deceit
Koenjihyakkei- Angherr Shisspa
Frou Frou- Details

I stand corrected. I was counting MGMT because you said you liked them... :D

Amazing record!

I think when it comes to modern music, I prefer Americana. The great bands from the 00s are few and far between here. We have Arctic Monkeys, Mclusky and a few others though so it ain't all bad.

I posted about this in response to you posting about Shpongle in the weird music thread, but go get some Hallucinogen. It's the guy that does Shpongle's earlier project. Soooo good...I won't say better than Shpongle but it is up there.

And don't expect too much from Crash Love.

Edit: Here's a vid for those interested...Hallucinogen is much more in your face than Shpongle.

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The best thing I can say about this album is that I only threw up once after it finished.

I remember looking for some Attack in Black one day and the clerk replied "looks like we don't have any but we do have some Attack Attack". :/

The last couple of downloads i made were a couple of Muse albums.... yeah, i got converted, for better or for worse...lol.... let's see I think it was Absolution and Black Holes and Revelations... must be doing some more downloading REAL soon...

props to the genius who designed that logo. reads like "ttack Aattack." sounds like a star wars character.

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Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister

I loved The Boy With The Aarab Strap, so I thought I'd get this one next.

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Bathory - Nordland II

I never really liked Bathory's black metal stuff, so I thought I'd try some of the 'newer' viking metal. Can't say I'm impressed though...

american ghetto - portugal. the man

A couple albums off of the weird Voodoo Rhythm label

Movie Star Junkies - A Poison Tree

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The Monsters - 20 Years

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Reverend Beat-Man - Surreal Folk Blues Gospel Trash Vol. 2

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Swirlies - They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days In The Glittering World Of The Salons
This is my second Swirlies album. Blonder Tongue Audio Baton is great but this album just blows my head off! The arrangements and creativity on this album are incredible and it holds your attention throughout. Fantastic stuff.

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The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
The current stop on my journey through The Flaming Lips' back catalog. This album has a more crunchier guitar-driven sound and rawer production but the songs shine through brilliantly, and what great songs they are. I'm still trying to work out if there's an overall concept. A very consistent album and gives a good glimpse of what was to come next.

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Tim Buckley - Greetings From L.A.
I've been meaning to get into this guy for some time. This album was a steal at €3.99 so i couldn't say no. A really great passionate blues-rock album and his vocal style is pretty awesome.

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The Chemical Brothers - Further
Listening to this right now. Pretty good so far but nothing spectacular, it seems to be missing one of those awesome Chemical Brothers singles. Enjoyable none the less.

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Satyricon - The Age of Nero

Not a bad album, although Now Diabolical and Volcano are still way better. However, the song 'Black Crow on a Tombstone' has become my new favourite by the band.

Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist

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I've known about these guys since their debut album. But every time I listened to sound clips to gauge interest, it was never enough. I still don't get much enjoyment out of the sound clips for their debut. I've even heard a song or two and didn't really care for them. But a friend today mentioned he was interested in seeing them live tomorrow (he's a fan, seen them already) so I decided to sample some other albums and they seemed to appeal to me more. So I decided to get this and see if I'd be interested in going to the show.

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

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I think I've only heard one song from these guys, and it was from this album. I liked it, but wasn't really looking for music of the sort at the time. Now I'm on a quest for good summer music and maybe this will fit the bill? They seem to get a good amount of praise around MB.

Decided on a few other things as well:

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, Thats What I Am Not

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Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That

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Patrick Watson - Close to Paradise

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The Hudson Brothers - Totally Out of Control

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I've been meaning to listen to cream, and get into syl for a while. Arcade fire was spontaneous, and i haven't regretted it yet.

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The Church - Hologram Of Baal
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The Church - Sometime Anywhere
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Jane Monheit - The Lovers, the Dreamers and Me
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Yann Tiersen - Le Phare
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Told you so. I had that album on repeat for about a month and I still listen to it a lot.

What are you comparing this to? If you started with their recent albums and went backwards then this album probably does seem pretty raw...they progressively got more and more polished with each release. Transmissions From the Satellite Heart is even more crunchy than Clouds Taste Metallic. Go even further to In a Priest Driven Ambulance and it is allll about the guitars. What else have you heard?

Yeah i'll probably have that album on repeat over the next few weeks. It's an incredible album.

I started with their newer stuff and i'm working my way back, although i skipped Zaireeka because i can't find it on cd anywhere. I was comparing it to the likes of The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. The album has a nice production though, it almost feels live at times.

Enjoy City, it's a hell of an album that will leave your ears ringing with satisfaction and hearing loss :D

Anyhow my last grab was:

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Jeff Loomis - Zero Order Phase

The only solo album from Nevermore's guitarist. If it's anything like Warrel Dane's solo outing then I expect nothing but musical ecstasy.

I was bored, so I got more stuff. These should last me a while...

Giant Sand - Chore Of Enchantment
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Eluvium - Talk Amongst the Trees
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The Orb - Orbus Terrarum
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