^ Good choice!

dude, I love you.

because of Queens of the Stone Age, The Protomen, or both?

This is absolutely kick ass. Dirty Garage Rock that sounds as if you were in the same room as them.
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I really didn't think their newie would be any good but they have ditched the nu Metal riffs and upped the Electronic angle along with the reggae vibes. Me likeys.
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First album from the political hip hop act. Damn solid stuff.
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I remember getting that shortly after it came out, i played the bloody thing to death for about a month. It was a great record at the time. I've lost interest in QOTSA with the last couple of releases, but that album and Rated R still stand as great.

How are The Protomen? I haven't heard anything but the Megaman relation is a good sign.

Downloaded:
Refused - The Demo Comp.
Refused - The E.P. Comp.
Horse The Band - Desperate Living
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime (Courtesy of StoryMilo)
Some more Unicorns/Zzzz/Nicholas Common demos
ΤΡΥΠΕΣ - Πάρτυ Στο 13ο Όροφο - Οι Τρύπες Στο Παράδεισο
Matt & Kim - S/T
The Locust - S/T
Some Death From Above 1979 live shows and 8 bit remixes

Vinyl:
Live Oren Ambarchi
!!! single

Some of it is just redownloads to fill out missing tracks. Most I haven't been able to listen to yet. I'm also away from my turntable which is a bummer.

Dinosaur Jr.'s latest - Farm. They've still got it..

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The Red Light Sting - Hands Up, Tiger

Saw bardondude mention these guys, so I downloaded this album... and it's really fucking good.

because of the summer we went west, although i do give points for qotsa in retrospect.

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Pretty good, dunno how it compares to The Devil and God yet.