^I also may pick up a Dukes of Stratosphear cd, their psychedelic alter ego band.

^ You reminded me that I've been digging those too:

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That's all I've been hearing these days. Well I had Sandinista! for more than 4 months, I still don't get I still haven't checked it out. I think I'm going to listen to it surely this week or the week after. Wait for the verdict =P

That's a great album. I haven't really been able to get into XTC though.

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Portishead S/T

May not be as good as Third (still undecided on this issue) but i do think it's better than Dummy. It's darker, more oppressive and more macabre, the sound of something creeping along a dark attic in the dead of night.

Download - Microscopic EP (1996)

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Damn I miss early Download. This is so awesome. A remix EP, though not in the sense that it's more techno/dancey...it's just different interpretations of the songs. Just as twisted as the originals. Some quite ambient, in fact.

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I basically live under a rock so only got around to listening to this today.Decent enough.

I just discovered that School of Seven Bells released a deluxe edition of Alpinisms with a new song and 9 new versions of songs from the album! For some reason every time I put this on I get carried away, the music connects with me more than just about anything I've heard. And now I have 10 new tracks to explore :) They're good too.

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Give it time and it'll bloom into one of your favourite releases this year. Genuinely deserves all the hype it gets.

^That just might be the coolest CD cover in history. I can't stop staring at it. ><

I donno if I already posted about it here, but I still am digging this album more and more:

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