tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71577794152829552362023-11-15T22:14:33.785-08:00Flacasaurusdsmizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03534800401458031006noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-53389958470763538612010-10-24T17:34:00.000-07:002010-10-24T23:51:41.620-07:00LCD Soundsystem - 45:33 (2007)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4c6yzqT3W1qb9iivo1_500.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 500px;" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4c6yzqT3W1qb9iivo1_500.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I saw LCD Soundsystem last weekend at the <a href="http://www.treasureislandfestival.com/2010/index.php">Treasure Island Music Festival</a>. Apparently this is James Murphy's last tour as LCD Soundsystem and I implore you to see them live. The show was sick-nasty/bittersweet. Sick-nasty because they completely rocked the house and bittersweet because all I wanted was more.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This album was commissioned by Nike as an album to jog to. We'll I haven't jogged to it but I can assure you it can accompany a host of other activities, most of which don't require so much movement and energy. You'll notice the nascent version of Someone Great as a theme throughout, thanks Nike!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">LCD I love you but you're bringing me down. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">LCD I love you but you're bringing me down. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Like a rat in a cage, earning minumum wage.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">LCD I love you but your giving me <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JJE82U9M">FLAC</a></div>dsmizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03534800401458031006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-71522001614011082872010-10-14T06:45:00.000-07:002010-10-14T07:10:20.354-07:00Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun (2000)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_810GB-ypniw/TLcLCqmIsMI/AAAAAAAAADc/G6U_TcrR43w/s1600/418wP32nptL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_810GB-ypniw/TLcLCqmIsMI/AAAAAAAAADc/G6U_TcrR43w/s320/418wP32nptL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527899208042459330" /></a><br /><br />One of the most psychedelic albums ever made and another one of my all-time favorites. Be warned though, most of the brain-altering is done in the form of quite loud fuzzy noise that descends into chaos from time to time. It always comes back, however, returning to waves of bliss and tribal percussion. Another warning: listening to this while operating a motor vehicle may result in excessive speeds and volume.<br /><br />Get it in <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XK0G1QD2">FLAC</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-32179635956805115552010-09-23T09:26:00.000-07:002010-09-23T10:03:34.177-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_810GB-ypniw/TJuCEYjbDsI/AAAAAAAAADU/j-aLc8wcvl0/s1600/61rw5WheuFL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_810GB-ypniw/TJuCEYjbDsI/AAAAAAAAADU/j-aLc8wcvl0/s320/61rw5WheuFL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520148780094787266" /></a><br /><br />Let's try this once more with <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DIRO9INI">FLAC</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-14303146208188156572010-09-04T21:07:00.000-07:002010-09-04T23:26:41.984-07:00The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://hoovesontheturf.com/wp-content/2010/01/the-tallest-man-on-earth-the-wild-hunt-album-cover.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">So a few months ago I was listening to this college radio station called <a href="http://wrmc911.blogspot.com/">WRMC 91.1</a>, have ya heard of it? </div><div><br /></div><div>There was this guy named David spouting his mouth off about some folk singer who kinda sounded like Bob Dylan but had a voice ten times better than Dylan could've even dreamed. Needless to say, I curiously acquired the album. </div><div><br />Turns out, <i>The Wild Hunt</i> by The Tallest Man on Earth is really, really good. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's even better in <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7NFZR19D">FLAC</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>dsmizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03534800401458031006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-43340633547125930142010-08-27T18:33:00.000-07:002010-08-27T20:43:21.961-07:00Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela (2006)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZPXVS3RSL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 443px;" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZPXVS3RSL.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So I had the absolute pleasure of seeing Rodrigo y Gabriela last weekend at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA. Rod Gab has been one of the acts I have wanted to see most for the past 3 or 4 years and finally that desire came to fruition. Some people say that things are better when you are forced to wait. I think that's bullshit. If I could consistently see Rodrigo y Gabriela every weekend I would be one happy motherfucker. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Their stage presence is amazing. It's so blatantly obvious that these two grew up metal heads. Every time Rodrigo or Gabriela took a solo they would get on the edge of the stage, throw a foot up on a monitor, and shred right in the faces of the audience. Luckily enough, I was two people from the stage and got to experience the full brunt of their mastery. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My only criticism from the show: turn those speakers up to 11, dammit!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R2D5AZMT">FLAC</a>. </div>dsmizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03534800401458031006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-76106336393933996392010-08-25T12:20:00.000-07:002010-08-25T12:35:02.399-07:00Tame Impala - Innerspeaker (2010)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bossorbollocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/tame_impala_innerspeaker.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 390px; height: 390px;" src="http://bossorbollocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/tame_impala_innerspeaker.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I heard these guys on the radio of all places and immediately was struck by how much the lead singer, Kevin Parker, sounds like John Lennon. I'm not sure if he achieves this through skillful effects manipulation or it's just a similarity, but no matter what I dig these guys. They've got psychedelic sounds straight out of Abbey Road, yet remain poppy enough to be opening for the likes of the Arcade Fire or Yeasayer. Definitely a band to keep an eye on.<br /><br />Get it in <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TPGFGRR5">FLAC</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-19333914938634274502010-08-18T10:24:00.001-07:002010-08-18T10:46:02.874-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.head-case.org/forums/members/salt-peanuts-albums-album-arts-picture2942-built_to_spill-t.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 340px; height: 340px;" src="http://www.head-case.org/forums/members/salt-peanuts-albums-album-arts-picture2942-built_to_spill-t.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Equal parts slacker non-sequitur and existential burden (eg: "I wanna think what I should know.") And some good old-fashioned overdriven guitars. One of my favorites of all time.<br /><br />Get it in <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D82VJ95I">FLAC</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-55683830968026757842010-07-19T13:44:00.000-07:002010-07-19T14:27:01.231-07:00Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBUgDA8m-a5CXc0jPd3d_q6K08tKvQxv0rNidD_zc6mnX803zBWsxSrMA2zEujz5t_0cm3cRtxH9koZWt6k8vXi_OHde97PaMbAgi0YnEDscEy8ihm-hZy6Cm1gouLqE4tKd2Fn-_pwU/s1600/front.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBUgDA8m-a5CXc0jPd3d_q6K08tKvQxv0rNidD_zc6mnX803zBWsxSrMA2zEujz5t_0cm3cRtxH9koZWt6k8vXi_OHde97PaMbAgi0YnEDscEy8ihm-hZy6Cm1gouLqE4tKd2Fn-_pwU/s400/front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495726796955477538" border="0" /></a>If you're white and you know about Nusrat, it's probably because you've heard <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7kyxXvGwrzvTqyOEy-feyTmv8K50GJpx1C6BvdZUap2OfK3gR2barRUFw6miA9KwDif3o5KiL_lPSqu5aKQPHjVFhpCBslxDGc66wAlN49Yj8U89-PsfU8pzBjpjry69SoPlkjgy1FLy/s1600-h/JeffBuckley.gif">this guy</a> claim "Nusrat is my Elvis" on the live album he recorded <a href="http://www.sin-e.com/index.html">here</a> in 1993.<br /><br />He's the most famous Pakistani and Sufi singer of all time. And while he's especially renowned for his devotional music, Qawwali, <span style="font-style: italic;">Mustt Mustt (1990)</span> represents his first shot at Qawwali/Western fusion. <br /><br />He's not saying believe in God, but you better believe that when God spins this album he turns up the bass and listens in <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4YMIHJ7K">flac</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-90606266860186866712010-07-15T10:55:00.000-07:002010-07-15T12:09:22.898-07:00<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://www.culturebully.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/roots-how-i-got-over-cd-cover-album-art.jpg" /></span></div><div><br /></div><div>This album fires up straight struggle the whole way through. At first, titles like "Walk Alone", "Dear God (2.0)", "Now Or Never", and "How I Got Over" got me thinking that I was about to drop the needle into some low-fi country rubbish. Helllllllz no, Flac friends. We got John Legend and Yim Yames spitting, plus tons of other concrete hustlers. So fire funk your zipper and <b><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?f=GVF8P8HH">bust a bluesy nut on this shit</a></b>. </div>jom139http://www.blogger.com/profile/01645671010655304335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-32837531239725537522010-07-01T07:15:00.000-07:002010-07-01T07:32:29.936-07:00We might have to be hush hush about this one.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_810GB-ypniw/TCyjQfJUGYI/AAAAAAAAADE/gSaCfvzVRQI/s1600/bksout.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_810GB-ypniw/TCyjQfJUGYI/AAAAAAAAADE/gSaCfvzVRQI/s320/bksout.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488941549491591554" /></a><br /><br />Oh man, oh man. This one is blowing my mind as I write this. Everything you could want from them without being a repeat of territory covered. <br /><br />You can find it elsewhere easier enough, but it's <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KOY2QP3I">here</a> for easy gettin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-91614427910261392692010-06-13T13:08:00.000-07:002010-06-13T13:15:43.131-07:00Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fVJDafiu-HM/SNE1IrOH3ZI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/6e3rz2As2v0/s400/StereolabEmperorTomatoKetchup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fVJDafiu-HM/SNE1IrOH3ZI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/6e3rz2As2v0/s400/StereolabEmperorTomatoKetchup.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Stereolab was one of the first bands to be described as post-rock, but fans of the genre today would be at a loss trying to listen to them on that information alone. Instead, the band operates in the same jazzy electronic niche as Tortoise and Broadcast. They're notable for using analogue synths and drum-machines from the early 70's to get their lounge-inspired krautrock noise. Start with Metronomic Underground (obviously, it's the first cut), but all tracks on the album deserve multiple listens.<br /><br />Get it in <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EQJTLDVX">flac</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-46954742865761330572010-06-11T12:18:00.000-07:002010-06-11T12:26:16.648-07:00You Know Them Stakes Is High<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://rensoul.com/images/02222009-timeless.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 475px; height: 606px;" src="http://rensoul.com/images/02222009-timeless.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This isn't flac because <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R2XFN2NL">it</a>'s not an audio file, but you'll want <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PYRTBWZU">it</a> anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-18170328740064847332010-06-08T04:48:00.000-07:002010-06-08T04:53:51.402-07:00The Wood Brothers - Up Above My Head<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYRE_D4b7U5jKEaHjxcvjzP5zTRWUEPV9C0EdmrN3zZdRq7iJ53ADYt8i5jmVL4PjlyftHJIBM5aFiVY6NIld6GpvTXLXznFiV4r5dtqAXf_s5Uj8OQbtsBSV1OhwJ38OgcR2fBkZSw4S/s1600/Up-Above-My-Head-by-The-Wood-Brothers_ZJH4BxaLw44x_full.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYRE_D4b7U5jKEaHjxcvjzP5zTRWUEPV9C0EdmrN3zZdRq7iJ53ADYt8i5jmVL4PjlyftHJIBM5aFiVY6NIld6GpvTXLXznFiV4r5dtqAXf_s5Uj8OQbtsBSV1OhwJ38OgcR2fBkZSw4S/s320/Up-Above-My-Head-by-The-Wood-Brothers_ZJH4BxaLw44x_full.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480369699336244866" border="0" /></a>The Wood Brothers are amazing as <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VXTAVO0P">always</a>.nedwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15774178399036640556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-13940715088932669882010-06-08T04:44:00.000-07:002010-06-08T04:48:04.599-07:00Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - I learned the Hard Way<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfqzdm7gjqluZennugfX-X8jp_pwfMEt-y0s2bSGknvt1huWcw6cEfQnVywCSUf6RlU8mTq59Dxh2o4_5sdOaadWLwzoDnwYDylBHRcaaYRXtQGXBbrmVofIeQumd2LmlZL1KT2FrTQH1/s1600/i-learned-the-hard-way.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfqzdm7gjqluZennugfX-X8jp_pwfMEt-y0s2bSGknvt1huWcw6cEfQnVywCSUf6RlU8mTq59Dxh2o4_5sdOaadWLwzoDnwYDylBHRcaaYRXtQGXBbrmVofIeQumd2LmlZL1KT2FrTQH1/s320/i-learned-the-hard-way.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480367584632591218" border="0" /></a>Ive seen her live now 3 times in about 2 months and she killed it every time. One of the most fun live performances. Check out their latest album <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9B7L1BKQ">here.</a>nedwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15774178399036640556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-38252468053547649012010-06-07T09:31:00.001-07:002010-06-07T11:24:40.006-07:00Phil Spector<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxqXqFjQL3LkuI6IPhozfW4gzq6mlVf_eqRGmdzjbYfu__3L0lEeG5Rpr6MlnuNVZEEOoLcnoPWBNWOcGCOvERoWXZZ8ZbzYupwV8INPExzETHukaxL4YtKtZGxSPbVgCuSlZtx_YkJEQw/s1600/cm-capture-31.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxqXqFjQL3LkuI6IPhozfW4gzq6mlVf_eqRGmdzjbYfu__3L0lEeG5Rpr6MlnuNVZEEOoLcnoPWBNWOcGCOvERoWXZZ8ZbzYupwV8INPExzETHukaxL4YtKtZGxSPbVgCuSlZtx_YkJEQw/s320/cm-capture-31.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480071200090589026" /></a>Look at this man- he doesn't give a fuck what you think of him. Yeah, he shot an actress and is serving 19 to life, but before the wigs, the reclusion, and the psychosis, he made some of the sweetest jams put on vinyl. Working with The Ronettes, The Crystals, The Righteous Brothers, The Beatles, and even The Ramones, Phil Spector created a sound that the last 50 years of pop music has tried to replicate, again and again. Trouble is, no one can do it quite like the <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V5G7IN36">master</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-90527808037618743482010-05-31T09:08:00.000-07:002010-05-31T09:26:41.557-07:00Titus Andronicus - The Monitor<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bytener.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Titus_andronicus_The_Monitor_album_cover.jpg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://bytener.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Titus_andronicus_The_Monitor_album_cover.jpg.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div>Though Titus Andronicus' newest album, <i>The Monitor</i>, is the most dynamic punk album I've heard in a while (5 of the 10 songs are over 7 minutes long!), it can be boiled down to a simple RIYL equation: </div><div><br /></div><div>The strained vocals and lyricism of Conor Oberst + the drunken snarl and occasional bagpipe of the Dropkick Murphy's + the large-scale songwriting of fellow New Jersey native Bruce Springsteen = Titus Andronicus</div><div><br /></div><div>Now add that solution into the following equation:</div><div><br /></div><div>Titus Andronicus + Ear-bleeding volume + Whiskey on the rocks + PBR = Just want you want in life.</div><div><br /></div><div>or</div><div><br /></div><div>Titus Andronicus + Night + Driving + Open Highway = Excessive speeds and a good time</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks Eric for the recommendation. I can't stop spinning this. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NRJ7F7Z6">FLAC</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>P.S. Kit Wilson would be so proud. The whole album has Civil War themes spun throughout it. The Monitor was the ship that fought the Merrimack in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads">Battle of Hampton Roads</a>. Also note the clips from Lincoln's speech in "A More Perfect Union." </div><div><br /></div><div> I ask you: what more could a liberal arts graduate want in a punk album? </div>dsmizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03534800401458031006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-5910147698325916982010-05-26T14:07:00.001-07:002010-05-27T07:09:19.863-07:00Lou Reed- Street Hassle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCox68NJePQ1QflJpIc-7JzUsDd0ip84DSHEQM_nHR2ILWArarbnmrhrJNah3y6YF4bk_RhlksnlwxBiO48BBChCWLjxHHBu_euKFJRKTCAJuUUjmMKMDnrzwFDP98-yJJXDFxW2E1Bcju/s1600/REED+Lou+1978+STREET+HASSLE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCox68NJePQ1QflJpIc-7JzUsDd0ip84DSHEQM_nHR2ILWArarbnmrhrJNah3y6YF4bk_RhlksnlwxBiO48BBChCWLjxHHBu_euKFJRKTCAJuUUjmMKMDnrzwFDP98-yJJXDFxW2E1Bcju/s320/REED+Lou+1978+STREET+HASSLE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475951489351378242" /></a><div><br /></div>Lou Reed had it tough after leaving the Velvet Underground- how do you follow up some of the best rock and roll ever recorded? Instead of playing it straight, he got weird, glamming it up with Bowie on Transformer and inventing noise rock on Metal Machine Music. In 1978, he released Street Hassle. The album is flawed, sure, but Lou never really made masterpieces. He's as broken and dirty as his characters, all used up and ready for more. Here, especially on the title track, he's doing what he does best: finding beauty in the tragic, the absurd, and rocking the shit out of it. And speaking of that title track, that little beatnik rap thrown in at the end is delivered by none other than Mr. Bruce Springsteen. The song itself is epic enough, one of Reed's best, but The Boss really sets it over the edge. <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=70TE0BF2">Check it.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-48756010493115898022010-05-24T09:03:00.001-07:002010-05-24T09:14:20.914-07:00Hip Hachet - Men Who Share My Name<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bandcamp.com/files/18/42/1842960873-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 350px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/files/18/42/1842960873-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Here's a new one from one of our favorite Jerseyites (I said <i>one of</i> aK, don't get defensive), Philippe Bronchtein with his folk project, Hip Hatchet. <i>Men Who Share My Name </i>is a lovely offering from him, complete with beautiful melodies, introspective lyrics, and great production quality. <div><br /></div><div>I definitely see a lot of Nick Drake and Leonard Cohen influences in here, which is never a bad thing, yet Hip Hatchet definitely retains a unique quality in the vocal harmonies that I think are the gem of the record. </div><div><br /></div><div>Usually we post albums up here in FLAC to download but I'm going to link this to Hip Hatchet's bandcamp page where you can give it an initial listen then buy it at a price you like (minimum 2 bones). After all, the money goes to a good cause...we all know how haggard Philippe is. </div><div><br /></div><div>Oh, and you can get it in <a href="http://hiphatchet.bandcamp.com/album/men-who-share-my-name">FLAC</a>. </div><div><div><br /></div></div>dsmizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03534800401458031006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-6003245879330022462010-05-09T19:50:00.001-07:002010-05-09T20:45:47.638-07:00More on the hush hush<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pinpointmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/LCD-Soundsystem-This-Is-Happening-300x300.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pinpointmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/LCD-Soundsystem-This-Is-Happening-300x300.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div>This is an album that I have been waiting a long time for. Song by song it may not have the power hits such as All My Friends and Someone Great, but this is by far DCL SystemofSounds best album. Although tracks 1, 4, and 9 are pretty gangbusters. The more I listen to this the more I just want to keep listening to this. I think that is what crack might be like. </div><div><br /></div><div>Currently pushing this in <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6J10EYBC">FLAC</a>. You'll be happy you did. </div>dsmizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03534800401458031006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-9886251981503043642010-05-05T13:11:00.000-07:002010-05-05T13:21:14.069-07:00Be very quiet. I'm sharing music.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_810GB-ypniw/S-HSu2ybs3I/AAAAAAAAAC8/dOPx2KxH7YQ/s1600/fckthstrbts.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_810GB-ypniw/S-HSu2ybs3I/AAAAAAAAAC8/dOPx2KxH7YQ/s320/fckthstrbts.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467883125027353458" /></a><br /><br />ST have many robots patrolling the internet, so it'll just have to suffice to say that you probably want <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q2YMMGPJ">this</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-55355663182083232832010-05-03T14:16:00.000-07:002010-05-03T14:23:30.903-07:00Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/Isaac_Hayes%2C_Hot_Buttered_Soul_Album_Cover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 300px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/Isaac_Hayes%2C_Hot_Buttered_Soul_Album_Cover.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div>With the warmer weather previously mentioned come the romantic feelings of spring. Nothing sums up those feelings better than Isaac Hayes' soulful genius. Those of us growing up with South Park associate Hayes with the iconic lady's man Chef. We remember him teaching the children about the birds and the bees, all while sexually exploring the female population of that small mountain town. </div><div><br /></div><div>Consider this album the documentation of the real Hayes' sexual exploration. Released in 1969, I can only imagine the things that were recorded in <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=10EL40T0">FLAC</a>. </div>dsmizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03534800401458031006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-33638913526424658262010-05-01T09:07:00.001-07:002010-05-01T09:10:52.808-07:00El Michels Affair - Enter the 37th Chamber (2009)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_810GB-ypniw/S9xSAzM34UI/AAAAAAAAAC0/H85Zd-KnXMo/s1600/51ZfF-oF7UL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_810GB-ypniw/S9xSAzM34UI/AAAAAAAAAC0/H85Zd-KnXMo/s320/51ZfF-oF7UL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466334221418619202" /></a><br /><br />Now that it's (hopefully) stopped snowing up here in VT, let's get some summer music on rotation. I think you all know what <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WDHF0EZ6">this</a> is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-13835802245358149902010-04-26T16:19:00.000-07:002010-04-26T17:46:02.880-07:00Le Loup - Family<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE88-W0bq8wgE6evCI_l8ktbK4qf3jwH16KZQngOwphUZgHnwx4DDRZMySyj5OP-I3hmXEi9PAfhItJvLUbd93HXU5DAjbQuTL1_j_uImttgcby7mN_43HMKWkMj1ahVUwUF4h2m_4ZAs/s320/Family-Le_Loup_480.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE88-W0bq8wgE6evCI_l8ktbK4qf3jwH16KZQngOwphUZgHnwx4DDRZMySyj5OP-I3hmXEi9PAfhItJvLUbd93HXU5DAjbQuTL1_j_uImttgcby7mN_43HMKWkMj1ahVUwUF4h2m_4ZAs/s320/Family-Le_Loup_480.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Le Loup is one of those gems that I discovered grading CD's as a Dejay at WRMC. I definitely had to listen to a lot of shit bands in order to discover good ones but albums like these made it all worth it. Le Loup's first album, <i>The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly</i>, was my first contact with them in the purple-walled studio and when I saw there new album, <i>Family</i>, on the table this year it was with great enthusiasm that I snatched it up and brought it home. <div><br /></div><div>On their first album I would have described them as a more ambient Animal Collective. Maybe along the lines of Lymbyc Systym. It was a blend of post-rock, electronic, ambient, indie-pop. <i> Family </i>forays into the folkier side of life. The album reminds me a lot of the Akron/Family's earlier stuff, al a <i>Love is Simple</i>. The tribal nature of the songs on the album are engaging and provocative yet they still retain an electronic pace and feel. </div><div><br /></div><div>Enough indie rock name dropping. Get this album here in <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QBCHXMIC">ALAC</a> (come on, it's still lossless!</div><div><br /></div><div>The band's based out of DC, so if you live down there, nudge nudge, go see them!</div></div>dsmizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03534800401458031006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-44906071513198100532010-04-25T15:45:00.000-07:002010-04-25T16:04:44.756-07:00Paul and Linda McCartney- Ram<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYekNm2-6MXTJsPq7BR2Vq7BHM8IYmYjIKBmjzqjj8_nzwanFTb4WiO_q4UZew2nmpkL2rb4mZx5iiWbb1nRy0Vthgtlgfke6rakbxCHORD_F7Ttks3Wvzpth09ikSOjqdDGw2z_3Jul0S/s1600/artedoalbum.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYekNm2-6MXTJsPq7BR2Vq7BHM8IYmYjIKBmjzqjj8_nzwanFTb4WiO_q4UZew2nmpkL2rb4mZx5iiWbb1nRy0Vthgtlgfke6rakbxCHORD_F7Ttks3Wvzpth09ikSOjqdDGw2z_3Jul0S/s320/artedoalbum.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464214925998595538" /></a><br /><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p></div><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VY73O1WW">This album</a> is for anyone that believes Paul McCartney started sucking the moment he left the Beatles- it turns out he had one more good album in him. Pay special attention to the jam "Monkberry Moon Delight." Somehow, Paul managed to record the first ever Man Man song way back in 1971. Talk about foresight.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157779415282955236.post-35284130935273719902010-04-20T07:45:00.000-07:002010-04-20T08:01:25.943-07:00World's End Girlfriend - Hurtbreak Wonderland (2007)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_810GB-ypniw/S82_afOyALI/AAAAAAAAACs/2dFC7aw_RKE/s1600/folder.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 288px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_810GB-ypniw/S82_afOyALI/AAAAAAAAACs/2dFC7aw_RKE/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462232384851280050" /></a><br /><br />Multiinstrumentalist Katsuhiko Maeda makes avant-garde music across a broad variety of genres. Classical arrangements blend with glitchy electronics and whispered samples. He takes his inspiration from the world of dreams and surrealism, but always tries to stay on a human level. It's equal parts bliss and ugliness. It's totally different. It's <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P519TJRF">here</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0