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As I am always wrong, I am going to be spreading my wrong-ness by uploading/reviewing plenty of electronic music. Please stand-by and watch the 'electronic' tag on the right skyrocket.

That is all.

'n

Alive 2007 - Daft Punk

so this is part one of my
About a minute and 30 seconds into Too Long/Steam Machine I start wiggling and squirming in my seat uncontrollably. Every day. Crescendo.

Oh, and it's Live.

`n

Chairlift - Does You Inspire You?

Fancycats Aaron, Patrick, and Caroline

Alright, this is Chairlift, a personal favorite of mine. I first found these cool cats through theSixtyOne,

I fell in love with them when I heard their most popular song, "Bruises." I looked more into the band

after that, a three person band. Two of the members, Aaron Pfenning (a very attractive boy~) and

Caroline Polachek (a lovely lady whom I may be in love with) started out in Boulder testing out some

music things. They were surprised how well things were going and headed east to see what they

could find. They were eventually picked up by Kanine Records (I think their third member joined

before. His name is Patrick Wimberly) Soon after signing onto Kanine Records, they were featured

on the iPod Nano commercial (Bruises was played, of course.)

Interesting to know, they met several up-and-coming bands as they worked their way to the top (not

to presuppose anything...) Their first release with Kanine was "Evident Utensil" which featured a

remix by MGMT. They've also worked alongside Yeasayer and Mixel Pixel.

So, the album.

Does You Inspire You was released in 2008. The first song on the list is Garbage. Not that it's bad,

it's actually quite good. Great opening to an album. It starts slow and leads into a series of

wonderful songs.

The tone of the CD tends to be on the sad side, but the songs can be uplifting. What I love about

Chairlift is their lyrics. They're fantastically absurd. I'm assuming they make sense to the creators,

but sometimes I wonder what the hell is going on. It's alright though, plenty of the songs are

completely understandable. Just some lines seem to be lost in translation. The music and beat still

get the point across.

Bruises still remains my favorite, but the album has plenty to offer. Look around for it all, I couldn't

find a good place for all of it. Good luck.

Bruises and Evident Utensil are available at thesixtyone for listening, though. No downloads.

(You could also scrounge around Youtube or any other site like that. They're popular enough.

(I don't)Get it.

~Morgan

The Black Keys - Brothers

Yeah, the cover art is fucking stupid. Don't let that fool you, though: this is a good Black Keys album. If you've never quite been into The Black Keys, you probably won't like this, but you might, because they've really fucked a bit around with their sound here, creating something else altogether. Indie-soul-funk-blues-rock, if you will. Take a listen to their single, Tighten Up, for an example of the sound on this album.

On their last effort, Attack & Release, they brought the experimentation, with the aid of Danger Mouse, who you may have noticed gets mentioned a bit in my reviews. And while that album was good, it all didn't seem to . . . gel. This time, it seems to have worked out. Given that they pretty much perfected their minimalist singular drums-and-guitar on 2004s stellar effort, Rubber Soul, a change was due to come. And they seem to have finally pulled it off with this release. Danger Mouse only produces one track here, the aforementioned Tighten Up, so the experimentation is largely coming from The Black Keys themselves, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney. Which seems to have worked out.

Basically, it's good. Best thing they've done in a while, honestly. They're going in a good direction.

Get it.

-K

Brad Sucks - The One Man Band with No Fans

This is Brad. In my opinion, he doesn't suck. Overall, he's a cool guy.

He hands out most of his music for free, and loves it when people remix his songs. He's been sending out his music since 2001. And, through that, he gained a bit of a following. It didn't take long until his music was played on some radio stations (I'm guessing mostly campus radio, but apparently a few commercial ones as well.) With that money and a little bit more he let out two CD's.

http://www.bradsucks.net/images/idkwid-cover-163px.jpg
http://www.bradsucks.net/images/outofit-cover-163px.jpg

So, Brad Sucks.

These songs he writes are pretty good. They will remind you of Beck. They will.

He's got a pretty definite sound. Kind of whiney, but I enjoy it. The songs are lax, and a little depressing, but energizing at the same time.

There is only one problem I have with his musics. It's the life of the songs. They get old fast. Luckily, he's got quite a few songs out. Definitely don't sit and listen to his CD a few times in a row. You'll want to kill yourself. Trust me, I know these things.

My suggestions are "Dropping out of School." and "Dirtbag." Also, "Fake It" as a back up.

Get it.

(thesixtyone is pretty fantastic and free, so gogogogo.)

~Morgan

Misc. etc.

drawing attention to this comic thing because it is fantastic
http://www.airtoons.com/
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Thanks for Lseadragon for reminding me


also
"It still strikes me as strange that anyone could have any moral objection to someone else’s sexuality. It’s like telling someone else how to clean their house."
via: http://rightintoit.tumblr.com/

I enjoy this quote~

also
http://www.myspace.com/thefoodforanimals
self reminder so I can review FFA
hipster hipster hipster

~nN

Barretso - Bright City Lights

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Liars - Sisterworld

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[04:24] N: "New message from penis_enlarge"
[04:24] N: so I am already amused
[04:24] K: I um
[04:24] K: what
[04:24] N: this is in Skype, mind you
[04:24] N: ViaGROW - The Worlds Best Male Enhancement!!!
World's only herbal pill that corrects ere
[04:24] K: Haha oh shit
[04:24] N: and there are emotes of shaking hands and muscles everywhere
[04:24] N: like every 5 words (handshake)
[04:24] K: Oh jeez there's a thing that is actually skype spam
[04:24] N: yeah
[04:24] N: I get at least one a night, honestly
[04:24] N: this is the best so far
[04:24] K: I did not know they had spammed everything yet
[04:25] N: because it is actual spam that everyone knows and loves
[04:25] N: I should be reviewing this for the blog

Suffocate For Fuck Sake

so this is a post I'm feeling compelled to make because this is cool music and you should hear it and see if you like it

Suffocate For Fuck Sake are accurately labeled post-rock/screamo. It's what they are, right? Try not to be a robot while you listen to this. I know it's

it's cool, I think

Suffocate For Fuck Sake surprises me with being everything I wanted it to be, while at the same time being pretty much what I expected as well.
I want to hear this in Fall

that would be good

oh, and first result from a google is a download link, so I'm just going to laze out and not

and just not

~nN

The Notwist - Neon Golden

So uh
this is a good band and you should know about them.

Neon Golden is pretty much their most well-known, and almost always referred to as their best.

I got into these guys when I heard 'Consequence' in the movie Push, and I searched for the soundtrack for days. Half of it was Japanese, but the rest were pretty decent finds. The Notwist and Working For A Nuclear Free City among them.

Gonna keep this short, because sleep is a necessary component in functioning during a normal day. Who knew.

Check out Consequence if you're not sure about this album. It's really easy to get into, you get a nice taste of the voice and everything that goes on with the band, it's just a great song. Great album in general.

get it

~nN

Phoenix - United

get it

Love Phoenix,
~nN

P.O.S. - Never Better

So this one's going to be short, but it's worth checking out regardless.

I'm late on this boat, but P.O.S. has gotten loads of new audience members lately. And for good reason! Intense rapper with punk-rock backgrounds, who incorporates such into his beats.

One of the most intense rap albums I've heard yet. An hour long album, it'll give you a run for your money (or lack of money, if you take my link).

It's really just good~

get it

~nN

65daysofstatic - Escape From New York

So here's some more 65 for your ears

65daysofstatic
You need to hear some of this.

get it

'n

Blakroc - Blakroc

You might not know Blakroc. I'm not gonna do a big wordy pretentious review for them, so this is gonna be short and sweet. Blakroc is a project between The Black Keys and a bunch of A-list hip hop artists, marrying blues rock beats to off-the-cuff rapping. Yes, it's rap rock. But this project largely avoids the pitfalls of that much maligned genre by forgetting to be shitty as hell.

Featuring rappers like Mos Def, Ludacris, Pharaohe Monch, Raekwon and Q-Tip, not to mention NOE from Byrdgang doing the most earnest impression of Jay-Z I've heard in a long time. And considering Jay-Z's project with Linkin Park, he's probably better at being Jay-Z than Jay-Z is right now. Oh, about that potential: it works out, for the most part. The Black Keys largely remain in the background, banging out the beats, apart from a few background vocals from Dan Auerbach and a few gratuitous shouts of "Black Keys!!" in one or two tracks. Don't worry, it's not disruptive. This project mostly's about the rappers, and a good thing for it.

Common subjects in the album include typical blues and rap subjects as loose women, down payment blues and shitty relationships, and, on Raekwon's guest track Stay Off The Fucking Flowers, one of the best tracks on the album, staying off the fucking flowers. None of the tracks fall flat; they're all fun. Whether the album has lasting power is up to you, I guess. I still listen to it from time to time. 85 Bitches Out of 100 Ain't Shit.

Get it.

-K

Milanese - Adapt

dubstep sucks

get it

~nN

Yawning Man - Vista Point

Yawning Man has been around since the late 80s, but their first releases were in 2005, a double-header of a full length album, Rock Formations, and an EP by the name of Pot Head. In Vista Point these two are condensed into one psychedelic, relaxing, remarkable package.

Yawning Man mixes soaring, psychedelic guitar work with a driving rhythm section and comes out with something better than the sum of its parts. There's no vocals present, and the instrumentation takes present; at times, the album feels like an extended jam. Which would be a bad thing in the hands of lesser musicians, but these are the Lalli brothers, who were and still are hugely influential on the current stoner rock scene. Of course, not many people know about them: this review's purpose is to tell you that you should.

With the title track and Perpetual Oyster, which are both exactly 5:22 minutes, the album gets off on a strong start. The next three tracks, Stoney Lonesome, Split Tooth Thunder and Sonny Bono Memorial Freeway, start to feel a bit samey, but Yawning Man are lucky in that they're peddling a pretty damn good ware. Airport Boulevard stops something that could have turned monotonous with it's rolling drum beat and vicious guitar work. Advanced Darkness is classic stoner played by masters of the craft. A few more tracks, and we're into Pot Head, which finishes off the album.

Pot Head is admittedly a weaker album than Rock Formations, and perhaps could have been structured better: Digital Smoke Signal, one of the best songs on the album, and 7 minutes long, would probably have served better as the concluding track instead of the third last. Yawning Man make up for this, though, by just having Digital Smoke Signal existing.

The main thing I'm trying to get across here is Yawning Man is fucking awesome and sound like the dawn. No, really. There is no more dawny sounding music than this. It sounds unrestrained, too, like the perfect soundtrack to stealing your Dad's car and driving until the gas runs out. When I finally get around to stealing my Dad's car at dawn, this is what I'm putting on.

Get it.

The Outline - You Smash It, We'll Build Around It

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fuck you niggas buy it yourself cockface

~nN

Some Myspace Links

http://www.myspace.com/grodandgrod
http://www.myspace.com/jazztronica
http://www.myspace.com/thewildlife
http://www.myspace.com/friendsoflizzy
http://www.myspace.com/minussix
http://www.myspace.com/soundfury
http://www.myspace.com/tomacspace
http://www.myspace.com/hungryvillagers
http://www.myspace.com/jazztronik

So here are some ultra-indie Myspace links we compiled.

We haven't been able to find public download links for any of them. If anyone out there could help us out, it would be greatly appreciated. Half of these we can't even find pay-sites for.

~nN & K

Gnarls Barkley - St Elsewhere

Personally, I think this is one of the best albums recorded in the preceding decade. A lot of people would disagree with me, (ie. everyone), but honestly, the 14 tracks on this album are like fun condensed into musical form. A lot of people would consider this album old news. I know it's old news. But it really is a remarkable album, so I'm gonna review this shit anyway.

You'd all know Crazy by now. Some of you may even know Smiley Faces, or you might even own the album. 5.8 Million people do, after all, not taking into account those dirty thieves who downloaded it. But this review is for the poor fool who hasn't bought this album yet. Because you should probably listen to this, hypothetical guy.

The album starts off strong with the standout track Go-Go Gadget Gospel, with Cee-Lo Green (the singer on the album; there is no person by the name of Gnarls Barkley) singing, "I'm freeeeeeeeee!" in his demented, brilliant voice. It almost sounds like it was recorded in a church, it's got so much soul. Crazy follows: you'll all know that track by now, and you'll know if you love it or hate it.

From then on, from the title track to Just A Thought, the album's strongest stretch gets all up in your ears. There is honestly, in my biased-as-fuck opinion, no song in that stretch that isn't perfect. Even the minute-and-a-half long rap about furniture arrangement. The album hits a slight blip with Transformer, a twitchy, uncomfortable track that feels like Danger Mouse, Cee-Lo's collaborator in this, just felt like fucking with the pitch for shits-and-giggles. Which would have been fine if it had turned out as a good track, or if they had left it off the album altogether. But they didn't, which sucks, I guess.

Transformer almost seems inconsequential in light of what comes next. Five tracks follow it, one about apathy, one about being totally on the line (appropriately titled Online), one about fucking dead people, one about, uh, storms, and one about how fucking great dancing is. All of them fantastic. It's St. Elsewhere's complete lack of pretensions that make it such a fun album; it revels in the simple pleasures.

Like fucking dead bodies.

-K

Get it.

Moderat - Moderat

get it

~nN

Blockhead - The Music Scene

Pretty late on this one, but I really admire this guy, and we need more instrumental hip-hop in here.

You need to at least know about this album, if not have it. Give it a try~


get it
'n

God Is An Astronaut - Age of the Fifth Sun

So the new God Is An Astronaut album leaked, and it sounds about how I thought it would.

get it in 128

~nN

The Jesus Lizard

The first thing you should know about The Jesus Lizard is that they're just plain fucking weird. David Yow (who is also the vocalist for Scratch Acid; check them out, too) is a howling, shrieking monster, and the guitar work of David Wm. Sims is, to put it plainly, very good. The rhythm section of Duane Denison and Mac McNeilly is killer. Next to Big Black, they're my favourite noise rockers. On that subject, all their albums, right up until their major-label debut, Shot, are produced by Steve Albini, and they have his distinctive sound there. If you know about Steve Albini, you'd know that's a good thing.

The bottom line is, if you're into noise rock and you don't know of these guys yet, start knowing them. I suggest starting with the double-shot of Goat and Liar, the two best albums they've ever recorded. They've reformed as of late, too; they've played a few shows and had their albums remastered (don't worry, it was done by Steve Albini.)

Goat

Liar

That Liar download is good, but I'm not sure Goat is a very good bitrate, so if you know how to torrent, get this torrent and pick the albums you want.

-K

Mass Of The Fermenting Dregs

S0 this is one of my favorite Japanese bands, Mass of the Fermenting Dregs. Pretty awesome. Pretty alt-rock for the most part, fast-paced happy loud songs throughout. The album, "World is Yours" is hella short, though. 22 minutes with only 6 songs.

So all the lyrics on the first couple songs are Japanese, but I really have to draw attention to the inflection of some of these lyrics. On the second song, Aoi, Koi, Daidaiiro No Hi, the lead is barely singing above the guitar. They're all so intuned, it felt like just one person playing several instruments at once.

On the fourth song on the album, "She Is Inside, He Is Outside", the singer whines along in poor english, trying her best to inflect the same emotions she does in the rest of her songs. After the english, she goes into something of a siren-song, yelling out at a medium volume, entwining with the guitar chords.

After the first couple listens, it becomes hard not to play along, air-guitar-ing with the band. Hell, any of the instruments become hard not to play along with. They're all air-playable. Daunting loud and brash instrumentals are all you can hear, but the technique is there to back it up. My favorite Japanese rock-band.

get it

~nN

Yeasayer - Odd Blood

Odd Blood, Yeasayer's second album, is the most poppy thing they've released yet. The willfully weird experimental rock band that nN likes to inaccurately label as the poor-man's Animal Collective (those in the know would know that Animal Collective is the poor-man's Animal Collective) have made an album of compulsively singable tunes. Whether they'll stand the test of time is up in the air, but I hope they do.

The album starts out with The Children, perhaps the least singable track on the album. A decidedly sweeping track, it perhaps would have fared better without the robotic voice. But never mind: lead singer Chris Keating's vocal cords are on full display for the rest of the album, singing such earnest, slightly embarrassing lines as "You must stick up for yourself, son/never mind what anybody else done." The track that's taken from, Ambling Alp, is perhaps the perfect example of the infectious power of Yeasayer. Driven by that chorus and buzzing synths, it's a track that worms into your head and stays there.

Yeasayer's power lays in selecting the best of the music world and making it into garish hooks. On Strange Reunions, the band walk down the beaten psychedelic path, but even then, they can still make it hummable. ONE sounds positively foreign. But Yeasayer is no Vampire Weekend, and a good thing too. While Vampire Weekend seem to be almost serious about their vaguely African sounding music, Odd Blood is bursting with tongue-in-cheek flippancy. They also know how far to take that flippancy, and the album never becomes a farce, even with lines like "Everybody's talking 'bout me and my baby, making love till the morning light."

That last lyric? That's off Mondegreen. No, I didn't know what that meant until Wikipedia. The most important thing is that with Odd Blood, Yeasayer have made an album bursting with fun. You might not want your friends to hear it (unless they're hipsters), but you will want your ears to.

-K

Bear Vs Shark

Terrorhawk, which everyone should have
get it


Right Now, You're In The Best of Hands, which saved my life
get it

1963 or something HARDCORE FANS ONLY GRRRRRR
get it

get Terrorhawk.

'n