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  • Best of 2009

    2 Jan 2010, 18:39 by thisotherness84

    Unglaublich viele gute Neuentdeckungen, tolle Alben und Songs, 2009 war musikalisch gesehen absolut umwerfend, weswegen ich meine Auswahl auch etas erweitern werde, um zumindest einigen musikalischen Highlights gerecht zu werden. Großer Abräumer waren ein weiteres Mal Crippled Black Phoenix, die sich mit ihrem zweiten Album noch einmal selbst übertroffen haben.

    Die 15 besten Alben:
    1 - Crippled Black Phoenix - 200 Tons of Bad Luck
    2 - Mastodon - Crack The Skye
    3 - ...And you will know us by the Trail of Dead - The Century of Self
    4 - Gifts From Enola - from fathoms
    5 - Nihiling - M[e]iosis
    6 - Junius - The Martyrdom Of A Catastrophist
    7 - Goes Cube - Another Day Has Passed
    8 - Minsk - With Echoes in the Movement of Stone
    9 - Long Distance Calling - Avoid The Light
    10 - Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
    11 - Irepress - Sol Eye Sea I
    12 - Do Make Say Think - The Other Truths
    13 - Latitudes - Agonist
    14 - Russian Circles - Geneva
    15 - We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls

    Die 15 besten Lieder:
    1 - Crippled Black Phoenix - PlayLittlestep
    2 - Gifts From Enola - PlayTrieste
    3 - Crippled Black Phoenix - PlayBurnt Reynolds
    4 - Isis - Play20 Minutes / 40 Years
    5 - Nihiling - nascent
    6 - Mastodon - Quintessence
    7 - We Were Promised Jetpacks - PlayIt's Thunder and It's Lightning
    8 - Oceansize - PlayLegal Teens
    9 - Mastodon - The Last Baron
    10 - ...And you will know us by the Trail of Dead - PlayInland Sea
    11 - Crippled Black Phoenix - PlayTime of Yer Life / Born for Nothing / Paranoid Arm of Narcoleptic Empire
    12 - ...And you will know us by the Trail of Dead - PlayIsis Unveiled
    13 - Black Math Horseman - PlayDeerslayer
    14 - Crippled Black Phoenix - Play444
    15 - Minsk - PlayThree Moons

    Beste Newcomer:
    Goes Cube
    Nihiling
    Them Crooked Vultures

    Beste persönliche Neuentdeckungen:
    Gifts From Enola
    Moving Mountains
    Maybeshewill

    Geheimtipps des Jahres:
    Irepress
    White Denim
    From Monument to Masses

    Am liebsten gehörte Genres:
    progressive rock
    sludge
    post-rock
    (Vorjahr: post-rock)

    Größte musikalische Enttäuschung:
    Wahrscheinlich das Album von The Mars Volta, auch wenn es im Nachhinein doch ganz in Ordnung ist... aber beim ersten Reinhören war es schon verdammt schwach. Das neue Dredg war auch eine ziemliche Enttäuschung.

    Die 3 besten Konzerte:
    1 - Motorpsycho im Forum / Bielefeld
    2 - Do Make Say Think im Forum / Bielefeld
    3 - Sonic Youth im 3001 / Düsseldorf

    Musikvideo des Jahres:
    Isis - 20 Minutes / 40 Years


    Die schönsten musikalischen Momente:
    - Thurston Moore, der sich beim Spielen von "100%" halb totlacht, weil seine Gitarre ausfällt und der Tonmann ihn nicht versteht. (Konzert in Düsseldorf)
    - Friska Viljor auf dem Appletree, die das Mikrofon ans Publikum weitergeben und feststellen müssen, dass einige Leute anscheinend doch nicht so ganz textsicher sind ("Fuck your sister, break her knees!")
    - Das Konzert von Crippled Black Phoenix war in seiner Gesamtheit sehr seltsam... mag an der blöden Location gelegen haben. Schön war es aber allemal.
    - Total besoffen früh morgens mit Fahrad nach Hause zu fahren und dabei bei voller Lautstärke das neue Album von Trail of Dead zu hören... ich bin geflogen!
    - Stundenlang mit Tris auf das Konzert von Nihiling im Bielefelder Audimin zu warten, dabei viel zu viel Bier zu trinken und dann mit einem absolut genialen Konzert der Band belohnt zu werden.


    Das Jahr in Zahlen:
    Meistgehöre Bands:
    1 - Motorpsycho - 303 Songs (Vorjahr: dieselben mit 319 Songs)
    2 - Crippled Black Phoenix - 283 Songs (Vorjahr: Radiohead; 262)
    3 - Sonic Youth - 237 Songs (Vorjahr: dieselben, 255)
    4 - Radiohead - 221 Songs (Vorjahr: Broken Social Scene; 195)
    5 - The Mars Volta - 214 Songs (Vorjahr: Mogwai; 166)

    Meistgehörte Alben:
    1 - Crippled Black Phoenix - 200 Tons of Bad Luck - 152 Songs
    2 - Crippled Black Phoenix - A Love Of Shared Disasters - 102 Songs
    3 - Moving Mountains - Pneuma - 86 Songs
    4 - ...And you will know us by the Trail of Dead - The Century of Self - 82 Songs
    5 - Portugal. The Man - Censored Colors - 79 Songs

    Meistgehörte Lieder:
    1 - Crippled Black Phoenix - PlayLittlestep - 20x gespielt
    2 - Crippled Black Phoenix - PlayBurnt Reynolds - 19x gespielt
    3 - Moving Mountains - Play8105 - 18x gespielt
    4 - Clann Zú - PlayWords For Snow - 17x gespielt
    5 - Mastodon - Oblivion - 16x gespielt

    Besuchte Konzerte (inkl. Festivalbands): 9 (Vorjahr: 13)

    Neuentdeckte Bands: 38 (Vorjahr: 21)
    (All The Saints, Lightning Bolt, Clann Zú, the pillows, Volta Do Mar, Moving Mountains, Dan Auerbach, Gifts From Enola, Bear vs. Shark, Ef, Nihiling, Mastodon, Kilians, The Thermals, Goes Cube, The Black Box Revelation , The Ascent of Everest, Land of Talk, Irepress, Maybeshewill, We Were Promised Jetpacks, White Denim, Black Math Horseman, Minsk, If These Trees Could Talk, Rishloo, Thrice, Baroness, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Sleepy Sun, Seasick Steve, WHY?, Doomriders, Latitudes, The Slew, Them Crooked Vultures, And So I Watch You From Afar, Neurosis)
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  • bands of 2009

    1 Jan 2010, 08:40 by lift-up

    Как звучал 2009 год:

    !!!
    16Volt
    5ive
    6000000000себя
    64revolt
    777minus111
    7раса
    8-Eit
    A Place to Bury Strangers
    Acid Black Cherry
    Aerial
    AIDS Wolf
    Air Formation
    Alice in Videoland
    alice nine.
    All India Radio
    An Cafe
    And Also the Trees
    Andrew W.K.
    Apollo 440
    Apparat
    Arcade Fire
    Archive
    Arovane
    Art Brut
    Astrobrite
    Autechre
    Autolux
    Bastard Noise
    Be Your Own Pet
    BEAT CRUSADERS
    Björk
    Black Poets
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    BlackBud
    Bloc Party
    Blonde Readhead
    Blood Axis
    Bombay Bicycle Club
    Bondage Fairies
    Boy Kill Boy
    boysetsfire
    Brand New
    Breaking Benjamin
    By the End of Tonight
    Cansei de Ser Sexy
    cat party
    CatPeople
    Ceremony
    Circle of Death
    Clinic
    Cocteau Twins
    Cold Dreams
    Crossfade
    Crystal Castles
    Current 93
    Cut City
    Death by Kite
    Death of a Party
    Death Sentence: PANDA!
    Default
    D'espairsRay
    Devil Sold His Soul
    Dir en grey
    Dirty Pretty Things
    Does It Offend You, Yeah?
    Drumcorps
    Early Day Miners
    Echo and the Bunnymen
    Edgey
    Édith Piaf
    Editors
    Electric Six
    Elefant
    Emil Bulls
    Enter Shikari
    Envy
    Evil Cowards
    exist†trace
    Explosions in the Sky
    Film School
    Filter
    Finch
    Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!
    First Communion Afterparty
    Fjordne
    Flёur
    Former Ghosts
    Friendly Fires
    From Autumn to Ashes
    From Monument to Masses
    Fuck Buttons
    Funeral for a Friend
    Future of the Left
    Gameboy/Gamegirl
    Gang Gang Dance
    ギルガメッシュ
    Glamour for Better
    Glamour Of The Kill
    Glassjaw
    God Is an Astronaut
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    Goldfrapp
    Hadouken!
    HEALTH
    Hecate
    Helicopter Girl
    Hell Is for Heroes
    Hella
    Help She Can't Swim
    Hooverphonic
    HORSE the band
    Husky Rescue
    I Am Kloot
    I Fight Dragons
    I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
    I See Stars
    I Will Never Be The Same
    iamerror
    Ideя Fix
    Idiot Pilot
    Idlewild
    Iggy Pop
    Ilya
    Interpol
    Iszoloscope
    Jimmy Chamberlin Complex
    Julian Plenti
    July For Kings
    June of 44
    Kaiser Chiefs
    Karate High School
    Karunesh
    Kettel
    Killing Joke
    Kings of Leon
    Kitchens of Distinctions
    Kitty Wu
    KMFDM
    Kola Kid
    Ladyscraper
    Late of the Pier
    Les Savy Fav
    Letna
    Liars
    Lovers and Liars
    lynch.
    Magazine
    Marilyn Manson
    Merzbow
    Metric
    mewithoutYou
    Million Dead
    Mogwai
    Mono
    Monolake
    Morcheeba
    Motherfathers
    Mouse on Mars
    Moving Mountains
    Murmansk
    New Young Pony Club
    Nick Cave And The Band Seeds
    No Age
    Noisettes
    NON
    Nosaj Thing
    Oceana
    Oceansize
    Of the Wand and the Moon
    offthesky
    Oh, Sleeper
    One Hundred Hurricanes
    Oomph!
    PartyShank
    pg.lost
    Pigface
    Placebo
    Plaid
    Porcelain in the Backpack
    Portishead
    PRE
    Pretty Girls Make Graves
    Protest the Hero
    Psychedelic Horseshit
    Psychic TV
    Radio 4
    raison d'être
    Richard Hell and the Voidoids
    RIP SLYME
    Rise Against
    Rome
    Ruby Coast
    Russian Circles
    Sabrepulse
    Saskrotch
    Scary Kids Scaring Kids
    Screen Vinyl Image
    Secret Shine
    Servants of the Apocalyptic Goat Rave
    she
    She Wants Revenge
    Shitdisco
    Shy Child
    Silencer
    Singapore Sling
    Siouxsie
    Six Organs Of Admitance
    Sky Eats Airplane
    Skywave
    Sleater-Kinney
    Slowdive
    Sluts of Trust
    Smile Empty Soul
    Sol Invictus
    Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
    Song of Zarathustra
    Stereophonics
    Strike Anywhere
    Stuck in the Sound
    Sugarplum Fairy
    Suicide Commando
    Tattoo Hosts Vision On!
    Telefon Tel Aviv
    Tera Melos
    Terrorfakt
    The Answering Machine
    The Automatic
    The Autumns
    The Birthday Massacre
    The Chameleons
    The Checks
    The Checks
    The Chinese Stars
    The Cinematics
    The Comsat Angels
    The Concretes
    The Creatures
    The December Drive
    The December Sound
    The Early November
    The Exploding Boy
    The Fall of Troy
    The Flashbulb
    The Floor
    The Futureheads
    the GazettE
    The Ghost and the Grace
    The Homosexuals
    The Kills
    The Legendary Pink Dots
    The Mae Shi
    The Magic Numbers
    The Manhattan Love Suicides
    The Morning After Girl
    The New Pornographers
    The Number Twelve Looks Like You
    The Organ
    The Others
    The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower
    The Prodigy
    The Psychedelic Furs
    The Rapture
    The Raveonettes
    The Robot Ate Me
    The Social
    The Sound
    The Sound of Animals Fighting
    The Sounds
    The Stone Roses
    The Sugarcubes
    The Teenagers
    The Temper Trap
    The Twilight Sad
    The Vandelles
    The View
    The Violets
    The xx
    The Young Knives
    There Were Wires
    There Will Be Fireworks
    These Arms Are Snakes
    This Will Destroy You
    Thrice
    Thunderbirds Are Now!
    Thursday
    Times New Viking
    Tokyo Police Club
    Toska
    Trash Fashion
    Travis
    Troum
    TV on the Radio
    United Nations
    USK
    Valley Of The Gaints
    Veil Veil Vanish
    Venetian Snares
    Verse En Coma
    VHS or Beta
    We Are Scientists
    We Were Promised Jetpacks
    White Lies
    White Rose Movement
    Wire
    World's End Girlfriend
    Xanopticon
    Xinon
    Xiu Xiu
    Yakuza Heart Attack
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    Yonderboi
    You Say Party! We Say Die!
    Yourcodenameis:milo
    Yves Montand
    Адаптация Пчёл
    Вася Васин
    Время От Каждого
    Дельфин
    Дубовый Гаайъ
    Кирпичи
    Маша и Медведи
    Мельница
    Мишины Дельфины
    Найк Борзов
    Оля и Монстр
    Торба-на-Круче
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  • My Top 50 Albums, Vol. 4

    25 Dec 2009, 22:44 by Juddu

    Juddu's top albums (overall) 1. Arcade Fire - Funeral (917)
    2. Massive Attack - Mezzanine (865)
    3. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns (824)
    4. Portishead - Third (821)
    5. M.I.A. - Kala (813)
    6. Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel The Illinoise! (764)
    7. Sigur Rós - Takk... (754)
    8. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (736)
    9. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (726)
    10. The xx - xx (670)
    11. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (635)
    12. Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (625)
    13. The Knife - Silent Shout (615)
    14. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (610)
    15. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations (606)
    16. Hooverphonic - Blue Wonder Power Milk (600)
    17. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (590)
    18. Radiohead - Kid A (586)
    19. Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (581)
    20. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (577)
    21. of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? (575)
    22. Nelly Furtado - Folklore (573)
    23. M.I.A. - Arular (569)
    24. Portishead - Dummy (568)
    25. Radiohead - In Rainbows (567)
    26. Massive Attack - Blue Lines (555)
    27. of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping (555)
    28. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (554)
    29. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy (553)
    30. Massive Attack - 100th Window (550)
    31. Lamb - Fear of Fours (538)
    32. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (537)
    33. Radiohead - OK Computer (524)
    34. Björk - Post (523)
    35. Tricky - Maxinquaye (516)
    36. Daft Punk - Discovery (501)
    37. Regina - Puutarhatrilogia (500)
    38. Portishead - Portishead (498)
    39. The Knife - Deep Cuts (495)
    40. Radiohead - The Bends (487)
    41. Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block (486)
    42. Lamb - What Sound (482)
    43. Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (476)
    44. Björk - Homogenic (476)
    45. Björk - Vespertine (476)
    46. Massive Attack - Protection (470)
    47. múm - Finally We Are No One (469)
    48. The Crash - Wildlife (463)
    49. Sonic Youth - Dirty (452)
    50. Moving Mountains - Pneuma (449)
    Top albums generator
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  • Quick reviews 6

    20 Dec 2009, 05:01 by dx_xb

    The Neon Handshake - Hell Is for Heroes [2009]
    Radio friendly alt rock. pass

    Psychic Chasms - Neon Indian [2009]
    Ariel Pink stripped of the humor; I'm disappoint.

    Mister Pop - The Clean [2009]
    The first song I heard from Beach House was PlayAuburn and Ivory, which I feel in love with instantly, the rest of that album is another story. At any rate, The Clean reminds me of that song mixed with a little The Magnetic Fields. It's too bad that the later half of album kinda falls apart.

    Clean Hands Go Foul - Khanate [2009]
    A screaming mess of metal, 70's psych, and dark ambient. Sometimes these styles get in the way of each other.

    Flashmob - Vitalic [2009]
    Did you like Cross by Justice? DID YOU? HERE'S MORE OF THE SAME.

    Houses of the Unholy - Church of Misery [2009]
    Stoner metal ala Clutch and Kyuss only with a "darker edge."

    American Football - American Football [1999]
    Very similar to Moving Mountains, but with less emo and more instrumental pieces. The instrumental pieces can be a bit boring. I guess I just wish they were even more like moving mountains.

    All Reflections Drained - Xasthur [2009]
    Surprisingly pretty and not as depressing as his previous releases, but there's still ugliness to be found in the gurgling voice of Malefic.

    The Freak of Araby - Sir Richard Bishop [2009]
    Instrumental mid-eastern style guitar-centric music. Reminds me of the 60's surfer-ish pop of India.
    See:


    The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart [2009]
    Poppy shoegaze that sounds straight out of the 90's. Pretty meh overall though. I'd rather listen to Polaris.

    Discipline/Communication - Shmu [2009]
    Disgustingly inoffensive pop with 70's leanings. Squeaky clean with no bite and no balls.

    Spirit Animal - Zombi [2009]
    Embarrassing 70's style prog rock

    Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain - Current 93 [2009]
    Average Current 93 release with the running theme of Adam and Eve and murrrdyeerraah.
    Invocation of Almost stands out though very hypnotic.

    Earthly Delights - Lightning Bolt [2009]
    The first time I listened to Lightning Bolt (the album Wonderful Rainbow to be exact) I was extremely disappointed. It seems that they took all the most annoying parts of Japanoise and threw them together. This album is a different story. The Japanoise influence is much more understated here. If someone told me this was a Boredoms and Boris collab, I'd believe them.

    Ataraxiis - Enoid [2009]
    Black metals with a pinch of sludge.

    Cleanse - Deterior [2009]
    Lo-fi black metal infused college alt. rock. There are not enough wtf's to describe this. It's offered as a free d/l from last.fm.

    I Just Want To Be Your Everything - The Best Pessimist [2009]
    Ambient electronic and post-rock; The Album Leaf pulls off this combo so much better.

    Of Sound Mind - Ancestors [2009]
    Too much prog in my stoner rock makes me a sad panda.

    Animals As Leaders - Animals as Leaders [2009]
    Math-rock at it's worst. Somehow boring and weird at the same time.

    My Maudlin Career - Camera Obscura [2009]
    It's so catchy and super slick production-wise.
    Nothing innovative, but it's relying on you feeling nostalgic for a time that never was, at least on some level. Simple pop music hearkening back to a simpler time. Staying up late for a chance to catch them on the Ed Sullivan show. The lead singer wearing a tight, short dress and tall go-go boots, maybe one of the band members will wear a cowboy hat on the more country-tinged tracks. I could totally see a synth player (note: Camera Obscura does not currently have a regular synth player.) on Away With Murder wearing a cowboy hat, but I mostly see close-ups of Tracyanne Campbell looking introspective when I hear that song.

    Actor - St. Vincent [2009]
    The sugary sweetness is cut with whimsy to make it all go down. Battles is to rock as St. Vincent is to pop. Sometimes sounds like classic Disney songs (the ones in Alice in Wonderland and Snow White and The Seven Dwarves, specifically) have been cut up and thrown into the beat. An Animal Collective colab would be wonderful. The main structure of the songs and the lyrics remind me of a Broadway musical in the same vein as Grease or West Side Story, especially Actor Out of Work.

    Two Suns - Bat for Lashes [2009]
    Too meh, too normal. Needs more weirdness (see: Actor and My Maudlin Career).

    Arrow - Clare and the Reasons [2009]
    So cute. Reminds me of Minnutes; who's best known best for that more to luv song in the target commercials
    Obvious hipster cred comment goes here.

    An Empty Canvas - Wixel [2009]
    Downtempo electronic music
    A grower for sure. Released in June, but more of a winter album, if you ask me.
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  • FREE digital download- (legal MP3 compilation / sampler)

    18 Dec 2009, 03:14 by neesh

    digital download- Neeshland Presents: Butterflies and Butcher Knives Vol. 1 (Hudson Valley, NY)



    1. Nightmares for a week - Feelin’ Blue | myspace.com/nightmaresforaweek
    2. Urban Fetch - The Shots | myspace.com/urbanfetch
    3. Dan Blackburn - It Remains to be Seen | myspace.com/blackburned
    4. Session 606 - The Great Act of Failure | myspace.com/session606
    5. Moving Mountains - With One’s Heart In One’s Mouth | myspace.com/movingmountains
    6. Rick Whispers - Case of the Mondays | myspace.com/rickwhispers
    7. Animals Like Us - Machines | myspace.com/animalslikeus
    8. My Only Escape - Mayor of Party (It’s Hard to Measure When You’re Drinking Straight from the Keg) | myspace.com/myonlyescapex
    9. Weerd Science - Dear S.A.M. (UnRapped) | myspace.com/weerdscience
    10. Thieves And Villains - Settle New York, Settle | myspace.com/thievesandvillains
    11. The Ricochet - Runaway Getaway | myspace.com/thericochetny
    12. PUGS - The Last Hope | myspace.com/pugs845
    13. Walking Bombs - + Side For Eos | myspace.com/walkingbombs
    14. Evazan - Flow | myspace.com/evazan
    15. Weerd Science - I Wish I Went to College | myspace.com/weerdscience
    16. White Out - Love For Haters | myspace.com/whiteoutlw
    17. Spineless Thug - Phineas | myspace.com/codenamemorocco
    18. Cosmonaut - Sleepless | myspace.com/cosmonautnyc
    19. Mours - Christmas From Hell | myspace.com/theMours

    download .zip: http://theneesh.tumblr.com/post/286596690/free-digital-download-neeshland-presents-butterflies

    This free digital sampler was compiled to give a glimpse into the diverse musicality that dwells in Hudson Valley, NY. New York is a vast state… there’s so much more to it than just the city. Here’s a bit that goes on from Westchester to Albany. Many many thanks to the musicians for taking part in this project and keeping the music alive!

    Being a resident of the Hudson Valley my entire life (I’ve lived in Rockland, Westchester, and Ulster), I’ve always been interested in the thriving music scene (though before I discovered its existence I tinkered deeply in what was going on in New Jersey and on Long Island). The Hudson Valley has most famously birthed The Band, Steely Dan, Soulive, Shabutie / Coheed and Cambria, The Getaway / Matchbook Romance, 3, Jerk Magnet / Anadivine, Cooter / Autopilot Off, Saul Williams, Jeff Klein, Hayden Panettiere, Pete Seeger, Jay Beckenstein, Chris Caffery, Gia Farrell, Matt Flynn and of course- the Woodstock Music Festival. The talent is strong here. Must be in the historically rich soil or something… because it’s ridiculous!

    The idea for this sampler was inspired by the combination of the 10 year anniversary of Error 404 - Not Found compilation and the release of the “So Much For Us” book. Both archive the underground rock scene of Kingston/Woodstock in the late 90’s leading me to believe that I’m not alone in or crazy for feeling such passion toward the music to emerge from this area.

    Most of these songs are unmastered. Some are rough mixes. Some are personal/basement recordings. One is live.

    Remember,
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  • Post rock favouritesssss PART ONE

    8 Dec 2009, 11:12 by juicejaded

    Part two to be published tomorrow :-)!

    Seeing as I am a bit of a post rock junkie I decided I would do like a top 5 songs thing for each of my favourite post rocky bands.. just for fun.

    I have a rather complex lil relationship with this music but I loveeeeeee it because I truly believe that music is really MEANT to make you feel something, good or bad (and maybe even occasionally make you feel nothing at all). It doesn't matter what kind of mood I'm in - these tracks always makes me FEEL and I revel in it.

    This Will Destroy You
    Favourite album: This Will Destroy You
    .. pretty much my absolute favourite band. All of their songs are infused with the most powerful aspects of human nature and I can honestly say their music has changed my life for the better.

    1. PlayFreedom Blade (Field Studies) - Probably takes the cake as the most beautiful song I have ever heard. I must admit that all of This Will Destroy You's music takes me away from everything else, but Freedom Blade is something really, really special to me.
    2. PlayThreads (This Will Destroy You) - I've somehow grown to associate a lot of memories with this song. I always seem to think of the same things when I'm listening to it and I can't help but to smile. The fill from 2:29 onwards honestly makes my heart soar and at 3:58 it pretty much explodes.
    3. They Move On Tracks Of Never-Ending Light (This Will Destroy You) - Gets me every time. I feel like this song is filled to the brim with hope and wonder and maybe a little apprehension or anxiety of the absolute best kind. I know those feelings. It's an incredible composition, it really is.
    4. Burial on the Presidio Banks (This Will Destroy You) - I think the varying atmosphere in this song is what make it so fucking amazing. It makes easy, smooth transitions from sorrow and nostalgia and all the feelings associated with loneliness/missing someone to something beautiful and undeniably uplifting.. and sometimes it even manages to merge the two.
    5. The World is Our ____ (Young Mountain) - A VERY fitting title. I see this song as an outpouring of the triumph and peace and caress of love and everything that is pure in the world.


    Moving Mountains
    Favourite album: Pneuma
    I suppose you could say that Moving Mountains is a relatively recent discovery for me, but they have shot up my charts without my even really noticing. Their music is so easy to become enamored by and caught up in; Gregory Dunn and Frank Graniero's vocals are stunning, especially against the amazing instrumental backdrops the band manage to put together on every single track.

    1. PlayOde We Will Bury Ourselves (Pneuma) - Without a doubt the song that has more of an effect on me than any other piece of music I have ever heard. Every time I listen to it I get the "shivers" and more often than not I have to close my eyes to take all of it in. The vocals from 2:37 - 3:01 were what originally REALLY got me about this song, but now I am enraptured from the very beginning. The fill that immediately proceeds the aforementioned vocal clip is now my major "weakness" within the track (which probably isn't saying much, considering the entire song makes my heart go mental).
    2. Play8105 (Pneuma / Moving Mountains) - .. and the demo, too. In fact, it's possible that I like the demo more (although the female voice in the main version is very endearing). Anyway, they're both amazing tracks and the "one thing I know you didn't know" verse and the proceeding instrumentals/vocal fill are the best parts of both of them, despite the differences in lyrics. The entire song is just so.. effective and endlessly meaningful. The intro caught me and the remainder of the track kept me there without trouble. Easily one of my most favourite songs. Ever.
    3. PlaySol Solis (Pneuma / Moving Mountains) - Again, and the demo. The demo is especially amazing, actually - you'd think that in a twelve and a half minute song there'd be huge room for error, but every second is constructed entirely of genius and amazing. It's slow, but it's infinitely relaxing and it draws you all the way in. Incredible feat for such an extended acoustic song, I think.
    The main version - perhaps not what you would come to expect from Moving Mountains, but a pleasant surprise nevertheless. One of the most catchy and beautiful acoustic songs I have ever heard in my life (think "Things, they always die/Just give it time/They always die/But we/Someday we'll see/Our love will shine/Our love will shine", and also "Things like this are better off untold/Someday the sun will die and I'll grow cold/I hope someday your love finds its way home" and the instrumental it precedes).
    4. Cover The Roots, Lower The Stems (Pneuma) - "You know it's really hard to do/To think of anyone but you/And how your soul lives in mine" - perfect first line, if you ask me. The remainder of the song follows the Pneuma theme and does inexplicably well in doing so. This song is just.. intense. There's no other way to put it..
    "And someday the trees will sing/Oh my God/My heart is with you now.."
    5. PlayGrow On, Grow Up, Grow Out (Pneuma) - "Oh God/What the fuck is going on/With me/And everyone" - another perfect opening lyric. It just seems to fit with the song from the start. The transitions between fast and slow in this song are rather mesmerizing - in terms of the lyrics AND instrumentals (compare the intro with the piece from 2:13-2:43 "This time it's different/I swear to God/The sun's exploding/Within my arms"). The lyrical fill that begins just past halfway through the song speaks for itself.. I'm tempted to note the lyrics here, although they aren't quite the same without the voice to back them up.
    "Because you and I were blown away by love and hope for better days/You and I were blown away"

    God Is an Astronaut
    Favourite album: Far From Refuge
    One of my very first post-rock discoveries and undoubtedly still one of my favourites. This is the band that really spurred me into seeking out more and more post-rock, especially of the instrumental variety. I think the ambient feel in a lot of their tracks is a major part of what keeps me hooked.

    1. PlayCoda (The End of the Beginning) - I cannot put into words how much I love this song. The first time I listened to it, it was quite unlike anything I had ever heard before in my life, and it's stuck with me since then. I can listen to it over and over and over and not get even the slightest bit sick of it. It is just TOO good. Another one of my most favourite songs of all time.
    2. PlayFragile (All Is Violent, All Is Bright) - The first track I ever heard from this band, and coincidentally the track that made me crazy about their music. It made me cry the first time I heard it, and the first time I saw the video clip I absolutely bawled. I wasn't aware it was possible to condense so much meaning into four and a half minutes (although I have since been proven wrong a million times). I think this song honestly made me appreciate music (and life) more than I ever had before.
    3. PlayFire Flies and Empty Skies (All Is Violent, All Is Bright) - My love for this song near rivals my love for Coda.. but not quite. I think the reason I like it so much is because of the similarities I can pick out between this track and Coda. It has so much feel to it. That's all I can really say about it.
    4. PlayDarkfall (Far From Refuge) - A more recent favourite. The piano in this song is somewhat heartbreaking. It kind of just makes me want to close my eyes and freeze and listen and not do anything else ever.
    5. PlayFrozen Twilight (A Moment Of Stillness) - I feel like this track is the embodiment of everything that is God is an Astronaut, and for that reason, I love it. It is beautiful and sorrowful and hopeful and angry and wistful all at once. Not many tracks manage to accomplish that blend.

    The American Dollar
    Favourite album: .. can't even choose LOL.
    I disliked this band without even listening to them - I'm not sure why, I just had some kind of odd aversion to them before I had even heard any of their tracks. However, I caved when my most recent significant other began preaching about them to me.. and I'm glad I did. I had serious trouble picking these five out because there are so many overly good tracks to choose from..

    1. PlayAnything You Synthesize (A Memory Stream) - The track that really caught my attention the first time I listened to A Memory Stream the whole way through. This track made me listen harder to the rest of the album and on my second listen I realized what I had been missing - pure brilliance. My long-sustaining favourite.
    2. PlayGlow (The American Dollar) - If I had to use a single word to describe this song, I'd say heartwarming. It's just.. encouraging, and it really is possible for an instrumental track to be that way. It's one of those pieces that just makes everything feel OK. It sorta reminds me of one of Kyle Landry's piano covers (which are absolutely fantastic, by the way) with some added elements. I think the title of this song is really rather fitting as to the effect it produces.
    3. PlayCambian (The American Dollar) - Whatthefuckincredible. It's songs like this one that make me wish I had discovered this band a lot earlier. This music is so simple in composition but what's behind it is something that I could never quite manage to define. The natural sound effects incorporated into this song make it something different and rather unforgettable. "They change"
    4. PlayCall (A Memory Stream) - This track has a bit of everything and it mixes it all up incredibly well. It's absolutely gorgeous. I feel like this track is exactly the right length.. had it been any longer or shorter, it wouldn't have been nearly as fantastic as it is.
    5. PlayThompson (The American Dollar) - Short, but amazing nonetheless. I fell in love with this track the first time I heard it. It's hauntingly beautiful and is one of those songs you wish would just go on forever.

    And a special mention to PlayTime (The Technicolour Sleep) - The film edit from Ambient One is not really a patch on the original. The conclusion of the film edit is brilliant, but comparatively speaking, the entirety of the original version is brilliant. The build up from start to finish is perfectly executed and all but entrancing.
    .. and PlaySupernova Landslide (The Technicolour Sleep), because I somehow managed to forget it.
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  • Artists I've Seen Live

    29 Nov 2009, 01:59 by ZeroToLove

    A.A. Bondy
    Alberta Cross
    Allen Toussaint
    Amber Pacific
    Andrew Bird
    Animal Collective
    Apartment 26
    Armor for Sleep x3
    As Tall as Lions
    Bad Religion
    Bayside x2
    Beastie Boys
    Ben Folds
    Bill Burr
    Billy Talent x3
    Bob Dylan
    Boys Night Out
    Brand New x5
    Brenda Lee x2
    Brett Dennen
    Bruce Springsteen
    Busta Rhymes
    Cale Parks
    Cancer Bats
    Cartel
    Chairlift
    Charlie Murphy
    Chiodos x3
    Chubby Checker
    Circa Survive x5
    Circle Takes the Square
    Citizen Cope
    Coheed & Cambria x5
    Cold
    Common Denominator
    Crime in Stereo
    Crooked X
    Cute Is What We Aim For
    Damone
    Dan Deacon
    Dane Cook
    Darrell Hammond
    Dashboard Confessional x5 (once solo acoustic, three times free)
    David Byrne
    Dear and the Headlights x2
    Death Cab for Cutie x2
    Deftones
    The Dillinger Escape Plan (Also saw them join NIN for a song at Bonnaroo '09)
    Disturbed x2
    Donnell Rawlings
    dredg
    Drive By
    Dropkick Murphys
    Elvis Perkins
    Emanuel
    Emery
    Endless Hallway
    Fabolous
    Fake Problems
    Fear Before the March of Flames
    Filter
    Flogging Molly
    Four Year Strong x2
    Franz Ferdinand
    Girl Talk
    Glassjaw
    Godsmack
    Gone By Daylight
    Harlem Shakes
    Hawthorne Heights
    Hellogoodbye
    Helmet
    Hot Rod Circuit
    IMA Robot
    Jeanine Garafalo
    Jerry Seinfeld
    Jim Breuer
    Jimmy Buffet
    John Ralston
    Johnny Tillotson
    Jurassic 5
    Kaddisfly
    Kevin Devine x3
    Korn x2
    Limp Bizkit
    Little Richard
    Madi Diaz
    Madonna
    mc chris
    mewithoutYou x3
    MGMT
    Michael Bublé
    Mindless Self Indulgence
    Mobb Deep
    Motion City Soundtrack
    Moving Mountains
    Nas
    New Found Glory x3 (once acoustic)
    Nine Inch Nails
    Nuclear Power Pants
    of Montreal
    One Minute Silence
    Ours
    P.O.D.
    Paramore
    Passion Pit x2
    Phoenix
    Poison the Well
    Portugal. The Man x3 (once acoustic)
    Public Enemy
    Puddle of Mudd
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Reggie and the Full Effect
    Rise Against
    Rob Riggle
    Rodrigo & Gabriella
    Saves the Day
    Seafood
    Senses Fail
    Silverstein
    Slipknot
    Snoop Dogg
    System of a Down
    Staind x2
    Steven Wright
    Straylight Run
    Taking Back Sunday x4
    Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
    Tegan and Sara
    The Get Up Kids x3
    The Academy Is...
    The All American Rejects
    The Anniversary
    The Appreciation Post x3 (twice played a show w/them)
    The Barons
    The Beach Boys
    The Blood Brothers
    The Cribs
    The Crystal Method
    The Dear Hunter
    The Decemberists
    The Early November
    The Life & Times
    The Mars Volta
    The Raconteurs
    The Roots
    The Sleeping
    The Slip
    The Starting Line x2
    The Used
    Thrice
    Thursday x4
    Tiger Army
    Tokyo Rose
    Trust Company
    TV on the Radio
    Under the Influence of Giants
    Underoath x2
    White Rabbits
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    Yellowcard


    Unsigned Acts: (* denotes I've played a show with them)

    Dental Plan (I am the drummer)
    Castine x5 *
    The Wandas x5 *
    The Bynars x4 *
    Miars x3 *
    Nemes x2
    The Sift x4
    Traphiq (I was the drummer '07 - '08)
    the white mountains *
    pira reis *
    My Best Friend's Band *
    The Wrecking Coast *
    Shane Hall x5 *
    Speaker for the Dead x5 *
    Watcher x2 *
    Dead Messenger *
    Close Friends *
    Bovachevo *
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  • Everyone's doing it: Top 50 albums of the 00s.

    3 Nov 2009, 02:10 by untilwebleed

    This took forever. Yes, I'm a sad bastard.

    1. Circle Takes the Square - As the Roots Undo
    2. Why? - Elephant Eyelash
    3. Why? - Alopecia
    4. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
    5. Radiohead - Kid A
    6. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
    7. Defiance, Ohio - The Fear, the Fear, the Fear
    8. The Antlers - Hospice
    9. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
    10. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
    11. A Silver Mt. Zion - Horses in the Sky
    12. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
    13. Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever
    14. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
    15. Arcade Fire - Funeral
    16. The National - Boxer
    17. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
    18. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
    19. Jeniferever- Choose a Bright Morning
    20. Elle Milano - Acres Of Dead Space Cadets
    21. Daitro & Sed Non Satiata - Split
    22. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
    23. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
    24. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
    25. Converge- Jane Doe
    26. Mogwai- Mr. Beast
    27. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
    28. Mew- Frengers
    29. dredg- Catch Without Arms[
    30. British Sea Power- Do You Like Rock Music
    31. Regina Spektor - 11:11
    32. Mihai Edrisch- Un jour sans lendemain
    33. 65daysofstatic- The Destruction of Small Ideas
    34. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
    35. Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
    36. Brand New- The Devil and God are Raging Inside of Me
    37. The xx - xx
    38. The Knife - Silent Shout
    39. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
    40. Fanfarlo- Reservoir
    41. Okkervil River- Black Sheep Boy
    42. Bloc Party- Silent Alarm
    43. Tegan & Sara - This Business Of Art
    44. The Joy Formidable - A Balloon Called Moaning
    45. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
    46. Moving Mountains - Pneuma
    47. The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
    48. Interpol- Antics
    49. Isis- In the Absence of Truth
    50. Radiohead- Hail To The Thief



    1. 2005: 8 albums
    2. 2006: 8 albums
    3. 2007: 7 albums
    4. 2008: 6 albums
    5. 2009: 6 albums
    6. 2003: 4 albums
    7. 2000: 3 albums
    8. 2004: 3 albums
    9. 2001: 3 albums
    10. 2002: 2 albums
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  • The best.. EVER

    3 Nov 2009, 01:44 by aliespirituzomg

    Albums...


    * Rome - Flowers From Exile

    * A Forest of Stars - The Corpse Of Rebirth

    * Carbon Based Lifeforms - Hydroponic Garden & World of Sleepers

    * Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element I

    * Coil - Musick To Play In The Dark, Vol. 1 and Musick To Play In The Dark, Vol. 2 & The Ape of Naples & Stolen and Contaminated Songs & Scatology & Astral Disaster & Moon's Milk (In Four Phases) & Gold Is The Metal With The Broadest Shoulders & Love's Secret Domain & Black Antlers

    * Why? - Oaklandazulasylum & Alopecia

    * cLOUDDEAD - Ten

    * Little Dragon - Machine Dreams

    * Slint - Spiderland

    * Sweet Trip - You Will Never Know Why & Velocity : Design : Comfort

    * Cocteau Twins - Treasure & Heaven or Las Vegas

    * Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun & The Serpent's Egg

    * Lifelover - Erotik & Pulver

    * M8L8TH - By The Wing Of Black & Nepokolebimaja Vera

    * Empyrium - Songs Of Misty Moors And Fields

    * Isis - Wavering Radiant & Oceanic

    * Verdunkeln - Einblick in den Qualenfall

    * Sigur Rós - Takk

    * Anoice - Remmings

    * God Is an Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright

    * dredg - El Cielo

    * Moving Mountains - Pneuma

    * Novembre - Materia

    * Lullatone - Plays Pajama Pop Pour Vous

    * Dornenreich - Hexenwind & Durch Den Traum & Her von welken Nächten & Bitter ist's dem Tod zu dienen

    * Ef - I Am Responsible & Give Me Beauty... Or Give Me Death!

    * Frank Zappa - We're Only in It for the Money

    * Air - Talkie Walkie

    * Jesu - Heartache

    * Naphini - Get Your Pretense On

    * Sunn O))) - White1 & Monoliths & Dimensions

    * Burial - Untrue

    * Kauan - Lumikuuro

    * A Lily - Wake:Sleep

    * Slowdive - Just For A Day & Souvlaki

    * Autumn's Grey Solace - Over the Ocean

    * My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

    * Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

    * Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre Monde

    * School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms

    * Have a Nice Life - Deathconciousness

    * Death - Symbolic

    * Gris - Il était une forêt...

    * The Daysleepers - The Soft Attack EP

    * Tenhi - Väre & Kauan & Maaäet
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  • HEY

    22 Oct 2009, 03:38 by juicejaded

    'First, make a list of your overall top-20 artists. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, add up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.'

    i only deleted duplicates of similar artists, not of any of the bands on my top 20 itself x"D

    1. This Will Destroy You
    * Caspian
    * Explosions in the Sky
    * God Is an Astronaut
    * Mono
    * If These Trees Could Talk
    * Lymbyc Systym
    * Saxon Shore
    * This Is Your Captain Speaking

    2. God Is an Astronaut
    * Maybeshewill
    * 65daysofstatic
    * Russian Circles
    * Red Sparowes
    * Gifts From Enola

    3. Porcupine Tree
    * Steven Wilson
    * Blackfield
    * No-Man
    * Riverside
    * Pineapple Thief
    * Pure Reason Revolution
    * OSI
    * Demians

    4. Moving Mountains
    * The Appleseed Cast
    * Jeniferever
    * Immanu El
    * The American Dollar
    * pg.lost
    * Kyte
    * This Town Needs Guns

    5. Mogwai
    * Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    * Do Make Say Think
    * A Silver Mt. Zion

    6. Explosions in the Sky
    -

    7. Mayday Parade
    * All Time Low
    * The Maine
    * Every Avenue
    * Forever the Sickest Kids
    * There For Tomorrow
    * Boys Like Girls
    * The Friday Night Boys
    * We The Kings

    8. Owl City
    * Swimming With Dolphins
    * Lights
    * A Rocket To The Moon
    * Breathe Carolina
    * nevershoutnever!
    * Breathe Electric
    * The Secret Handshake
    * Cash Cash

    9. Coldplay
    * Keane
    * Snow Patrol
    * Travis
    * The Killers
    * Oasis
    * Radiohead
    * U2
    * The Fray

    10. A Perfect Circle
    * Tool
    * ASHES dIVIDE
    * Puscifer
    * Deftones
    * Nine Inch Nails
    * Rishloo
    * Chevelle
    * Riverside

    11. Anathema
    * Antimatter
    * Katatonia
    * My Dying Bride
    * Saturnus
    * Novembers Doom
    * Agalloch
    * Tiamat

    12. Foo Fighters
    * Audioslave
    * Incubus
    * Nirvana
    * Pearl Jam
    * Stone Temple Pilots
    * Soundgarden
    * Queens of the Stone Age
    * Nickelback

    13. Incubus
    * Foo Fighters
    * 311
    * Audiovent
    * A Perfect Circle
    * Staind

    14. Destroyalldreamers
    * Joy Wants Eternity
    * Daturah
    * Johnnytwentythree
    * thisquietarmy
    * September Malevolence
    * The Ascent of Everest
    * From the Sky
    * Laura

    15. Jakob
    * Meniscus
    * Long Distance Calling
    * The Evpatoria Report
    * The Seven Mile Journey

    16. Joshua Radin
    * William Fitzsimmons
    * Schuyler Fisk
    * Cary Brothers
    * The Weepies
    * Matt Nathanson
    * Ingrid Michaelson
    * Meiko
    * Joshua James

    17. My American Heart
    * Daphne Loves Derby
    * The Audition
    * This Providence
    * Just Surrender
    * Envy on the Coast
    * Self Against City
    * The Higher
    * A Change of Pace

    18. Stars of the Lid
    * The Dead Texan
    * Brian McBride
    * Windy & Carl
    * Aix Em Klemm
    * Tim Hecker
    * Eluvium
    * Belong
    * Labradford

    19. S
    * Carissa's Wierd
    * Rivulets
    * The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up
    * Codeine
    * Red House Painters
    * Barzin
    * Jessica Bailiff
    * Spokane

    20. Amber Pacific
    * Quietdrive
    * Just Surrender
    * Houston Calls
    * Halifax
    * Hit the Lights
    * Allister
    * Mest

    134/160.. I THINK
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