Neurosis is going to be an intense gig. Did you see Earth when they came recently?

go listen to Raspberry Bulbs. it's the kind of low-fi dark punk you will fucking love. immediately thought of you when I heard it.

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and holy shit tokyo must have been awesome. how long were you there for?

coool, dloading that chromatic. Deepchord Presents Echospace has been one of my fav ambient/ambient dub/dub techno artists lately (albums: "The Coldest Season" and "Silent World") - i found them insanely boring at first but one day they just clicked so hard. and new Dirty Beaches (double album) is mostly ambient-like too, really moody stuff. and Swarms - "Old Raves End" is pretty, lush, nice Burial-like stuff.

oh and did you really go to tokyo or is that some sort of expression

hm i've been pretty out of touch with music lately too and listening to pretty 'safe' stuff -- nothing new or exciting, just stuff like Jay Reatard and Purplene. i think a lot of it has to do with my ipod dying on me like 4 times throughout the year and i'm too lazy to put everything back on it. there has been a bunch of big stuff released this year but i don't like em very much; My Bloody Valentine, The Drones, Deerhunter, Yo La Tengo, Thee Oh Sees. new The Knife, Flaming Lips and Nick Cave are Big things i haven't checked out yet. new Kurt Vile is getting a lot of buzz and is pretty nice but so unexceptional. i liked new David Bowie. The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die have an album out, and new Eluvium seemed like pretty nice ambient.

LIKE WHAT? also hey whats up, its been a while. what have you been up to? going to a lot events it looks like; lil b, boris, la dispute all coming to perth? whoa.

hello dear yay lets b friends

Earth were rad, such lovely drone to soak up. I've meant to listen to Russian Circles so I could see whether I'd want to see them live but I kept forgetting.

What did you think of Earth last week?

I also would have accepted: Soundpieces: da Antidote!

wats this electronic noonga music

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll look towards their earlier work first and work my way through some time then. I'm assuming the rest of the Ben Frost's work is worth delving into as well?

saturday pass sold out ;-; so i could probably buy a 2 day pass but i'm not interested the stuff on sunday at all + its in melbourne so it'll be pretty fucking expensive altogether. nvm =[

where do i buy the tickets from, i'm seriously considering going to this. will be my first gig/festival/w.e D:

holy shit

Ben Frost is pretty rad from what I've heard ('Theory of Machines' and 'By the Throat') and from your description I'll definitely have to listen to it ASAP. I've never heard of Liars, what is a good place to start with them? I haven't had any disappointing albums for 2012 yet. Of course yet is the operative word since I've got like thirty albums I haven't listened to still.

ok i'll upload it later tonight and might give liars a relisten sometime soon

oh and how did you like ex models? the album you ended up listening to is my least fav i think; too repetitive - but might've been more like what you were expecting. their other two albums consists of a lot of short 'zany' songs though, so dunno how much you'd like those ones.

ah ok well none of the things i rec'd weren't wall of noise type stuff. i think you may have missed the shout before my previous shout where i said i haven't ever listened to any swans yet ;-; so i don't know if sightings sound like swans sans rock, but my preconceived notion of swans' sound is that they are noise rock leaning much more to noise/industrial, and that's kinda what sightings is like. i ended up buying arrived in gold digitally, i could probably upload it if you want. how did you like their other album? haven't listened to that one yet.

I'd be lying if I said that wasn't my first thought. I haven't listened to it yet I'm afraid, only grabbed it just the other day. Have you had a chance to yet?

atm i'm pretty interested in listening to a lot of off-the-wall/atypical noise rock/no wave/experimental rock type stuff. really digging stuff like Dog Faced Hermans, Ex Models and Black Eyes. i think you might dig em. and i listened to the band Sightings for the first time yesterday, and its what i imagine Swans to sound like; noise rock without the rock, mostly leaning towards noise/industrial stuff.

its ok i dont think new xiu xiu is essential, but if you liked dear god, you'd like new one. i never have listened to swans :S i remember having a bunch of their old albums on my ipod for ages, but they seemed very daunting, so i never got around to em. and since itunes killed everything off of my ipod early this year i never put swans back on :[ what's a good place to start? i never really liked that one liar album i heard (drums not dead) and AnCo that much. i was forced to listen to their very newest song (today's supernatural?) and liked it though.

I couldn't think of a witty line involving "Hop in" so I'll just have to say that is genuinely one of the coolest tattoos I've ever heard of.

HI PANDABRO. hm i don't think much is up. i started uni last week (only hav 2 units so it seems pretty cruisey). been trying to learn guitar lol. i've been feeling Really Good these past two or so months which is odd for me. don't think i'll ever have to listen to carissa's wierd ever again. HOW ARE YOU?

I wholeheartedly approve of your Simpsons' avatar.

beats a tramp stamp. what's your preferred madlib?

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SDC is the shit. Can't wait for the new album (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLX-LuysVh8). Nah, I hadn't. I don't usually listen to many compilations. Generally that's for when I'm starting to explore genres I'm not as familiar with.

Heard Actresses' new album yet?

it has for me apparently

ooo. never got into krautrock, but apparently this heat and swell maps have some krautrock influence, and they are pretty cool. maybe rec me some after you get around to em. you'll like new xiu xiu if you liked dear god i hate myself i think.

LOGGED IN JUST TO TELL YOU TO SUCK A DICK PEACE

listen to new xiu xiu

o man, facebook pals... maybe when i'm not feeling so self conscious. dunno its just weird for me 2 add ppl i don't know irl :<

u can make me a social success in 5 months when i hav my P's n a car :}

Dude. philosophy/politics/law. hotdam. yea a lot my friends went to uwa :( so at uni atm i'm kind of lonely. like i have made friends but only talk to them while i'm w/ them in class - outside of class during breaks and stuff don't really talk to people unless i run into some old high school friend which is always nice (but rare). i've considered joining clubs but IDK. like i need to go with someone i already know, you know? there's this big social network group club thing for pharmacy students but it seems like the Main friend guy i got doesn't really want to join it so i'm like 'yah me neither...' honestly the worst thing though is just losing touch/growing apart from all my high school friends who i used to see everyday. i can't even bring myself to talk to them on facebook and only a couple really initiate conversations with on fb chat. depressing. during yr 12 my parents were strict as fuck and i didnt go out much so i guess thats why they dont rly invite me to things now.

i dont have a car yet is what i'm saying (good excuse i think) >:{ yah i don't really go out much :{ post-high school life is not going so well socially i guess. this year i started pharmacy at curtin, but its my second year at uni lol. what are YOU studying?

Hi there. I would start "at the beginning" so to speak. To be honest, I prefer his earlier work, and based on your listening habits, I think you will too.

*realizing "johnny hobo" and "the freight trains" are not separate artists*

'YES, YES, THIS IS HOW I FEEL, THIS IS IT' is the best feeling to have while listening to music. maybe i'll go to shows once i'm on my Ps (in around 5 months (yes. i know. i'm really behind)). your tag cloud is ugly cause its ALL CAPS maybe.

yea swell maps and wire are cool. planning on listening to more post-punk stuff in the coming weeks - i still haven't listened to a lot of the obvious ones like the fall, public image ltd, gang of four, etc which i've been meaning to do for years now. will check out those two folk punk bands you rec'd. i haven't listened to much folk punk at all but enjoy the ones i have a lot.

oops i missed those last 2 shouts. didnt like cloud skatin that much as a whole :( danny brown verse was cool though of course. that schoolboy q song seemed decent might dload the album. def will look into saddest landscape album when i'm in the mood. thankss. hm i'm really into andrew jackson jihad atm. only started listening to them like two weeks ago. is it odd that some of the first thoughts that come to mind while listening to them are 'cute' and 'adorable'? brave as a noun makes me uncontrollably smile =]

'haunted creepy ballroom feels forever' is there an artist/album in there somewhere or is that a description

yah becoming irl pals or w.e sounds like it would be really really awkward ;-;

oh yea talabot was nice, only have given it like 2 listens tho. haven't listened to any saddest landscape since like 2008 - but apart from those two i haven't listened to anything else you mentioned. not really into the whole cloud rap thing (which is what i assume schoolboy n spaceghostwhatever are) :( apart from danny brown if he counts. i'll look into those other things though.

WHAT ARE YOUR favs so far; that Blondes thing looks interesting are they like John Roberts

haven't been cause i don't really have anyone to go with. don't know many people irl with similar tastes and i bet i'd just be awkward as fuck if i went alone. the national are amazing >:{ beach house are boring though yea. fav release so far is probably burial - kindred but i haven't listened to many 2012 stuff yet. there's also mirrorring which is a collab between Grouper and some other chick which may be my #2. i subscribed cause i thought i was going to use the recommendation radio but i havent so that was a waste of like 9$ or whatever.

yes / yes / no / havent been to a show Ever / almost went 2 c the national at the end of last year im so exciting i know. didn't even know boris was coming here, how was it.