The album cover also convinces me that they're all men. Look at them. The one on the left simply cannot be female.

More like hilarious. I think the only reason Frank Zappa praised that album so much was to be ironic.

I'll definitely say, though, that there is something eerie and naive in the album's sound and lyrics. The story behind it is fairly interesting. too ... you should look into it.

now that you mention it....it does remind me of the jocks dressed up like cheerleaders from Revenge of the Nerds! :)

Haven't bought a cd for while, but the most recent one I bought was a collection full of great midis called "Sleeping under the stars". It's a great way to relax and be at peace!

I finally got hard copies of both "F#A#oo" and "Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven" today. It's nice to have them along with their liner notes.

The Game - "Hoodmorning"
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A nice lead-in mixtape for his upcoming R.E.D. Album.

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Karnivool - Themeta

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Nujabes - Metaphorical Music

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The Coathangers - Larcey and Old Lace

Café De L'Enfer - Marchant À Quatre Pattes Au-devant De La Rédemption
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a nice concept album about the decay of French society....my capy came wrapped in a WWII era French Flag....and came with postcards of 1930s era French opium dens :)....as for the album....it is very very interesting and just simply beautiful musical compositions....this will bee near the top of my list for the year

Ballo Delle Castagne - Kalachakra
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this also came in the mail.....i really hope this band takes off....just really groovy prog/psychedelic rock

I haven't downloaded anything since early June before I went on vacation, because when I returned I couldn't turn on my desktop computer and have yet to fix it. So I've been using my laptop and haven't bothered to install my download software. Plus, I really want to return to my regular iTunes library before I download more stuff. Though I'm being quite lazy about fixing the computer and getting more comfortable with the laptop. Anyway, I did buy two digital releases this week, since both were released only in that format and I wanted to support the artists.

Ochre - Early Learning (2011)

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A collection of early recordings from the pre-'Midsummer' era (2001-2003), professionally remastered and assembled in July 2011. IDM for fans of Plaid, Boards of Canada, etc. I have his other 3 albums and they are pure bliss. Name your price download (various formats including FLAC) at bandcamp.

Phoenecia - Demissions (2011)

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IDM akin to Autechre. Haven't listened to it yet, but by some accounts it's reminiscent of Autechre's Draft 7.30.

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Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 (2011)

New hip hop album that's been getting some good reviews. I'm only 5 tracks in and I'm enjoying it, it's a pretty unique album for underground hip hop. It's pretty blunt in its subject matter, but it's well written and delivered so it works. The beats are pretty nice too. I'd definitely recommend this if anyone is looking for some new hip hop.

Great album

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The Grateful Dead - Live/Dead

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I try not to be a bandwagon jumper but I liked her, I loved her voice, and I never actually downloaded this. It's fucking great by the way.

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The new Little Dragon album. Title track is great. The rest is pretty OK.

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I absolutely had to buy this.

Everything from Two Bicycles. Here's a track from his self titled:



A lot of stoof from Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate).

Saul Williams - Amethyst Rock Star

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And some stuff from Meredith Monk.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor-Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada
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just downloaded these few:-

Converge - Jane Doe
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (my pirated cassette had a few tracks missing)
Einsturzende Neubauten - Mensch
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Fear Factory - Demanufacture
Godflesh - Songs of Love and Hate
Raven - Rock Until You Drop
Sleep - Dopesmoker
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
Strapping Young Lad - City
Swans - The Great Annihilator

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Released for free for the 25th anniversary of Metroid.
If anyone's interested...



Disc 1 - http://metroid.retropixel.net/featur...ter_disc_1.zip
Disc 2 - http://metroid.retropixel.net/featur...ter_disc_2.zip
Hi-Res Art (JPG) - http://metroid.retropixel.net/featur..._cover_jpg.zip
Hi-Res Art (PDF) - http://metroid.retropixel.net/featur..._cover_pdf.zip

Official Website: Shinesparkers - Harmony of a Hunter

had a downloading craze, as the new line's really fast:-

Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Cynic - Focus
Einsturzende Neubauten - Kollaps, Silence is Sexy
Elliot Smith - Either/Or
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
eX-Girl - Endangered Species
Intronaut - Valley of Smoke
Isis - Oceanic, Panopticon
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
Joanna Newsom - Ys
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music (remastered)
McLaughlin & Santana - Love Devotion Surrender
Melt Banana - Cell-Scape
Minor Threat - Complete Discography
Monks - Black Monk Time
OOIOO - Gold & Green
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
The Byrds - 5th Dimension, Notorious Byrd Brothers, Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde
The Dictators Go Girl Crazy!
Gerogerigegege - Tokyo Anal Dynamite
The Sonics - Here are the Sonics!
The Who - A Quick One (2-disc reissue)
Black Sabbath - s/t, Paranoid
Let's Active - Cypress, Big Plans for Everybody
Hall & Oates - War Babies
Daryl Hall - Sacred Songs
Death - Symbolic, Human
Melvins - Lysol, Bullhead, Hostile Ambient Takeover, Gluey Porch Treatments, Stoner Witch
Gorguts - Obscura
Simple Minds - Reel to Real Cacophony, Sons and Fascination/Sisters Feelings Call

Man... Lysol, Bullhead, and Stoner Witch are head poundingly awesome albums

some more:-

Yes - 90125, Tales from Topographic Oceans (both of my cassettes are fucked)
Cocteau Twins - Victorialand, Heaven or Las Vegas
Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin'
ELP - Tarkus
GZA - Liquid Swords
Swans -Filth
Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
Muddy Waters - Electric Mud (reacquisition)

<3

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and even more:-

all of Os Mutantes' discography besides the Rita Lee and the reunion albums
the 2 recent Huun Huur Tu collaborations

I actually just downloaded that recently as well, along with:
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Both of those album are 10/10. Enjoy.

Bought:

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Another countless rip off of the original Space Ritual live album but a decent package with an extra CD of live stuff from the era convinced me to part with £3 for a well presented double gatefold C.D.

Super Furry Animals with slipcase. Again £3

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damn

too many to list, on another download craze

almost all Swans, almost all Einsturzende, all Polysics releases outside Japan, all Alice in Chains except the latest
Dylan - Hard Rain, Empire Burlesque
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality till Sabbath Blooody Sabbath
In Flames - Whoracle
Junior Murvin - Police and Thieves
Sir Justin - Futuresex/Lovesounds
pre-Autobahn Kraftwerk, including the Organisation album
Kanye's Dark Twisted Fantasy
Chocolate Watch Band - The Inner Mystique
The Seeds - The Seeds
Yes - Drama and Fragile (replacements)
Fairport Convention - Liege & leaf
The Name of this Band is Talking Heads
the rest of King Crimson's New Wave phase, besides "discipline"

okay, i'm knackered, just about done for now

I've downloaded a bunch of albums but here is some of the best/most interesting ones:

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Sera Cahoone - Only as the Day Is Long

Sera Cahoone was the drummer for Carissa's Wierd (I'm a huge fan of them btw) and she also played drums in Band of Horses. Only as the Day Is Long is her second solo album. I really like this alt.country, folk album. Really lovable vocals and beautiful songs with harmonica, slide guitar and banjo here and there. I've really loved this album and her fellow Carissa's Wierd bandmate Jenn Ghetto's solo stuff but I'm not that huge about Ben Bridwell's Band of Horses or Matt Brooke's The Grand Archives. I quess the girls from Carissa's Wierd just do the stuff better than the guys these days :D

Here's a song from the album:




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Scandinavian Music Group - Manner

SMG is a finnish pop/country/folk band and Manner is their new album released in 2011. I really dig this album and I saw them live this summer and they were great.




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King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine

Really great folk/indie/folktronica/callitwhateveryouwant collaboration album from these guys. I haven't listened to that much music released in 2011 but this is one of my favorites from this year.




FOR THE LOVE OF GOD please send me links to albums released this year or give me recommendations to albums released this year since I've been lazy and I've been listening to Dylan, Guthrie, Ochs, Baez and other Folk revival stuff so I haven't had the time to research on what albums there has even been released this year.

Beirut - The Rip Tide
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Wow I'm late on this album...but it's Beirut, so I'm excited.

Jesus frikkin' ukulele playin' horn blowin' balkan folk makin' Christ I'm even more late on this one :O I didn't even know Beirut had a new album coming. I'm listening to the first track right now and I'm so excited. I'm a big fan of Zach Condon's music.

both VHS or Beta albums
both Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders albums

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Man I should of checked this guy out a lot sooner, this album is the ****. The beats are really original and catchy, and this guy's vocab is insane. My favorite songs are Daylight, No Regrets, The Yes and the Y'all, and 9-5'ers Anthem. Overall a great album and I really wanna get more into this guy's discography.

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Probably the best album of the year for me so far, I love **** Your Ethnicity and Ronald Reagan Era the most, and the rest of the songs are almost as good.

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New Maria Taylor album just leaked.
It's quite nice :)

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got this yesterday but forgot to unzip it

Great album.

Although this is my favorite Aesop album, two other standouts are "Float" and "None Shall Pass".
Also, if you like Slug and Murs, and want to hear Aesop's production skills, Felt 3: A Tribute To Rosie Perez.

The Harder They Come OST
The Kinks - Muswell Hillbilllies
The Rolling Stones - Goat Head's Soup
Nas - Stillmatic
Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Suite
X - Los Angeles
The Bats - Daddy's Highway
Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw
Fela Kuti - Confusion/Gentleman
Dalek - Absence
El-P - I'll Sleep when you're Dead