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Old 01-14-2015, 09:46 PM   #241 (permalink)
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127. The Philistines Jr. - If A Band Plays In The Woods...?



Peter Katis is not a household name, but you've likely heard his work before. He's produced the entire discography of The National since Alligator, recorded and mixed Interpol's first two albums, produced We Were Promised Jetpacks, Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad, and Jónsi (of Sigur Rós). He's also worked with Oneida, Guster, and Mercury Rev.

This is his band. Though receiving nearly universal critical acclaim, The Philistines Jr. continue to live life nowhere near the radar, mostly due to their complete lack of national touring. Still, it's a little-known gem drenched in nostalgia and composed like an opera, with melodies and refrains ducking and resurfacing a few tracks later. It's passive-aggressive, beautiful, and triumphant, and most of all, a must-listen.
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Old 01-14-2015, 09:54 PM   #242 (permalink)
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I tried listening to it, and got halfway through. I just couldn't dig it though. To me it just sounded like there was too much going on, and it sounded more like noise because of that. I love Strapping Young Lad though.
I don't see where you're coming from with the noise bit, but I like me some SYL and some of his other work and Epicloud always just left a bad taste in my mouth. Sorry TH.
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Old 01-15-2015, 02:56 AM   #243 (permalink)
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128. mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas [2002]

A noise rock/post-hardcore album that just sounds unique and is really good. It's produced by Steve Albini from Big Black and Shellac. I honestly don't have much to say about it since I've only listened to it twice at the moment, but It was a love at first sight album.
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128. mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas [2002]
A noise rock/post-hardcore album that just sounds unique and is really good. It's produced by Steve Albini from Big Black and Shellac. I honestly don't have much to say about it since I've only listened to it twice at the moment, but It was a love at first sight album.
This album is incredible. It did wonders for me as a teenager, though at the expense of pushing me further and further from the pop-punk all my friends were listening to (everybody I know loves Brand New and I still don't think I've ever heard them). Any album that opens with a song called "Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues" should be a national treasure, really.
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#126: The Doors - The Doors

Definitely a deserving inclusion.
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(everybody I know loves Brand New and I still don't think I've ever heard them)
That's not a good thing, though.

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Brand New are actually pretty great.
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Old 01-15-2015, 07:20 PM   #248 (permalink)
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129. Christian Death -Only Theater Of Pain (1982)

In my opinion the definitive gothic/death rock album...especially if you get the cd or tape version with the Deathwish EP...this album is practically a rite of passage for any kid who chooses to look at life's darker side

whats great about is how well it still stands up....i mean i first heard this album in 1989...and this was a major game changer....of course it was....i was 13 and hated everyone around me....and this album is beyond over the top for depressive misanthropy...but even listening to it right now....it really is just a damn good album

hypnotic ritual like assaults of guitar....thunderous yet ominous bass lines....and surprisingly well structured drums which keep this to it's origins in punk rock

and then there is Rozz Williams....whose voice and lyrics are equally unique, poetic, sleazy and morbid


130. The Black Heart Procession - 2 (1999)


:If you'll be the light house in the storm
I'll be the ship filled with a thousand dead souls"

i think i would say that this album could easily be a top ten of all time for me....the songs on this album are gut wrenchingly beautiful and so full of sorrow

as for the music itself....i can't even begin to describe it...there really is very little that sounds anything like this....defiantly "indie" but so much more than that.....with accordion, saw and whirling moog synths

it's strange how simplistic and yet really complex these songs are....i just can't really describe it

seriously if you have never heard The Black Heart Procession...get this album....pour some bourbon on the rocks and listen to it in a fire lit room
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132. "Small change" --- Tom Waits --- 1976

I can't really call this Waits's breakthrough album, because he never really broke through, but this I feel is where he really began to stretch his musical muscles, experimenting and moving beyond the basic blues/jazz and folk of his previous three albums. With tracks like "Pasties and a g-string", where he's accompanied only by percussion, the title track in which only a sax attends him, and his swipe at commercialism in "Step right up", perhaps the first ever example of a drum'n'bass song (!) this album is a must for anyone getting into Waits, or anyone who just likes something different. A real classic.
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