Black Moth Super Rainbow - Start A People

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Black Moth Super Rainbow - Start A People [2007]
electronic, experimental
192

Unlike their newer albums (Which are also great in other ways), Black Moth Super Rainbow create something that sounds surprisingly like Boards of Canada. It's a good thing. I've also seen BMSR described as "Summer Music" and I tend to agree. If you're a longboarder, it's definitely some good cruising music for a sunny day.

01 Raspberry Dawn (2:59)
02 Vietcaterpillar (2:15)
03 From The See (0:59)
04 I Am The Alphabet (0:57)
05 Seeeds (2:42)
06 I Think It Is Beautiful That You Are 256 Colors Too (3:06)
07 Count Backwards To Black (3:11)
08 Early 70s Gymnastics (3:41)
09 Snail Garden (1:50)
10 Folks With Magik Toes (0:27)
11 Trees And Colors And Wizards (2:28)
12 I Am The Alphabet (2:33)
13 1 2 3 Of Me (3:20)
14 Hazy Field People (2:51)
15 Smile Heavy (2:36)
16 The Primary Color Movement (2:23)
17 Sadness In Her Hair (2:03)
18 Sun Stained Places (1:03)

Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog

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Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog [2007]
folk, indie rock
v2

The Shepherd's Dog is much less traditionally folky than Sam Beam's previous albums, it instead has a greater level of depth, and to my ears, warmth, to it. It's worth accepting that Mr Beam is kind of a genius.

01 Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car (4:32)

02 White Tooth Man (3:57)

03 Lovesong of the Buzzard (4:26)

04 Carousel (4:02)

05 House By The Sea (4:21)

06 Innocent Bones (3:42)

07 Wolves (Song Of The Shepherd's Dog) (4:57)

08 Resurrection Fern (4:49)

09 Boy With A Coin (4:05)

10 The Devil Never Sleeps (2:06)

11 Peace Beneath The City (4:45)

12 Flightless Bird, American Mouth (4:03)

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

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Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca [2009]
folk, indie rock
224kbps

To be released in June - why hello there, summertime!

01 Cannibal Resource (3:55)

02 Temecula Sunrise (5:05)

03 The Bride (2:49)

04 Stillness Is The Move (5:14)

05 Two Doves (3:53)

06 Useful Chamber (6:28)

07 No Intention (4:17)

08 Remade Horizon (3:55)

09 Fluorescent Half-Dome (5:45)

Giants - Old Stories

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Giants - Old Stories [2008]
post-rock, instrumental
v2

As far as I'm concerned, it takes a lot to be a stand-out post rock album now. I can't pin down what is so great about this album, but it is one of my  favourites from last year. Compeltely beautiful. Whispered Ears is a regular evening chillout track for me.

01 Where The Ages Steal (6:44)

02 Vessels (6:54)

03 O Tide (6:49)

04 Whispered Ears (3:34)

05 Sleeping False Idol (6:17)

06 Fishermens Prayer (4:30)

07 At Last Ashore (4:58)

Rosetta

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Rosetta, in my eyes, are undisputable the best metal band around. They're what got me into 'metal' and harder music as a whole, and continue to blow my mind every time I decide to listen again. Take heed, if you have not heard Rosetta, you really must.



Rosetta - The Galilean Satellites [2005]
sludge metal, post-metal, drone metal
v0

Apparently, if you line up the first and second discs to start playing at the same time, it turns into some sort of new masterpeice - I don't know why I still haven't done it. First disc is their typical hard, epic sludge. Second disc is hard, epic drone.

1-1 Departe
1-2 Europa
1-3 Absent
1-4 Itinerant
1-5 Au Pays Natal
2-1 Deneb
2-2 Capella
2-3 Beta Aquilae
2-4 Ross 128
2-5 Sol






Rosetta & Balboa - Project Mercury [2006]
sludge metal, post-metal
192

Balboa isn't bad.

01 Balboa - Primitive Accumulation
02 Balboa - Kaddish
03 Balboa - Planet of Slums
04 Rosetta - TMA-1
05 Rosetta - Clavius
06 Rosetta & Balboa - Project Mercury






Rosetta - Wake/Lift [2007]
sludge metal, post-metal
v0

Probably their most widely acclaimed album, probably for good reason. It opens amazingly and never gets bad. Definitely the place to start if you're new.

01 Red in Tooth and Claw
02 Lift (part 1)
03 Lift (part 2)
04 Lift (part 3)
05 Wake
06 (Temet Nosce)
07 Monument






Rosetta - The Cleansing Undertones of Wake/Lift [2007]
drone metal
v0

A strictly drone album inspired by Wake/Lift. (Not something to sync with Wake/Lift like the second disc of The Galilean Satellites) I've found it makes a good theme for power-naps. Mostly because it's powerful.

01- 1
02- 2
03- 3
04- 4

Dronæment vs. Rabbits Sorrow - Between Two Yearthousands

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Dronæment vs. Rabbits Sorrow - Between Two Yearthousands [2001]
drone, dark drone, sleep
192

Found this on DFBM a while ago and have been falling asleep to it ever since. For dark drone it's surprisingly peaceful and sleep-inducing.

01 Ladoga Horses I
02 Ladoga Horses II
03 Ladoga Horses III
04 Ladoga Horses IV
05 Ladoga Horses V
06 Midnight - Can't Sleep
07 Awake Tired
08 Untitled (lob-nor remix)
09 Behind My Eyes

And So I Watch You From Afar - And So I Watch You From Afar

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And So I Watch You From Afar - And So I Watch You From Afar [2009]
post-rock, instrumental
160 :(

I think this is a pretty hyped album. If so, it deserves all the hype it's getting. If not, it should be getting more hype. Just really solid instrumental in-your-face mathier post-rock. Lively and skillful playing has kept this album going on my computer and mp3 player for the last couple days. It's also super cheap, you can pre-order it at the link above.

01 Set Guitars To Kill
02 A Little Bit Of Solidarity Goes A Long Way
03 Clench Fists, Grit Teeth...Go!
04 I Capture Castles
05 Start A Band
06 Tip Of The Hat, Punch In The Face
07 If It Ain't Broke, Break It
08 These Riots Are Just The Beginning
09 Don't Waste Time Doing Things You Hate
10 The Voiceless
11 Eat The City, Eat It Whole

Adelaide - Adelaide

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Adelaide - Adelaide [2004]
post-rock, instrumental
v0

Adelaide is like... if The Album Leaf had no vocals and more... Crescendos... I guess... I like them a lot. Apparently they're super underground and awesome and don't exist anymore and now exist as a band called Small Sails which are probably cool too, I don't know though.

01 Games Without End (4:45)
02 Green Horizon (7:15)
03 Entrance (6:15)
04 Water Ways (6:41)
05 Bombardiers (6:55)

Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day

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Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day [1970]
folk, folk, folk
v0

Okay, so this is the 2000 re-release, but still. Beginning her career in the 1960s, Bunyan released this one album and then disappeared from the music radar until the early 2000s, and since has released another album (Lookaftering), and worked with Devendra Banhart, Animal Collective, Joanna Newsom, Max Richter and about a million others. This album is extremely chilled out, I recommend it highly.

01 Diamond Day (1:47)

02 Glow Worms (2:16)

03 Lily Pond (1:24)

04 Timothy Grub (3:16)

05 Where I Like To Stand (2:22)

06 Swallow Song (2:17)

07 Window Over The Bay (1:47)

08 Rose Hip November (2:28)

09 Come Wind Come Rain (2:07)

10 Hebridiean Sun (1:14)

11 Rainbow River (3:23)

12 Trawlerman's Song (1:57)

13 Jog Along Bess (3:37)

14 Iris's Song For Us (1:34)

15 Love Song (B-Side of Train Song) (1:59)

16 I'd Like To Walk Around In Your Mind (unreleased acetate, 1967) (2:15)

17 Winter Is Blue (unreleased acetate, 1966) (1:48)

18 Iris's Song (version two, John Bunyan's tape, 1969) (2:32)

mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister

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mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister [2006]
post-hardcore, indie rock, emo
192kbps

Third album from mewithoutYou - featuring guest vocals on "The Sun and The Moon" by Jeremy Enigk, and instrumentation from members of Anathallo. It's probably my favourite of theirs as a whole.

01 Messes of Men (3:53)

02 The Dryness And The Rain (2:57)

03 Wolf Am I! (And Shadow) (2:37)

04 Yellow Spider (1:11)

05 A Glass Can Only Spill What It Contains (3:46)

06 Nice And Blue (Part 2) (3:44)

07 The Sun And The Moon (5:16)

08 Orange Spider (1:10)

09 C-Minor (3:22)

10 In A Market Dimly Lit (4:27)

11 O, Porcupine (4:31)

12 Brownish Spider (1:20)

13 In A Sweater Poorly Knit (7:18)

Röyksopp - Junior

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Röyksopp - Junior [2009]
electronic, dance
v0

If you've not heard Röyksopp before, definitely check out both Melody A.M. and then The Understanding first. A good album overall with a few rad songs, a lot more accessible and 'clubby' than their previous, but they've managed to keep the same awesome Röyksopp sound.

01 Happy Up Here (2:43)
02 The Girl And The Robot (4:28)
03 Vision One (4:59)
04 This Must Be It (4:41)
05 Röyksopp Forever (4:59)
06 Miss It So Much (5:01)
07 Tricky Tricky (5:59)
08 You Don't Have A Clue (4:33)
09 Silver Cruiser (4:36)
10 True To Life (5:50)
11 It's What I Want (3:09)
12 Were You Ever Wanted (5:37)

Monolith - Eclipse

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Monolith - Eclipse [2008]
post-rock, post-metal, sludge
v0

Possibly the first 'artist submitted album' to this blog. Really nice traditional sounding ambient sludgey stuff, pretty mellow in most parts, but powerful when needed. Their myspace says they're playing a show with Rosetta. ROSETTA! That's how cool they are. Also, they do their marketing by leaking their own album. Buy it?

01 Apparition (12:55)
02 Ascend (13:11)
03 Surface ( 4:39)
04 Born Of Fire (10:05)
05 Descend (17:55)



I made my own sweet 'album art' based on this cover because I liked it so much.