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Seraphiel's Staff Pick:

The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight

Genre: pop, rock, alternative

Torrents: torrents.php?id=40242

Review - no review, because Seraphiel is shy. http://whatimg.com/images/06392988776305850359.gif

alderaan's Staff Pick:

God is an Astronaut - Far From Refuge

Genre: post.rock, instrumental.rock, instrumental, indie, experimental, ambient

Torrents: torrents.php?id=9484

Review - sylantroadie from Amazon wrote:

Don't you love it when your most anticipated release of the year lives up to your expectations. Undeniably my favorite band at the moment has pulled off a stellar release that shows a maturing in their sound. That band is God is an Astronaut. This albums is nine tracks of perfection and will most certainly be a contender for my top 10 picks of year unless something completely miraculous happens. Their sound is undeniable, but on Far From Refuge, they have taking that sound to a new emotive level. The compositions are intricate and well thought out with moments that explode into quietness. Torsten, Neil and Lloyd are a force to be reckoned with as their brand of post-rock screams into your speakers.

Far From Refuge is anything but a cliché post-rock album. Rather, it is a masterpiece that finds the band's sound maturing. The compositions are intricate yet careful and the album as a whole is fluid and the tracks perfectly selected and ordered. Go buy it now and, if you haven't yet, the rest of their catalog as well.



SupDimForFer's Staff Pick:

Various Artists - Russell Simmons Presents The Show: The Soundtrack

Genre: Hip-Hop, Rap, Soundtrack

Torrents: torrents.php?id=190144

Review - Andrew Hamilton (for allmusic.com) wrote:

A kicking CD represented by heavies and newbies. You have everything from the socially significant raps of 2 Pac's "My Block" to the barroom bravado strut of "What's Up Star" by Suga. Other standout numbers are by LL Cool J, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Tray D, So Sentrelle, Issac 2 Issac, Treach, and the Dove Shack. Excellent for listeners who get bored listening to the same artist; the 27 tracks are a helluva bargain.



SisterRay's Staff Pick:

Various Artists - In Search of Hawkwind

Genre: psychedelic, rock

Torrents: torrents.php?id=71826630

Review - Some great bands cover Hawkwind! Far out, man!

Interface's Guest Pick:

Jon Hopkins - Insides

Genre: Electronic, Experimental, Glitch

Torrents: torrents.php?id=457865

Review

This composer, pianist, and self-taught studio wizard makes big, bold electronic music using walls of synths, twinkling melodies, and amorphous bass rumbles. His previous two albums had him labeled by ambient patriarch Brian Eno as an electronic innovator, while an impressive sweep of artists such as Herbie Hancock, David Holmes, Coldplay, and lo-fi folkster King Creosote have called upon his handiwork as producer and composer. On this, his Domino debut, Hopkins showcases an intriguing musical aesthetic. "Insides" is about juxtaposition: natural, arcane textures welded to pulsing, hypnotic rhythms; beautiful acoustic melodies set against jarring bass. Reminiscent of the beautiful melodies and harsh dirty beats of Four Tet, Squarepusher, Burial, and Aphex Twin.



ScottBat's TM Pick:

The Max Levine Ensemble - Ok Smarty Pants

Genre: Alternative, Rock, Grunge

Torrents: torrents.php?id=106039

Review -

The Max Levine Ensemble’s OK Smartypants album is everything a good pop-punk record should be; it’s poignant, political, and literate, but still fun, poppy, and just a little goofy. Released in early 2008 on one of the most formidable DIY indie labels in the country, Plan-it-X records, OK Smartypants probably won’t be making too many prestigious year-end lists, but it should. It’s enjoyable as hell and is short and catchy enough to warrant many listens.
-Sputnik Music



drakulya's TM Pick:

Beat Circus - Dreamland

Genre: Americana, Gothic, Gypsy, Indie, Experimental

Torrents: torrents.php?id=174931

Review -

In its original incarnation, Beat Circus was an improvisational instrumental combo who took old-fashioned circus music as their jumping off point. 2004's Ringleaders Revolt was a weird and wonderful amalgam of Edwardian kitsch and contemporary free improv fearlessness, but leader Brian Carpenter wisely recognized that there was not likely a second album's worth of material in that style. As a result, he went in an entirely different direction for Dreamland. Announced as the first release in the band's new "Weird American Gothic" trilogy, Dreamland is a concept album loosely based on a real historical tragedy, the fire that consumed Coney Island's Dreamland amusement park in 1911. Working with lyrics for the first time, Carpenter is occasionally a bit heavy-handed; "The Ghost of Emma Jean" lacks the creepy mystery Carpenter seems to be going for simply because the lyrics sketch out too much of the story: girl gets run over by train, returns as ghost, the end. On the other hand, the music and the wonderfully well-realized arrangements are, if anything, even better than on the band's debut. This time, Carpenter is working with an expanded version of the band from the first album, including accordionist Alec K. Redfearn and drummer Matt McLaren from Providence post-rockers Alec K. Redfearn & the Eyesores, and New York alt-folk mainstay Brian Dewan, who provides his trademark electric zither as well as the album's lovely/creepy cover art, and the stylistically varied results make for a wonderfully imaginative record. Instrumental tracks like the opener "Gyp the Blood," and the mad Balkan dance tune "Slavochka" work the same stylistic street as folks like Beirut and A Hawk and a Hacksaw, while the more experimental pop-oriented songs recall the warped imagination of Elephant 6 associated eccentrics the Music Tapes. Fans of any of those acts will find much to love here.



howlingmonkey's TM Pick:

Gene Clark - Roadmaster

Genre: Country-Rock, Folk-Rock

Torrents: torrents.php?id=108232

Review:

Matthew Greenwald, allmusic wrote:

Gene Clark, record business equals bad news. Case in point, this album. Or masterpiece, you could say. After two brilliant Dillard & Clark albums, A&M signed Clark to a solo deal. Okay, fair enough -- so far. In 1972, he delivered perhaps the finest album of his career, Gene Clark, (also known as White Light). Excellent reviews in all the top magazines, including Rolling Stone. Guess what? Almost zero sales. Now, here's the follow up, almost -- if not more -- brilliant. Released only in Holland. Aside from containing some of Clark's finest tracks like "In a Misty Morning" and "Full Circle Song," this record contains two gems recorded with the willing participation of the other original Byrds. "One in a Hundred" and "She's the Kind of Girl" are so good that they would have easily stood out on The Byrds box set, had McGuinn elected to include them. Oh well, the music is still here -- an example of an artist who couldn't quite get in on with commerce. What a disaster. The man should be mentioned in the same breath as Neil Young. Roadmaster is one of the many reasons why.



dackee's TM Pick:

Robert Svensson - You're a Wasteland, Honey

Genre: pop, rock, indie, piano

Torrents: torrents.php?id=71831539

Review - It's a Trap wrote:

I could easily sum this review up in one sentence: Robert Svensson
has crafted the best record of 2010.

As I sneak up on thirty, I worry, much more so than in my younger years, that whatever visceral, overpowering connection I once had with music is slipping -- the records that were going to tear right into me have already done so; everything else is going to be an echo of those experiences. "You're a wasteland, honey", however, tore right into me. Listening to the record, I couldn't help but remember falling in love with Bruce Springsteen
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's "Born to run" in the mid-'90s while my peers at British boarding school were enraptured by Brit Pop, though this parallels my experience with Robert Svensson
's most recent offering, it doesn't mock the occasion.

While I enjoyed Svensson's "Beat EP", I worried that it signaled his future trajectory, with bands such as Bloc Party
already demonstrating how the allure of electronic music can unravel even the most talented of musicians. "You're a wasteland, honey", thankfully, is the fitting follow up to Svensson's fantastic debut, "Young punks are on the never-never". Everything I enjoyed about that first record is improved upon with "...wasteland". It's been a while since the release of a record that after the fifth or sixth listen I am not just skipping to my favorite tracks, often leaving more than half of the album behind; there is nothing to leave behind here. The record is effortlessly brilliant throughout, demonstrating how Svensson's many strengths and talents have developed since his gorgeous "Young punks..". Hands down, this is the record of the year, and the first in a while, perhaps since Laakso
's "My gods" or Shout Out Louds
' "Our ill wills", that has made such a profound impact on me.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson



shivraway's TM Pick:

Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock - Asshole/Snail Dilemma

Genre: Noise, Experimental, Avant.garde, electronic

Torrents: torrents.php?id=71960244

Review -

This album was given to me by a friend who has opened me to more noise and strange sounds than I could begin to explain, but it's truly the best I've heard in any "non-music" genres. As legend is told, this album was recorded live and features a string section at the start, while a young woman is anally penetrated by a trumpet (no one knows which end was used, so use your imagination). Her screams mark the first half of the single track album, creating an atmosphere of terror and pain that instantly cloaks a room in torture. I can say that you should turn back now, but honestly, give this album at least one chance if you have an hour to spare. If you aren't into the album for the sound, maybe you'll like it for the novelty and shock factor it holds. Either way, it would be nice to get this out to some more open-minded people that can appreciate some art that contains real blood, sweat, and tears. Probably some fecal matter too.



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