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    Happy New Year!


    What.CD has officially entered 2013, so a celebration is in order.

    But first, we must welcome back one staff member and say goodbye to several others. Dumont has returned, while bionicsocks, Changles, iapetus, and nothingiswrong have departed. We're happy to have Dumont back and will not soon forget the others and their contributions to our community.

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    Staff Picks:

    We have an assortment of Contest Winner, Staff, and Guest picks for you. All torrents 1 GB and smaller will be Freeleech, and the rest will be Neutral Leech.


    Eviljock's Contest Winner Pick

    All India Radio - Fall

    Genre: ambient, electronic, downtempo, trip.hop, female.vocal

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=171039

    Review:
    The Fall is hauntingly beautiful. The lyrics capture you like a burst of lightening in the distance. The strings, bass, and piano pull you in until you’re so drenched you don’t care. The band, continuously evolving from their solo beginnings in 1999 to a new level of mystic dream-pop, has added singer and co-writer Leona Prue to the slowed hip-hop beats and atmospheric post-rock edges. Her soothing voice mesmerizes and unifies the album with captivating lyrics and melodies.
    The CD is all around entrancing, but each track has a unique flavor. Fall leads with its upbeat, driving melody. Morning Drops enchants with strings and piano, morphing. And the lyrics to Chameleon bring an evocative flare to the album.
    If you enjoy Indie bands, combining but not enslaved to commercial venues, All India Radio has mastered their unique sound, recorded and packaged for your convenience, in the simple but amazing album.​

    groundzero's Contest Winner Pick

    Alva Noto - Univrs

    Genre: Glitch, Experimental, Ambient, Electronic

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=72044528

    Review:
    Titled univrs, it explores similar themes to Nicolai’s 2008 Alva Noto album, unitxt. According to Raster-Noton’s press release, ”whereas the focus of unitxt was on the processing of rhythmic patterns (‘unit’ = unit of measurement, element) and information (‘txt’ = data, language), with univrs the focus is on the conceptual differentiation of a universal language (‘universum/universal’ = unity, entirety)” [via Resident Advisor].

    Even more fun: on ‘uni acronym’, Anne-James Chaton makes a guest appearance, reading a “random narrative” of three-letter acronyms.

    The album also contains a visual element, based on the “real-time manipulation of software-generated test images by audio signals” which Nicolai achieved by means of a custom built “unitxt box.” This routine features in Alva Noto’s live performances of the album, and can be seen on a DVD that comes with a special edition version of univrs, which will be available through Raster-Noton’s website.​

    miragesolver's Contest Winner Pick

    Jean Michel Jarre - Images: The Best of Jean Michel Jarre [1991] [Anthology]

    Genre: Electronic, Ambient, Rock, New Age

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=73594

    Review:
    Let's remember the good old times!​

    Minamato's Contest Winner Pick

    Various Artists - Unearthing

    Genre: spoken.word, experimental, electronic

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=71816219

    Review:
    Written and narrated by Alan Moore, author of Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and the massive tome From Hell (among many others), Unearthing tells the life story of Steve Moore, Alan's good friend and mentor. So sit back, spark a fat one, and get lost in the hypnagogic dream world spun so elegantly by Mr. Alan Moore, prime inhabitant of which is Mr. Steve Moore. I particularly enjoy the psychotronic, atemporal, history of london (specifically Shooter's Hill) in the first few tracks. Enjoy [​IMG]

    slak's Contest Winner Pick

    Mint Julep - Save Your Season

    Genre: Dream Pop, Shoegaze

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=72092785

    Review:
    I'm not really great at writing stuff like this because a lot of the time I think it sounds really pretentious. If you like downtempo electronic, if the tags dream-pop and/or shoegaze appeal to you, or if you like this music video, then maybe you should check out this album.​


    Etabeeta's Contest Winner Pick

    Home Brew - Home Brew

    Genre: Hip hop, New Zeeland

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=72206608

    Review:
    I got in contact with this album through the Rap fans..two albums for the rest of your life-thread by Bone_Dog. He had put this together with Midnight Marauders as his two albums for life, so I had to check it out. And it was great!

    It's fresh, honest, funny, moving and has some great beats. It's the best hip hop I've heard released in the 21st century. Definitely horribly underrated and deserving of some more love.

    If you like it consider buying it for 18 NZD that goes straight to the artist. http://homebrew.bandcamp.com/

    […] after three years of dedication and benefit fraud, they've finally completed a piece of work good enough to move them out of their Mum's place; a debut double album conceptualized by the balance of life's extremities. One side, light. The other, dark. A dichotomy of methadone and melancholy. Infinity and finality. It's a record that looks back at Saturday's moment of madness through Sunday's moment of clarity. ​

    htrd's Contest Winner Pick

    Daïtro - Laisser Vivre Les Squelettes

    Genre: Screamo, Post-Hardcore, Punk

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=17459

    Review:
    It's no secret to any self-respecting fan that "screamo" is a genre full of short-lived bands and record labels that, often times, are only noticed well after their collapse. No, I'm not talking your MTV-friendly, Hot Topic-based, MySpacecore crap that somehow managed to be called "screamo" like My Chemical Romance or The Used. I'm talking about those passionate and often times DIY bands who cram themselves in venues and basements far too small for their instruments or the sweaty, relentless boys and girls who want nothing more than to be a part of something simple, unique, and special. I'm talking about bands that create some of the most beautiful and intense emotional punk that has ever been written and sung (ok, maybe screamed) with a bittersweet sense of urgency, importance, and pure feeling. I'm talking about bands like France's own Daïtro.

    Daïtro will always be one of the true note-worthy bands of the genre who's career spanned a rather monumental 12 years (2000-2012) before calling it quits to pursue other projects and interests, as most of these bands eventually do. Laisser Vivre Les Squelettes, despite being released over 7 years ago, is a record that never wears thin despite the thousands of times I've listened to it and modestly sang along to the French lyrics as Aurelien Verdant, their lead vocalist, screamed them with such force that makes them seem all that more urgent and important. Julien Paget (ex-Daïtro, 12XU, Baton Rouge), the bands lead guitarist and second vocalist, is responsible for composing the majority of the band's material and riffs and is truly an extremely talented musician and is complimented perfectly by Samuel Moncharmont as the band's second guitarist. The rhythm section consists of the extremely talented and versitile Benoit Desvignes on drums and Gwenael Grosclaude (2004-12) on bass who manage to perfectly round-out their sound.

    Without a doubt, my favorite tracks on the album are the title track "Les Vivre Les Squelettes" and "Les Orbites En Éveil" but picking even those out of the 9-track album is to feel like I'm leaving the other's undeservingly unmentioned. There's simply no way to put on this record, for me, without playing it from start to finish and wanting to release every bit of tension, emotion, and energy into the world around me as the lyrics and perfectly structured riffs dance around my head. No words of mine could ever accurately describe the feeling I get inside when I hear these songs. Like so many other boys and girls around the world, they make my heart and soul come alive with each passing moment and feel as though I am just as much a part of this thing as the musicians who created these songs.

    Over the course of their 12 year career they shared the stage with other bands who, as each member will tell you, deserve just as much credit and mention as the boys in Daïtro have earned. It's quite impressive when you mention acts like Sed Non Satiata, Ampere, Off Minor, Raein, La Quiete, Aussitôt Mort, and Sinaloa to just barely scratch the surface of those they've shared a stage, basement, or dimly-lit room with. These are the names of just a few of the modern "screamo" sound that has only gotten better since the early 90s when acts like Drive Like Jehu nearly perfected it.

    Whether you respect the band for their sound or not, I must say I will forever respect them for the individuals they are. Several months ago, I contacted Julien about trying (very unsuccessfully I might add) to locate their fantastic split with Sed Non Satiata, which is my second favorite album of theirs. Julien responded that not only did he have an extra copy of the European pressing of it but that he would gladly mail it to me to complete that portion of their discography. I couldn't have been more excited except for Julien's willingness to have the entire band sign the record for me, including Aurelien who lives in León, France during what was supposed to be their last 2 shows. Unfortunately, Benoit injured his hand and the last 2 shows were cancelled and the band called it quits. Despite all of this, Julien went out of his way to not only get each member to sign it but also personalize their signatures with some of the coolest doodles of themselves and messages I've ever gotten from any band I've loved including the fantastic note from Julien himself saying, "Hey ****, thanks for being the most isolated Daïtro lover! Julien". That's what happens when not only the fans but band members respect and appreciate each other because, they know, without all the parts the pieces will never make a whole.

    That's true DIY punk ethic. That's Daïtro.

    "Il faut pourtant ouvrir ces portes et laisser vivre les squelettes, que je puisse enfin dormir en paix et trouver la sérénité d’une âme apaisée des fantômes du passé..."

    "But still we have to open these doors and let the skeletons live, so that I can sleep peacefully and find the serenity of a soul free from the ghosts of the past..."

    BlakeHeartsMusic's Contest Winner Pick

    Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe

    Genre: Experimental, Electronic, Kosmische

    Torrents: torrents.php?torrentid=30265200

    Review:
    This album is amazing, with lush soundscapes and textures. It will instantly transform you into another dimension. Very groundbreaking album, recently re-released as an expanded re-issue. Enjoy!​


    Warlok's Guest Pick

    Fair to Midland - Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True

    Genre: Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Alternative Metal, Rock

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=43218&torrentid=30170891

    Review:
    Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True is the third full length album by alternative metal band Fair to Midland. It is the band's major label debut after two self-released albums. Fables from a Mayfly was released on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 with its first single to receive radio play being "Dance of the Manatee". Through a fan driven grassroots campaign, the album has sold over 50,000 copies.

    Fables from a Mayfly has received largely positive reviews, with IGN calling it "Easily a frontrunner for album of the year." The album reached #137 on the Billboard 200, and #2 on Top Heatseekers.
    With multi-genre crossovers currently all the rage in the rock and alternative scenes, critics are left to fumble desperately about for labels. Fair to Midland make it tougher than most: neo-prog or prog-core anyone? In any event, after two self-released albums, the Texan cult heroes renowned for their explosive live shows signed to the Serjical Strike label, run by System of a Down's Serj Tankian, a band that Fair occasionally tries to emulate, and cemented the deal with 2006's The Drawn and Quartered EP. Demo versions of "Kyla Cries Cologne" and "A Seafarer's Knot" were featured on that disc but appear on the group's stunning full-length Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True in all their glory. Producer David Bottrill gives the band a well-deserved epic sound, reminiscent of the '70s with a big, clean style that highlights the group's virtuosity and their amazing dynamics. Those dynamics come instantly into play on the set's opening number and first single, "Dance of the Manatee," as the group shift from U2-ish swelling, chiming, guitar passages into thundering hard rock. Singer Darroh Suddereth follows suit, careening between alt rock to classic rock vocals, then down into the menacing growl of metalcore. And it's the band members' amazing ability to adroitly shift styles on a dime that impresses, but not as much as their talent to sound phenomenal in them all.
    Check out the lovely Spanish guitars on "Vice/Versa," the piano arpeggios on "April Fools and Eggmen," the funky rhythm and swooping keyboards on "Walls of Jericho," the haunting atmosphere of "Say When," and the assaultive guitar attacks across the set for proof. That latter number pulls the band at times into C&W, "April Fools" juxtaposes a tinge of U.K. folk with modern metal, while "A Seafarer's Knot" arguably catches them at their proggy best. "The Wife, The Kids, And the White Picket Fence" displays the band at their most epic, as the group slide straight into rousing emo. Once upon a time the quintet may have been no more than fair to middling, but now they're successfully reaching for greatness.
    “…the progressive alternative quintet’s strengths are brought to the forefront on this superbly produced and rather dynamic debut effort. Vocalist Darroh Sudderth has a set of pipes that most bands would dream of, garnering the ability to hit balloon-popping highs and window-rattling lows within an instant of each other.” --Dustin Bennett, Synthesis Weekly (Volume 13, Issue 42) ​

    Steelemix's Guest Pick

    Ezra Furman & the Harpoons - Inside the Human Body

    Genre: Alternative, Rock, Indie, Lo-fi

    Torrents:torrents.php?id=266388

    Review:
    High energy, unapologetic, and vivid use of wordplay are a few ways to describe the sound of Ezra Furman & the Harpoons. It is almost like an endearing racket that instills a sense of nostalgia as it plays through stories of tragedy, heartbreak, ambition, love, and happiness. Shameless and proud, this 4 piece band from Massachusetts reminds me of a quirky storyteller that you just can't pull yourself away from. There is a feeling of familiarity that the band gives off, especially on this album, and makes you feel young and old all at the same time. Delightfully weird, this album is super rad. ​

    skboud's Guest Pick

    O'Brother - Garden Window

    Genre: Alternative, Rock, Indie

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=72086106

    Review:
    O'Brother's bio for their debut album, Garden Window, reads in part: "Native American tradition believed taking a picture of someone also took a piece of their soul.​

    jimmyjazzercise's Guest Pick

    SSION - Fool's Gold

    Genre: Electronic, Dance, Pop

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=116154

    Review: College Music Journal

    "Mama always said, "Don't judge a book by its cover," so you may want to take a second look at this one: a dude with a glorious '70s porn star handlebar mustache, his face rouged up and painted like a kewpie doll. What lies beneath this fella's grill is a cache of dance-trash tracks performed by an androgynous mafia, cavorting around meat locker clubs in tight pants and enough makeup to make Tammy Faye Baker roll in her grave. Raunchy songs sizzle with poppy delight and every track sends an unshakable wave of rainbow boogie pulsating through the dirty underground. At the visualized epicenter of this thumping low-brow beat glamazon women wiggle their tushes and guys sporting gold chompers tip their hats while catwalking down a red carpet. Ssion is holding a disco prom in a hot tub. You're invited; bring friends."

    eva's Guest Pick

    The Maccabees - Colour It In

    Genre: indie

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=168603

    Review:
    The Maccabees are my favourite band, and this album (their debut) kicked off the love affair for me, providing the perfect soundtrack to a 3000-mile road trip across Europe during the summer of its release. Here's a review from the BBC in 2007:

    Brighton-based, yet Clapham-born The Maccabees have been gently gaining something of an obsessive audience over the last two years, with a succession of itchy cute singles, which more often or not have been accompanied by imaginative home-made videos. You want DIY? These boys have it in spades.

    Led by the fantastically named Orlando Weeks, whose vulnerability and quaky tones match the subject matter perfectly – first fumbles of attraction? His vocal on ‘'First Love'’ is the equivalent of awkwardly sidling up to the person of your dreams while you fiddle with your cardigan buttons. Orlando, along with chums Felix, Hugo, Rob and Rupert (has any band’s Christian names ever sounded quite so indie?), have toured with Arctic Monkeys, Jamie T and Jack Penate and been mentioned on the infamous ‘'LDN Is A Victim'’, it was only when they released their second single ‘'Latchmere'’ (about their local swimming pool, no less) that record labels started doing all sorts to obtain their signatures, and really, after listening to this splendid debut, you can understand why.

    Colour It In is something special indeed. While not as Earth-eating as the Arctic’s first album, it certainly deserves to find itself in any self-respecting record collection and 'Best Of 2007' lists come end of the year. Containing one of the best singles of this year so far is a bonus too, as ‘'About Your Dress'’ – the criminally unsold classic whose video re-imagined Fingerbobs style DIY action, albeit a slightly bluer version. Likewise current single ‘'Precious Time'’, which for some reason is being kept out of the Top 40 by dark forces.

    While it ticks lots of boxes – indie, DIY, cute, colossal Myspace following etc – Colour It In also has the strength to carry itself through into the future and beyond. While it’s a piece of p*ss to shriek 2007, it takes a bit more effort to make something timeless – Colour It In has all the hallmarks of outliving any tiny-minded scene or stereotype. You could do a lot worse.​

    senatortom's ¯:tef57:°_o)/¯ Team Pick

    Schnappi - Schnappi's Winterfest

    Genre: Krokodil

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=72178961

    Review:
    Schnappi returns for some winter fun!​

    Arya's Staff Pick

    Wizzy Noise - Sabotage Part II

    Genre: Psytrance

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=380877

    Psyshop.com wrote:
    Sabotage Part II includes ten bright new and exclusive tracks featuring a massive tune produced along with the trance master John 00 Fleming, a unique album remix to the legendary Africa track by Synthetic and an amazing collaboration with the famous vocalist Michelle Adamson from UK.

    Each tune featured on the album is characterised by the unique and addictive Wizzy Noise sound which could be described as a blend of full on and tech trance music filled with playful morning melodies and electro elements in the backround that will wake up all of your senses, twist your brain and overflow your heart and soul with a flaming passion.All tracks are produced by Micky Noise and Uriel in the Wizzy Sonic Zone studio ensuring top notch production quality and have been tested on the biggest dancefloors of the globe with huge success meaning that like their last album Sabotage Part II is also destined to become a worldwide hit upon its release time in October.​

    irredentia's Staff Pick

    Mint 400 - Natterjack Joe

    Genre: Psychedelic, Alternative

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=230597

    Review:
    This group's rather quick rise and fall is similar in cause and effect to that of Adorable: the 1990s UK music press machine building up new bands past the point of the artist's ability to deal with their own career. Mint 400 is more a case of "forgotten immediately upon release" than Adorable, however, and I've always thought this was a shame.

    Mint 400 was formed in reaction against British techno and indie music, they released three good singles from 1992 to 1993, toured the US despite nobody outside of London having any idea of who they were, and quietly imploded. This story in itself isn't unusual, as the US is a great music market to break into, but chained with anonymity, a crusade against existing musical trends, and putting out singles and eventually an album on three different short-lived record labels (Vilebeat, Mad Minute, and Incoherent) which, like the band itself, were virtually unknown outside of London, this was almost certainly the pre-ordained outcome of this band.

    Their sound is a punk-inspired psychedelic rock sound, and Natterjack Joe captures it the best of all of their releases, from punk-inspired bombast to a retiring psychedelic space ballad which sounds as if it could have been transmitted by lonely forgotten astronauts, a characterization which would be equally appropriate for the band itself.​

    iapetus's Staff Pick

    Sun Glitters - Everything Could Be Fine

    Genre: chillwave, wonky, uk.garage, shoegaze

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=71931323


    Ajax's Staff Pick

    Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Symphonies 1-3 performed under under Valery Gergiev

    Genre: classical

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=72321687

    Review:
    Simply fantastic. Gergiev conducting the London Symphony Orchestra playing Tchaikovsky, can it get any better?​

    Entrapment's Staff Pick

    Mats/Morgan - On Air with Guests

    Genre: experimental, jazz, rock

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=54314

    Review:
    Mats Öberg and Morgan Ågren take you on a wild romp through jazz, rock, and spoon-core through Morgan's TV show Trum, which explored various musical genres and drumming techniques. A must-have album for any fan of jazz or experimental music.​

    alderaan's Staff Pick

    Tool - Ænima

    Genre: Progressive Rock, Alternative Metal

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=29473

    Review (shortened):
    The title Ænima, according to guitarist Adam Jones, is a combination of the words 'anima' (Latin for 'soul' associated with the ideas of "life force" and a term often used by psychologist Carl Jung) and 'enema' the medical procedure. Besides being an interesting juxtaposition of words (as with the singer Maynard James Keenan juxtaposition of the words merkin and caduceus in the names of his wine businesses, Caduceus Cellars and Merkin Vineyards), it implies an ironic translation of Soul Cleansing, as an enema is an anal cleanser. This translation relates to the song meaning of the song "Third Eye" (listed below), as the third eye awakens the "life force" or anima. It is also related to the entire album as a whole as the lyrical symbolism and mathematical complexity of the music require increased awareness to understand, and are very progressive, a term associated with evolution.

    The band dedicated the album to the late Bill Hicks (a comedian who the band felt was going in the same direction as them) and claimed this album to be partly inspired by him. The inside cover displays art featuring a painting of a medical patient with a third eye and Bill Hicks depicted as a doctor or "healer" with the line, "Another Dead Hero". Lines from Bill Hicks' standup set, "One Good Drug Story" are sampled before the song "Third Eye" and the title track "Ænema" makes lyrical references to Bill Hicks' set Arizona Bay, which is about the San Andreas fault collapsing.​

    mugglehump's Staff Pick

    The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Original Sound Track

    Genre: Videogame

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=113645

    Review: Dragon Roost Island wrote:
    Rink a dink dink​

    Lisbeth's Staff Pick

    Dakota - Thoughts Become Things

    Genre: Electronic, Tech House, Progressive Trance

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=528885

    Review: trance.nu wrote:
    Markus Schulz' vision was clear – to work on material not necessarily to be consumed via home listening, but on tracks specifically for the clubs. No collaborations, no vocalists, the goal was to assemble an array of tunes at his disposal that would cater for many tastes across the house, progressive, trance and tech genres.​

    Irimias's Staff Pick

    Convextion - Convextion

    Genre: Minimal electronic

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=59609


    KitchenStaff's Staff Pick

    Chris Smither - Drive You Home Again

    Genre: Folk

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=332963

    Review: Allmusic wrote:
    Veteran Texas singer/songwriter Chris Smither sounds a bit like a Tim Hardin for the '90s, so it's no surprise to come upon a cover of Hardin's "Don't Make Promises" halfway through this excellent album. Smither's gravelly, instantly recognizable voice is a perfect fit for his pensive, sharply honed lyrics and his blues and folk-based music. Smither's 15 accompanists, who employ everything from sax to accordion to tuba, do a uniformly first-rate job with a varied program. Like Nick Drake and the Van Morrison of Astral Weeks days, Smither makes you feel as if you're in a dream. You may not want to wake up for a while. ​

    Hyperion's Staff Pick

    Mando Diao - Give Me Fire!

    Genre: Rock, Indie

    Torrents: torrents.php?id=392468

    Review: allmusic wrote:
    High energy and drum heavy, Give Me Fire! is the fifth album by Mando Diao, one of Europe's top garage rock bands of the new millennium, and includes the band's biggest hit single to date, "Dance with Somebody." When Mando Diao debuted in 2002 with Bring 'Em In, they were one of innumerable bands new on the garage rock revival scene led by the White Stripes, the Hives, and the Libertines. Critics were kind to the band, but the Swedish quintet unfortunately got lost in the shuffle at first and didn't break big in either the United States or the United Kingdom despite singing in English rather than Swedish. Nevertheless, starting with second album, Hurricane Bar (2004), Mando Diao garnered a sizable fan base in Europe, especially in the German-language world. While the follow-up albums Ode to Ochrasy (2006) and Never Seen the Light of Day (2007) were both big hits, reaching the Top Five and Top Ten, respectively, in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Mando Diao never scored a smash hit single. The lead single of Give Me Fire!, "Dance with Somebody," is the band's first bona fide smash hit. Harking back to the British post-punk era, the song is light on guitar, dominated instead by a propulsive bassline and drum beat. It's almost entirely rhythm-driven and, clocking in over five minutes, cries out for dance-party play. It's a genuine dance song in garage rock fashion. Admittedly, no other songs on Give Me Fire! are as infectious as "Dance with Somebody," but there's plenty of first-rate material here -- "Blue Lining White Trenchcoat," "Gloria," and "Mean Streets" above all -- and it's all similarly rhythmic. Drums are indeed the driving force behind Give Me Fire!, an album that no doubt bears the stamp of its hip-hop producers, Salla Salazar of the Latin Kings, a pioneering Stockholm rap group, and his brother Masse Salazar. The Salazar brothers' rhythm-oriented production work on Give Me Fire! gives an exciting twist to Mando Diao's sound and results in the band's biggest hit single to date.​

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