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this is the acoustic side project of one of the members of Mane Horse. its twinkly, short and sweet and catchy as fuck. it has a bit of a lo fi sound which is kinda cool. if you guys are into owen and or iron and wine you guys might like this!! get at it baby! its pretty good!

http://www.mediafire.com/?9u1zhpkg9x7qaem

One good mixtape that’s for sure. Sage can still bring it. Get into this, Sage’s discography is quite the feat.

-Peter

Touche Amore - …To The Beat Of A Dead Horse

I got into this band at the suggestion of my friend Will, and damn was it a good suggestion. Found myself listening to this a lot while biking for work or walking down the street. Sometimes albums manage to be appropriate in a variety of situations, and this is one of them. One of the strongest post-hardcore/hardcore albums that I’ve heard—you’re welcome to disagree. Even though a lot of the album is about California and it’s peculiarities it’s written in such a way that it could be about any city/state. Honestly there isn’t a weak track on here, and everything flows so nicely together. Most of the time I’m surprised to find it’s all over and I go back for more. Really glad I got into this record because it’s seriously some amazing music.

-Peter

P.O.S. - Never Better

To some extent I feel this was my album of the year, even though it came out last year. Something about the songs on it made sense with everything that was going on. A huge part of that has to do with P.O.S.’ lyricism and production. Most of rap is 80% beats and 20% rhyme, so it’s nice to see an artist who’s more balanced. Not to mention how real he keeps it, and how unlike most mainstream rap this album (and all his others) sound like. Reality is often stranger than fiction, and this album proves that point quite well. All of it sounds real, none of it sounds fake. There aren’t any pointless skits on here, and P.O.S. doesn’t spend a bunch of time hyping himself up and talking in the singular. When he does it sounds more like a journal entry—re: actual writing—than pointless banter. I cannot stress enough how much this album got me through the year.

Even if you’re not that into hip-hop I’d highly suggest this man’s discography because it’s really good. Each album shows a lot of growth. Honestly excited for any new material this man provides.

-Peter

Happy Christmas.

Normal Man - That Joyless Vibe

Less sludgey Melvins from Leeds.

http://www.myspace.com/normalmanmusic

Jon.

The Chemical Brothers

I couldn’t tell you where I first experienced The Chemical Brothers, but it was most likely at a LAN party. Yes that sounds incredibly lame, but thankfully the music wasn’t. If anything I may have heard “Block Rockin’ Beats” somewhere, because that song was literally everywhere when it came out because it was (and still it) amazing. Hell the entire Dig Your Own Hole album is damn near incredible to say the least. Whats always attracted me to The Chemical Brothers has been the wide array of sounds and beats they use, and how each is infectious. They’re not afraid to seemingly abandon the whole electronic music bit entirely and go all-out psych-rock on us (Surrender), nor are they afraid to grab hold of guest musicians not immediately associated with electronic music. I’ve read that you can’t really think of the duo as an electronic music act, but rather two guys who wish they were in a rock band. That may be true. In the end I think that well put-together music is worth listening to and speaks for itself.

I’ve heard mixed things about their 2nd newest album We Are the Night, but I’ve heard a lot of good things about their newest album Further. A good starting point to test the waters would be their two “greatest hits” albums Singles 93-03 and Brotherhood. There exists 2-disc editions of both, and while you’ll enjoy those bonus discs, I’d say test the waters with the single-disc editions first. Either way this is a band/group that managed to out-live many other electronic acts from the early 90s and not turn into stale parodies of themselves *cough*Prodigy*cough*.

-Peterr

 

Livimørket

Ambient/Black Metal side project from a member of a Holy Roar band which is unknown (kinda). Dark Totality is 39 minutes worth of song (song not songs) that will probably make you question your existence. There is also a split CD with Deafest.

www.myspace.com/livimorket

Jon

Houses - Lost In Blue

if you like lo-fi, you’ll love this.

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“Deeper Than Inside” by Rites of Spring

The band that basically single handedly started the original wave of emocore bands. If you think you know what that word means, you probably don’t and need to listen to this fucking band.

~Sam

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