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MORALADVENTURE

2009-01-01T23:18:00.001-08:00

seriously. moraladventure.blogspot.com is up and running, with a bunch of posts. go there. this is now absolutely defunct, but moraladventure is going to be way better than this ever was anyway. thanks for your patronage!

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the last post was not serious.

2008-12-04T11:58:00.000-08:00

this, however, is an actual ongoing project.

one that's going to see more action. moraladventure is coming soon, too. don't fret.

stay good peoples

YO!!!

2008-11-20T18:42:00.000-08:00

man, what's it been? three months?

here's what's up. i am working on an album of my own with my guy from remembertohaveagoodtime aka realtalk aka its okay not to dance, as well as a mixtape of sorts. alot of our old material and rhyming over other people's beats and whatnot.

that and i am working to start a new blog with said homey and my main internet dude gonzo from sunflowerchakramilk... really it should be called a superblog with that sort of name. which would eliminate these long pauses between posts, because all three of us would be posting.

in the meantime, i made the funniest and most fun track of my music making career (?) tonight. t-pain's can't believe it, but i made it a song about a certain actress. the song is called "My Penis Say Yeah" and it's a not-mutually-inclusive piece of the mixtape, so, yeah. it's funny. not serious. the autotuner is the greatest thing ever. hahahaha

My Penis Say Yeah. Download: Mediafire

Pocahaunted - Beast That You Are

2008-08-13T15:51:00.000-07:00

This is a rip of Pocahaunted's most recent Night People cassette release, which came out earlier this year. Damn these girls release a ton of music, yet it's all so sweet. Enjoy!

Download: Mediafire

Grouper - Cover The Windows And The Walls

2008-08-13T15:50:00.001-07:00

Here is some more from Grouper. Cover The Windows And The Walls was a limited press LP that dropped shortly before Dragging A Dead Deer.

Download: Mediafire

Magik Markers - Boss

2008-08-11T20:19:00.000-07:00

Matt & Kim on steroids? haha. I kid, but seriously, Magik Markers rule. Their songs start off helter skelter until they find that groove they are subconsciously searching for, and when they do, they step up 2 da streets. Guitars and noise, it's a bit louder than most of the stuff I like, but there are pop songs lingering beneath.

Download: Mediafire

Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return To The 36 Chambers

2008-08-11T20:11:00.000-07:00

Why do they call him the Ol Dirty Bastard? Because there's no father to his style.

Busta Rhymes (who had been around forever, even before this dropped, with Leaders Of The New School... who were a relatively unknown part of the Native Tongues) commented that he never quite understood how to make an album with his wild rhyming style until he heard this. He would subsequently release a string of platinum albums.

That was not what ODB was after. He was after some blood. Whether it was period blood, or bustin' yr fucking ass, some blood. RZA really contured beats to snugly fit Osirus' obtuse style, and Big Baby Jesus did whatever he wanted. Probably one of the most true to himself artists that American music has seen, whether you like it or not.

Download: Mediafire

Sunset Rubdown - 2 early EP's

2008-08-11T20:05:00.003-07:00

Sunset Rubdown - EP. Download: Mediafire

Sunset Rubdown - Snake's Got A Leg. Download: Mediafire

True to form, homeboy from Wolf Parade displayed what was to come on the only good album Sunset Rubdown ever made (Shut Up I Am Dreaming), on these early EP's. These are the sketches for those songs; both make for interesting and rewarding listens.

Various Artists - Soundbombing II

2008-08-11T19:56:00.001-07:00

Oh shit! I talked about the RA The Rugged Man song from this a couple days back, but this thing is filled with so many hits it's unbelievable, plus it was mixed by fucking Babu and J Rocc, who were legends back then. I can not stress how classic this is!

The Eminem song was fire (Last night I od'd on rush, mushrooms and dust/then got rushed/to the hospital to get my system flushed/shucks!... give me 11 excederin my head will spin/medicine will get me revin like a 747 jet engine), Common had the banger 1999, Mos Def and the High & Mighty + Mad Skillz teamed up for B-Boy Document, Pharaoe Monche did Mayor - which was about assassinating Rudolph Guiliani!, Talib Kweli, Bahamadia, Sadat X... El-P and Company Flow with what is arguably the best song that group ever did in America. Whew!

Since underground rap music could get no better than this, it immediately fell off completely, with Rawkus trying to capitalize on it's new found fanbase (bro's), Eminem hitting mainstream status, Mos Def deciding to never actually write a decent song, and El-P leaving Company Flow to start the overrated Def Jux (they had a few nice albums, but let's be honest). Classic material.

Download: Mediafire

Note about this: whenever I put compilations into my iTunes, I make the artist Various Artists. You may not like it, but that's how it's listed. Actual artist credits are in the song titles.

Joanna Newsom - & The Ys Street Band

2008-08-11T19:54:00.001-07:00

On August 22nd of this year, my future wife is going to be playing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Anyone want to pay for my ticket and have me as their guest?

Download: Mediafire

Show & AG - Full Scale LP

2008-08-11T19:48:00.001-07:00

Consumate 90's East Coast underground rap. These guys are so underrated. A part of the super-group DITC [Diggin In The Crates, a group which, at least at times, included DJ Premier, Big L, Fat Joe (who wasn't always a cash-cow), and OC, among others], this was initially released as an EP that I had doubles of on vinyl. Having thought it was completely out of print, I was floored after coming across this full length version on CD. I wore the shit out of that record. It features Big Pun (RIP), and KRS-One, who shoes up with an pretty good I Got Next era verse. If you are into Gang Starr or Group Home, cop this!

Download: Mediafire

Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill

2008-08-11T18:39:00.001-07:00

Contender for top five albums of the year status, Grouper managed to make a remarkable album. She has a knack for creating ghostly melodies that are a springboard for her beautifully haunting voice, that withers away in a forest towards the end of fall. A layer spring time pop lies buried beneath a ground overgrown with morning dew covered leaves here. Musty scents and clean air, you are in a mountain range somewhere in Colorado practicing yoga alone during the onset of dawn. Lovely.

Download: Mediafire

White Rainbow - Prism Of Eternal Now

2008-08-11T12:58:00.000-07:00

Blissed out ambient music? Adam Forkner has collaborated in teh past with dude from Valet for Dark Yoga, and has produced for groups like Yellow Swans, Devendra, and Jackie-O Motherfucker, to name a few. This is more easy-going than those, and is damn good dream music.

Download: Mediafire

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis

2008-08-11T12:52:00.007-07:00

In light of the news about Isaac Hayes, I should have posted Black Moses or something, but this had been in rotation.

Most good Soul music from the era this was released gets critiqued against Marvin Gaye, so I'll offer this: Curtis is like the illegitimate step-son of Let's Get It On and What's Going On. Somewhat political, somewhat gettin da ladies, Mayfield finds himself on the high note of his solo career here (imo, it's better than the Superfly stuff, though I love that too). And yes, Move On Up was the song sampled by Just Blaze for Kanye West's Touch The Sky.

Download: Mediafire

MGMT - We (Don't) Care Ep

2008-08-10T15:38:00.003-07:00

This is their earliest material I have found to date, and it sounds like they were listening to a lot of Paula Abdul at the time. Seriously.

Download: Mediafire

Clipse Present Re-Up Gang

2008-08-10T15:35:00.001-07:00

Blah blah blah cocaine blah blah blah spirit of competition blah blah blah whatever that little intro is to Sandman's verses. This has a bunch of verses from WGIFC 3, but it's still a good listen.

Download: Mediafire

Sean McCann - Jasmine

2008-08-10T15:29:00.000-07:00

My girlfriends yelling at me on the phone, so I'll give you last.fm's description:

the real sean mccann hails from brooklyn, nyc. ramshackle guitar dirges get broken into pieces and glued back together with paste made from analog synthetics. Sean whirrs his way up and down dunes, through valleys of glistening sand. with hints of makeshift percussion acting as leader of the caravan, mccann molds the distorted, washed-out guitar tones into something catchy and fit for a king.

Download: Mediafire

Crystal Stilts - Crystal Stilts

2008-08-10T15:20:00.007-07:00

The only way I can describe this best is by calling it a blissed out version of Velvet Underground. Specifically songs like "I Found A Reason" From Loaded. I could be wrong, however... it happens alot. Good stuff.

Download: Mediafire

Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been

2008-08-10T15:07:00.001-07:00

I was super reluctant once again (mang, I sleep on so much good stuff it's retarded) to listen to Dinosaur Jr. Look at the album cover, it's scary. If Charles Bukowski had a kid with an Alien that had downs, and that kid was trying to emulate On The Road, this would be his portrait.

Eventually forced to listen to it by another kid that works at the record store, I was suprised at the depth of it. The first track is a little loud, but not over the top, and then the album slides into a groove of subtle-lushness, with J Macsis' lounging falsetto hovering above. I saw Fearless Freaks and just came to the conclusion that Wayne Coyne was ripping off Butthole Surfers. And he may be, but he is for sure ripping off Macsis. The only FLips record that tops this is The Soft Bulletin... And that's saying something.

Download: Megaupload (over 100 mbs. sorry)

Bjork Beatdown

2008-08-10T10:16:00.000-07:00

i don't normally do this sorts of stuff, but this was hilarious.

Miles Davis - On The Corner

2008-08-09T21:51:00.001-07:00

You HAVE to respect Miles Davis' gangster. He covered so much ground musically, it's nearly unheard of in the modern era. Really, and I said this on the last Charles Mingus post, these jazz albums are the precursor to the free-form psych/drone albums that are so hot right now. This album, specifically, is what I'd call Vietnam Jazz. So poignant, that it places the listener in the bunkers, bombs shrapnel-ing around you, the smell of dust and sweat, the bustle of making it to the next out-post, tall trees flailing in the jet-stream of military planes overhead. Acute bongos, sharp electric guitar, and riveting horn hits subtly shatter the listeners notion of what jazz is -- which is quite why On The Corner was frowned upon after it's initial release, and smiled upon in retrospect.

Download: Mediafire

Shpilberg - Gold Fish

2008-08-06T21:38:00.001-07:00

OMG.

So I deal with this guy on this website who runs DNT Records, and he supplies me with most of the sweet underground psych drone tapes/cds/records that I buy. You can check it out here. I place pretty big orders on a regular basis, and sometimes I end up with stuff that I didn't order because he's awesome, he responds quickly, and the prices on his merch is so far beyond fair it's ridiculous.

Well my latest order came through yesterday, and I had no clue wtf this was, but the cover art was so awesome it was the first thing I listened to (the artwork is in a jpg on my desktop, but blogger was taking so long to up it, I said fuck it).

Well I have been schooled in the art of drums because the guy I do music with is obsessed with good drum sounds, and hardly anyone does it right (see Axelrod, DJ Shadow, jazz drummers). Most people just want to bang on the drums and have no sense of anything.

Well most of these sorts of albums don't really focus on drums. But holy shiznite! The drummer on this MURDERS! Plus the rest of the sounds are pretty brilliant. But damn that drummer has got it on lock. I am trying to get ahold of these guys because last.fm only has 14 scrobbles by one user for this band, so we can solve the conundrum of who these people are. Anyhow, this one gets on of my more pleasant suprise highly recommended seal of approvals.

Download: Mediafire

Abe Vigoda - Skeleton

2008-08-06T21:31:00.000-07:00

Damn, dogg. I had been trying to find this on the internet for quite some time, and slept on the initial links, and then couldn't find it again once homeboy's name started popping up all over the place. They often do shows at the same place as, and are categorized with, HEALTH, but that's not quite fair. It's almost tribal meets punk, right around the bonfire, before the ghost stories, just as everyone is happily first drunk.

Since I can't find it anywhere else, I'm assuming the link won't stay up long, so get it quickly!

Download: Mediafire

Raccoo-Oo-Oon- ...Is Night People

2008-08-06T21:27:00.000-07:00

More hawt psych-drone action! Raccccooooooooooooon is good. If you like Pocahaunted, you'll like this.

Download: Mediafire

Keith Fullerton Whitman - Antithesis

2008-08-05T09:34:00.001-07:00

Another rekkid I picked up over the weekend, consisting of drone instrumental pieces, made up of Rhodes, guitars, violas, mallets, and dulcimers. If those instruments don't moisten up that vag, I'm not sure what is going to do it for you. On the real though, it's effin beautiful.

Download: Mediafire

Lichens - The Psychic Nature Of Being

2008-08-05T09:24:00.001-07:00

That sure as fuck isn't the album cover on the vinyl copy I just copped, but wtf ever.

Dude is from Chi-city, is a part of 90 Day Men and has recorded with TV On The Radio. This is nothing like TVOTR, however. The write-up that Reckless did on this says "...it's three improvised tracks of psychedelic folk mantra/raga drone aktion. Culling the spirits of La Monte Young, Meredith Monk and John Fahey (I have no idea who those people are). It's a tour de force (I hate that phrase) of twilight meditation and eternal reflection. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (they probably just say that to get you to buy it)."

Well worth my 16 duckets.

Download: Mediafire

El Guincho - Folias

2008-08-05T09:22:00.001-07:00

I posted Alegranza! a while back, and recently stumbled upon this, Guincho's tour disc of pre-Alegranza material. For those who aren't up on it, Guincho is basically the South American version of Panda Bear. Get it NOW YEAH!

Download: Mediafire

Scarface - The Fix

2008-08-05T09:13:00.000-07:00

Scarface may be the most underappreciated rapper of all time. Without him, no southern rappers would have ever been given a chance. His story telling raps are as acute as any of Slick Rick's, his drug talk was always put into the risk-reward perspective, often dwelling more on the depression that stems from being conscious of ensuing damage than the glamour of rims and street fame, plus he has always had the knack, maybe moreso than anyone else, for picking the beats that fit his haunting voice perfectly. This is the only album that deserves the 5 mic status The Source gave it since Benzino took over. Kanye West (Blueprint 1 era) and the Neptunes do production here, fwiw.

Download: Mediafire

White Magic - Dat Rosa Mel Apibus

2008-08-05T09:08:00.000-07:00

Speaking of psych, White Magic are pretty righteous. It's of that new-weird america, esoteric, Crowley-inspired talk with vagrant acoustics.

Download: Mediafire

Grateful Dead - Live Dead

2008-08-05T09:01:00.001-07:00

The Grateful Dead are quite possibly the main reason I hated high school. The kids there were all gung ho about this band and they were all dicks to me, so I never gave them a shot. After hearing in different interviews how much Animal Collective loved the Dead, and watching the episode of Freaks and Geeks where the girl gets into American Beauty, I figured to give it a shot. It was okay, but not heavy rotation. Tried Workingman's Blues, to the same effect.

But yesterday I was reading another article on P4K (I know some people hate that site, but while the reviews are pretentious, there is a lot of good to be had over there), they started talking about the acid rock they did. Hell, I just thought they were acoustic folk-sters. This shit is amazing. That half-hour long Dark Star kicks my ass. Listened to it several times yesterday, and half-way through caught myself each time thinking, 'this is the shit... who am I listening to.' If you like long, exploratory improv pieces of the psych-nature, this is for you.

Download: Mediafire Part 1 | Part 2

Nas - The N***** Tape

2008-08-05T08:54:00.000-07:00

This is the mixtape pre-quel to the Untitled album that actually hit shelves. Pitchfork actually gave this a good write-up in their review of Untitled, saying that this was the inspired, hungry Nas that everyone expected to see on the toned down Def Jam release. Personally I liked Untitled, but yeah, this does trump that.

Download: Mediafire

RA The Rugged Man - Die, Rugged Man, Die

2008-08-05T08:42:00.001-07:00

How in depth should I go here? I remember back to my days when I would DJ house parties on the local college campus during the height of Rawkus' run as the kings of underground hip-hop (Mos Def, BlackStar, Company Flow, et all), and being geeked when I heard the Rugged Man's song "Stanley Kubrick" from Soundbombing II (CLASSIC!). Riggu-Ruh, yo, feel that bassline, cat. Haha.

Dude is an ex-street boxer from somewhere out east (Philly, iirc), who is brutally built like a tank. He was a grimy asshole, who signed to Jive records on the strength of an appearance on a B.I.G. unreleased song, and a shit ton of freestyle sessions on the infamous Stretch and Bobbito show on New York radio, just before Jive forgot about it's hardcore-rap past (see Spice 1, Too Short, E-40 and much of the 90's Bay area acts), instead favoring pop acts like Britney Spears and NSync. Jive continuously put RA's much anticipated album on hold for what seemed like an eternity, before getting dropped from the label due to a sexual harrassment suit brought against RA by a Jive records secretary (he may have pulled his dick out... not sure though).

With that out of the way, this is pretty much all post-Jive vault material, finding RA spitting over grimy east coast underground beats with his snarling vox, talking about basic grimy situations, which include his rise to near-fame, difficulties with Jive, and his consequential burroughing back to the underground to make what was, for all intents and purposes, a successful underground rap record.

Sounds like a success story Disney would shoot a movie over, right? Haha. Maybe if he wasn't talking about nothing but nasty shit non-stop.

Download: Mediafire

Killah Priest - Heavy Mental

2008-08-05T08:36:00.001-07:00

So you have Liquid Swords, right? The last song from that album, B.I.B.L.E., was not GZA, but this guy. But the song was deemed so compelling by RZA and company that they had to place it as the bookend to the Genius' classic album. Then, Killah Priest got to do his solo album between Wu releases, and this is it. Really, it should have been KP over Cappadonna for the last roster spot in the Clan after ODB got locked up, but for whatever reason they picked Cappa, who probably would have been like the fourth best member of Killarmy. KP's gravely voice dominates over classical-era Wu production; so if you love Liquid Swords, Heavy Mental should find good rotation in yr iTunes.

Download: Mediafire

Charles Mingus - Mingus Plays Piano

2008-08-05T08:31:00.000-07:00

Been listening to 'nuff Mingus lately. Used to have a really hard time getting into jazz, until I realized that bands like Pocahaunted and Raccoo-ooo-oon are doing the same stuff with different instruments. The subtitle to this, 'Spontaneous Compositions and Improvisations,' probably doesn't give Mingus his due, as far as being a calculated musician goes. Like Sun Ra, Charles had a knack for being so good at writing jazz music that it seemed impossible to be anything other than "spontaneous." If you aren't, you had better recognize like it looks familiar.

Download: Mediafire

Gang Gang Dance x 5

2008-07-16T18:56:00.000-07:00

ME : I'm tired and my stomach hurts. I really want to read but work was terrible, and I don't think my brain is functioning enough to successfully interpret intelligent thought typed on pieces of paper bound together.

YOU : Fuck you, Justin, post some sweet music.

ME : Ok

Gang Gang Dance is basically the shit. If you were in Alice In Wonderland, climbing a steep spiraling staircase into an astral projection of the guts of fireworks, you'd be at the heart of their sound. If you are a fan of groups like Excepter, well, you probably are already a fan. I don't know, though. GGD is superior to Excepter in my humble opinion. Like surfing the crest of a mystical wave. Hyperbole is THE BEST.

I hope yr happy.

God's Money. Mediafire

Retina Riddim (music disc only) Mediafire

Revival Of The Shittiest Mediafire

Rawwar Mediafire

Hillulah Mediafire

Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue (1977/2008)

2008-07-14T19:43:00.001-07:00

This is the one I'm excited to bring to you. Shit I love the Beach Boys. I found some bootleg of the o.g. version of Smile on vinyl the other day, then this was re-issued, with way awesome extras. So Dennis was the drummer, the surfer, the player, the alcoholic, who very few thought any anything other than those qualities in him. Little did they know he would churn out on of the best post-Pet Sounds Beach Boys albums in their cannon. Dennis, who was also the member that was hanging out with Charles Manson for a short period before the Tate murder (and ripped off one of Manson's songs for 20/20, "Never Learn Not to Love", which is also known as "Cease To Exist"), was never classically trained on a piano, rather felt his way around, composing songs. This is the result. It's amazing; somewhere between Smiley Smile, White Album-era Beatles, Bee Gee's first record, a fusion of late 70's CTI and ECM jazz/pop records, with a small dash of Dark Side Of The Moon (you will undoubtedly say I misdiagnosed it, but whatever). Get it, listen. The second disc is chalk full of outtakes from his would-be second album, Bambu (not Bamboo).

Download: Mediafire Disc 1 (Pacific Ocean Blue) | Disc 2 (Bambu outtakes)

Jeremy Enigk - Return Of The Frog Queen (1996)

2008-07-14T19:35:00.000-07:00

Dude from Sunny Day Real Estate. This is from, iirc, a period in his life where he locked himself in a room for like a year or something to meditate or pray and try to figure stuff out. Supposedly it's about God, but in that underlying way which many artists choose to express themselves on that matter. His singing style travels from gentle to screeching - not in a super-emo (though partly emo) way, rather very melodic, with swift tempo changes over something between plain acoustic and Jon Brion-esque production. My guy at the record store considers this a top 3 all time album. 320 bit rate.

Download: Mediafire

Le Tigre x3

2008-07-14T19:26:00.000-07:00

Someone asked for more Le Tigre, and how could I refuse? Basically it's lo-fi-pseudo-dance music for feminists. They used drum machines, guitars, and synths, I think. They peaked on their self-titled debut, and everything else was good, but not great. They quickly defused, as the main singer chick could never keep a band going for very long.

From The Desk of Mr. Lady EP. Download: Mediafire

Feminist Sweepstakes. Download: Mediafire

Self-Titled. Download: Mediafire

Kria Brekkan - Wildering 7" Re-Up

2008-07-14T19:25:00.000-07:00

Hopefully this works better!

Mediafire

Tyrannosaurus Rex - A Beard Of Stars (1970)

2008-07-09T19:39:00.000-07:00

Another classic psych rock record from the dude that would later become glam rocker T.Rex. I posted about "My People Were Fair" a while back, and I sincerely hope you all got that, because it's one of my favorites of all time. This isn't nearly as prolific, but it's still worth yr time.

Download: Mediafire

Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)

2008-07-09T19:32:00.000-07:00

Baby's on fire, better throw her in the water. This is almost pre-shoegaze post-punk or something. Good campfire ghost-story music, but no Cub Scouts, just you and a gang of the midgets from Dylan's "Ballad Of A Thin Man." That may be over-exaggerating, but not by much.

Download: Mediafire

Ride - Smile (1990)

2008-07-09T19:28:00.000-07:00

Shoegaze classic? I think so. That classic honey smothered sound, roller-coaster vox, and jazz meets rock drums. Someone hand me a Vicodin.

Download: Mediafire

Pit Er Pat - Emergency (2004)

2008-07-09T19:22:00.000-07:00

I posted about Pit Er Pat's last album, Pyramids, a while ago. I LOVED that ish. So frighteningly calm. Come to find out they had albums before Pyramids. This is one of those, a song EP that stands abrasively different than said album. It's like Pyramids meets Pretty Girls Make Graves meets acid jazz? It's real good when it gets slow, which is rare here, and when it's fast it's just kind of bizarre, with little vocals. If that piques yr interest, go for it. It's the same band, though. Trust me.

Download: Mediafire

Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night (1997)

2008-07-09T19:05:00.000-07:00

This is some smooth shit here, mang. Hard to really pin it down other than a super galactical, smoothed-out, coked-up version of "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" if Rae and Ghost were only describing the celebrations between drug deals. Their flows/voices are similar to Clipse, really, but the listener is left guessing about which they are talking, more often than not. But it sounds good. Interesting note about this is that, if you cross-reference this with Jay-Z's debut, Reasonable Doubt, you will hear a similarity in sound. Reason being is that Hov actually stole a few beats that were meant for this, overpaid the producers, then put them on his record, launching a "hundred-million dollar" career.

Download: Mediafire

Le Tigre - Remix (2001)

2008-07-09T19:01:00.001-07:00

This is a cd that I stumbled upon during a trip to Reckless Records a couple years back or so. It was on Le Tigre's original label, and, iirc, this is one that hasn't been reissued since they changed distributors. I'm a big fan of these gals (plus maybe dude), and while this is only a remix EP - and a kitchy one at that - it plays a nice role in their discography. A DFA remix of Deceptacon is among the 6 songs here.

Download: Mediafire

demos again.

2008-07-09T18:05:00.000-07:00

got some music coming shortly, but in the mean time, allow me to reintroduce myself...

i posted something a couple months back about accepting demos for artists that think they can keep up with the type of material i believe in enough to post at this hurr goldenhymn blog, and that, if they did in fact live up to, or at least have the potential of these acts, i would post a link to yr music to be downloaded and give more exposure to the people in the underground doing their little thug thizzle.

gutz, are you tough enough?

email me : somanywheelchairs(at)gmail(dot)com

if you have emailed me in the past (there were many of you, some of whom i got a chance to respond to), i will be going back through a good portion of yr work soon. my hope is to feature one artist/group per time on a designated day each week. DO NOT put a link or tell me of yr interest in a comment to this post. if you aren't an artist and think it's a cool idea, or have a funny phrase you think i should name the section, please, feel free to comment here. IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST and don't email me directly you are an idiot and automatically disqualified because you didn't pay attention past the first paragraph. sorry to be a dick, but really, i'm not being a dick. :)

hope to hear yr music. truly and honestly.

Kria Brekkan - Wildering 7"

2008-07-07T19:57:00.001-07:00

So Mrs. Avey Tare feels (no pun intended) bad for that aborted fetus of an idea that was taking the final mix of what was a very good album and playing it backwards before releasing it for the masses. She was good on her own right while with Mum, and redeems herself with this 7"

Download: Mediafire

Okay - High Road / Low Road (2004)

2008-07-07T19:47:00.000-07:00

Okay has the album-of-the-so-far-year with Huggable Dust, and these (this?) are his other two albums, which is more like a double album. Some people get annoyed by his voice, which sounds somewhere between the soft-coo of Will Oldham and the high pitch nasal tone of B-Real of Cypress Hill. Personally, I think it's pretty bitchin'. The music is largely acoustic, with lyrics that remind me of Person Pitch. So, yeah, people that liked Panda Bear's last two albums will like him, if not you probably won't (though I won't completely write off yr bad taste). Interesting fact is that Okay (Marty Anderson in real life) is bed stricken with Chrones (sp) disease, which also effects Why?. Had no idea that disease was so serious. :(

Download: High Road. Mediafire
Download: Low Road. Mediafire

DJ Screw - Codiene Fiend (1995)

2008-07-07T19:40:00.000-07:00

This is the guy, from Houston, that started the 'chopped and screwed' slowed-down-for-syzzurp-drinkers remixes that is wildly popular. Purple drank is Codeine and some other crap that's basically drinkable liquid heroin. This is the only mix of his I've found, and it's just an interesting mixtape of many of the best songs from '95, including 'All I Need' by Method Man, the good version of 'One More Chance' by BIG, and many others. I guess yr supposed to get fucked the fuck up and listen to this, but it's relevant either way.

Download: Mediafire

Nas - Untitled (2008)

2008-07-07T19:33:00.000-07:00

Hey, Nas... stop ripping me off! Seriously, my homie and I did a song once called 'Kill Yr Television.' It was pretty good. Nas did a song called 'Sly Fox,' and it's basically the same thing. I had a phrase that said something about 'start to think outside the idiot box/ five big bad wolves got the cinema locked...' to which Nas says something about 'locked by the idiot box.' Am I stretching? Nah. The beat trudges along like the one on our song too. Not sure if it's still up on our myspace page or not, but if not, I'll probably have to upload it.

Anyhow, I'm proud of Nas, 'Sly Fox' notwithstanding. This, not Stillmatic, is his best work since that classic debut so long ago. He is ALWAYS better when he gets political, and that's what we have here. He is working with more commercially viable producers also, which may sound like a bad combo, but Nas' weakness was always choosing beats that fit his style (post Illmatic of course). He did well here.

Download: Mediafire

Pocahaunted x3

2008-07-07T17:00:00.000-07:00

I love these ladies. And, judging by previous download numbers for the first set of albums posted, so do you! We go so well together. Island Diamonds is amazing. They got a drummer and made some blissed-out, shoegaze-dance ?! Mirror Mics is new, and Peyote Road, iirc, is the one before Island Diamonds. You should have all of these. You do, you die. You don't, you die stupidly.

Download: Island Diamonds. Mediafire
Download: Mirror Mics. Mediafire
Download: Peyote Road. Mediafire

CSS - Donkey (2008)

2008-07-07T16:48:00.001-07:00

I genuinely liked CSS' first album, that Diplo-found drenched neo-synth-disco. The girl singer is neither a good songwriter (though a few are, i guess, interesting), nor singer, but she has that intangible spunk. Haven't spent deep listening with the new one, but from a distance it made me want to dance. But it's okay not to dance, too. But it's not okay to not have fun!

Download: Mediafire

Excepter - Throne (2004)

2008-07-02T20:30:00.000-07:00

And one more to end my posting for the day. Sorry I'm not my usual descriptive self. Work really has me tired. Enjoy!

Download: Mediafire

Excepter. x3

2008-07-02T19:03:00.000-07:00

more from the noise (?) group. i have a couple more cd's that i haven't put into my itunes yet. i'll work on it.

Excepter - Self-Destruction. Download: Mediafire

Excepter - Streams 01. Download: Mediafire

Excepter - Obedience Cassette. Download: Mediafire

Excepter - Alternation (2006)

2008-07-01T16:56:00.000-07:00

Someone asked for more Excepter a while back. I hope yr happy now.

Download: Mediafire

Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)

2008-07-01T16:50:00.000-07:00

The album that single handedly resurrected the Wu-Tang Clan, this is the most abstract - and arguably best - of Ghostface's solo albums. RZA got back to somewhere between better than good and great, and Ghost, fresh out the Pen, was hungrier than ever. This is the album MF Doom wishes he could make. Haha.

Download: Mediafire

Blonde Redhead - Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons (2000)

2008-07-01T16:47:00.000-07:00

You want the sound that lies on the equator of Portishead and Sonic Youth? Here you go.

Download: Mediafire

Grizzly Bear - Sorry For The Delay (2006)

2008-06-30T17:18:00.000-07:00

This is, for all intents and purposes, the more appropriate return post.

Grizzly Bear is the shit. That's all there really is to it. Yellow House was/is a classic (if you haven't listened in a while, go back. You'll be well-served to know it hasn't aged one bit), and their cover of He Hit Me is incomparable. So, after having downloaded this sometime last year and not having ever seen a hard copy on shelves, it surprised me greatly to find it on vinyl randomly. This has the same tone as Yellow House and Friend, and contains a killer version of Owner Of A Lonely Heart. I can not wait for their new album.

Download: Mediafire

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)

2008-06-30T16:36:00.000-07:00

Okay, so he isn't the best rapper alive. And, while I hyped it as such amongst friends early on, it isn't the best album this year so far. But it is as solid a mainstream rap release as any the last three years has seen. His flows are absolutely nuts, and while the beats aren't as illinear as his raps (Swizz Beats just jacks a whole David Axelrod track for Dr. Carter... though Swizzy deserves credit. It's a long journey from the Best Buy Casio keyboard line on Ruff Ryder Anthem to sampling Axelrod), Wayne makes them work - all the while covering topics like fixing wack mc's, getting licked like a lollipop, having sex with female police officers, and how the world needs compassion.

I realize this is kind of a weak first post back, as most of any interested parties already have this, there are always some late arrivals to the party. Plus I upped the bonus disc, so whatevs.

Download: Tha Carter III - Mediafire. Part 1 | Part 2
Download: Tha Carter III Bonus Disc - Mediafire

Related link - Anyone else seen this? Keep searching around on that topic. Pretty creepy.

hi

2008-06-15T22:54:00.001-07:00

i know, i suck. i've been working 65 hours a week, and haven't even really been listening to music. i recieved a gang of sweet demos, which i DO plan on getting up here, as well as posting new albums. i haven't forgot about this at all. hopefully work slows down and i get some more time. hope all is well with you guys!

My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (2008)

2008-04-20T20:56:00.001-07:00

I promise to never rick roll you guys again. Pinky swear. This is the leak of MMJ's new album. And, though I only have got to listen to it once through, I was impressed.

Download: Mediafire

Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs (2008)

2008-04-19T01:39:00.003-07:00

So, apparently more people than not didn't get a laugh out of the rick roll. Sorry. Sort of. There was so much frustration over this leaking, that I thought it'd be funny to put some humor into it. Ah well. People don't want to laugh, they just want free music.

No Age - Nouns (2008)

2008-04-19T00:16:00.001-07:00

Uh huh. Ok. What's up? Shut up!

Download: Mediafire

Do Make Say Think - The Whole Story Of Glory (2008)

2008-04-19T00:10:00.000-07:00

It's leak time again, part 1. Haven't got a chance to listen yet.

Download: Mediafire

Atlas Sound - The Weekend EP

2008-04-19T00:06:00.000-07:00

You guys do visit Brandon Cox's blog, right? If not, you are missing out. Dude posts like tons of music, and omgloljkbtw. Here is one of my favorite EP's from said site.

Download: Mediafire

MGMT - Time To Pretend (2005)

2008-04-18T18:16:00.001-07:00

This is the EP that led to Oracular Spectacular. If nothing more, it's cool to hear the impact Dave Fridmann had on the group.

Download: Mediafire

Six Organs Of Admittance - Shelter From The Ash (2007)

2008-04-18T18:12:00.000-07:00

Do you like Bonnie 'Prince' Billy? Then you should have this. Dude is not quite evocative as Oldham, but it's there, in the same vein. Plodding and emotional, female back up vocals, trudging acoustics and sparse drums.

Download: Mediafire

Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep (1997)

2008-04-18T18:03:00.000-07:00

Horror core classic? I suppose. But this was not horror core so much as a well disguised effort in teaching 5% mathematics to a larger audience. Prince Paul and RZA combine during the height of their careers (I guess one could feasibly argue that Prince Paul plateau-d in the early 90's flower era, but regardless) to make a sonically twisted palate, while the raps keep the listener listening. 1-800 Suicide, which was undoubtedly grounds for reactionary lawsuits by parents, was not so much advocating suicide as it was wondering what the fuck is wrong with rich white kids, who, if they can't realize the opportunity they were born with, may as well kill themselves instead of bitching about it to some poor black kids raised backs against the wall. This sort of ideology is what makes this a classic - as relevant now as it was 11 years ago.

Can't say enough about this. If you listen closely you will see the genius of the lyrics here.

Download: Mediafire

Diplo - FabricLive 24 (2005)

2008-04-18T17:58:00.000-07:00

This is my favorite official blended mix since a Beat Junkies cassette I had back in high school (oh how I wish I could find a copy of that, but unfortunately Fat Beats doesn't carry dead stock on cassettes these days). This is get ready for the party music. This is get down to yr scivvies and dance around with yr girlfriend in your living room music. Man. The intergalatic fart sound Diplo uses between songs kills me every time.

Download: Mediafire

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Karen O At Home

2008-04-18T17:53:00.000-07:00

I forget the complete details of this, but iirc this is a disc of demos and etc meant to be heard only by the producer from TV On The Radio, and that sexy bitch Karen O threw a shit fit all over her myspace blog when a random dude leaked it on the internet. It's basically the stripped down, acoustic version of YYYs style music, and it's quite enjoyable.

Download: Mediafire

Poor Righteous Teachers - New World Order (1996)

2008-04-18T17:47:00.000-07:00

The 90's version of dead prez? While they were politically militant and anti-whitey, PRT probably resided somewhere between KRS-One (who appeared on this album) and dp. This is a highly underrated record, one that finds a reggae-tinged boom bap sound clashing against lyrics which revolve around the illuminati, Bush the first, and the horrors of crack cocaine. Plus the cover art is dope. If you find a physical copy of it (oop as far as I know), you will be delighted by the suggested reading of PRT, which includes Holy Blood, Holy Grail and Behold A Pale Horse.

Download: Mediafire

Black Moth Super Rainbow

2008-04-16T18:09:00.000-07:00

I'm editing my description. If Burial merged with Casper the Friendly Ghost and they played music in an episode of the Smurfs, you get Black Moth Super Rainbow. Yeah.

Dandelion Gum. Download: Mediafire

The Octopus Project - House Of Apples And Eyeballs. Download: Mediafire

Start A People. Download: Mediafire

Falling Through A Field... Download: Mediafire

Pit Er Pat - Pyramids (1996)

2008-04-15T19:31:00.003-07:00

More ghostly sounding goodies! This is so melodic and so sweet and sweeping and south west. Um, yeah, it's just really good, and doesn't get the day light (or night light, I suppose), it deserves.

Download: Mediafire

El Guincho - Alegranza (2007)

2008-04-15T19:22:00.001-07:00

Hasn't everyone already downloaded this? As you've undoubtedly heard, it's like a Carribean Panda Bear. Just in case, though, I'm posting it.

Download: Mediafire

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

2008-04-15T18:46:00.000-07:00

Anyone ever read that 2012 book by Daniel Pinchbeck? This guy Ariel is writing Brian Wilson pop music from that in-between dimension full of spectral elves and polyurathine unicorns. There are odd tape contortions, like it was recorded on a 4 track through a 4 track through a jail meeting room telephone. Paw Tracks is so good.

Worn Copy. Download: Mediafire

House Arrest (320 bit rate). Download: Mediafire Pt 1 | Pt 2

The Doldrums. Download: Mediafire

Modest Mouse

2008-04-14T20:17:00.001-07:00

This is because I found out today that there are people who listen to good music but don't know that Modest Mouse had a run of really brilliant albums before Good News For People Who Love Bad News. Enjoy!

The Moon & Antartica. Download: Mediafire

Building Nothing Out Of Something. Download: Mediafire

The Lonesome Crowded West. Download: Mediafire

This Is A Long Drive... Download: Mediafire

Death Cab For Cutie

2008-04-14T18:49:00.000-07:00

I know, I know. Trust me. How is it possible to like Death Cab and Pocahaunted equally? Like a 12 year old girl, IDK. Do they kind of come across as pretentious? Maybe. Are they really talented or musically revelatory? No. Did Postal Service in hindsight sound like the soundtrack to gay rodeo? Yeah. Did Chris Walla's solo album suck? Absolutely. Regardless, there is, imo, a time and place for good pop music, and essentially DCfC is mindless pop. But I'll be damned if those melodies aren't catchy as hell, and pull me into the emotion. Really, I'm just posting this to make up for acting like I had the leak or something (it's still only the fake being bandied about the internet).

The Photo Album. Download: Mediafire

You Can Play These Songs With Chords. Download: Mediafire

Something About Airplanes. Download: Mediafire

Stability EP. Download: Mediafire

Transatlanticism. Download: Mediafire

We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes. Download: Mediafire

Plans. Download: Mediafire

The John Byrd EP. Download: Mediafire

Demos

2008-04-11T22:31:00.000-07:00

So I'm interested to hear some demos. Been thinking about setting up an online distribution site or something for a tape label. Nothing big, but I want to at least get some demos coming in, and see what happens. If nothing else, I can always feature a good demo on here and get your bands name out. Email me = somanywheelchairs(at)gmail(dot)com, and let me know you're interested. I want hard copies though, like send me a tape or cdr or something.

Maybe no one will respond, but figured it can't hurt.

BTW, do not download the Death Cab for Cutie link in the Cbox. It's a bunch of songs from a band called Velveteens. They need to get their own sound, bunch of twats.

Islands - Arm's Way (2008)

2008-04-11T18:21:00.001-07:00

I tempidly enjoyed Islands' last attempt at epic via quirk, but have yet to listen to this. Enjoy!

Download: Mediafire

Terrestrial Tones - Dead Drunk (2006)

2008-04-10T19:29:00.003-07:00

Terrestrial Tones is Avey Tare of Animal Collective and Eric Copeland of Black Dice exploring the noise rock that exists somewhere between the experimentation of 'Here Comes The Indian' or 'Hollinndagain' and the Black Dice catalogue. If you are more of a post-Sung Tongs AC fan, you probably won't like this too much at first, but stick with it and it will be like tree bark turning into aspirin.

Download: Mediafire

DJ Shadow v. Avalanche

2008-04-10T19:22:00.000-07:00

There is an argument taking place over on atease about who had the better sample-based album, The Avalanches 'Since I Left You' or DJ Shadow's 'Endtroducing.....' Well, since I already posted Endtroducing..... here, figured I'd up 'Private Press' instead, and let you decide for yrself.

The Avalanches - Since I Left You . Download: Mediafire

DJ Shadow - The Private Press . Download: Mediafire

Low - A Lifetime Of Temporary Relief (2004)

2008-04-10T18:32:00.001-07:00

Low. Boss man always talks about how, when he'd get too high to handle, he'd always use Low to bring him softly back to Earth. Yeah, that's about right. They're not necessarily depressing, though these songs can fit that mood, it's like something between the noise rock of Sonic Youth and the ambient scenery of Brian Eno. This particular set contains 3 discs of b-sides, live recordings, and cover songs (of note, Journey and The Beach Boys). Haven't seen this bandied about the internet much. Bit rate is 256, so, yeah, it's going to take 6 downloads to get it all, but it will be worth yr while. Promise.

Disc 1 . Download: Mediafire Part 1 | Part 2

Disc 2. Download: Mediafire Part 1 | Part 2

Disc 3. Download: Mediafire Part 1 | Part 2

Pocahaunted

2008-04-10T09:52:00.001-07:00

These gurls are a huge part of the cassette uprising going on in parts of the 'ether' (shoutboxshoutout), where noise/drone/meditative riff bands that would normally be playing bowling alley bars are making their voices heard to bigger audiences than would have been previously afforded. Anyhow, they are good. Pocahaunted in particular are mildly ghostly, using a sort of free-form jazz with noise and excellent vocals. Shit sounds like it belongs on tapes. You will hear hissing on the recordings, too. Most of these dl's are one, two, or three song jaunts, but worth your time nonetheless.

Pocahaunted - A Tear For Every Grain Of Sand . Download: Mediafire

Pocahaunted - Moccasinging . Download: Mediafire

Pocahaunted - Native Seduction 3" . Download: Mediafire

Pocahaunted - Out Of A Common Bowl . Download: Mediafire

Pocahaunted - What The Spirit Tells Me . Download: Mediafire

Subtle - ExitingARM (2008)

2008-04-10T07:31:00.001-07:00

Eminem would say: Ahh shit/ I started a moshpit/ squashed a bitch/ and lost her foster kid.

But seriously, folks. This is the real deal new Subtle leak. Get it, because it's good. You can tell they were touring with TV On The Radio while writing, and it was suggested on atease that Tunde is doing back up vocals. Synth lines kill it. What else can I say?

Download:Subtle's publicist apparently asked that i take down the link. Done. Support it when it drops, peoples.

Beach House

2008-04-10T07:23:00.000-07:00

Because I feel a need to promote the shit out of this band. It's downtempo kind of indie folk I guess, though that doesn't begin to touch the depths they reach. No one else out really does what Beach House does, and even if they did, they couldn't do as well. It's sparse, almost like a faded memory of playing house with your kindergarden girlfriend in a faded blue concrete basement. MC Eiht would say ggggggeeeeeah.

Beach House - Self Titled . Download: Mediafire

Beach House - Devotion . Download: Mediafire

Panda Bear - Self Titled (1st Album)

2008-04-10T07:20:00.001-07:00

Someone asked for this, albeit a while ago. Like Shaq I stand & deliver. Not sure why, but the file was like 120 mb, so it's split down the middle like butts.

Download: Mediafire Part 1 | Part 2

Lewis & Clarke - Blasts Of Holy Birth (2007)

2008-04-10T07:15:00.001-07:00

Sometimes stuff gets overlooked or skimmed over as a result of the mass amount of music coming out, and this is one of those small, Rawandan tragedies. Blasts of Holy Birth is not only a super sweet title for an album, it actually kind of describes the sound. Bit rate is 320, so it's broken like my emo little heart.

Download: Mediafire Part 1 | Part 2

Gil-Scott Heron - Pieces Of A Man (1971)

2008-04-09T19:57:00.000-07:00

This is like Saul Williams thirty years before 'Slam' arrived. "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" is Scott-Heron's most well-known piece, but it's the song Kanye West sampled for "My Way Home," the Common-only rapping song from Late Registration, "Home Is Where The Hatred Is" that steals the show.

Download: Mediafire

Scientist - Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of Vampires (1981)

2008-04-09T19:42:00.000-07:00

Hot shit reggae dub right here. If you liked the Jonny Greenwood trojan dub mix (which you should have), or any other trojan stuff for that matter, cop this. Because that spaced out dub is the best.

Download: Mediafire

Digable Planets - Blowout Comb (1994)

2008-04-09T19:34:00.000-07:00

Like A Tribe Called Quest, but somehow more, um, revolutionary, Digable Planets was real good (though, admittedly I slept on them for a while). This is NOT the one with Cool Like Dat, this is the super underrated sophomore album. I'm pushing my weight around on this, hoping to shed some light. There are so many samples that were jacked at a later time, i.e. the sample Dre would use for Let Me Ride.

Download: Mediafire

Flight Of The Conchords - Self-Titled (2008)

2008-04-09T19:26:00.000-07:00

HBO has been good to us. Real good to us. I mean, Curb Your Enthusiasm is the second best tv show of all time (Wonder Showzen represent), and Real Sex basically got me through middle school, when my dad was ripping off cable from the pole (like father, like son I suppose). And they gave us Flight Of The Conchords. You already know the deal, and now you have their long player.

Download: Mediafire

Rings - Black Habit (2007)

2008-04-09T19:20:00.000-07:00

Much like Excepter's Debt Dept., how I missed this baffles the mind. Released on Paw Tracks last year, First Nation apparently changed their name to Rings, and released this. It's like their first, native american inspired album, but beefed out with R & B. There is a song that sounds like Abby Portner (Avey Tare's sister, hence being signed to Paw Tracks - or altogether for that matter) straight up ripped off a melody from Justin Timberlake's last album. That notwithstanding, this is good campfire music.

Download: Mediafire

Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love (1985)

2008-04-09T19:17:00.001-07:00

If Bat For Lashes made an album in 1985, it would be Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love. My manager at the record store recommended this to me after hours of BFL convos, and after doing some checking, I stumbled upon her personal myspace which listed Bush as her number one in music.

Download: Mediafire

Autistic Daughters - Uneasy Flowers (2008)

2008-04-09T19:13:00.000-07:00

From the same label as Atlas Sound (if that means anything to you), this sounds like ghosts on meth withdrawl. This would be ideal music for sippin on some sizyrup.

Download: Mediafire

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (1998)

2008-04-09T17:41:00.000-07:00

I love you, Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ I love you, yeeuhs I do. Classiclassiclassic indie rock album. Acoustic plus, dude kills it with his voice and lyrics though. You would have to be heartless not to love this.

Download: Mediafire

Spiritualized - Songs In A & E (2008)

2008-03-30T00:54:00.000-07:00

OMG, I just x-chromosomed my jeans. This is like springtime shoegaze, perfect for those upcoming mid-sixty degree evenings on the balcony, watching the helicopters' lights blink in sync with sattelites. The deeper I get into it, some of it's like Dylan shoegaze. Whatever, yo. It's good, and it just hit the internet.

Download: Mediafire

Raccoo-Oo-Oon - Mythos Folkways IV (2008)

2008-03-29T10:15:00.000-07:00

Probably didn't think you'd see this here, did you?

Download: Mediafire

Jason Anderson - Hopeful & Unafraid (2008)

2008-03-29T09:55:00.001-07:00

This is for peaceboner, though I'm sure he already found it over on atease.

Download: Mediafire

Excepter - Debt Dept (2008)

2008-03-29T09:41:00.001-07:00

How the hell did this get released without a word of it popping up on blogs or message boards? Bought the 12" for Burgers a while back, but didn't even know an LP was on the way. Kill People is my shit. Got a lot more from these guys. Let me know if ya'll are interested.

Download: Mediafire

Scott Matthew - Self Titled

2008-03-29T09:39:00.001-07:00

someone asked for this like a week ago. finally found it. know nothing about it other than it's not Scott Matthews, and he did songs on the Shortbus soundtrack.

Download: Mediafire