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mrtie wrote: If you at all enjoy Joy division, I think you might like A Place to bury strangers, I saw them live will Nine Inch Nails along with Boris and I enjoyed them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFa4a56j52o&fmt=18
I keep hearing about these guys. I do like it, but am not super excited by it. There seems to be split in this sound really early where you have bands like Wire with a more open, warmer sound and Joy Division with a colder, claustrophobic sound. There of course have been a lot of Joy Division imitators but not so much Wire. The sound which crops up in NZ in the early 80's and on seems to come a lot from these bands, including early Bauhaus. In that transition though, the claustrophobic feeling was mostly lost, and I think for me personally, I never felt it was really necessary.

Thanks for the link!
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Post by Chico »

I also saw A Place to Bury Strangers live and thought they were great and bought their cd. Unfortunately I find the cd quite boring. It's got a good sound but no soul...nothing really there to reel you in and really make you want to listen to it..
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mrtie wrote: If you at all enjoy Joy division, I think you might like A Place to bury strangers, I saw them live will Nine Inch Nails along with Boris and I enjoyed them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFa4a56j52o&fmt=18
I still think thats so fucking weird.

"live with Nine Inch Nails along with BORIS"

Anyway, back into a Boris/Sunn O))) kick, in anticipation of Sunn's new album. The personnel on that album is ridiculous.

Pelican's new effort should be pretty good too, considering they're on Southern-Lord now, and have stated that they wanna go back to their heavy roots.
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Currently digging on Woe of Tyrants' "Kingdom of Might" album. Best melodic death metal album so far this year, unlikely to be toppled.
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tommyb wrote:
I still think thats so fucking weird.

"live with Nine Inch Nails along with BORIS"

Anyway, back into a Boris/Sunn O))) kick, in anticipation of Sunn's new album. The personnel on that album is ridiculous.

Pelican's new effort should be pretty good too, considering they're on Southern-Lord now, and have stated that they wanna go back to their heavy roots.
I fully agree with you, I'll always have a place for NIN in my deeply buried adolescent heart no matter how cheesy, but at least he's being somewhat adventurous with tour mates, sadly the majority of the crowd at both shows didn't enjoy either opening act. I had previously heard Boris and I'm a pretentious enough prick to enjoy more then my fair share of noise so I was looking forward to it.


As far as Sunn 0))) if you like Drone and you haven't you need to hear some angelic process, sadly most of their recordings are not very well done and the main element of the band has passed on in the last year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYtQe2XjkQs&fmt=18
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I happen to love The Angelic Process.

They're so abrasive, it's great. Insane group.

Check out Nadja, and Methadrone.
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The Appleseed Cast - new LP
Asobi Seksu - Hush
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Holy shit I forgot about the Appleseed Cast, I haven't heard them in years.

They're still releasing material?
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^^^Yep. Probably the first decent stuff they've released since the Low Level Owl albums (their last two releases left a lot to be desired.) Not quite a return to form but close.
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tommyb wrote:I happen to love The Angelic Process.

They're so abrasive, it's great. Insane group.

Check out Nadja, and Methadrone.
I've been meaning to check out Methadrone for awhile now. Craig Pillard is one of the sickest death metal vocalists ever.
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Found a $30+ soundtrack for $2, fun to listen to:

http://www.amazon.com/Poirot-Movies-Mur ... B000003QS5
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Holy shit.

I just downloaded Low Level Owl: Volume 1, because I haven't heard Appleseed Cast in FOREVER, and I had forgotten how incredible they are.

Thank you.
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Listening to the most recent Dead C record again as I was a bit unenthusiastic the first time through. I'm more impressed this time. It's quite hypnotic for all its lo fi repetition but I think the long tracks would benefit from a little more in the way of dynamics. Fearsome sound though.
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Regarding the Dead C....I'm not sure I've really enjoyed much by them since Tusk. *shrugs*
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Just dug out some old Mock Orange CDs, great band.

Also found all three of Capture the Flag's albums, great little indie/punk band from Downriver Detroit some years ago. Members went on to form Heads Will Roll, and the guitarist now plays for Dillinger Escape Plan.
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Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles.
Awesome electro for nerds =D
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Jockel wrote:Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles.
Awesome electro for nerds =D
I didn't think the album proper was too hot. Much too long and a worrying amount of 'filler' too. Shame, because I really like them. It's worth digging out some of their earlier unreleased stuff on Soulseek. February and Tuesday are absolutely gorgeous low-fi variations on the same sets of samples.
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Yeah i agree, the fillers suck.
But Crimewave alone more than makes up for it
by ruling the entire fucking universe ^^
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It's a good track, but it's also been on the Health 'Disco' remix album and the Crystal Castles/Health split ep. I really wanted to hear some new tracks on the album :(

Also, I think not nearly enough is made of Alice's voice on the album.
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Small Brown Bike, anything by this band. Such an amazing band, and awesome that they've been playing The Fest in Gainesville every year, giving some glimmer of hope for a come-back.

Check out The River Bed if you want to hear some awesome first-wave emo/indie/post-hardcore.
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Christie Front Drive - Anthology
Leonard Cohen - essential collection
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not been in here in a while but i been rocking these the past few weeks all on lp of course

apocalypse domani ost (aka cannibal apocalypse) came across some deadstock o.g italian lps of this!! amazing! not as good as fabio frizzi or goblin but a similar sound.

nucleus -we'll talk about it later (ian carr just died !! a true great of uk jazz in the 60s and progressive jazz in the 70s)

peter thomas -chariot of the gods ost (some insane proto drum n bass on here as well as some decent spy jazz etc)

alex gradsky-russian songs (crazy russian space prog opera with some amazing synth work)

a certain ratio-sextet (uk new wave with a nice liquid liquid/esg type of sound and some ill proto hip hop ish!)
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Jon wrote:Christie Front Drive - Anthology
Leonard Cohen - essential collection
Christie Front Drive is great. I love first wave emo.
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Yeah CFD was probably my favorite band from that era with Mineral being a close second.

Kudos to the Small Brown Bike mention as well. I have only heard their first LP but I like it. Kinda reminds me of a better Hot Water music.
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Oh Small Brown Bike rules, they're from a small town by my house.

Check out the album The River Bed, and the EP Nail Yourself To The Ground.

And if you're into them, be sure to check out Polar Bear Club, best new band of 2008 easily.

EDIT: On the topic of old emo/Hot Water Music, check out Blacktop Cadence, old HWM side-project. Great, great, great band.
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Toxic Holocaust - An Overdose of Death

I've always kind of liked Thrash, pretty good stuff.
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I never got into Toxic Holocaust too much, big thrash fan though. Guess I should check em out.

I've been back to Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear and Thursday - Common Existence. Two good ol' faithfuls.
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Marked Men - Ghosts
Mystery Girls - Incontinopia
Lost Controls - "American Action" 7"
The Stranglers - Peaches: The Very Best of the Stranglers (mostly just wanted to listen to "Peaches")
Homicides - Live at the Parlor (not an actual album, but a live show a buddy recorded last month)
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I have been listening to this album nonstop since a friend suggested it, the only thing I can really describe it as is noisier Bloc Party that doesn't suck....no offense to Bloc Party fans out there.

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For nostalgia's sake.
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