Mastodong

dudes did the soundtrack for Jonah Hex. To be honest, it looks like a terrible movie but this ep is wacky. kind of like it.

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New Red Sparowes

01. Truths Arise
02. In Illusions of Order
03. A Hail of Bombs
04. Giving Birth to Imagined Saviors
05. A Swarm
06. In Every Mind
07. A Mutiny
08. As Each End Looms and Subsides

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i think i like this more than anything they've done... and at least they took it easy with the song titles.

Good tunes for a nice day...

Groove Holmes 2:33
Sabrosa 3:30
Namasté 3:59
Pow 2:13
Son of Neckbone 3:22
In 3's 2:22
Eugene's Lament 2:13
Bobo on the Corner 1:13
Shambala 3:41
Lighten Up 2:46
Ricky's Theme 3:44
Transitions 2:32
Drinkin' Wine 4:40

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Karma To Burn

this came out 10 years ago and i'm pretty pissed i didn't hear it until last week. kind of like an instrumental kyuss on steroids. listen

Maserati / Mono last night...

Such a great show. I have seen Mono a bunch of times so I knew what to expect and they delivered as usual but Maserati was fucking RIDICULOUS. I saw them a few years ago and I remembered them being good but nothing like what happened last night at the church. Their drummer is an absolute machine and they were loud as fuck. Just driving bass and perfect drumming coupled with 2 guitars and lots of delay. It's seriously impossible to stand still while they're playing. Please go and see these dudes if you ever have the chance.

Here is their "new" album Passages. 2 unreleased tracks and some songs that are on vinyl that's long out of print. Monoliths is worth the download alone. New album in 2010 and the new song they played last night was unreal.

1. Join Us, Mystic Sister
2. No More Sages
3. Monoliths
4. Thieves
5. The World Outside (Thee Loving Hand Remix)
6. Inventions (Justin Van Der Volgen Remix)
7. Monoliths (Steve Moore Remix)
8. Do You Hear The Nightbirds Calling You?

Do Make Say Think - The Other Truths (Constellation - 2009)

1. Do
2. Make
3. Say
4. Think

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Caspian - Tertia (The Mylene Sheath - 2009)

2nd full length from these guys and it is a masterpiece. They've implemented some vocals, strings, pianos and electronics and it really adds a lot to it.

You can download the entire album for free at gimmesound.com. Smaller labels like The Mylene Sheath and Magic Bullet started using this site to let people download new releases for free. The best part is the artists still get paid for each download by the ad revenue generated from the site. Pretty good idea and hopefully more labels catch on to it.

Check this album out if you're into that whole instrumental post-rock thing.

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor

The best instrumental post-rock band ever. They formed in Montreal in 1994 and released their first album, F#A#∞, on Constellation Records in 1997. That was the first record I heard by them and the lp came with an envelope that included a diagram labeled "Faulty Schematics Of Ruined Machine" along with a penny that was run over by a train (see it here). The final side of the record has a locked groove at the end of the last track so it plays the notes F# and A# on a loop forever.

The core of the group was basically 9 members although the lineup changed somewhat over the years. In 2003 they disbanded and have been on "permanent hiatus" ever since. I'm just happy I got to see them play... which was also one of the best shows I've ever been to.

This band is the reason I got into this genre, and pretty much changed music for me.

Here is their discography along with some live performances. Enjoy.

F#A#∞

Part 1
Part 2

Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada

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Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Part 1
Part 2

Yanqui U.X.O.

Part 1
Part 2

Tiny Silver Hammers (Live)

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Live At The Polish National Home (Brooklyn)

Part 1
Part 2

John Peel Session (Live)

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If These Trees Could Talk - Above The Earth, Below The Sky (2009)

1. From Roots To Needles
2. What's in the Ground Belongs to You
3. Terra Incognita
4. Above the Earth
5. Below the Sky
6. The Sun is in the North
7. Thirty-Six Silos
8. The Flames of Herostratus
9. Rebuilding the Temple of Artemis
10. Deus Ex Machina

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