soundweave: Top 2008 #s 31-40

Fire on Fire - The Orchard
''and if we tear this kingdom down (tear it down!), let it be with a deserving and joyous sound!'' -chorus from 1st track. Another cd I heard late in the year that shot straight to my favorites. Gorgeous (especially the tracks with female vocals)

''and if we tear this kingdom down (tear it down!), let it be with a deserving and joyous sound!'' -chorus from 1st track. Another cd I heard late in the year that shot straight to my favorites. Gorgeous (especially the tracks with female vocals)

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From: Portland, Maine. Genre: folk, bluegrass, gospel, psych
Similar/Related: Cerberus Shoal, Akron/Family, Bonnie Prince Billy, Joanna Newsom, Fleet Foxes, Beirut, Eden Express, Grizzly Bear, Carter Family, Comus, Nick Drake, Pygmy Lush, Brightblack Morning Light, Phoebe Killdeer, Lau Nau, Devendra Banhart, The Decemberists
Website : Myspace : Label

Muga - There Is Nothing Eternal Exists
If you liked Bison's Quiet Earth you'll dig this too. The last 2 tracks are really epic.

If you liked Bison's Quiet Earth you'll dig this too. The last 2 tracks are really epic.

Download: megaupload
From: Japan. Genre: stoner-metal, sludge
Similar/Related: Bison BC, High on Fire, Saviours, Baroness, Torche, Buffalo, Mastodon
Website : Myspace(none) : Label

Conifer - Crown Fire
Conifer and Capricorns are very similar bands. If you like one you'd like the other. Crown Fire is more experimental and has great guest vocals from Eugene Robinson (another similarity with Capricorns who had Eugene on their 1st cd) so it edges out River Bear Your Bones. Both are worth checking out.

Conifer and Capricorns are very similar bands. If you like one you'd like the other. Crown Fire is more experimental and has great guest vocals from Eugene Robinson (another similarity with Capricorns who had Eugene on their 1st cd) so it edges out River Bear Your Bones. Both are worth checking out.

Download: mediafire
From: Portland, Maine. Genre: Instrumental Sludge, Post-rock, Doom, Psychedelic, Experimental
Similar/Related: Capricorns, Oxbow, Year Of No Light, Mouth of the Architect, Harvey Milk, Isis, Rosetta, Tusk, Minsk
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Carpicorns - River, Bear Your Bones
see Conifer.^

Download: megaupload
From: London, UK. Genre: post-metal, doom, instrumental sludge
LIYL: Baroness, Bossk, Del Ray, Monkey3, Suma, Omega Massif, Electric Wizard, Pelican, Kyuss, Iron Monkey
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O'Death - Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin
Bluegrass played with the intensity of punk and grit of Tom Waits. Saw them play the night Obama was elected. They tore shit up!

Bluegrass played with the intensity of punk and grit of Tom Waits. Saw them play the night Obama was elected. They tore shit up!

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From: New York. Genre: speed-bluegrass, hillbilly-punk
LIYL: Tom Waits, Man Man, Old Time Relijun, Left Lane Cruiser, Captain Beefheart
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Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - ARK.1
Never thought a DJ would be on my list but they way he(they?) combines great sounds from the 70's and elsewhere into long psychedelic tracks is great. I don't know how else to explain this. Just check it out. Warning; A couple tracks are horrible and skipped everytime.

Never thought a DJ would be on my list but they way he(they?) combines great sounds from the 70's and elsewhere into long psychedelic tracks is great. I don't know how else to explain this. Just check it out. Warning; A couple tracks are horrible and skipped everytime.

Download: megaupload
From: United Kingdom. Genre: Electronic, Krautrock, Psychedelic Rock, etc.
LIYL: Neu!, Dungen, Caribou, Cream, Comus, Erkin Koray, compilations of obscure psychedelic rock
Website : Myspace : Label

Akimbo - Jersey Shores
They turned into an experimental noise-rock band here. These guys can pound with the best of them getting to Young Widows-level sonic-violence at times. If they marry this bruising new sound with the cohesion and shorter songs of their previous effort we could have a killer album.

They turned into an experimental noise-rock band here. These guys can pound with the best of them getting to Young Widows-level sonic-violence at times. If they marry this bruising new sound with the cohesion and shorter songs of their previous effort we could have a killer album.

Download: sharebee
From: Seattle, Washington. Genre: noise-rock, stoner-metal, sludge
Similar/Related: Helms Alee, Young Widows, Jesus Lizard, Melvins, Clouds, Shellac, Fight Amp, AmRep bands, Black Elk, Harvey Milk
Website : Myspace : Label

Mudy on The Sakuban - VOI
Te' better watch out. This band is beating them at their own game. They may even become better than Lite. This is only their first release.

Te' better watch out. This band is beating them at their own game. They may even become better than Lite. This is only their first release.

Download: megaupload
From: Japan. Genre: instrumental rock
LIYL: Te, Muddy World, Toe, Lite, Rosalina Mar, Pele
Website : Myspace : Label

Helms Alee - Night Terror
This fit right in with all the other hard-hitting noise-rock influenced stuff I was damaging my hearing with last year. (Young Widows, Akimbo, Black Elk, Todd)

This fit right in with all the other hard-hitting noise-rock influenced stuff I was damaging my hearing with last year. (Young Widows, Akimbo, Black Elk, Todd)

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From: Seattle, Washington. Genre: metal, hardcore, noise-rock
LIYL: Kylesa, Taint, Made Out Of Babies, Zozobra, Harkonen, Jucifer, Baroness, Melvins
Website : Myspace : Label

Harvey Milk - Life, The Best Game In Town
Fuckin heavy man...

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From: Portland, Oregon. Genre: sludge
LIYL: Melvins, Thrones, Boris, Goatsnake, Cable, Sabbath, Sleep, Bongripper, Sunn
Website : Myspace : Label

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Top 2008 #s 31-40

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