US, 2002
First LP by avant-garde/math-rock band Hella, which is Zach Hill on drums and Spencer Seim on guitar.
Playlist:
1 - The D. Elkan
2 - Biblical Violence 
3 - Been a Long Time Cousin
4 - Republic of Rough and Ready
5 - 1-800-Ghost-Dance
6 - Brown Metal
7 - Cafeteria Bananas
8 - City Folk Sitting, Sitting
9 - Better Get a Broom!
Link.
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Hella, Hold Your Horse Is
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Mastodon, Leviathan
US, 2004
Yet again, another group that tours with awful bands, so far only signed to one decent label (which is, by the way, not their current one) and is commonly placed inside a dreadful category, the so-called "New Wave of American Heavy Metal". They play sludge/progressive metal and are mostly influenced by bands like Neurosis and the Melvins. New album to be released in a few days.
Playlist:
1 - Blood and Thunder
2 - I Am Ahab
3 - Seabeast
4 - Ísland
5 - Iron Tusk
6 - Megalodon
7 - Naked Burn
8 - Aqua Dementia
9 - Hearts Alive
10 - Joseph Merrick
Link.
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Monday, 9 March 2009
O.S.I., Free
U.S., 2006
The astounding follow-up to Office Of Strategic Influence, in its special edition.
Playlist:
1. Sure You Will
2. Free
3. Go
4. All Gone Now
5. Home Was Good
6. Bigger Wave
7. Kicking
8. Better
9. Simple Life
10. Once
11. Our Town
Bonus Disc:
1. OSIdea 9
2. Set it On Fire
3. Communicant
4. When You're Ready (demo)
5. Remain Calm
6. Old War
Link.
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Sunday, 8 March 2009
Arcadhianonstabian, El Paraiso No Esta Bien
Mexico, 2006
Experimental post-rock/ambient/screamo/hardcore band. (Fancy tags for post-metal.)
Playlist:
1 - Tiempo Indefinido Por Tiempo Limitado
2 - El Nombre Que Nunca Estuvo
3 - Chistes Tristes (Jarababacha)
4 - A Veces Siempre
5 - Intro
6 - Recuerdas
7 - Vivir Esperando-Esperando Vivir
8 - Eterno Suministro De Mil Memorias De Reserva
9 - Quién Recogegerá Todos Los Escombros
10 - Outro
Link.
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Saturday, 7 March 2009
Red Sparowes & Gregor Samsa, Split
US, 2005.
This is a split album of two post-rock giants. Gregor Samsa's shoegaze/slowcore meets Red Sparowes' experimental/post-rock in four dark and heavily instrumental tracks.
Playlist:
1. I Saw The Sky In The North Open To The Ground And Fire Poured Out
2. Buildings Began to Stretch Wide Across the Sky, and the Air Filled with a Reddish Glow
3. Young and Old/Divine Longing
4. + Rock Song
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Friday, 6 March 2009
Daturah, Reverie
Germany, 2008
Daturah were formed in December 2003 in the city of Frankfurt, Germany, and this is their first full-length record. This quintet plays mostly instrumental post-rock and experimental rock songs. Recommended if you like Russian Circles and Red Sparowes.
Playlist:
1. Ghost Track
2. Hybrisma
3. 9
4. Deep B Flat
5. Vertex
Link.
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Monday, 2 March 2009
65daysofstatic, The Fall of Math
England, 2004.
The Fall of Math is the debut album by the instrumental math/post-rock band 65daysofstatic.
Playlist:
1. Another Code Against the Gone
2. Install A Beak In The Heart That Clucks Time In Arabic
3. Retreat! Retreat!
4. Default This
5. I Swallowed Hard, Like I Understood
6. The Fall Of Math
7. This Cat Is A Landmine
8. The Last Home Recording
9. Hole
10. Fix The Sky A Little
11. Aren't We All Running?
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Sunday, 1 March 2009
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, The Century of Self
After the proggy overindulgence of their previous two albums, these Texans gracefully balance the dynamic alt rock of 2002's Source Tags & Codes with their more recent multimovement epics.
Playlist:
01 Giants Causeway
02 Far Pavilions
03 Isis Unveiled
04 Halcyon Days
05 Bells Of Creation
06 Fields Of Coral
07 Inland Sea
08 Luna Park
09 Pictures Of An Only Child
10 Insatiable One
11 Ascending
12 An August Theme
13 Insatiable Two
Link.
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Giant Squid, The Ichthyologist
US, 2009
With new Mastodon I have had little time to explore Giant Squid's new album, but from first impression they are going for a more mellow sound on this one. I miss the heavier moments of Metridium Field, but the songwriting and vocals are more diverse than on previous efforts.
Playlist:
01 - Panthalassa
02 - La Brea Tar Pits
03 - Sutterville
04 - Dead Man Slough
05 - Throwing a Donner Party at Sea
06- Sevengill
07 - Mormon Island
08 - Blue Linckia
09 - Emerald Bay
10 - Rubicon Wall.mp3
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Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Opeth, Burden (Single)
Sweden, 2008.
We don't usually post singles, but I thought this one was worthwhile. Watershed's second single, released on December 9, 2008, includes a radio edit of Burden, an alternate recording of album track and single Porcelain Heart performed on mellotron and mini-Moog synthesizers, and a cover of the Alice in Chains song Would?
Playlist:
1. Burden (Radio Edit)
2. Mellotron Heart
3. Would?
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Sunday, 22 February 2009
Fair to Midland, Fables From a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True
US, 2007
Amazing prog rock band from Texas. They'll remind you of Rishloo and dredg, but the vocals approach the hardcore genre at times.
Playlist:
1 - Dance of the Manatee
2 - Kyla Cries Cologne
3 - Vice/Versa
4 - The Wife, the Kids, and the White Picket Fence
5 - April Fools and Eggmen
6 - A Seafarer's Knot
7 - A Wolf Descends Upon the Spanish Sahara
8 - Walls of Jericho
9 - Tall Tables Taste Like Sour Grapes
10 - Upgrade^Brigade
11 - Say When
Link.
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Tuesday, 17 February 2009
Mono, Hymn To The Immortal Wind
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