MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS - ZERO COMMA IROTORIDORI NO SEKAI

MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS ARE A BAND FROM JAPAN. AS SUCH, THEIR NAME IS IN ALL CAPITALS BECAUSE THEY ARE JAPANESE AND NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE OBNOXIOUS (UNLIKE THIS REVIEW). ANYWAY THEY PLAY DISTORTED, ALMOST SHOEGAZEY INDIE ROCK AND THIS IS THEIR 2010 ALBUM, ZERO COMMA IROTORIDORI NO SEKAI. BASICALLY EVERY SONG IS GOOD AND IT IS DEFINITELY WORTH GETTING.

ALSO THEY'RE AN ALL GIRL BAND AND THEY CERTAINLY KICK THE SHIT OUT OF THE SPICE GIRLS OR WHATEVER TERRIBLE ALL-FEMALE BANDS ARE POPULAR.

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Enablers - Output Negative Space

Enablers are one of the few bands that i would consider similar to Slint, in that it's post-rock accompanied by spoken word. unlike Slint, this band leans more towards noise rock and this difference is accentuated through the vocalist who occasionally bursts into a shouting rage to accompany the music. it's great stuff.

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Atari Teenage Riot - The Future of War

Atari Teenage Riot were a band who basically pioneered the (still mostly unknown) digital hardcore genre. it's exactly as it sounds: lo-fi punk / hardcore music with a strong focus on beats. obviously since Alec Empire is in the band the electronic work is closest to breakcore.

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Pygmy Lush - Mount Hope

Pygmy Lush is basically a bunch of ex-Pg. 99 members making folk. of course due to their screamo backgrounds it is in no ways happy music. their first album, Bitter River, included a bunch of hardcore songs thrown in with the folk, but they just made the album inconsistent and are thankfully not present in Mount Hope.

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Loma Prieta - Life/Less

Loma Prieta are a screamo / hardcore band whose first release came out in 2006. this is their 2010 album, but without knowing those prior facts you'd think it came straight out of the 90's. the production on this album, rather than being clean like Last City, is very fuzzy and gives the music a grindy feel to it.

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well

mediafire literally removed every single one of my files

to put it simply, i don't want to upload fucking everything again, i'll go around replacing files if i can find good quality links on mediafire and upload the stuff that i know barely exists anywhere. don't expect many posts over the next few days / weeks / however long it takes me.

send me a shout / post here if you want something in particular uploaded


list of rare stuff so i don't forget:
Mare - Mare (not in FLAC again though, fuck that)
Koenjihyakkei - Angherr Shisspa
La Dispute - Somewhere...
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
Trickle Down Economixxx
half the shit in my FLAC transcodes folder

Daisuck & Prostitute - 死ぬまで踊りつづけて

crazy japanese punk / no wave from the early 80's. screeching guitars that almost sound similar to Big Black at times accompanied by a saxophone that manages to be just as abrasive and wouldn't be out of place on a John Zorn album.

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Celeste - Morte(s) Nee(s)

Celeste are, to keep it simple, the french version of Heaven In Her Arms with more sludge metal. if that's not a good enough reason to download this i don't know what is.

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Gunther Schuller - Jazz Abstractions

(no cover art that i could find)

Gunther Schuller is an American composer, and this is a lineup of musicians playing one of his composed pieces, including Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman. Jazz Abstractions is apparently 'third stream', which describes a mixture of jazz and classical music. i know nothing about the genre, but the description certainly fits and it sounds amazing.

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Yakuza - Of Seismic Consequence

Yakuza are a progressive metal band whose guitarwork i would compare to Mastodon's recent album Crack The Skye. unlike Mastodon, though, they add a layer of complexity to their music with the use of unconventional instruments (for metal), with a saxophone playing a large part in most songs, occasionally alongside a clarinet.

MP3 320

Unwound - Challenge For A Civilized Society

Challenge For A Civilized Society is Unwound's 5th album, and it acts as a transition album of sorts, from their older noise rock albums to their psychedelic masterpiece Leaves Turn Inside You. it's less heavy than their previous albums with more of a math rock sound, as well as some psychedelic experimentalism on the longer tracks.

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Heaven In Her Arms - Paraselene

Heaven In Here Arms used to be a band who played screamo with a post-rock edge. they're also japanese, and while they were good they came across as an Envy ripoff.

however, with their 2010 album, they've expanded on their sound, incorporated many more influences and created something unique. Paraselene is a mixture of doom metal/sludge, screamo, post-rock, hardcore and sometimes borders on black metal. in general it is heavy as fuck and a huge step up from their previous releases.

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CHLL PLL - Aggressively Humble

while one of the two members of CHLL PLL is acclaimed drummer Zach Hill, mostly known for his incredibly intense drumming in Hella and random noise / math rock bands, this couldn't be more different. while the drumming is still quick and technical for the most part, it's accompanied by synths and Zachary Nelson's bizarre vocals.

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Flying Lotus - Los Angeles

Flying Lotus' 2008 album Los Angeles is a little more restrained than his insane 2010 album Cosmogramma, but that doesn't lower the quality of his music. while it may not be as hard-hitting, it's every bit as creative and unique as Cosmogramma, and is an all-around lovely instrumental hip-hop album.

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Univers Zero - Clivages

Univers Zero are a progressive rock band that have been making music since the 70s, yet Clivages was released in 2010. they've had almost 10 albums released over the space of 33 years, yet they still retain a similar sound yet expand at the same time. with a live ensemble performing in the studio, this album certainly features an orchestral sound, especially with the lack of focus on guitars.

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