MOGWAI - RAVE TAPES (2014)

CHRISTMAS PRESENT :D

LIKES LIONS - FIRST THE HEAD, LATER THE TALE (2012)

Have you ever heard a MATH POP record?

DEATH GRIPS - GOVERNMENT PLATES (2013)
No label

THEY PUT IT FOR FREE YAY

ACHIM REICHEL (A. R. & MACHINES) - ECHO (1971)
polydor

Reichel was a key figure in the '60s Germany. He rocked. Then he founded a group in which he began to make psych/kraut "rock" and published this maddafugging album in '71. Here you can almost listen to Roy Montgomery. Truly surprising.

It's the traveliest record I own. Just like your room is full of smoke and you have a world on your body.

NO TICKETS REQUIRED

MASSIMO VOLUME - ASPETTANDO I BARBARI (2013)

Simply the best post rock from Italy. Peculiar guitarwork with spoken poetry. Unique and priceless.

TITLE MEANS "WAITING FOR THE BARBARS"

a deep dive into the 90's emo underground today.

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NOTAWORD - YOU CAN ONLY GROW SO MUCH (1999)

A rare, rare record. And a remarkable one too, no joke. Something to say could be: Get Up Kids.
"No one does this kind of thing anymore."
The link you find here is the only one on the net, so tresure it.

Label: Box Elder.

SIMPLY AN EMOPOP GEM.

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SEA OF CORTEZ

Here, here there's a great deal. It was very hard, but I managed to find this at last. Sea of Cortez was a screamo band from arizona (now overnamed), one of those really difficult to share. They are now TOTALLY forgotten. I upped them, and I believe you can't find them anywhere but here. Indebted to early Unwound. Frantic drumming, and the tracks are so various in their structure it's almost unbelievable.
I added a track (their masterpiece imo) which was on a comp, this one in particular is very very rare and precious..

AGE OF ANXIETY (1998) Label: Voice of the Sky

INTERMISSION EP (2000/2001 ?) Label: ?

There's no pic on the net. So, take it as it is. Extremely rare :)

+ rarest track "it can't be hard to fly a plane, lots of people do it"

A FORGOTTEN TREASURE

THE WIND-UP BIRD - THE WIND-UP BIRD (2002)

Do you know Jeromes Dream? They were an important screamo group in the early '90s - late '00s. Among the music, they are remembered becouse their leader Jeff Smith sung without microphone. This made him stop singing and in 2002 he founded The Wind-up Bird with another guy, a violinist or so (who I believe does the most in tthe project). Probably nobody would bet a coin on a screamo guy who turned ambient, right? But here we have one of the best ambient albums I've ever listened to. A mind blowing experience. And most important, this isn't the boring '10s ambient, there aren't only synths and keys, we have a massive range of instruments and, most of all, inspired pieces.

THIS IS THE ONLY EXISTING LINK I BELIEVE - THIS MEANS YOU CAN HAVE THE SHIT

MARK McGUIRE - LIVING WITH YOURSELF (2010)

Do you know the drone band Emeralds? Well they are no more. When I found it out I searched for everything that could supply them, and I found this album by Emerald's guitarist, mark.

I was expecting drone/noise but I found an astounding album. It's just guitar but God how masterfully he uses the effects, it's mindblowing. Brothers is almost unacceptably good. A close reference may be Roy Montgomery  though.

"MARK McGUIRE ON TOP OF A RLLY TALL MOUNTAIN JUST CHILLIN'N SHREDDING W THUNDER COMIN OUT OF HIS GUITAR IN SUPER SLO-MO" (last fm.)

VEX'D - CLOUD SEED (2010)

THEY WERE DOING IT DIRTY BEFORE IT WAS COOL

I am sorry for the gap in the blog's activity, but I have to thank my exams for that. I put 2 posts to be (hopefully) forgiven.

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MATT ELLIOTT - DRINKING SONGS (2005)

Overdramatic folkish alcohol. 

After The Third Eye Foundation Bristol's most desperate man tries to convey what he feels on a record.

Painful and dry.

HERE'S THE SPLEEN

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ELLERY JAMES ROBERTS - KEROU'S LAMENT (2013)

After Wu Lyf split (does even somebody remember them?) the singer -he has a fantastic voice, believe me- begun writing tunes. This is his first one. I'm in serious trouble tagging this one, really.

IT'S A SINGLE SONG SO GIVE IT A TRY.

If you appreciate this it's better for you to know
you can obtain Wu Lyf's first and only album on this blog.
Strongly recommended.

NEUROSIS - THE EYE OF EVERY STORM (2004)

Just one of the most fucking heavy/athmospheric stuff ever released. Sing Low.

Neurosis. Keep them in mind.

GODLIKE MUSIC

JAMES FERRARO - COLD (2013)

If you ever wanted to hear some music which could make you say "whoa this is definetly '10s stuff!"

Well, you've got it.

I absolutely have no ideas to describe this.

I believe we will remember this in the years...

LISTEN AND CHECK

THE APPLESEED CAST - ILLUMINATION RITUAL (2013)

IT'SFUCKINGOUT. OH MY...

CITY OF CATERPILLAR - CITY OF CATERPILLAR (2002)

The first post screamo record ever. The best so far maybe. Several years before the second.

Massive build ups, god-like musicianship.

Their only album. Cult.

NOT MY USUAL EMERGING BAND. A TRUE PIECE OF HISTORY TODAY. VINYL QUOTED TO €450+ IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

ALGERNON CADWALLADER - SOME KIND OF CADWALLADER (2008)

KINSELLA-ESQUE KIND OF CAP N JAZZ ACOLYTES: 5/5



VIC CHESNUTT - NORTH STAR DESERTER (2007)

Vic non camminava e non poteva suonare granchè la chitarra a causa di un incidente. Era molto triste, tanto da porre fine alla sua esistenza. La vita è stata avara con lui. Ma ha potuto comporre poesie.

It's difficult to say if Vic loved his life too much. Surely he appreciated words.

He's not here anymore. But he left some sad, beautiful, meaningful recordings.

PROBABLY THIS IS THE ONLY EXISTING LINK TO THIS ALBUM: I THINK YOU BETTER CAPITALIZE.

Un ringraziamento a Flo senza la quale nessuno di voi ora potrebbe scaricare un bel niente.

EDIT: ora il link funziona. / link works

Белые Флаги Зажигайте Медленно (SET THE WHITE FLAGS ON FIRE SLOWLY) - Даже Если Пролетариат Возьмет Власть В Свои Руки, Весна Все Равно Достанется Нам, А Цели Войны Останутся Целями Войны (EVEN IF THE PROLETARIAT TAKES THE POWER INTO ITS OWN HANDS, THE SPRING WILL BE LEFT FOR US, AND THE AIMS OF WAR WILL REMAIN THE AIMS OF WAR) (2008)

Abbiate paura: non metto la tracklist. La lascio al vostro masochismo.

Resta il fatto che è post rock da ricordarselo bene.

Massive instrumental post rock from snowy Russia. It will fit perfectly in your cold bedroom in the early hours of the morning.

ANOTHER ONE YOU WILL SURELY MISS IF YOU DON'T GRAB IT NOW.

NEW MY BLOODY VALENTINE ALBUM

YOU BTTR HRRY

CULT OF LUNA - VERTIKAL (2013)

Arrivano ogni 5-6 anni, puntuali come una cometa. Questa volta sono passati davvero vicino alla Terra e un pò della polvere della loro scia ci è caduta sul capo. In quanti stavamo guardando il cielo, mentre loro si bruciavano in luce?

I often think Umea, Sweden, is a magic city. It put out Cult of Luna, Refused, Meshuggah.

At today, COL is probably the best around between the three.

As Neurosis seem to fade, someone else seems emerging...

PREPARE FOR THE BEHEMOTH

AIDAN - THE RELATION BETWEEN BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR (2013)

GREAT POST SLUGDE/NOISE