Nero - Essential Mix 2010

The BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix by the London dubstep duo, Nero. In my humble opinion, this is the best and only mixtape you could ever need and will ever want, ever again, promise. This mix is 2 hours of dubstep, drum and bass, electro, french house, more drum and bass, and a final blast of dubstep. Trust me the greatest mixtape ever.

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jj - jj n° 2

jj is playful pop music that makes you dream of a far away place. After hearing jj's debut single, "My Life, My Swag", I had high hopes for this debut full length. Unfortunately, this does not stand up quite as well. Don't get me wrong, this album is still pretty good, but it suffers from a few problems. For one, the songs are a bit same-y sounding. Luckily, the album is very short and sweet, just like a pop album should be.

There are definitely a few great songs here, but the album is burdened by "Ecstasy", a reworking of the song Lollipop. I find it very hard to sit through without cringing and it just ruins the mood and flow of the album set up by the first few tracks. "Are You Still In Vallda?" is the standout track, a reminder not to give up on the album just yet. A good album for those who are wanting to live carefree and love life.

Favorite Tracks: Are You Still In Vallda?, From Africa To Málaga

My Rating: 7/10

-m




Tracklist:
1. Things Will Never Be The Same Again
2. From Africa To Málaga
3. Ecstasy
4. Are You Still In Vallda?
5. My Love
6. Intermezzo
7. My Hopes And Dreams
8. Masterplan
9. Me & Dean

link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?jdjjtuk2wmo

!!! - Myth Takes

This is an interesting dance rock cd released back in 2007. The album is laced with enough great basslines to keep your head bobbing right up until the last track. The singer's dorky narrative style seems odd at first but quickly becomes charming. The first half of the album is definitively better, with "Must Be The Moon" being a clear standout, but the epic "Bend Over Beethoven" keeps the second half going strong. Overall, this is a creative and fun album.

Favorite Tracks: Must Be The Moon, Bend Over Beethoven, Myth Takes

My Rating: 7/10

-m



Tracklist:
1. Myth Takes
2. All My Heroes Are Weirdos
3. Must Be The Moon
4. A New Name
5. Heart Of Hearts
6. Sweet Life
7. Yadnus
8. Bend Over Beethoven
9. Break In Case Of Anything
10. Infinifold

link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?l2mmongwjjv

Jordaan Mason & The Horse Museum - Divorce Lawyers I Shaved My Head

I was greatly surprised by this album. Brooding folk music. First impression upon hearing the first track was kind of meh, but it gets better from there. A minor flaw is that the album is a bit long and a little same-y, but it delivers a wonderful emotion experience so I can easily tolerate the running time.

I'm pretty sure the whole of the album is a story too, and a weird one at that. For example, the opening lyric is "My mouth is filled with his ovaries." And it only gets weirder from there. This is recommended for Neutral Milk Hotel fans though, because the vocal styling is very very similar. Listen to this as a whole.

Favorite Tracks: Wild Dogs: Divorce!, they're all good though really.

My Rating: 9/10

-m



tracklisting:
1. Bird's Nest
2. Organs For Oceans
3. Avalanches
4. Racehorse: Get Married!
5. The Wrong Parts (Vivian Sisters Singing)
6. Prayer
7. O Jarhead! O Wife!
8. Hymn/Her
9. ____ Is Water
10. (S)mother
11. Wild Dogs: Divorce!
12. After The Glandolinian War
13. Carpenter/Rebuild The Body Out Of Birds
14. 1990 Was A Long Year And We Are All Out Of Hot Water Now

link:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IOP9LNPP

track 9 is corrupted, so if you are really really interested in this after hearing it, message me.

Deastro - Moondagger

A note to any readers: I'm finding it harder and harder to convince myself to write a decent amount for some albums. I feel like it is hard for me to keep my writing fresh and also to convey my thoughts about music in general. Thus, I may be having much shorter entries.

Deastro is very hit and miss electro pop. Several tracks are slightly annoying and unrewarding, but there are several gems too. The problem with this album is that even the tracks that aren't particularly bad, aren't intriguing at all either. The first song, Biophelia, is the best song on the album, but with the exception of that, the latter half of the album is far superior. Overall an avergae effort worth hearing for the good tracks.

Favorite Tracks: Biophelia, Moondagger, The Shaded Forests, Kurgan Wave Number One

My Rating: 5/10

-m



tracklisting:
1. Biophelia
2. Parallelogram
3. Tone Adventure #3
4. Toxic Crusaders
5. Greens, Grays, And Nordics
6. Day Of Wonder
7. Pyramid Builders
8. Daniel Johnston Was Stabbed In The Heart With The Moondagger By The King Of Darkness And His Ghost Is Writing This Song As A Warning To All Of Us
9. Rivers Of Life
10. Vermillion Plaza
11. Moondagger
12. Kurgan Wave Number One
13. The Shaded Forests (Gift Giver's Version)
14. Tree Frog

link:
http://rghost.ru/270055

Here We Go Magic - Here We Go Magic

I'm not really sure what to think of this band name/album name. To suggest that this is the start of something magical would be a bit of an overstatement. While the album is certainly not bad, it doesn't quite spark anything or stay prominent enough to reach that point of intrigue.

While from the first few songs of the album one would guess that this is simply a subliminal collection of pop songs. Just when you think you have the band pigeonholed though, the album wanders off into a dark mess of ambient-ish tracks.

Similarly to how the dark pop piece "Fangela" and captivating slow-burner "Tunnelvision" set this album up for greatness, many of the later tracks ruin it. Example: "Babyohbabyijustcantstanditanymore", which is about as annoying to listen to as the title is to interpret.

Originally, I had rated this album much lower, but I found myself wanting to listen to it from time to time. What this says is that while as individual songs this album is a bit lacking, it works well as an album.

Also, I would like to note that I saw this band recently and they were much better in the live setting. The band had great energy and group dynamic. Opener "Only Pieces" must not have translated well on the album, because that song was the highlight of their set as it had an incredible buildup. Try out the album, and check out the band if they come around your hometown.

Favorite Tracks: Tunnelvision, Fangela

My Rating: 6/10

-m



Tracklisting:
1. Only Pieces
2. Fangela
3. Ahab
4. Tunnelvision
5. Ghost List
6. I Just Want To See You Underwater
7. Babyohbabyijustcantstanditanymore
8. Nat's Alien
9. Everything's Big

link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?qmmzzwwggto

Tom Brosseau - Posthumous Success

Let me start by saying I don't know anything about this guy, I just got this album randomly and was pleasantly surprised. My first thought is to wonder why this album is titled Posthumous Success, since this artist doesn't seem to be dead. Actually now that I think about it, with MJ's death and all this was kind of an ironic album pick. It seems true enough though that dying only seems to enhance one's musical career.

But I digress. For the most part this album is an enjoyable singer/songwriter affair with a few random kinks throw in and a few less actual songs than it seems. This is another case of an album with a good first half and a lagging second half.

The first three tracks are good and then the fifth song, "You Don't Know My Friends", is one of those kinks I mentioned, but it's still pretty decent, just a bit shoegaze-y out of nowhere. The second half is plagued with the song, instrumental, song formula. "Youth Decay" and "Chandler" just come off as boring guitar dickery and take away from the album's flow. I also disagree with having two different versions of the same track, but at least he had the sense to put them on opposite ends of the album. But I didn't like it when Yo La Tengo did it, and I still don't

In short, there are good songs here if you weave through the few stinkers.

Favorite Tracks: Been True, Favourite Colour Blue (The first one is far superior)

My Rating: 7/10


-m




tracklisting:
1. Favourite Colour Blue
2. Been True
3. Big Time
4. Boothill
5. You Don't Know My Friends
6. New Heights
7. Youth Decay
8. Drumroll
9. Miss Lucy
10. Axe & Stump
11. Chandler
12. Wishbone Medallion
13. Favourite Colour Blue

link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?3lknmtqbmm2