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Whoa, check out this website you music hunters! Or basically any sort of stuff hunters.

Its called http://www.funfail.com what it does is it searches through like every big upload site (rapidshare, send space, etc.), and makes a link to them. So you can search for like anything and it finds a link to the file, which you can download. It makes you wait like a few minutes or so for it to start, but otherwise it seems pretty awesome. I searched "Person Pitch" and right off the bat it found a few links to the full album.
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Hey Earth fans (specifically of the HEX release)!

I was not aware, but they just released a pretty sweet sounding new disc! Basically an EP/DVD. The CD is four tracks, three previously released songs but re-recorded to be more akin to the sound stylings of HEX, and a track that was previously only available on a tour only 12". The main draw for me is the DVD side, which covers their tour fallowing the release of HEX. Im stoked to get this!

From their website:

Southern Lord recording artists: Earth have finished the recording and mastering of their latest album tentatively entitled: " Hibernaculam". The audio material consists of (3) old Earth classics redone in a different, stark and clean tone (ala the "Hex" material) plus the track "A Plague of Angels" which was previously available on a rare tour only 12". The album will be a special dual CD/DVD "hybrid". With the audio mentioned above on one side and a Earth documentary filmed by Seldon Hunt on the other. The documentary features many interviews with Dylan Carlson and live footage from the groups 2006 European tour.

Track-listing is as follows:

CD SIDE:
1. Ouroboros Is Broken
2. Coda Maestoso In F (Flat) Minor
3. Miami Morning Coming Down
4. A Plague of Angels (2006 mix)

DVD Side:
- Earth Documentary with interviews and live footage (filmed by Seldon Hunt)
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Last few days its been mostly old Hella, Lightning Bolt and The Advantage.

The Advantage maybe the best cover band of all time, they make old 8-bit video game music just rip/shred. The Mini-Bosses fucking SUCK compared to these guys.

Chompers, all I have ever listend to of the Liars is Drums not Dead, and I think that record owns. One of my favorites for last year. But I did create what maybe the best way to listen to it for the first time, get really lost on a long series creepy of roads in a dense forest whilst driving. I had no idea where I was, and stumbled my way out after the second play through. It was awesome.
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Metal Metroid is pretty boss! The other ones are fairly meh. Metal Metroid I will download and enjoy though, the dude can rip. Still not as rad as Advantage however.
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Metroid Metal fucking KILLLLLLLLLS! Its just fucking awesome. Listened through all the Metroid 1 tracks last night, and its just insane! Everysong is just awesome. Its basically the opposite of what The Advantage does. Advantages goal is to recreate 8-bit video game music with basic band instruments, while Metroid Metal tries to make it seem like the 8-bit music was trying to recreate what they made. So these tracks go well beyond what the actual Metroid music sounds like, and really does not make me think of Metroid at all when listening to it. Its just awesome instrumental progressive metal! Its got soaring guitars, deep chuggin bass, riffage. It never gets cheesey either. The last band I have listened to recently that reminded me of Metroid Metal is Shining's Grindstone, but this is less sparatic, but more like specific parts of Grindstone. I started to listen to the Super Metroid tracks, and those fucking rock too! Sounds like the Metroid Prime ones will as well!

Also, attention Boris/Melvins fans, look into the band NOXAGT if you have not already. Norwegian intrumental heavy Bass rock. First two albums are Bass, Drum, and Viola. But the newest album the Viola player quit and they added this screaming guitarist. I saw them live last night on their U.S. tour and they vibrated peoples faces off. They have a lot of tour stops left, definetly check them out if they are coming to your area. http://www.myspace.com/noxagt
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Warhammer 48k - Ive been digging these guys a lot lately. Saw them at a show in a dingy practice space last week, and they fucking slayed. Much heavier live, but their recorded stuff is awesome too. The songs have more bizarre sounds and tribal drumming on the records.
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Checked out Dan Deacons upcoming "Spiderman of the Rings". Its really awesome. I've never really journeyed into this weirdo brand of Electronic music that seems to root deeply in Kids music. They call it "Future Shock" apparently. I assume this is what Chiptunes would sound like, but I have never bothered to look into that. Either way, I really like Dan Deacon.
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Recent listens:

Metroid Metal (original, super, and prime tracks)
Noxagt - Soft Sugar
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Natsumen - NEVER WEAR OUT YOUR SUMMER XXX !!!
The Advantage - Tour 2004 CD (this is very un-the advantage, lots of samples and more weird instruments as well as noise elements. Not sure what was going on at that time)
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Anyone recall some CDs of Famicom music that came out a few years ago? Not the Famicom 20th Anniversary that was put out by nintendo, but there was like a 3 or 4 disc set of all sorts of stuff from like Hudson and others. Anyone have any idea what I am talking about?
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Im seeing The Books tonight. Im pretty excited to see what all the video they supposedly have for their live shows. Im not expecting a whole lot to be involved with their actual performance however. Either way, should be good times.
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Picked up Boris+Sunn O))) tripple LP Limited Edition LP. Thing weighs 2 pounds. Three extremely thick colored LPs, plus a big thick book a pictures. This whole package is lavish, really awesome. Plus its was only $23 where I got it (cheapos vinyl basement in minneapolis).

Also got the Harvey Milk: Anthem DVD from Aquarious Records. Its like nearly 4 hours long, plus it has a 3" CD of unreleased tracks. Also with an amazing package designed by Stephen O'Malley from Sunn O))). Im about an Hour into it, and its pretty awesome.
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Acid Mothers Temple played for what seemed like 9,ooo hours, and it was awesome. Just when they would trail off from long spinning jam into some chanting you would figure "Okay, this is the end." And then "SKKWWOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" A whole new 10 minute long jam would begin, crazier than the last one. Very entertaining.

Sadly they were sold out of their Tour only 12" that I wanted though, they said it was all gone at the first few stops on the tour. They did have like 36 different CDs though.
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Listening to Panda Bears Person Pitch a lot again. Still my favorite album this year. Various Beirut recordings as well, that kid is quality stuff.

Oh and local spaz/sludge metalers Total Fucking Blood. Their Blaze the Lord disc fucking rips.
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I had Boredomes Super Roots 9 BLASTING while playing Geometry Wars Evolved today. Its like it was made for the game, feels like it syncs with the gameplay half the time. I recomend trying this combo.
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I watched the DVD "Everyone Stares: The Police Inside out" Stewart Copeland (the drummer) basically filmed everything they ever did with a 8mm camera. It covers all their albums, and tours etc. He then edited it down to a 73 minute film thats very entertaining, and a really interesting glimpse into a band that goes from small to MEGA FUCKING BIG. Its got footage of them dragging luggage into seedy motel rooms, and then later shows them recording on a tropical island traveling in Limos. The Police really screamed through their career too, it was only a 9 year stint, they released 5 albums, and won tons of grammys. And then Sting got all big and made much lamer music on his own.

Check it out if you love the Police, and like lots of 70s/80s locals filmed by a famous drummer.

Only complaint is that Copelands narration is pretty dry, but informative and really honest.
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Finally got a new cartridge for my turntable, so now I can listen to all the records I have been collecting for a few years now. I also picked up some more records when I got it fixed:

John Wiese - Soft Punk
Ocrilim - Anoint
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go
The Police - Ghost in the Machine, Sychronicity, Zenyatta Mondatta, and Outlandos d'Amour

The John Wiese album I bought on a whim, its going to take some time to enjoy I think. I am not used to this harsh of noise, but it feels like it will have potential with a focused listen.
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Going to attempt to see both Dan Deacon and Marnie Stern this evening. Ones doors open a hour later than the other, and both have the same number of opening bands. The two venues are close, but not close enough to be able to park in one spot and walk to both. I have a feeling Deacons set would end sooner than Marnie Sterns would start, but Deacons doors open an hour later. This could be impossible, but I am going to try and make it work.
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Main listening recently:

Husker Du - Zen Arcade: This brand of Punk Rock is timeless. Mainly because it does not fit into any time period of punk rock to begin with.

The Tuss - Rushup Edge: So is this Richard D. James? If its not, well they are doing a great job of sounding exactly like him. I don't have a lot of depth in this genre, but this is good.

Faust - IV: I like it, first time I have listened to Faust. Not seeing what the huge difference between them and the likes of Can are, but none the less good.


Going to see Boris tonight, Live in Concert!
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I really like the new Fiery Furnaces album.
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I listened to Sleep - Dopesmoker last night for the first time. I was not smoking dope (i was watching hockey with the sound off), but still found it to be pretty rad. I was not focused enough to really catch the lyrics and stuff. From what I understand this is the "true" version of the song broken up into multiple tracks for Sleeps "Jerusalem", anyone know what exactly the difference is? I have no lisnted to that one either, just curious without actually listening I guess. I guess Sleep also made a big stink about the record company breaking it up from one 60:00 track into a bunch of smaller 9 or 10 minute tracks. Thus re-releasing it as just "Dopesmoker".

But overall it seems to be about as Stoner Metal as it gets, guess thats why they are held to such high regard in the genre.
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