Ratatat - LP4 [2010] [Album] [320kbps]

Taken from Pitchfork:

"As French monks discovered centuries ago while under gothic spires, there is nothing like the sweep and pulse of intertwining melodies to lend momentum to music. Their melodic lines would twist along, gathering dissonances that would eventually explode against their rhythms into warm, open intervals. But back in those days, they didn't have drum machines to pull their lines into orbit. Ratatat does, and it gives their music an epic quality that would send any monk into fits of orgiastic glee.

Tracklist:
1. "Bilar"
2. "Drugs"
3. "Neckbrace"
4. "We Can't Be Stopped"
5. "Bob Gandhi"
6. "Mandy"
7. "Mahalo"
8. "Party With Children"
9. "Sunblocks"
10. "Bare Feast"
11. "Grape Juice City"
12. "Alps"

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Ratatat is a collaboration between lead guitarist Mike Stroud and bedroom producer Evan Mast, with piercing sheets of guitar and synthesizer yoked to a bass-heavy metronomic grid. The project marks a new direction for both musicians: Evan Mast's 2001 debut as E*vax, Parking Lot Music, was a stroll through a collection of debris both sleek and gritty, while Mike was known for ripping it up on stage with Ben Kweller and Dashboard Confessional. With Ratatat, however, the pair establishes a plush, crisp sonic space, and then holds court there for a good three quarters of an hour.

Theirs is an imperial presence, somewhere near the crossroads of rock, electronic and hip-hop. Though their songs are pop-length, and each is bound to get stuck in your head, these are not actually songs in the conventional sense. There are no vocals, for one thing, and they grow from point A to point B without looking back over their shoulder for a chorus. While the album is a home studio creation, most of the material begs to strut on stage for a hungry crowd. Indeed, what we have here is a long-awaited stepchild of IDM and hair metal sensibilities, joined by the omnivorous appetite of hip-hop.

And Ratatat is hip-hop. For starters, "Lapland" and "Breaking Away" feature the sort of spacious, head-nodding beats that fuel freestyle fantasies, and recently led the duo to a mixtape collaboration with Wu-Tang's Buddha Monk. The two waifish Crown Heights boys also sprinkle their album with samples of local rap veteran Young Churf, who starts out the album with a sly boast: "I've been rapping for about 17 years, okay? I don't write my stuff anymore. I just take it from my head..."

So it begins. The opener, "17 Years", is heavy artillery singed with the roar and crackle of distorted power chords. But it has a change of heart halfway through, wandering from the guitar-rock battlefield to graze on bittersweet, twilit pastures. "El Pico" cultivates a brighter kind of melancholy. Layered with scraping percussion, sweet electric piano figures, wiry synthesizers, and even an old accordion, it sets a tone that somehow manages to be intimate and epic at the same time.

Ratatat is also good old-fashioned rock. "Desert Eagle" has a sing-songy quality that explains why so many people have been trying to put words to these tunes since Mast and Stroud started performing together as Cherry last year. But if "Desert Eagle" promises an indie rock ballad, it soon turns into a towering arena-rock anthem that delivers a healthy dose of Brian May. There is, after all, more than a little Queen in Ratatat's sound, which, when paired with Evan's husky, meticulous beats, results in a surprisingly buoyant thrash that delivers on the promise of early rock/rap crossovers.

The duo's debut tends towards harmonic saturation, folding over you with great swaths of guitar and synthesizer. Unsurprisingly, the effect is intensely pleasurable, giving the album a warm and almost amniotic sense of immediacy. But a womb can also be a prison. Despite the risk of claustrophobia, Ratatat keep the oxygen flowing with well-proportioned chord cycles backed by spare, expansive beats. In soaring like a motet yet pounding like cavalry-- or, in modern terms, in ripping like Jimi but bumping like Dre-- Ratatat deliver on the ancient promise that harmony and rhythm, often set against each other in the history of Western music, are really just facets of one another.

— Loren Ludwig & Jascha Hoffman, April 27, 2004"

Pitchfork: Ratatat Article

Michael Froh - Herbal Remedies [2010] [V2] [WEB]

A man, a musician, a movement.

The Canadian music scene has been creating a beast for the past 8 years. With roots in Canadian Punk, Hardcore and Metal, this beast, known as Michael Froh began as a teenage singer/songwriter in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Growing up on records as diverse as The Beatles, and The Clash, to Pink Floyd and the Sex Pistols, he began singing in church and school choirs at the age of 4. By graduation year, his band Away From Here, had already topped the Smartpunk CD charts with there debut full length selling over 3000 copies, and were invited to play Warped Tour across Canada.

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Tracklist:
01 The Birds and Bees
02 9 to 5
03 Mother Moon
04 Drunken Sun
05 DisBand Sucks
06 The Joker

As the band grew apart, Michael then 19, began creating Electronic Music on his mothers computer, and released a full length disc of songs called "Dear Solace-Everyone in the Room Knows But You" which has gone on to sell over 2000 self made copies via internet and touring, and an EP of cover songs, selling over 1000.

Size: 37.3 MB
Type: Album
Quality: MP3 - Variable Bitrate V0
Bitrate: ~210kbps

Collaborating with a local musician friend, they began to write music with a vision of metal, attitude, melody, and sonic creativity. The two began to look for members to start a full time band, which Canada would come to know, and either love or hate, as The Holly Springs Disaster. The next 3 years were filled with over 10 national tours, numerous headline tours, an EP recorded in Oakland, California with Zack Ohren, which debuted in the top 50 on the Canadian metal charts.

With the buzz of the EP, the industry came knocking, in major label fashion. At the same time as inner tension during the writing process for a debut album, Michael's health, and faith in major labels began to disintegrate. A decision was made to continue on his career in a separate direction, as a producer, singer and song-writer, and to rejuvenate his general love for music without influence of the forever indebted record industry.

Having shared the stage with the likes of All That Remains, Architects(UK), Cancer Bats, From First To Last, Suicide Silence, Protest The Hero, and Underoath by the age of 21, this shaped him into a respected member of Canadian front-men, he now looks to conquer the land of clubs.

With his upcoming EP "HERBAL REMEDIES" " (April 13th-DIGITAL/April 20th-PHYSICAL) he has just begun to explore the art of Synthesizers, Programming, and Production, while further expanding his palate as a complete vocalist.

His release provides just a glimpse of what is in store for this 24 year old, with all 6 tracks fully written, produced, mixed, recorded and released independently by Michael, from his home studio "OUTER SPACE."

http://www.michaelfroh.bigcartel.com/

http://soundcloud.com/michaelfroh/sets

Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels [2010] [ALBUM] [320kbps]

Marina Diamandis has already come a long way. Only six months ago she was playing to a half-empty third tent on a drizzly Friday afternoon at Leeds Festival. Now, she's been named the runner-up in the BBC's Sound Of 2010 critics poll and sleb blogger Perez Hilton is tweeting at her, declaring his undying love.

Some of this could be put down to good timing, of course. One-woman bands with curious names and a penchant for quirky pop are pretty in vogue right now, after all. But Marina's singles throughout 2009 showcased a genuine new talent, with Obsessions and Mowgli's Road becoming two pop music highlights of the year. But the buzz has ensured that debut album The Family Jewels is one of the year's more eagerly awaited releases.

On first listen it's a somewhat bewildering concoction, dizzily spinning from overtly theatrical pop at one turn to heartfelt ballads the next with, ever so occasionally, a song that sounds like it's had everything bar the proverbial kitchen sink thrown into it.

Mowgli's Road is a good example of the latter. Brimming with energy from the first shout of 'Cuckoo!" at the start, it packs in a staccato piano riff, jungle animal noises and more cutlery references than your average restaurant review. It's certainly kooky, but with enough heart to keep things interesting.

[ Indie ]
Bitrate: 320kbps
Filetype: MP3
Release Date: Feb 22nd 2010

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Her lyrics aren't always so unconventional or Kipling referencing. Girls is a witty, knowing song about challenging female stereotypes: "I fall asleep when they speak of all the calories they eat". The Outsider tackles alienation and insecurity amongst the first flourishing of fame: "Just because you know my name doesn't mean you know my game."

It's true that, sometimes, it gets a bit wearying. There are so many punchy choruses and electro hooks that, after a while, you start to feel a bit jaded - a point best made by the best songs here being the relatively downtempo numbers. Obsessions, a plaintive ballad about an abusive relationship, is beautiful, while I Am Not A Robot shows a pleasing touch of vulnerability which works very well.

Marina's voice will also divide people. In a similar manner to Amanda Palmer she takes a theatrical bent to her vocals, making sure to enunciate every word in a manner that becomes a bit grating after a while. She also has a habit of namechecking herself - whether you find Hollywood's line about "Oh my god, you look just like Shakira, no no, you're Catherine Zeta, actually, my name's Marina" endearing or infuriating will depend on your taste.

But she certainly has the charisma to establish herself as a proper popstar, and tracks like Oh No, Shampain and the aforementioned Hollywood are all infectiously catchy and have enough depth not to be dismissed lightly as bubblegum pop. The Family Jewels isn't the classic debut album that her early singles suggested was on the way, but there's enough promise here to carry her through the hype.



Website & Blog: http://www.marinaandthediamonds.com/

Bullet for My Valentine - Fever [2010][Album][320kbps]

The Welsh metalcore quartet raised its profile with its second album, Scream Aim Fire in 2008, and will look to build on its success with this third release. In Aug. 2009, lead singer and guitarist told Babelmouth.net that the album should be a departure from the last record, saying “on the last [album], we tried to be a bit more thrashy, and that was cool, but we just wanna go back to more kind of classic sound now." The album, which is being produced by American producer Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Dashboard Confessional) will contain no ballads, according to Tuck, and will reach back to sound of the band’s full-length debut, The Poison. The album was preceded by the single "Begging For Mercy," released on the band's website Feb. 16, and the track "Your Betrayal," which was previewed Feb. 19 by New Rock Radio.

[ Metal / Metalcore ]

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Tracklist:
01. Your Betrayal
02. Fever
03. The Last Fight
04. A Place Where You Belong
05. Pleasure and Pain
06. Alone
07. Breaking Out Breaking Down
08. Bittersweet Memories
09. Dignity
10. Begging For Mercy
11. Pretty On The Outside

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Deftones - Diamond Eyes [2010] [320kbps]

New Deftones!!!

**As it turns out, this version is a bad transcode (WEB)-Don't get me wrong, it is the real album and it sounds great- it's just not perfect. ;) I'm going to leave the link up until the true 320kbps comes out, at which point, that link will be shared. :)**

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For a band pushed to the brink by the tragic events surrounding bassist Chi Cheng’s departure, it would be within reason for the Deftones to release a transitory, unevenly-footed album in the wake of their indefinitely lost brother. What we’re given instead is Diamond Eyes, a brilliant and fiercely colorful collection of tracks that finds the band reaching a new stage of evolution, delivering the most progressive, dynamic work of their careers.

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01 Diamond Eyes 03:08
02 Royal 03:32
03 CMND-CTRL 02:24
04 You've Seen the Butcher 03:31
05 Beauty School 04:44
06 Prince 03:37
07 Rocket Skates 04:12
08 Sextape 04:02
09 Risk 03:39
10 976-EVIL 04:33
11 This Place is Death 03:48

Rather than dive into righteous depression following Cheng’s accident, the band scrapped the oppressive & angry album they’d been working on prior (Eros) and focused on their own survivalism. Dwelling on the darkness would’ve likely resulted in the band’s demise, particularly had they tried to tour behind the material they’d just written with Chi. Diamond Eyes was recorded in two months with producer Nick Raskulinecz, with the band shunning the meticulous digital comforts of Pro Tools in favor of writing songs together as a band again, practicing them “a million times ’til they were perfect” in order to achieve a more raw and “personable” sound. The result is an eleven-track staggering success, defying expectation and leaping forward with optimistic, ambitious new fangs.

Surging from the word go, the title track lifts off with churning sexual ambition before a chorus that soars in gentle earnest before diving back into the groove. Chino feigns delicacy and seduction, with momentary guttural shreiks between verses. There’s hardly a noticeable transition between Diamond Eyes and Royal, a track brimming with rhythmic punchiness and explosive energy. Following a verse and chorus, all else falls away as a solo bass grind rises for just a moment before the song explodes once more, Moreno playing off his own vocal with alternating screams and the signature vocal caress he’s continued to build on over the years. After a spine-snapping groove pulls you from the progression, the final forty seconds are a tremendous, incinerating ray of supernova starlight – Chino’s screams reach inhuman levels, the crushing rhythm leaning in on each seventh count, holding an extra beat that feels like falling forward in a mammoth sprint.

There aren’t many albums that shred any doubt of excellence by the third track, but the opening moments of CMND/CNTRL confirm the ferocious seducing intent of Diamond Eyes as a whole. Moreno’s percussive off-time barking-jeer delivery is as mean as anything he’s laid down before, and any question of Deftones’ ability to rise from devastation and continue their evolution is laid to rest by the time the airtight labyrinthian rhythmic configurations of the chorus lay waste to expectation.

Quicksand alum Sergio Vega steps into his new role with all the ambition and intensity of a man who knows he’s got impossible shoes to fill, and he’s given various moments to shine throughout the album. Had the band continued a linear path with the bombastic melancholy of their previous work, the new low-end influence would undoubtedly draw numerous comparisons to Chi and message-board mercenary comparative critiques for years to come. Hell, that’s bound to happen either way, but the brooding doom has taken a backseat to aggressive fantasy with rays of blinding uptempo brilliance, and to great effect; Diamond Eyes isn’t an album devoted to mourning or dwelling on “keeping the faith” in their fallen brother’s absence. This is a sharp-angle evolution, an expansion, a revitalization that leaves little room for critical doubt as to whether the Deftones’ core has been scarred too deeply by their loss. In fact, the album’s damn good supporting evidence that true growth arrives through tragedy.

For example, Beauty School turns a potentially downtempo jam into a sadistic kind of love song, gloom supplanted by a poetic, darkly passionate thunderstorm dream. I like you when you take off your face, put away all your teeth and take a swing at me, Chino delicately croons before rounding the corner to a swaying, floating chorus that evokes infatuation and romantic drunkenness. Comparisons to the dark masterpiece of White Pony will undoubtedly abound in flaccid grasps for referential familiarity, but only the base formula of Prince nods back to that era, in a Digital Bath-meets-Change sort of way. That is, until a minute thirty into the track, when drummer Abe Cunningham signals a double-time shift and all sorts of new-territory hell breaks loose.

It’s fitting that “floating underwater” are the opening words to Sex Tape, a dreamlike exploration of subterranean, minimalist subtlety through two verses before blooming into a bridge & chorus as beautifully melodic as anything in their formidable catalogue. Singular, repeating two-count tom hits frame the next verse as Moreno waxes night-drive romantic; Cruising through the city after hours with me / fusing all our powers… It’s a hard left after the brutal Guns! Razors! Knives! of Rocket Skates, violent imagery laced through a racing alt-metal riff that knocked audiences on their ass last year when it was debuted live.

After the gently progressive 976-Evil – featuring an open throated high-end chorus laced with heartfelt undertones, album closer This Place Is Death strikes the ear like an indirect reflection on the possibility of what may have been, a looming danger embedded in spiraling aggression.

Refusing to hide behind the touchstone familiarity of their previous albums, these Sacramento rockers have obliterated any notion that they’ve been irreparably weakened by Cheng’s departure. He’s undoubtedly strong in their hearts and thoughts, but rather than dwell on the pain the Deftones have risen to remarkable new heights with an album that surges into the light and establishes promising new horizons.

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Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles [2010] [Album]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!

Crystal Castles is the second eponymous album from experimental band Crystal Castles. It will be released via Fiction Records on June 7, 2010 in the United Kingdom and Europe, and on June 8, 2010 worldwide.

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Tracklist:
01. Fainting Spells
02. Celestica
03. Doe Deer
04. Baptism
05. Year of Silence
06. Empathy
07. Suffocation
08. Violent Dreams
09. Vietnam
10. Birds
11. Pap Smear
12. Not In Love
13. Intimate
14. I Am Made of Chalk

NEW TRACK PREVIEW - DOE DEER

Not Given Lightly: A Tribute To the Giant Golden Book Of New Zealand's Alternative Music Scene [2009] [Compilation]

The full title for this is 'Not Given Lightly: A Tribute To the Giant Golden Book Of New Zealand's Alternative Music Scene'.

...Of New Zealand's Alternative Music Scene. Morr Music presents a 2CD compilation paying tribute to the great,highly-influential New Zealand indie-pop bands of the 1980s,whose steadfast DIY aesthetic paved the way internationally for the future development of all modern indie bands to
follow.

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Tracklist:
1. lali puna - i like rain (jean paul sartre experience)
2. people press play - kaleidoscope world (chills)
3. tarwater - death and the maiden (verlains)
4. it's a musical - all my hollowness to you (tall dwarfs)
5. b. fleischmann - not given lightly (chris knox)
6. go find - pink frost (chills)
7. guther - glide (chris knox)
8. wooden birds - afternoon in bed (bats)
9. butcher the bar - bee to honey (tall dwarfs)
10. sin fang bous - i think i'd thought i'd nothing else to think about (chills)
11. borko - up in the sky (jean paul sartre experience)
12. masha qrella - pink frost (chills)
13. saroos - prisoner of a single passion (graeme jefferies)
14. american analog set - anything could happen (clean)
15. bobby & blumm - on an unknown beach (peter jefferies)
16. contriva - light (chris knox)
17. isan - harmonic deluxe (robert scott)
18. electric president - you forget (david kilgour)
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1. benni hemm hemm - stoffeise
2. radical face - wandering
3. guther - new science
4. sin fang bous - nothings
5. seabear - singing arc
6. butcher the bar - snakes
7. surf city - kudos
8. electric president - white noise
9. it's a musical - in case of harmony
10. seavault - cornfields
11. populous - zodiac
12. saroos - dubstar
13. tarwater - captain
14. isan - happy chord whore
15. bobby & blumm - take a sip
16. b. fleischmann - aldebaran waltz

CD1 features cover versions of New Zealand's most beloved songs from that era by Morr's best current artists, and CD2 features previously-unreleased tracks that look towards the future of indie-pop. In New Zealand, the archetype of what was called indie-pop was established.

Labels such as Flying Nun, Xpressway, IMD and Corpus Hermeticum rose up in response to punk, and bands such as The Clean, The Chills and Tall Dwarfs helped forge what would be called the "Dunedin Sound," characterized by jangly guitar,straight-ahead bass lines and no-nonsense drums.

Because of New Zealand's isolation, new music from the UK and U.S. only trickled in sometimes years after the fact, and out of the earnest desire of a passionate few to create an autonomous Kiwi scene (and the disinterest of overseas major labels), punk, pop, etc., was born in garages and pressed on screen-printed 7"s out of ingenuity and necessity. Everyone knew each other, everyone played in each other's bands, and everyone was influenced by each other's sound -- simple,lo-fi, untouched and singular, and completely apart from the rest of the world.

There was promise in songs like "Not Given Lightly" by legendary scenester and The Enemy and Toy Love founding member, Chris Knox or "Pink Frost" by The Chills, and it was eventually heard by compatriots in the U.S. -- Pavement, Yo La Tengo and Sonic Youth referred to New Zealand's alternative music scene directly. In Germany, artists as well as heads of labels adapted a similar DIY model. Markus Acher, who is part of this compilation with Lali Puna, played together with
Graeme Jefferies (Nocturnal Projections, This Kind Of Punishment, The Cakekitchen). Suddenly, lo-fi was everywhere. The Morr Music label would not have been thinkable without this DIY-idea. Not Given Lightly features modern-day reinterpretations of seminal tracks from Jean Paul Sartre
Experience, The Chills, The Verlaines, Tall Dwarfs, Chris Knox, The Bats, Graeme Jeffries, The Clean, Peter Jefferies,Robert Scott, and David Kilgour, played by Lali Puna, People Press Play, Tarwater, It's A Musical, B.Fleischmann, The Go Find, Guther, The Wooden Birds, Butcher The Bar, Sin Fang Bous, Borko, Masha Qrella, Saroos, American Analog Set, Bobby & Blumm, Contriva, Isan, and Electric President. Other artists include: Benni Hemm Hemm, Radical Face, Seabear, Surf City,
Seafault, and Populous.

LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening [2010] [Album]

This Is Happening is the third album from LCD Soundsystem. The album will be released in the UK on May 17, 2010. The first single is Drunk Girls.

The album was recorded over the course of 2009 and early 2010 and, according to James Murphy, will be the last album he will release as LCD Soundsystem.

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Tracklist:
1. "Dance Yrself Clean" 8:46
2. "Drunk Girls" 3:44
3. "One Touch" 7:47
4. "All I Want" 6:43
5. "I Can Change" 5:50
6. "You Wanted a Hit" 9:12
7. "Pow Pow" 8:25
8. "Somebody's Calling Me" 6:55
9. "Home" 7:53

Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record [2010] [Album]

OH MY GOD! TODAY IS GOING TO BE AMAZING! NEW BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE ALBUM PRE'd!!!!!!!

Broken Social Scene's Forgiveness Rock Record will be released May 4th, 2010, and was co-produced by the band and Tortoise’s John McEntire at Soma Studios in Chicago, with additional recording at Giant Studio and The Schvitz Studio in Toronto.

Although we've gotten several solo albums and plenty of tours out of everyone's favorite multi-member indie collective, it was five years ago that Broken Social Scene last released a full-length album. Forgiveness Rock Record ends the wait. It features a leaner line-up than did Broken Social Scene, relying mostly on the contributions of only six members: singer/guitarist Kevin Drew, singer/guitarist Andrew Whiteman, guitarist Charles Spearin, guitarist Sam Goldberg, singer/bassist Brendan Canning, and drummer Justin Peroff. Of course, it wouldn't be a BSS affair without some superstar guests contributing their two cents; this go-round includes Feist, Metric's Emily Haines, and members of Stars, the Sea and Cake, and Tortoise, among others. First single "World Sick" delivers on the album's epic promise, hinting at more opulent, guitar-laden fun to come.

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Tracklist:
01 World Sick
02 Chase Scene
03 Texico Bitches
04 Forced to Love
05 All to All
06 Art House Director
07 Highway Slipper Jam
08 Ungrateful Little Father
09 Meet Me in the Basement
10 Sentimental X's
11 Sweetest Kill
12 Romance to the Grave
13 Water in Hell
14 Me and My Hand



http://www.brokensocialscene.ca/
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Periphery - Periphery [2010] [ALBUM] [320kbps]

Periphery is an American progressive metal band from Bethesda, Maryland, formed in 2005. Periphery are scheduled to release their self titled debut album on April 20th, 2010. Many songs on the track list had been written long before the release date but due to vocalist complications the debut album had been postponed on several occasions.

There is no Itunes Bonus track here, :( "Captain On" Will come out eventually.

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Tracklist:

1. "Insomnia" 4:36
2. "The Walk" 5:06
3. "Letter Experiment" 6:12
4. "Jetpacks Was Yes" 3:10
5. "Light" 4:47
6. "All New Materials" 4:02
7. "Buttersnips" 5:14
8. "Icarus Lives" 3:17
9. "Total Mad" 3:21
10. "Ow My Feelings" 6:31
11. "Zyglrox" 4:56
12. "Racecar" 14:23

Periphery was formed by guitarist Misha Mansoor in 2005. He slowly gained a reputation on the Internet, primarily via a regularly-updated Soundclick account, Meshuggah and John Petrucci forums, and the sevenstring.org message boards. Before and during Periphery's tenure in the metal scene, Mansoor developed a reputation for doing his own audio production, the majority of which was performed with a home computer and a Pod XT during this period. Mansoor has continued to update his personal project, Bulb, which preceded Periphery, often transferring songs between the two projects. Mansoor continues to be involved in a number of other musical projects.

Between 2005 and 2009, Periphery worked with vocalists Jake Veredika, Casey Sabol and Chris Barretto, gradually moving from a nu metal-influenced sound to a more experimental style, with a focus on innovative production. In 2009, the band announced via their MySpace blog that they had signed a one record deal with Sumerian Records, on which they would release their debut full-length album.

Periphery has toured extensively since 2008, supporting artists including DevilDriver, Emmure, Veil of Maya, Animals as Leaders, God Forbid and Fear Factory.

Spencer Sotelo and Self-titled Debut (2010 onward):

In January 2010, Sumerian and Periphery set the release of the band's self-titled debut album to April 20, 2010, set to be distributed by Sumerian Records in the United States, Distort Records in Canada and Roadrunner Records in Australia and the rest of the world. On January 20, 2010, amid swirling speculation that they had changed vocalists again, Periphery uploaded an album sampler featuring vocals by Spencer Sotelo, who was later announced to be Periphery's new vocalist. The band later clarified via their MySpace blog that the split with Barretto had not been acrimonious. Barretto continues to sing in metal band Haunted Shores, a project comprised of Mansoor and Mark Holcomb.

Holy Fuck - Latin [2010] [Album]

This album fucking kicks ass! I really love driving to it, I feel like I'm on a constant adventure.

Just a note- Holy Fuck is against the Digital Instrumentation of music, they have some very interesting techniques in getting the sounds they do. TOTAL PROPS!!

Toronto's Holy Fuck started as a duo of instrumentalists that had a proclivity for creating enjoyable blends of synthesizer glitches and danceable rock beats. But after years on the road playing out, the duo grew into a foursome that now includes the touring rhythm section. And Latin, their third album, represents Holy Fuck's first as a quartet, and it continues their trend of crafting slightly psychedelic, loop-heavy music. It's also the follow-up to their breakthrough 2007 album, LP, which led to headlining tours with bands such as A Place to Bury Strangers.

Release Date: May 11, 2010
Label: Young Turks/ XL Recordings

[ Electronic / Indie / Experimental ]

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Track List:
01 1MD
02 Red Lights
03 Latin America
04 Stay Lit
05 Silva & Grimes
06 SHT MTN
07 Stilettos
08 Lucky
09 P.I.G.S.

Secret & Whisper - Teenage Fantasy [2010] [Album]

The band has finished production on their second album. The announcement of the new album title Teenage Fantasy has been confirmed by Secret and Whisper in a recent MySpace blog. The first single, "Warrior (Southern Arrowwood)", has been released on iTunes. The album release date is April 6, 2010[9].

[ Post-hardcore / Alternative Rock / Ambient ]

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Track Listing:

1. Youth Cats
2. Warrior (Southern Arrow-Wood)
3. Bedroom Galaxy
4. Tiny Sparkle
5. Famous For A Century
6. Edge of Wilderness
7. Pretty Snarl
8. Star Blankets
9. Blush
10. Whale Bones
11. Silver Mountain

The band, consisting of five members, used to be called Stutterfly until a key member, Chris Stickney, decided to leave shortly after they were dropped from Maverick Records. Stickney soon moved to a band called Oceans Apart. [6] The rest of the band, Bradyn Byron, Jason Ciolli, Jordan Chase and Ryan Loerke, approached Charles Furney a friend and former member of TheBleedingAlarm, who used to tour with them, [7] to be their new lead singer. The new line-up became Secret and Whisper on February 24, 2007. They decided to think of a new band name because of the completely different sound that Charles' voice brought to the band.[1]

On September 15, 2009 in a MySpace blog, Charles announced the official departure of Bradyn Byron. The band has since recruited David Ecker as a temporary guitarist. David Ecker previously played guitar for Oceans Apart with former Stutterfly member Chris Stickney.

Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms [2009] [Album] & Discography

This guy is fucking incredible. If there is ever a time that you are down in the dumbs, watch the video at the bottom of this post. The track is "The Great Escape."

Enjoy all, I know you will.

Though he was born in California, Canadian singer and pianist Patrick Watson was raised outside Montreal, in Hudson, Quebec, singing in the local church choirs as a boy, studying jazz and classical piano performance, composition, and arrangement, and singing and playing keyboards in the ska band Gangster Politics in high school. Watson left the band after graduating and began to explore other types of music, including electronica and ambient.

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Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms [2009] [Album] & Discography

Albumlist:

Close to Paradise
Just Another Ordinary Day
Waterproof9
Wooden Arms

In 2002, after returning from a trip to Vietnam, he decided to start a four-piece chamber pop group, bringing in bassist Mishka Stein, drummer Robbie Kuster (both of whom he had met at university), and former Gangster Politics guitarist Simon Angell. The group (which was technically a solo project with a backing band) released Just Another Ordinary Day independently and began performing around Canada, including at the 2005 Pop Montreal Festival, a show that led to the formation of Secret City Records, the label that issued Patrick Watson's sophomore album, Close to Paradise (which featured the same band), in the fall of 2006, with a release in the U.S. the following year.