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I wanted to dibs, but I couldn't find the songs, and it's taking forever to DL Joy Opposites.

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[B]Cave In - Joy Opposites[/B]

I have never heard a Cave In song before, but I gathered they became much much mellower with their recent releases.

A weird sound comes floating in with dreamy cymbal action. Nice. Ballad, and a spacey metal-ish ballad at that. I love spacey songs. The guitars are very jangly but stable, the bass very deep without drowning the rhythym too much.


The whole song has this epic feeling to it, which is nice. The sung vocals aren't all that special, but it does fit the music. What it sorely lacks, is a bit of creativity and originality to make things a lot more interesting. Even the solos and riffs doesn't save this from mediocrity if you hate slow, formulaic, rather poppy rock. Oh well, it's not the best spacey song ever but I still like it. Some more interesting bits on it wouldn't hurt to raise the replay value though.

[B]7/10[/B]

Songs:

Desert City Soundtrack - [url=www.purevolume.com/desertcitysoundtrack]Foglifter[/url](post-emo with nice piano parts)

Pinback - [url=http://www.espew.com/cgi-bin/spew/95886/Pinback-OfflinePk.mp3]Offline PK[/url](groovy indie? just "save target as")

Arab Strap - [url=http://www.epitonic.com/files/reg/songs/mp3/Arab_Strap-Who_Named_The_Days.mp3]Who Named the Days?[/url]("slo-core", save target as)

The Secret - [url=http://www.goodfellowrecords.com/MAIN/main-frameset.html]Fire Isn't Always Meant to Burn[/url](brutal metalcore)

Dibs.

Pinback - Offline PK

Starts with a funky sort of drum beat and some cool guitar and bass work. The guitar and bass riffs are both very awesome. The vocals come in, and just seem to be swirling, and mood orientated. The chorus type thing is nice and stuff.

Second verse comes up, I think it may be the same as the first. Same chorus again, with backingvocals this time, which make it rather awesome actually. Then a bridge type thing with some cool guitarring. Nice clean guitar work the whole way through. Some "woah ohh ohh ohh" stuff, with some more vocals coming in. Rather nice, and verging on funky again. The song fades out.

9/10

I really liked it, and I shall check out more soonish.

Demanded song:
Kashmir - Melpomene

Bumpy bumpy pineapples.

Bumped again. Keep it going you bunch of wussy jacket wearers.

im at school boi I'll call dibs in like 7 hours.

I would do it, but I can't find the song.

ok then, I dibs it.

[B]Kashmir - Melpomene[/B]

This took me ages to download, and now I'm tired so this review thing is gonna suck. But I've heard good things about these guys.

Ok... it starts off sounding a bit Radiohead-ish, like the song [i]Kid A[/i], with the xylophone or whatever it is. But in a good way, not an "omg what a ripoff" way. Singer-man starts singing, and hey, he sounds a bit like Thom Yorke. I bet these dudes get a lot Radiohead comparisons.

It's a nice song, slow and subtle. OK it's started on what I think is the chorus... "killing me with her sunshine". It's a bit catchy. Now this new verse is faster. Hey and now they've started rocking out a bit. Wow, this is pretty good.

I really liked that. I'm gonna check out more of these dudes. Recommended to fans of Radiohead. [b]9/10[/b]


[B]Songs to download - the Australian singer/songwriter edition!:[/B]

Carus & the True Believers - [I]Thrown[/I] (live)
[url]http://www.carus.com.au/mp3/CornishArms/Carus_-_Cornish_Arms_-_Sat_17th_Aug_2002_-_11_-_Thrown.mp3[/url]

Ash Grunwald - [I]Whispering Voice[/I]
[url]http://www.ashgrunwald.com/mp3/AshGrunwald_WhisperingVoice.mp3[/url]

Holly Throsby - [I]Country Radio[/I]
[url]http://madmin.joint.net.au/files/Holly_Throsby_2_Country_Radio.mp3[/url]

They're all very good, and if you like them I can hook you up with a few more songs from each artist.

MmmBump

Will take it when I get home if no one else wants it. But bump all the same.

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Yay Kashmir love!!!

Ash Grunwald - Whispering Voice

Let's see what these crazy Aussies have to offer...

Ok, it starts out with some basic percussion and slide guitar. It's a good sound, very rootsy and bluesy. His voice reminds me of a mix between Nick Cave and someone else (some unspecified blues singer probably :o ). I can't make out all the lyrics, something about 'nothing stronger than that whispering voice in my head'.

Now it's going into a slide guitar solo section which is quite nice. It works well to give it that country/southern american acoustic sound (to me at least). The vocals come back in at about the 2.00 mark with the same blues riff. It's actually quite hypnotic and I like the higher vocal range, he's got a good voice.

That was a good song. Quite basic but very rhythmic and it got me tapping my feet and nodding my head to it. This has found a home on my computer. 7.5/10


EDIT: Forgot to add my picks :o

Four Tet - My Angel Rocks Back and Forth (organic electronica...((oxymoronic?)) )
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Loverman (alternative)
Bjork - Verandi (world influenced icelandic pop?)
Fridge - Cutup (post-rock, ambient)
DJ Shadow - Fixed Income (Live from In Tune & On Time) (Hip-hop, sampling)


My msn is [email]sw200184@hotmail.com[/email] if anyone has difficulty.

Hey you gotta request some songs.

By the way Tomahawk, I had been meaning to hear some Carus for a while, and I downloaded that song and only got like a minute, but what I heard was awesome. Thanks, I'm gunna get some more. I'll probably check out the rest of those ones you suggested too.

You can download that whole Carus concert here: [url]http://www.carus.com.au/audio.htm#mp3[/url]
It's a pretty good set too, except for him asking the crowd to buy his CD in between every song.

Hahah, that's weird. I thought he was like some kind of hippyish type of guy...

I will get that when I have more time, thanks.

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(My computer died half way through the review sorry if this is brief)
[B]Four Tet - My Angel Rocks[/B] 5:15

The first time I start the song I think my musicmatch is skipping like it often does when my computer is slow. I start it again only to realize the bursts of air are just unryhmic and sound like they skip. Soon a big bass sound with alot of reverb joins the mix. As of now this sounds familier to DJ Shadow, it's okay.

Next the harps come in and at first they sound kind of ackward, they settle in after a bit though. This groove continues for another minute and the song appears to start over again, I want it to go on to another part.

I like how the drums at 2:30 just randomly appear, it's makes it feel like the song could fall apart at any second. The harps also sound better, they must have grown on me. I enjoy the last minute, it is very relaxing but it makes me want more which is common for me with trip hop and electronic music. I shall check out more.

[B]8/10[/B] It grew on me the second time I heard it. :)

[B]My Songs:[/B]
Magazine - Motorcade (Post Punk)
Faust - The Sad Skinhead (Noise Rock)
Olivia Tremor Control - Mystery (Neo- Pyschadelic)

You can find these from one of "My Music" folders on soulseek, I'm WRM.

Faust are teh krautrock.

Yeah I know, Sad Skinhead is on the same album.

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Okay, I'm on soulseek.

ya. sorry, undibs. i only have kazaa and i'm too lazy to get soulseek. someone else can do this one

I'll take dibs then, seeing as I've just downloaded [i]Mystery[/i] anyway.

I've heard OTC before, from you, in a Pit Forced Listening. I think the song was [i]A Sunshine Fix[/i], and I remember liking it quite a bit.
[b]Olivia Tremor Control - Mystery[/b] - 3:25

starts off very briefly with what sounds like old ('40s-era music) being played through a gramophone. At least, that's what it reminded me of. That hardly takes precedent though, it's just for half a second or so, before some very trippy sounding sounds begin. Almost echoing vocals, some piano, and simple acoustic guitar, all with a lo-fi feel, and with a multitude of odd/creepy tones in the background.

It's a bit of a strange track actually; it's veering between the almost eerie style it started on, and jaunty, poppy, happy bits.

Around 2:40, the song as we know it stops, and there's a lot of messing around with scratching and rewinding. I wasn't expecting this little touch of electronica, I'll admit.

And that's it. It's only a short, three minute song, and it finishes on what I guess could be called background noise - no one's playing, but there occasional sounds, electronic or otherwise. Like the other song I've heard by them, I got a very lo-fi Beatles feel from them. Which can only be good.

8/10

Songs;
Bjork - [i]Pleasure is All Mine[/i] (from Medulla)
The Beta Band - [i]The House Song[/i] (a big, British, Beck-like mix of genres)
Frank Klepacki - [i]Just Do It Up[/i] or [i]C&C Thang[/i] (insanely good computer game music)
The Levellers - [i]Dog Train[/i] (folky pop-rock)
Saetia - [i]The Sweetness and the Light[/i] (emo)

All available from me;
Soulseek: Soultender
AIM: Aimtender
MSN: [email]eruantien@gmail.com[/email]

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