I've heard a lot about this band, but not actually much (or indeed anything) by them.
[b]HORSE the Band - Pol's Voice[/b] - 4:00

Starts off with some very light percussion, and then what I expect will be a large part of the song - the computery noises - comes in. Vocals are in there straight away. Not energetic at all, though, just kinda enigmatic talking, though he's building to a yell. The yell does come, with recognisable, rather thick, chugging guitar. Basically the structure of the song seems to consist of this chugging guitar in the background, usually accentuated by beepy nintendocore stuff. Hmm.

Instruments cut out just before 1:20 for the vocalist to say something, and then there's a few seconds of just electronics, which sounds like cheesy 80s pop, but without the false cheer it was always injected with. So I quite like it, it's catchy. Only lasts a couple of seconds though, like I say, and then we're back into normal band, with vocals, with this computery noise imposed over the top.

Ah, now the guitars keep cutting out every few seconds, while the vocalist continues, over the top of that beepedy-beeping bit I liked before. Just before 2:00 (about 1:55), there's just a light drum beat with the electronics over thetop. Slowly joined by guitar and a very fast, nicely visible bass line. That bit was very cool.

Now there's a "running away!" vocal section, and this whole bit is much closer to normal hardcore, I think, just with backing electronics.

The rest of the song is just some galloping electronics (the rest of the instruments, though they're clearly still there, don't seem to be doing much all of a sudden) while the vocalist yells about silence, heh.

7.5/10 I think. Mixed feelings. Some bits were worth 9/10 on their own, but were brought down by other bits. I think it's a song (and a band) that I'll discover more in the more I listen.

[b]Songs;[/b]
[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0QDBNWVDU1QZM1XHM2U3BCBHWM]William Shatner - Real[/url]

[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=310921AM852M830OOV14UYJI1B]earthtone 9 - cracked hands, dry face[/url] (metal)

[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=13D6KNXBKCADY2E1C7AQ0NE0L1]Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Centrifuge[/url] (instrumental rock/jazz/classical)

[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0K8CUZEGA6VPV3CIMAS0FPOBQR]Sean Malone - The Big Idea[/url] (jazz fusion)

Dibs

[B]William Shatner - Real[/B]

I know there's was a fairly big to-do about the new Shatner, a to-do I didn't really do. Anyways, what the hell.

From the welcoming that the album got, I assumed that Shatner's whole bouncy speech patterns went out the window. I mean, that was the worst shtick ever. Anyways, the title of the song seems apt. I never worry too much about how well someone sings, it's all about how it's presented and this song is presented well. The sung chorus makes all the difference on the song. I'm also assuming that he gets back up like this on the rest of the album? Helps immensely from breaking the monotony because, well, spoken word tends to be monotonous.

His backup has a real twang about him, as does the track itself. I dunno who it is, but it's not bad. The tune has a kind of pop country feel to it, which works well I think. The acoustic in the background plays a palatable riff and the keyboard sounds nice. Great solo around the two minute mark. I could probably see this track as being a complete miss if there weren't some intangible thing holding this all together.

Best part comes as the sung vocals and Shatner's rusty spoken word intertwine for that short moment before the song ends. I never heard his first "album" nor any of his other stuff really but I like this. Kind of poppy but I love pop so it works for me. I'll admit, I liked it better than I thought I would have; I may have to check out the other stuff at some point. His lyrics aren't some philosophic wetdream but they're not trying to be. Just a guy relating his life.

[B]8.5/10[/B]

[URL=http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SXWGZRQ8YMRC1JJTJ2TV7LR3Z ]Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools[/URL] (Soul)

[URL=http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2QZTQ18N156JH18H7IYI7RSNIC ]Young Marble Giants - Wurlitzer Jukebox[/URL] (Post Punk)

The Zombies - Tell Her No (British Invasion pop)

Sun Ra - Everything is Space (Jazz, Sun Ra rave up)

Charizma + Peanut Butter Wolf - Here's a Smirk (Old School Hip Hop)

I can upload the other three tomorrow if anyone wants those. It's late and I need sleep for now.

Ben Folds is on piano, and the guitarist and backup singer is Brad Paisley; he also happened to write this song (lyrics and all), so the words on this particular track aren't Shatner's, they're just written for him.

Not a dibs, yet.

Can you upload the Peanut Butter Wolf track? I can do that one.

Sure just a second. It's not really old school technically but it was just easier that way.

Whew, took long enough.

[URL=http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3GGCG4FUWMW2U0DCPXAVKDHRNK]Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - Here's a Smirk[/URL]

Maybe this is too much too ask, but I really want to try out some Sun Ra so if it isn't too much trouble could you please yousend it or reccomend a different track, please. :)

As of now I'm on a half an hour search for "Everthing is Space" hopefully I'll find it.

I'm finding yousendit is taking too long, look me up on slsk as Famous Monster and give me a msg

edit, bah need to download a new version real quick

[QUOTE=Robert Crumb]Sure just a second. It's not really old school technically but it was just easier that way.

Whew, took long enough.

[URL=http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3GGCG4FUWMW2U0DCPXAVKDHRNK]Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - Here's a Smirk[/URL][/QUOTE]


Dibs.

I have heard Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf before, but I have never heard this song.

Starts off with a cool intro, with different samples mixed together. Then the bass and beat comes in. Charizma is a talented rapper, with a good flow. Very smooth delivery. This song is great to nod your head too.

Little bridge with some more samples in the background.

The beats comes back in, and the second verse starts. More great rapping, over a nice beat.

I really dug this track. I think this is something that even people who aren't rap fans could enjoy. Great lyrics, rapping, and a cool beat

[B]9/10[/B]


Atmosphere - F[size=2]uck[/size] You Lucy
Jedi Mind Tricks - Blood In Blood Out
Kasabian - I.D.
Sage Francis - Masturbate Your Brain

Let me know if I need to upload these on yousendit.

I'll dibs, can you upload the Sage Francis one please?

[QUOTE=manuscriptreplica]I'll dibs, can you upload the Sage Francis one please?[/QUOTE]


K, give me a few minutes.

[url]http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3481ZQ3BGGY6A16M8J2JNALKI6[/url]

Great, thanks

oh davey..... :(

[b]Sage Francis - Masturbate Your Brain[/b]

Wow. this guy can rap. It starts with some distorted guitars which had me excited for a minute, but it quickly breaks into a different beat, containing a double bass and nice drums. The chorus has a cool piano run in it. This guy's obviously quite talented, he can string about 10 seconds of rapping together without breathing, and his diction is top notch (that is, you can understand most of his words) the only gripe that I have with it was that it's too repetitive (the bass hardly changed during the chorus, and the only other instrument was the piano for the short run it does). The change at 2:20 is pretty cool. The shortness of the piece prevent the repetitiveness from getting too annoying. Overall a pretty cool track, I just wished they would include that guitar

7/10

(sorry for the short review, I haven't done one for a while)

Children of bodom - bed of razors (catchy as power metal with screams)
Squarepusher - iambic 9 poetry (electronica)
Kraftwerk - spacelab (electronica, a lot softer than the squarepusher one)
Death in June - nirvana (experimental?)
Allman brothers band - Instrumental illness (11 minute jam)

Tell me which one to upload

i'll take the Allman one, could you upload it?

Can't you try and download it from a p2p?

Bartender do you want it, I don't really feel like uploading a 17mb file to someone who'n not online

Well the only one I've heard of those is the CoB one, so you could upload any of the others. I won't be able to do it tonight though, I'm doing work at the moment and going to bed soon. Sorry.

It's all good, I've been thinking of putting them all in a Winzip file and uploading that. That way the person could upload all the songs and choose which one to do. Easy

I can take one of them.

which one, heh

How about the squarepusher one.

[url]http://s11.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2NQ5BQ83HTF4E3OH8IVUAZPAVC[/url]

Squarepusher - Iambic 9 Poetry

Thanks.

Squarepusher - Lambic 9 Poetry

I have never heard of this band before.

It starts off very laid back, with a nice mellow bass line. I like it so far. Then the drums kick in , and it sounds as is the drums are too loud compared to everything else in the song. The drumming itself is fine, but it doesn't seem to go anything else. It just seems like the drumming is in a different style then everything else.

It's hard to get past the drumming, but I like everything that is going on in the background. All very melodic. The song slowly starts to build. It sounds better once the volume picks up.

The outro is cool, the tempo has increased and it's very interesting to listen too.

Overall, I thought it was pretty good. The drumming threw me off in the begining, but the longer the track went, the more I liked it.

6.5/10

Louis Logic - Paper Thin
RJD2 -Ghostwriter
UNKLE - Rabbit In Your Headlights
Umphrey's McGee - Wife Soup
Atmosphere - Fu[size=2]ck[/size] You Lucy

Dibs.

I'm a big fan of Endtroducing, and a fledgling fan of Radiohead.
[b]UNKLE - Rabbit in Your Headlights[/b] - 6:20

Starts off with just piano, playing a nice, slow melody. I like piano, so this is going well so far.

Yorke comes in fairly soon (about 20 seconds in), just singing over the piano. A relatively quiet drum beat comes in, slowly building in volume. A tone builds, then suddenly cuts out. I hope the entire song doesn't just consist of Yorke singing over this piano and percussion, with occasional noises; not that it would be a bad song, but it wouldn't give me much to write about.

Ah. Music more or less all cuts out, except for a catching (like a skipping records) beat for a few seconds, and the piano returns shortly, playing a slightly different tune, with a vocal sample, talking about death, I think; very Shadow.

Around 4:19 now. Lots of samples building and washing around, with Yorke wailing over the top. Good stuff, just hard to think what to write about. If I start to describe each individual sample, I'd be here all day. Just suffice to say it's good.

Almost everything cuts out sometime around 5:20, and piano quickly comes back in, shortly followed by a different, slightly more interesting, drum beat. This all fades out slowly, and the song finishes on big swishy noises.

8.5/10, I think. It was really good, but not all that good.

[b]Songs;[/b]
[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0QDBNWVDU1QZM1XHM2U3BCBHWM]William Shatner - Real[/url]

[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=310921AM852M830OOV14UYJI1B]earthtone 9 - cracked hands, dry face[/url] (metal)

[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=13D6KNXBKCADY2E1C7AQ0NE0L1]Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Centrifuge[/url] (instrumental rock/jazz/classical)

[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0K8CUZEGA6VPV3CIMAS0FPOBQR]Sean Malone - The Big Idea[/url] (jazz fusion)

I hope these links still work.

Not dibs, but all those songs except the Shatner one own me