Sphere - Separation and Diffusion

Alright, that was long break...sorry, I got real boring for a moment. Anyway, if you don't download this album by Sphere, you suck. Seriously, 10 tracks of wonderful Japanese shoegaze. It's like Lush recorded an album that had the sonic assaults of Superblast! again and again, with some low end! Check it out!

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Timmy's Organism (Live) - PJ's Lager House / Detroit, MI / 9.27.12

Serving up a hot dose of Detroit rock 'n roll, live style from the illustrious Timmy Vulgar and his band Timmy's Organism! Recorded by an audience member with some sort of hi-fi secret device, I must say, this set sounds pretty fucking awesome! You want this! Hit download, run to the liquor store and buy some shitty beer and be prepared to sit on your couch all night and jam this a few times at least. Happy Friday.

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Emeralds - The Overlook

For fans of minimalistic ambient drone, we give you Emeralds cassette, The Overlook. Only released in a batch of 75 for their European Tour in 2009, it is as beautiful and soothing as it is moody at times. Clocking in just under 30 minutes, it's perfect for a nag champa induced spiritual journey on your sofa.

Track List:
1. The Overlook (pt. 1)
2. The Overlook (pt. 2)


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Jayhawks (Live) - Muddy Rivers Music Festival / Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada / 8.23.03

Today's posting comes from an awesome contributor / great buddy of mine named John. He recently dropped off a huge box stocked full of lossless bootlegs from some of mine (and hopefully your) favorite bands from the 90-present. Anyway, enjoy this kick ass soundboard recoding of the Jayhawks live in Manitoba on the their Rainy Day Music Tour. Another classic that you need to own!

Track List:
1. DJ Intro
2. Stumbling Through the Dark
3. Angelyne
4. Somewhere in Ohio
5. All the Right Reasons
6. Lost my Driving Wheel
7. Life Floats By
8. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
9. Waiting for the Sun
10. Haywire
11. Tailspin
12. DJ Outro

Others not included in tracks:
Take Me With You When You Go
Tampa to Tulsa
Save it for a Rainy Day
Blue
I'd Run Away

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Skeleton Lipstick - Glows Then Melts

Holy shit! This is an incredible synth-wave based dance/dream pop influenced project you need to check out! Glitched out distorted cocaine disco-funk party to kick it off with a big city dreamy ending. In the center of all this you finally hit sleep world and it feels sensational.

Track List:
1. Disappointment
2. Twenty Something Criminal
3. Philadelphia
4. Heart Keeps Beating
5. Ruined the City
6. Mark Twain
7. I Need You
8. Callowhill
9. 2040 AD
10. I Love Your Lies


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The Mid's - S/T 7"

Recently I was on a blog dedicated to largely unheard goth / coldwave stuff and came across this French coldwave band called, the Mid's. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find any information on them. In fact, I all know is that this release came out in the early 90's and is very reminiscent of the Cure's - Faith era. I've played this a few times and obviously think it is really great or otherwise I wouldn't be posting it. So here ya go, enjoy!

Track List:
A1. Thousand Miles Away
B1. The Fog Bound Men

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Don Knotts - A Black Day For Mayberry

Crushing 10 minutes of grind / screamo from Grand Rapids, MI circa 2001. You definitely want it, just don't let me hear you callin' it "skramz". Enjoy!

Track List:
A1. Fuckin' Don Knotts
A2. Optimist Half Full of Shit
A3. Self-Doubting Skin Job
A4. Mother Fucker, Food Eater
A5. Onward (Your Religion Here) Soldiers
A6. If You Didn't Have a Boyfriend, I'd Take You to Long John Silver's
A7. ... Like Trying to Bite Your Own Teeth

B1. This Super Cuts Obviously Used To Be A Dairy Mart
B2. Surrogate Test-Tube Baboon-Hearted Baby Trapped in Well
B3. Father is a Six Letter Word For Selfish Fuck-Up
B4. Alienated Crack-shot Lone Nut Pro-Castro Commie Russian Defector
B5. Fuckin' Don Knotts Part 2

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Ryan Adams (Live) - Paradise Rock Club / Boston, MA / 10.5.01

For nutso Ryan Adams fans, here is a live bootleg! Featuring appearances by Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows and a Black Flag cover! Pretty impressive sounding live recording, check it out!

Track List:
1. Candy Doll
2. Firecracker
3. Answering Bell
4. Somehow, Someday
5. Nobody Girl
6. Touch, Feel, & Lose
7. Nervous Breakdown
8. To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)
9. The Rescue Blues
10. The Shakin' Blues
11. Oh My Sweet Carolina
12. Lovesick Blues
13. Desire
14. When The Stars Go Blue
15. Rocketman
16. Tennessee Sucks
17. New York, New York

ENCORE:
1. My Winding Wheel
2. Don't Ask For the Water
3. Damn, Sam (I Love A Woman That Rains)
4. Come Pick Me Up

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Horse - S/T 7"

If you grew up going to shows in Michigan in the 90's to mid 2000's you probably managed to see the Fags or HiFi Handgrenades on a bill once or twice. Or at the very least, you had seen mention of them on a flyer plastered to Small's, Magic Bag or Magic Stick. Both extremely solid acts with very talented musicians involved.

*Side note:

I had never even heard Superchunk when I was 18 and my band played at Small's with HiFi / Only Crime. I remember them getting up on stage and playing a cover of "Detroit Has a Skyline" and it may as well had been their own, because it blew me away. *

Flashback to when I was in a car with a good friend of mine, both on our way to inspect cars for a job we both worked together years ago. Brandon has always been a wealth of knowledge when it comes to music and it is something I totally love about him. On this particular morning he decided to play Hoarse for me, which was something I had never heard of before. *I had seen HiFi live and played on bills with them, but unfortunately missed the boat on the Fags too (that whole age thing).

Turns out this band was the perfect 90's pop punk blend to me. After hearing them in Brandon's, I ran across "Happens Twice" sitting in a used bin at Wyatt Earp and of course I picked it up. It was perfect! Killer bass lines that flowed perfectly with the drums and a guitar style that to me, mimicked Stephen Egerton. But it was better than that, because it was from Detroit, MI! And it happened in and around a scene that I wasn't connected to at the time, but was now.

Anyway, I found a copy of their early s/t 7" (before they changed the spelling of the name) a while back at Encore, which includes the original version of "Long Gone" on it (my favorite song). Download it and check it out, Robby's bass run on this version is so fucking rock 'n roll. It's perfect!

Track List:
A: Long Gone
B: Shroud


1992 / Lame Records

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