Machinedrum - "Room(s) Extended" 2012
2011 album re-released with a full length bonus disc full of half new songs and half remixes from the album. This dude just won't quit.
Adept - "Pulsar" 2012
These four songs sound so good on headphones. Very spacey and dreamy with some good panning.
Joker - "Skitta" 2012
Pretty decent new song.
Mexicans With Guns - "Ceremony" 2011
I can't get enough of this album. I like that he doesn't just stick to one particular style.
Traxman - "Pacman Juke" 2011
I've been obsessed with Traxman and juke and footwork music for the last couple weeks.
Joker - "Remix EP" 2012
This was corny and unnecessary. Even the one by Rustie is just OK.
Mickey Avalon - "Loaded" 2012
This is one of the worst albums i've heard in a long time. I can see why it was delayed for so long- because he didn't really have shit worth putting out. So fucking corny and boring.
Norah Jones - "Little Broken Hearts" 2012
Upon first listen, I'll say that I think this is her best effort so far.
Squarepusher - "Estrobia" 2012
Little 3 song EP that appeared shortly after the new full length. These 3 songs are all completely different styles. Only the last song is all noisy and annoying and borderline unlistenable. The other 2 tracks are gold.
Lazer Sword - "Memory" 2012
I think they did something similar to what Common did with his career after the "Electric Circus" album was a commercial failure for him. He took lame and uncreative people's opinions to heart and based his next album on those criticisms and tried to come up with an album that he thought "regular people" would enjoy. The end result was an adequate album filled with OK to decent songs, but nothing nearing the classic album type status of some of his previous releases. I'm not saying I think Lazer Sword's first album was a classic, but it was highly enjoyable for me, partially due to the various styles they tried to accomplish. They must've read some of the reviews that talked shit about how they "didn't have an identity" and "couldn't decide what style they want to do" and took it to heart, because this album is WAY too even from song to song for my personal tastes. Instead of being something that perks up my ears this is just kinda background music. It's not bad at all, it's completely adequate, it's just not great.
Lazer Sword - "URB Presents: Lazer Sword" 2012
So when I saw them live, they were really sloppy, but they at least threw down the jams. This is like the opposite type of mix as that was. This is even and boring, but well mixed.
"Ghostly International Vol. 1: Idol Tryouts" 2003
A nice lil compilation I never heard when it was new.
Ministry - "Relapse" 2012
This album is straight up funny and a lot more entertaining to me than all his dead horse beating, Bush hating albums from the last 10 years. Some of the guitar solos and drum programming on this album is insane. It's funny that this is Al's first album as a sober man, and it's poking fun at the rehab culture a lot. Any of their old fans that stopped listening to them should give this a whirl.
Jimmy Edgar - "Color Strip" 2006
Yes, i've been sleepin on this guy. It's like an underground version of Chromeo that's more electronic and less pop oriented.
The Sight Below - "Murmur EP" 2009
A crazy bombardment of filtered and reverbed sound.
Feist & Mastodon - "Feistodon" 2012
I don't know how this collaboration came about, but the end results are surprisingly good. Just a 2 song split single released for record store day. The A Side is Feist with Mastodon as the backing band and the B Side is a new Mastodon song that is really solid.
Canblaster & DJ Slow - "Boiler Room #89" 2012
Very solid mix. I'd love to see Canblaster DJ live sometime.
Aaron Freeman - "Marvelous Clouds" 2012
All serious Ween fans need to hear this. I still don't really know what to make of it. It's not bad, by any means, but it's just weird to hear him make something so straightforward.
Travis Barker - "Give The Drummer Some" 2011
This album has potential, but is just too corny overall to be taken seriously. He definitely knew the right type of guest rappers to have though, you gotta give him that. I just feel like the beats he makes are mostly lackluster, and the choruses on most of these songs bring the songs way down as well. You can't just get a bunch of good rappers to make good verses and expect that to carry an LP.
Gangrene - "The Odditorium" 2012
I like the duo of Alchemist and Oh No a lot more than I thought I would. They are staying consistent with these releases, some of these beats are the best beats i've heard in hip hop in a while.
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