Lighthouses Rule.

Lights out.

2010-09-30T09:38:00.004-04:00

It was a good year but the lighthouse has run its course, it seems, so the light's finally burnt out. Thanks to all the assholes who steal music and justify it like we do on here, thanks to all the elitists who judged our tastes incessantly, thanks to the losers that posted comments and reminded us how bromo we are.

Super Mash Bros - All About The Scrillions

2010-09-19T23:30:00.003-04:00

so i went from being a covers whore to a mashup whore

megapost to follow, enjoy this in the meantime

The Hold Steady - Boys & Girls in America

2010-09-15T16:21:00.003-04:00

Rock and roll still exists. I have proof.

The Graduate - Only Every Time

2010-09-14T19:56:00.002-04:00

holy shit we updated

this is really good indie-poppish punk

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World OST

2010-09-03T09:34:00.002-04:00

we are sex bob-omb 1 2 3 4

aka we are beck writing half of this album

Adebisi Shank

2010-08-23T10:55:00.002-04:00

Adebisi Shank pretty much mix math rock with fap rock (i.e. hair metal of the 80s.) so think like van halen mixed with maps and atlases and a touch of masturbatory plays.

have the first album
stream the second

Spokes - People Like People Like You

2010-08-18T09:26:00.002-04:00

i feel like i use the word chill to describe too much of the music i post on here, but it doesn't make it any less true

provoke dem thoughts

Star Slinger - Volume 1

2010-08-08T12:02:00.003-04:00

Self-proclaimed instrumental hip-hop artist, uses lots of samples and beats to make a great electrofuzzy sound

free dl from his site

Gameface - Every Last Time

2010-08-06T15:46:00.004-04:00

pop-punk with a singer who's right out of hipster hee-haw

get it cause his crooning vocals and heartfelt emotion are very country but he writes about relationships under thin guises of different draperies like a boy and his guitar or two pirates yup yup joke

The Jock Gilchrist Superpost

2010-07-28T19:07:00.005-04:00

Since I haven't posted in a while here's what I've been diggin:

The Roots - Game Theory

Da illest beats straight out philly son get yo hands on deez fly ass diiddies

the cops gon come, but they aint go do shit, they dont want problems what are yall stupid?!

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Max Richter - Infra

One of the best modern classical/minimal records I've heard in a while, reminiscent of Eluvium and definitely Richter's best since The Blue Notebooks. Excellent for cloudy days and reflection; don't let the brevity of this post correspond to a diminished likelihood of getting the album because in my opinion it's a must have

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The Joy Formidable - A Balloon Called Moaning

Youthful dreamy pop rock, as described by gaz on sputnikmusic.com: "The buzz of the album could easily act as a soundtrack to some kind of adventure, with its boisterous elements partnered with moments of sincerity... It's a little like chasing your youth by flying through a cloud of minor euphoria."

to whet the appetite

have

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The Books - The Way Out

I thought of The Way Out as a subtle mix between Yo La Tengo's I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One and The Microphones' The Glow Part II, but since then it has defined itself as its own entity in my mind. At once philosophically psychedelic and almost Buddhist (?) yet musically minimal. A wonderful and diverse synthesis of samples and electronics that brings something new to the table with every listen.

we genuflect before pure abstraction

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Guru Josh - Infinity

just watch the video

Place for Adam to Link the New Big Boi Cause I Can't Get a Link:

2010-07-22T17:33:00.001-04:00

The Decemberists - Picaresque

2010-07-16T18:09:00.003-04:00

of and referring to rogues and their swashbuckling adventures

Jesu - Conqueror

2010-07-15T14:33:00.002-04:00

Justin Broadrick is a man who makes good music. You should listen to this album because he made it, therefore it is good.

not Godflesh

DJ n-wee (Jay-Z vs. Pavement) - The Slack Album

2010-07-14T10:10:00.002-04:00

if you're looking at this blog then you likely enjoy jay and pavement so have some jayvement. might make a megapost of all the good mashup albums i know of soon so be on watch if you're interested

what more can i singe

Infant Sorrow - Get Him to the Greek

2010-07-12T08:14:00.003-04:00

the soundtrack is better and more consistently funny than the movie, i'll say that much

fucking dcma complaints and their bullshit, buy link

Japandroids - Younger Us

2010-07-11T17:14:00.001-04:00

sweet jamz

Outkast - Aquemini

2010-07-10T12:22:00.003-04:00

When you get new music you like, you listen to it a lot because it is pleasing to you in some way (I know, profound). Because Illmatic is what got me into hip hop, no other hip hop album has been able to bring me the sustained satisfaction that Illmatic has. Then I discovered Aquemini. It's not Illmatic but it's damn close.

Big boi and 3000

Third Eye Blind- Third Eye Blind

2010-07-09T09:13:00.002-04:00

And I remember when we used to spend the whole goddamn day in bed

Loooosing aaaaa whole yeeeeear

Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism

2010-07-05T21:00:00.002-04:00

a fantastic, emotional, chilled to ice alt rock release by a band i should have really gotten into years ago but never listened to my friends telling me to

i still hate ben gibbard though

The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound

2010-07-05T10:54:00.002-04:00

Good ol' punk rock at its finest

r

The Flashbulb - Arboreal

2010-06-26T09:00:00.005-04:00

Benn Jordan's sound has certainly evolved since Soundtrack to a Vacant Life. Though I'm hesitant to call Arboreal his magnum opus for the sole reason that I only own the two aforementioned albums, it's not a huge stretch of the imagination. Jordan combines pensive/ambient electronics with rugged and intricate beats to form a real work of art here. The instrumentation is less varied than on Soundtrack and I particularly missed the folky acoustics of tracks like "Steel for Pappa," but what Jordan loses from Soundtrack in transition to Arboreal he regains twofold through the sheer power and subtlety of his soundscapes. For sure one of the best yet of 2010.

link to the album here CLICK ME

Steve Reich- Different Trains

2010-06-26T00:24:00.003-04:00

Steve Reich>everyone

Seriously get this and be elite.

letlive. - Fake History

2010-06-25T10:46:00.002-04:00

letlive. is a frankenstein's monster of glassjaw and coheed and shouting. 2010's definitive post hardcore release so far.

feel free to argue this

Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

2010-06-22T22:45:00.002-04:00

Death/doom band that did one too many hits, found some stoner influences and wrote the best DM keyboard parts this side of Nocturnus.

Dig the art and the tunes.

Witches Tits.

Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains - Love Songs for the Apocalypse

2010-06-20T22:14:00.003-04:00

so you know how against me is the go-to thing people think of when folk-punk is mentioned? yeah this should be it.

note i found this rec on 'effort is hard,' which is now linked up in the seahorse party. you should check it out. the lighthouse grows

Madvillain- Madvillainy

2010-06-19T11:10:00.003-04:00

Creativity, it's a known fact that grass increases creativity from eight, to eleven times. In fact, everyone finds that they're more creative stoned, than straight. So remember!
M-A-R-I-J-U... A-J-U-A-N-A
Mari-...juana, Marijuana

The Illest Villains

Cassino - Sounds of Salvation

2010-06-17T18:54:00.002-04:00

Step 1: Get
Step 2: Love
Step 3: Hug your mother and thank her for everything she's done

we watch the world leave it doesn't look back

aloha - Home Acres

2010-06-15T20:42:00.002-04:00

really fun experimental indie pop. featuring the drummer dood from passion pit

happy happy joy joy

Converge- Jane Doe

2010-06-13T15:47:00.002-04:00

Yesterday I was listening to this album in my car when I ran over a building. It crumbled in my wrath.

NO LOVE. NO HOPE.

Teen Daze

2010-06-12T23:06:00.001-04:00

Just some sweet beatz and a cool vid

Oranssi Pazuzu - Muukalainen Puhuu

2010-06-12T17:42:00.002-04:00

Psychedelic black metal...more spacey than bleak and done damn well.

The Praying Mantis of the Theater of Latter-day Saints

Steve Reich- Music For 18 Musicians

2010-06-11T01:36:00.003-04:00

the most beautiful trance you'll ever be in

womp womp womp

Lantlôs - Lantlôs

2010-06-10T19:34:00.004-04:00

Awesome black metal with enough shoegaze influence to keep the whiners happy and enough blastbeats to keep the corpsepainted churchburners icy and bleak.

oh by the way this is a side project from Neige of Alcest and Amesoeurs. Some of you might know who they are.

Cut Copy - In Ghost Colors

2010-06-05T18:54:00.002-04:00

You know I love me some 80s sounding synth pop any day, get your freak on

feel the love

True - Still Life

2010-06-02T23:41:00.002-04:00

Dudes from Croatia make an awesome death metal record, throw in some crust influence, add a traditional Croatian instrument called a tambura, call it the same thing as an Opeth record. What could go wrong?

A lot I guess but I like this album so fuck you.

Far - At Night We Live

2010-06-02T11:22:00.002-04:00

I'm on such a punky punk kick lately. good thing this is more than just that

i'm such a sucker for dissonance, maybe because it's the biggest word in my vocabulary

MF Doom - MM...Food?

2010-05-30T00:06:00.002-04:00

Have a listen of this rap n' roll music. I hear it's what the kids like these days.

Your attempts at humor bore me.

Team Ghost - You Never Did Anything Wrong To Me

2010-05-28T13:07:00.002-04:00

I'm not good at saying why I like things, only that I like them. And I like this.

BAM

Richard Cheese - I'd Like a Virgin

2010-05-25T18:56:00.002-04:00

Dick Cheese, in his own words, takes popular songs and "swankifies" them. This is awesome and hilarious (and after 4 months has not gotten old yet.)

lounge against the machine

Guthrie Govan - Erotic Cakes

2010-05-24T21:36:00.002-04:00

Look! it's shred...but good.

blow up your own face

Best Coast

2010-05-23T13:24:00.002-04:00

Some more hazy summer rock to add to the collection

something in the way

Janelle Monae- The Archandroid

2010-05-21T10:30:00.005-04:00

Ok so um "Tightrope" is the pop song of the year and The Archandroid is the pop album of the year. Like I am having trouble describing how awesome this is. So I'll leave you with this:

Boris - Flood

2010-05-19T23:54:00.002-04:00

another day, another Boris album. this one by popular demand.

headphones on, trip set, dronnnnnnnnneout

The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine

2010-05-19T18:26:00.002-04:00

Craving some hi-hat pounding, major scale-running, finger-bleeding power chordy poppunk?

i can see forever in my hand

Earthless - Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky

2010-05-17T01:07:00.003-04:00

people of earth. let's go to space. the two best goddamn 20+ minute epic space rock songs you'll hear all year followed by a perfect 4 minute rock song. shit like this makes people love music.

jam the fuck out

p.s. just look at this shit:

Sed Non Satiata- Sed Non Satiata

2010-05-16T01:42:00.005-04:00

I know what you're thinking: "Gee, 2010's been great for music so far, but where's the awesome skramz?"

WA-BAM

the whole post rock influenced emo thing is best left to the french

Final Fight

2010-05-15T12:11:00.002-04:00

Trying to get your mosh on? Throw down bros

under attack

Minus the Bear Megapost

2010-05-15T00:51:00.002-04:00

I haven't posted some goodness in a while, so here's my penance. Also, this is a group everyone should know inside and out.

Alt/indie rock era

Bands Like It When You Yell "YAR!" At Them EP (2002)

Highly Refined Pirates (2002), already posted courtesy of dat grape here

They Make Beer Commercials Like This EP (2004)

Menos El Oso (2005)

oh hey sup OMG GENRE-BENDING TIME

Planet Of Ice (2008)

Omni (2010)

Freddie Gibbs

2010-05-13T01:54:00.003-04:00

Hey, remember 2Pac? He's back

and the album

Shining - Blackjazz

2010-05-12T00:30:00.002-04:00

I'll be damned if this isn't one of the best albums of 2010 and it came out in fucking January.

If the drums alone don't make you shit your pants, maybe the saxophone will...or maybe this picture of the band:

BLACKJAZZ DEATHTRANCE EXIT SUN EXIT SUN
YOU CHEAT ON YOUR OWN LOVER!
YOU FUCK WITH YOUR OWN BROTHER!
YOU FIGHT WITH ONE ANOTHER!
YOUR COLD HEART WILL NOT RECOVER!

freak the fuck out

Phosphorescent- Here's to Taking It Easy

2010-05-11T22:08:00.003-04:00

Just like Mom used to make, slow-burnin' indie/country with harmonies out the wazoo. yeah awesome all should get especially men of science

music for men (of science)

Melvins - Stoner Witch

2010-05-10T20:31:00.002-04:00

If you don't like this album you're just not cool

sludge pressures your brain into knowledge

Slint- Spiderland

2010-05-09T20:53:00.003-04:00

dank nugs, dank music, "post rock" but not really, good for pre-HNNNNNNNNNNG feeling, one of the most critically acclaimed albums ever, fucking

albinobeach - albinobeach

2010-05-09T14:12:00.002-04:00

fucking finals hnnnng

nice flowy post-rock for relaxing after the hnnng

Okkervil River- Black Sheep Boy

2010-05-07T16:59:00.003-04:00

Concept album inspired by a song by a 60's folk singer that you've never heard of. Listen to it.

Baroness - Blue Record

2010-05-06T20:26:00.002-04:00

Dudes from Georgia kick ass, take names, release one of the best albums of 2009. Mastodon fans are confused, strangely aroused.

Eluvium - Talk Amongst the Trees

2010-05-05T19:32:00.003-04:00

Well we all know by now that I would suck Matt Cooper's dick, but that said, this album is soops presh

could i be any gayer

Godflesh - Streetcleaner

2010-05-05T12:37:00.002-04:00

Angry robots make music, eat people. Indoomstrial.

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory

2010-05-04T16:50:00.002-04:00

One of the best albums from one of the best hip hop groups of all time

old school ftw

Brand New- Fight Off Your Demons

2010-05-04T15:59:00.002-04:00

like listening to your favorite band as if they were still poor and undiscovered musicians trying to get out of new york.

fight off your demons

Dark Time Sunshine- Vessel

2010-05-03T21:11:00.002-04:00

Oh hey BEST HIP HOP ALBUM OF THE YEAR. No seriously, when a guest verse from P.O.S. ends up being more of a side show than a main event, something's going right.

Vessel

Isis - Wavering Radiant

2010-05-03T19:12:00.003-04:00

I don't care if you like Oceanic better. I like this one.

Get some post-metal in your life.

Gigi D'Agostino - The Riddle

2010-05-02T18:53:00.002-04:00

for your further amusement:

Gigi D' Agostino - Blablabla

2010-05-02T18:14:00.002-04:00

For your amusement:

Modern Life Is War- Witness

2010-04-30T21:58:00.003-04:00

Making come true our modest impossible dreams. Stuck in public school classrooms at age 15.
Those long hot days just before the summer knowing that we're stuck here
And there's something happening somewhere knowing we know we gotta get there.
It's true what they say. Death is more perfect than life. That's why we already died.
What could have been? We don't wanna know.Tonight we'll get our kicks. Tonight we're all letting go!'Cause we're all Dead Ramones!

Sore back! Sore feet! A ragtag army and we're sick in the heat.
We're not pretty and we're not rich. We're gonna hafta fucking work for it.
It's our life! We do what we choose! Black Jeans. Black Shirt. Black Shoes.
Mom and Dad still don't approve.

Twenty eight shows. 28 days.
Pulling up new rogues all along the way.
I'm just another face in this desperate youth parade.
And all the bunk beds locked doors, hardwood, sweat,
Guts, skateboards, cold war bomb shelter basement screams, no sleep, good dreams.
We're playing hard as we can and a whole lotta time stuck in the van.
Reading the graffiti on every bathroom wall in truck stop fast food hell.
Save me from ordinary. Save me from myself.
Another punk rock summer came and went
Now I just wanna go back home and turn up my stereo
Until the rhythm melts my bones 'cause I'm a Dead Ramone

D.E.A.D.R.A.M.O.N.E.S.

Guster - Lost and Gone Forever

2010-04-27T09:35:00.002-04:00

god I love feel-good indie pop

i really do

Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain

2010-04-27T01:00:00.002-04:00

Post-black metal from Oregon. This might the most beautiful music ever that will still make you want to kill yourself.

Cannibal Ox- The Cold Vein

2010-04-26T16:36:00.002-04:00

one of cokemachineglow's hip hop albums of the decade. music made by black people approved by white people!

what you figure? that chalky outline on the ground is a father figure?

Emery - ...In Shallow Seas We Sail

2010-04-25T20:11:00.002-04:00

Standard hardcore, but done better than standard hardcore

music

Pretty Lights

2010-04-25T18:09:00.002-04:00

A dude and his DJ from Colorado making sick dubstep beats with melodic samples and exotic harmony. It's spacey and trippy, and awesome chill music. The best part is, a la In Rainbows you can download all of their albums for free from their website, although they deserve a generous donation. They're all great but Taking Up Your Precious Time is a good record to start at.

do it up

The National- High Violet

2010-04-23T12:44:00.003-04:00

About a month ago, I said that The National's latest album could be a strong contender for album of the year. High Violet is now streaming at the New York Times website. And yes, as per usual, I am right.

BORIS - Pink

2010-04-22T15:31:00.002-04:00

Stoned Japanese punks play doom metal shit

性交しなさい

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command

2010-04-22T13:30:00.007-04:00

Though their all-too-short career spawned The Mars Volta and Sparta, At the Drive-In is by far the most powerful group of the three. A unique blend of punk, hardcore, and post-grunge are synthesized to have the following effect: "Did you hear? Five guys from El Paso, Texas have found a way to condense pure energy and convert it into music. They call it Relationship of Command," as Matt Conrad of sputnikmusic.com says. Don't miss out

dancing on the corpse's ashes

Animal Collective- Feels

2010-04-20T13:00:00.003-04:00

Being that today is today (a Tuesday), I thought I'd post Feels.

I don't think there's been an album I've been so passionate to defend and explain to anyone who will listen or even to those that won't. I think I do this more to hear myself think than to convince others of its quality; the fact of the matter is that, unlike, say, that other Animal Collective album (you know, with the wallpaper cover), I could care less what others think about Feels because I'm still figuring this one out myself. I've been living in Feels for about two years now, and I'm still finding new reasons to love it. Passages once overshadowed by just how fucking good "Banshee Beat" is are still revealing themselves and I suspect several more are lurking behind "Grass" and "Purple Bottle." I mean, I'm not even going to pretend to understand "Bees" yet but "Daffy Duck" has started to evolve into something that will make me like Feels even more. And I already have this as my number one album of all time. Of all time!

you should turn into something

Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose

2010-04-20T09:41:00.002-04:00

everything, you've got to hold onto everything

baby, i'm an anarchist

Horse the Band - The Mechanical Hand

2010-04-18T22:48:00.003-04:00

1 2 3 H T B
1 2 3 H T B
1 2 3 H T B
fucking nintendocore man

Circa Survive- Blue Sky Noise

2010-04-16T17:01:00.002-04:00

Better than anything these guys have put out before. Thrilling stuff plus Anthony Green still lacks testes which makes for some tortured vocals.

Blue Sky Noise

Freelance Whale - Weathervanes

2010-04-16T11:22:00.002-04:00

How many stars think you possess? How many in your butterfly net? Build me a star in your forehead, you were so misunderstood back then

weathervanes

Pianos Become the Teeth - Saltwater

2010-04-15T09:09:00.002-04:00

post-rock and screamo combine to make emo. ears will find this delicious

i'm finally out of the quagmire that is cornell testing and posting again

The Blood Brothers- Burn Piano Island, Burn

2010-04-14T11:45:00.002-04:00

bulimic rainbows vomit what?

BURN PIANO ISLAND BURN

The Ocean - Heliocentric

2010-04-12T23:16:00.001-04:00

Post-metal philosophizing about the Sun. Coming soon to a universe near you.

Notorious BIG - Ready to Die

2010-04-12T14:57:00.004-04:00

It was all a dream! I used to read word up magazine, salt and peppa and heavy d up in da limousine, hangin pictures on my wall

every saturday rap attack, mr magic marley marl

Pinkerton - Weezer

2010-04-10T16:49:00.003-04:00

Remember when Weezer was good? This is what made Rivers Cuomo and his grungy, power-pop sound so popular in the 90s.

Download here.

Dystopia - Human = Garbage

2010-04-10T11:48:00.003-04:00

This has been described as "one of the most miserable and depressing albums ever recorded." If you like crust punk talking about how humanity is a cancer this is for you.

Taking Back Sunday- Tell All Your Friends

2010-04-08T23:30:00.003-04:00

WE WON'T STAND FOR HAZY EYES ANYMORE

now which would you prefer? My finger on the trigger or MIDFACE DOWNTOWN ACROSS YOUR FLOOR

you're such a sucker

Wilco - A Ghost Is Born

2010-04-08T23:03:00.002-04:00

The best albums have eggs on the cover. It's science.

The White Stripes - Icky Thump

2010-04-07T23:32:00.003-04:00

Because who honestly hasn't hung out with a one-eyed red-head in Mexico after a night of heavy drinking?

Icky Thump

El Guincho - Alegranza

2010-04-06T10:01:00.003-04:00

Happy Spanish indie rock bro

get it

Owen Pallet- Heartland

2010-04-04T17:23:00.002-04:00

Owen Pallett used to be named Final Fantasy which makes me think of playstation which makes me think of metal gear solid and I like all things that lead back to Snake.

Crab Battle

wait what- the notorious xx

2010-03-30T13:34:00.003-04:00

Notorious B.I.G. + The XX. Up there with chocolate and peanut butter.

Who's the man? She said B.I.G. So I bust in her E.Y.E.

maudlin of the Well - Bath

2010-03-30T13:00:00.002-04:00

If you like Kayo Dot, maudlin is why, so try it out

bath

The Movielife - Forty Hour Train Back to Penn

2010-03-28T21:57:00.002-04:00

my itunes says this is alternative and punk and itunes knows everything because it has a thing called GENIUS

worthwhile punk that may or may not tickle your ivories

Anaal Nathrakh - Domine Non Es Dignus

2010-03-28T17:20:00.003-04:00

somebody told me there was a seahorse party...

easy listening at 10000bpm

The Morning Benders - Big Echo

2010-03-27T14:59:00.003-04:00

Hello, Blogosphere. I am Man of Science. Here's some music.

Man of Science

2010-03-27T03:32:00.006-04:00

We invited another guest to the seahorse party, Man of Science. This is him^

look out ladies

The National

2010-03-26T12:55:00.005-04:00

The National, according to Channing, are the best indie band out there. And they have a new album coming out in May that has serious potential to be the best thing to come out in 2010. I mean judging from this performance and the new single "Blood Buzz Ohio", The National are soon to take over the world. Stay ahead of the game by picking up Boxer and listening to Mr. November (off 'Alligator,' the previous album) over and over again until you're as psyched as I am.

Gorecki- Symphony #3

2010-03-22T14:05:00.003-04:00

Elite and beautiful. That's all I can really say that's original. The 20th Century's greatest love letter to romanticism.

get

Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 2

2010-03-20T22:39:00.004-04:00

Jam-filled awesome jazzy instrumental shiznit, hit it up

oh yeah, and John Petrucci

oh yeah, he's the 9TH BEST SHREDDER OF ALL TIME

get

She and Him - Volume One

2010-03-18T09:36:00.004-04:00

come for Zooey, stay for the music.

Note: I am providing the buy link on the offchance she is surfing the webs, and comes here and sees it being posted, and by that token finds me utterly irresistible, and we run off together and...just leave me to my fantasies and buy

Dillinger Escape Plan- Option Paralysis

2010-03-17T00:46:00.002-04:00

mmm chugga rawr

Be a man