Monday: Joanna Newsom Double-Header

The Most Beautiful Woman on Earth's first two self-released EPs, amazing CD-Rs with demos and nowhere-else-released compositions made with love, made with love; made with some glue and some pliers. First up, Walnut Whales:




Joanna Newsom - "Walnut Whales" (2002, self-released)
http://www.mediafire.com/?immnzgh43e2


...and we end with Yarn and Glue. Wasn't that easy?





Joanna Newsom - "Yarn and Glue" (2003, self-released)
http://www.mediafire.com/?2jtgbhdup2j

Actually, it's a collection of things...

Kraftwerk - "The Man-Machine" (1978, Kling Klang)
http://www.mediafire.com/?m1qnmobxpyb



The Tragically Hip - "Trouble at the Henhouse" (1996, MCA)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1XYA1JPK



Eric's Trip - "Love Tara" (1993, Sub-Pop)
http://www.mediafire.com/?29xr0dejmpn



Eric's Trip - "Forever Again" (1994, Sub-Pop)
http://www.mediafire.com/?gg4g3tdsyzc


Julie Doiron - "Désormais" (2001, Jagjaguwar)
http://www.mediafire.com/?g0lxm519mal



Ladytron - "604" (2001, Emperor Norton)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YM3HIPSF



Mike Patton - "Adult Themes for Voice" (1996, Tzadik)
http://www.mediafire.com/?jmobmzlz2dn

Also: requests.

Hey, if the handful of you that actually read this blog have any requests, be they for albums, artists, or themed posts, just comment me and I'll do my best to fill them. I just want to share as much music as I can with as many people as possible.

Thursday: John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Nurse With Wound, Björk

John Lennon & Yoko Ono - "Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins" (Apple, 1968)
http://www.mediafire.com/?yctdbdodx3g

The first noise album by a pop artist. Suck on that, Lou Reed. It's really good, though, and much more significant than most make it out to be. People focus on the artwork and how big of a deal John's cock was when the record came out but they seem to forget that this is what led to them having sex for the first time. The whole thing is so playful, so flirtatious... And, again, it's the first noise album by a pop artist, beating Lou Reed by 7 years. Most people give this record a bad review, but they're all stuck-up Beatles fans who know absolutely nothing about noise and just dismiss it as another one of Yoko's supposed "corruptions" of John's artistic self. Check it out; seriously. It's pretty damn amazing.




Nurse With Wound - "Thunder Perfect Mind" (1992, United Diaries)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QEHBLQCA

Nurse With Wound on top of their game. Definitely the seminal NWW album, though I think most would give that honour to Homotopie for Marie. Okay, I guess they're right. This one still rules, though. Devoid of the more beat-driven mid-to-late-90's stuff, this is pure, terrifying Stapleton soundscapes. I'll do a NWW-centric entry sometime this week.




Björk - "Medúlla" (2004, Atlantic)
http://www.mediafire.com/?2dxx7yjscsy

Björk, Mike Patton, and Rahzel. That is all.

Friday: Lou Reed, Tomahawk

Lou Reed - "Berlin" (1973, RCA)

http://www.mediafire.com/?iizbegeorhn





Tomahawk - "Tomahawk" (2001, Ipecac Recordings)

http://www.mediafire.com/?guti1mx0zfm

Whatever: SUNN O))) SUPERPACKK O))) 1: Colours

Shut up.










http://www.megaupload.com/?d=04EWWTI7

ELEVEN DAY CLEARANCE: Joanna Newsom, AntiChris & the Raped, Sia, The Residents, Weedeater, Pixies, Earth, Descartes a Kant

I've been lazy. I promise to be punctual this week. In the meantime, here are 11 albums for you, the reader who does not exist or download any of these fine records.




V/A - "Juno OST" (2008, Rhino Records)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8l4ptt85

I'm posting this first because I am absolutely in love with this film and its soundtrack. I've seen the movie 2 2/3 times already and I've listened to the soundtrack a few times also and I actually kind of like Kimya Dawson now. I used to despise her but through this soundtrack I decided to give The Moldy Peaches a try and I really like them. Maybe next week I'll find a way to post the movie... There's a great screener rip floating around.



Joanna Newsom - "The Milk-Eyed Mender" (2004, Drag City)

http://www.mediafire.com/?cklkz9vwx4w

Joanna Newsom rules. This is her first album. I don't think I need to say any more about it. It speaks for itself.




Joanna Newsom - "Joanna Newsom & the Ys Street Band" (2007, Drag City)

http://www.mediafire.com/?7tns9gdc9vm

Same thing with this one, aside from mentioning that it contains one new track ("Colleen") and two Ys tracks reworked with her band. It's probably one of the best Tiding-the-Fans-Over-Until-the-Next-Album EPs that I have heard.



Joanna Newsom - "Ys" (2006, Drag City)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I3ZH8MWJ

I almost don't want to post this right now since I don't have the energy to do write an in-depth review of it but, since I'm already uploading the rest of her stuff, I thought that it would be appropriate. Still, I will have to dedicate a post solely to the review of this album. It is the best album I have ever heard in my entire life. I've heard many albums in my life; many, many albums. This is by far the best one.



AntiChris & the Raped - "Every Girl is a Goddamn Whore" (2004, WAGTEY)

http://www.mediafire.com/?0doqmgjl0i5

This is the 2008 re-release of the album that shaped my teenage years. AntiChris fled to Australia last year but apparently he's getting back into music because he brought back The Raped's Myspace page and told me that he's starting another band. This was the only album aside from the Go Pop! demo that I was missing from my collection (though I did have the 7" for a while before I gave it to a friend) so I bought it from the Snocap applet on their page. I paid the nine bucks mostly for the studio version of "Fuk Yr God" from The Jesus Sessions and also the "Rock N Roll Stole My Soul" single which I lost a few years ago. This is reissue that comes with pointless "Black Bandanna" demo which still sucks as much as the last dozen times I've heard it and the entire Jesus Sessions, which was a really cool inclusion since it is probably the best Raped release aside from I'm a Fuking Rockstar. I was in a horrible band once called Rapeublicans that was signed to his label for a while. He drove nine hours down from Petaluma to record our EP which he later released on We Are Going to Eat You Records. He sent us a shitload of expensive equipment (mics, mic stands, a PA, a digital 4-track, etc.) for free, gave us a ton of Rapeublicans merch and CDs for free, gave us a ton of Raped merch for free... This guy is awesome. If you like this album, go to their Myspace page and buy it. Buy some other tracks, too. They all rule.



Sia - "Some People Have Real Problems"

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=712VMIJQ
Password: mp3moviewarez.blogspot.com

Sia's new album. It's very good but nowhere near as mindblowing as Colour the Small One. I also don't understand why "Buttons" is the hidden track. It's better than most of the other songs on the album.



The Residents - "Animal Lover" (2005, Ralph Records)

http://www.mediafire.com/?13x9xzdj2md

This album is fucking terrifying. Now, I know I should have expected this, it being a Residents album and all, but goddamn this thing is fucking frightening. I can't even describe how scared I was when I first heard this. I was in my room sometime in the middle of the night and I decided that it would be a good idea to listen to my latest Residents download. Now, it's not like I was new to them or anything. I had downloaded a huge torrent with 25+ of their albums, major and minor, and I had already listened to most of them. I was not prepared for this one, though. All I really remember is being on my bed, in the foetal position with my blanket squeezed over my body and head, shaking. I wanted to turn i t off but I couldn't move. I was frozen and forced to listen. I think I fell asleep halfway through because my memory just goes blank after a certain point.


(sorry about the pic, best resolution I could find)

Weedeater - "...And Justice for Y'all" (Berserker, 2001)

http://www.mediafire.com/?8u1qfdury3z

Badass southern stoner/sludge stuff. "Monkey Junction" has what I'd probably deem the best vocals in all of sludge. The live clips I've seen have been pretty bone-crushing, too. I really want to see these guys live.



Pixies - "Complete 'B' Sides" (2001, 4AD/Elektra)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6VRBG579

To me, a great band is defined by the fact that their b-sides and outtakes are better than most other bands' album-worthy material.



Earth - "Living in the Gleam of an Unsheathed Sword" (2005, Megablade)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RHUIIB75

This is probably the least appreciated/discussed Earth album. The only people I've heard mention it only did so to profess their hatred for it and I've never heard the band mention it either, though most of the interviews I've read with them have exclusively been about post-Hex projects. You know what, though? I like this album. Sure, "Dissolution III" is already on 070796 Live which, in my opinion, is a far better live collection but the title track on this one is long as hell and is a fascinating look at the transition to their current sound. It's like a mix between fuzzed-out the stuff on 070796 Live (which was their last record before Dylan decided to take a break) and the new Hex-style goodness. I am actually going to buy it tomorrow, since I found a really cheap copy online.



Descartes a Kant - "Paper Dolls" (2007, Intolerancia)

http://rapidshare.com/files/85024704/Descartes_a_Kant_-_Paper_Dolls.rar

I love this band. I love this album. It's like if Mike Patton drunkenly knocked up Kim Deal and she decided to have the baby in a back alley in Mexico. It's harsh and sweet; noisy and melodic. It rules. Sorry about the 128k, but this is the only rip floating around and anyway it sounds great for 128k.

Enjoy these albums.