The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site

I was uploading this to my computer, so I thought I should post it here, too.

hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/129802057/Reconstruction_Site.rar.html

Someone once told me I would like The Weakerthans, so I bought an album and thought is was bland, not at all special. A couple years later someone convinced me to listen to THIS album. I now have respect for their whole catalog, but this is what did it.

This is one of those albums that makes you grin when you are happy because those lyrics are so perfectly delivered and so perfectly written. But right now I'm not happy at all and it suits that, too. It's so good. Seriously.

Sorry for the wordiness. I'm that way lately.

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Spoon - Series of Sneaks (1998)

hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/129804525/A_Series_of_Sneaks.rar.html

My favorite Spoon song is Metal Detektor (track 10).

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Originally posted by whimrocker:
I need something that rocks in a cute way. Anyone? Cheer me up.

maybe this video will cheer you up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU1CDSP7FRk

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Originally posted by ~goldaline~:

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Originally posted by whimrocker:
I need something that rocks in a cute way. Anyone? Cheer me up.

maybe this video will cheer you up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU1CDSP7FRk

Thank you! That was just what the doctor ordered.

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Originally posted by whimrocker:
I need something that rocks in a cute way. Anyone? Cheer me up.

The Ruby Suns - Sea Lion

allmusic review: 4.5/5

Having already established his Beach Boys fascination with 2005's self-titled debut, Ryan McPhun reached into his travel journals for Sea Lion, spiking the Ruby Suns' pop/psychedelia with ample amounts of African, Polynesian, and Kenyan instrumentation. The resulting album follows the recent paths of Yeasayer and Vampire Weekend by finding some middle ground between indie pop and world music. Sea Lion is an aural melting pot, with ukuleles and sun-baked singalongs sharing space alongside '80s-styled electronica and programmed percussion. It unfolds in layers, opening with the spacey Hawaiian cadence of "Blue Penguin" before segueing into two of the album's most genuine folk numbers. "Oh, Mojave" and "Tane Mahuta" are as earnest as they are indigenous, the latter featuring polyphonic percussion and elegantly harmonized lyrics sung in the Polynesian dialect of Maori. Throughout it all, McPhun weaves in modern production -- a processed keyboard here, a vocal effect there -- so that by the time "There Are Birds" introduces a bit of hypnotic dream pop into the mix, it hardly sounds out of place. The Ruby Suns still remain heavily indebted to Brian Wilson, but they largely confine themselves to his enigmatic SMiLE period, making heavy use of sleigh bells, vibraphones, and reverb-washed vocals throughout the album's second half. Only when "Morning Sun" takes an abrupt turn into Depeche Mode territory does Sea Lion falter, particularly given its final position in the track list. Listeners are left scratching their heads, wondering where the enigmatic jungle pop music went, only to return to McPhun's sunny sounds once the album reverts back to track one. Culture clashes never sounded so good.

hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/ed2y7f

Slint's self-titled EP, anyone?

Sure, go ahead.

Oh, you were asking for it?

yeah. i wasn't very clear, sorry.

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Originally posted by SleepSymphonic:
For fans of Akron/Family, Sunn O))), Brian Eno, and the Microphones:

Hunter Gatherer - is Variations
hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/kfzwz1

I've downloaded but yet to listen... the description seems less than possible.

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Originally posted by Jobu:

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Originally posted by SleepSymphonic:
For fans of Akron/Family, Sunn O))), Brian Eno, and the Microphones:

Hunter Gatherer - is Variations
hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/kfzwz1

I've downloaded but yet to listen... the description seems less than possible.

Exactly what I was thinking.

hqttqp://rapidshare.com/files/97996727/_1989__-_Slint_-...__Chicago_3-3-89.rar

Here is a Slint bootleg that I posted in hopes that someone would give me that EP.

It contains great performances and mediocre sound quality. They play mostly songs from Tweez, a couple from Spiderland, and "Cortez the Killer".

Sorry, the only link I could find was Rapidshare, which I know sucks.

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Originally posted by Bonky!:

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Originally posted by whimrocker:
I need something that rocks in a cute way. Anyone? Cheer me up.

The Ruby Suns - Sea Lion

hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/ed2y7f

Thank you!

local country/bluegrass/hillbilly/yodeling group, petunia and the loons

h00p://www.sendspace.com/file/vgcauc

had the pleasure of seeing them perform live this past weekend. not my usual genre of choice but i can't stop listening to this album. so good.

www.petuniamusic.com

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Originally posted by Pickle Puss:

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Originally posted by Jobu:

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Originally posted by SleepSymphonic:
For fans of Akron/Family, Sunn O))), Brian Eno, and the Microphones:

Hunter Gatherer - is Variations
hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/kfzwz1

I've downloaded but yet to listen... the description seems less than possible.

Exactly what I was thinking.

Well regardless of description, two tracks in... and I really, really like what I'm hearing.

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Originally posted by whimrocker:

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Originally posted by Bonky!:

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Originally posted by whimrocker:
I need something that rocks in a cute way. Anyone? Cheer me up.

The Ruby Suns - Sea Lion

hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/ed2y7f

Thank you!

Yes, thank you! This sounds interesting!

Where's my fuckin Slint EP, bitches

*is kidding (on the square)*

bittorent.

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Originally posted by CHCFW:


Where's my fuckin Slint EP, bitches

*is kidding (on the square)*

The link you posted above doesn't work. So no soup for you.

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Originally posted by Bonky!:

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Originally posted by CHCFW:


Where's my fuckin Slint EP, bitches

*is kidding (on the square)*

The link you posted above doesn't work. So no soup for you.

Oh, I know why. I did the URL wrong first and then when I put it in proper format, it still had the "..." in it, which means it's incomplete.

If I fix it, can I have my soup?

ht33333tp://rapidshare.com/files/97996727/_1989__-_Slint_-_Live_At_Club_Dreamerz__Chicago_3-3-89.rar

That should work.