Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me

Noisy (not in the irritating sense), catchy, lovable.

Blotted Science - The Machinations of Dementia

Technical for technicality's sake, but it's quite fun.

The Morning Benders - Big Echo

Frustrating. The first 3 songs are amazing (though Promises sounds almost like a direct Two Weeks ripoff), but the rest are ridiculously boring. But if you don't care about detail, then spin this album in the background and you've got yourself some great summer chillout tunes.

Dark Angel - Darkness Descends

Oh shit

Can't believe I slept on this for the longest time ever. Punishing thrash metal, and nothing less.

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Jay Electronica - Eternal Sunshine (The Plunge)

WOW. Deeeeeeep. Rapping about dat conscious shit over looped drum-less songs from Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind? This is fucking amazing.

Prolyphic & Reanimator - The Ugly Truth

Solid stuff. It's got a lot of the typical topics in conscious hip-hop, but the lyricism is masterful. Recommended if you like hip-hop.

Career Suicide - Anthology of Releases: 2001-2003

Punk-as-fuck shit from Toronto. An outstanding compilation. The integrity is kept all the way through. Listen to this if you like punk at all.

Magrudergrind - Sixty Two Trax of Thrash

This is a shitload of grind/powerviolence to get through, but it's fun times man. Not a good starting point if you wanna check these guys out though. Look out for their self-titled first.

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum

It's pretty much the same song throughout the whole album, but it does give off a great vibe.

Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record

Some people are extremely disappointed with this release. Not me. Although it's not like I'm ridiculously impressed with it. Forgiveness Rock Record is neither a step forward or step backward for BSS. They've incorporated some new electronic stuff (see All To All), but they've also retained their chilled-out summer anthems style. The vocals are probably the weakest part of the album-- they do sound pitchy and uneasy at times. Otherwise, the music is quite good. Recommended for fans, but definitely not for those new to BSS.

Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma

I thought Cosmogramma was pretty boring at first, but then after another listen or to, I discovered that this album is really hard to hate. Although sometimes spasmodic, this music is ridiculously detailed. Great mix of glitchy instrumental hip-hop, jazz, chillout, and there's even little hints of Squarepusher-esque drum 'n' bass (listen to Pickled!). Flying Lotus is a king.



bangerz: Computer Face//Pure Being, Do The Astral Plane, German Haircut

edit: Finally clicked with this album. Holy. Shit.