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omg that max tundra track is TERRIBLE :o

expected it to be the same ol' same ol' senseless bleep blip blip idm as it was years ago but that was some rancid indiepop there. the opening line...i cannot bring myself to even type it out again but WTF no.

(was referring to 'will get fooled again')

Yeah, none of my votes have made it yet either, still don't think this is too bad a bottom of the list though. madxposts

what a bizarre sentence fragment.

anyway, i hope the top end of the list is filled with art-damaged electronics

xxp to myself

Only 2 of my chosen albums hae made it yet. Boris and Paavoharju .

i am definitely finding things that i would like to check out based on the list so far, but it just seems weird and not like ilm at all, which is probably a good thing

either that or i don't pay attention to enough of ilm (closer to the actual truth)

I won't be investigating the Max Tundra. That's for sure.

There are def a few things here (Moulton and Lissvik) that I wouldn't have even heard of if not for ILM threads this year. xpost

yup i heard of both of those because of ilm as well. i am def going to check the lissvik.

i like this list so far. very esoteric compared to the trax one, the only thing to actively dislike here are the p4k picks (hold steady, max tundra)

is tundra like crystal castles?

God no

ok cool

Also Carlos Giffoni (can't rep for adult life enuff btw).

Agreed, it's his best stuff so far.

weird, just realised that solange's album placed but her singles didn't. and beyoncé's singles placed, but tbh i don't expect her album to. that seems oddly...backwards to how it should be.

― lex pretend, Tuesday, February 10, 2009 2:24 PM (4 hours ago)

i was thinking this same thing! i was glad when solange placed but i thought 'uh, where was sandcastle disco?!'

and ya i'll stan for sasha fierce, as you and j0rdan said

solange's album is defintely better than beyonce's

and "Single Ladies" is better than "Sandcastle Disco"

haha you listened to jay reatard. lex you need a youtube channel where you film yourself listening to trendy indie music, would be like all the "2 girls 1 cup" reaction videos.

― nascar jesus (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, February 10, 2009 3:55 PM (3 hours ago)

haha i know right! im proud of lex for giving it a shot, but it's really not at all for him.

(that sounds a bit patronizing, like he doesnt 'get' it...that's not what i mean)

Yes it was :P

the opening line...i cannot bring myself to even type it out again but WTF no.

I found the girl on Google Image Search
She was in the background of a picture of a church
I knew if we should get along as we were able
I shouldn't really bring her to the Seder table

I found the girl on eBay
She was bidding on Halfway To A Threeway
I wrote the words "a grain of sand" upon a grain of rice
She baked a pie of very shy laboratory mice

I found the girl on MySpace
In her profile there was my face
I went into a corner shop and bought myself an edge
Another shiny vector to add to my cortege

I found the girl on Friendster
Where her taste in cinema defends her
She rescued me from vagary and indecision
By telling me our future was the new religion

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na

Then I found you

o_O

O_o

>:@

i found the girl on ilx
she was really funky and fresh
with fashion sense and argyle socks
then i discovered she liked indie rock

That's brilliant lyrics. Any guy who writes about a girl bidding on 'Halfway to a Threeway' deserves to be listened to.

Not when it sounds like shit it doesn't.

Real talk.

Any more tonight?

yes:

33 - Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
99 points, 9 votes, 1 #1 vote
167 in P&J

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/4229/folder1ww7.jpg

Full album streaming: http://www.last.fm/music/Earth/The+Bees+Made+Honey+In+The+Lion%27s+Skull

Hurrah!!!!! Earth!!!!!!!!!!
Also on the metal list but is absolutely not a metal album.

EARTH - "THE BEES MADE HONEY IN THE LION'S SKULL"
sunn90 CD&2XLP

Earth's latest incarnation will be available FEBRUARY 2008. After refaceting some old gems for greater illumination on "Hibernaculum". The band returns once again to it's continuing evolution. Where "Hex" reveled in dark satanic twang and austere american beauty, "The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull" finds Dylan Carlson and the band growing into a harder, more rock, american Gospel and impovisitory direction framed by truly psychedelic production and blazing guitar sounds.

Earth shows it's affinity with a nod to the best elements of the more adventurous San Francisco bands of the late 60's and 70's, and the more spiritually aware and exciting forms of Jazz-Rock from the same era. This is no nostalgia trip but a thoroughly inspired and original metamorphosis. Earth is also very honored to be joined on this record for three songs by legendary and virtuoso guitarist BILL FRISELL (doing some of his most fuzzed out playing in years!) .

Bill Frisell adds a brilliant texture and counterpoint to the scintillating and inspired riffs of Dylan Carlson and the band. Adrienne Davies joins again on drums lending a classic and steady feel to the proceedings. Steve Moore also returns adding heavy hammond organ and his intense jazz inspired piano playing. Live Bassist Don McGreevy also makes his full length Earth debut on this record.

Earth will begin touring throughout the world when the album is released, Australia, Europe and a full US campaign and on from there. The new songs are equally compelling live where EARTH takes the vehicles and expand and explore them for further musical and meditative exploration. Enjoy "The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull".

"From Strength, sweetness. From darkness, Light, The bees made honey in the Lion's Skull"

1. Omens And Portents I : The Driver (mp3)
2. Rise To Glory
3. Miami Morning Coming Down II (Shine)
4. Engine Of Ruin
5. Omens And Portents II: Carrion Crow
6. Hung From The Moon
7. The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull

Dylan Carlson: Electric Guitars and Amplifiers Adrienne Davies: Drums and Percussion Steve Moore: Acoustic Grand Piano and Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Hammond Organ Don Mcgreevy: Electric Bass and Acoustic Upright Bass

Songs One, Four, Five Featuring: Bill Frisell: Electric Guitar and Amplifier

Further Information:

www.myspace.com/earthofficial
www.thronesanddominions.com
www.billfrisell.com

Those songs were even better live btw.

I'm listening to some of the songs on Youtube and they are not bad. I could definitely chill to this. Unforgivable album name though.

Free mp3 of "Omens and Portents 1: The Driver" from the label's site via p4k: http://www.southernlord.com/mp3/12%20Earth_The%20Driver.mp3

It's very laidback. You really need to see them live though. Everyone just standing entranced.
There's DOOM TROMBONE! and the keyboard guy gets some really good jazzy solos.(Not Steve Moore of Zombi btw) There's 2 official live eps of them playing the songs which I have. If you can track them down its well worth it.
The 2nd time I saw them was last april, they were touring this album and Sir Richard Bishop was support.

this list is really bad so far

― Pregnant M.I.A. (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 23:27 (Yesterday) Permalink

now THIS is who lj should properly be directing his wrath towards. yeah, I suppose this list could be considered "bad by someone who seems to only rep for ghastly prefab autotuned poptart crap.

Oh and finally, get the vinyl version. It's called the Deluxe Bible Version. It's a terrific package
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now THIS is who lj should properly be directing his wrath towards. yeah, I suppose this list could be considered "bad by someone who seems to only rep for ghastly prefab autotuned poptart crap.

― sleeve, Wednesday, February 11, 2009 1:42 AM (1 minute ago)

lol you sound mad

I'd rather some people listened to Earth and gave their opinions on it.

btw thank you for the new display name

the earth cover is my favorite so far. i have been meaning to check out KTL for awhile. i think that's an earth-related project.

really like the paavoharju artwork as well though it's a bit too boards of canada-esque.

I'm cautiously optimistic so far...my #4 album already placed....I'll bet the only other album I voted for that will place will be Fourth World War...so now all I'm doing is hoping that it gets #1.

That Earth was definitely a grower for me. Fairly unimpressed with it initially, but after stepping away for a couple months I started really enjoying it. Helped that I wasn't approaching it as a "new Earth album" at that point, if that makes sense.

earth in its various permutations has been on my should-really-get-to-that list for a while now. i like what i've heard, including off this album.

From Wikipedia

KTL is a group consisting of Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O)))) and Peter Rehberg (Pita), originally formed to create the music for a theatre production entitled Kindertotenlieder by Gisèle Vienne and Dennis Cooper. The production was premiered in Brest, France in March 2007. The duo have also played other shows not associated with the Kindertotenlieder production. In late 2008 it was announced, via Stepehen O'Malleys website, that KTLs fourth album would be released January 2009 through Editions Mego and February 2009 through Daymare Records with a vinyl release on Inoxia. In addition to the announcement two song titles were mentioned for the upcoming album, "Paratrooper" and "Natural Trouble".

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ha, i went to wikipedia to check out earth (after discogs failed to load). wikipedia rules.

i am listening to "the driver" now and it alternately reminds me of gus van sandt's long-form films, the idea of an inland empire and david lynch (spooky western America voids), bohren and der club of gore and 70s butt rock

If you are going to check out KTL, my favourite one was KTL 2.

Earth was #4 on my ballot so I'm glad to see it place. I think having nearly a year with it before these polls raised it in my esteem; it is a slow grower, though not without initial charm.

32 - Luomo - Convivial
99 points, 10 votes
594 in P&J

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7430/333lw1.jpg

Track by track review by Tim F: Luomo

Full streaming link: http://www.last.fm/music/Luomo/Convivial

If you like this album then check out the previous one Hex (Or Printing in the Infernal Method)
http://www.thronesanddominions.com/images/records/Earth_hex.jpg

If you want the earlier drone metal stuff that influenced Sunn o))) then get Earth 2 which is on Sub Pop
http://www.thronesanddominions.com/images/records/earth2.gif

If yiu want one a bit louder and inbetween the 2 that's a bit more musical then get
Pentastar: In the Style of Demons
http://www.thronesanddominions.com/images/records/earth_pentastar.gif
Which is my personal favourite.