A Sense Of Purpose

The Sound - Shock Of Daylight - Heads And Hearts - In The Hot House - Thunder Up - Propaganda (2015)

The Sound - Shock Of Daylight - Heads And Hearts - In The Hot House - Thunder Up - Propaganda (2015)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 1.8 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 651 MB
4:44:12 | New Wave, Post-Punk | Label: Edsel Records

This 5CD Box Set represents the second half of the story of The Sound. Following their legendary albums for the Korova label, The Sound signed for Statik Records, releasing the mini-album 'Shock Of Daylight', the full length album 'Heads And Hearts' and the double LP live 'In the Hothouse' recorded at London's Marquee. One further album for The Sound was released by Play It Again Sam before the band called it a day. All those recordings are included here with bonus B-Sides, rare unheard demons and an unreleased track. Also included is the added bonus disc - 'Propaganda', the collection of recordings made at Adrian Borland's parents' house before the band signed for Korova.

Melissa Etheridge - Yes I Am (1993)  Music

Posted by Designol at April 14, 2025
Melissa Etheridge - Yes I Am (1993)

Melissa Etheridge - Yes I Am (1993)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 286 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 102 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Rock | Label: Island | # I2 48660 | Time: 00:44:01

Melissa Etheridge wasn't out of the closet when she released Yes I Am in 1993, yet it's hard not to notice the defiant acclamation in the album's title. This barely concealed sense of sexual identity seeps out from the lyrics, and it informs the music as well, which is perhaps the most confident she has ever been. It's also the most professional she's ever been (perhaps not a coincidence), as she belts out these unapologetically anthemic numbers with a sense of finesse that's suited to lifestyle newspaper pages, not rock & roll, thereby setting herself up for her bout with celebrity during the second half of the '90s. Yes I Am wouldn't have been as convincing if it wasn't so slick, though; her Springsteen-isms and Janis tributes are tempered by songs that work as album rock favorites, even if they aren't as epic or passionate as their inspirations. She may not have songs as great as she did the first time out – "Somebody Bring Me Some Water" remains her finest moment – but she has a sense of purpose and identity that suits her well.

Dion - Tank Full of Blues (2011)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Nov. 4, 2020
Dion - Tank Full of Blues (2011)

Dion - Tank Full of Blues (2011)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 316 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 116 MB | Covers (10 MB) included
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Horizon (BHV-16787-2)

When Dion DiMucci was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Traditional Blues category for 2006's Bronx in Blue, an excellent collection of blues standards, it was an official affirmation that he was "back." In truth, he'd never left, and had been recording all along. He issued a stellar follow-up in 2007's Son of Skip James, a collection of revelatory blues covers and fine new material. The third album in this blues trilogy is Tank Full of Blues. Recorded in a trio setting, Dion produced the album, wrote all but two selections, and played the hell out of all the guitars on it. Tank Full of Blues is a slippery, street-smart, utterly inspired album of blues and roots rock tunes that are free of nostalgia and drenched in history…

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest (2017)  Music

Posted by SERTiL at Nov. 23, 2017
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest (2017)

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks)+cue, log, m3u, front cover | 48:16 min | 317 MB
Label: Because Music – BEC5543151 | Tracks: 11 | Rls.date: 2017
Indie Pop, French Pop, Singer-Songwriter

Sometimes it takes a personal tragedy to catalyse an artist’s practise, a crack in everything, to paraphrase Leonard Cohen, that let’s the creative light in. Just such a traumatic fissure occurred in Charlotte Gainsbourg’s life in late 2013 with the sudden death in Paris of her half-sister, the fashion photographer Kate Barry. Reeling from the news and inevitably plunged into an extended period of grieving, the distressing event had transpired just as Charlotte was initiating activity on a new album, the successor to 2010’s IRM.

Birthh - Born in the Woods (2017)  Music

Posted by Pisulik at June 18, 2017
Birthh - Born in the Woods (2017)

Birthh - Born in the Woods (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +cue, log, m3u - 171 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 74 MB | 00:31:31
Indie Pop, Downtempo | Label: We Were Never Being Boring

‘Born In The Woods’ (recorded by Lorenzo Caperchi and Alessandro at Red Carpet Studios, Italy) is the creation of 19 year old Alice Bisi also known as BIRTHH and was debuted at SXSW this year – quite an achievement for a debut album, upon listening however, it makes sense. A stormy adolescence re-shaped Alice’s song-writing from an instinctive folk sensibility to something altogether more dynamic – there are nods to St.Vincent, TORRES and The XX throughout this album. Even with these apparent similarities this is ultimately a ‘pop’ album, that said however, it is a cool, contemporary ‘pop’ album – an album full of down tempo ambient atmospheres that contrast with clean fragmented beats.

Cousin Earth - Human Music (2018)  Music

Posted by Domestos at Aug. 6, 2018
Cousin Earth - Human Music (2018)

Cousin Earth - Human Music (2018)
MP3 CBR 320kbps | 01:00:32 | 141.17 Mb | Cover
Neo-Progressive, Groove Rock | Country: USA (Brooklyn, NY) | Label: Joseph Calfa

Pushing the limits of both genre and musicality, Brooklyn’s Cousin Earth delivers catchy tunes with a progressive spirit. Featuring both an original repertoire and a vast array of covers, the band delivers a wide tonal palette that has as much a sense of humor as it does a sense of purpose.

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest (2017)  Music

Posted by SERTiL at Nov. 16, 2017
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest (2017)

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Rest
Indie Pop, French Pop, Singer-Songwriter | WEB FLAC (tracks) & front cover | 48:24 min | 316 MB
Label: Because Music | Tracks: 11 | Rls.date: 2017

Sometimes it takes a personal tragedy to catalyse an artist’s practise, a crack in everything, to paraphrase Leonard Cohen, that let’s the creative light in. Just such a traumatic fissure occurred in Charlotte Gainsbourg’s life in late 2013 with the sudden death in Paris of her half-sister, the fashion photographer Kate Barry. Reeling from the news and inevitably plunged into an extended period of grieving, the distressing event had transpired just as Charlotte was initiating activity on a new album, the successor to 2010’s IRM.
Romantic Warriors II: A Progressive Music Saga About Rock in Opposition (2012)

Romantic Warriors II: A Progressive Music Saga About Rock in Opposition (2012)
2xDVD-5: NTSC 16:9 (720x480) VBR | Dolby AC3, 2 ch
Zeitgeist Media | Scans | ~ 4.28 + 4.23 Gb
RIO / Avant-Prog

This 98-minute documentary, written, produced, and directed by Adele Schmidt and José Zegarra Holder of the Washington, D.C. area's Zeitgeist Media, begins and ends at the 2011 Rock in Opposition festival in Carmaux, France, and between those two bookends tells the story of this idiosyncratic movement – or style, or whatever you want to call it – that was birthed in the late '70s and has against all odds persisted on and off to the present day…

Pretenders - Isle Of View (1995) [2015, Edsel EDSX 3023]  Music

Posted by v3122 at April 22, 2015
Pretenders - Isle Of View (1995) [2015, Edsel EDSX 3023]

Pretenders - Isle Of View (1995)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Edsel, EDSX 3023 | ~ 485 or 175 Mb | Scans(600dpi, jpg) -> 63 Mb
Acoustic / Soft Rock

The Isle of View is a live acoustic album by rock band The Pretenders, released in 1995. It was recorded in May during a live, televised performance at London's Jacob Street Studios. The Duke Quartet accompanied Chrissie Hynde for much of the performance. The title is a pun on the phrase I Love You…

Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter (2020)  Music

Posted by delpotro at July 11, 2020
Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter (2020)

Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 192 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 84 Mb | 00:36:38
Indie Folk, Acoustic, Singer-Songwriter, Female Vocal | Label: Chrysalis Records, Partisan Records

Laura Marling’s exquisite seventh album Song For Our Daughter arrives almost without preamble or warning in the midst of uncharted global chaos, and yet instantly and tenderly offers a sense of purpose, clarity and calm. As a balm for the soul, this full-blooded new collection could be posited as Laura’s richest to date, but in truth it’s another incredibly fine record by a British artist who rarely strays from delivering incredibly fine records. Taking much of the production reins herself, alongside long-time collaborators Ethan Johns and Dom Monks, Laura has layered up lush string arrangements and a broad sense of scale to these songs without losing any of the intimacy or reverence we’ve come to anticipate and almost take for granted from her throughout the past decade.