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Dan Michaelson - First Light (2017) Music

Posted by Domestos at Dec. 11, 2017

In 2001 Dan Michaelson was living in Reykjavik, Iceland. Pondering the practical applications of his Fine Art degree and fussing over a handful of demos he had made in England 6 months previously, he returned to London, moved into an abandoned Jewish tearoom and theatre (which also housed the Lithuanian Social Club in the basement) and committed himself writing songs for the foreseeable future. The first fruits of this were heard on 2005’s DonkeyStock, one of three records under the name Absentee.

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VA - Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground (Remastered) (2004) Music

Posted by at Sept. 9, 2024

VA - Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground (Remastered) (2004)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 2.07 GB | MP3 CBR 320kbps - 727 MB
5:11:08 | Alternative Rock, New Wave, Indie Rock, Industrial, Punk | Label: Rhino

In his notes for this passionately compiled box, producer Gary Stewart writes, "the diversity from the late-70s punk/new wave scene turned into a full-blown, variety-fueled, genre-busting orgy in the '80s…The music became, in the best sense of the words, more complex, more literate, a bit more serious, and as a result, made astrong impact on mainsteam rock culture." From funk punk to revisionist roots rock to hard-core to smart-ass clever pop-and every musical nook and cranny in-between-Left of the Dial presents many of the '80s' most important tracks. Savor the far more influential flip side of the "Where's the Beef?" decade's musical output!

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Plates of Cake - Let's Not Deprive Each Other (2019) Music

Posted by varrock at Jan. 13, 2019

Plates of Cake - Let's Not Deprive Each Other (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) | Tracks: 10 | 29:23 min | 195 MB
Style: Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi | Label: Unblinking Ear / Underwater Trash

Formed in 2009, New York City's Plates Of Cake have released three albums garnering critical praise and comparisons to the Soft Boys, Nick Lowe, and The Kinks. Their first self-titled LP from 2010 was described by TinyMixTapes as "a perfect balance of melody, irony, blue-collar wishing, common-man ruminating, gruffness, and perpetual doubt".

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Cub Sport - This Is Our Vice (2016) {Nettwerk} Music

Posted by shamanicus at Jan. 4, 2017

Cub Sport - This Is Our Vice (2016)
XLD Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | 272 mb
Pop, Rock | Label: Nettwerk - 0 6700 31089 1 1

Cub Sport's forthcoming debut album This is Our Vice, (out June 17th) an album filled with mercurial topics such as self-doubt and self-immolation that are crafted into an expanse of shimmering harmonies.There are a handful of seminal bands from Brisbane, Australia; cult favourites The Saints, and The Go-Betweens amongst them. Few of these bands, despite their status now, can claim to have achieved the level of breakout success that the Cub Sport - Tim Nelson (lead vocals), Zoe Davis (guitar), Dan Puusaari (drums), Sam Netterfield (keyboard) has in merely three years. Cub Sport first caught attention with their Told You So EP (2012) and Paradise EP (2013). The blissed-out, anthemic track Paradise landed them an evening playlist, and a coveted John Kennedy Session at XFM, and a session with Dan Roberts at BBC London; not bad for the band's first venture to the UK! The band then spent the following year impressing at various seminal festivals around the world, including Brighton's The Great Escape, Liverpool Sound City, Music Matters Singapore, London's Calling in Amsterdam and multiple packed rooms during NYC's CMJ Music Marathon.

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Various Artists - The Australian Revolution (1993) Music

Posted by delpotro at April 18, 2017

Various Artists - The Australian Revolution (1993)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 02:29:57 | 976 Mb
Pop, New Wave, Country, Pop Rock | Label: Mushroom Records

Compilation released by Mushroom Records in 1993 consisting of artists signed to them - the majority of these tunes are from the 1980s and this release is a great starting point for people who wish to explore the Top 40 scene in Australia in the 70s and 80s. It also contains Kylie Minogue's first ever single (a cover of "Locomotion").

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Robert Forster - Strawberries (2025) Music

Posted by at May 22, 2025

Robert Forster - Strawberries (2025)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 205 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 85 MB
36:35 | Pop, Rock | Label: Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

For more than four decades, Robert Forster's strengths have remained consistent, even as his style has subtly evolved. Vocal melodies always form the center of his songs, which often start with a simple, near-spoken line and organically resolve. The initial sparseness accents rhythm over melody and hints at Forster's emergence as a songwriter during the punk era. Forster's talent as a vocalist similarly aligns. While he often relies on an understated deadpan, he's able to express a full spectrum of feelings. Opener "Tell it Back to Me" is a sincere story where "we kissed on a bench." After a neutral beginning, Forster's delivery in "Such a Shame" gradually expresses the gruff disappointment of its title. "All of the Time" moves from its stolid opening line, "there's propaganda, and there's truth," to a furtive whisper in the third verse, to vulnerable and sweet wordless singing in the coda. "Foolish I Know" returns his jaded bluntness to the foreground, with lines like, "he's handsome and he's unattached."

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The Apartments - The Evening Visits....And Stays For Years (Remastered & Expanded) (1985/2015) Music

Posted by Rtax at May 22, 2024

The Apartments - The Evening Visits….And Stays For Years (Remastered & Expanded) (1985/2015)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 530 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 183 MB
1:19:55 | Folk Rock, New Wave, Pop Rock | Label: Captured Tracks

After releasing a brilliant single by the Apartments on their Able label in 1979, the Go-Betweens almost added the band's leader Peter Milton Walsh to their lineup, but ultimately it didn't work out. "Walsh is night," said Grant McLennan. "We are day," added Robert Forster. After some more false starts, Walsh re-formed the Apartments and set about proving the duo right. Signed to Rough Trade after impressing them with a demo, the Apartments' debut album from 1985, The Evening Visits…and Stays for Years is a dark, brooding affair that features Walsh's idiosyncratic vocals and lyrics that hint at major emotional upheavals, or at least some very deep feels. Walsh's biting croon is balanced by layers of jangling acoustic and electric guitars and the occasional strings and horns, with a production style that calls to mind that of his former mate's concurrent work

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Lush - Spooky (1992) [4AD CAD2002] Music

Posted by Sartre at Aug. 21, 2012

Lush - Spooky (1992) [4AD CAD2002]
Rock | Lossless FLAC (Tracks) -> 330MB | 300DPI Covers | EAC Rip with Log & Cue | Uploaded/1Fichier

For Lush's first proper full-length, the band opted to work again with Robin Guthrie. Though generally delightful, Spooky suffers from being bottlenecked into a dream-drift haze that isn't as convincing as the ones concocted by the likes of My Bloody Valentine and A.R. Kane. On paper the Guthrie/Lush collaboration seems like a match made in heaven; however, this lacks a punch and balance that begins to frustrate by the latter half. Saving the record from being buried is a batch of quality songs. Despite its faults, it's more hit than miss. It's easy to criticize the lack of drive, but the drifting nature is rapturous in spots.

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The Moles - On The Street / Rare & Weird (2003) [WTR-022] Music

Posted by Music for Strang at May 19, 2013

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VA - The Genesis Of Slade: Rare Recordings From 1964-1966 (2000) Music

Posted by v3122 at Jan. 4, 2018

The idea behind this compilation is one that's extremely useful to Slade fans trying to track down rarities recorded by groups in which the members played prior to Ambrose Slade's formation in the late '60s. This 24-track CD includes all of them, starting with the privately pressed 1964 EP by the Vendors (with Dave Hill on lead guitar and Don Powell on drums), and moving on to the three flop 1965 singles by Steve Brett & the Mavericks (with Noddy Holder on guitar and backing vocals)…

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