Cobalt - Gin (2009)

4/5
Black metal
USA (Greeley, Colorado)
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One of my favourite black metal albums of recent memory. These guys know what they're doing. Very excellent use of feedback as a musical tool. Great drums, riffs, vocals, the whole deal. Can't go wrong.

1. "Gin" - 7:24
2. "Dry Body" - 8:54
3. "Arsonry" - 5:48
4. "Throat" - 1:58
5. "Stomach" - 6:44
6. "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" - 3:40
7. "Pregnant Insect" - 6:02
8. "Two-Thumbed Fist" - 9:57
9. "The Old Man Who Lied for His Entire Life" - 2:07
10. "A Starved Horror" - 5:12

Celeste - Morte(s) Nee(s) (2010)

4/5
Black metal, Emo
France
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"...Morte(s) Nee(s) can best be compared to drowning away in a shallow, dirty puddle." - Sputnikmusic

Pretty fitting description, if you ask me. This album can be downloaded or streamed for free, as uploaded by the band here. Real men put out their music for free.

1. "Ces Belles de Rêve aux Verres Embués" - 3:55
2. "Les Mains Brisées comme Leurs Souvenirs" - 4:20
3. "Il y a Biens des Porcs que ça Ferait Bander de T'étouffer" - 2:02
4. "En Troupeau des Louves en Trompe l'Oeil des Agneaux" - 6:18
5. "(S)" - 5:43
6. "Un Miroir pur qui te Rend Misérable" - 6:09
7. "De Sorte que Plus Jamais un Instant ne Soit Magique" - 13:00

Weakling - Dead as Dreams (2000)

4.5/5
Black metal
USA (San Francisco, California)
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1. "Cut Their Grain and Place Fire Therein" - 10:28
2. "Dead as Dreams" - 20:39
3. "This Entire Fucking Battlefield" - 14:47
4. "No One Can Be Called as a Man While He'll Die" - 13:09
5. "Desasters in the Sun" - 17:05

The Antlers - Hospice (2009)

5/5
Indie rock, Post-rock, Folk, Dream Pop
USA (Brooklyn, New York)
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1. "Prologue" – 2:35
2. "Kettering" – 5:10
3. "Sylvia" – 5:27
4. "Atrophy" – 7:40
5. "Bear" – 3:54
6. "Thirteen" (vocals by Sharon Van Etten) – 3:11
7. "Two" – 5:56
8. "Shiva" – 3:45
9. "Wake" – 8:44
10. "Epilogue" – 5:25

Zmrok - Svjatlom Zaginuuszaga Dnja (2005)

3/5
Black Metal
Belarus
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Pretty straightforward black metal. The riffs are very well composed and catchy, as well as the vocals fitting perfectly. If you like black metal, you'll like this to some degree. Not groundbreaking, but still thoroughly enjoyable.

1. "Sljady, Uhodzjaczyja u Ciemru" - 6:48
2. "Ciemrazor" - 6:17
3. "Viecznaja Scjuza" - 4:34
4. "Stogny z Nievjadomyh Virou" - 6:23
5. "Ustup" - 1:28
6. "Z Ciemraju Geta Pryhodzic..." - 3:38
7. "Duszy Svajgo Ciela Ja Prynaszu u Ahvjaru" - 5:41
8. "sila Zmroka i Bol Duszy Adziny..." - 5:59
9. "Zima..." - 5:56

Leftöver Crack - Fuck World Trade (2004)

4/5
Punk
USA (Alphabet City, Manhattan, New York City, New York)
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This is punk.

1. "Clear Channel (Fuck Off)" – 4:14
2. "Life Is Pain" – 4:37
3. "Burn Them Prisons" – 3:15
4. "Gang Control" – 2:42 (Morning Glory cover)
5. "Super Tuesday" – 4:00
6. "Via Sin Dios" – 2:14
7. "Feed the Children (Book of Lies)" – 3:21
8. "One Dead Cop" – 3:39
9. "Ya Can't Go Home" – 3:14
10. "Rock the 40 Oz." – 2:28
11. "Soon We'll Be Dead" – 5:35
12. "Gringos Son Puercos Feos" – 3:08
13. "Operation M.O.V.E." – 10:25

A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar (2009)

4/5
Dream Pop, Shoegaze, Ambient
USA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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1. Magna for Annie, Josh, and Robin – 0:10
2. Secrets at the Prom – 0:42
3. Slaughter Killing Carnage (The Meaning of Words) – 2:12
4. Failure – 3:30
5. Curse Words – 1:43
6. Close Chorus – 6:24
7. Shy – 5:43
8. Lights – 0:22
9. Passionate Introverts (Dinosaurs) – 4:31
10. West Philly Vocoder – 2:05
11. Evil, with Evil, Against Evil – 2:30
12. The White Witch – 3:51
13. Nitetime Rainbows – 5:31
14. Canalfish – 1:30
15. Loudly – 1:51
16. Blood White – 4:20
17. Ashes Grammar – 1:11
18. Ashes Maths – 3:23
19. Miss My Friends – 1:30
20. Starting at a Disadvantage – 4:41
21. Life's Great – 0:41
22. Headphone Space – 4:47

Sonic Youth - Sister (1987)

5/5
Alternative Rock
USA (New York City, New York)
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1. "Schizophrenia" – 4:38
2. "(I Got A) Catholic Block" – 3:26
3. "Beauty Lies in the Eye" – 2:20
4. "Stereo Sanctity" – 3:50
5. "Pipeline/Kill Time" – 4:35
6. "Tuff Gnarl" – 3:15
7. "Pacific Coast Highway" – 4:18
8. "Hot Wire My Heart" – 3:23
9. "Cotton Crown" – 5:08
10. "White Cross" – 2:59

Four Tet - There is Love in You (2010)

4/5
Electronic
England
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1. "Angel Echoes" - 4:00
2. "Love Cry" - 9:13
3. "Circling" - 5:18
4. "Pablo's Heart" - 0:12
5. "Sing" - 6:49
6. "This Unfolds" - 7:55
7. "Reversing" - 2:40
8. "Plastic People" - 6:34
9. "She Just Likes to Fight" - 4:34

Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me (2006)

4.5/5
Alternative Rock, Indie Rock
USA (Levittown, Long Island, New York)
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1. "Sowing Season" - 4:31
2. "Millstone" - 4:16
3. "Jesus" - 5:18
4. "Degausser" - 5:32
5. "Limousine (MS Rebridge)" - 7:42
6. "You Won't Know" - 5:42
7. "Welcome to Bangkok" - 3:05
8. "Not the Sun" - 3:09
9. "Luca" - 5:08
10. "--" - 2:04
11. "The Archers Bows Have Broken" - 4:14
12. "Handcuffs" - 4:10

Caribou - Swim (2010)

4/5
Electronica
Canada
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1. "Odessa" – 5:15
2. "Sun" - 5:44
3. "Kaili" - 4:41
4. "Found Out" - 3:18
5. "Bowls" - 6:20
6. "Leave House" - 5:11
7. "Hannibal" - 6:14
8. "Lalibela" - 2:25
9. "Jamelia" - 3:58

Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (1995)

4/5
Punk
USA (Albany, California)
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1. "Maxwell Murder" - 1:25
2. "The 11th Hour" - 2:28
3. "Roots Radicals" - 2:47
4. "Time Bomb" - 2:24
5. "Olympia WA." - 3:30
6. "Lock, Step & Gone" - 2:25
7. "Junkie Man" - 3:04
8. "Listed M.I.A." - 2:22
9. "Ruby Soho" - 2:37
10. "Daly City Train" - 3:21
11. "Journey to the End of the East Bay" - 3:11
12. "She's Automatic" - 1:35
13. "Old Friend" - 2:53
14. "Disorder and Disarray" - 2:49
15. "The Wars End" 1:53
16. "You Don't Care Nothin'" - 2:28
17. "As Wicked" - 2:40
18. "Avenues & Alleyways" - 3:11
19. "The Way I Feel" - 2:34

Rogue Wave - Permalight (2010)

4/5
Indie Rock
USA (Oakland, California)
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Currently one of my favorite albums. Highly recommended to all.

1. "Solitary Gun" 3:44
2. "Good Morning (The Future)" 4:10
3. "Sleepwalker" 3:46
4. "Stars and Stripes" 3:09
5. "Permalight" 3:07
6. "Fear Itself" - 4:36
7. "Right With You" - 3:16
8. "We Will Make A Song Destroy" - 3:55
9. "I'll Never Leave You" - 3:00
10. "Per Anger" 2:37
11. "You Have Boarded" - 3:57
12. "All That Remains" - 1:05

Set Fire to Flames - Sings Reign Rebuilder (2001)

4/5
Post Rock, Ambient
Canada
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1. "'I Will Be True...' (From Lips of Lying Dying Wonder Body #1)/Reign Rebuilder [Head]" – 2:39
2. "Vienna Arcweld/Fucked Gamelan/Rigid Tracking" – 13:45
3. "Steal Compass/Drive North/Disappear" – 6:12
4. "Wild Dogs of the Thunderbolt/'They Cannot Lock Me Up... I Am Eternally Free...' (From Lips of Lying Dying Wonder Body #2)" – 4:54
5. "Omaha" – 6:16
6. "There Is No Dance in Frequency and Balance" – 4:16
7. "Côte d'Abrahams Roomtone/'What's Going On?...' (From Lips of Lying Dying Wonder Body #3)" – 4:35
8. "Love Song for 15 Ontario (w/ Singing Police Car)" – 3:19
9. "Injur: Gutted Two-Track" – 2:49
10. "When I First Get to Phoenix" – 3:12
11. "Shit-Heap-Gloria of the New Town Planning" – 10:50
12. "Jesus/Pop" – 1:42
13. "Esquimalt Harbour" – 2:16
14. "Two Tears in a Bucket" – 3:43
15. "Fading Lights Are Fading.../Reign Rebuilder [Tail Out]" – 2:51

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works, 85-92 (1992)

4/5
Ambient Electronica
Cornwall, United Kingdom
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1. "Xtal" – 4:54
2. "Tha" – 9:06
3. "Pulsewidth" – 3:46
4. "Ageispolis" – 5:23
5. "I" – 1:17
6. "Green Calx" – 6:05
7. "Heliosphan" – 4:51
8. "We Are the Music Makers" – 7:43
9. "Schottkey 7th Path" – 5:08
10. "Ptolemy" – 7:10
11. "Hedphelym" – 6:00
12. "Delphium" – 5:26
13. "Actium" – 7:32

Tiamat - Wildhoney (1994)

4.5/5
Gothic Metal, Progressive Metal, Doom Metal
Sweden
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1. "Wildhoney" – 0:52
2. "Whatever That Hurts" – 5:47
3. "The Ar" – 5:03
4. "25th Floor" – 1:49
5. "Gaia" – 6:26
6. "Visionaire" – 4:19
7. "Kaleidoscope" – 1:19
8. "Do You Dream of Me?" – 5:07
9. "Planets" – 3:11
10. "A Pocket Size Sun" – 8:03

Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs (2009)

4/5
Black Metal, Shoegaze, Post-punk
France
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1. "Gas in Veins" - 5:10
2. "Les Ruches Malades" - 4:19
3. "Heurt" - 6:01
4. "Recueillement" - 7:01
5. "Faux Semblants" - 4:21
6. "I XIII V XIX XV V XXI XVIII XIX – IX XIX – IV V I IV" - 1:41
7. "Trouble (Éveils Infâmes" - 4:49
8. "Video Girl" - 4:11
9. "La Reine Trayeuse" - 5:32
10. "Amesoeurs" - 4:03
11. "Au Crépuscule de Nos Rêves" - 11:17

The Cure - Pornography (1982)

5/5
Gothic Rock
England
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1. "One Hundred Years" – 6:40
2. "A Short Term Effect" – 4:22
3. "The Hanging Garden" – 4:33
4. "Siamese Twins" – 5:29
5. "The Figurehead" – 6:15
6. "A Strange Day" – 5:04
7. "Cold" – 4:26
8. "Pornography" – 6:27

Burzum - Belus (2010)

4/5
Ambient Black Metal
Norway
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1. "Leukes renkespill (Introduksjon)" - 0:33
2. "Belus' død" - 6:23
3. "Glemselens elv" - 11:54
4. "Kaimadalthas' nedstigning" - 6:43
5. "Sverddans" - 2:27
6. "Keliohesten" - 5:45
7. "Morgenrøde" - 8:54
8. "Belus' tilbakekomst (Konklusjon)" - 9:37

Common - Be (2005)

4/5
Hip Hop
USA (Chicago, Illinois)
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1. "Be"
2. "Corners"
3. "Go"
4. "Faithful" (w/ Bilal & John Legend)
5. "Testify"
6. "Love Is..."
7. "Chi-City"
8. "The Food" (w/ Kanye West)
9. "Real People"
10. "They Say" (w/ Kanye & John Legend)
11. "It’s Your World/Pop’s Reprise" (w/ Bilal)

Blonde Redhead - 23 (2007)

4/5
Indie rock, Dream pop
USA (New York City, New York)
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1. "23" – 5:18
2. "Dr. Strangeluv" – 4:47
3. "The Dress" – 4:00
4. "SW" – 4:35
5. "Spring and by Summer Fall" – 4:15
6. "Silently" – 3:57
7. "Publisher" – 4:01
8. "Heroine" – 4:11
9. "Top Ranking" – 3:27
10. "My Impure Hair" – 4:52

The Roots - Rising Down (2008)

4/5
Hip Hop
USA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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1. "The Pow Wow"
2. "Rising Down" (featuring Mos Def & Styles P)
3. "Get Busy" (featuring Dice Raw & Peedi Peedi)
4. "@ 15"
5. "75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction)"
6. "Becoming Unwritten"
7. "Criminal" (featuring Truck North & Saigon)
8. "I Will Not Apologize" (featuring Porn & Dice Raw)
9. "I Can't Help It" (featuring Malik B., Porn, Mercedes Martinez & Dice Raw)
10. "Singing Man" (featuring Porn, Truck North & Dice Raw)
11. "Unwritten" (featuring Mercedes Martinez)
12. "Lost Desire" (featuring Malik B. & Talib Kweli)
13. "The Show" (featuring Common & Dice Raw)
14. "Rising Up" (featuring Wale & Chrisette Michele)

Ladytron - Witching Hour (2005)

4/5
Electropop
England
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1. "High Rise" – 4:54
2. "Destroy Everything You Touch" – 4:36
3. "International Dateline" – 4:17
4. "Soft Power" – 5:19
5. "CMYK" – 1:49
6. "amTV" – 3:26
7. "Sugar" – 2:50
8. "Fighting in Built Up Areas" – 3:59
9. "The Last One Standing" – 3:11
10. "Weekend" – 3:57
11. "Beauty*2" – 4:23
12. "White light generation" – 3:59
13. "All the Way..." – 4:08

A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal (2007)

4/5
Shoegaze, Dream pop, Ambient
USA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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1. "Wake Up Pretty" – 1:59
2. "No. 6 Von Karman Street" – 4:15
3. "A Mundane Phonecall to Jack Parsons" – 3:21
4. "Our Change Into Rain Is No Change At All (Talkin' 'bout Us)" – 4:24
5. "Ghost in the Graveyard" – 5:59
6. "5:15 Train" – 4:12
7. "Lists, Plans" – 4:54
8. "C'mon" – 4:27
9. "The Horn Song" – 1:28
10. "Panic Attacks Are What Make Me 'Me'" – 5:15
11. "Watery (Drowning Is Just Another Word For Being Buried Alive Under Water)" – 4:01
12. "Things Only I Can See" – 5:05
13. "The Best Summer Ever" – 4:43

Kidcrash - Snacks (2009)

4/5
Screamo
USA (Sante Fe, New Mexico)
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1. Space Between Mountains - 4:48
2. Where Nerves Were - 3:59
3. Grim Collections - 4:52
4. Wound Eraser - 4:28
5. Slow Applause - 3:29
6. Brain Snares - 3:32
7. Sleeper Wave - 7:44

Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends (1968)

5/5
Folk Rock
USA (Queens, New York City, New York)
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1. "Bookends Theme" – 0:32
2. "Save the Life of My Child" – 2:49
3. "America" – 3:34
4. "Overs" – 2:14
5. "Voices of Old People" – 2:09
6. "Old Friends" – 2:36
7. "Bookends" – 1:16
8. "Fakin' It" – 3:14
9. "Punky's Dilemma" – 2:10
10. "Mrs. Robinson" – 4:02
11. "A Hazy Shade of Winter" – 2:17
12. "At the Zoo" – 2:21

Immolation - Majesty and Decay (2010)

4/5
Death Metal
USA (Yonkers, New York)
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Ridiculous and brutal in the greatest ways possible. Most certainly the best death metal album I've heard in a while. If you like any kind of metal whatsoever, you should probably look into this. Essential!

1. "Intro " – 1:19
2. "The Purge" – 3:18
3. "A Token of Malice" – 2:41
4. "Majesty and Decay" – 4:29
5. "Divine Code" – 4:04
6. "In Human Form" – 4:00
7. "A Glorious Epoch" – 4:37
8. "Interlude" – 2:04
9. "A Thunderous Consequence" – 3:58
10. "The Rapture of Ghosts" – 5:19
11. "Power and Shame" – 3:44
12. "The Comfort of Cowards" – 5:52

Nikki Louder - Alain, I'm Sorry (2009)

4/5
Noise Rock, Shoegaze
[?]
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Noisy, shrieking glory. If you like any kind of spastic, distorted music, then this is something you would greatly benefit from looking into.

1. "Bond Addict" - 3:53
2. "This town is a wolf" - 4:23
3. "A Minnow in the web" - 3:07
4. "Honey, I'm OK" - 3:25
5. "The Air Around" - 3:15
6. "No Disko (For You, Silly Dancers)" - 3:30
7. "Mirrors, mirrors" - 2:45
8. "Sweet are the Girls in Beijing" - 3:46
9. "Charity, People!" - 6:51
10. "She Rides the Cows" - 3:57

Drudkh - Autumn Aurora (2004)

4/5
Atmospheric Black Metal
Ukraine
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1. "Fading" – 1:31
2. "Summoning the Rain" – 5:41
3. "Glare of Autumn" – 5:09
4. "Sunwheel" – 8:47
5. "Wind of the Night Forests" – 9:59
6. "The First Snow" – 9:10

Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase (2005)

4/5
Electronic, Trip Hop
Scotland
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1. "Into the Rainbow Vein" - 0:44
2. "Chromakey Dreamcoat" - 5:47
3. "Satellite Anthem Icarus" - 6:04
4. "Peacock Tail" - 5:24
5. "Dayvan Cowboy" - 5:00
6. "A Moment of Clarity" - 0:51
7. "’84 Pontiac Dream" - 3:49
8. "Sherbet Head" - 2:41
9. "Oscar See Through Red Eye" - 5:08
10. "Ataronchronon" - 1:14
11. "Hey Saturday Sun" - 4:56
12. "Constants Are Changing" - 1:42
13. "Slow This Bird Down" - 6:09
14. "Tears from the Compound Eye" - 4:03
15. "Farewell Fire" - 8:26

Mayhem - Live in Leipzig (1993)

3.5/5
Black Metal
Norway
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1. "Deathcrush" - 4:37
2. "Necrolust" - 3:46
3. "Funeral Fog" - 6:31
4. "Freezing Moon" - 7:05
5. "Carnage" - 4:06
6. "Buried by Time and Dust" - 5:29
7. "Pagn Fears" - 7:00
8. "Chainsaw Gutsfuck" - 5:07
9. "Pure Fucking Armageddon" - 3:10

Mos Def - The Ecstatic (2009)

4/5
Hip Hop
USA (Brooklyn, New York City, New York)
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1. "Supermagic" - 2:32
2. "Twilite Speedball" - 3:02
3. "Auditorium" (featuring Slick Rick) - 4:34
4. "Wahid" - 1:39
5. "Priority" - 1:22
6. "Quiet Dog Bite Hard" - 2:57
7. "Life in Marvelous Times" - 3:41
8. "The Embassy" - 2:45
9. "No Hay Nada Mas" - 1:42
10. "Pistola" - 3:02
11. "Pretty Dancer" - 3:31
12. "Workers Comp" - 2:02
13. "Revelations" - 2:03
14. "Roses" (featuring Georgia Anne Muldrow) - 3:41
15. "History" (featuring Talib Kweli) - 2:21
16. "Casa Bey" - 4:32

Jay Dilla - Jay Stay Paid (2009)

4/5
Hip Hop, Trip Hop
USA (Detroit, Michigan)
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From Wiki:
[Jay Stay Paid] was executive produced by Dilla’s mother Maureen "Ma Dukes" Yancey along with the musical supervision of Dilla’s musical idol, Pete Rock. In regard to the album's feel and direction Ma Dukes stated:
"It wasn’t rushed and it wasn’t haphazard. This album combines what he did in the beginning of his career, what he did in some of our early hospital stays, which was very deep, and some stuff pulled from old floppy disks & DATs. It's mind blowing... this is like the missing links to Dilla’s legacy."

01. "KJay FM Dedication" - 0:56
02. "King" - 1:28
03. "I Told Yall" - 2:49
04. "Lazer Gunne Funke" - 1:21
05. "In The Night (Owl N Out)/While You Slept (I Crept)" - 2:00
06. "Smoke" (feat. Blu) - 2:09
07. "Blood Sport" (feat. Lil' Fame) - 2:58
08. "CaDILLAc" - 2:01
09. "Expensive Whip" - 1:25
10. "Kaklow (Jump On It)" - 0:56
11. "Digi Dirt" (feat. Phat Kat) - 0:54
12. "Dilla Bot Vs. The Hybrid" (feat. Danny Brown & Constantine) - 2:24
13. "Milk Money" - 1:27
14. "Spacecowboy Vs. Bobble Head" - 2:38
15. "Reality TV (feat. Black Thought) - 2:40
16. "On Stilts" - 1:26
17. "Fire Wood Drumstix" (feat. DOOM) - 1:31
18. "Glamour Sho75 (09)" - 3:02
19. "10,000 Watts" - 1:42
20 "9th Caller" - 1:53
21. "Make It Fast (Unadulterated Mix)" [feat. Diz Gibran] - 5:01
22. "24K Rap" (feat. Havoc & Raekwon) - 4:22
23. "Big City" - 1:02
24. "Pay Day" (feat. Frank Nitty of Frank n Dank) - 1:25
25. "See That Boy Fly" (feat. Illa J & Cue D) - 3:44
26. "Coming Back" - 1:13
27. "Mythsysizer" - 1:44
28. "KJay & We Out" - 1:58

Japandroids - Post-Nothing (2009)

4/5
Garage rock, Noise Pop
Canada
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[Link fixed]
Eight tracks of fuzzy, distorted, screechy, ever so catchy brilliance.

1. "The Boys Are Leaving Town" – 4:01
2. "Young Hearts Spark Fire" – 5:05
3. "Wet Hair" – 3:12
4. "Rockers East Vancouver" – 4:32
5. "Heart Sweats" – 4:25
6. "Crazy/Forever" – 6:04
7. "Sovereignty" – 3:34
8. "I Quit Girls" – 4:55

Elder - Reflect (2009)

4/5
Screamo, Hardcore
USA (Philadelphia, PA)
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Don't know much about these guys, as there's not much about them floating around cyberspace. But, what I do know is that this album is fantastic. Take some shoegaze influence and inject it with some screamo and swirl in some distortion, fuzz, and post-rock and this is what comes out. Great shit.

1. "Empty Lots" - 2:11
2. "Niños" - 6:30
3. "Evasion" - 2:23
4. "Friendly Fire" - 5:02
5. "Vultures" - 1:28
6. "Remember These Days" - 5:59