Madonna - The Immaculate Collection (1991)

Everyone should have and love this record.



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Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing (2008)

Though they've only got one record to their name at the moment, I love this band dearly. Their sound is reminiscent of all the bands in the the creepy, dark underbelly of the 1970's that produced so much of my favourite music, only their sound is a little more aggressive, crunchier. I saw them live the other night, and it blew my head off. (They upstaged Mogwai hardcore, in my opinion.)



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Balkan Beat Box - Self-Titled (2005)

This exceptional duo is one of the guys who used to be in Gogol Bordello and a DJ. It's kind of like Gogol Bordello in that it's fun and East European, but this is a fabulous dance record like no other, oh boy.



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This Will Destroy You discography.

This Texas band is in the vein of really pretty post-rock, just not the jugular. I can't wait to see them Friday night!


Self-titled (2008)


Young Mountain EP (2006)

M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us (2005)

This is my favourite M83 album partly because it sounds just like the cover looks. It's clear and crisp while still being challenging and complex. Definitely night-time music.



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New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998)

Gregg Alexander, the man behind New Radicals, is a reclusive genius who never played live shows or did interviews even though he got a bunch of musicians together and put out this absolutely immaculate record. This was one of my favourite albums of the nineties, and I'm posting it so everyone can have access.



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Ass - My Get Up And Go Just Got Up And Went (2007)

This is one Swedish guy playing some instruments, mostly an acoustic guitar, and creating some really cool moods and aural landscapes in the process. It's similar to early Kaki King, I'd say.



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Astrud Gilberto - With Turrentine (1973)

This is wholly beautiful. If you don't know Astrud, she was a Brazillian bossa nova singer who did a lot of work with other artists. This recording is with Stanley Turrentine.



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Julie Ruin - Self-Titled (1998)

This is what Kathleen Hanna was doing in between the breakup of Bikini Kill and the start-up of Le Tigre, which, in fact, was initially formed as a backup band for Julie Ruin. Written and recorded in her apartment with some samplers and a broken drum machine, this record is definitely of the DIY mixtape variety; however, what it lacks in production value it more than makes up for in articulate, intelligent lyrics spanning topics from police brutality to the widespread-vapidity in the punk scene. It's one of my favourite albums evar because it's so genuine and smart; it has all the crunchy, self-responsible makings of the good punk records for which Kathleen was responsible in her Bikini Kill days, but it's much more pointed, more mature.



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Two Talking Heads albums.

I love Talking Heads, and you should too. Posted here are my favourite of their studio albums as well as their live album, which is superb, oh man.



Speaking In Tongues (1983)



Stop Making Sense: Live (1984)
1. Psycho Killer
2. Swamp
3. Slippery People
4. Burning Down the House
5. Girlfriend Is Better
6. Once in a Lifetime
7. What A Day That Was
8. Life During Wartime
9. Take Me To The River