Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Blank Generation

Genre: Punk
Year: 1977
About: This album is essential to the early punk scene. Hailing from New York's infamous CBGB's, Richard Hell epitomizes the punk spirit at its most important time. Jazz and funk were shown to be compatible with the punk aesthetic. He shows that "punk" is also passion and poetry. Hell's lyrics echo the voice of a generation, a "Blank Generation," of ostracized youth.
Sounds Like: Television, Johnny Thunders, Dead Boys, The Neon Boys
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Boredoms - Pop Tatari

Genre: Noise, Experimental
Year: 1992
About: This might just be one of the most adventurous albums i've ever heard, and that's saying something for this Japanese group. It has a punk energy to it. I warn you that this is a thoughtfully written, delightfully disgusting mass of chaos that I can totally dig. If you're looking for something new to add to your mix, maybe with a few wild shrieks thrown in, try this out. This one's a trip; a maniacal trip through your conciousness.
Sounds Like: OOIOO, Melt-Banana, Ruins, Afrirampo
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King Geedorah - Take Me to Your Leader

Genre: Rap
Year: 2003
About: One of MF Doom's many side projects, this one being based off the Godzilla monster King Ghidorah. Some sick rhymes to be heard. "You should listen to the album for what it is and not expect it to be like the average "rap" stuff you’re probably used to. Geedorah is a space monster. He's not from the Earth. I made it different on purpose. A blend of ill lyrics and instrumentals. To me its way iller than any of the wack shit out now... This whole album is Geedorah's alien perspective on humans. This is done intentionally to show the listener a mirror image of his/herself and the way we see each other. On the album we cover different subjects ranging from race issues to the neglect of children. Some might find the word "Nigger" offensive, or the line about the young girl not being able to read maybe considered a "bad taste" joke. All these insecurities are within us."
Sounds Like: Madvillain, DANGERDOOM, MF Doom, Cannibal Ox
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A Place to Bury Strangers - A Place to Bury Strangers

Genre: Shoegaze, Indie
Year: 2007
About: Some noisy, angsty shoegaze. Within the heavy distortion are some pretty melodies though, and Oliver Ackermann's vocals scream unfulfilled teenage lust.
Sounds Like: My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain, HEALTH
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William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops

Genre: Ambient
About: Some of the most beautiful music that has ever graced my ears, all composed using cassettes so old that the tape itself has disintegrated off the roll, turning whatever it was before into an elegant and gorgeous ambient drone. There are four albums based off this concept, and all are equally as good and beautiful. If you have any interest in ambient music, these four albums will quench your emotional thirst.
Sounds Like: Stars of the Lid, Tim Hecker, Fennesz, Windy & Carl
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The Disintegration Loops (2001)

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The Disintegration Loops II (2003)

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The Disintegration Loops III (2003)

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The Disintegration Loops IV (2003)

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Stars of the Lid Discography

Genre: Ambient, Drone
About: "Stars of the Lid is a duo specializing in drone-based ambient music. They list among their influences minimalist and electronic composers such as Arvo Pärt, Zbigniew Preisner, Gavin Bryars, and Henryk Gorecki, as well as Talk Talk (both bands have tracks named "Taphead"), post-rock artists Labradford, and ambient innovator Brian Eno. Their songs are largely beatless soundscapes, composed of droning, effects-treated guitars along with piano, strings, and horns; volume swells and feedback fill the gap of rhythmic instruments, providing dynamic movement within the songs. Their sound has been described as "divine, classical drone without the tedious intrusion of drums or vocals"."
Sounds Like: The Dead Texan, Brian McBride, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Oren Ambarchi, Aix Em Klemm
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Music for Nitrous Oxide (1995)

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Gravitational Pull vs. The Desire for an Aquatic Life (1996)

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The Ballasted Orchestra (1997)

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Per Aspera Ad Astra (1998)

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Avec Laudenum (1999)

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The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001)

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And Their Refinement of the Decline (2007)

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Carte-de-Visite (2007)

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Ducktails - Landscapes

Genre: Psychedelic, Lo-fi
Year: 2009
About: Awesome summery lo-fi tunes to put a smile on your face.
Sounds Like: Universal Studios Florida, Sun Araw, Wet Hair, James Ferraro
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Dream Boat - Fevers

Genre: Witch House, Electronic
Year: 2010
About: "There's a fire in my brain. The smoke rolls out my eyes."
Sounds Like: Modern Witch, Young Cream, Salem, Balam Acab
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Master Musicians of Bukkake - Totem Two

Genre: Psychedelic
Year: 2010
About: 2nd in the trilogy, anxiously awaiting the finale to this amazing oriental psych series!
Sounds Like: Sun City Girls, Barn Owl, Om
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Master Musicians of Bukkake - Totem One

Genre: Psychedelic
Year: 2009
About: First of the trilogy, brace yourself... heavily psychedelic gonna overflow your mind.
Sounds Like: Sun City Girls, Barn Owl, Om
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Universal Studios Florida - Ocean Sunbirds

Genre: Psychedelic, Indie
Year: 2010
About: Lush tropical psychedelia. Perfect for nature walks and meditation, or to warm up in the oncoming winter.
Sounds Like: Ducktails, High Wolf, Many Mansions, Sun Araw
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Balam Acab - See Birds

Genre: Witch House, Dubstep, Electronic
Year: 2010
About: Incredible debut EP from this promising new Witch House artist. Has all the dark ethereal waves that are associated with Witch House while incorporating spacey Dubstep bass with beautiful vocal samples and chiptune melodies. I expect many great things from Balam Acab in the future.
Sounds Like: Salem, White Ring, oOoOO, Modern Witch
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Real Estate - Real Estate

Genre: Psychedelic, Indie
Year: 2009
About: Great indie jams with strong psychedelic flavor. That dude from Ducktails? His band.
Sounds Like: Ducktails, Beack Fossils, Woods, Smith Westerns, Surfer Blood
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Loscil - First Narrows

Genre: Ambient, Electronic
Year: 2004
About: "First Narrows is the third Loscil album and the first in which Scott Morgan uses real instruments and input from other musicians. Using sound sources that ranged from sampled instruments to miscellaneous lo-fi mini-cassette recordings, Morgan generated music on computer by custom programming sequencing and processing designed so that no two performances of the patches would be exactly the same. In turn, Jason Zumpano on fender rhodes piano, Tim Loewen on guitar and Nyla Rany on cello improvised over those electronic sequences. Morgan then edited and mixed the live and premixed sections together."
Sounds Like: Oren Ambarchi, Stars of the Lid, Aix Em Klemm, Neptune Towers
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Do Make Say Think Partial Discography

Genre: Post Rock
About: In this guy's opinion, one of the most creative and influential bands in the post rock genre. "Do Make Say Think is a Canadian instrumental post-rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Their music combines jazz style drums, distorted guitars and wind instruments as well as a prominent use of the bass guitar."
Sounds Like: Fly Pan Am, Tortoise, A Silver Mt. Zion, Valley of the Giants, Set Fire to Flames
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Do Make Say Think (1998)

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Goodbye Enemy Airship, the Landlord is Dead (2000)

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& Yet & Yet (2002)

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You, You're a History in Rust (2007)

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Other Truths (2009)

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Tunturia - Maps

Genre: Post Rock
Year: 2007
About: Lush soundscapes and distorted guitars fill Maps with a gritty and fluorescent feel, yet has plenty of brilliant melodies to compliment this. One of my favorite Post Rock records, has a very strong emotional drive to each song.
Sounds Like: Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, Do Make Say Think, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Ef, Caspian
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aboombong - asynchronic

Genre: Ambient, Drone, Experimental
Year: 2010
About: This is one of the most experimental ventures to be released this year, and has plenty of interesting sounds and beautiful drones to submit you into an everlasting trance from start to finish. "Toys: field recording, split bamboo marimba, Turkish darbuka, Punjabi ektara, Vietnamese jack fruit danmo, camel bells, elephant bells, goat bells, bone cymbal mallets, Trinidadian tenor steelpan, homemade surdo, piano, 5-string prepared electric guitar, Kawai K3, sequencer, effects, tape-manipulation, drum kit."
Sounds Like: Forest Swords, Sigur Ros (Von-era), Famous Boating Party, Pete Swanson
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Cryptopsy - None So Vile

Genre: Death Metal
Year: 1995
About: Heavy shiiiiiiiiiit. "The album now has a considerable reputation within the death metal genre, many credit it with revitalizing the genre during the mid-90s and adding an unprecedented influence on the technical death metal and brutal death metal subgenres."
Sounds Like: Suffocation, Gorguts, Immolation, Incantation
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Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness

Genre: Shoegaze, Drone
Year: 2008
About: Incredible. Emotional tunes with droning backgrounds and melodic vocals. For the empty people out there, this double album will help you to feel.
Sounds Like: Jesu, A Place to Bury Strangers, School of Seven Bells, No Age, Lovesliescrushing
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Songs of Green Pheasant Discography

Genre: Indie, Psych-folk, Post Rock
About: Simply beautiful, music for the thoughts. "Songs Of Green Pheasant is the work of Duncan Sumpner, a 30-year-old artist / teacher from Oughtibridge in Sheffield. His self-titled debut album was released on FatCat in August 2005, and drew widespread praise, gaining admiration from Devendra Banhart, mum, and Vetiver, and making many people’s lists as an outsider ‘album of the year’. What emerged on that record was something fragile, yet coherent and utterly charming. With a warm cloudy depth, sweet melodies and some gorgeous vocal harmonising, it was a set of simply beautiful, beautifully sung and played songs."
Sounds Like: Talk Talk, Grizzly Bear, Iron & Wine, The Skygreen Leopards
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Songs of Green Pheasant (2005)

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Aerial Days (2006)

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Gyllyng Street (2007)

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FPRF - This is What We Talk About & Inhalation

Genre: Shoegaze
Year: 2010
About: Beautiful Russian shoegaze band, incorporates marvelous soundscapes while pulling you under with noise-ridden shoegaze. These two 2-song singles will force you to want more from this bright new act.
Sounds Like: My Bloody Valentine, Beach House, Wild Nothing
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Deerhunter Discography

Genre: Psychedelic, Indie, Shoegaze

About: "Deerhunter is a band which formed in 2001 in Atlanta, Georgia. The band consists of Bradford Cox (vocals, guitar, piano), Moses Archuleta (drums, synths), Lockett Pundt (guitar, organ, vocals) and Josh Fauver (bass, vocals). The group began with the ambition of fusing the lulling hypnotic states induced by ambient and minimalist music with the klang and propulsion of garage rock. The band has weathered chaotic line-up changes, the death of a member, and much discouragement."
Sounds Like: Atlas Sound, No Age, Women, Wavves, Animal Collective
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Turn it Up Faggot (2005)

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Cryptograms (2007)


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Fluorescent Grey (2007)

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Microcastle (2008)

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Weird Era Cont. (2008)

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Rainwater Cassette Exchange (2009)

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Halcyon Digest (2010)

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