Ricky Eat Acid - like i was floating

Genre: Ambient, Glo-fi
Year: 2003
About: Now I'm not too familiar with this "glo-fi" non-sense but this sound is perfect.
Sounds Like: Warm Waves, guerre, Sea Oleena, Teenage Reverb
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Nadja - Touched

Genre: Doom Metal, Drone, Ambient
Year: 2003
About: Heavy yet beautiful, you can lose your mind in such a distorted wonderland.
Sounds Like: Methadrone, GREYMACHINE, Jesu
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Flying Lotus - Studio Discography & Pattern+Grid World

Genre: Electronic
About: "Being the great-nephew of Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane's wife, Ellison comes from a musical heritage about which he says: “My greatest influences are my family, I’m lucky to have been around so many accomplished musicians.” When discussing the sources of his imagination and inspiration, he explains that : “I see these tracks as little short films that play in my head… I have this beautiful lemon tree in my backyard, and on a sunny day the light shines through. Little things like that inspire me"
Sounds Like: Teebs, Ras G, Hudson Mohawke
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1983 (2006)

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Los Angeles (2008)

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Cosmogramma (May 3rd, 2010)

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Pattern+Grid World (September 20th, 2010)

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The Sexy Sluts - Straight Outta Djibouti

Genre: Indie
Year: 2009
About: Not too much is known about these guys, I only heard them because my friend got this album in an unrelated torrent and put it on his music player, then gave that music player to his other friend who came over to my abode and let me have it. Very comical lyrics, the music ain't that shabby either!
Sounds Like: Girls, Ween (??????????????)
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Cough - Sigillum Luciferi

Genre: Doom Metal, Stoner/Sludge
Year: 2008
About: Mindblowing vocals over the heaviest riffs make Sigillum Luciferi one of the greatest Doom releases I've heard in a while. So heavy, so slow, so perfect.
Sounds Like: Zoroaster, Ramesses, Fistula, Coffinworm
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Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo

Genre: Indie
Year: 2010
About: Amazing record here, a little something for everyone i suppose. Heavily influenced by Shins-styled indie, the songs are as melodic as they are heartbreaking.
Sounds Like: The Shins, Wild Nothing, Beach Fossils, Here We Go Magic, Twin Sister
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Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains

Genre: Indie
Year: 2009
About: Finely tuned independent wok'n'woll here. Independently released too WOOOOOOA!
Sounds Like: Titus Andronicus, No Age, Fang Island, Bear in Heaven, Male Bonding
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Yo La Tengo Discography

Genre: Indie, Noise/Dream Pop, Experimental
About: Simply one of the greatest bands ever. They have an unmatched sound and are consistent with releasing amazing albums from the 80's to present time. Truly beautiful music through and through, honestly one can not have a say in what Indie rock is til they've experienced the Tengo.
Sounds Like: Pavement, Silver Jews, Sonic Youth, Galaxie 500, Guided By Voices
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Ride the Tiger (1986)

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New Wave Hot Dog (1987)

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President Yo La Tengo (1989)

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Fakebook (1990)

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May I Sing With Me (1992)

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Painful (1993)

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Electr-O-Pura (1995)

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I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)

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And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)

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Nuclear War (2002)

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The Sounds of the Sounds of Science (2002)

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Today is the Day EP (2003)

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Summer Sun (2003)

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I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (2006)

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Popular Songs (2009)

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Isis - Oceanic & Panopticon

Genre: Post-Metal, Doom Metal
Year: 2002/2004
About: Incredible. If you're still breathing after you listen to either albums, somethings wrong.
Sounds Like: Cult of Luna, Neurosis, Pelican, Red Sparowes, Mouth of the Architect
Experience Oceanic
Experience Panopticon

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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Experience (Disc 2)

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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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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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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