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
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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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Death Cab for Cutie Discography

Genre: Indie
About: Originally the sole project of Ben Gibbard, the group's name was taken from a song performed by the Bonzo Dog Band in the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour film. Gibbard expanded the band after the success of the first demo into a four piece outfit. Gibbard's poetic lyrics and straightforward songwriting paint vast images in your mind's eye. Simple but beautiful lyrics include "Drinking champagne from a paper cup is never quite the same" from Champagne from a Paper Cup. The songs are played with a passion and you can feel it. The songs often tell a story, albeit melancholy and heartbreaking at times, that's easily related to by the average human being.
Sounds Like: The Postal Service, The Shins, The Decemberists, Bright Eyes
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You Can Play These Songs with Chords Demo (1997)

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Something About Airplanes (1998)

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We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes (2000)

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The Forbidden Love EP (2000)

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The Photo Album (2001)

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The Stability EP (2002)

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Transatlanticism (2003)

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Studio X Sessions EP (2004)

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The John Byrd EP (2005)

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Plans (2005)

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Narrow Stairs (2008)

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The Open Door EP (2009)

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Jesu Discography

Genre: Post-Metal, Shoegaze, Drone, Ambient
About: Justin Broadrick (of former Godflesh, Napalm Death, Final, and Techno Animal fame) claims that Jesu are not any of the genre's listed above, and that they make what he considers to be coherent and structured pop songs. By no means is any Jesu song a "pop" song, as every song is a different venture through the deep realms of drone and spacious metal. You can definitely hear all of Broadrick's various influences as each album defies many rules of the genre. Though they have not received much reception in the mainstream or underground universes, Jesu are a hidden gem that create incredible drone jams and metal epics.
Sounds Like: Godflesh, Isis, Pelican, Neurosis, Sunn O)))
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Heart Ache (2004)

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Jesu (2005)

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Silver (2006)

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Conqueror (2007)

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Sun Down/Sun Rise (2007)

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Pale Sketches (2007)

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Lifeline (2007)

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Why Are We Not Perfect? (2008)

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Infinity (2009)

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Opiate Sun (2009)

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