Fell Voices - s/t LP

New Black Metal from Santa Cruz. Sounds like they're playing 30 yards away from you through a fog bank, atop a cliff overlooking the ocean.
http://www.mediafire.com/?hzzvam5zgly

Dillard & Clark - both LPs

Gene Clark of the Byrds and Doug Dillard of The Dillards came together to produce two brilliant LPs before going their separate ways. I greatly prefer 1968's "The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark" to 1969's "Through The Morning, Through The Night", but the latter is by no means lacking in great material. The backing band had 3 members of The Flying Burrito Brothers, which should give you some idea of what you're getting into. Of the early L.A. country rock stuff that I've heard (and I am by no means an expert), this is my favorite. Songs like "Out On the Side" and "The Radio Song" kill me every time.
http://www.mediafire.com/?zjgtz0oy3iu

Harry Pussy - You'll Never Play This Town Again

Fuck music, destroy everything in sight.
http://www.mediafire.com/?mqktjwnujun

Winfred E Eye - Glasses EP

Kind of an odd little EP here. Members of Evergreen and Cars Get Crushed play two sad, lilting country-tinged originals and... a Randy Newman cover? Yeah. It works for me.
http://www.mediafire.com/?rtjzqzttmxm

Aeternus - ...And So the Night Became

Of all the Black Metal bands that came out of Norway in the '90s, I think Aeternus is the most underrated. In fact in over 10 years of jocking this band furiously, I cannot remember offhand anybody ever saying "Yeah, I've listened to that them!'. Aeternus does a lot of things and does them all well. There are distinct elements of black metal, death metal, doom, viking metal and folk music. Right now you're probably thinking "Dude, almost every band ever has claimed to mix a million styles, and they're all either lying or terrible". This is true. But all those bands weren't Aeternus. I can't think of a single band that really sounds like this. The drums are punishing, the vocals are commanding and fucking IMMENSE, and the writing displays a keenly developed sense of structure as well as an eloquent, mournful melodic slant. The only knock on it is the muddy Greighallen production that was par-for-the-course at this point. ...And So the Night Became in it's entirety is majestic and monolithic, and feels like a mere fraction of it's hour-long runtime.
http://www.mediafire.com/?mmztwwiixtt

Wasteland - Discography

A hardcore band from western Mass. They had a 7" on the excellent Clean Plate Records, 2 tracks on the "Live at Dead Air" comp 11" and a final LP that was never released. Somebody was kind enough to send me those songs and now I pass them along to you. The earlier material has elements of crust with a good dose of melody, whereas the later stuff begins to lean a little more in a Cursed direction.
http://www.mediafire.com/?tkh22y035mw

Repercussions - 11 Songs EP

Vicious hardcore featuring the guitarist from Deathreat and the vocalist from Cold Sweat. They tear through 11 songs in 12 minutes. The insert urges you to "PLAY FUCKING LOUD" because it is "NOT FUCKING BACKGROUND MUSIC".
http://www.mediafire.com/?jwm3thmwhnn

Grow Weaker - Demo

An excellent new hardcore band from Poland. I get Born Against vibes along with Gravity Records type stuff and maybe even a little Hiretsukan. These folks are definitely on their own trip though.
http://www.mediafire.com/?m4xyjt0jjgt

Krzysztof Penderecki - Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima for 52 strings

Well, this isn't really hyper-obscure nerd fare. This is a piece that has garnered renown from it's public debut in 1960. It showed up in The Shining, and I think in Children of Men as well. But if you haven't heard it, get ready to be knocked on your seat. That's the effect that it has on most. Descriptions seem to fail most here. Dissonant clusters of sound, ominous walls and poignant cries, every string played in every possible manner at the same time.
http://www.mediafire.com/?zjja5nj2tlt

Earthless - Sonic Prayer Jam 10"

If there is one thing that Earthless is good at, that thing is Rocking. And if there is one thing that documents that Rocking (capital-R) in its most energetic form, it may be this live 10" that Gravity put out after their stellar "Sonic Prayer" debut. Shredding space jams for life.
http://www.mediafire.com/?zjwjh1zne3i

The Immortal Lee County Killers - Love Is a Charm of Powerful Trouble

This is my first addition to this adventure despite having talked about contributing for awhile. I figured for a first post i'd go with a standby of mine. The Immortal Lee County Killers were a trashy punk/blues/rock & roll band that at once is fairly out of control but still manages to be accessible. A good gateway to the disgusting blown out nonsense that I will probably post in the future. Comparable to the Bellrays, Oblivians, and Black Diamond Heavies.

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http://www.mediafire.com/?zmm5xmgj3kl

Gregg Kowalsky - Tape Chants Arroyo

Before his "Tape Chants" Record on Kranky, Gregg Kowalsky released a couple of short precursors and this is one of them. I saw him do the "Tape Chants" thing live, and the concept was that he put various tape players around the hall and then wandered through the audience starting, stopping and adjusting them. Hence, the way you experienced the music was dependent on where you chose to sat. It came off great as far as I'm concerned. Obviously that concept isn't going to translate directly into a stereo release, but we still get a very worthwhile brief, warm noise/drone suite that fuzzes and bubbles its way through.
http://www.mediafire.com/?n0tftzurzdn

Dolcim - Guillotine Ride

This LP came out on React With Protest some months ago to little or no fanfare, but I like it a lot. Dolcim has a couple of ex - Cease Upon the Capitol guys and continues where that band left off; driving drums, effect-laden guitars, really solid hardcore in the June Paik / early Envy vein. Shame about the silly song titles, but whatever...
http://www.mediafire.com/?ktzkzktmit5

The Flower-Corsano Duo - The Chocolate Cities

This one is just killing me right now. Mick Flower plays an electrified "Japan Banjo" while Corsano destroys the kit. This is a tour-CDR of studio-quality out-of-this-world live recordings. Or, as some other random dude on the internet said: "Wailing psychedelic tangled droning and plucking is set against pounding unpredictable percussion - it's as if Hendrix picked up and left for India, bag of narcotics in tow and then bumped into Elvin Jones before recording a night-long improv session." The thing that grabs me about this is the sheer joy of it all. This is the sound of two people finding total elation. Fire erupts, sunlight bursts, drones approach from the east, everything melts away for 40 minutes.
http://www.mediafire.com/?mgnmwreyyzm

Hooton 3 Car - By Means of Maybe

Hooton 3 Car were around in the U.K from 1994-98 playing a really hooky Samiam / Pegboy / Small Brown Bike kind of deal. They seem to have been all but forgotten. By Means of Maybe is their 3rd and final LP and it's where they really hit their stride. I'm really really picky about this kind of stuff but this has been spinning constantly for a few days now.
http://www.mediafire.com/?jgjwmzj5yym