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"Cloudbusting (Organon Mix)"
Kate Bush

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Lulu
Lou Reed & Metallica (2011)

Read the lyrics from the album here
Download it here

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Bad As Me
Tom Waits (2011)

 

01  Chicago

02  Raised Right Men

03  Talking At the Same Time

04  Get Lost

05  Face to the Highway

06  Pay Me

07  Back In the Crowd

08  Bad As Me

09  Kiss Me

10  Satisfied

11  Last Leaf

12  Hell Broke Luce

13  New Year’s Eve

Download it here

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Replica
Oneohtrix Point Never (2011)

01 Andro
02 Sleep Dealer
03 Power of Persuasion
04 Remember
05 Replica
06 Nassau
07 Submersible
08 Up
09 Child Soldier
10 Explain

Download it here


Watch the video for "Replica" below

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Trust Now
Prince Rama (2011)

01 Rest in Peace

02 Summer of Love

03 Trust

04 Portaling

05 Incarnation

06 Golden Silence

Download it here 

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Here's our second listen from Oneohtrix Point Never's new album Replica: its title track

Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica by Mexican Summer

Another fantastic single this week, following yesterday's release of Kate Bush's "Wild Man"
You can read more about Replica and OPN by clicking the tags on this post
Enjoy

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The freshly-premiered single "Wild Man," from Kate Bush's forthcoming 10th album, 50 Words for Snow!

The full song is available to stream here
And the radio edit here:

 

The single is on sale at iTunes today in Europe and tomorrow in the US

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One Pig
Matthew Herbert (2011)

01 August 2009
02 September
03 October
04 November
05 December
06 January
07 February
08 August 2010
09May 2011

Download it here


More on this fascinating album...
In an interview with Matthew Herbert here
His making-of blog here (interesting posts here and here)
The drum made from the pig's skin here

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Hello friends,

I have set up a Dropbox for storing and sharing albums.
If you use Dropbox, you can send me a special message requesting an invitation to the 'Alien milk' folder- I'll set you up as soon as I can.

To start, I've uploaded each of my favorite 2011 albums (so far)...

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Last night I saw Portishead play their first NYC show in over a decade at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Needless to say, it was incredible. One of the best bands working... and that Beth Gibbons, she is a christ

Photos via Brooklyn Vegan

 

Silence

Hunter
Mysterons
The Rip
Sour Times
Magic Doors
Wandering Star
Machine Gun
Over
Glory Box
Chase the Tear
Cowboys
Threads

Roads
We Carry On