TOE - Mostly Complete Discography

This band is pretty much everything I love about mathy, twinkly, (mostly) instrumental music. Intricate guitar lines that complement each other very well, not overly complicated but awesome bass lines, and my personal favorite, amazingly tight, accurate drumming. If you like the Mirror upload I posted, then you'll love this. This is their whole discography minus two songs or so. It contains their two EPs, one LP, and a remix cd which has the track from a split with Pele. It's a big download so be patient and enjoy. :]
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Contents:
The Book About My Idle Plot On A Vague Anxiety (Full Length)
New Sentimentality (EP)
Songs, Ideas We Forgot (EP)
Re:designed (remix ep)

My Heart to Joy: New Tracks from Upcoming Full Length "Seasons in Verse"

This band is GREAT. I can't remember visiting a band's myspace so much just to hear their tunes. They get a lot of Small Brown Bike comparisons but check them out for yourself. These are 4 preview tracks are from their full length "Seasons in Verse" that they are giving out for free. You can also download all of their older demos and 7"s for free from their myspace. The album (CD & vinyl) hits April 10th and I can't wait for it. Expect this band to blow up majorly this year.



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Dave Davison (Maps and Atlases)

Noumenom: The Megalodon vs. The Blue Whale (Concept Albums Are Fucking Stupid) Demo

This band first caught my attention when they rolled into town pulling a trailer with "MYSPACE.COM/ALIENANTFARM" witten in duct tape on the side. Best. Idea. Ever. If that isn't a damned good indication that these guys are going to rule, then I don't know what is. All preconceptions were confirmed when they began their blistering set. This band RULES. Cramming as many noodles and mathy riffs into 3 minute bursts, Noumenom put on an amazing live show. Think of an instrumental and less wacky Them, Roaring Twenties (see earlier post). This is a 2 song demo that they had when I saw them last summer. Their myspace says they have a split coming out soon with the band Rooftops.

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Pennines - Demo

This UK band mixes Algernon Cadwallader noodly-ness with Minus The Bear's more dancey style of beats and rhythms. Shit is catchy as hell! This demo only has 2 songs, although their myspace page has a couple new songs that aren't included that are all really good too. Check it out!


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Owen - Discography(?)

So I'm uploading my entire Owen folder for my friend and figured I'd post it here since he, more or less, is the master of twinkles. You all know who this is and if you don't, WHY YOU COMING TO THIS BLOG THEN. I had to break this into 3 parts because of Mediafire's 100mb upload rule. I put *s next to the albums so you know which are in which upload. * means upload 1, ** upload 2, *** upload 3.
This upload includes:
track from Association of Utopian Hologram Swallowers *
At Home With Owen *
Daytrotter Sessions *
Demos *
(the ep) *
i do perceive. + bonus track **
Live Cover of "Alison" by Elvis Costello **
No Good For No One Now ***
track from Polyvinyl 2005 sampler **
Split with The Rutabega **
Self-Titled ***
Split with The City On Film **

If you have anything else that I don't have, let me know!
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Buy here. - Polyvinyl just released all his previously unreleased albums on vinyl, including the American Football EP...so get those!

Farady: Slow the Surroundings

Farady was a short-lived band from the DC-area that I had the fortunate opportunity to play with and get to know. They fizzled out just after finishing the recording of this never released EP. One of their members went on to play drums for the Suicide Squeeze band, Metal Hearts for a bit. Their sound is very much like "We Have the Facts" era Death Cab with lots of weaving guitar lines. The best part about this band for me though are the bass lines. Extremely unique and always complementing the guitar parts very well. Check them out.

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The Butternut Quartet - Self/Titled

This will probably be the most obscure band I will post. Virtually unknown unless you were in the Savannah, GA area in the late 90's/early 00's. They all met at Savannah College of Art and Design and went through many changes before becoming the band they ended up as. Taking a lot of influences from bands like No Knife and Mock Orange, jazzed it up a little, and mixed it with a ton of other influences. As you'll be able to tell, their influences were definitely from all over the place. Some songs instrumental, some have vocals. Sorry I don't have the song names, I think I got a burned copy of this in 2001.
THE JAMS: song 4, 6, 8, 10-12.
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Hightide Hotel: Porch Luck EP

Hightide Hotel is a band made up of members of Street Smart Cyclist, Hollows, and Western Survival. Their frantic tempos and fill heavy drum beats remind me a lot SSC. They also have some pretty cool quasi-youthcrew, sing along parts which makes me think seeing this band would be a pretty stellar time. The EP itself is a little shakey at times. The drum parts can sometimes miss a hit here and there, and the EP on a whole could use a proper mixing job (vocals too prominent), but it is a great start for a new band. And plus, who can complain when they offer it for free on their myspace? They have a split 7" coming out with By Surprise coming out soon. Looking forward to hearing what these dudes come up with next!

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Them, Roaring Twenties: Future Sandwich

Holy crap this band...I played with them at a house show maybe a year or so ago and was completely blown away. You can watch a large chunk of their set from that show here. Think fast, mathy noodles mixed with Baltimore-ish hyper neon craziness. I'm not sure how active they are now, but I'd gladly bring this Chicago band back east anytime.

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