Jeff Mangum-Live At Jittery Joe's-2001

Live at Jittery Joe's was an album released in 2001 by Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to battle the high prices of bootlegs oneBay. It was recorded by filmmaker Lance Bangs at the Athens, GA based venue Jittery Joe's on March 7, 1997 during a live solo performance featuring only Jeff. Jeff had not prepared a setlist, so some of the songs were chosen by the audience. Most of the songs included on this album had studio versions on the earlier Neutral Milk Hotel releases except "I Will Bury You in Time" (which appears on several live bootlegs) and the cover of Phil Spector's "I Love How You Love Me." It is worth noting that the version of "Two Headed Boy part 2" is different from the version that appears on In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, as this performance occurred before the release of of that album.

This is perfection. I like that there's a crying baby in the audience that you can hear on some songs.

Gauntlet Hair-I Was Thinking... 7"-2010

Andy R. and Craig Nice have been making music together since they were fifteen years old and are currently working on a new album. For now we will have to get by with the smooth sounds of their ambient two-piece rock shizz they have going on. The Denver based duo recently came out with a 7" with two of their best songs on it, but the file linked at the bottom includes a third song called "All Eyes" that is really good.

Here is the video for their song, and my personal favorite, "I Was Thinking..."

Reverby vocals is the new auto-tune...

Dinowalrus-%-2010

Fuzz pop and noise rock. Is it really "musical"? Brooklyn's Dinowalrus answers with a resounding MAYBE. Included with this album is a video for their single "Bead" which can be viewed below.

This album is has the danks/dankz/danx.

Eero Johannes-Eero Johannes-2008

Eero Johannes is an electronic music artist from Finland. He released his self-titled LP over two years ago, but I only just recently downloaded it myself. It was recommended to me as a good example of the musical genre Skweee which is supposed to be some kind of "cousin" to dubstep. And if you have spent any amount of time on Dats My Shit, you know how we feel about dubstep.

Skweee is a musical style, with origin in Nordic countries Sweden and Finland. Skweee combines simple synth leads and basslines with funk, r'n'b or soul-like rhythms, overall rendering a stripped-down funky sound. The tracks are mostly entirely instrumental, though there are exceptions... The name refers to the use of vintage synthesizers in the production process, where the aim is to "squeeze out" the most interesting sounds possible... Producers such as Rusko, Gemmy, Joker, Zomby, Rustie, Jamie Vex'd among others, have given their take on the sound resulting in several interesting releases on the boundary between skweee and dubstep.

Skweee FTW!!

I think this shit is hawt.

Aziz / Leave Me Aziz / 2010

Aziz is a fresh face in the rap scene. This is the second mixtape he has released, the first one being "Point of You" released early in the Summer of 2010. His music video for the song "Power of Attention" garnered this young emcee some well deserved attention on the interwebs last Summer. He has mad flow.

Notice the headphones he is wearing on the album cover. Represent.

Starfucker - REPTILIANS

TYPICAL

This time Starfucker has gone into the stars for a heady-electronic "dreamtime". Strategically paced album with rhythm like a black man. That same fucking dude talks during the album, but he tells you some seriously crucial information. Prepare to dance to this man talking you through the grooves.

let the lava flow

The Decemberists-The King Is Dead-2011

This is the latest from one of my favorite bands, The Decemberists, and it's not supposed to come out for a couple weeks still, I think. Anyway it's got a lot more alt-country and folksy influence than their other work so if you aren't into that move along. However, while it might not be the best representation of what The Decemberists are, it is still a great album.

Chexxx it out b4 the big bad DMCA comes after me!

shit mang... the dmca got me. they even took down the album artwork. jerks.

pssssssssssssssssssssssssssst.

strike three... go find it somewhere else i guess