Jentri Colello - Bird of Prey (2008)

This is actually an earlier release from the group Flatbear that I posted earlier. They recorded this a year before Flying Days under the name of the singer, back when the rest of the group was just her backup band. That Flatbear album has grown to become my favorite album of '09, so I finally gave up my quest of finding this EP online and bought it through iTunes. It was worth it. If you even remotely liked Flying Days, you will like Bird of Prey. If you like Land of Talk (as I know nearly all of the posters on here do now), you will like Bird of Prey.

Guaranteed or your money back.

Various Artists - Numbers (2010)

I made a playlist of songs involving numbers. After hearing The Slip's "Seventy-Four" followed immediately by The Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four" on shuffle, I knew this was no coincidence. Someone or something was trying to tell me something. I interpreted it to be a playlist about numbers. The meaning behind it may never be known, but hey, numbers!

Can ya dig it?

A Troop of Echoes - Days in Automation (2010)

With only one album release to their name, this Providence, Rhode Island post-rock group manages to set themselves apart from the crowd with the inclusion of some jazzy saxophone. And let me tell you, it works. So much so that I went ahead and bought their album off their Bandcamp page just so I could share it with you guys. Unfortunately, the whole thing in FLAC was too big for Mediafire which means you're stuck with it in 320 kpbs. So nyeh.

STOP ALL DA DOWNLOADAN

MUTEMATH - Armistice Live (2010)

Okay, so I know Mute Math aren't exactly indie/unknown. So don't go yelling at me for posting a band that you've all heard of. I just figured I'd share the wonderful live album that they just released today for everyone to enjoy. If you haven't heard of Mute Math, well, download this and see for yourself. They're one of my favorite modern bands, so if that means anything to you, just download this.

And yeah, I know we've had four bands in the past three days. If that's a problem, you're at the wrong site.

HERE. You're welcome.

Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (2008)

Grouper is ambient/noise project of Portland native Liz Harris. And this is my favorite record in general. I couldn't be happier to be giving it to you right now in the thick of my favorite season. It's a good winter album too. I showed it to one of my old boyfriends from high school the other day and he said it was cheesy. IT IS NOT CHEESY. It's really layered and deep, and it might not hit you the first listen. But lemme tell you, one of these days you're going to be trudging through Midwest snow and wish you were listening to Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping (track 2) on repeat. It's also perfect sleepy or study music. It's just pretty, meditative, drone-y, dreamy, reverb-drenched sweet singing layered over minimalist strummed guitar and Wurlitzer keyboard. Try it out.

LET THIS GROW ON YOU-- IT MIGHT TAKE TIME

Marnie Stern - Self-Titled (2010)

Hi, my name is Jana. Peter invited me. I'm not way eloquent, but I get music. You can find me on tumblr, last.fm, and twitter if you want (I love the net.) Glad to be your 'token girl'.

For my first post, I am treating you with Marnie Stern's self-titled, just released this last week. It's exploding my brain. Stern, known for her supaa technical guitar shredding, gets vulnerable. It's a genre all its own too-- experimental, math rock, girl garage, noisy dance pop music. Also, her drummer Zach Hill tears it up. Recommended tracks are the opener For Ash, apparently about the death of an ex (shit gets heavy), and my personal favorite Transparency is the New Mystery.

OKAY SO DL HERE.

Deal's Gone Bad - Guide to Boat Drinks and Cruise Cocktails (2002)

I keep coming back to this one...

-Kevin (Tiyaiv)