Sage Francis - Human the Death Dance

Holy cow, another leak! I am awesome! I haven't listened to this one yet either. Maybe I'll post something tonight or tomorrow after I listen to it at work. Maybe not. You should all preorder this one, though. You get a bunch of nifty stuff if you do. For anyone who is into this type of stuff, there are some good producers on this album. Ant, Reanimator, Buck 65, Alias, and Odd Nosdam all have tracks on here. No Dangermouse on this one though. Oh well.



1. Growing Pains Intro
2. Underground For Dummies
3. Civil Obedience
4. Good Fashion
5. Got Up This Morning
6. Black Out On White Night
7. Clickety Clack
8. Midgets And Giants
9. Broccilude
10. High Step
11. Keep Moving
12. Water Line
13. Hell Of A Year
14. Call Me Francois
15. Hoofprints In The Sand
16. Going Back To Rehab

Bright Eyes - Cassadaga & Four Winds EP

The new Bright Eyes leaked today. I downloaded it. Then I uploaded it. Now you download it. I don't even know if it's good or not because I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. Also included is the Four Winds EP which has five b-sides that aren't on Cassadaga. The EP is really good, especially the title track. Apparently there's another b-side called "Endless Entertainment" on the official Bright Eyes website, but I can't seem to find it. There's another b-side that will go out to people who pre-order the album called "Susan Miller Rag", but it doesn't seem like that has been leaked yet. If I find either of those, I'll be sure to post them.


Four Winds EP
1. Four Winds
2. Reinvent the Wheel
3. Smoke Without Fire (feat. M. Ward)
4. Stray Dog Freedom (feat. Ben Kweller)
5. Cartoon Blues
6. Tourist Trap


Cassadaga
1. Clairaudients (Kill or Be Killed)
2. Four Winds
3. If the Brakeman Turns My Way
4. Hot Knives
5. Make a Plan to Love Me
6. Soul Singer in a Session Band
7. Classic Cars
8. Middleman
9. Cleanse Song
10. No One Would Riot for Less
11. Coat Check Dream Song
12. I Must Belong Somewhere
13. Lime Tree

Brian Eno - Ambient 1-4

All four Ambient albums from the pioneer of ambient music, Brian Eno. Ambient 1: Music for Airports was indeed made to be played at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Eno took various repeating tape loops and played them at the same time. Because they were all different lengths, with different amounts of silence at the end, the songs evolved on their own over time. Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror was created with fellow ambient musician Harold Budd. Budd would play the piano, experimenting with getting different sounds out of it, while Eno would perform various treatments and effects to the sound as Budd was playing. The entire album is piano-based, with some occasional chimes and synths. Ambient 3: Day of Radiance is by American ambient musician Laraaji, with Eno producing. The first three tracks ("The Dance") are played mostly on a dulcimer, with a few other stringed instruments. The last two ("Meditation") are played on a zither. While Eno is listed as producer, he did a lot of work with treating and manipulating the sounds to the point that they no longer sound like they came from one instrument. He also did a lot of layering of the various parts. Ambient 4: On Land was the last in Eno's Ambient series. It could be considered one of the first dark ambient recordings, though it has some moments that are reminiscent of Ambient 2. Ambient 4 consists of synthesizer notes, long, processed drones, field recordings, and bits of sound left over from the previous Ambient recordings.

So there you go. If you're interested in ambient music, and you haven't heard these, you're really missing out. Not only are they an important chronicle of the birth of ambient music, but they are damn good albums. Each one carries a different mood, and thus, a different purpose. Try listening to them in different places and on different speaker set-ups (normal computer speakers, a nice stereo system with a subwoofer, headphones) if at all possible. There's a lot to be discovered on these recordings.

If these do well, I may upload some of Eno's other ambient albums.


1978 - Ambient 1: Music for Airports
1. 1/1
2. 2/1
3. 1/2
4. 2/2


1980 - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror
1. First Light
2. Steal Away
3. The Plateaux of Mirror
4. Above Chiangmai
5. An Arc of Doves
6. Not Yet Remembered
7. The Chill Air
8. Among Fields of Crystal
9. Wind in Lonely Fences
10. Failing Light


1980 - Ambient 3: Day of Radiance
1. The Dance #1
2. The Dance #2
3. The Dance #3
4. Meditation #1
5. Meditation #2


1982 - Ambient 4: On Land
1. Lizard Point
2. The Lost Day
3. Tal Coat
4. Shadow
5. Lantern Marsh
6. Unfamiliar Wind (Leeks Hills)
7. A Clearing
8. Dunwich Beach, Autumn, 1960

Saul Williams - She

Sad and beautiful spoken word from one of my favorite poets.

Let us pray.

Dear God,
I wasn't breast-fed, and most of my conversations with men seem to revolve around music.

The complete Explosions in the Sky

I just bought the double-disc version of the new Explosions in the Sky last night, so I thought I would upload their whole discography for you. They are one of the best post-rock groups around right now, and they're kind of refreshing because they stick to guitar, bass, and drums with the occasional string or piano part thrown in. They're not wildly experimental like some bands in the genre (Godspeed You! Black Emperor comes to mind), and a lot of their more recent material falls in the 2 to 7 minute range, which should make them more accessible to people who aren't used to listening to super-long instrumental pieces. It may be formulaic, but Explosions in the Sky are exceptional at what they do. They have left me breathless on a few occasions, because of the beauty and power contained on their albums. Enjoy.

The Rescue EP is available on the Explosions in the Sky website so I've just added direct links to the MP3s.

There are three songs on the Friday Night Lights soundtrack that aren't by Explosions in the Sky, but I included them anyway in case people were interested in them. They're also good songs.

They had a track exclusive to a compilation their record label put out, so I just upped that track apart from the rest of the compilation.


2000 (reissued in 2005) - How Strange, Innocence
1. A Song for Our Fathers
2. Snow and Lights
3. Magic Hours
4. Look into the Air
5. Glittering Blackness
6. Time Stops
7. Remember Me as a Time of Day



2001 - Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever
1. Greet Death
2. Yasmin the Light
3. The Moon Is Down
4. Have You Passed Through This Night?
5. A Poor Man's Memory
6. With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept


2002 - Peel Session 1
1. First Breath After Coma
2. The Moon Is Down
3. Memorial


2003 - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
1. First Breath After Coma
2. The Only Moment We Were Alone
3. Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean
4. Memorial
5. Your Hand in Mine


2004 - TRR50: Thank You (Temporary Residence Limited compilation)
6. The Long Spring


2004 - Friday Night Lights Soundtrack
1. From West Texas
2. Your Hand In Mine (With Strings)
3. Our Last Days As Children
4. An Ugly Fact of Life
5. Home
6. Sonho Dourado (by Daniel Lanois)
7. To West Texas
8. Your Hand In Mine (Goodbye)
9. Inside It All Feels The Same
10. Do You Ever Feel Cursed
11. Lonely Train
12. Seagull (by Bad Company)
13. The Sky Above, The Field Below (by Justin Stanley)
14. Slow Dance


2004 - Friday Night Lights Studio Demos
1. Opening
2. Hut 1 Hut 2
3. Coloring Shoes
4. Christmas Dance
5. Losing Games
6. Your Hand
7. Dragging
8. Up
9. Mark Jamming
10. Could You Speed That Up a Little?
11. Chris & Munaf Go to the Circus
12. Train Station


2004 - Peel Session 2
1. The Only Moment We're Alone
2. The Long Spring
3. With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls We Slept


2005 - The Rescue EP (Travels in Constants Vol. 21)
1. Day One
2. Day Two
3. Day Three
4. Day Four
5. Day Five
6. Day Six
7. Day Seven
8. Day Eight


2007 - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone (Limited Edition)
Disc 1
1. The Birth and Death of the Day
2. Welcome, Ghosts
3. It's Natural to Be Afraid
4. What Do You Go Home To?
5. Catastrophe and the Cure
6. So Long, Lonesome

Disc 2
1. The Birth and Death of the Day (Jesu Mix)
2. Welcome, Ghosts (Adem Mix)
3. It's Natural to Be Afraid (The Paper Chase Mix)
4. What Do You Go Home To? (Mountains Mix)
5. Catastrophe and the Cure (Four Tet Mix)
6. So Long, Lonesome (Eluvium Mix)

Tenacious D - HBO Shorts

Here are all six shorts that JB, KG, Lee, Sasquatch, the Devil, and friends did for HBO. If you like their first album or the movie, you should probably watch these. A lot of the ideas used on the album and in the movie have their basis in these shorts. Download broken up into two parts due to hugeness.

Part One:


Part Two: