Under the Radar

it's time to reach the heavens

2010-01-09T20:35:00.000-08:00

Hella - Hold Your Horse Is instrumental math rock
Converge - Axe to Fall one of my top 3 favorite (metal) releases from last year
Bongzilla - Gateway probably my favorite stoner metal release ever

i am a memory burnt onto thin air

2009-05-20T08:09:00.000-07:00

Maudlin of the Well have released a new album of previously-written, but never recorded material.

It was completely fan-sponsored
It can be streamed or downloaded
It's fantastic

http://maudlinofthewell.net/

like the numb birds that failed to make their migration

2009-04-20T17:32:00.000-07:00

Circle of Dead Children - The Genocide Machine
Discordance Axis - Jouhou
The Acacia Strain - 3750

looking for dry land

2008-08-08T11:54:00.000-07:00

I don't like mediafire's new format.
Clouds - We Are Above You, Silencio - Dead Kings, Roy Harper - Stormcock, and Steve Von Till - A Grave Is A Grim Horse:
here

in the nervous light of sunday

2008-07-14T07:55:00.000-07:00

Circle Takes the Square - As the Roots Undo
Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood
Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Heartcore

my ways are strange

2008-07-03T05:41:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the lack of updates.
Moar uploads:
Gentle Giant - self-titled
Lal Waterson/Oliver Knight - Once in a Blue Moon
Foals - Antidote
Betty Davis - Nasty Gal
Yat Kha - Dalai Beldiri

antelopes run free and the sea it returns me

2008-05-30T05:41:00.000-07:00

Dammit. Everytime I say I'm going to update this more often, I forget about it.
Three new ones:
Akron/Family - Love is Simple
freak-folk from Brooklyn

Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears - Flight of the Knife
indie pop like a mix of Sgt Peppers-era Beatles and Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie

Alamaailman Vasarat - Maahan
Jazzy Finnish klezmer

you live to piss on me

2008-04-22T08:44:00.000-07:00

Today is the Day still holds the record for the loudest show I've ever been to. This is their entire discography (minus splits):
Today is the Day - Willpower
Today is the Day - Supernova
Today is the Day - Today is the Day
Today is the Day - LIVE till you DIE
Today is the Day - Temple of the Morning Star
Today is the Day - In the Eyes of God
Today is the Day - Sadness Will Prevail
Today is the Day - Kiss the Pig
Today is the Day - Axis of Eden

i do not know how to live my life

2008-04-03T10:12:00.000-07:00

Goddamn, I forgot how good this band was. I've heard a few of their songs before on Relapse compilations, but I could never find a full CD. They sound a little like Oxbow and a lot like Neurosis.

Give it a listen:
Harvey Milk - Courtesy and Good Will Toward Men [reissue]
Harvey Milk - Special Wishes
Harvey Milk - The Pleaser
Harvey Milk - My Love is Higher than Your Assessment of What My Love Can Be

i never stepped on the cracks 'cause i thought i'd hurt my mother

2008-03-07T05:36:00.000-08:00

Here's some stuff I uploaded for a friend:
Best Fwends - Alphabetically Arranged
Giraffes Giraffes! - More Skin With Milk-Mouth
Jeff Buckley - Grace

Children are small they can work in tunnels

2008-03-01T17:09:00.000-08:00

"last published on Oct 19, 2007" - I had no idea it was this long ago. I've been busy...

Graf Orlock - Destination Time Yesterday
Graf Orlock - Destination Time Tomorrow
Graf Orlock - Corpserate Greed

Cookie Monster is Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds, on an urban scale. He is the Living Death that Walks for Children.

2007-10-19T09:10:00.000-07:00

These articles are surprisingly funny:
The 50 Greatest Muppets(1-25)
The 50 Greatest Muppets(26-50)

take what you've learned and pass it down

2007-09-30T18:45:00.001-07:00

Coalesce - 012: A Revolution in Just Listening
Between the Buried and Me - Self-Titled
Norma Jean - Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child
Swarm of the Lotus - When White Becomes Black

if these hands would only kill

2007-09-23T17:31:00.000-07:00

Shai Hulud - Hearts Once Nourished With Hope and Compassion
Skycamefalling - 10.21
Circle of Dead Children - The Genocide Machine
Frightmare - Midnight Murder Mayhem

autumn will show us the beauty of dying

2007-09-18T18:16:00.000-07:00

I've been going through a bunch of CDs that I received when I was a radio DJ and I realized that there was a bunch (>100) that I didn't have in mp3 form. So, I've decided to pick a bunch of my favorites and post them in the coming weeks. Here are three:

The Minor Times - Making Enemies
Junta - Self-Titled
Harlot - The Woman You Saw Is The Great City That Rules Over The Kings Of The Earth

flow my tears, the policeman said

2007-09-14T18:30:00.001-07:00

Yakuza - Samsara excellent experimental metalcore release from a few years ago
A Scanner Darkly - Self-Titled grindcore based on Philip K. Dick stories
Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth a re-interpretation of blues through jazz (sort of like Miles Davis' Kind of Blue
No Means No - Wrong probably my favorite release of theirs and if you haven't heard them before, this is a good introduction

this is the destination

2007-09-02T17:00:00.000-07:00

Akimbo - City of the Stars sort of Sabbath-y stoner metal + early 90's hardcore
Shamelady - The Winter Days Were Nights sludgy metalcore
The Reigning Toads - Commercial Suicide local instrumental band in the style of The Fucking Champs

notch by notch, hammer by hammer, escape from freedom

2007-08-25T18:27:00.000-07:00

Buried Inside - Chronoclast - Not a concept album, but a thematic one. Every song is about time itself.
Neil Young - On the Beach - This CD makes me want to kill myself
Raise the Red Lantern - Breathe Fire - Chicago-based quartet that sounds like a mix of High on Fire and older Planes Mistaken for Stars

the light outlives the setting sun

2007-08-20T18:44:00.000-07:00

Battles - Mirrored
Lifestory:Monologue - Ballad of the Maida Vale
Galatasaray - Boxing Camp for Blues Oriented Snack Heads
Burst - Origo
Microfilm - Stereodrama

this is life without a life

2007-08-13T18:16:00.000-07:00

Black Cobra - Bestial
Commit Suicide - Synthetics
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out

A time to think back and move on

2007-08-12T18:02:00.000-07:00

Neurosis - A Sun That Never Sets
Dirty Three - Self-Titled
Woburn House - Message to Ourselves Outside the Dreaming Machine

the night seems so long

2007-07-23T16:50:00.000-07:00

Coffinshakers - Dracula Has Risen From the Grave
Ultra Dolphins - Mar

his wife was a spent piece of used jet trash

2007-07-08T16:57:00.000-07:00

Tom Waits - Franks' Wild Years + Unsane - Total Destruction = Oxbow - The Narcotic Story

you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop!

2007-05-17T20:31:00.000-07:00

Go here for shockwave-based ~~fun~~ art: http://www.ertdfgcvb.ch

burned out shell of a working man

2007-05-04T08:21:00.000-07:00

Bongzilla - Gateway
Capricorns - Ruder Forms Survive
Cursed - II
Dysrhythmia - Pretest

I'm not prepared for this

2007-04-30T06:39:00.000-07:00

A few new releases that you should listen to:
Big Business - Here Comes the Waterworks
Grails - Burning Off Impurities
The Locust - New Erections
Pelican - City of Echoes
Neurosis - Given to the Rising

bury them and keep silent

2007-04-27T09:28:00.000-07:00

Burst - Origo
Raise the Red Lantern - Breathe Fire
Technician - Opposition
The Ocean - Aeolian

fuckin' up mothafuckas is my game

2007-04-23T08:12:00.000-07:00

Found a few Cds that I forgot I had:
Dolemite - the Soundtrack
General Patton vs the X-ecutioners

the beautiful moment of song and passion

2007-04-18T07:53:00.000-07:00

Three "Retrospectives":
Brutal Truth - Goodbye Cruel World!
Shai Hulud - A Comprehensive Retrospective: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Release Bad and Useless Recordings
Zao - Legendary

Let’s stay in the frame and let the light in

2007-04-02T06:51:00.000-07:00

Electro-Grind from Vasser: Genghis Tron - Cloak of Love
Lounge Music from Boston:27 - Animal Life
Grindcore from Dave Witte:Human Remains - Where Were You When (Discography)

the floor boards will never hold the same finish

2007-03-28T09:01:00.000-07:00

Bathtub Shitter - Dance Hall Grind
The Number 12 Looks Like You - Put on Your Rosy Red Glasses
Zeni Geva - 10000 Light Years

I´d always hoped to cut someone like that some day, to hear that sound, but to have it happen to my own neck, is ridiculous

2007-03-16T07:27:00.000-07:00

GZA - Liquid Swords
Dr. Octagon - Octagynecologist
Ocean - Self Titled
Yakuza - Samsara

All we need is a little more light, a little less weight, a little more freedom

2007-03-14T06:13:00.000-07:00

I'm going to try using mediafire.com for uploads now since sendspace links only last 2 weeks. Hopefully these stay up...

My favorite two releases from A Silver Mount Zion:
Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward
Horses in the Sky

And one from Woven Hand:
Blush Music

i love the powerglove... it's so bad

2007-03-07T21:00:00.000-08:00

There will not be anymore uploads until 3/12/07 since it is Spring Break. What does this mean for me? I sit around and watch movies all day with the occasional videogame break.

Movies Watched:
Babel - almost as good as 21 grams, but the deaf japanese girl subplot didn't really fit in as well as it should have.

The Wizard - Somehow I never saw this as a child, but I find it referenced all of the time. Typically cheesy 80s and also ridiculously infused with all things Nintendo.

The Devil's Backbone - I haven't gotten around to Pan's Labyrinth yet, but I'm excited to see what Del Toro could do with an increased budget.

Feast - acceptable horror/comedy on the level with Slither or From Dusk Till Dawn, but not nearly as good as Shaun of the Dead

Stranger Than Fiction - Much, much better than I thought it would be. Sort of a more accessible Adaptation or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Boogie Nights - I finally got around to seeing this and it's as good as everyone says it is. You can see that PT Anderson is starting to find his directing style in this film.

United 93 - Although you already know the "ending" to the film, part of you still thinks they can pull it off. Powerful stuff.

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Videogames Played:
Def Jam Vendetta - beat it within 24 hours, but it was only $2 so it was worth it. My first "wrestling" videogame, although Tobal No. 1 for PS1 was very similar.

Shadow of the Colossus - This game is amazing. Your character rides around a huge landscape to try to find and defeat 16 colossi. The colossi are generally 80-200x larger than your character, so yo

please don't associate me with any of this. this is not jazz: these people are sick.

2007-02-28T08:19:00.000-08:00

Bill Evans - California Here I Come
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

You Will Be Reincarnated As An Imperial Attack Spaceturtle

2007-02-26T08:07:00.000-08:00

Three releases from the same band this time. The first two were compiled along with some live versions on a single disc released last year by Blackmarket Activities, but I like the originals better. They sound less compressed (the music production term, not the computer term).

Arctopacalypse Now...Warmageddon Later
Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning
Behold...the Arctopus/Orthrelm Split

Just keep ya eye out, like 'aye, aye captain'

2007-02-23T07:30:00.000-08:00

Some stuff that should have seen a wider audience:

FFO: ZZ Top, Thin Lizzy, Nashville Pussy
Drunk Horse - In Tongues

One of the best releases from MF DOOM. It features the great track Accordian.
Madvillain - Madvillainy

Really Sludgy Grindcore released last year that seems to have been overlooked.
Gaza - I Don't Care Where I Go When I Die

her fire burned brilliant in the sky

2007-02-21T06:33:00.000-08:00

Three great albums.
Agalloch - Pale Folklore
Alamaailman Vasarat - Kaarmelautakunta
Mogwai - Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996-1997)

We could be the champions of art

2007-02-19T07:22:00.000-08:00

I've uploaded my favorite two cds of all time to start this off. These are for fans of avant-garde metal, jazz, and neo-classical.

Maudlin of the Well - Bath
Maudlin of the Well - Leaving Your Body Map

First Post

2007-02-13T16:41:00.000-08:00

Well, I guess this is it. I've been wanting to start a blog for a while now and I've finally found the time. I found this template somewhere online and it reminds me of samorost.

By the way, the url for this page came from a Swarm of the Lotus lyric: "if you could hold your last breath, how much longer do you think you could last?".

Keep checking back for film and music reviews/uploads. In the meantime, play samorost.