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So my taste in music has been expanding in the last few months and I was hoping to get some direction from you guys. I recently found the band Pinback and instantly fell in love (thanks to someone in the last rec thread). I've also been listening to Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You, recent Deerhoof albums, Have A Nice Life, and anything Team Sleep has done (which unfortunately is a short list). Basically, I'm looking for anything that has a similar sound/aesthetic/whatever you can think of that relates these bands to each other, or perhaps that branch out further into that(those) genre(s). As an aside, my interests have mostly contained the genres: post-hardcore (Fall of Troy, Finch, Sound of Animals Fighting, Bear Vs. Shark, Rx Bandits, mewithoutYou) math rock (Don Caballero, Tera Melos, anything Zach Hill related) post-rock or metal (Russian Circles, Yndi Halda, Mogwai, Samuel Jackson Five, Pax Cecilia) and other stuff I don't really classify like Deftones, Thrice, Coheed & Cambria, Edison Glass, 65daysofstatic I feel like I'm leaning more and more towards shoegaze but I've tried listening to the classic recommendations from the last thread for the genre (or trip-hop I guess) like MBV, Slowdive, Morcheeba, etc. but they don't really do much for me. Should I just try to dive into this stuff head-on and listen to it until I "get" it, or am I completely off the mark with the bands I listed?
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CharlesWillisMaddox posted:Try Dredg, Mutemath, Dance Gavin Dance and if you like Coheed, try Claduio's side project "Prize Fighter Inferno" I already listen to Dredg and PFI, actually. The other two bands weren't quite what I was looking for, but I'm really surprised I've never heard of Dance Gavin Dance because they're pretty drat good. Thanks a bunch for them  So basically my request still stands, if anyone else is interested in helping me out it'd be great.
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Feb 9, 2009 22:31
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CharlesWillisMaddox posted:Someone care to recommend me some bands based on these? Give La Dispute a listen. Quite a bit like mewithoutyou but maybe a bit harder. Vega and Altair is a very powerful album.
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Taxxorrak posted:Hi guys. Definitely check out Ephel Duath. Not so much their latest album Through My Dog's Eyes (i dunno, the singer sounds weird and it's not jazzy enough), but their other albums are pretty much what you're after I think. Here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk9wwlzuwJE the song doesn't really start until like 30 seconds in e: oh and I started with Pain Necessary To Know and I'd recommend starting there
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Bean_ posted:I'm looking for some more stuff along the lines of You should try Edison Glass. They're kinda like a combination of Circa Survive and As Tall As Lions. Also, I know they don't really sound alike but it seems most people who like Circa Survive also like Thrice. I'd recommend their latest couple releases to start. Try these too: Rx Bandits - ...And the Battle Begun Dredg (I don't really dig 'em but I can see why many people do) Minus the Bear - Highly Refined Pirates Portugal. The Man I'm sure I could come up with more, but that's a decent start. e: I missed the 'don't' about Thrice. Oops. Hooplah fucked around with this message at 14:09 on Jul 22, 2009 |
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Jul 18, 2009 19:14
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Twisted Aristocrat posted:Any recommendations for someone who enjoys these two Lightning bolt songs in particular? Perhaps you could try Zu? (I'm really not sure what to call these guys... noise rock? Jazz? whatever) Here's a studio version of one their tracks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qi5xUQLJ2U&feature=related and this is a live song from the same album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0FKoyUwjxM&feature=related oh hey try melt banana too
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The Dentist posted:I just listened every Radiohead cd in chronological order. I've been a fan since OK Computer. I know that it's probably the most common and laughable occurrence for someone to ask for music that "sounds like Radiohead" when their influence on today's music is so huge. What I'm looking for, mostly out of desperation, is something that will blow my mind the way they did/do. I don't want to be that guy who listens to Radiohead all day. Because, right now, I AM that guy. I'm sorry. I know there's more out there. I'll definitely echo the guy that said Cursive. Listen to their first couple albums. Also listen to Friend and Foe by Menomena. Perhaps you should give The Mars Volta a listen if you haven't already? In addition here's a few more: UUVVWWZZ S/T (don't let the dumb band name throw you off; they're loving awesome and remind me a bit of Deerhoof), Pinback, and Tub Ring - hugely influenced by Mike Patton's work and they do some pretty good stuff. Is this a decent recommendation or am I completely off?
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global tetrahedron posted:Check out Medications, not quite as mathy as the bands you listed but more in the Dischord-y post-hardcore vein, I would put them closest to Q and not U or harder Dismemberment Plan and I can't see someone who likes what you like not liking these guys: Actually, Medications is made up of a couple members of Faraquet, so it's funny you'd throw it on that list while (I'm assuming) not knowing that. Nice job Yeah and I'll second that they're pretty awesome. Just listened to All Your Favorite People yesterday, actually. d0grent posted:Dear Recommendation Thread, This is like the majority of what I've been listening to for the past few years, so I think I can help you out with a few bands: Ahleuchatistas Bear vs. Shark bygones (this is actually a collab of the Tera Melos guitarist and Zach Hill) By The End of Tonight (did a split cd with Tera Melos so maybe you've heard of them) Circle Takes the Square (more on the emo/hardcore side of things, but they show some promise) Holy Smokes (another Zach Hill collab) La Dispute Minus The Bear Rx Bandits (they're more post-hardcore or ska-whatever but I love them) Team Sleep (they might not seem to fit on this list but Chino Moreno + Zach Hill + Rob Crow is amazing) The Ladies (Jesus Christ another Zach Hill project - this time with just Rob Crow of Pinback) The Number 12 Looks Like You The Sound of Animals Fighting (just the first cd fits here though) This Town Needs Guns Zach Hill's solo project Thats's about all I have that I think you'd be interested in. I might have other stuff but if I do it's not in my music folder. Also, someone else post some more stuff. I need more post-hardore and math rock. Someone should really make a new thread. Grimfate posted:Ok, I've been looking for something similar to diablo's tristram and dungeon music for a while. I couldn't even tell you what genre those songs are in (dark Spanishy guitar?), so I'm a loss as to go about finding some similar songs. God drat someone answer him. I love the Diablo 1 soundtrack. Hooplah fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Jan 2, 2010 |
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coolbian57 posted:Alright so lately I have been getting into more post-rock sounding stuff like Yndi Halda, Pelican, stuff like that. I have no idea where to start with this genre, I know about all the big names like EiTS, Mono, Godspeed You, stuff like that. But I was wondering how I should start to delve deeper into this genre and find new stuff? Definitely check out The Samuel Jackson Five straightaway. I dunno if they've been mentioned recently in the megathread, but they're seriously a really awesome band.
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Okay, I have a request, but I'm not sure I can put any genre labels on it- I'm more looking for a certain sound or feel. I guess the best description would be a moody/dark acoustic (doesn't need to be acoustic necessarily)guitar sound that may or may not include electronic stuff like synths or whatever. I suppose here's some songs that have what I'm looking for: Matt Uelmen's ST stuff for diablo 1 and 2 Tristram Rogue Not really the songs from the other acts of d2 though. Comus - First Utterance (thanks to whomever it was that posted Comus sometime last year- love them )Drip Drip The Herald mostly the guitar stuff in the first half of this link, but good song overall- very moody and post-rock-esque. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Spinning Cotton Candy... The intro is really what I'm looking for. BMSR as a whole has some pretty good stuff but I guess I want it to be less like Ratatat and more "folky" (whatever) Prize Fighter Inferno Our Darling Daughter You Are, Little Cecilia Marie Wayne Andrews, The Old Beekeeper Team Sleep is a good example too and I suppose they don't have much acoustic guitar going on so go ahead and post something even if it doesn't have any of that. Ulver's acoustic stuff is borderline what I want but there's something about it that drives me away. It's a similar thing I have with The Human Abstract (they have some acoustic interludes and such). It just seems very neckbeardy or something. I dunno. Having said that, I also really enjoy the guitar stuff from the game Dwarf Fortress: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6FXeupOp04 Yeah I know I said I don't want "neckbeardy" then posted loving Diablo and Dwarf Fortress music. Rodrigo y Gabriela are pretty good, but I guess it gets kinda repetitive and it's too much Spanish guitar - doesn't really fit the mood. Sixteen Horsepower is cool, but it's too country or bluegrass or something for me. I currently am very familiar with post rock in general, so don't bother posting the big names, but I haven't really found much within that genre with the right sound so if you have post it and tell me I'm dumb. I don't really know much about classical guitar so I don't know if that's what I'm looking for, but I've never really been into classical compositions in general so I'd probably be more interested in "rock band" format rather than orchestra or old man sitting in a chair performing some piece from 200 years ago for an audience of old snooty rich people(but seriously, if I sound close-minded, it's out of ignorance so go ahead and school me on it if you think it's what I need) . I hope that wasn't too much rambling. Go nuts. Hooplah fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Apr 3, 2010 |
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ceebee posted:Any suggestions for stuff similar to Circa Survive and Coheed & Cambria? Maybe with like electronic/synthy stuff included? I don't really think these two band have a TON in common with each other, other than kinda being in a similar "scene" so I'll just name off some bands I listened to a lot when I was into these guys: Thrice Edison Glass Rx Bandits The Mars Volta Brand New Chiodos The Sound of Animals Fighting This Town Needs Guns If you like/dislike any of these let me know and maybe I can come up with something closer to what you're looking for. colonelsandy posted:Grails
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Psychedelius posted:Over the past year I really got into 70's psychedelia and the modern bands that are influenced by it, but I feel that I'm still missing out on some great stuff. Hey I mostly just want to thank you for introducing me to Tame Impala, but I guess you could look into Bark Psychosis if you haven't already (you probably have  )https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XluhkMtXuFI Quite a bit lighter than sludge or doom, but very psych. The songs generally crescendo to a lot noisier stuff towards the end, so don't write it off immediately.
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Giudecca posted:What kind of music is this? Not gonna attempt a genre label on that, but give Maps and Atlases a shot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP7lenDpZ00
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snucks posted:anyone got bands that sound like Good loving luck. These guys are like my favorite band, but I've never found anyone quite like them. So I guess I'll second this request on second thought, I suppose 31knots and UUVVWWZ are the closest bands I can think of to (newer) Deerhoof but really they're not THAT much alike.
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Emron posted:I'm a hopeless fan of Black Moth Super Rainbow, Tobacco, Ratatat, The Glitch Mob, and RJD2, and I can't really find anything similar to expand my library of that sort of sound. I'm more of a fan of the early Ratatat stuff (pre-LP3). Can someone recommend me something similar to that sound? I don't listen to Glitch Mob or RJD2 but I really like BMSR and I also like Bark Psychosis and vaguely think they're kinda similar so try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XluhkMtXuFI
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thehoodie posted:Can anyone recommend me something similar to Aereogramme and Explosions in the Sky? I'm really digging their stuff as of late. Read the post rock thread. EITS are like the posterboy of that genre.
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The Doo Do Chasers posted:People who like those bands generally like Toe, Te, and Mono. Add to that the slightly lesser known band Mouse on the Keys, perhaps?
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Amazon Review posted:
If you like Art Bears check out Henry Cow and the rest of the Rock in Opposition artists.
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caiman posted:I'm looking for recommendations for bands that feature very technical and interesting instrumentation. Something along the lines of Meshuggah, where the focus is on the technicality and creativity. Intense drum/guitar solos, alternating time signatures, etc. Stuff that sounds great and makes you think "drat, how do they do that?" Dragonforce is another one that fits this, though they tend to be pretty repetitive from song to song. I'm not sure you'll actually want to listen to these guys for anything outside of a gimmick, but Behold... The Arctopus are on the extreme end of technicality to the point where it's kinda annoying. They also seem like tremendous neckbeards. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FngfnSHM0Is
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Fun Times! posted:Cross-posting from the stoner rock thread: This is maybe a half-hearted recommendation because I'm mainly posting these guys to get recommendations myself, but maybe try Young Widows? I really just loved both of their two most recent albums and want to hear more. Specifically, their guitar tone is loving incredible. Future Hearts - off the album In And Out Of Youth And Lightness Old Skin - from Old Wounds The second vid is much louder and starts suddenly, beware.
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Oxyclean posted:Another example of what I'm talking about is: You're only getting more confusing. I don't know poo poo about dubstep or dub but I can definitely tell you the first part of that song is neither. That's a female vocalist accompanied by piano with a light electronic beat. It's called "pop," I believe. Are you just trolling?
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HateTheInternet posted:Are there any good post-rock or mathrock bands out there with heavy emphasis on string instruments or mallet percussion? Orchestral instruments, I guess, as opposed to rock instruments. Yndi Halda and Beast, Please Be Still are two post-rock bands that are very orchestral. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VuJBCscmZI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM6isT7RXnY The albums those songs are on are the only ones I can vouch for for either band, keep in mind. As far as mathrock goes, it's a bit harder. I suppose the band Loom counts, but I find their use of violins to be a bit contrived; like Yellowcard something. E: whoa I guess Loom put out some stuff other than the one album I have (Angler), so I guess I'll look into that further
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Does there exist any bands that sound like Mew? I've been looking for a while, but they don't really fit into a genre and no one else I've heard sound even remotely like them.
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Aug 31, 2011 00:39
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Recommend me something that sounds like any of these: My Dead Girlfriend 125, Rue Montmartre True Widow Tropic of Cancer
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^^^he asks for jazz and you recommend..... King Crimson?  Tre Past Cool! posted:For True Widow Jesu's first album comes to mind but you might want to ask in the shoegaze thread. Nothing comes immediately to mind for My Dead Girlfriend but thanks for posting it, it's really good. funkybottoms posted:dunno about the first two, although they both sound like something I've heard before, but maybe Duster, Windmills By the Ocean, and various shoegaze (I'm assuming you know Slowdive) for the second two. Funeral Pudding posted:Check out a CD called Total Feedback. It's a compilation of recent Japanese shoegaze bands, including My Dead Girlfriend. A lot of the other bands have a similar sound. Aside from that, maybe check out Sweet Trip, and certain songs by Coaltar of the Deepers. Thanks all three of you. Will check out these recs and I'm considering crossposting this to the shoegaze thread 
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-Atom- posted:Can someone recommend me something along the same lines of Q and Not U's first album No Kill No Beep Beep? I was hoping I would get something similar out of the later two albums but they took a weird turn that I wasn't into. The Dismemberment Plan - Basically criminal if you don't already know of them Cinemechanica Meet Me in St. Louis Bear Vs. Shark So Many Dynamos Faraquet and/or Medications (members of Faraquet became Medications and moved towards a more straightforward pop sound, so they're probably more up your alley) This Town Needs Guns (not really that similar, but the singers remind me of each other and TTNG are just too good to not mention) Giraffes? Giraffes! are instrumental, but they have a very guitar-heavy style I find somewhat similar to No Kill No Beep Beep.
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Cuntington posted:Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles Mika can get pretty gay. I'm not really familiar enough with his discography to say if he ever gets sexual about it. Maybe somebody else can fill you in? I have a request, too. I've been listening to quite a bit of Alexander Scriabin's stuff on youtube in the last couple weeks, and I've really liked it. I have almost no experience with classical, though, outside of playing violin for a few years. Can someone point me in the direction of the best way to listen to his stuff? I'm not really sure what to listen to, because the performer can have a big effect on how the compositions sound. Is there an "album" of definitive performances or something? Help a total classical baby please. Here's an example of a performance I liked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDXwo4X07mg
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Lavalamp posted:I like Maps & Atlases too, and that whole nameless zone of clean, fast, technical guitar work that resides somewhere between people's definitions of "math rock" and "metal". Hooplah posted:Cinemechanica
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Cumhand Luke posted:The other guy who responded to you, I don't necessarily agree with his list. It seems to focus more on math-rock than this "Dischord/DC sound" that I personally tend to associate with Q and not U. I mean, you'll probably still like a lot of that music anyway but maybe not for the same reasons. Guilty as charged. My list was pretty much math-rock, because I'm really not too familiar with the scene Q and not U originated from, but I knew I liked that album. I basically listened to it and picked out things I liked, then went through my library and picked out other things that reminded me of them. That made it come out as a bit of a free association thing, not necessarily anybody that influenced them/were influenced by them or were related somehow. I thought about throwing a disclaimer at the beginning saying that, but decided not to. In hindsight I guess maybe I should have. Whatever though, this just means we collectively covered more rec'n territory 
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RebBrownies posted:I heard a pretty cool song today. It is Bloodhail by Have a Nice Life. That whole album is really, really good. I hope you've listened to other songs on Deathconsciousness. They're on the label Enemies List Home Recordings; I'd recommend checking out some other bands on there. Especially Giles Corey, Dan Barret's other band, and Afterlives. If you're specifically looking for dark ambient, I'm afraid I won't be of a ton of help, as I don't normally listen to that genre. Have A Nice Life is just so drat good, and their label seems cater specifically to that kind of gloomy, diy aesthetic, and less so specific genres.
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wellwhoopdedooo posted:I'm looking to go on a new music binge, so the more recommendations the better. Seconding Unwound. Leaves Turn Inside You has TONS of depth, so you may need to give it a couple listens through. At least, I had to. Try 31Knots. They don't have too much on youtube, but you can stream their most recent stuff at Polyvinyl's website. There's a lot on there to listen to, but try The Curse of the Longest Day EP or Something up there this way comes on Worried Well or Chain Reaction on Talk Like Blood. Deerhoof is really cool. So is Mew.
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appropriatemetaphor posted:Everyone just jumping around and If you like them then how about Adebisi Shank or The loving Champs
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furry drum circle posted:A couple years back I used to listen to a whole bunch of stuff like The Mercury Program, but my computer fried a while back and I can't remember any band names and want to get back into it. Any recommendations for music like this would be great, "post-rock" is too drat vague. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kty2IdepMN0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvAX0DIodso E: also Tristeza, My Dad Vs. Yours, The Six Parts Seven, Unwed Sailor. Hooplah fucked around with this message at 18:09 on Mar 3, 2012 |
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THS posted:I really really really like Minus The Bear. Problems: This Town Needs Guns would be good to check out, as would Pinback. Maybe check out some of the bands Mike Kinsella was/is associated with, too.
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Farts Domino posted:Those albums were right about when I was getting out of that stuff but I know Circle Takes Square and Fall of Troy were often mentioned in the same breath as those Yeah, and those were just out about when I was getting into that stuff. I also liked Circa Survive, Finch (moreso Say Hello to Sunshine than their first album), early Coheed and Cambria, Black Sails-era AFI, Taking Back Sunday, mewithoutyou, At The Drive-In, The Sound of Animals Fighting, Rx Bandits, The Blood Brothers, Dance Gavin Dance. I must say I was way more into Thrice than Thursday or Senses Fail, fwiw.
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pwnyXpress posted:Since Thrice came up, what about something more like middle-era Thrice? Vheissu was my favorite, but I also liked most of the Alchemy Index stuff too. Somebody once recommended Isis when I asked for something like Vheissu, and I thank that person, but only In The Absence of Truth really scratched that itch. Can you specify a bit what it is about Thrice and Isis that you like? They're different enough from each other that you could get recommendations all the way from poo poo like The Dear Hunter or The Receiving End of Sirens to stoner metal like Electric Wizard or Sleep.
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^^^Haha I love it when Ozma fucks with your title  pwnyXpress posted:Thanks again for at least making the effort. None of this really worked that well for me, though I find Cathedraal interesting for other reasons. Okay then how about these Giant Squid The Ocean Baroness oh my god the comments on this one are hilarious and sad Porcupine Tree If you're not familiar with Porcupine Tree, they have a huge body of material and this isn't necessarily representative of the rest Oceansize Hooplah fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Apr 1, 2012 |
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Ziltoid posted:I just recently became a huge fan of The Paper Chase. I really dig the nice blend of the experimental and the listenable. Any other avant-garde bands that aren't just weird for the sake of it? Other favorite experimental (some more than others) bands of mine: Refused, Cursive, Arcturus, At the Drive-in, Man Man, and Tomahawk. I know this is a pretty scatter shot list and I'm sure I'm stretching the term "experimental" but any suggestions would be appreciated. The Book of Knots, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Art Bears, Extra Life.
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Popcorn posted:I need energetic Japanese non-anime rock music with female vocals. Hurry. Deerhoof, but only the singer is japanese; Melt Banana, My Dead Girlfriend Toe (w/ Toki Asako) has very sporadic girl singing E: haha, totally screwed up that deerhoof link. it's actually deerhoof now. Hooplah fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Apr 3, 2012 |
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