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Emeritus
Reviews 150
Approval 98%
Soundoffs 68
News Articles 35
Band Edits + Tags 943
Album Edits 1,020
Album Ratings 992
Objectivity 88%
Last Active 01-09-23 8:53 pm
Joined 06-24-12
Review Comments 7,562
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 | Ryus i liked it a lot, i rly like the style/production of it, you went in a really nice direction. "at least i know now" is probably my favorite thing on either of the albums, quite an affecting song to me. reminds me of drowse at times, which is def a very good thing haha.
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 | sixdegrees I got it off of bandcamp already, thanks though. I'm off of everything except sputnik, old habits die hard I guess!
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 | YakNips damn i wish i had known but i wasn't aware you were making s*** and touring, that's sick though. you can just send it to yaknips@hotmail.com but i already listened to the album on apple music and i love it, honestly makes me nostalgic af
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| YakNips i would greatly appreciate a DL, and if you're ever playing a show in portland hmu and i'll definitely come out
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| YakNips living in shadows and growing out a mullet. love u man hope you're doing well
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 | unclereich well done man, im proud of your effort here. will be on repeat as I abuse my son
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 | Gameofmetal https://linktr.ee/Hodag I've got three projects. My main black metal outlet isn't super raw so I think if we did something I'd probably wanna do it under a new project name, go a lofi route or smth.
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| Gameofmetal oh cool, ill check those out. It was giving me some ideas listening to the new one, maybe we could collab sometime down the line?
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| Gameofmetal has anyone tried mixing the style of what you do with exit bags with black metal before? I feel like they could go well together. Obviously there's a lot of post black and blackgaze already.
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 | Mort. this is cool! very much reminds me of have a nice life/drowse/flenser related stuff. i dig it. even reminds me of duster at points. will deffo give a full listen at some point
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| Ryus oh hell yea. coppin that. will check posthaste
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 | Atari funny timing! will def check
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| Atari lmao. fwiw seeing that track name reminded me to spend more time with your music. so that's on my to-do list
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| Atari hi! there's a song called Exit Bags on the new Spanish Love Songs album. not sure you'd really vibe with the band but figured you'd appreciate nonetheless ;)
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 | Havey well you should make an account if (when) sputnik goes down for good. i might make my ratings there visible only to mutual followers, if that option becomes available, idk... atm they're privated because i felt people were enjoying them a little too much!
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| Havey i'm in my hermit era, hbu? url wise, they made me a mod on rym dot com, thankless job but who else is going to clean up all of louis couperin????
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 | hogan900 Wait I had no idea you were behind tower of quiet. LOL dude keep up the great work
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 | Xenophanes What is discord and how do I join the new mezz?
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| hogan900 ive been going around and telling my boys to listen to it and they digging it a ton. But yea, mayb when year end lists pop up it will pick up some steam
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| Atari hey man, I'll definitely give that a listen here pretty shortly! hope you've been doing well :]
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| hogan900 have a nice life meets alt-folk, some gorgeously downtrodden stuff.
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 | MiloRuggles ayo, if you throw in a[ noparse ] code around otay you should be good to go!
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 | JohnnyoftheWell Gonna shoot that list up in the v soon, but both boi Milo and I shall be plugging Otay so um um if you are seeking a stable horse carriage to definitely maybe make it there, that is viable!!
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| JohnnyoftheWell Am having major regret pangs over not being able to jam the Exit Bags rn, ngl. Avoiding music rn, and there's no WiFi in this adorable 80s anime hospital, but something tells me it would hit the spot rn
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| JohnnyoftheWell hi hi let's talk yearend stuff, any overlap you consider likely between us other than otay : onii?
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 | hal1ax yoooo loving this record. it's a really cool blend of noisy gothic-y sounding lofi slowcore / slacker rock. sometimes i get joy division, sometimes post-rock, sometimes bedhead, sometimes weatherday. love the textures, song structures, vocals, sampling, etc etc. well done ay
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 | Dewinged I get that slowcore vibe for sure, i think apart from Spiderland, the genre is not really my thing. And I thought some of the background stuff were sampled from somewhere! If it's all your craft then 1 in that sense because there's some really good stuff going on there. Apologies if my critic was too harsh Jots, just trying to throw in some honest thoughts!
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| Dewinged Gave it a first pass yesterday dude, I really liked the textures, the sampling, the moments you chose to throw in the beats, really dig how you crafted the space for the album. I didn't like much the vocals (except the screams!) and some of the guitar strumming felt a bit out out place at times. Will give it a few more listens before the year ends.
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| Dewinged Oooooh, it's out!! Fvck! We should have put it on the releases post! Gonna jam! It's on Spoti, but I won't turn down a FLAC!
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 | Cygnatti so i did jam earlier and it was great on first listen. haven't heard much downer music in a while but now that we in November this one hits the spot for sure
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| Cygnatti yoooo hype finna check out while @ gym in a bit
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| Havey oh you didnt press thee spacebar i get it now
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| Havey link doesnt work lmoa
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 | Sowing I'd be happy to give it a spin. Didn't strike me as my usual style but I've been getting into all sorts of stuff lately that isn?t.
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| Ryus unfortunately not my man :/
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| Gameofmetal Idk what slowcore is but Im sure it?ll kick ass :)
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 | Phlegm kiss kiss 2 u! how is life?
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| Havey i keep finding new Marchetti gems still, his bandcamp is a massive gold mine. i feel spoiled to look forward to more, but good to know that collab actually came to fruition
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 | Winesburgohio (it's technically a comp) (of what happens to be my two favourites of hers so)
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| Winesburgohio i'm going to presuppose it's a bit based on the date of Our Lady Peace's release and i refuse to confirm this or be disabused of this notion
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| Winesburgohio https://clairerousay.bandcamp.com/album/it-was-always-worth-it-ilysm HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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| JohnnyoftheWell heyo, figured i'd ask here instead of red flagging on the forum - what was up with the unpublishing warning on the site fb??
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| JohnnyoftheWell oh yikes dw dw, i guess the alb's in that patch of not-literally-out-this week where there's no rush on it. if you don't have time I can probs scribble something during my free periods at work next week or smthng
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| JohnnyoftheWell you haven't reviewed enough hayley williams or atreyu albums smdh
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| JohnnyoftheWell ah awesome, glad to hear excited to read! been spinning that album a lot today, q into it at this point but not sure how i'd unpack it. will bump up once you publish and see if we can't bnm that boi
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| JohnnyoftheWell have you heard this Otay:onii record / what are your thoughts / plz review it so I don't have to struggle to talk about industrial and electroacoustic touches / hiya
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| Winesburgohio sorry I only listen to The Shadow Ring now / L O V E your work. More detail incoming when I get my laptop back from me Da
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| Winesburgohio I think it's all pretty innocuous except the 90 percent thing, bit of misogynistic dreck in the comment u were referencing :O but i know your intentions are good bb
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| hal1ax should peep this https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=374628
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| hal1ax yaaaaaaa material girl !
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| JohnnyoftheWell aight aight - gonna have the new Seiko Oomori on my plate for the next few days, but I'll probs give it a courtesy writeup after. hmu if you find time; still yours if you're down
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| JohnnyoftheWell nice nice, will edit my post later. you still going for the new Ichiko btw?
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| Winesburgohio I believe so but **** it, a real dearth of noise bangers this year so I think they're worthy of a mention
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| JohnnyoftheWell those were roughly the same maths I was imagining - there's most defs space in my top 10 if you feel like making magic with it
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| JohnnyoftheWell yo this Choi Joonyong/Jin Sangtae alb is a good journey. how high are you likely to put it on the ol' votejob?
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| Winesburgohio truly the death knell of any artist / MUCH LOVEE 4 EXIT BAGS feverishly awaiting the new zealand tour
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| Winesburgohio please dump it (so i can attribute your efforts to myself and take all credit)
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| JohnnyoftheWell I'm still chewing it over and don't wanna force a take out, plus i've got a language exam this wknd so it'd be a while before I got anything solid down - all yours if you want it, I'd be keen to see your line!!
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| Winesburgohio That's all very well but where's my La Stazione email huh / EEEEEEEEE SO EXCITED FOR YOU please dedicate your masterpiece to me and me alone
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| Cygnatti he whom is without lists... 'list·less /?lis(t)l?s/ Learn to pronounce adjective adjective: listless (of a person or their manner) lacking energy or enthusiasm. "bouts of listless depression"' ,,, curious!
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| Cygnatti If u do end up making a list, I would love to check it out yea :]
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| Cygnatti Oh, I'm actually itchin' to make two big lists in the near future when I find the time to do so. It'll be two sequels: "Strictly Cyg, pt. II", and "Cyg has generic taste in metal, pt. II". Also exciting stuff!
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| Cygnatti Sup fam, I'm doin' pretty well. Just started listening to full albums on a regular basis again. Kinda exciting stuff! But also kinda a bummer just playing catch up all the time, but I guess that's whatever ~
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| Winesburgohio Yes! I'll email u when I get some free time (but I actually will this time)
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| Winesburgohio im bereaved so you have to accommodate me also i'm handsome
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| Winesburgohio i'm drawing up the emancipation papers already / please do, it would be a high honour
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| Winesburgohio and therein lies the problem: me neither m8, me neither
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| Winesburgohio i'm seriously considering it but if you want dibzzz... .. .
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| Winesburgohio hhow about a russian doll with fecal matter as the final surprise
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 | Snake. don't worry bb your secret is safe with me
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| Winesburgohio i maintain it's insanely good just doesn't cohere somehow. also i'm handsome
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| Winesburgohio it's hard to explain but i subscribe to the idea that all albums are, by definition, concept albums with a particular ethos imbued into them and as stated your new track is quite disparate when it comes to the other two songs i heard - i think because of the tone and structure
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| unclereich You Got A Death Wish, Johnny Truant? :|
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| Winesburgohio i will respond with my usual brilliant insight shortly but after a cursory listen it sounds like How to Dre- *immediately gets garroted*
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 | ian b pfffffffttt, why the hell would you rescind a ban request on me? smh that's like letting sach sell aiwaz meth for free if he makes a new account and list ?? lmfao missed u man
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 | MotokoKusanagi hell ya brother, he's been quiet for a while. binged the new one for like a week straight. let me know what you think
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| ian b i was just s***posting in relation to the comment above mine, no disrespect to you at all man, if i had something actually meaningful to say you'd know hahah
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 | DrGonzo1937 Haha! Cheers Johnny, I?ll ask him. Sowing also said the same thing about not knowing there was one
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| DrGonzo1937 Alright dude, did you make the Instagram page?
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| Winesburgohio no it took me approx. 50 years after first hearing it too
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 | JustJoe. thanks for the heads up perhaps i should discover something newsworthy
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| Winesburgohio my friend has a dog named trixie (guess the namesake) and it's a little s*** of a chihuahua. all chihuahua's except the state of Mexico should be detained and barred from human contact!! also it annoys me that Asian queens are so impugned on rpdr (i mean come on) when trixie explicitly took influence from Asian culture and was never called out for it and that's the tea (i still like trixie fwiw)
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| Winesburgohio the very same, waiting patiently for Piss Shower Girlfriend to emerge on the dating platform where we seek souls. AHHH honestly I am so flattered by the comparison and it's not entirely inapposite: u can be Bob the Drag Queen (you're somewhere between Gigi Goode and Brita but more rugged : ) ~ )
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| Winesburgohio your erstwhilecore is all very well but have u heard Hell Driver yet? the light at the end of the tunnel extinguished; a phenomenal achievement
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| JohnnyoftheWell heh, easy to trust somewhat when there's no wrong answer ;] went with blood brothers to give things a kick
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| sixdegrees youre right and I am a glutton for punishment
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| Winesburgohio albums cleaves nicely into a rotten half (undistinguished post-punk) and a half that *extremely Spice Girls voice* i really really want
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| Winesburgohio IM CANCELLING YOU, DADDY!?? ??]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 10% complete..... ????]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 35% complete.... ???????]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 60% complete.... ???????????] 99% complete..... ?ERROR!? ?True? Daddies are uncancellable ?
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| Winesburgohio hmm something has to be done about your cleft chin and also my tardiness, works just been constant. can get thoughts tomorrow night? SO SORRY
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| Winesburgohio hmm falls on the debonair end of the rakish spectrum if u ask me!!!
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| Winesburgohio unfortunately phillip is in for a rude awakening / received will flick you thoughts as soon as able! will compare and contrast the first vs. the revampireweekened version in order to finally graduate high school
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| Winesburgohio I'll impart it in a more clandestine forum (illicit rendezvous with two cars parked in opposite directions)
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| Winesburgohio you know where to find me / it would be an honour, a privilege, manna from the Gods
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 | luci she balances her conceptual leanings with pop appeal better than before, her most coherent project yet. i still find myself jumping around the tracklist, but I've accepted that she won't offer pop structuring. this one is mostly deconstructed pop/choral manipulations, less electronic-driven than platform.
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| Winesburgohio yea i've been a little out of sorts myself, trying to reign the old noggin' in without the crutch of a working laptop. but yea my people will liaise with your people. let's do lunch and talk business
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| Winesburgohio just when i thought i was finally out... / EVERYTHING I DO I DO IT 4 U
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 | Pon Godspeed SpotJohnny
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 | butcherboy give us a rec then, please and thank you..
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 | Conmaniac Oh yeah duh I just didn't make the connection to the acronym sry v distracted haha
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| Conmaniac I'm hyped I've never heard of HANL but I'll check to get a feel. Gazey post hardcore sounds like my thing tho
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| Conmaniac Oooohhhhh that's hype man what kind of music??
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| Conmaniac Aww my dude that's sad to hear, you've always been a favorite writer of mine hope u find it soon
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 | greg84 Ah I see. I still won't be able to review it though. Unfortunately not a lot of spare time these days.
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| greg84 Haha. Maybe it's a totally different band. I've found Memento the band on Facebook... And it's a different band... Perhaps copycats
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| Snake. hi there, i'm finally getting around to checking out the newfound interest in connecticut...after you rec'd it to me like 4 years ago lmfao
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| butcherboy sent you a thing to post as a contrib feature if you'd be so kind..
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| butcherboy quick question -- do the reviews i post here fall under any sort of copyright nonsense? because i wanted to repurpose a few of them for my magazine, as a sort of post-punk column.. also, submit something!!!
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 | Sniff Got any cool 2018 stuff for me?
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| hal1ax heard new skee mask is sick. u check it yet?
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| butcherboy haven't sent it, sorry.. probably will be Sunday, real life got busy.. i'll shoutbox you here to let you know when it's on?
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| Winesburgohio twerk for a living / no i wanted to congratulate you on your jop hopkins score, i too would give it a 4.20 out of 5 on an arbitrary rubric
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 | DoofusWainwright you are one of the harshest raters on the site so you got my attention
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| DoofusWainwright expecting good things from it, will check soon as I get a chance to
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| butcherboy fancy throwing up another contrib feature for me tomorrow if you aren't busy?
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| luci v good! serve as great counterpoints to each other while developing previous styles (mudshadow is like a housier 8, nothing 2 loose is like a more ambient 2 the sky). he's masterful at both modes
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| hal1ax new anne guthrie worth a check eh?
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 | robin colon man? obviously fantastic. didnt even realise equiknoxx were on peoples radar around here. u ever hear the track of theirs swing ting released https://soundcloud.com/swingting/equiknoxx-music-fly-away-ft-alozade-gavsborg
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| robin do u rate tor lundvall? ive been listening to him loads lately and wondering what u think
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| butcherboy I haven't.. but I'm definitely going to be checking it.. haha
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 | Chortles good lookin out man, i'm keen to give that a go. really dug their sound on that 2016 EP
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 | osmark86 new noise from my end if you can take half an hour for a solitary listen amidst the sea of endless music:https://gasparpoet.bandcamp.com/album/iso1473
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 | ShitsofRain Also Girl Unit's debut LP https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=40950
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| ShitsofRain I'll pass. Daniel Avery's second LP though is what I'm looking forward to.
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 | Relinquished far as I know, Daniel Avery seems to be the big fish
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 | TwigTW Thanks Johnny... I agree, but it's kind of a big shoegaze release week, with Kraus and Teenage Wrist being easier first listens, so maybe it just needs a little more time to grow on people.
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 | BMDrummer heard about that, might check it at some point
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| luci I balked initially at the run time (2hr 40min), but then I remembered they create some of the most immersive dub techno out there. And that's what they deliver here: expansive, sub-aquatic brilliance.
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| Winesburgohio goddamn it it cut off half my comment i made a love heart and explained i'm very sick and busy!!!
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| hal1ax Oh, was gonna say, I?ll paypal u money for a dload link lol. The sample tracks are amazing.
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| hal1ax Do you have a promo copy of Drowse ?
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 | Frippertronics I offered it to the two contribs who inquired about it, although if i have the time tonight i may get something out. If you're interested in it, feel free to take it. My apologies for taking a bit to get to it.
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 | Hawks Ohhhhhh nice yeah I loved Ludicra so that's def good to know. m/
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| Winesburgohio i've only gone and bought the bloody vinyl haven't i!
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| luci That one should be huge, keep a tab on it. I've been interested in that Drowse record since you rec'd it to Eric, looking forward to hearing it this Friday.
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 | Willie Cool, thanks for the. If you've got the promo and the dibs, I'm not going to re-download it to post on the site.
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| luci i'm down for that. if we find a release/topic we're both enthusiastic about, let's try it out
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| Winesburgohio you forget that i trust your judgement whole-heartedly and endorse your rating of Dedekind Cut, who broke what remained of my heart
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| Winesburgohio impossible -- there is no way i can get any more vain than i already am
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 | aaronrkc Yeah it should probably be edited.
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| Frippertronics Don't sweat it, figured I'd play catch up with the stuff not posted yet so that was first priority.
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| luci nah. i'll be around a lot this year though. would consider collab reviews, blurbs etc.
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| hogan900 Yo I wanna hear ur thoughts on the new Rolo tho...
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 | Gnocchi I think it?s Chamberes flag
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| Cygnatti lit, thanks for lettin' me know. kinda a lame choice but immunity is shaping to be prob my fav electronic album as a whole these days, so im def looking forward to some new stuff from him.
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| Winesburgohio it could just be because i'm dead on the inside but it really does less than nothing for me r.i.p F
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