Big Black - Songs About Fucking (1987)

It looks like it belongs on one of those worst album covers lists but it's actually really good.

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Coil - The Ape of Naples (2005)

This blog isn't dead yet! This is my first and only Coil album so far, and it's pretty awesome.

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Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light

I really like this album. Some of the songs don't really go anywhere and are a bit of a bore, but the good tracks (Epilepsy is Dancing) are fantastic. Some really beautiful music, with a really unique voice.

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A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991) & Midnight Marauders (1993)

And to continue with the hip hop trend on the blog, a double shot of the Tribe. Both albums are considered classics of 90s hip hop.

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Shiina Ringo - Karuki Zamen Kuri no Hana (2003)

Amazing Japanese art pop with lovely vocals and a unique blending of multiple genres. This album basically made my summer ten times more awesome.

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P.S.: Tagged in Japanese but the English titles are on Wikipedia if you prefer.

Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star

More Mos Def and this time with another killer emcee in Talib Kweli. Some very good tunes on this one, Definition being my favorite.

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Mos Def - Black on Both Sides

The definitive Mos Def album, and a hip hop classic so I am told.

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Mos Def - The Ecstatic

Just bought this CD because it was cheap, and it's really good, I'd personally say it's pretty close to Black on Both Sides. Hopefully gonna see his show in Toronto with DOOM.

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Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)

One of my all-time favourites. The whole album takes me places, but New Grass especially is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

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William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops II (2003)

This is really cool, I'm pretty sure I mentioned this guy to you before and I was surprised you had never heard of him. I finally got around to listening to one of the albums in his Disintegration Loops series, and I'd explain the background around these albums but I found an article that does it better than I ever could here. If you like this I'll try and hunt down the other three albums and put them up too.

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Ocean Beach - Red House Painters

In my opinion a severely underrated album by them. I easily like it as much as there first two (and most acclaimed) albums, and it has one of my favorite RHP songs, Shadows. Not as dark as the first two, but still has a melancholy edge.

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Lost Verses Live - Mark Kozelek

This guy is an awe-inspiring songwriter, and this album is proof. I can drift away to this like nothing else.

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The Antlers - Hospice (2009)

This one's really good, and as you saw it's my favourite album of the year behind MPP. Most of the songs here are quite beautiful, and it has a pretty neat lyrical concept too if you're into that kinda thing.

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Clark - Totems Flare (2009)

Had this one on my list of albums from this year to listen to, and now I'm mad that I waited so long to listen to it. Very intense yet catchy IDM, my favourite tracks are Growls Garden, Rainbow Voodoo, and Future Daniel. Plus the production will blow you away.

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Sweet Trip - Velocity : Design : Comfort (2003)

This criminally underrated album has become a new favourite of mine. It effortlessly switches from glitchy IDM a la Venetian Snares to shoegaze-inspired pop songs while remaining very cohesive as a whole. I can't really explain it better than that, just listen.

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