Extra Life/Nat Bladwin

Extra Life's Secular Works was one of the best albums of last year, and Charlie continues to reinvent this project in unexpected ways. While most of Secular Works was already sparse, tense arrangements, he stripped it down even further for this split with Nat Baldwin a singer-songwriter on a double bass. Black Hoodie, the best song on here is just Charlie with an acoustic and a viola, the other two songs just him and guitar. Of course, his voice is stellar as always, and the solo performance of I'll Burn holds up surprisingly well next to the full band version on the full-length.
Nat Baldwin's side is not as good. It holds promise, it just never achieves the same heights of melody and composition that Extra Life's does. His songs drag a bit. Weights is definitely the best one, and is also the shortest one.

http://www.mediafire.com/?zmymy0nff0z

Liars

This is probably not a new album for most of you guys reading this, but this is really another gem from 2006, an overall great year for music (Donuts, Dowsing Anemone, Diadem of 12 Stars, This Binary Universe, etc). Liars is one of those bands that if you were high it'd be all 'Feels good, man', but you don't need to be to enjoy it. That makes sense, right?
Anyway, the yell at the beginning of Let's Not Wrestle Mt. Heart Attack is good enough to justify downloading this, but what really sets this album apart is the textural experimentation. There's not many melodies here, most of them are just the vocal lines sung in falsetto or a deep Ian Curtis voice, but the drums play an integral part in keeping the pulse going. The guitar rarely sounds like one, instead it's run through countless filters until beautiful drones are created to let the vocal lines breathe.
Liars manages to keep things fresh for 12 tracks and 47 minutes, no easy feat.

http://www.mediafire.com/?zkoyxg0uxki

Ampere

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RAHVIOLENMCE ARH AS)D
feeeeedbaaaaack

That is the first track off of Ampere's incredible EP, All Our Tomorrows End Today. It's 24 seconds, and that one song is more fulfilling than most hardcore tracks I've ever heard. I might not be an expert, but this 11 minute EP will change your life.

http://www.mediafire.com/?1um1ecdnmtn

Chevreuil

Here's another French math rock gem; Capoëira by Chevreuil (Deer in French). This is a duo, like Cheval de Frise, a band I love, but they play an entirely different kind of math rock. The easiest way I can compare them to another band would probably to say they are like a freer, noisier Battles. I'm not sure how they pull this off live, because looped parts come in and out every two seconds, but it works on tape at least.

By the way, it was produced by Steve Albini, so you know it sounds clean as fvck.

http://www.mediafire.com/?omkjoomtqjt

New Honor Roll Breakfast EP

http://www.sendspace.com/file/intsmd


Today we actually got to record in a legit studio, so the sound quality is tons better than previously. Also, we added a third song, Hemingway, for you all to enjoy.

real talk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBRL7D0wcXM&feature=related

Venetian Snares compilation

Venetian Snares is Aaron Funk's twisted soul conquering the breakcore scene.

Everyone already knows Rossz Csillag Alatt Született (Born Under a Bad Star), which I have a soft spot for because the album's main theme is Hungary, but it is not representative of Vsnares' discography, because of how varied it is. No one album would do the job, which is why I'm including two of his offerings; Meathole, a noisy album that samples jazz, but is verrry dark, and the Sabbath Dubs 7", which is two dub remixes of Black Sabbath songs. Hopefully, the contrast is clear between the chaotic, arrhythmic snare rushes of Meathole and the laid back, stoner tracks on Sabbath Dubs.

http://www.mediafire.com/?xzcjmzw5zrq

If you want more classical samples, check out My Downfall and Rossz. His new album, Detrimentalist is more jungle-influenced. His earlier albums are not as experimental, but still go above and beyond all the breakcore I've heard.