Olympia - Emergencies

ARTIST : Olympia
TITLE : Emergencies
LABEL : Hope Divison
GENRE : Indie

RIP INFORMATION

STREET DATE : 00/00/2007
RiP DATE : 01/17/2008
AVG BiTRATE : 215 KBps
ENCODER : Lame DNR (3.97) -V 2 --vbr-new
GRABBER : EAC
QUALiTY : 44.1KHZ / Joint-Stereo
SiZE: 64,6 MB

TRACK LISTING

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01. Chorus! Chorus! Chorus!
02. Olympia Is A Motherfucker
03. The Resurrectionist
04. Bastogne
05. Emergencies
06. Even Rome Had Sewers
07. This Ship Ain't Gonna Sink Itself
08. Who's Bad Party Time
09. It's Okay To Eat The Dead (Times Are Tough)
10. M-80
11. Lo, My Name Is Abhorred

TOTAL TiME: 42:03 min

NOTES

Along comes Olympia, comprising former members of Fairweather and Brand New Disaster. Disregarding most of the emo influences of their former bands and Washington D.C., except for maybe some silly song titles, these four gents created Emergencies, 11 songs and 42 minutes of almost straightforward, kickass rock. Sure, the title track might have more of an indie vocal style, but the heavy foot of a rock beat remains intact throughout. The combined experience of Olympia's members is evident in the songwriting, but moving away from the trends of today's music scene has helped them to create a refreshingly simple sound for this band.

The rock sound has garnered more than a few Foo Fighters comparisons, but the band isn't nearly as hard in its approach and compares better to some of the more radio-friendly alternative acts of the late 90s. If anything, the comparison applies more to early Foo Fighters, while the vocals of "Even Rome Had Sewers" bring Joey Cape to mind.

But whatever you want to compare it to, Olympia hits its mark with a great debut. Emergencies is diverse yet steady rock from start to finish. It's catchy, but not to a degree that'll make you feel guilty for liking it. Olympia is one of the first new bands worth checking out in 2007, and Emergencies is simply a great rock album.
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www.myspace.com/olympia

Olympia - S/T

Track List:

1. Bastogne
2. It's Ok To Eat The Dead (Times Are Tough)
3. The Resurrectionist
4. You Can't Hustle Backwards, Son
5. Los Scorcheros

Further Seems Forever - Hope This Finds You Well

Track List:

1. The Moon Is Down
2. Pride War
3. Hide Nothing
4. Snowbirds And Townies
5. Light Up Ahead
6. Against My Better Judgment
7. The Bradley
8. New Years Project
9. How To Start A Fire
10. Someone You Know
11. The Sound
12. Wearing Thin
13. Bleed
14. Pictures Of Shorelines
15. For All We Know
16. Vengeance Factor
17. There, Now I've Said It
18. Say It Ain't So
19. Light Up Ahead (Acoustic)
20. Bye Bye Bye
21. Justice Prevails

Further Seems Forever - How To Start A Fire

Track List:

1. How To Start A Fire Listen Listen
2. The Sound
3. A Blank Page Empire
4. Against My Better Judgement
5. I Am
6. Pride War
7. On Legendary
8. Insincerity As An Artform
9. The Deep
10. Aurora Borealis (in long form)

Eight_Legs-Searching_For_The_Simple_Life-2008-gF

ARTIST: Eight Legs
TITLE: Searching For The Simple Life
LABEL: Weekender Records
GENRE: Indie
SOURCE: CD
BITRATE: 209 kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 28:39
RELEASE DATE: 2008-00-00
RIP DATE: 2008-02-23

Tracklist
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1. Wear That Shirt 1:20
2. Vicious 2:53
3. Freaking Out The Neighbours 2:44
4. Eight Legs 2:03
5. Simple Life 2:42
6. Pass The Bucket 2:48
7. Tell Me What Went Wrong 2:33
8. Spilt Milk 3:05
9. Blood Sweat Tears 2:50
10. Cant Slow Down 2:39
11. These Grey Days 3:02

Release Notes:

For fans of UK Indie music like Arctic Monkeys, the Rifels, the Pigeon Detectives and Art Brut. Enjoy!

Flowers_Forever-Flowers_Forever-2008-RTB

ARTIST: Flowers Forever
TITLE: Flowers Forever
LABEL: Team Love
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 209kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 40m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-02-19
RIP DATE: 2008-02-16

Track List:
01. Beautiful Tornado 1:15
02. American Dream 4:19
03. Black Rosary 3:05
04. Wet Diamonds 2:10
05. Golden Shackles 3:49
06. Dirty Dollar Bill 3:49
07. Jealous Motherfucker 3:05
08. Happy New Year 2:00
09. Strange Fruit 3:48
10. Smash the Cool 3:29
11. Beach Bum 2:43
12. Elliptical Love 3:12
13. Black Pope 3:28

Release Notes:
Who? Flowers Forever is the artistic outlet of Tilly and the Wall guitarist Derek Pressnall. The Omaha transplant began writing songs for what would become the bands self-titled debut in early 2007 during an emotional rollercoaster that found him waking with prophetic sensations. I basically had this really weird moment in my life where I thought maybe I was having premonitions, Pressnall recently told SPIN.com. I just felt really connected to the earth I guess. Slowly developing the new songs into a full-blown musical project, he enlisted the help of several friends -- including Tilly and the Wall collaborator Craig D. -- for the Flowers Forever LP, out Feb. 19 via Team Love.

Whats the Deal? Dark, gritty and often chaotic, Flowers Forever is a drastic departure from the carefree indie-pop of Pressnalls work with Tilly and crew, though it does share the latters tendency toward anthemic shout-along choruses. Its inspired by anything and everything I guess, Presnall said. From the ominous horn sections of the Billie Holiday classic Strange Fruit and the screeching organs of Black Rosary to the bouncy, soulful piano melodies of Elliptical Love, Flowers Forever is loaded in freewheeling, psychedelic stoner-rock with a decidedly retro vibe -- thanks in large part to Pressnalls bluesy, reverb dosed guitar leads and Lou Reed-ish vocals. More frantic tunes such as Golden Shackles and Wet Diamonds would also fit comfortably alongside the cathartic dissonance of fellow Omaha acts like Cursive or Desaparecidos.

Fun Fact: Before joining Tilly and the Wall, Pressnall monitored user pages for
Yahoo Personals.

myspace.com/flowersforever

Burning_Skies-Greed.filth.abuse.corruption-(Advance)-2008-FNT

Artist: Burning Skies
Album: Greed.Filth.Abuse.Corruption
Label: Lifeforce Records
Playtime: 28:17 min
Genre: Death Metal
URL: http://www.myspace.com/burningskies
Rip date: 2008-02-27
Street date: 2008-03-21
Size: 45.66 MB
Type: Advance
Quality: 213 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo

Release Notes

BURNING SKIES started out in 2002 when Liam, Andie and Stu came together due to their previous bands splitting up. They practised vigorously with the focus of incorporating their diverse musical tastes into one heavy yet accessible sound, that had a main focus on caustic, near-unstoppable slices of laborious brutality.

It took until the end of 2002, before a fitting shouter (Merv) and second guitarist (Ben) completed the bands line-up, for BURNING SKIES to complete the vision they set out to create.

Things came together quickly and the first demo Premonition Of Things To Come was recorded in January 2003. BURNING SKIES immediately became an underground secret, which caught the attention of LIFEFORCE RECORDS and ushered in the release of their full length debut Murder By Means Of Existence in February 2004. In 2005 Stu left and was replaced by Phil on drums.

Set on world domination through their diverse and crippling metallic sound, Englands BURNING SKIES have created one of the most stunning and cohesive works of brutality known to man!

Track List

01. Warhate ( 2:10)
02. You Dont Have To Be Dead To Be In Hell ( 3:16)
03. Y.G.F.F. ( 2:34)
04. Rounding Up The Cattle ( 2:59)
05. Abuse To Confuse ( 2:31)
06. To Be The Man Who Has To Beat The Man ( 2:51)
07. Spat Out And Stamped On ( 2:35)
08. Its Hard To Breathe With A Bag On Your Head ( 1:19)
09. Slashed, Thrashed And Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition ( 2:35)
10. Emocalypse ( 2:39)
11. Sticky Richard ( 2:48)