Jackie-O Motherfucker - Ballads of the Revolution & Earth Sound System 2009/2011

their 10th and 11th albums.

the reviews of these two are kind of weird. in the pitchfork sense. lots of really hesitant enjoyment.

you can definitely tell that ballads is closer chronologically to flags of the sacred harp/valley of fire than earth sound system is. and guess what? flags of the sacred harp is still one of the most insanely amazing albums there is. i debated bumping that one up again, but then my charts would be wrong. and i debated posting valley of fire, because 'the tree' next to 'we are/chanel zero' is fucking retarded.

but instead, these. here. because ive been rampantly switching back and forth between poppy DnB and psychdrone as i replay STALKER again and again and contemplate the abject moral decay of my life.

also 'the corner' contains the out-of-context lines "i trust you...keep me drunk...i trust you" which i cant stop thinking about.



Ballads of the Revolution:

1. Nightingale
2. Dark Falcon
3. Skylight
4. The Corner
5. The Cryin Sea
6. A Mania

http://www.mediafire.com/?jtgdz2kffm5





Earth Sound System:

01. In The Willows
02. Raga Joining
03. Bring It To Me
04. Dedication
05. Raga Separating
06. Where We Go

http://www.mediafire.com/?dlpc37td6yv5l0g

Queen Elephantine - Kailash 2009

started in hong kong, moved to NYC. very, very unique sense of psych drone, lots of chanting vocals, lots of tabla and sitar, some really interesting tones. each song is very different, which is very refreshing, but it is all very ambient and spiritual and psychedelic.

i really like the spoken word outro of the first song, and the what the fuck is that noise? sense at the beginning of (and then continuing through) priest. highly, highly recommended. get it just for how fucking great every vocal style they use is. like, i dont think i could ever play something like this, drone-wise. the vocals are much, much more prominent than the music (very subtle and repetitive, with very little distortion and sparse percussion), which is awesome, but just like...playing drone and having it so reliant on the voice is really really impressive. and they do it very well, and i wish more bands did it.

dont like drone? fuck you.

like beats antique? imagine them being better at the "PLAY EVERY INSTRUMENT THAT SOUNDS ETHNIC, EVEN IF WE JUST BOUGHT IT BECAUSE IT LOOKS COOL" thing and being really, really goddamn trippy. and real slow. and without zoe in antlers.


if you are on the fence about this, listen to khora first and then start the album over again from the beginning. khora is astonishing. and in KEEP IT POSI major key.

1. Search For The Deathless State

2. Gloaming
3. -
4. The Vulture And The Creed
5. Priest
6. Godblood

7. Khora

http://www.mediafire.com/?nkq0ymznyzg

Oranssi Pazuzu - Muukalainen Puhuu (2009)

It's like Nachtmystium's "Assassins", if Assassins was a good record. Also, it's got an awesome fucking album cover. SPACEMAN!

SPAYCEMEHTUL!