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Cessna Mp3s
Two years in the making, Terminus could easily stand as Cessna’s masterpiece. (If they needed one). For their third Radio Khartoum outing, our Finnish pop ambassadors have finally put longtime keyboard companion Mikko Ojanen (of analog synth outfit Nu Science) behind the producer’s desk. The resulting album expands considerably on the Cessna palette, but thanks to Mikko’s warm production and exquisite editing (and, dare we say, the band’s impeccable taste) what should be a bumpy ride of mad segues proves an intense and satisfying voyage: pop by way of the classic Scandinavian breeze, Os Mutantes and Gainsbourg, garage and psych by way of The Famous Boyfriend, The Monochrome Set, Velvet Underground, Section 25 and Can, laid back and spacious cowboy riffs as best exemplified by Cessna themselves, a gorgeous rainy-day synth and acoustic guitar number no one knows quite how to classify, and a haunting piano and feedback epilogue. (write up from Radio Khartoum)
Mp3s: Encore toujours, Book
My Bloddy Valentine Rare Live mp3s
Lots of live MBV mp3s at this wonderful fan site:
The Cure New Album mp3
Pitchfork says that this is the best track off the new Cure album, The Cure, so it should be a good preview track for all of those ex-fans thinking about investing their hard-earned dollars on a new Cure record, but worried about winding up with another Wild Mood Swings in their musty CD collection.
Helio Sequence mp3 review by Flash Tero
Everyone Knows Everyone from Love and Distance (2004, Sub Pop)
This is a good preview to know if you’re going to like this jamming Oregon space band that has incorporated the harmonica to fine effect in a couple songs on this album… good chorus and sweet for playing at a party or in the car, should make people happy all over the world. Play it tonight and celebrate! Viva!
–FT, Azores, 2004
Wu Tang Clan mp3 of the Decade
DJ Henrik X writes in from Oslo…
Yo yo, itz been way too long, I’ve been keepin’ it real all ovah da nave, freakin wit skeezaz in stinky helsinki, pulling dizzy hotties in G-berg, and of course yall know how we do in oZlo. Hollah!
Anyway here’s my choice for top Wu Tang track to get the asses on the flo’ no matter where you at. I’m out.
