Storm & Stress

Storm & Stress are a U.S. experimental rock trio consisting of guitarist/vocalist Ian Williams (ex-member of Don Caballero, current member of Battles), bassist Erich Ehm, and drummer Kevin Shea. They derive their name from the German literary movement Sturm und Drang.

Storm & Stress
1.We Write Threnodies. We Write With Explosions
2.Today is Totally Crashing & Stunned in Bright Lights
3.Dance 'til Record Skips Like Passengers Shift on Take Off
4.Micah Gaugh Sings All Is All
5.Guitar Cabinet Stack Way High Is Freedom or Gravity Gives Us Rhythm
6.Piles of Blinkers Slip for New Years
7.Orange Cone Made No Noise

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These Arms Are Snakes/ Russian Circles

Split LP from their 2008 tour. Only 500 copies in the US and 1000 worldwide. Great tracks from both bands. Camera Shy is one of my favorite These Arms Are Snake's songs.

Tour Split
Camera Shy - These Arms Are Snakes.01
Trix - These Arms Are Snakes.02
Philios - Russian Circles.03

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The Middle East

"The Middle East were an exciting, original, beautiful band from Townsville, Queensland, Australia. They played Ambient Post-Rock Folk and their live shows often created a very dream like atmosphere."

Recordings Of The Middle East
1.The Darkest Side
2.Beleriand
3.Lonely
4.Blood
5.Fool's Gold
6.Pig Food
7.The Fall Of Man
8.Tsietsi

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Dakota/Dakota

This Chicago trio has fused together elements of chaotic discord found in their more math-rocky counterparts along with the sticky-sweet guitar and bass melodies that frequent many a Pele song. Members went on to play in Russian Circles.

Shoot In The Dark
1.Hamburger Help Us
2.I Hope To God I'm Not A Sheep
3.Indian Givers, Cowboy Takers
4.Don't Pee In My Bed And Tell Me It's Raining
5.Bruises Are Buttons For Pain
6. No Matter How Hard I Try... I Never Remember The Alamo
7.Getting Angry Is The Worst Way To Prove You're Not Drunk
8.Can I Write Something On Your Face
9.Just Because You Can't See My Invisible Forcefield Doesn't Mean It's Not There
10.Square Meals At Round Tables

Piglet

A three-piece instrumental band from Chicago, Piglet craft manic and hyperbolic orchestrated jams that the discerning listener would expect from such a storied city. Having cut their teeth in the clubs and bars of their native lakeside city, the trio capitalizes on the power afforded by Chicago’s monsters of rock and infuses it into their unique song writing approach, resulting in a style of music that they can sincerely call their own. With two members of Seyarse you know these kids are no strangers to complicated, mind-bending song structures.
For fans of Pele, Volta Do Mar, Don Caballero and likeminded



Lava Land
1. Bug Stomp
2. Caramel
3. Little Bubble, Where Are You Going?
4. Anthropology Anthology
5. Pangea Reunion
6. Plastic Stars, Cotton Highways

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Lights Out Asia

Lights Out Asia is an ambient musical project that was formed in February 2003 when Chris Schafer and Mike Ystad, themselves members of Aurore Rien, had considered to work on music together. Over the next few years, they would begin to record in various places. From bedrooms, basements, to living rooms and outdoors, the duo had finally written and mastered enough material for a full length album. This is their second.

Tanks & Recognizers
1.Roy
2.Ring Of Stars
3.Four Square
4.Oh! Toronto
5.March Against The Savages
6.Lilies Of The Subway
7.Art Divided By Science
8.Drift/Fade
9.Spiti Elefas

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1 Mile North

The atmospheric duo 1 Mile North consists of guitarist Jon Hills and keyboardist Mark Bajuk. Bajuk sets the pace with old school analogue synths while Hills overlays his ethereal riffs. Mellow post-rock/ambient with guitars, keyboards and samples.

Minor Shadows
In 1983 He Loved To Fly.01
Life Indoors.02
Return To From Where We Came.03
The Sick.04
Black Lines.05
August 8:15.06
The Manual.07

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Tortoise

Tortoise’s almost entirely instrumental music defies easy categorization, and the group gained significant attention from their early career. The members have roots in Chicago’s fertile music scene, playing in various indie rock and punk groups. Tortoise was among the first American indie rock bands to incorporate styles closer to Krautrock, dub, minimalism, electronica and various jazz styles, rather than the standard rock and roll and punk that had dominated indie rock for years.

TNT
1.TNT
2.Swung From The Gutters
3.Ten-Day Interval
4.I Set My Face In The Hillside
5.Equator
6.Simple Way To Go Faster Than Light That Does Not Work
7.Suspension Bridge At Iguazú Falls
8.Four-Day Interval
9.In Sarah, Mencken, Christ, And Beethoven There Were Woman And Men
10.Almost Always Is Nearly Enough
11.Jetty
12.Everglade

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El Ten Eleven

El Ten Eleven is a two-man post-rock band known for combining guitar/bass doubleneck with heavy effects pedaling over acoustic or electric drumming.

“El Ten Eleven’s dense, textured instrumentals recall post-rock standard-bearers like Tortoise or the Mercury Program, except theirs are created by only two musicians — and a whole lot of effects pedals.” - LA Times.

Every Direction Is North

1.3 Plus 4
2.Every Direction Is North
3.Hot Cakes
4.Estrella
5.Music For Staring At Ceilings
6.Keep
7.Dax Pierson
8.Living On Credit Blues
9.The 49th Day
10.Bye Annie, Bye Joe, Bye Michael, Bye Jake

El Ten Eleven
My Only Swerving.01
Sorry About Your Irony.02
Lorge.03
1969.04
Central Nervous Piston.05
Thinking Loudly.06
Fanshawe.07
Connie.08
Bye Mom.09

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