Mac Lethal - 11:11 & The Original 11:11 Sessions

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http://www.mediafire.com/?mmmjgzwyhxm . http://www.mediafire.com/?z1mgzjml1g5

So! Mac Lethal is a hip-hop artist from Kansas City, MO. Here i have two albums. Despite their similar names and a few shared songs, the albums are actually very different. Both albums are certainly worth checking out, both together as a comparison and independently on their own merits.

11:11 is an album with a more typical hip-hop instrumentation and arrangement like Sage Francis or Cecil Otter. He clearly draws influence from a lot of non-hip-hop sources but manages to make an incredible hip-hop album nonetheless.

The Original 11:11 Sessions, despite the name, doesn't seem to me to have much in common with 11:11. It takes a more Buck 65 (circa Secret House Against the World) interpretation on hip-hop, blending folk influences and more physical instrument recordings (including acoustic guitars), while still making an undeniably enjoyable and distinctive hip-hop album.

http://www.lethalville.net/
http://www.last.fm/music/Mac+Lethal

Spraynard - Cut and Paste

http://www.mediafire.com/?wjizm0yt1j4

Yay! More pop-punk!
Don't lie, you all love it. Spraynard is firmly in the Latterman camp of pop-punk; fun but not derivative. This is a really goddamn great album, check it out. Especially if you're a fan of the more well-known aforementioned Latterman.

Just to clarify, this is probably my favourite find of the week so i will be extremely offended if nobody downloads this. The album is gold, start to finish.

Someday i would love to be in a pop-punk band, but i am lazy and my musical ability is decreasing with age.

http://www.spraynard.com/
http://www.last.fm/music/Spraynard

Al Bowlly - Al Bowlly

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

Al Bowlly was a singer from the 1930's, born in Mozambique, raised in South Africa, and popular in Britain. He was killed by a parachute mine exploding outside his apartment in London during the Blitz.

Great example of that old '30s style of jazz-pop that isn't even really attempted much these days. I don't know if anyone reading this likes the style of music enough to download it but fuck you this is my intertube i will post whatever i like. And i like this. That's all the endorsement you should need. Plus, it has that fantastic old gritty vinyl record static.

Witches With Dicks - Manual

http://www.mediafire.com/?z40jtczyndc

Another band with a hilarious name, Witches With Dicks is (was) an outstandingly fun punk band from Boston. I mean, they're still outstandingly fun and presumably still consider themselves Bostonians, but they are no longer a band. Thus the 'was'.

And people say i can't write!

Chinese Telephones - Chinese Telephones

http://www.mediafire.com/?dn2dfijmzzy

Another great somewhat pop-ish punk band! There's so many. I'm sure i'm not the only person that likes this type of music. It doesn't matter, i make the rules in this intertube.

I hope it doesn't bother anyone that i frequently write posts and change the publish date so they are not at all in the same order i wrote them. Don't assume they display in chronological order of creation. It is just the way my mind works.

The Copyrights - Mutiny Pop (2006)

http://www.mediafire.com/?50c1djwnodz

The Copyrights are a pop-punk band from Illinois!

Incidentally, fucking bastard ass thundercunt Mediafire apparently deleted/lost a couple of my old uploads so i will fix them as i find them.

Over Stars and Gutters - Consider This Your Curse

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

Over Stars and Gutters is a punk band from Oklahoma. Similar to Jawbreaker, Hot Water Music, etc. 'Orgcore', as some say.

The Falcon - Unicornography (2006)

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

A punk rock supergroup of sorts, The Falcon is Brendan Kelly and Neil Hennessy of The Lawrence Arms, and Dan Andriano of The Alkaline Trio. Similar to LaGrecia.

Otem Rellik - Carbon Based Boy

http://www.mediafire.com/?mm2mnmlwkzm

Otem Rellik makes hip-hop in his basement, recording and producing it all unassisted. I wouldn't have been able to tell if i hadn't read it, it is a very professional sounding album.

Lives in the same genre ballpark as Astronautalis and Sole.

In other news, i survived the second round of layoffs at my company, which makes me a happy fella. Job searches are a pain in the ass.

http://www.myspace.com/otemrellik

(Young) Pioneers - Free The (Young) Pioneers Now! (1998)

http://www.mediafire.com/?mdng3g0imlz

(Young) Pioneers, active from 1993-1999, more or less singlehandedly invented folk-punk as it stands today, being tremendously influential on such bands as This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, Defiance, Ohio, and Against Me! (even having been namedropped in 'We Laugh at Danger (and Break All the Rules)').

http://www.last.fm/music/%28Young%29+Pioneers

1905 - Voice (2002)

http://www.mediafire.com/?xjjznrl5ifq

1905 actually reminds me a lot of Evil Robot Us' (the 3rd post i ever made) in its dynamic male/female singing, quiet/loud playing way.

Oh happy new year/decade, friends i know and anonymous internet people i don't know. May it confuse you when you are writing the date for the next approximately 4 months.

The Steinways - Missed The Boat (2006)

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

It's actually been proven by ~*~science~*~ that it is impossible for anyone to dislike good pop-punk.
Particularly if you're from the suburbs and grew up in the 1990s.
Don't fight it, it's the closest thing to a culture we have.

Like The Ergs!, The Steinways make short, energetic, geeky pop-punk songs. Enjoy!

'cause i can't wait to go out tonight / and i can't wait to see you tonight
i just wanna make out tonight but you just wanna be friends
you just wanna be friends / oh you just wanna be friends
and that sucks

http://www.myspace.com/thesteinways

House Boat - The Delaware Octopus (2009)

http://www.mediafire.com/?djnknz4wk2z

Featuring Ace and Grath from The Steinways, Mikey Erg from The Ergs!, and Zack from Off With Their Heads, House Boat is a pop-punk supergroup of sorts.

http://www.myspace.com/houseboattakesnoprisoners