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Explosions In The Sky @ 2640 Space, Baltimore, MD – September 2, 2010 [UPDATE 1: Recording Info]

Published by breathmint on September 5, 2010 in FLAC, live review and mp3. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Explosions In The Sky recently announced a small handful of US dates, presumably a warmup for their upcoming album / ensuing tour. They played to a sold out crowd of about 600 people in a hollowed out church in the historic district of downtown Baltimore, and I was lucky enough to get a ticket last minute. What more can I say. Download links below.

Download FLAC here. [etree]
Download FLAC here. [dimeadozen]
Download mp3 here.

Explosions in the Sky
September 02, 2010
2640 Space
Baltimore, MD
Source:   Core Sound Binaurals > Battery Box > Nomad Jukebox 3
Transfer: NJB3 > USB > PC > Sony Soundforge 7.0a
Edit:     Sony Soundforge 7.0a (Splitting) > FLAC 1.2.1 > Tag & Rename
01) First Breath After Coma
02) The Birth and Death of The Day
03) Memorial
04) New Song [Title Unknown]
05) Catastrophe and the Cure
06) Your Hand In Mine
07) Help Us Stay Alive
08) The Only Moment We were Alone
Notes:
This show may not be sold under any cirumstances.
Recorded by:
breathmint   (breathmint@hotmail.com)
Becktabs Hub (dchub://becktabs.homelinux.org:1411)
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The Mountain Goats – March 14, 2010 – The Social, Orlando, FL [UPDATED SETLIST]

Published by breathmint on April 28, 2010 in FLAC, live review and mp3. 4 Comments Tags: , .

Sorry it took me so long to get this one up, but I wanted to make sure to get this master perfect, and work was pretty crazy the last month. John played this solo set as a makeup for a show cancelled the year prior, which was due to illness. He made up a point of letting us know how much he hates doing that, and assured us it was absolutely necessary. Lucky for us, he made it up by putting on an amazing show for us – a 90 minute set with no pre-determined setlist and many requests. And yes, oh yes, there was No Children played (thanks to “teratomamok” of tmg forums for providing the Capo, without which, said song would not have been possible)! Full setlist and recording gear info following the download links below.

Full Set:

Download mp3 here.

Download FLAC here.

The Mountain Goats
March 14, 2010
The Social
Orlando, FL
Source: Core Sound Binaurals > Battery Box > Nomad Jukebox 3
Transfer: NJB3 > USB > PC > Sony Soundforge 7.0a
Edit: Sony Soundforge 7.0a (Splitting) > FLAC 1.2.1 > Tag & Rename
00) Christmas In Key West (John Recites From Cynthia Thomason Harlequin Romance Novel)
01) First Few Desperate Hours
02) The Monkey Song
03) So Desperate
04) Going To Bolivia
05) Broom People
06) Dilaudid
07) Southwood Plantation Road
08) Linda Blair Was Born Innocent
09) Peacocks
10) Dance Music
11) Hebrews 11:40
12) Song For Dennis Brown
13) Cubs In Five
14) Cheshire County
15) Woke Up New
16) From TG&Y, Baboon (sorry this isn’t split)
17) Matthew 25:21
18) This Year
19) Houseguest (A capella) (Nothing Painted Blue Cover)
20) No Children
21) The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton
Notes:
This show may not be sold under any cirumstances.
Recorded by:
breathmint

Notes:
This show may not be sold under any cirumstances.

Recorded by:
breathmint
breathmint@cyanidebreathmint.net

http://cyanidebreathmint.net/

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Bear In Heaven @ Will’s Pub Orlando March 13 2010 [UPDATED]

Published by breathmint on March 14, 2010 in FLAC, live review and mp3. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Sorry for the delay on this one. Without further ado, the original post and your download links. Please enjoy!

Unlike my friend quitepeculiar, I am not big on giving “live reviews,” but I must say Bear In Heaven‘s performance last night at Will’s Pub was shockingly good. If you know me, then you probably know that Beast Rest Forth Mouth was one of my top records of 2009. Despite my usualy giving the benefit of the doubt for first time seeing bands perform, I typically don’t expect much and am not disappointed when that’s what I get. I love being wrong about this! The sound was brilliant and clear, and the band gave an energetic performance of nine of the ten tracks from the above mentioned sophomore record. They also had fun and managed to keep us entertained with some good humor even during some technical difficulty with a guitar, and all this when apparently one of the members had come down with food poisoning.

Luckily for you, I make up for my lack of a proper review with something (I claim is) even better! A recording of the whole show.

Note: The vocals are a bit muffled during first song, keep listening though. After this minor setback the sound quality is fantastic (sample included below).

Entire set [mp3]

Entire set [FLAC] [via etree torrent]

Sample mp3: Bear In Heaven – Lovesick Teenagers (March 13 2010)

Info / Setlist:

Bear In Heaven
March 13, 2010
Will’s Pub
Orlando, FL
Source: Core Sound Binaurals > Battery Box > Nomad Jukebox 3
Transfer: NJB3 > USB > PC > Sony Soundforge 7.0a
Edit: Sony Soundforge 7.0a (Master/Splitting) > FLAC 1.2.1 > Tag & Rename
01) Beast in Peace
02) Ultimate Satisfaction
03) Wholehearted Mess
04) Fake Out
05) Dust Cloud
06) Lovesick Teenagers
07) Drug a Wheel
08) You Do You
09) Casual Goodbye

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Local Motive: Lauren Carder And The Multiple Me

Published by breathmint on March 14, 2010 in local motive, mp3 and review. 0 Comments Tags: , .

This is the first edition of Local Motive, where I will showcase some local artists who rock. I am hoping I will be able to keep this theme at least semi-regular so if you have any Orlando and/or Florida artists who you think I should know about, please drop me a line.

This first installment focuses on Lauren Carder, whose new EP Lauren Carder And The Multiple Me was recently self released. I had the pleasure of meeting Lauren a few years back in my social circle. Unfortunately, despite having maintained casual acquaintance and knowing about her various music projects over the years, I’ve never had the chance to check any of them out – until recently. I purchased the cd for $5 and it’s definitely worth every penny. I’d describe this EP’s sound as a slightly psyched out “Laura Marling “-esque vibe with a folksy grounding and lots of nice guitar effects, some beautiful vocal layering (her voice is fantastic), and a more positive / self confident tone (or perhaps just lacking the sense of “emergency”) when compared with what you find on the aforementioned london songstress’ debut Alas, I Cannot Swim. Instead Ms. Carder spends just under twenty five minutes (over five tracks) exploring the complex landscapes of all the different directions in which we tend to pull ourselves internally (yes, the “multiple me” concept literally at work). I expect to see Lauren go good places real soon! Check out Courage of an Open Heart below, and or stream the whole EP over at her VIRB.

Lauren Carder & The Multiple Me – Courage Of An Open Heart

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Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me

Published by breathmint on March 6, 2010 in mp3 and review. 0 Comments Tags: , .

After a break of over three years, we recently saw the release of Joanna Newsom’s latest record, Have One On Me. This is a triple CD, each consisting of six songs for a total of 18 tracks spanning over 2 hours. If you saw my The Best Albums of 2000~2009 post, then you know that The Milk-Eyed Mender is amongst my favorite records of the last decade (I also loved Ys). I was so excited after hearing this I felt the need to write and tell you all how wonderful it is! While maintaining her signature style, Joanna takes on a more soulful tone here. I read an interview with Joanna where she was asked about her influences. She went on to describe some hippy harp circles where she learned about west African rhythms, etc. as well as various types of world/folk music. The few pop references she provided included Donovan, Dylan, and Billie Holiday – but I tend to hear a bit of Joni Mitchell (one of my all time favorites) and perhaps even Janis Joplin in this record. I can’t wait to listen to this more and form a more concrete opinion, but I think I can already conclude this will be amongst my favorites this year. Buy it here.

Joanna Newsom – ’81

Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me

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2010 so far

Published by breathmint on March 6, 2010 in mp3 and summary. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

If 2009 started off hard and heavy with a series of awesome records (for the record: yes it did), “2010 so far” is a bit underwhelming for me personally. That isn’t to say there aren’t a few solid records now which have made my regular rotation.

The Knife – Tomorrow, In A Year. Leave it to The Knife to not disappoint! I didn’t know what to expect when I heard (over a year ago) that their next project was to accompany an opera about Charles Darwin (that was being produced by a Danish experimental theatre group), but I expected to be pleased. Having under a dozen listens under my belt it’s difficult to try and write anything resembling a proper review of this, because it’s actually quite layered and complex. I may or may not attempt something like that later, but for now I can say for sure – I love this and highly recommend you check it out! It is definitely the most unique record I have heard in I can’t say how long! Buy it here.

The Knife – Minerals

Eels - Endtimes is the last record (so far) I have found this year which immediately drew me in. It documents Mark Everett’s (he IS Eels) 2005 divorce with his wife and the feelings which ensued. It’s some heavy stuff, definitely not something you should expect to throw on at work to quickly pass the time while coding. This is definitely a highly recommended record, though. Check it out now [full album stream on myspace], or buy it here.

Eels – A Line In The Dirt

Beach House - Teen Dream. I don’t have a ton to say about this record, except that I am appreciating it more than their previous work, and it seems to be continually growing on me with each lesson. More later? Buy it here.

Beach House – Used To Be

Four Tet – There Is Love In You is filled with dreamy reverberated percussive samplings, warm and hypnotic synth hooks, and a nice selection of processed vocals which serve both to tie together the nine tracks and add a layer of emotions to what might otherwise be complete abstraction. This isn’t strictly dance music but there are definitely elements of that, with some intermingled segments of house tempo 4/4 showing up on tracks like ‘This Unfolds’ while others such as ‘Plastic People’ pretty much operating exclusively in that vein. Recommended – buy it here.

Four Tet – Circling

Yeti Lane‘s self titled debut is an example of why I am paying (slightly) closer attention lately to European bands (they’re French!) lately. It’s Beatles-esque psychedelia with a good dose of what apparently is my favorite (its taken me years to realize this) genre: newgaze (or nu gaze). That’s “new” (post-2000?) shoegaze. I recently thought of this term and after googling it was disheartened to find someone had already thought of it and in fact started a last.fm group dedicated to the idea (and here I thought I was so clever). In any case, check them out if you like that sort of thing buy it here). And by the way, don’t mistake my having placed “nu gaze” just after mentioning these guys are European as some sort of intended statement. Mosts of the groups emerging in this genre are coming out of the US.

Other stuff I’m enjoying (but not obsessing over):

Get Well Soon – Vexations. These guys seriously wowed me with their first record Rest Now, Weary Head! You Will Get Well Soon so I had very high expectations/hopes for this one. Although it hasn’t quite lived up to them, this is a solid record and I recommend it to fans of their earlier stuff.

Efterklang – Magic Chairs. I have heard good things about these guys before, but this was my introduction to their music, and I dig. Looking forward to checking out (what has been described as quite varied) back catalog soon.

Good Shoes – No Hope, No Future. Maybe the only upbeat(ish) record so far of 2010 I have found/dug. Did I miss out on some mutual agreement that everyone else was going to release slow and quiet records from now on? I hope not, and after hearing Good Shoes I’m optimistic someone will be rocking out real soon (Snowden, I’m looking your way).

Then there’s the stuff I’m not really digging.

Everyone is going on about Yeasayer. I am a naysayer. I dislike the dude’s voice, and for me that’s easily enough to kill it. Hot Chip’s latest One Life Stand is just as disappointing as Made In The Dark (which I insist should have stayed in the dark – OH SNAP). These guys are a bit of a mystery to me having shown such weak efforts after 2006′s The Warning which is, to put it quite simply, amazing. I hope they get it together soon.  Vampire Weekend – Contra. Meh. A multitude of other recommendations have come my way and been dismissed as mediocre at best. If anyone has a tip, I’d love to hear from you.

–more quite soon–

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definitely this is the wrong place to be

Published by breathmint on March 6, 2010 in mp3. 0 Comments Tags: .

Over the last few years I have accumulated growing numbers of friends, family, colleagues, etc. asking me for music recommendations, turning to me for news/updates on artists, etc. Nearly independently I feel the need to talk about the music and bands I am listening to, loving, and perhaps not digging so much.

I have done this in a few different places. Primarily it’s carried on through personal conversations, instant messaging, text messaging, email, etc. I have also used a few different blogs to write about music. I started with myspace which I quickly found to be lacking and inefficient. Then there was mog, which I actually liked quite a bit. However, they have undergone several site updates which have rendered it into something like “everything else.” I like the idea of having complete control over my content and format, and after finding wordpress a while back I set up “Good News” as part of my Snowden fan site snowdenology. It was mainly intended to serve as a “snowden blog” but I found myself starting to include entries for recent mixes, “best of lists”, etc. Right about this time I was talking to a friend over at Tasty Fever! who suggested having a separate blog just for music writing. She’s going to be our London correspondent here too – more on that later.

So that’s how I got here at cyanidebreathmint.net‘s first post. Would you believe the first post on my new music blog doesn’t even have any music mentioned it? Don’t fret! That’s why today I have for you, 2010 So Far AND [bonus beats] Have One On Me.

In closing, I share with you lyrics from this blog’s name sake.

“There’s nothing to tell you, there’s nothing to sell you.”     (complete lyrics available on whiskeyclone)

We’re going to try anyway. Speaking of which, I changed my mind (about the no music in this post thing). The song is from the amazing album One Foot In The Grave, which you can and very much should buy here.

Beck – Cyanide Breath Mint

namaste,

cyanide breathmint

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