Archnemesis - Diamonds and Glass

Artist - Archnemesis

Album - Diamonds and Glass (EP)

Year - 2010

Genre(s) - Electronic/Experimental/Hip-Hop

First off, Happy Halloween everyone! I wanted to post something festive for todays holiday, but there is nothing worthy in my library, oh well. Instead I bring you Archnemesis, a rather interesting experimental electronic group who formed very recently. This is their first EP that released about a month ago , and its fucking sick. Check it out!

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Posted by: KB

Strand of Oaks - Pope Killdragon

Artist - Strand of Oaks

Album - Pope Killdragon

Year - 2010

Genre(s) - Folk, Singer/Songwriter

Strand of Oaks is a project from musician Timothy Showalter. The majority of this album consists of acoustic folk songs, but there are a couple upbeat "rocking" songs too that sound influenced by Neil Young to me. Overall I was impressed with this album upon first listen, and not to mention the album art is pretty sick. If you give this one a listen, let me know what you think.

Download

Posted by: KB

Rome - Nera

Artist: Rome
Album: Nera
Year: 2006
Genre(s): Neofolk, martial industrial

Too lazy to give much of a description right now, but this album is pretty good.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

Artist: Ahab
Album: The Call Of The Wretched Sea
Year: 2006
Genre(s): Doom, funeral doom, post-metal

German funeral doom inspired by Moby Dick. Does it get any more intense? But seriously, for what seems like a gimmicky concept, these guys are serious about what they do... the music is excellent.

Download.

Posted by DW.

letlive - Fake History

Artist - letlive

Album - Fake History

Year - 2010

Genre(s) - Post Hardcore/Metal

From Last.fm:

On “Fake History”:
Utilizing inventive and passionate compositions with darker political tones, and heavy riffs, “Fake History” will take you into the chaotic mind of Letlive, and you will know that the movement is starting. Everything is about to change. This isn’t a catch phrase, it’s a promise.

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Posted by: KB

Pretty Girls Make Graves - The New Romance

Artist - Pretty Girls Make Graves

Album - The New Romance

Year - 2003

Genre(s) - Indie Rock

I Just heard this band a couple of days ago while playing their song Something Bigger, Somthing Brighter, which is featured Rock Band 3. I grabbed this album where the song originated from, and enjoyed almost every song on it. Check it out.

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Posted by: KB

Vladee Divacc - Hoop Dreamz EP

Artist: Vladee Divacc
Album: Hoop Dreamz EP
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Ambient, drone, experimental

Considered "dunkcore" and themed around basketball (specifically, the Phoenix Suns, I think, though I don't know much about basketball), this is actually a really cool EP that I just got. Really trippy, cool atmospheres... inspires me to check out more basketball. Why can't other sports inspire cool drone projects?

Download option one.

Download option two.

Posted by DW.

Gloom - Vokusatsu, Seisin, Hatansha

Artist: Gloom
Album: Vokusatsu, Seisin, Hatansha
Year: 2003
Genre(s): Crust punk, hardcore, sludge

Gloom is a fucking raw and heavy Japanese sludge/crust punk/hardcore band. Really amazing stuff.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Torturing Nurse - NanaNanaNanaNanaNanaNana

Artist: Torturing Nurse
Album: NanaNanaNanaNanaNanaNana
Year: 2005
Genre(s): Noise

Chinese noise outfit Torturing Nurse. This is my favorite release I've heard so far.

Download.

Posted by DW.

The Residents - Diskomo

Artist: The Residents
Album: Diskomo
Year: 1980
Genre(s): Avant-garde, experimental

Diskomo was an attempt for the Residents to take elements of 1979's Eskimo and put them in a catchier, dancier, more "disco" fashion. The result isn't disco at all. Moreover, this is the Residents at some of their creepiest and weirdest. The snarling vocals and military march of the live rendition of Diskomo is my favorite part of this whole thing.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy

Artist: Thurston Moore
Album: Trees Outside The Academy
Year: 2007
Genre(s): Alternative rock, experimental

A lot of Thurston Moore's stuff outside Sonic Youth is noise, but this isn't. It's a little more conventional, but still surprising at times, and mostly just based on great songwriting from one of the most influential guitarists around right now.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Banner and Uploading Problems.

Hey everyone hope your enjoying all the killer music DW has been posting. I know I haven't posted for a while now, but its because I'm having problems with winrar. Hopefully I will have this problem fixed soon, I have several albums I really want to put up ASAP.

Also I think a banner at the top of the blog would look good, so in the time I have not been posting I have been trying to create something kick ass for that. I have 3 ideas I have been working on, and I will soon have some final versions to post and share. If anyone out there is good with graphic design and has a good idea for a banner, go ahead and make something and share it with us! Post it in the comments or even our last.fm page.

Lastly, Help spread the word about The Big Dipster! Tell your friends, your mom, teachers, anyone. A wide variety of music is posted to appeal to everyone, so if you help us get some more readers it would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for reading: KB

EDIT: Found a way around the .rar problem. I'll be posting new music soon.

AIDS Wolf - The Lovvers LP

Artist: AIDS Wolf
Album: The Lovvers LP
Year: 2006
Genre(s): Noise rock, noise, experimental

A modern classic, AIDS Wolf's The Lovvers LP is exactly what modern noise rock should sound like. Really, really cool album.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Nautical Almanac - Rooting For The Microbes

Artist: Nautical Almanac
Album: Rooting For The Microbes
Year: 2004
Genre(s): Noise

Really weird noise album, Wolf Eyes-related project (but I think this came first, honestly... though not necessarily this album).

Download.

Posted by DW.

Gnaw Their Tongues - Horse Drawn Hearse

Artist: Gnaw Their Tongues
Album: Horse Drawn Hearse
Year: 2006
Genre(s): Black metal, drone, noise

Really kickass album I listened to the other day... think you guys will enjoy this if you have any interest in really interesting black metal.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Last.fm

If you're on Last.fm, you should join our fledgling group. It's only a few members so far, but it's a good way to promote the blog, put in requests, show support, etcetera. Check it out here.

Ascend - Ample Fire Within

Artist: Ascend
Album: Ample Fire Within
Year: 2008
Genre(s): Drone, metal, experimental

Ascend is a collaborative project between Greg Anderson (Sunn O))), Goatsnake) and Gentry Densley (Eagle Twin, Iceburn). Cool, weird drone here. If you're expecting the typical VRUMMMMMMMMM drone well there's plenty of that, but these guys change it up a lot and make it really interesting. Great album.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Sun City Girls - Sun City Girls

Artist: Sun City Girls
Album: Sun City Girls
Year: 1984
Genre(s): Experimental, avant-garde

Sun City Girls were an experimental rock band; this is their first full-length and a classic album. Great experimental music with a good sense of humor about it.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Avey Tare - Down There

Artist: Avey Tare
Album: Down There
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Alternative, experimental

This is the new first solo album from Animal Collective's Avey Tare. I haven't listened to this yet, but I have high hopes for it.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth

Artist: Bohren & Der Club Of Gore
Album: Black Earth
Year: 2002
Genre(s): Jazz, dark jazz, ambient

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore is one of my favorite recent jazz projects. It sounds a lot like Angelo Badalamenti, who scored a lot of music for David Lynch's films. This is, in my opinion, their best album. It's very slow, very atmospheric, very dark and minimalistic... not necessarily what you'd expect out of a jazz record, but a wonderful and satisfying listen nonetheless.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Maldoror - She

Artist: Maldoror
Album: She
Year: 1999
Genre(s): Noise, experimental, avant-garde

Maldoror is a collaboration between the highly influential vocalist Mike Patton (if you don't know who he is you should really just look it up) and ultra-prolific Japanoise artist, Merzbow. A really uncomfortable, weird listen. You should check this out.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Sweet Cobra - Mercy

Artist: Sweet Cobra
Album: Mercy
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Sludge

Chicago's Sweet Cobra is some pretty awesome sludge. This is their new album. The track Reinhold London in particular stands out to me as one of the most badass metal songs I've heard this year.

Check it out.

Posted by DW.

Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat - Hewers Of Wood And Drawers Of Water

Artist: Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat
Album: Hewers Of Wood And Drawers Of Water
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Neofolk, apocalyptic folk

Putting this up here for you guys; this is the new Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat album! I'm very excited to finally listen to this.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Ocean - Here Where Nothing Grows

Artist: Ocean
Album: Here Where Nothing Grows
Year: 2005
Genre(s): Doom, drone, minimalist

Not to be confused with mathcore/progressive metal band The Ocean...

In three tracks branching over an hour, Ocean has set forth some of the heaviest, most dismal pieces of music perhaps ever recorded in the metal genre. This music is bleak. If you're easily depressed you might not want to listen to this, but for the rest of us, this is an amazing album. These guys are easily my favorite of the "as-slow-and-heavy-as-possible" scene evolving right now.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Clinic - Internal Wrangler

Artist: Clinic
Album: Internal Wrangler
Year: 2000
Genre(s): Alternative, post-punk, experimental

Clinic's first full-length album is a start of great things to come. With their signature quirky and layered sound, they speedily tear through this barely-over-a-half-hour album in what seems like even less time.

Download.

Posted by DW.

The Broken Penis Orchestra - Vienna Sausage

Artist: The Broken Penis Orchestra
Album: Vienna Sausage
Year: 2006
Genre(s): Noise, samples, experimental

Pretty hilarious album from The Broken Penis Orchestra... I'd urge you to check it out. Very unique stuff.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Cave In - Live Airwaves

Artist: Cave In
Album: Live Airwaves
Year: 2004
Genre(s): Progressive rock, space rock, alternative

This live Cave In release features tracks from Jupiter and Antenna... worth checking out.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Bone Awl - Meaningless Learning Mess

Artist: Bone Awl
Album: Meaningless Learning Mess
Year: 2007
Genre(s): Black metal

Bone Awl is about as raw and primitive as it gets for black metal. It's almost punky in that manner. Highly, highly recommended.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Zach Hill - Face Tat

Artist: Zach Hill
Album: Face Tat
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Avant-garde, math rock, experimental

Great album from Hella's drummer. You should absolutely listen to this.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Kolihapeltis - Sexy Girls Of The Hollywood

Artist: Kolihapeltis
Album: Sexy Girls Of The Hollywood
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Noise

A short two-track E.P. I did with my noise project Kolihapeltis.

Check it out.

Posted by DW.

Sol Invictus - Sol Veritas Lux

Artist: Sol Invictus
Album: Sol Veritas Lux
Year: 2006 (originally 1990)
Genre(s): Neofolk

Really dark and quality neofolk along the lines of Death In June and Current 93.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Maudlin Of The Well - Part The Second

Artist: Maudlin Of The Well
Album: Part The Second
Year: 2009
Genre(s): Progressive metal, avant-garde, experimental

Latest album from Maudlin Of The Well. Really good stuff here. I'll be honest and say I've heard nothing else, but this album really intrigues me to get more from them. I'm sure I'll be posting it for you guys when I do.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Bongripper & Winters In Osaka - Meat Ditch

Artist(s): Bongripper & Winters In Osaka
Album: Meat Ditch
Genre(s): Drone, doom, noise
Year: 2008

This one-song collaborative E.P. from two of Chicago's best artists right now comes highly, highly recommended. Excellent, excellent stuff. Metal and noise should fuse more often; Boris & Merzbow was proof of it and now this collaboration is proof as well.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2

Artist: Aphex Twin
Album: Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2
Year: 1994
Genre(s): Ambient, experimental, electronic

So this collection is a whopping two discs long... and it's a lot weirder and spacier than Volume 1. Check it out. This stuff's really good.

Download disc 1.

Download disc 2.

Posted by DW.

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Artist: Aphex Twin
Album: Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Year: 1992
Genre(s): Electronic, ambient, experimental

If you've heard Volume 2, this may not be as ambient as you're expecting. Still some really good stuff here, and all in a fairly weird laid-back Aphex Twin groove. Enjoy.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Intronaut - Valley of Smoke

Artist - Intronaut

Album - Valley of Smoke

Year - 2010

Genre(s) - Post Metal/Sludge

I haven't listened to it this album yet, but I love everything Intronaut has done to date. On top that I think that is some sick album art.

[Update] I got around to listening...... This album is FUCKING SICK.

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Posted By: KB

Caustic Window - Joyrex J9ii

Artist: Caustic Window
Album: Joyrex J9ii
Year: 1993
Genre(s): IDM, electronic, experimental

First track is really crazy and badass, the rest are really trippy. If you didn't know, Caustic Window is another moniker of Richard from Aphex Twin and AFX. Recommended.

Download.

Posted by DW.

World's End Girlfriend - Seven Idiots

Artist: World's End Girlfriend
Album: Seven Idiots
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Experimental, electronic

It's hard to categorize World's End Girlfriend because this music goes in so many different directions... this is a beautiful album. I'd recommend it.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Moss - Sub Templum

Artist: Moss
Album: Sub Templum
Year: 2008
Genre(s): Doom, drone

Moss is one of the many bands out there right now asking the question, "How slow and ridiculously heavy is too slow and ridiculously heavy?" It seems they haven't yet found a limit... but Sub Templum here is a fantastic album of said sound.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Nurse With Wound - She And Me Fall Together In Free Death

Artist: Nurse With Wound
Album: She And Me Fall Together In Free Death
Genre(s): Avant-garde, industrial, noise, experimental
Year: 2003

More Nurse With Wound... enjoy.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Deerhunter - Cryptograms

Artist: Deerhunter
Album: Crytograms
Year: 2007
Genre(s): Shoegaze, noise rock, alternative

Deerhunter has a constantly throbbing trippy sound to them. Though I call it "noise rock" under genres, it's not at all in an abrasive or intense sense; I'd compare this more to an almost Animal Collective style noise rock (which they kinda are, if you think about it). You'll probably like this. If you don't I don't want to know you.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Sleep - Holy Mountain

Artist: Sleep
Album: Holy Mountain
Year: 1993
Genre(s): Stoner rock, doom metal

The quintessential album for any doom/stoner fan, Sleep's Holy Mountain is an absolute classic in every regard. This shit makes Sabbath look like the fucking Grateful Dead.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Dark Castle - Flight Of Pegasus

Artist: Dark Castle
Album: Flight Of Pegasus
Year: 2007
Genre(s): Doom

Heavy, crushing metal from the duo of Dark Castle. Features a female vocalist/guitarist and a sick fucking drummer. I saw these guys open for Nachtmystium, Zoroaster, and The Atlas Moth not too long ago, and these guys were excellent. There's also a kickass cover of Led Zeppelin's No Quarter on here (though I'm starting to think it's a very overly-covered song).

Download.

Posted by DW.

Yellow Swans - Bring The Neon War Home

Artist: Yellow Swans
Album: Bring The Neon War Home
Year: 2004
Genre(s): Noise, experimental, psychedelic

One of the most well-revered noise albums from one of my favorite noise acts, Yellow Swans, Bring The Neon War Home is a constant blast of face-melting, trippy, layered noise. Check it out.

Get it.

Posted by DW.

Killer Bug - Beyond The Valley Of The Tapes

Artist: Killer Bug
Album: Beyond The Valley Of The Tapes
Year: 2005
Genre(s): Noise

Killer Bug was Kazumoto Endo's project before he began working under his real name. This is just sorta straight-up Japanoise-type stuff but it's really well done. I'm not 100% sure but I think this is a collection of tapes that came long before 2005... I don't know much about this project besides this.

Disc 1

Disc 2

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Kylesa - Spiral Shadow

Artist: Kylesa
Album: Spiral Shadow
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Sludge, progressive, hardcore

Holy shit new Kylesa! Halfway through it right now and it's really impressive upon first listen.

Download.

Posted by DW.

...And The Case Of The Obnoxioucons - Colonel Slanders And The Case Of The Obnoxioucons

Artist: ...And The Case Of The Obnoxioucons
Album: Colonel Slanders And The Case Of The Obnoxioucons
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Noise, experimental, avant-garde

More self-promotion! The core of this band is essentially me and my friend Eric, but almost every song usually ends up featuring various guests, so it's kind of a constantly-changing lineup at the same time. I'm proud of how this turned out, so please check it out. The album art is not set in stone, so this may not be the final cover.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Gozu - Locust Season

Artist - Gozu

Album - Locust Season

Year - 2010

Genre(s) - Stoner Rock/Metal/Southern

Discovered these guys very recently, so I don't have much to say. At times they kinda sound like a more heavy/southern Queens of The Stone Age I guess. Overall its just a rocking album.

Download

Posted by: KB