P.O.S.- We Don't Even Live Here (2012)

Yo ya'll. It has been a hot minute since I did a Ninko post up in here; mostly that is due to the overwhelming amount of amazing math coming from all of our various contributors, and although this is a pretty direct destination for your math rock needs, I feel like spreading a little astray goodness up in these parts.

P.O.S. has just recently caught my attention, as I have read a few "top 20 albums" lists that have cited his 4th release, We Dont Even Live Here, as one of the best of the year. Before these year-end lists, I had seen glowing reviews of this album, but had only until recently checked the singles instead of the whole.

New Years Eve, I was about to head out on a 20 minute drive to a party and wanted some new music for the ride, so I found my way to this album, and I have not stop listening to it since. It meets all my criteria for good hiphop: it is well written, well produced, and smooth as hell. It starts off aggressively with a one-two combo of swaggering intimidation in opening tracks Bumper and its excellent follow up and single, Fuck Your Stuff, but then in comes How We Land, which is what really caught my attention. It reminded me of a combination of Brendan from Gruvis Malt singing over some Outkast rhymes and production. Its full of hooks, great flows, and a very well placed vocal breakdown featuring some dude you might know from Some Band. Check it here:



Do check it. Further listening leads to the other single from the album, Get Down, as well as his 2001 debut in the group Cenospecies: their self titled is Here.

we dont even live here

(PART 2) Plenty of Swords - Return of the Mix (PART 2)

Welcome to the second installment of the POS mix. Please keep in mind both of these have been placed in a specific order and (should) flow. The tracks used are not meant as a "Best of!" or some such but just songs I have been enjoying. 

Plenty of Swords Mix: Part the Second:

 

1. Rooftops - Astray Life

2. A.M Overcast - Snow Punks

3. Yeah Great Fine - Rise With the Sun

4. Arcing - Life Full of Fuck It

5. Bastro - Counterrev Bhutan

6. We Versus the Shark - Ten Uh Clock Heart Uh Tack

7. Who's Your Favorite Sun God? - Wizard Certificate 

8. X-Ray Press - On Breathing Water

9. Instrumental Quarter - Robots

10. Agent Fresco - Eyes of a Cloud Catcher

11. Grown Ups - Open Sesame 

12. Mister Metaphor - The Observer 

13. Friendly Bears - Light

14. Honey for Petzi - Trust the Square

15. Tera Melos - Magical 

16. Mock Orange - Break Lights On

17. Knot Feeder - Caress the Industry

18. Itto - Gift Horse

19. Dysrhythmia - Bus Terminal

20. The Cancer Conspiracy - Loft Complication

21. Bad Dudes - Human Shield

22. Aucan - Rooko

23. Battles - Snare Hanger

24. Cinemechanica - North Dakota

25. Capillary Action - Elevator Fuck

 26. Cheval de Frise - II

27. Sleeping People - People Staying Awake

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Plenty of Swords Presents....a mix...

Happy New Year Swordsmen! (and Swordswomen)

I have been cooking up a little mix over my few days off from work and ugh....its not really so little. But thats not a bad thing! Theres two parts and this is just the first so stay tuned for more.

(POS) Mix #1:

1. PostMadonna - The Universe Begins Part 1

2. NGOD - Bait Head

3. Cats and Cats and Cats - Anchoress

4. Tenebre - Libelle

5. The Prophet Nathan - Chinese Meridians

6. Alta - Winter/Mute

7. Stage Kid(s) - Crowd Pleaser

8. Them, Roaring Twenties - Labia Arabia

9. Shiner - Play Dead

10. Rumah Sakit - Careful With That Fax Machine

11. Zefs Chasing Cara - I.Erkan Urkan

12. Penpal - Octopus

13. Colossal - Short Speech 

14. Ahleuchatistas - Lighted Stairs

15. Know Think - Aeroplanes

16. Of The Swaing Sort - Falls Fully In

17. The Plastic Constellations - Davico

18. Ebu Gogo - Mantresses (Those Buildings Are Watching You)

19. Concentric - Monument 

20. Enemies - Bits of Parrot

21. Chinook - Jencon

22. From Fiction - Terry

23. Malegoat - Ignore

24. Brontide - Arioso

25. North of America - Wet to Dance 

26. Colditz Glider - Who Blew Up the Brill Building

27. Damiera - Unison

28. Monster Machismo - Time Portal Fiasco 

29. Pennines - Open Closed Open

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Shield Your Eyes

London based Shield Your Eyes have been banging out incredibly solid noise for a couple years now.

They have been mentioned in passing on this site and our facebook group...but they most certainly deserve a more formal appreciation. A power trio in every sense of the word. Not your standard math rock either more of a prog-blues with time signature bending flirtations. Some pretty gal dern unique guitar riffs flying in and out of this as well  which I believe makes it that much more special. At times noisey and chaotic yet can move rather quickly to something much more subdued from song to song or within a song. 

Volume 4 is there 2011 release which is a great place to start with these guys

Live performance that is well recorded and downloadable for free....yes free. 

Also just as a question here... do people listen to podcasts? if we did one would anyone listen? The idea has been floating around to have a plenty of swords podcast but if it sounds like a bad idea...well let us know please.