Wilson Pickett - The Sound of Wilson Pickett

"The Sound of Wilson Pickett was one of the three albums Atlantic issued by the Wicked One in 1967. Produced by Jerry Wexler (who got co-writes on a couple of tracks), it featured great session players like Chips Moman and Spooner Oldham, to name just two. Looking at the track list, it looks like a slew of hits. But it wasn't. In fact, it was two sides packed with singles. While it contains his absolutely classic, wailing read of "Funky Broadway," it also features both parts of "I Found a Love" (renamed "I Found a True Love" for the 1968 albumThe Midnight Mover), the Oldham and Dan Penn suggestive classic "I Need a Lot of Loving Everyday." Pickett's reading of the song with a killer female backing chorus smolders with nocturnal nether-hipped fire. Pickett's version of Rudy Clark's swaggering "You Can't Stand Alone" is a burning throw-down with awesome guitar and horn charts and a killer little Farfisa break in the middle. He also sings the deep Memphis blues on "Something Within Me." The set closes with one of his finest performances, his signature reading of "Love Is a Beautiful Thing." Arguably, The Sound of Wilson Pickett may be his finest album performance of the entire decade."

-Allmusic.com

http://www.mediafire.com/?1itq33lm1j4

-p

Nathan Fake - Hard Islands (2009)

"Having protested that he was "not a DJ" circa his 2006 debut, it wasn't long before this Norfolk wunderkind producer seduced clubbers with eclectic DJ sets. The result is writ large on this brilliant second album, which welds his drifting soundscapes to fractious, rapturous techno."

-Guardian

props to luke for recommending it

-p

www.mediafire.com/?mjtgotmzyyl

this one's not on hard islands, but too good not to add:

Bedhead - HowFunLifeWas (1994)

"It didn't seem like it at the time, but with the appearance of this, Bedhead's debut, and Low's own first album some months later, the zeitgeist of post-grunge indie rock started to shift toward something more reflective and restrained. Not that WhatFunLifeWas doesn't steer clear of loud moments, to be sure; many of the songs use swelling transitions from quieter to noisier performance and back, all while avoiding the abrupt soft-loud-soft cliché of the time. However, even at the band's most explosive, there's less a sense of getting ripped out of your head on sound than there is a tension between steady, careful performance (drummer Martinez especially so) and more wide-ranging power [...] In the quieter moments, like the openings of "Crushing" or even more so, the flat-out lovely "Powder," the intensity level is ratcheted even higher; the overall performance is not so much easy listening as it is a prompting to listeners, who must lean forward to catch everything. Add the intertwined guitar work of both Kadane brothers, who combine power and control excellently, and listeners need ask for little more."

-Allmusic.com

Bedhead - WhatFunLifeWas (1994)

http://www.mediafire.com/?mzcnrnkety5

enjoy bras

-p

Songs: Ohia – Mi Sei Apparso Come Un Fantasma

"It is a live album that was recorded in Modena, Italy in September of 2000. It was released on Paper Cup and Cargo Records in 2001, and quickly went out-of-print on both CD and LP. The ability to hear any Songs: Ohia live performance is a treat, but to hear a Lioness-era Songs: Ohia performance…that’s pure gold, my friend."

-swanfungus.com

Rik prob has it already, but this live album got me hooked on songs: ohia.

Mi Sei Apparso Come Un Fantasma (You Come To Me As A Ghost)

01. Are We Getting Any Closer

02. Nobody Tries That Hard Anymore

03. Tigress

04. Being In Love

05. Constant Change

06. It Won’t Be Easy

07. She Came To Me As A Ghost

08. Vanquisher (cabwaylingo)

http://www.mediafire.com/?mnxkzy8ya1a

-p

The Walkmen - The Rat

Alela Diane - The Pirate's Gospel

First released in 2004 as a private CD-R run then later re-released formally in 2006, the softly spooked-out acid folk of The Pirate's Gospel is a captivating debut from Alela Diane, whose enthusiasm and ability for a then-extremely-fresh learner on guitar is quite something. Recorded by her father, who also helps perform on many tracks along with other friends and family members, the disc showcases Alela Diane's knack for gentle, immediate melodies and her fine voice, possessed of a hint of twang that suggests a combination of Dusty Springfield and Kristin Hersh, with a rich maturity beyond her years.
-Allmusic.com

http://www.mediafire.com/?392nsm11vndfcc1
(file size is quite large as it's a high-quality version)

Bangers & Mash

A mixtape of some club bangers and some dub/mash-up that I've been enjoying recently.
A couple of chilled ones thrown in there as well.

Bangers & Mash Mix

Track List:
1. Pantha Du Prince - Lay in a Shimmer
2. Nathan Fake - Basic Mountain
3. Four Tet - Love Cry (Joy Orbison Mix)
4. Badawi - Anlan 7 (Scuba Mix)
5. Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo (Scuba Mix)
6. Martyn - Vancouver (Fabric50 Mix)
7. Four Tet - Angel Echoes
8. King Midas Sound - Cool Out

Enjoy.