'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (2012)

Third wave post-rock legend Godspeed You! Black Emperor made a very triumphant return to the music scene in 2010 when they decided to start touring after their break-up back in 2003, and now they have revealed their first album release since 2002. With no prior warning, this album was sold only in record format during their tours, starting on the first of October. Soon after the news hit, an official post was made on Constellation's website, promoting the album. Released on one 12" record and one 7" record, this album departs from most Godspeed releases, with the 7" specifically being the "drone" tracks that break up the album.

Strung Like Lights at Thee Printemps Erable.

Cell-Scape (2003)

Noise rock in possibly the most literal sense of the term.

Shield for your eyes, a beast in the well on your hand.

American Football (1999) [24bit/96kHz]

Best friends, and better halves.

Goodbyes.

Live at The Stone NYC (2010)

Finishing up the small lossless discography for these guys, this is the only official live album to be released by them. This fittingly lo-fi recording of one of the few live performances only contains eight songs and clocks in at a short show of only 53 minutes. As brief as this performance is, it sure is a heavy hitter, with songs from all stages of the band's brief career.


I hope I can hold on
Until the day that I escape.

299792458 (2012)

299792458, more commonly known as the speed of light in meters per second, is the first release by Mariko Goto (後藤まりこ), the former front-woman of the popular Japanese jazz-punk band Midori (ミドリ). After the break that followed the band calling it quits in 2010, Goto began her solo career in 2011 with this as the result. More pop orientated than anything, 299792458 is an album that more shows Goto's experience with song writing and her vocal performance, which is absolutely stellar on this album. Definitely something to check out if you're a Midori fan, even if it isn't really your cup of tea.

HARDCORE LIFE

The Great Cold Distance (2006)

This album is best described as the moment when Katatonia fully realized their sound.  Dark alternative metal with hints of prog, this is the formula that their future albums have been built from, and even after the band released two more albums, there was nothing that sounded quite like this.

Evacuate, assemble here.

The Super Mario 64 Original Soundtrack (1996)

One of the most iconic platformers of all time also has one of the most iconic soundtracks. Composed by Koji Kondo (近藤浩治), this OST has all of the themes, stage tracks, and some of the minor chimes you'll encounter throughout the game. Totaling at about 51 minutes, this is fairly short for a game soundtrack by today's standards, but this has everything you would want to hear from the original game. Ripped from one of the original Pony Canyon releases.

"It's-a me, Mario!"

Deathconsciousness (2008)

With the recent re-release of the album on both vinyl and CD, I figured that I would finally own this masterpiece of an album and rip it myself. Unfortunately, I was very late on the gun on was only able to pick up the CD version. Still the classic you all know and love, Deathconsciousness was the first musical endeavor by the duo Have a Nice Life. The album experiments with rich soundscapes and ambient sections, heavy post-rock and noticeably industrial segments, and incredibly low quality all around. To be honest, lo-fi doesn't even begin to describe this album's quality. That aside, Have a Nice Lfie's Deathconsciousness is an 80 minute experience set across two discs that is simply too good to pass up. I would use the new cover of the album for the post image, but my scanner is pretty shitty and nobody seems to care about scanning that sort of thing anymore, unfortunately. Thankfully, the old cover is still awesome.

a thousand tiny lives
disappear into the black depths
I guess I thought I'd feel something
but I didn't

Plan Infiltration (2011)

Japanese emo guys. Really swell band, mostly sound like some of the other emo bands I'm fond of, including Algernon Cadwallader and Snowing. This album is a compilation of some tracks recorded in 2005 and some older singles and split tracks. Give it a listen here.

Malegoat is one of the most talented bands from Japan, if not everywhere. We sold several imports of their latest full length "To Face the Music", and we toured with them in Japan. Now we have a handful of copies of their early work, newly collected and issued for the first time on one CD from the wonderful Waterslide Records out of Japan.
                                                                              -CYLS

Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)

This is Swans' most varied studio release, touching on various genres, from EDM to early post-rock.  Created from various sound experiments by Micheal Gira, it is unlike any previous Swans album.

See for yourself.