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.

Nothing Was Missing, Except Me (2010)

The start and end of it all. Much like other emo bands, Hightide Hotel followed the tried and true formula of releasing a demo, some singles, and one LP. Nothing Was Missing surely does not disappoint, with some great new material and a few rerecords from their demo. It's sad to see these guys go, but at least they left us with a nice album to remember them by.


I can’t wrap my mind around where you find time to screen-print valentines between five classes, but I’ve kept mine tucked underneath pamphlets about loneliness and suicide prevention by my bedside.

Vocalogenesis (2010)

If the cover somehow is not a dead giveaway, this is a Vocaloid compilation. If you don't know what that means, that's not my problem. Give it a shot anyway.

Click here to give shot. (Lyrics someday maybe.)

Voids (2010)

An anthology of demos and b-sides from the popular lo-fi/shoegaze/post-rock/industrial/ambient band.


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

A View From The End Of The World (2010)

The latest album from Machinae Supremacy, the strange Swedish SID-metal group.  It's not quite as good as Overworld, but that's rather difficult of an album to top.  There are some weak spots on here, but the best tracks may even outdo some of the best on the aforementioned album.  It loses a few points for consistency; regardless, it's a great album, and I'm glad that the band keeps refining their style.

A borderless nation of thoughts to replace your walled-in existence in space.

Zero Comma, Colorful World (2010)

A post-rock influenced shoegaze trio from Japan. Known for their guitar driven songs and melodic pop vocals. As I have heard, they put on one hell of a live show.

ゼロコンマ、色とりどりの世界

Kokoro Vibration (2010)

2hu meets electronica. Arranged by Shibayan Records; performed by 3L, Chie Fukami, Nachi Sakaue, ℃iel, and yana; released at Comiket 79.

Play dem funky beats, Reisen.

Houkago Tea Time II (2010)

The full length double album from the ever-so-popular KyoAni title. Certainly where you would start if you ever wanted to with this group of ladies, since it has basically everything you would want, save for the opening and ending songs.

わたしの ぴゅあぴゅあはーと▽

Shinsekai (2010)

The final album from the four-part Japanese jazz-punk band.

 さよなら、後藤さん。

This Is What Happens (2010)

Some absolutely excellent jazz rock from a band that's started out great rather than gradually making their way there.  I hope that their next album is as good as this, because this is some incredible material.

There's a bridge just up ahead now.

As a first for the blog, we are including a bonus album with this: the 8-bit version, This Is Also What Happens.  It is, sadly, not available in FLAC, so we can't dedicate a proper post to it.

The weight of love is more than all the world.

Pinkerton (1996) [2010 Remaster + Bonus Content]

Some well thought of proto-emo album or something. This is the two disc reissue.

We had just one night, but it lingers on and on and on.

Port Entropy (2010)

Excellent, blissful folk-pop with intricate arrangements and beautiful melodies.  I could gush about this all day.

La la la la la la, tracking elevator

Option Paralysis (2010)

Reuploaded by request from a certain based dango.

Don't you ever try to be more than you were destined for.

Immersion (2010)

Scratching itches best left alone.

London Sessions (2010)

An in-studio live album consisting of some of their most recent tracks, and some of their most famous.


On this occasion, there are a couple of things that we know that we learned from fact magazine:
One, the king wears a king hat and lives in a king house.
Two, your time will come, but tonight is our night, so you should give us all of your drugs.
Three, we have a black president and you do not. So shut up, because you don't know shit about where I'm from that you didn't get from your TV.