Music in the TimMaster Zone

1. Karate - In Place of Real Insight
2. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
3. June of 44 - Four Great Points
4. Shellac - Terraform
5. Modest Mouse - This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About

• Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
  
• Slint - Spiderland
  
• Polvo - Shapes
  
• June of 44 - Engine Takes to the Water
  
• Modest Mouse - Interstate 8
  
• Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary

• Karate
  My current all-time favorite. Karate is incredible. These guys know how to put emotion into a guitar song. Not too heavy; not too mellow. Imagine if Fugazi could make you want to cry or if the Cure could make you shout "Rock and roll!"
  Karate homepage (Southern Records)
  Read a poem I wrote about Karate. Download a song!
  
  
• Modest Mouse
  My latest discovery... and oh what a discovery it is!!! To try to describe their music would be a futile effort. You simply MUST hear them for yourselves. (Or see them live if you have a chance!)
  Modest Mouse page at Sub Pop)
  
  
• The Cure
  No explanation necessary. I don't care what kind of music you like...The Cure does it the best.
  Cure links
  
  
• Spookey Ruben
  If you're a relatively normal person, you've probably never heard of Spookey. Well, now I'm telling you. Spookey does things to pop songs that defy the concept of pop. You might think he's cheesy at first, but after a few listens you'll realize that the songs are the catchiest, most well-written and well-thought-out songs since the Beatles, or you'll realize that.... HE IS CHEESY AND I LOVE IT!!
  Spookey page
  
  
• Plug
  If you like house music you know what "Drum n Bass" music is (aka "Jungle"). If you don't know what Drum n Bass is, imagine the most skilled and tweaked-out jazz drummer ever, improvising a drum solo at high speed for an entire song. You don't have to love "techno" to love this. Check it out... you'll be surprised.
  Plug's album - Drum n Bass for Papa
  
  
• NOFX
  If you like punk rock, you might already like these guys. If you love punk rock, you might hate these guys. They've been around a long time and they've made it big. But not in an MTV way like Green Day. These guys are tight, fast, hard, fun, quirky, and they don't seem to give a @&%#! **** Very good NOFX site ****
  
  
• Skinny Puppy
  If you don't like dark music, stay far away. If you absolutely cannot deal with synths or samplers, steer clear. If you're even so much as curious to hear a "Hellraiser" movie on CD, you best be listening to this group. They are well beyond amazing.
  **** A really good Skinny Puppy site (Convulsion) ****
  
  
• µ-ziq
  The latest album is Drum n Bass like Plug, but a very different style. While Plug will take a minimalist approach to drums and background music, µ-ziq (pronounced mu-sic) throws every drum sound ever invented at you at once, and backs it up with Nintendo music.
  µ-ziq
  
  
• June of '44
  I can't wait until April 18th, I'm going to see them at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco. How can I describe them? Guitars. Bass. Drums. Soft... now hard... Shouting. Speaking. Is he singing? Naaah. Moving rock songs about the ocean.
  June of '44 (Southern Records)
  
  
• Download
  Ex-members of Skinny Puppy, Zoviet France, and Psychic TV. Vocals are rare, and beats are prominent. This is very close to being a dark form of techno, but much more amorphous and much less repetitious. Try it if you think you can handle it.
  Official Download site
  
  
• Buzzing Metal Insect
  I guarantee you've never heard of Buzzing Metal Insect, but they will take over the world someday.
  

Buzzing Metal Insect wants your head.
Buzzing Metal Insect wants you dead.

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