Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum (2007)

Genre: Psychedelic Pop

1. Forever Heavy
2. Jump into My Mouth and Breathe the Stardust
3. Melt Me
4. Lollipopsichord
5. They Live in the Meadow
6. Sun Lips
7. Rollerdisco
8. Neon Syrup for the Cemetery Sisters
9. The Afternoon Turns Pink
10. When the Sun Grows on Your Tongue
11. Spinning Cotton Candy in a Shack Made of Shingles
12. Drippy Eye
13. Lost, Picking Flowers in the Woods
14. Caterpillar House
15. Wall of Gum
16. Untitled Roadside Demo
17. Untitled (Hidden Song)
    

I know it's difficult to take songs with acid-themed titles seriously, but it's really catchy.

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Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)

Genre: Psychedelic Pop, Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Experimental

1. In The Flowers
2. My Girls
3. Also Frightened
4. Summertime Clothes
5. Daily Routine
6. Bluish
7. Guys Eyes
8. Taste
9. Lion In a Coma
10. No More Runnin
11. Brother Sport
    

I know it's a pitchfork album, but it's still great music.

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Lotus - Nomad (2004)

Genre: Trance Fusion, Jam Band

1. Suitcases
2. Llivingston Storm
3. Spiritualize
4. Plant Your Root
5. Travel
6. Greet the Mind
7. Ball Energy
8. Jump Off
9. Colorado
   

A very relaxed, almost psychedelic album.

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Cynic - Traced in Air (2008)

Genre: Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal

1. Nunc Fluens
   
2. The Space for This
3. Evolutionary Sleeper
4. Integral Birth
5. The Unknown Guest
6. Adam's Murmur
7. King of Those Who Know
8. Nunc Stans
   

Cynic is not your average metal band. Since releasing their debut (and only other album) in 1994, their sound has evolved into one of the most complex I've ever heard.

And the voice effects.

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Boxcutter - Glyphic (2007)

Genre: Dubstep

1. Glyphic
2. Windfall
3. Bug Octet
4. Rusty Break
5. J Dub
6. Chiral
7. Kaleid
   
8. Bloscid
9. Foxy
10. Lunal
11. Fieldtrip
    

An IDM and acid-like dubstep album.

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The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2005)

Genre: Progressive Rock, Experimental

1. Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
2. The Widow
3. L'Via L'Viaquez
4. Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore
5. Cassandra Gemini
   

The Mars Volta is a fairly well-known band, which is odd for an experimental group.

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Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island (1996)

Genre: Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Pop

1. Song Against Sex
2. You've Passed
3. Someone Is Waiting
4. A Baby for Pree
5. Marching Theme
6. Where You'll Find Me Now
   
7. Avery Island/April 1st
8. Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone
9. Three Peaches
10. Naomi
11. April 8th
12. Pree-Sisters Swallowing a Donkey's Eye

There are always psychedelic undertones in NMH, and this album has much more of them than Aeroplane. An enjoyable listen.

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Here's an alternative cover for the hipsters, and a back cover for whatever reason (in order respectively):

Also, this blog needs a huge design overhaul, anyone have any suggestions?

Dreamsploitation - The Soft Focus Sound of Today (2008)

Genre: Electronic, Experimental

1. The Night Everything Changed
2. Status Bloody Status
3. Anxious Lullaby
4. Major Seventh Gates
5. Monochrome
6. Family
7. Continue to Dream, if Only Sleeping
8. The Soft Focus Sound of Today
9. Creating Love and Happiness out of the Noir - the Melancholy
10. Our Future Salad Days
11. Our Very Own Harmonized Quilt
12. Grandfather by My Shoulder
13. Flashback, Temporal Bliss, Flashback
14. Death to the Chuck I Hate
    

Although largely off-color, The Soft Focus Sound of Today is a nice, quaint album.

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Nero's Day At Disneyland - From Rotting Fantasylands (2009)

Genre: Electronic, Experimental, Breakcore

1. In Aisles
2. Civilizing People
3. No Money Down, Low Monthly Payments
4. Child Protection Services Theme Song
5. Charging Swarm Of Mousketeers
6. Everything Must Go
7. Death Parade
8. Action Winter Journey
9. Stretched Linen Over Contorted Bodies
10. Eulogy For Nick Galvas
11. In Keyed Shields
12. Probably End Up In A Ditch Somewhere
13. Plumes Of ATM Sinew
14. Vengeance In Cloudland
15. Sprawling Idiot Effigy

This is some very experimental electronic with hints of breakcore. It's a very fun listen.

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Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999)

Genre: Post-Rock

1. Intro
2. Svefn-g-englar
3. Starálfur
4. Flugufrelsarinn
5. Ný batterí
6. Hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm)
7. Viðrar vel til loftárása
8. Olsen Olsen
9. Ágætis byrjun
10. Avalon
    

Another great post-rock album, this one more well-known than the others.

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Koji Kondo - Hyrule Symphony (1999)

Genre: Soundtrack

1. Title
2. Kokiri Forest
3. Hyrule Field
4. Hyrule Castle
5. Lon Lon Ranch
6. Kakariko Village
7. Death Mountain
8. Zora's Domain
9. Gerudo Valley
10. Ganondorf
11. Princess Zelda
12. Ocarina Medley
13. The Legend of Zelda Medley
14. Market
    

To make up for a recent dry spell of posts, I bring you a slightly gimmicky album, but excellent nonetheless. Seriously, who doesn't like the Legend of Zelda?

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Moving Mountains - Pneuma (2007)

Genre: Emo, Post-Rock

1. Aphelion
2. Cover The Roots, Lower The Stems
3. Alastika
4. Fourth
5. 8105
6. Bottom Feeder
7. Sol Solis
8. Grow On, Grow Up, Grow Out
9. The Earth And The Sun
10. Ode We Will Bury Ourselves
    

Highly recommended for fans of My Heart to Joy, Pneuma is a nice balance of emo and post-rock elements.

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Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs (2009)

Genre: Post-Punk, Shoegaze, Black Metal

1. Gas in Veins
2. Les Ruches Malades
3. Heurt
4. Recueillement
5. Faux Semblants
6. Trouble (Éveils Infâmes)
7. I XIII V XIX XV V XXI XVIII XIX – IX XIX – IV V I IV
8. Video Girl
9. La Reine Trayeuse
10. Amesoeurs
11. Au Crépuscule de Nos Rêves
    

Don't be deterred by any of the genres listed.. I simply didn't have anything else to call them. Amesoeurs reminds me of Agalloch with a softer sound.

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Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (2008)

Genre: Electronic, Experimental

1. Untrust Us
2. Alice Practice
3. Crimewave
4. Magic Spells
5. XXZXCUZX Me
6. Air War
7. Courtship Dating
8. Good Time
9. 1991
10. Vanished
11. Knights
12. Love and Caring
13. Through the Hosiery
14. Reckless
15. Black Panther
16. Tell Me What to Swallow
    

Crystal Castles is a mix of Atari bleeps and beats, with a fantastic result.

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Agalloch - Pale Folklore (1999)

Genre: Folk Metal, Doom Metal, Black Metal

1. She Painted Fire Across the Skyline I
2. She Painted Fire Across the Skyline II
3. She Painted Fire Across the Skyline III
4. The Misshapen Steed
5. Hallways of Enchanted Ebony
6. Dead Winter Days
7. As Embers Dress the Sky
8. The Melancholy Spirit
   

This album features a lot less post-rock and neofolk then The Mantle. It's much more of a real 'metal' sound. It's definitely recommended to anyone who liked The Mantle.

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