I've been around, but not too talkative over the last... 6 months, according to my sidebar. Time to change that. I'm actually posting this one here! You can find it on my tumblr, of course, along with the explanation of what I'm doing. Since this involves furry music, I figure it's only right to post here. Enjoy what's to come! Or ignore it, I'm sure no one expects anything from me anymore. :B If you want links to the albums, go find 'em in that tumblr post.

 megawolf77- Let's Be H*ppy!!
This one was released on FA in September 2011, and you can still find it on his account. He's combined numerous styles -- dance, trance, chiptune, even gabber -- into a very solid presentation built around a theme of happiness. Speaking as a fan familiar with megawolf's body of work, I was expecting something overall a little more energetic, but the energy levels do pick up over time and true to the title, it WILL leave you feeling upbeat by the end. Standouts include "RainbowSky Power-Up", "Saccharine and Bitterness", "Spread Your Wings", "2 B With U 4 Ever", "8BIT1983", "An Emotion of Sound", "Horizon" and "Sunburst". 8/10

Laboratory5 - R35URR3C7 & R3C0NN3C7
This is a dark electropop collaboration between longterm FA musician  technomancer. and relative newcomer Max Static, aka  navitastracer. It was release October 2011 on bandcamp. It's an EP consisting of 8 tracks and 6 remixes. It's got a good opener, but things quickly become confused and disjointed. Thin synths leave much to be desired, and the only vocal track, Sub Level 07, shows off a desperate need for vocal richness, for it has a far fuller sound than most. The remixes are generally better overall, though the DJ Micha remix of Code Red is a very poor ending to the album. Despite being a collaboration between two successful industrial artists, one of them very prolific, this offering is less than the sum of its parts. Falling flat in places, it presents nothing for the ear to grab hold of, instead meandering through a mishmash of sounds that never form any cohesive whole. Standouts include "Awake in the Dark", "Existence" and the Technomancer remix of Sub Level 07. 5.5/10

Look Left- Master of Tiny Shoes
Look Left's third outing was released for sale on their website and Bandcamp. I was very confused by this album at first, until I noticed an undercurrent of bizarreness which strangely enough holds this otherwise disparate collection of songs together as an album. It brings to mind the original sense of the word carnival: a time of upheaval of the status quo where the lower classes and downtrodden could rejoice in openly mocking their superiors. It is that connotation of the word I ask you to keep in mind when I say that Master of Tiny Shoes is a true auditory carnival experience. The tracks are goofy if not downright funny, and there's lots of fooling around on the muscians' parts in between songs. To see what I'm getting at, check out the off-key rendition of Ach du Lieber, Augustine after "If You're Not Worried" and the raucous closing rendition of "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt" followed by lots of screaming, a perfect way to end this record. I especially loved "Goin' to Maine", as Maine is such an amazing place, being like Canada and all. I had a lot of fun with this, and I recommend checking it out; it's like nothing Left Look have done previously. 7.5/10

Pounce Aid
This is a really important album. Pouncival is a Brony voice actor who suffered a stroke in January of this year, at the age of 26. It left him paralyzed on his left side and unable to speak. Therapy has been restoring his movement and speech, and last I heard, he's doing pretty all right, but he's also uninsured and has racked up a sizeable medical bill, without any income to cover it. The fandom has been pulling together in numerous ways to help him out, and this was the event I was most waiting for. It features 25 tracks from a whole bunch of artists, including names like Reverbrony, Mush, GatoPaint, Screams from Equestria, and even Eurobeat Brony. He starts things off in high spirits with Spinning in Circles. This is followed by a rocking instrumental from Reverbrony, and a jazzy thing from Patrick Poe and GatoPaint. The first Screams from Equestria track is actually far softer than what I expected from them, an acoustic light metal ballad. Swedely, who I know mostly as another voice actor, brings a short audio play about Rainbow Dash crashing followed by a surprising rap. It's quite dark. MilTEC Audio's "Digital World" is a loping industrial piece with a cool hard sci-fi intro. The second Screams from Equestria track, fyi, is more what I expected, harsh vocals and whatnot. There's an inexplicable Paradise remix here, the Coldplay song. It's unfortunately just okay. Track 23 is so quiet I can't hear it. There's a whole lot of different stuff on this, from metal to soft piano, and it's only two dollars. Hopefully, you'll find a reason to give more to this cause. 7/10

The Friendship Album
This is a charity album put together to help a dude in Greece. The original kickstarter-type charity drive is long over, but you can still get the album on Bandcamp. So, how does it hold up? The opener needs more Aviators, for one. I kind of disliked General Mumble's Suite E at first, but it grew on me. Crash Distortion's Party Riot is pretty sweet, dirty dubstep, and I can say the same for Lectro Dub's Amygdala. Matthew Mosier's Wings of the Pegasi is wonderful and makes me miss him even more. Haymaker sounds great in the slow yet powerful Power Slipping. Tei the Pony's Alone in My Kingdom has a similar opening to Stickerbrush Symphony. It's overall not a great album and suffers from a certain amount of disjointedness inherent in compilations, but hey, it's for charity! 6/10