Thursday, August 19, 2010

Monday, August 16, 2010

You Blew It - 2009 EP

Florida twinklemo trio. Presented to me by a friend as "The best mix of American Football & The Appleseed Cast." I get some older Modest Mouse vibes on the low key instrumentals. This is was released in 2009 and distributed entirely for free.

STArs of the Dogon - S/T



Baltimore, MD screamy 2 piece that for some reason has always been labeled as "emo / hardcore". This album was released in 2002.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

thismountainisman. - Tour '09 demo



I don't remember where I downloaded this demo. I think the band is from South Carolina. Four lo-fi buzzy metallic crust punk jams.

Toe - The Book About My Idle Plot on a Vague Anxiety

2005 full length from Japanese spacey instrumentalists with the sickest of drummers.


Thursday, August 12, 2010

Maer Deht - Self titled

Grindy spastic tech metal / hardcore from Ohio. Normally wouldn't be my thing but this shit slays. Their name makes sense backwords. The existed for 20 months somewhere around 04 / 05 I think.

6:37 - Demo

New Hampshire pre-Deer Leap emo / post rock similar to American Football and The Appleseed Cast.

Grids - White Walls


Jesus Lizard worship dissonant punk from North Carolina. Released 2010 on Inkblot

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Horns To The Matador - We Own This Town, Johnny



Thick, crunchy emo / pop rock from Wheeling, WV. Released in 2000

Humans Bow Down - A Mirror



Cincinnati, Ohio indie rock in vein of Sunny Day Something or other but not really. Released in 2004 on Phatry Records before breaking up.

Human Host & Fridge A split.


Very raw garage-ish early Human Host songs. Fridge A half is also vaguely garage pop / casiobeat. Released in 2003 on Baths of Power. Now out of print

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Human Host

Monday, August 9, 2010

Marion Delgado - An Unfocused Lens Serves A Purpose After All


Richmond, VA melodic emo / post hardcore. Members went on to form The Set Up, Mouthbreather, Tigershark, and some others. No web presence, no youtube

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Owltian Mia - The Greatest Games Ever Played

Virginia Beach / Norfolk emo. 2x7" released in 1996 on Tree Records

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Parrhesia - FOR EVERYTHING TO BE CONSUMMATED, FOR ME TO FEEL LESS ALONE, I HAD ONLY TO WISH THAT THERE BE A LARGE CROWD OF SPECTATORS THE DAY OF MY...

Chicago thrashy screamo / punk. 4 song 7" from Ice Age

Full title:
FOR EVERYTHING TO BE CONSUMMATED, FOR ME TO FEEL LESS ALONE, I HAD ONLY TO WISH THAT THERE BE A LARGE CROWD OF SPECTATORS THE DAY OF MY EXECUTION AND THAT THEY GREET ME WITH CRIES OF HATE


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The GTC

Grindy emoviolence plus trumpet. 2003? Kentucky / Tennessee? I booked this band once as a teenager and haven't been able to find mp3s until now. 7" sold out from White Denim. I was told GTC stood for "Got The Cock"

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White Denim

Boilerman - Demo 2010

Chicago pop punk. 5 song demo. 2010





Sunday, August 8, 2010

Sundials - First 6 Songs

Richmond, VA post punk / pop. One of the tightest bands I've seen in a while. 2010?

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http://www.mediafire.com/?0157dar5r44ksdr
http://www.myspace.com/sundialsrva

Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss

Canterbury, UK post rock. 4 song full length.

http://www.mediafire.com/?2zldcwnilnm
http://www.myspace.com/yndihalda

The North Atlantic - Wires In The Walls

2006 Full length. From San Diego, CA. A dissonant meeting point for ATDI & Modest Mouse. The song "Scientist Girl" sucks. Broke up and formed the dissapointing "Big Science"

http://www.mediafire.com/?vj0g6daxexb123h
http://www.myspace.com/thenorthatlantic

Outclassed - My Friend, My Brother, We Were So Strong Together

Pittsburgh, PA tech punk / screamo. 2005-ish? Members of Outclassed are now in the bands Edhoculi and Who Goes There?

http://www.mediafire.com/?nmw150iiyam
http://www.myspace.com/outclassed

Apart From The Projector - Lover's Knot


WV thick emo / post hardcore. Released in 2000 or 2001, this 4 song EP was sadly their only release.

Coping - 2 Song Demo


Chicago twinkle emo shout quartet. 2 song demo.