Emery - (2004) The Weak's End

sound: Rock/Post Hardcore/Screamo
length: 10 songs, 40.55 minutes
myspace
1. "Walls" (3:23)
2. "The Ponytail Parades" (4:05)
3. "Disguising Mistakes with Goodbyes" (3:20)
4. "By All Accounts (Today Was a Disaster)" (4:06)
5. "Fractions" (5:14)
6. "The Note from Which a Chord Is Built" (labeled "Untitled" on original release (2:28)
7. "Bloodless" (4:22)
8. "Under Serious Attack" (3:49)
9. "As Your Voice Fades" (4:02)
10. "The Secret" (6:00)

One of my favorite albums of all time. It's old, but good. Also many people don't like their second album based on the absolute shittyness that makes up their third. However, i like the second and maintain Ponytail Parades is one of the greatest songs of all time.
Yeah i say that alot, so what.

sounds like: He is Legend, Hopesfall

Boom

Chiodos - (2005) All's Well That End's Well

sound: Screamo/Post Hardcore
length: 13 songs, 42.15 minutes
myspace
1. "Prelude" – 0:48
2. "All Nereids Beware" – 4:05
3. "One Day Women Will All Become Monsters" – 3:32
4. "Expired in Goreville" – 2:55
5. "Baby, You Wouldn’t Last A Minute on the Creek" – 4:40
6. "The Words 'Best Friend' Become Redefined" – 3:36
7. "Interlude, Pt. 1" – 0:59
8. "There's No Penguins in Alaska" – 4:33
9. "Interlude, Pt. 2" – 1:16
10. "We’re Gonna Have Us a Champagne Jam" – 4:19
11. "No Hardcore Dancing in the Living Room" – 5:10
12. "Who's Sandie Jenkins?" – 1:59
13. "To Trixie and Reptile, Thanks for Everything" – 4:17

You can snub your nose at this all you want, god knows i did until i actually listened to it. I like it, and i used to like the band until they put out Bone Palace Ballet. Which in my opinion is a heaping pile of shit, also somewhere during listening to that album i realized when Craig whispers he sounds like Herbert from Family Guy. So.... their you go, listen to this album.

sounds like: A Static Lullaby, The Fall of Troy, Hot Cross, *newer Dance Gavin Dance

Bang.

A Static Lullaby - (2006) A Static Lullaby

sound: Post Hardcore/Screamo
length: 12 songs, 46.38 minutes
myspace
1. "Hang 'Em High" – 3:59
2. "Contagious" – 4:09
3. "Annexation of Puerto Rico" – 3:46
4. "The Art of Sharing Lovers" – 3:35
5. "The Collision" – 4:01
6. "Trigger Happy Tarantula" – 4:07
7. "Eager Cannibals" – 2:55
8. "Life in a Museum" – 3:56
9. "Stare at the Air" – 2:57
10. "Static Slumber Party" – 3:47
11. "Mechanical Heart" – 5:50
12. "Let Go" (bonus track) – 3:18

I fucking love this band. But i think alot of the reason i listen to them is because i want to sex their drummer, soo hard. He has admirably large... talent. Srsly though, good album, opening to Life In a Museum is epic. Mechanical Heart best song on the album hands down.

sounds like: Alexisonfire, Dead Poetic, Silverstein

Whoosh!

Dead Poetic - (2004) New Medicines

sound: Post Hardcore/Screamo
length: 11 songs, 48.32 minutes
myspace
1. "Taste the Red Hands" – 2:58
2. "The Dream Club Murders" – 3:49
3. "New Medicines" – 4:01
4. "Vanus Empty" – 3:55
5. "Bury the Difference" – 3:33
6. "Molotov" – 3:46
7. "Glass in the Trees" – 5:01
8. "Dimmer Light" – 4:06
9. "Hostages" – 3:22
10. "Modern Morbid Prophecies" – 3:52
11. "A Hoax to Live For" – 10:08 (Song Ends at 2:52)
12. "Zonshine" (Hidden- Starts at 4:21)

If you liked their first album then there is no promise from me that you'll enjoy this, and vise versa. However, i fucking loved their first press, but think this one is way better. Depressing lyrics and all. If you find you like this, you might try Vices their third. Not really my cup of tea, but watev.

sounds like: Circa Survive, Receiving End Of Sirens, A Static Lullaby

Ding.

The Thermals - (2006) The Body, The Blood, The Machine

sound: Indie/Punk
length: 10 songs, 35.47 minutes
myspace
1. "Here's Your Future" – 2:28
2. "I Might Need You to Kill" – 2:27
3. "An Ear for Baby" – 3:36
4. "A Pillar of Salt" – 2:57
5. "Returning to the Fold" – 2:39
6. "Test Pattern" – 3:27
7. "St. Rosa and the Swallows" – 3:34
8. "Back to the Sea" – 4:47
9. "Power Doesn't Run on Nothing" – 5:14
10. "I Hold the Sound" – 4:38

I thought this guys voice was the most fucking annoying sound in the world when i first heard this record.
I was wrong. It's good, so listen to it, or don't.
I don't really give a shit.

sounds like: Refused, Cheeky, Failing Winter

Blip.

Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - (2008) Glistening Pleasure

sound: Indie/Funk/Experimental
length: 13 songs, 46.00 minutes
myspace
1. Me + Yr Daughter 4:09
2. Slow Motion Tag Team 3:15
3. Iceage Babeland 4:42
4. Mouth Full Of Bones 3:52
5. Holding Hands In The Shower 3:15
6. L.A. Noir 3:48
7. Staying Cool 3:39
8. Bedroom Costume 3:06
9. Hush Hush 3:18
10. Beard Lust 3:24
11. Sophisticated Side Ponytail 1:31
12. The Malibu Highlife 3:23
13. Confections 4:38

I downloaded this album as a joke. It turned out to be the funniest and catchiest album of random shit i have downloaded in a long time. The song Beard Lust is fucking hillarious, and I'm pretty sure i actually love the song L.A. Noir. Here's their video for Sophisticated Side Ponytail. DONT DO DRUGS!


sounds like: a bunch of geeky ass kids fucking around with a synthesizer


Doing!

REQUEST: Vampire Weekend - (2008) Vampire Weekend

sound: Indie/Pop
length: 12 songs, 35.17 minutes
myspace
1. Mansard Roof
2. Oxford Comma
3. A-Punk
4. Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
5. M79
6. Campus
7. Bryn
8. One (Blake's Got A New Face)
9. I Stand Corrected
10. Walcott
11. The Kids Don't Stand A Chance

If you don't already know about this album then you've been living under a rock for the last year.

sounds like: The Spinto Band, Ra Ra Riot

Kaboom!

Sharks Keep Moving - (1999) Sharks Keep Moving

sound: Indie/Chill Sauce
length: 8 songs, 39.18 minutes
myspace
1. Sailor
2. Second Instrumental
3. Join Up
4. First Instrumental
5. Interlude
6. Open Bay
7. Third Instrumental
8. Jet's Jets

Think of a Minus the Bear only with way less of direction. It's basically the guys from MTB fucking around for about five or six minutes a song, and Jake singing some shit he thought up on the spot. It's a nice record to have going in the background of something else, or for lazy sundays.


sounds like: Minus the Bear, Pedro the Lion, The Velvet Teen

Swish!

Pedro The Lion - (1998) It's Hard To Find A Friend

sound: Indie/Chill Sauce
length: 12 songs, 43.29 minutes
myspace.com
1. "Of Up and Coming Monarchs" – 3:00
2. "The Longer I Lay Here" – 3:04
3. "Big Trucks" – 2:32
4. "Suspect Fled the Scene" – 3:56
5. "Bad Diary Days" – 4:01
6. "The Longest Winter" – 4:12
7. "When They Really Get to Know You They Will Run" – 2:34
8. "Of Minor Prophets and Their Prostitute Wives" – 2:48
9. "The Bells" – 4:09
10. "Secret of the Easy Yoke" – 6:41
11. "The Well" – 3:31
12. "Promise" – 2:19

Fucking saddest record of all time.
That being said, i also believe (along with many others), this is one of the greatest records of the last 10 or so years. Bad Diary Days is what every shitty ass country song tried to write about but failed. Mind you, i have on several occasions thought about blowing my brains out to this record. I fucking guarantee you i am not the first. So i warn you, if your having a bad day DON'T PUT THIS RECORD ON. You will end up with your head in an oven. Enjoy :)

sounds like: Husband&Wife, Elbow, Calla

Mash!

Lydia - (2008) Illuminate

sound: Indie/Alternative/Chill Sauce
length: 11 songs, 43.04 minutes
myspace
1. This Is Twice Now ( 3:06)
2. A Fine Evening For A Rogue ( 3:43)
3. I Woke Up Near The See ( 3:38)
4. Hospital ( 3:36)
5. Fate ( 4:09)
6. Sleep Well ( 4:26)
7. Stay Awake ( 5:48)
8. All I See ( 5:09)
9. One More Day ( 3:53)
10....Ha, Yeah It Got Pretty Bad ( 1:07)
11.Now The One You Once Loved Is Leaving ( 6:53)

Very chill, much stronger then their other press This December which in my opinion is a heap of shit. However, this record is mostly gold. I fucking love the drums in Fate, sweet ass cover art too.

sounds like: Deas Vail, The Velvet Teen, Brightwood, Life At Sea

Woosh!

Limbeck - (2003) Hi Everything's Great

sound: Indie/Alternative Rock
length: 20 songs, 37.16 minutes
myspace
1. "Honk + Wave" – 3:28
2. "Silver Things" – 3:01
3. "Julia" – 2:48
4. "This Place is Deserted" – 2:56
5. "I Wrote This Down" – 3:18
6. "The Sun Woke the Whole State" – 3:39
7. "Tan + Blue" – 3:32
8. "Gamblin' Man" – 3:10
9. "In Ohio on Some Steps" – 3:33
10. "Brand New Orange" – 2:46
11. "Albatross + Ivy" – 2:01
12. "Comin' From Tucson" – 3:28

This whole record has the feeling of funnily enough, driving down the highway on a long road trip. It's a cross between a beer, and the song Black Cadillacs by Modest Mouse.

sounds like: Modest Mouse, Manchester Orchestra, Delta Spirit, Attack in Black

Bang!

Riddle Of Steel - (2008) 1985

sound: Indie Rock/Progressive
length: 10 songs, 41.13 minutes
myspace
1. John Frum
2. This Van Burns Love
3. Who's The Fella Owns This Shithole
4. Underwater
5. Quiet Now
6. Plenty of Satisfaction
7. It's Called A Turbo
8. Loose Talk
9. Total Cougar
10. Easy Love

Another strong album, start to finish. Who's the Fella Owns This Shithole and Easy Love best songs on the album in my opinion. Different feel to it then Got This Feelin, try it.

sounds like: Able Baker Fox, Q and Not U, Burning Airlines, Bear Vs. Shark

Pow!

Riddle Of Steel - (2005) Got This Feelin

sound: Indie Rock/Progressive
length: 10 songs, 42.31 minutes
myspace
01. THE LOVERS OF NOTHING
02. BABY BIRD
03. DEEPER STILL
04. GOT THIS FEELIN´
05. INVISIBLE HANDS
06. THIS IS A HOUSE OF LIES
07. OUR GUITARS ARE HAUNTED
08. DETROIT FLU
09. THE SUNSHINE STRANGLER
10. AQUILINE

Most of the time i think i enjoy this more then 1985 but then i could be liking it for the sake of argument. Either way, ROS were three guys from St. Louis, kickin some serious ass. If you enjoy the Able Baker Fox press, check these guys out.

sound like: Able Baker Fox, Q and Not U, Burning Airlines, Bear Vs. Shark

Flash!

Paulson - (2007) All At Once

sound: Indie Rock
length: 13 songs, 36.43 minutes
myspace
1. Voids (3:45)
2. Under Crowns (3:04)
3. Calling on You (3:37)
4. Window Frames (3:09)
5. Slow Down (3:58)
6. Programs (3:45)
7. Miami Current (3:29)
8. Not By A Long Shot (3:12)
9. Break Me In (3:23)
10. Ultra-High (3:16)
11. Just Shy (4:20)
12. I Knew You When (3:29)
13. What Are You? (4:30)

Was recommended this album by a friend last summer, sort of surf rock vibe. Along the lines to some extent of Silversun Pickups, very chill. Personally songs like Window Frames and Under Crowns really set the tone for the album. Not very chipper as far as lyrics go, however who ever said good music was ever about happiness right?

sounds like: Silversun Pickups, Dredg, maybe Moros Eros

Zip!

Circa Survive - (2005) Juturna

sound: Indie/Post-Hardcore
length: 11 songs, 52.33 minutes
myspace
1. "Holding Someone's Hair Back" – 3:22
2. "Act Appalled" – 3:20
3. "Wish Resign" – 4:14
4. "The Glorious Nosebleed" – 3:13
5. "In Fear and Faith" – 3:35
6. "The Great Golden Baby" – 4:11
7. "Stop the Fuckin' Car" – 4:22
8. "We're All Thieves" – 4:53
9. "Oh, Hello" – 2:36
10. "Always Getting What You Want" – 4:01
11. "Meet Me in Montauk" – 14:39 (includes hidden track)

I go back and forth with this album, I'm never sure if i think it's better then thier second album Let Go. Truthfully, i just fucking love their drummer, he's some serious shit. However, re-listening to it right now for maybe the 80 time, i definitely think it's worth listening to, and certainly owning. If you would like a work out, try playing Oh, Hello it will fucking tear apart your forearms.

sounds like: The Receiving End of Sirens, Hell is For Heroes, Strata, Dead Poetic

Ding!

Alexisonfire - (2002) Alexisonfire

sound: Post Hardcore/Screamo
length: 11 songs, 42.34 minutes
myspace
1. 44. Caliber Love Letter
2. Counterparts And Number Them
3. Adelleda
4. Daggers Through The Heart Of St. Angeles
5. Polaroids Of Polarbears
6. Water Wings
7. Where No One Knows Your Name
8. The Kennedy Curse
9. Jubella
10. Little Girls Pointing And Laughing
11. Pulmonary Archery

I figured i would post this for nostalgia if nothing else. It's one of the few records i fucking loved when i was in high school, that i still fucking love now. The guitars are like a glorious symphony, over or under Wade's obnoxious screams and Dallas' sad wails. I love this record with green eggs, under tree, all that shit. Besides Little Girls Pointing and Laughing might be the greatest song of all time.

sounds like: A Static Lullaby, Moneen, The Coterie, Dead Poetic, Circa Survive

Voip!

Ra Ra Riot - (2008) The Rhumb Line

sound: Indie/Poolhall
length: 10 songs, 36.57 minutes long
myspace
1. Ghost Under Rocks (4:26)
2. Each Year (3:15)
3. St. Peter's Day Festival (3:34)
4. Winter '05 (2:56)
5. Dying Is Fine (3:51)
6. Can You Tell (2:42)
7. Too Too Too Fast (3:46)
8. Oh, La (4:41)
9. Suspended In Gaffa (3:48)
10. Run My Mouth (3:58)

This album is just damn catchy, nice kids from the New York. Sort of rode in on the shirt tails of fellow New Yorkers Vampire Weekend, who they toured with in their beginning stages.Their sound is best described if you imagine Vampire Weekend got We Are Scientists really drunk one saturday night at a party, and nine months later Ra Ra Riot was born. Very low key, fav. songs include Ghosts Under Rocks, and Winter 05. Their drummer John Pike was a great guy, if you wanna check his foundation out go here.

sounds like: We Are Scientists, Grammatics, Spinto Band, The Rifles

Crash!

Adele - (2008) 19

sound: Jazz
Length: 12 songs, 43.33 minutes
myspace
1 "Daydreamer" – 3:41
2 "Best for Last" – 4:19
3 "Chasing Pavements" – 3:31
4 "Cold Shoulder" – 3:12
5 "Crazy for You" – 3:28
6 "Melt My Heart to Stone" – 3:24
7 "First Love" – 3:10
8 "Right as Rain" – 3:17
9 "Make You Feel My Love" – 3:32
10 "My Same" – 3:16
11 "Tired" – 4:19
12 "Hometown Glory" – 4:31

I am not usually comfortable plugging anything that gets play on Vh1 after an Eagle Eye Cherry video, however... this album is great. For people who were pleasantly surprised to find themselves enjoying Amy Winehouse's album despite her being an alien, you will enjoy this.
I'll tell you what though, this broad has pipes.

sounds like: (genre wise) Amy Winehouse, Norah Jones, Aretha Franklin?, maybe Barbara Lewis
(talent wise) Denali, Ambulette, Brandi Carlile, Miss Emily Brown, Alessi's Ark

Gwarr!

Cleanup - Glorious Return v2.0

Ok so, once again after ignoring everyone for ages, I'm back. I'm trying to clean up old links and add some new features, like not being a lazy asshole and putting up peoples, myspaces/ release year yatta yatta.

any feedback would be listened to, also i am willing to do requests, as long as it's not for terrible shit i.e. Jonas Brothers.

check in often, i have no idea how sporadic my posts will be, but i will try and put at least one thing up daily again.

cheers,

gump

Denali - (2003) The Instinct

Sound: Indie/Ambient
Length: 9 songs, 38.46 minutes
myspace
1. "Hold Your Breath"
2. "Surface"
3. "Run Through"
4. "The Instinct"
5. "Do Something"
6. "Real Heat"
7. "Nullaby"
8. "Normal Days"
9. "Welcome"

This band broke up for a while, and was Ambulette and some other shit for a while. (I only say some other shit, cus who gives a fuck their bad ass vocalist went to Ambulette and the other guys went somewhere to masterbate and cry.)
As i was saying they broke up, but at the end of last year they got back together and have been fucking around in the studio, hopefully to release a new press. They have two acoustics up on their myspace here.
Anywho, im not a huge proprietor of female vocalists, but this broad has serious pipes. Ultra chill, give it a listen.

sounds like: Ambulette, This Is Your Captain Speaking, Beach House, Emily Haines

Zoom!

Elbow - (2002) Asleep In The Back

Sound: Indie/ Chill Sauce
Length: 11 songs, 57.7 minutes
myspace
1. "Any Day Now" – 6:17
2. "Red" – 5:11
3. "Little Beast" – 4:15
4. "Powder Blue" – 4:31
5. "Bitten by the Tailfly" – 6:16
6. "Asleep in the Back" (Bonus Track) – 3:47
7. "Newborn" – 7:36
8. "Don't Mix Your Drinks" – 3:16
9. "Presuming Ed (Rest Easy)" – 5:26
10. "Coming Second" – 4:56
11. "Can't Stop" – 4:36
12. "Scattered Black and Whites" – 5:30

So this album is to me the best Elbow album in existence, however my bf maintains Cast of Thousands is superior. Granted he is totally wrong, but i suppose to each their own. First 4 songs on this record, are depressing and chill as fuck. Honestly, you cant get much further in the rabbit hole then listening to Pedro the Lion.

sounds like: Pedro the Lion, Appleseed Cast, Sharks Keep Moving, Calla

Ding!

Able Baker Fox - (2008) Voices

Sound: Indie Rock/Progressive
Length: 11 songs, 31.6 minutes
myspace
1. October (2:58)
2. Stuttering (2:38)
3. What Doesn´t Kill You (3:34)
4. Twenty Centuries (2:54)
5. Face On Fire (2:23)
6. Blind Writer (3:46)
7. Palindramatics (2:29)
8. Folding Pocket Blades (1:56)
9. Dead Spaces (3:01)
10. Brand New Moses (2:46)
11. Whispering (3:20)

Bros from Small Brown Bike and Casket Lottery. In my opinion if you enjoy Casket Lottery even a little you will fucking love this album. Also there is a possibility that Blind Writer is one of the greatest songs of all time. If you do nothing else with your life this year, allow yourself to let this record, cum in your ear pussies.

sounds like: Riddle Of Steel, Casket Lottery, Bear Vs. Shark, Q and Not U, Bridge and Tunnel

Kablam!