Sparta - (2004) Porcelain

sound: Indie Rock/ Progressive
length: 15 songs, 1.04 minutes
myspace
1. "Guns of Memorial Park" – 3:49
2. "Hiss the Villain" – 3:27
3. "While Oceana Sleeps" – 4:24
4. "La Cerca" – 3:43
5. "Breaking the Broken" – 3:47
6. "Lines in Sand" – 6:02
7. "End Moraine" – 4:26
8. "Death in the Family" – 3:37
9. "Syncope" – 1:19
10. "Tensioning" – 5:59
11. "Travel by Bloodline" – 3:06
12. "P.O.M.E." (drum solo by Tony Hajjar) – 0:47
13. "From Now to Never" – 8:39
14. "Splinters" – 4:23
15. Fairwell Ruins (hidden track)

Ok, Fuck. I forgot how much i love this goddamn band.
The song End Morraine is so epic. Look i'm not going to shit you guys, pretty much every track on this record is like pure fucking gold.
This band was like a golden goose just shitting out song after song of complete awesome.
You know when your listening to something with headphones on in public, but you want to be jumping all over benches and shit pumping your fists in the face of onlookers, pushing over old ladies, high fiving fifteen year old's in the face?
That is the glory of this record.
And no im not gonna "describe" the fucking music to you, its Sparta. It's Indie Rock that kicks ass and takes numbers. You like it, you take a chance, or don't fucking download it. I'm not gonna hold your hand, so get this damn record and go terrorize society and go back to knitting.

sounds like: Pilot to Gunner, At the Drive In, Bear Vs. Shark

Bang.

Sparta - (2002) Wiretap Scars

sound: Indie/Funk/Progressive
length: 12 songs, 47.4 minutes
myspace
1. "Cut Your Ribbon" – 3:04
2. "Air" – 3:57
3. "Mye" – 3:39
4. "Collapse" – 4:16
5. "Sans Cosm" – 3:59
6. "Light Burns Clear" – 4:24
7. "Cataract" – 5:11
8. "Red Alibi" – 3:42
9. "Rx Coup" – 3:14
10. "Glasshouse Tarot" – 5:13
11. "Echodyne Harmonic" – 3:57
12. "Assemble the Empire" – 3:02

So the other day when i was giving my boyfriend shit for not having Relationship of Command in his itunes or on his ipod, i remembered this album.

[possible rant coming]
And if you are unfamiliar with that album by name.... then please.... please take a moment out of your very busy existence and LISTEN TO THE FUCKING ALBUM YOU ROBOT FUCK.
[rant avoided]

Anyway, if for some reason you have never heard of Sparta one of the two factions that At the Drive In became, then now is your opportunity. The first song on this record is a perfect embodiment of what you have in store for you. Because let me tell you Cut Your Ribbons is a gorgeous "post rock" tune that mellows into a damn catchy chorus, much like the rest of this record. The tail end of this album is a trippy little reverb sess. that i have always loved. Great Stuff here, take a peak.

sounds like: Small Brown Bike, At the Drive In, Riddle of Steel

Bump.

At The Drive-In - (2000) Relationship of Command

sound: Indie/Funk/Progressive
length: 11 songs, 45.3 minutes
myspace
1. Arc Arsenal
2. Pattern Against User
3. One Armed Scissor
4. Sleepwalk Capsules
5. Invalid Litter Dept.
6. Mannequin Republic
7. Enfilade
8. Rolodex Propaganda
9. Quarantined
10. Cosmonaut
11. Non-Zero Possibility
12. Catacombs

So a few weeks ago I said if you didn't know this band/album by name you needed to walk yourself back to Music Knowledge 101 immediately, and i stand by that. If you don't know this album it's because you have unfortunate taste in music, or someone doesn't love you enough to steer you down the holy and righteous path.
Very strong progressive rock band that folded sometime around 2001, and became Sparta and the Mars Volta. Relationship Of Command was a divulge into electronics that caught some short-lived mainstream attention. First three songs on this album, best songs in ATDI history in my honest opinion. I will say, you might not listen to this album every day but you should appreciate the musicianship, if you have such an ear. With this album listened to:
Now, we accept you one of us.

sounds like: Fugazi, The Plastic Constellation, So Many Dynamos

Zoom.

So Many Dynamos - (2006) Flashlights

sound:Indie/Funk/Progressive
length: 11 songs, 38.03 minutes
myspace
1.) Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
2.) Search Party
3.) Progress
4.) Home Is Where The Box Wine Is
5.) How High The Moon
6.) In Every Direction
7.) Inventing Gears
8.) This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
9.) We Vibrate, We Do
10.) In Our Sleep
11.) Let's Move Mountains

I stumbled over this record about two days ago, it's been on repeat ever since. Their sound is really unique, and damn catchy. It's like a weird cross of Deloused in the Comatorium, Catch For Us the Foxes, and Relationship of Command. Also if you don't know those albums by name, you should probably fucking kill yourself, cus you've been listening to absolute shit for 5 years.

sounds like: Medications, The Mars Volta, At the Drive In, The Plastic Constellations

Zing!