Negative Approach - S/T 7"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weGJ1kfUkkA

Old-school bare-bones hardcore that everybody should already know...Short, to the point, concrete slabs of songs..."NOTHING"

Cadillac Freeze - "So Vibratious" EP

http://cadillacfreeze.bandcamp.com/

 Confident and funky hip hop thats both fun and strong without having any gangster pretense or overwhelming ignorance...Good stuff

Himsa - "Courting Tragedy and Disaster"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8FopIzE8Tc&list=ALBTKoXRg38BCkaMOJA23ekhr1Ni7d77LT

2000s metalcore from Washington state thats so much more boring and generic and put-together than I remember

Faith No More - "Angel Dust"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiyvw5AD-C8

Probably the best metal album of the 1990s if not of all time...I was fucking OBSESSED with this album last summer so much so that its like beaten to death for me but its still a classic..."Smaller and Smaller"/"Everything's Ruined"/"Kindergarten"/"Be Aggressive"

Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "Let's Face It"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeEnuPFRSdw&list=PL6570B1FFA5968967

This album has "The Impression That I Get" on it, the song that sent third-wave ska into a short mainstream focus. I think a lot of people see this band as like, not serious or something, but this is a very strong album about alcoholism and drug use and shit, and I listen to it more than any other ska album besides maybe stuff by The English Beat..."That Bug Bit Me"/"Never Mind Me"/"Break So Easily"...so good

Dystopia - "The Aftermath"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WJ2BvYA3As&list=PLXr6roSqjbmOSp3_lPpZZU_zwht14akuE

Almost debilitatingly negative and harsh but an absolute classic for metallic crust..."Population Birth Control"

Faith No More - "The Real Thing"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5sKgTMu7Gk

Why doesn't Mike Patton ever use this high-pitched voice anymore, or like ever after this album? The apex of funk-metal.

Love Anwar - "The Poppy Seed Patriot" EP

http://loveanwar.bandcamp.com/

Very good laid back beat music reminiscent of J Dilla

Suzy's Dead - S/T EP

http://susysower.bandcamp.com/album/suzys-dead

Very sloppy, shitty, whiny acoustic stuff

Black Flag - "What The..."

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/what-the/9348132

If this were a comeback album by The Freeze or Agent Orange or something itd be passable but it doesn't make sense as Black Flag...Too corny...11 of the 22 songs are okay but again, not really as Black Flag songs...

Apart - "A Bright and Clever Hell" EP

https://mayflyrecords.bandcamp.com/releases

Very good although a bit already-done screamo...I guess this is their final release and are already broken up

Radiohead - "The Bends"

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T7EzQvnA4DQ

One of my favorite albums ever...intuitively listenable but brimming with sadness and discomfort...perhaps their best

Palm Reader - "Unlucky" EP

http://palmreaderoc.bandcamp.com

Reverb-y OC garage indie...one of the songs in the middle is almost like a hardcore song though...this is alright

Circle Jerks - "Golden Shower Of Hits"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/golden-shower-of-hits/311613

Classic 1983 California hc skate punk..the best album by this band by a long shot

Peachy Keene - "weightless in Wonder" mini-album

http://peachykeenemusic.bandcamp.com

Metric-style female-fronted indie...pretty but kinda boring

Knights Of The Abyss - "Juggernaut"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/juggernaut/494920

One of the best bands the deathcore genre ever produced and this was their best album

Dubfound - 6-song demo

https://m.facebook.com/DubFound?id=291949585845&_rdr

Just terrible SoCal ska/reggae/punk about weed and alcohol and the sun and bullshit like that

Johnny Soul Dog & The Moon Barkers - "Pollen Pasture" demo

http://johnnysouldogandthemoonbarkers.bandcamp.com

Cool female-fronted punk that touches on Patti Smith, Melt-Banana and "Rapture"-esque rapping throughout the demo...cool stuff

And The Hero Fails - "Empire Smile"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/empire-smile/246915

Good advanced metal core from the mis-2000s...I got this CD for free and never heard anything of the band like shows, mercy, anything like other bands with this sound were ubiquitous with but they're good...some catchy yet still technical stuff...I wonder what happened with them...Probably just a crowded marketplace

Daylight - "Jar"

http://daylightpa.bandcamp.com/album/jar

Pennsylvania-based grunge-inspired rock that sounds like it was from the 1990s, but more along the Foo Fighters/Everclear/(cringe)Chevelle post-flannel variety. Weezer-esque at times as well. Extremely listenable but also kinda boring

Mr. Bungle - S/T

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ_3F93hgZw

Debut album from carnival-funk-metal band that is just as bizarre and freaked out as it was in 1990..."The Girls Of Porn"

Vanna - "Curses"

http://youtu.be/UICKQ5g8-fg

The first full-length from this Boston metallic screamo band from a few years back...Real cool style that never lulls into stupid breakdowns or cheesy shit for too long of a period at any one point...Very AP but very good for what it is, definitely one of the best bands in their general scene

Los Olvidados - "Listen To This!!!"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Listen+To+This/8823623

Classic SoCal skate-punk with rock n roll tinges that I actually enjoy more now than I did when I was all about this style

Carnifex - "Dead In My Arms"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Dead+In+My+Arms/1664323

Inland Empire "deathcore" from the period when that style was at its peak...People always compared them to Suicide Silence like they weren't as good as them but I always disagreed...The guy who played bass in my old hardcore band for a very short while plays guitar in Carnifex now but this album was recorded long before then

We Still Dream - Summer 2011 Demo

http://westilldream1.bandcamp.com/

 * The link posted is the right band but not the same demo that I had listened to. I couldnt find a link to it. I'm sure you're all losing your minds considering I have soooo many followers on this blog

This is okay Set Your Goals-lite pop punk with chuggy parts from Florida...They cover a Lit song

Culture Abuse - "The Day Dreams Of Nothing" cassette

http://cultureabuse.bandcamp.com

Badass surfy/psychy heavy weird punk with a very cool effect on the second guitar....these guys love drugs

Downstaaiirs - "weeping/creeping" EP

http://downstaaiirs38.bandcamp.com

Very dark brooding but still aggressive ... Reminds me somehow of that band the pAper chAse

ttng - "13.0.0.0.0"

http://thistownneedsguns.bandcamp.com/album/130000

Extremely listenable math-rock with undeniable Minus The Bear influence; the singer sometimes sounds like the guy from Sparta

Their/They're/There - "Curtain Call" EP

http://topshelfrecords.bandcamp.com/album/analog-weekend

Very catchy yet densely arranged emo rock with Minus The Bear-esque guitar flairs thrown in here and there...one of those EPs you definitely wish was longer

Drake - "Nothing Was The Same"

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BPwCd9vjO6E

Surprisingly deep at times, especially the loneliness in "Connect" and the disappointment in "Too Much"...'my uncle used to have all this shit on his bucket list and now he just accepts it that this is what life is. Fuck that shit." I literally kinda shed a young money tear at that one

Kanye West - "Yeezus"

http://m.youtube.com/watch?p=PL2yzbu-qbmiIGgX-0QDJOi0TZmFajKnyN&feature=plpp&v=VzbIAfh43Hg

Surprisingly good...strange in a way but also intuitive...I like this.

Sex Prisoner - "State Property" EP

http://badteethrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/sex-prisoner-state-property-e-p-btr-003

Badass hardcore that's short and blunt with an almost power violence edge but not sucky

Wild Moth - "Over, Again"

http://wildmoth.bandcamp.com

Intrinsically catchy garage rock somewhat in the vein of Dinosaur Jr but without solos and a bit more shoey

Weekend Nachos - "Still" LP

http://weekendnachos.bandcamp.com/album/still

A damn good bare bones cut throat hardcore album....raw fast and real

God's America - "Our Bones Will Be Bleached By The Sun" EP

http://a389recordings.bandcamp.com/album/a389-119-gods-america-our-bones-will-bleach-in-the-sun-7

Short fast stupid but somehow good power violence that reminds me of Code 13 and Waco Fuck...from Las Vegas

Brutal Truth/Bastard Noise - "The Axiom of Post Inhumanity" (digital version)

http://brutaltruthbastardnoise.bandcamp.com/album/the-axiom-of-post-inhumanity

Perhaps the most engagingly abrasive album I've ever listened to...bizarre but enthralling....somehow they make noise sound like a jungle....I've read some negative reviews of this and I just think they don't get it....brutal.

Smashing Pumpkins - "Siamese Dream"

http://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL487C1962E03BFA9E

The album that shot my childhood favorite into superstardom because it is so fully addicting

PORTAL - "Vexovoid"

http://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/vexovoid

I'm not sure if this is a djent-inspired black metal band or an blackened djent metal band but whatever the fuck this band is going for is like the heaviest most badass thing I've ever heard 

Listen to this album

Blondie - "Parallel Lines"

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=96qnW-N3fyI

Without a doubt one of the greatest rock n roll albums that has ever existed. Beyond just classic.

end of the summer - "Three" EP

This is my acoustic project which I have not put online yet. I love it.

Black Sabbath - "13"

http://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm6cT6sn3c3fbKaqTC3iVkgo3N6E49Uen

This album has all the telltale staleness of an old-guy album and yet also this strange biting pull that I cannot deny. This is Black fucking Sabbath after all and they do seem to have had some vigor when they went into this...If anything, their age is actually important to what this album is about, which appears to be their dismay at what their legacy has become or the things they inadvertently influenced (I.e. all metalheads)

Craven Idol - "Towards Eschaton"

http://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/towards-eschaton

Debut album by a badass UK blackened death metal with elements of thrash and - gasp - humor thrown in

The Gravitys - "Bring You Down"

http://thegravitys.bandcamp.com/album/the-gravitys-bring-you-down-not-punk-session-7

This is my band. This is a live session in a warehouse and we were all hungover and at first I didn't want to release this at all because I thought it sucked so damn bad but its turned out some people enjoy it and really that means more than what I think

Jethro Tull - "Bursting Out" live album

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/live-bursting-out/5019081

Man these motherfuckers are tight as fuck

Crisis Arm - "Junk Drawer" cassette

http://crisisarm.bandcamp.com/album/junk-drawer

Hauntingly pretty but also harsh shogaze/dream pop from Helmet...These guys are my close close friends and I actually do a spoken word piece that's placed in the middle of the album and the first time I listened to this I forgot I had done it and all the sudden in the feedback there's my voice.....bizarrrrre

51d - S/T cassette

http://951dahomies.bandcamp.com

Solid odd-punk from Riverside

The Coltranes - "Sessions of Terror and Piss"

http://notpunk.bandcamp.com/album/the-coltranes-sessions-of-terror-and-piss-not-punk-session-6

A live session album that I was present at for the recording, and this shit kills everybody else because this is The Coltranes

The Rival Mob - "Mob Justice" LP

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NDPhtN4VxOQ

Boston tough guy hardcore, bass-driven the way Cro-Mags are bass-driven. Cool stuff.

Zoom - 2012 Demo

http://zoomdc.bandcamp.com/album/zoom-demo-2013

Quality DC hardcore

The Down House - 2-song demo

http://thedownhouse.bandcamp.com

Shoegaze/grunge-ish mid-paced rock

Trudgers - "Stag at the Social" cassette

http://www.discogs.com/Trudgers-Stag-At-The-Social/release/2466716

Lo-fi and kinda uninteresting sludge-indie from 2009 Murrieta

Apathean - "Eve"

http://apathean.bandcamp.com/album/eve

Dirge-ish, complicated but listenable alternative metalcore that is extremely difficult for me to write about

Chasms - "Riser" EP

http://chasmssf.bandcamp.com/

Spooky synth-beat-driven semi-goth songs from a girl in San Francisco

Pity Sex - "Feast Of Love"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz2Q_NifmpU

Highly listenable fuzzed-out dream-pop that reminds me of The Breeders at times and although this probably wasn't what the band was going for and may be the result of my close friends playing them so much but there's even a Weezer type directness with the riffage..Cool bass parts, male and female alternating vocals, and just a really good quick album

Seizures - "The Sanity Universal"

http://seizures.bandcamp.com/album/the-sanity-universal-2013

Intense alternative hardcore in the vein of Converge but even more jarring and with an atmospheric touch that is interesting the entire listen through...some very cool guitar work and on the whole a very "full" full-length album from these OC dudes...there's really a lot going on here...highly recommended

Alexander The Grape - "Planet of the Grapes"

http://alexanderthegrape.bandcamp.com/album/planet-of-the-grapes

Full-band folk-punk with lots of harmonica that sucks on a couple songs but not as bad as most shit in this genre

Subjection - "Shade" EP

http://subjection.bandcamp.com/album/shade-ep

Modern post-Skrillex dubstep that's hopefully self-ironic...the low parts on the title track and the last song "The Abyss" are about the muddiest/fartiest subs I've ever heard...its like that "South Park" episode where everything he hears sounds like shit

Luum - March 2013 demos

http://luum.bandcamp.com/album/demos

A very raw and noisy recording of 3 alright NSU-esque weird-punk song

MPG - 2013 demos

http://mpgmusic.bandcamp.com

Cool grind-core that reminds me of old Havoc Records stuff or Kung Fu Rick

Planet Vegeta - "2-Player Game" EP

http://planetvegeta.bandcamp.com

Like if Lightning Bolt were video game music

Modern Life Is War - "Midnight in America"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/midnight-in-america/233301

A very powerful, nuanced hardcore album from the mid-2000s that will eventually he seen as a classic if it isn't already

Somali Pirates - "The Gold Collection" EP

http://somalipirates.bandcamp.com

Roughneck punk-core kinda like a less-serious 90s Agnostic Front but sucky

Suspect - S/T EP

http://youaresuspect.bandcamp.com

Straight-ahead angry fast hardcore. Cool band name.

Matt Pless - "Short Tales and Tall Stories"

http://mattpless.bandcamp.com/album/matt-pless-short-tales-and-tall-stories

For the most part gratingly annoying Dylan-wannabe bullshit but there are like 3 good songs mixed in

Francie Moon - "Morning Red" EP

http://franciemoon.bandcamp.com

Most of this is middle-of-the-road angst female acoustic stuff but the second song is a full-band smoky jam that sounds like it could be in a Quentin Tarantino movie or something

Hail Adventurer - S/T

https://hailadventurer.bandcamp.com

Very good acoustic folk from Temecula that's not too stupidly political and this dude Jackson can actually play the guitar very good, as evidenced by the last 2 instrumentals

Citizen - "Young States" EP

http://citizenmi.bandcamp.com/album/young-states

Very good, relatable post-emo-punk that I enjoyed very much...I boxed up my boxes of stuff during this listen

The Phantoms - "Crazy Like A Wasp" EP

http://thephantomspoland.bandcamp.com/album/crazy-like-a-wasp-ep

Polish garage rock that I have nothing to really say about

The Ghost Inside - "Get What You Give"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/get-what-you-give/7940502

Preachy, boring, predictable Christian metalcore

File Island - "4 Covers" EP

http://fileisland.bandcamp.com

Not my cup of tea

Melinda Mae - "A Brief Glimpse of a Moonless Night" demo

http://melindamae.bandcamp.com/album/a-brief-glimpse-of-a-moonless-sky

3 songs in just about as many minutes, 2 of them being instrumental...contrary to the name, this is actually an acoustic dude named Ian so of course I'm already on board and this short sample of what's to come is good indeed

Texas In July - S/T

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/texas-in-july/8257042

By-the-numbers Christian metal core but not too bad

Struckout - "I'd Hate Me Too"

http://struckoutmusic.bandcamp.com

Bringing to mind Saetia, At The Drive-In, boysetsfire, and even Rites Of spring, this is easily the best emo-core album I've heard in 2013

The Frights - S/T

http://dafrights.bandcamp.com

This young surf band from SD has done a lot in just a year, and although a lot of it is pretty same-sounding, its good and catchy and has really good bass parts

Joshua Bitter - "Cult Folk" EP

http://bittercult.bandcamp.com/album/cult-folk

New acoustic stuff by Josh from Carlos The Dwarf...Pretty good, not annoying

Jackson Price - "Jackson"

http://jacksonpricemusic.bandcamp.com/

Just terrible over-produced slick guitar-pop from San Diego that sucks and you should stay away from

Diamond Youth - "Orange"

http://topshelfrecords.bandcamp.com/album/orange

For the most part rather mediocre Foo Fighters-esque radio rock that's somehow passed off as "indie/emo" by Topshelf Records...A couple okay songs but pretty uninspired on the whole

Island Boy - S/T EP

http://islandboy.bandcamp.com/

Decent electro-pop from San Diego that I kind-of spaced out during

okay okay - January 2012 demos

http://okayokay.bandcamp.com/track/jonny-rocket

Female acoustic folk with a voice like Jennifer from Gossimer but this is way too cutesy for me...The song "Ruth Lake" was alright...I think this is from Alaska

Blood Dancer - S/T

http://blooddancer.bandcamp.com

Ultra dope pagan metal with vocals so high pitched I thought they were female fronted until I looked at the picture, but somehow its not cheesy...almost a Sinergy vibe or heavy Dio

The Inspector Cluz - "The French Bastards"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/the-french-bastards/5135328

Most of this sucks real bad, bridging the line between bar-rock and nu-metal but with horns and organs, but a few songs are alright including the blasphemously-titled "Fuck Michael Jackson" and the weird spoken word skit at the end

TULIPS - April 2013 demos

http://tulips.bandcamp.com

Real cool propulsive female-fronted pop-rock

Death By Snoo Snoo - "Tasta Saat!"

http://deathbysnoosnoo.bandcamp.com

Without a doubt one of the best punk albums I've heard all year...I think this is Swedish but I'm not sure, some kind of Norwegian...Blistering femalr-fronted punk that's full of rage but also melodic and almost subversively silly sounding in a Melt-Banana type way...highly highly recommended

The Saline Solutions - "Soledad"/"Epiphany"

http://salinesolutions.bandcamp.com/album/soledad

Solid acoustic rock with slight un-annoying freak-folk tinges

Play Fight - "The Grasshopper and The Goose" EP

http://playfight.bandcamp.com

Kinda pretentious for being nothing new, but well-done folksy indie stuff nonetheless

Espectro - "The Rapture"

http://espectro.bandcamp.com

Decent one-man black metal project that's weak at the intro and outro but pretty good in the middle

The Echo and The Sound - S/T EP

http://theechoandthesound.bandcamp.com

For the most part kinda indescript modern rock n roll with no bass like the White Stripes on the first track and The Jesus and Mary Chain on the last, but there are 2 pretty dope tracks, especially "She's Just A Friend"

John Tejada - "Cleaning Sounds is a Filthy Business"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/cleaning-sounds-is-a-filthy-business/3865524

Excellent chilled out enjoyable from beginning to end electronic music

Western Settings - S/T EP

http://laescalerarecords.bandcamp.com/album/western-settings

Quality earnest-punk in the vein of Hot Water Music, etc

Safe And Sound - "Won't Turn Our Backs" EP

http://safexsound.bandcamp.com/album/wont-turn-our-backs

Another badass EP from the Tacoma sXe hardcore band...cool syncopation on "You Turned Away" but they're all good songs

Reunion - Demo 2012

http://reunionca.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2012

Another demo from this Fresno posicore band...I honestly enjoy this older recording a bit more than their newer stuff

Tiger Milk Imports - January 2013 demos

http://tigermilkimports.bandcamp.com

Well-done synth-heavy but still somewhat aggro stuff without false noise...I like.

KYNG - "California Dreamin'" EP

http://kyngmusic.bandcamp.com

Hyphy-esque hip hop that's not too bad...the songs with L.E.E. on backup are the weaker tracks

Ed Ghost Tucker - 02/13 demo

http://edghosttucker.bandcamp.com

Okay but a bit boring indie-folk-pop stuff...Best songs are "Virginia Woolf" and especially "Lesser Antilles"

Jeans Wilder - "Totally"

http://jeanswilder.bandcamp.com/album/totally

Cool lofi stuff that was good to get high and clean out my desk to

Ancestral Awakenings - 4-song demo

http://ancestralawakening.bandcamp.com/album/ancestral-awakening

Poorly recorded kinda-death metal that's too slow and unoriginal for my tastes

House Shoes - "Chanes: An Experimentation in Instrumentation"

http://chanes.bandcamp.com/album/house-shoes-presents-an-experiment-in-instrumentation

Very good heady but laid back beat tape...good for reading to

Sainthood Reps/Weatherbox - Split 7"

http://topshelfrecords.bandcamp.com/album/split-4

One song from each of these post-emo bands...the Sainthood Reps side is a bit humdrum but the Weather box song is one of my favorites from them

Clear Plastic - "Tethered Body" digital single

http://clearplastic.bandcamp.com

Upbeat all-female indie rock that's somewhere between early post-punk and traditional guitar-pop...whatever it is I like this song

Safe And Sound - Rain Fest promo tape

http://safexsound.bandcamp.com

Quality straight edge hardcore from Tacoma

Reunion - 3-song demo

http://reunionca.bandcamp.com

Good but kinda cookie-cutter posicore from Fresno

Kid Armor - "Better Days" EP

http://kidarmor.bandcamp.com/

Very very strong, high-energy straight edge hardcore punk...One of the best hardcore EPs I've heard this year

Roddy Radiation & The Skabilly Rebels - "Live in Germany"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/live-in-germany/7070904

Not nearly as cheesy as the name of the band would imply, this is some Madness-type ska-rock from the 80s that's more streamlined than either true ska or true rockabilly but with elements of both and a solid set of songs in general, if nothing too original by any means

Yung Satan - "Out" digital single

http://yungsatan.bandcamp.com/track/out

Rather pointless pulsating pool-hop with no legitimate rapping or even real vocals...dude is just kinda saying "roll the carpet out keep your camera out" without any real purpose

Laura Gravelle - "In Winter"

http://lauragravelle.bandcamp.com

Excellent Jewel-esque spare female acoustic music with much heart

Ned Flounders - "Songs to Give Birth To" EP

http://nedflounders.bandcamp.com

Lame garage synth-pop for no reason

Kid Koala - "Some Of My Best Friends Are DJs"

http://kidkoala.bandcamp.com/album/some-of-my-best-friends-are-djs

Astoundingly perfected non-hip hop DJ music from 2003 that is able to capture the essence of blues, dancehall, island, etc.in purely sample form...a master of his form

The Shallow End - June 2011 demo

http://theshallowend.bandcamp.com

Super obvious Dashboard acoustic emo from Sweden...okay guitar work on "Hey You"

We Are Sirens - "Every, Body, Panic."

http://www.wearesirensband.com/#!everybodypanic/cv59

Mediocre LMFAO-type "electro-alternative" that embraces everything that's wrong with modern rave/dubstep culture and is just plain annoying for most of the album...That said there are  a few passable tracks, especially "Let It Go" which thankfully features no snazzy raps

Tiny Hearts - "Stay" EP

http://tinyheartsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/stay-ep

Thoroughly good chilled back Detroit-via-Los Angeles beat music with sweet but mysterious female vocals and a founding member of Slum Village on the production team

Z Berg - 4-song digital demo

http://zbergmusic.bandcamp.com

Very good female acoustic folk somewhat in the vein of early Stevie Nicks era Fleetwood Mac and Cat Power

Bellhaunts - "Deathless" EP

http://bellhaunts.bandcamp.com/

Pretty good female-fronted semi-deathrock garage stuff from Santa Ana

Shotty - 2012 EP

http://shotty.bandcamp.com

Extremely mediocre and lame radio rock that's not good enough for the radio...I think the singer is trying to sound like the guy from Fall Out Boy

Among Savages - "Start at the Beginning" EP

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/start-at-the-beginning-ep/8576883

Annoyingly pretty orchestral pop with Coldplay-esque high whiny vocals...This shit really grinds my gears

Architects - "Daybreaker"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/daybreaker/7730135

British mainstream screamo along the lines of Enter Shikari with less synth or "Vheissu"-era Thrice

Today I Caught The Plague - "Lore"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/lore/6572662

Good progressive emo-metal from Canada with lots of piano...This band is called The Kindred now.

Protest The Hero - "Volition"

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YMc0Hb-dSUc

A thoroughly badass album, one of the best of the year...Frantic progressive emo-metal with extreme self-awareness...A favorite if mine

Neon Cough - S/T

http://neoncough.bandcamp.com/album/neon-cough

Forward-thinking but not overwhelmingly unique San Diego ppop-rock; the album's second half is better than its first

Reflex From Pain - "Black & White" EP

http://2306.wallywashis.name/mp3/Reflex+From+Pain/Black+and+White/

Mid-80s East Coast hardcore that starts out almost like Agent Orange lite-core but quickly becomes Suicidal-esque dummy fastcore...Not bad but not great

Rachel Birke - "When I Get Old I Hope I'm God" EP

http://rachelbirke.bandcamp.com

Pretty spare bedroom-folk that's somber and sweet but doesn't really go anywhere

Octa#Grape - "Red UFO"

http://octagrape.bandcamp.com

Easily one of the best albums of 2013...absolutely mesmerizing alternative hardcore punk

Tropical Popsicle - "Ghost Beacons" EP

http://tropicalpopsicle.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-beacons-ep

Real good new wave revival, the title track sounding like the best the Secret Machines ever did...the second track is kinda 60s-psychedelia which I'm not as much into but this is good

Natives - S/T EP

http://natives.bandcamp.com

Competent but uncompelling modern garage rock

Noel Jordan & The Slow Mutants - "No Stars At Night" digital single

http://noeljordanandtheslowmutants.bandcamp.com/track/no-stars-at-night

A pretty good acoustic rock song that Live or Tonic or Dave Matthews Band would have used as like an edgy track

The Black Rose Phantoms - "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/beyond-the-wall-of-sleep/4179480

Adequate but quickly tiresome punkabilly with barely any billy besides the stand up bass... Some good songs in the muddle but nothing exceptional...the vocals are hella weak

The Mormons - "Forge Ahead" EP

http://themormons.bandcamp.com

Cool punk with subtle old-school hc tinges, along the lines of The Freeze...Best song is the almost death-punk "Placemats of Purgatory"

Bedlam Of Cacophony - "Neuroleptic"

http://bedlamofcacophony.bandcamp.com

Excellent brutal technical death metal with interesting parts throughout; like the sheer intensity of Beneath The Massacre mixed with the creativity of early Number Twelve Looks Like You, but without that bands odd wackiness...Highly recommended

Neighbors To The North - "Skyfisher" EP

http://nttn.bandcamp.com

First three songs are very mediocre Black Keys type faux-bluesrock, followed by three pretty decent songs in a somewhat different vein...Best song is "Stop Drop"

Structures - "Divided By"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/divided-by/7277757

Very proficient djent-metal that bores in the middle but is very harsh and technical throughout...Best song is "Hydroplaning" ... These guys really have the helicopter-machinegun guitar tone DOWN

Daedelus/Teebs - "Los Angeles 6" split EP

http://allcity.bandcamp.com/album/daedelus-teebs-los-angeles-6

Very good chilled out beat music, good for starting your day

Joe Bucks - "Go Buck Yourself"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/joe-buck-yourself/7495598

Solid bare-bones guitar and drums rock n roll from Tennessee...This guy used to play with Hank III so that should give you an indication...somewhat like The Cramps or a more badass White Stripes, but without the artsiness or irony of either of those bands

iji - "Unltd. Cool Drinks"

http://ijiiji.bandcamp.com/releases

Infectious one-man rock from Washington State

James Rabbit - "Coloratura"

http://jamesrabbit.bandcamp.com/album/coloratura

A very long, fairly ambitious if a bit too cute album from this Bay Area collective...somewhere along the lines of  a folkish eels or Ben Folds Five, with random King Missile-esque spoken word songs in between

Plastic City Pariah - "PxCxP" demo

http://plasticcitypariah.bandcamp.com

A very unimpressive few minutes of generic punk-acoustic crap

The-Drum - "Sense Net" EP

http://mishkanyc.bandcamp.com/album/sense-net-ep

High-quality laid back beat music from Chicago

Northlane - "Singularity"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/singularity/8825350

Technical djent-metal that desperately wants to be deep but is treading much of the same philosophical ground that every other band is this genre has already pontificated on...best song is "Windbreaker"

AshTreJinkins - "TheWorst"

http://ashtrejinkins.bandcamp.com

Cool laid back trippy hip hop

Vildhjarta - "Omnislash"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/omnislash/3655906

Fucking excellent djent metal from Sweden that has soft and clean vocals on some tracks but is mainly instrumental...FFO Periphery, Textures

Rioux - "Spirit Calling"/"Miniatures" digital single

http://rioux.bandcamp.com/releases

Cool 'psychedelic electronica' from Brooklyn

Ever Ending Kicks - "Weird Priorities"

http://everendingkicks.bandcamp.com

Very chilled out indie-synth stuff with drone elements on a couple songs, particularly "Resolver"...good for reading, chilling

Here Comes The Kraken - "The Omen" EP

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/the-omen-ep/4114312

Decent technical death core from Mexico that doesn't rely too heavily on breakdowns...best song is "Beverly Hills (90666)"

Andrew Jackson Jihad - "Live at the Crescent Ballroom"

http://andrewjacksonjihad.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-crescent-ballroom

A very long, very lively live set from the influential folk-punk band...this isn't really my thing but I can definitely see why people like this so much, the live energy makes all the difference

The Gunshy - "Silent Songs"

http://thegunshy.bandcamp.com

Adequate bar-punk, like a way less-Irish Flogging Molly or Dropkick Murphys but with an even raspier voice

clipping - "midcity"

http://clppng.bandcamp.com/album/midcity

Excellent. Harsh and cerebral while also street as fuck. the future of hip hop.

The Foreign Resort - "Scattered and Buried"

http://theforeignresort.bandcamp.com/album/scattered-buried-2

Kinda dark, very good modern rock with cool electro remixes that make total sense at the end

BLOK - "Lair of the White Worm" digital single

http://blok.bandcamp.com

Poorly done pseudo rave bullshit...lame

Bulletins - Demos

http://bulletinsmusic.bandcamp.com

Excellent female fronted bass-heavy alt-rock...Highly recommended

I.E. - "Most Importantly" EP

http://deathbombarc.bandcamp.com/album/most-importantly

Los Angeles 'ravesploitation' that's actually pretty cool...The first song sounds like a lot of my friends

The Anniversary - "Designing for a Nervous Breakdown"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/designing-for-a-nervous-breakdown/3863814

Very good synth-led male and female-vocalled emo from the early 2000s

Coma Regalia/Marital Roles - split cassette

http://middlemanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/coma-regalia-marital-roles-split-cassette

Awesome split from 2 grade-A modern screamo bands

Colossal Wrecks - Fall 2012 Demos

http://colossalrex.bandcamp.com

Very good heavy emo from Long Beach

Left Astray - "Confines." EP

http://leftastrayhc.bandcamp.com

Very very good dark hardcore punk from SoCal

Zissou - "The Quilted Room" EP

http://zissouca.bandcamp.com

Okay pop punk with slight Hot Water Music-esque undertones...very short and very weak vocals

Olivias - S/T EP

http://olivias.bandcamp.com/album/olivias

Middle of the road nerd-punk that sounds like Weezer but in a bar. They cover They Might Be Giants at the end.

Follies & Vices - "Trash Can Filled With Treasure Is Still A Trash Can" digital demo

http://folliesvices.bandcamp.com/album/trash-can-full-of-treasure-is-still-a-trash-can-single

Kids who met in rehab and started an acoustic project...Second song showed promise but the same riff went on for way too long

Caspian - "Hymn For The Greatest Generation"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/how-i-fucked-off-all-my-friends/4410494

Excellently done post-rock that has acoustic elements, lite metallic elements, and never really becomes tiresome...remixes at the end are a nice variation too

65daysofstatic - "How I Fucked Off All My Friends" EP

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/how-i-fucked-off-all-my-friends/4410494

Mostly weird and inconsequential dubby remixes of Xtina and Natasha Bedingfield, etc, but there are a few cool originals in there too

The Great Electric Quest - "II" EP

http://electricquest.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-electric-quest-chapter-ii-ep

Just terrible bar-metal-rock. The best song is called "Beers In Hell"

The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - "Whenever, If Ever"

http://topshelfrecords.bandcamp.com/album/whenever-if-ever Holy shit this is so good

The Atolls - "Hair Machine" EP

http://atolls.bandcamp.com Pretty decent indie-psyche that runs the gamut from 60s worship to Dinosaur Jr sounding stuff to even some post-Strokes Silversun-type sounds...A very good listen.

Go For Gold - "This Life is Now, Not Never" EP

http://goforgoldpoppunk.bandcamp.com/album/this-life-is-now-not-never Well-intentioned but still-shitty modern pop-punk...Sometimes I wonder if these pop punk singers can hear themselves or not because they are so damn off-key

Ocean Man - "iPhone recordings" demo

http://oceanmanca.bandcamp.com/album/iphone-recordings Poor recording (it was on an iPhone) but not too bad of songs....kinda in between TBS/Bay side pop-punk and Face To Face/Lagwagon stuff but also modern. I like this band.

Shipwrecks - "From Dusk To Dawn" digital single

http://shipwrecksofficial.bandcamp.com Incredibly bland, generic pop"punk" that makes me realize that kids in the scene today may have grown up thinking Good Charlotte and Avril Lavigne and Sum 41 and New Found Glory were legit as fuck

Fist Benders - 3-song digital demo

http://fistbenders.bandcamp.com A garage recording that is described as being shitty and just an outline of the songs and that's exactly what it is. I kinda hear where they're going with this, it has a late 90s emo feel I guess but damn does their singer suck

AFI - "Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/shut-your-mouth-open-your-eyes/682196 The last album AFI made before they went all goth, and in competition with "Black Sails..." As my favorite from them

Smashing Pumpkins - "Pisces Iscariot"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/pisces-iscariot/8782216 I kinda forgot how much I love this album, even though its not considered a proper album by Virgin Records due to it being B-sides etc...."Obscured" was like my favorite song of all time when I was a kid

KDC - "Naive to the Bone" EP

http://kdcprhc.bandcamp.com/album/naive-to-the-bone Adequate but run-of-the-mill metallic hardcore from Buffalo

The 4th International - "Nichijou Sei No Hakai Wa Wareware No Gensou" EP

http://www.7inchpunk.com/2007/05/18/the-4th-international/ Commie-punk from Japan with undistorted guitars, very cool stuff

S.N.O.T. - "Slaughterhouse" EP

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Slaughterhouse/8257405 1980s fastcore obviously influenced by DRI and Gang Green...not too aggressive or too goofy, somewhere in between the two

Silo The Avatar - "Test-Tube Nation" mixtape

http://silotheavatar.bandcamp.com/album/test-tube-nation-mix-tape A new mixtape from my coworker friend thats along the lines of mid-2000s Rhymesayers stuff...mainly quasi-political stuff with a sex-love song in the middle

Tera Melos - "Zoo Weather" EP

http://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/zoo-weather 4 new songs and 2 remixes (one by Melt-Banana and the other a dub mix) ; best song is the very morose "Kelley" and the worst song is the annoying a capella crap they do at the end

Zorch . "ZZORRCCHH"

http://zorch.bandcamp.com Synth n drums n pedals duo, somehow in between Animal Collective quasi-computer-church sound and Tera Melos flashiness with a bit of even MGMT cutesiness at the beginning of the album

Melt-Banana - "Cactuses Come In Flocks" EP

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/cactuses-come-in-flocks/495053 Short but indicative of what Melt-Banana is all about...noise that's actually interesting while remaining caustic and bizarre...2of the songs have an alarm clock running through them and one sounds like its mocking Crass

Dimlite - "Abscission"

http://dimlite.bandcamp.com An outtakes album that's good on its own...Intellectual electronic chill music, somewhat like a more modern Tricky

Deaf Ears - "Barrow Sessions" demo

http://deafearsband.bandcamp.com Screamo with extremely good drumming from Phoenix...Better live than on recording

Gypsy Mamba - "I Keel You Owl" mixtape

http://ikeelyouowl.bandcamp.com Cool but kinda generic a FlyLo-lite L.A. beat music...very wavy..."Not Dubstep"

Weed - "Deserve"

http://weed.bandcamp.com/releases Quality fuzzed out dream-punk

Dogs - "Heroin & Flu Shots" EP

http://dogs1.bandcamp.com/album/heroin-flu-shots-e-p Very good emotive punk n roll from my boy Kasey in Simi Valley...Really, very good

Underpass - "Civilian Applications" EP

http://underpass.bandcamp.com Moody Burial-type dub step that's not annoying ; definitely not the band from Canada that will be playing The Dial in a few days

The Moms - "Viva!" 7"

http://themoms.bandcamp.com Quality emotive punk

The Body - "5 Songs" EP

http://thebody.bandcamp.com/album/5-songs Abrasive un-melodic industrial prodding

The Joint Chiefs Of Math - "Word Alive" EP

http://thejointchiefsofmath.bandcamp.com/ Japandroids-esque energy-punk that is cool but doesnt do much for me. I wonder if they know about the emo-core band The Word Alive.

Author & Punisher - "Ursus Americanus"

http://authorandpunisher.bandcamp.com/album/ursus-americanus Fucking awesome industrial stuff that becomes strangely brooding and softer as things go on

Nimzo Indians - "Summer Blood" EP

http://nimzoindians.bandcamp.com/ Cool but kinda bland quirky-rock from San Diego...best song is "Satanic Love"

The Deer Tracks - "Eggegrund" EP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCDlWLnVBkk Somewhat atmospheric indie-electro from Sweden...Interesting

Idyll Wild - "Mouth Amuser" 7"

http://idyllwild.bandcamp.com/album/mouth-amuser-7 Pretty "ghost rock" from San Diego

Nicky Venus - "Little Runner" EP

http://nickyvenus.bandcamp.com/ Laptop synth-pop much like The Killers

Neighborhood Brats - "No Sun No Tan" LP

http://neighborhoodbrats.bandcamp.com Compilation LP of several releases from this energetic female-fronted throwback-punk band

Autistic Youth - "Landmine Beach"

http://sabotagerecords.bandcamp.com/album/autistic-youth-landmine-beach-lp Indescript but capable Adolescents-type skate-punk from Portland

Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School Of Medicine - "The Audacity Of Hype"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/the-audacity-of-hype/3720114 Cool punk that's nearly identical to the Dead Kennedys

Freedom Club - "Starting a War" EP

http://freedomclub.bandcamp.com Pretty cool punk core in the vein of Toxic Narcotic, etc

Death Hymn Number 9 - "Smokestack Frightening" EP

http://deathhymnnumber9.bandcamp.com/album/smokestack-frightening Rocket From The Crypt-type garage rock that was very entertainig

White Murder - "Arteries Are Flexible"/"Shutter Speed" 7"

http://whitemurder.com Passable garage punk with 2 female singers who dont play any guitar or anything

Goldroom - "Embrace" EP

http://goldroom.bandcamp.com Really really good hypnotic electronic music with sweet female vox throughout

Erleen Nada - S/T

http://erleen.bandcamp.com Kinda odd dancey stuff like M.I.A. but still somewhat amateurish

Desperate Living - "I Think I'm Losing Touch" EP

http://desperateliving.bandcamp.com Excellent local hardcore; these guys are much overlooked

Krampvs - "Hangman's Noose" EP

http://krampvs.bandcamp.com Dark, kinda-crusty HC

Orphans/Swells - split 7"

http://iloveorphans.bandcamp.com/album/split-with-swells http://swells.bandcamp.com/music Both bands are cool contemporary post-screamocore

The Coltranes - "Never Sleep Again"/"The Man With The Hat" LP

http://hipkidrecords.bandcamp.com/album/never-sleep-again-man-with-the-hat-lp "Underneath this house...THIS HOUSE...This house where I was born...I've been mining for days"

The Beatles - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pWZGqAAqDi8 Chock full of essential nutrients and vitamins

Soft Salad - "Parkway Periphery" EP

http://softsalad.bandcamp.com Great solo guitar and vocals music from a visual artist based in L.A.

Flowers Taped To Pens/Nevasca/American Memories/DayCare - 4-way Split EP

http://flowerstapedtopens.bandcamp.com Very very good 'emo-violence' and post-screamo stuff...2 songs each from the first 2 bands and 1 each by the next 2

Oceans - Winter 2010 demo

http://oceans.bandcamp.com/album/winter-demo-2010 Post-hardcore with an almost aggro bent

Walls That Talk - "St. Andrews" EP

http://wallsthattalk.bandcamp.com/album/st-andrews-ep Acoustic emo like Bayside; 2 of the 4 tracks are the same song with different female guest singers

Between The Buried And Me - "The Silent Circus"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/the-silent-circus-reissue/8834909 The album that turned a million hardcore kids into metalheads...a classic

Slapshot - "Old Tyme Hardcore

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Old+Tyme+Hardcore/1640991 90's-core

The Growlers - "Gay Thoughts"/"Feelin Good" 7"

NO LINK KP loves The Growlers; Spencer HATES The Growlers; I kinda dont care at all either way about The Growlers; Bob Dylan is hella overrated

Stab City - "Tall Can" 7"

NO LINK Snotty punk like the Big Boys

Chango Rey Y El Moreno - S/T

http://changoreyhisbrokenheartbeat.bandcamp.com/album/chango-rey-y-el-moreno-s-t Pretty unremarkable rock n roll

V/A - Wire Hanger Records Sampler

http://wirehanger.bandcamp.com/album/wire-hanger-records-sampler Very well produced for DIY garage/psych rock, good job Jonah

PSO - "Into The Maze" EP

http://psolgp.bandcamp.com Very generic but not terrible thrash-punk

Charlie Siren - "This Is Home"

http://charliesiren.bandcamp.com Good pop punk

Unstrung - "Sucking Fun in the Fucking Sun" EP

http://unstrung.bandcamp.com Very cool

No Bueno - "PC Violence" EP

http://nobuenolgp.bandcamp.com Kinda shitty punk-core / they cover Op Iv. That should tell you all you need to know.

Rexx - S/T EP

http://rexxagain.bandcamp.com/album/rexx-ep Jangly and jumpy, best song is "And So I've Told You Again"

Basement - "Songs About Weather" EP

http://basement.bandcamp.com Very good emotive hard ore somewhat like Hot Water Music and other similar newer bands

The Zermatts - "Audio Recordings"

Indie-folk that's alright but can be a bit cutesy and annoying

Farabee - "Welcome to the Underleagues"

http://farabee.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-the-underleagues I really wanna like this but it sucks so bad.

Welcome To Now - "Know Who You Are" EP

http://welcometonow.bandcamp.com "Pop punk hardcore" from Lake Elsinore that really isn't very good at all

The Woggles - "Get Tough!"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/get-tough/5848303 Hives-type throwback garage stuff but not as good

The Littlest Viking - "Labor & Lust"

http://thelittlestviking.bandcamp.com

Very good guitar-wank instrumental stuff from Whittier

Hikes/GoldSpine - split EP

http://hikes.bandcamp.com

Cool guitar-driven math-rock stuff; the first GoldSpine song kinda sucks

Jurassic Shark - "The Beginning" demo

http://jurassicshark.bandcamp.com/album/jurassic-shark-the-beginning

Mediocre rock from Philly

Shake Before Us - S/T

http://shakebeforeus.bandcamp.com/

Throwback rock n roll from San Diego County

Grey Ghost - "Space Ambassador" digital single

http://greyghost.bandcamp.com

Just terrible dance-rock. No merit-

Scale The Summit - "The Migration"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/the-migration/8872982

Beautiful. One of my favorite current bands in any genre

The Reign Of Kindo - "Rhythm, Chord, & Melody"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/rhythm-chord-melody/8495178

Very bland at parts but very good instrumentation

Subhumans - "Time Flies...But Aeroplanes Crash" EP

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FX9GexeQHTc

Classic.

Sculpins - November 2012 demo

http://sculpins1904.bandcamp.com

Mediocre punk rock

Narrows - "New Distances"

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/new-distances/4055276

New part-time band from members of Botch, Unbroken, These Arms Are Snakes, etc

Tera Melos - "X'd Out"

http://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/xed-out

My buddies in both Crisis Arm and Apathean have been telling me to listen to this album pretty much since it came out, and man were they right. This is great.

The Rebound - "It Never Rains In San Diego" EP

http://therebound.bandcamp.com/album/it-never-rains-in-san-diego

pop punk featuring members of Griever and This Is The Hospital

Narrowed - "Thick Skull" EP

http://narrowedband.bandcamp.com/

Quality

Early Graves - "Goner"

http://earlygraves.bandcamp.com

Really really badass

Go For Gold - "Mixed Feelings" EP

http://goforgoldpoppunk.bandcamp.com

Pretty good, a bit hokey

The Manx - "Blood Chronicles" EP

http://themanx.bandcamp.com/album/blood-chronicles

'Folk-punk' that actually kinda fits both those molds

Best song is "American Business Since 1790"

Tea For One - "Excelsior Lights" EP

http://teaforone.bandcamp.com

Good pop punk from Norwalk

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