MARJ!

Ermmm it sounds like 1994, tera melos, noumenon etc. Let's get solid is rad. lots of fun

Myspace

Edaline

Another obscuemo band I got from ‘get rad’. Imagine if I Hate Myself decided to play Mineral songs and a whole band was formed around that sound. I know that sounds amazing which it is.

Myspace

Download I Wrote The Last Chapter For You & Old City Scenes

Beau Navire

‘Cali’ has had some great bands over the past year, my favourites being Calculator and Moldar. These guys and girl play abit more chaotic but still melodic. Demo kindly split by a Last.fm'er irtehlion

DEMO

Myspace

nostalgia

I looked backed through my posts and discoverd a whole load of comments to posts I didnt even know where there. I set up a notification now so that wont happen again. Heres that make me stuff if you guys still want it... sorry about that.

http://www.mediafire.com/?ygzimmemzjm

fuck tumblr I miss this place too much, ill come back. "Lets pretend this never happened" said dad ;]

Hightide Hotel - I Know What The Word Dead Means

http://www.mediafire.com/?qvjtwmtg4ny

My Favorite Citizen - 4 Other Songs

Great band, found 4 more songs by them.

Click

Spectrals

For those who dabble into lo-fi and garage when no listening to 75:24 this is for you! Its just one guy but he plays with a band, from the UK but he's getting alot of attention from all over. He sounds like a 50's teeny bopper jukebox heartthrob but in a swirling world of reverb.

Spectrals

Myspace

Palmkite

Somthing proberly you guys all have and listened to by now but this is fantastic. I got it from Jocks on Bikes ( r.i.p always know youre looking down on us bro) back in da day.

Get it or listen to it again.

PALMKITE

Myspace

Check out the new rad live videos, including a new song.

Castevet: New Songs

Enjoy!

Midwest Values
Narrow Hallways

The Butternut Quartet

Forming in an “Introduction to Strings” class at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Chris Dye and Aaron Mew welcomed Anthony Stubelek into their group thus creating and all cello group named the Butternut Trio. Friend, Michael “Mickey” Dwyer transfered from an afternoon class and turned the Trio into a Quartet.
After ending the class, they decided to pick up conventional rock instruments. Their first performance was for the SCAD talent show, in which they did not advance into the finals.

A mix of instrumental fiddlyness and 90s emo from around 2001. I wish they did more songs with lyrics, Pierside/Track 6 is why they should.

Butternut Quartet

Grown Ups: New Song

I got this from My Dinosaur Life, has a preview aswell! This is the first single, 'Are You Kitten Me', from the new album... featuring Justin Pierre from Motion City Soundtrack. Grown Ups have been VERY slow in making new stuff, maybe they played new stuff on tours but they have taken a while to record somthing. I just hope Justin Pierre having anything to do with Grown Ups is a one time thing.

Im not sure what this song is anymore, Justin Pierre proberly wrote it and sings it but I guess you cant say no to people like that if they want to record a song with you. Anyway Grown Ups are recording the rest of the album end of the month.

Re-ripped the song, the half second cut off at the end got annoying.

Are You Kitten Me

Johnny Foreigner - Grace And The Bigger Picture

http://www.mediafire.com/?fqwymhzmzj2

Summer Vacation

"we have a name for the band now. there are three of us in this unholy trinity. this band started during the last week of october 2009. a four track was used to record these songs."

This is only four tracks, I havent ripped the other 3 yet.

Four Tracks

Myspace

My Head In Clouds

Same again, I posted these up a long time ago, when all they had was a video B) Then all that dissapeared so I guess they fell out and broke up. Now they are friends again proberly and recorded some songs! Yes they sound like Merchant Ships but if Merchant Ships arnt gonna get back together i'll happily take this instead... its just as good, nearly.

Demo!

Myspace

Quebec vs Winnipeg

I posted these before but I didn't really give them much of a listen, I went back and woah if this stuff dosent put a smile on your face and make you sing a long who knows what will!!! They have an EP set for release at the end of the month, I just got what they had on the myspace but keep a look out for "sing-a-longs".

Q vs W

Myspace

My Favorite Citizen

My Favorite Citizen was an indie/emo band from Clifton, New Jersey that existed from 1996-1998. Got this from the get rad group, its awesome how this stuff dosent sound dated atall.

MFC

This Town Needs Guns: New Song

Sorry its only a video, got to see this played live a few weeks ago, looking back I kinda think 'Animals' was disappointment for me. Not really song wise, the songs are amazing but the singer stopped playing guitar and the 2nd guitar stopped tapping, but looking at this video they have both started to again. It's at alot faster pace then they have ever done before, they have just finished tour so they might get recording.

Native - Wrestling Moves

If you haven't already found it elsewhere!

http://www.mediafire.com/?nxmynmulhhj

Quiltary, Consecos, Wood Goold, Passengers and Their Baggage

Just recently I was contacted by Biff Swenson if I would be interested in some mp3s, would I?!?! He's an awesome dude/bro/guy and, I guess you hear this alot but its compleltly true, he just wants people to hear the music he creates because he likes music and is hella committed. Biff has been in a few bands Passengers and Their Baggage and he has Quiltary (Cape Terra), Consecos and Wood Goold going on at the moment. Plus hes planning to start another band, after a break which he deserves.

Heres what he gave me to give to you guys, definatly check these out! In the interest of time for some I posted bulk zips of the files and then Biffs original links if you want uncompressed individual files.

Quiltary (Cape Terra)
I posted these about a month ago, you might of wonderd onto their myspace one or twice. They have gone few some lineup changes.

"It actually didn't start as an acoustic project. it was actually an completely different band. Cape Terra was a four piece rock band (sounding like Third Eye Blind meets Taking Back Sunday) that I drummed for. That band was together for about a year, toured and all. We lost a member, then gained two. By that time though we sounded a bit different. I moved from drums to guitar. It started sounding a bit more American Football-ish. Then our drummer and singer quit. I moved back to drums and our lead guitarist started singing. We recorded Boys with Bottle Rockets with that line-up. Then our bassist left the band. Russell (our singer) moved to bass, and our friend Matt picked up guitar. By that point it was time to change the name of the band because there were so many changes, it just wasn't the same band."

Boys with Bottles Rockets EP
American Darling (Acoustic Full Length)
.zip

The Consecos
This is really fun, its Biff and Matt (both of Quiltary) showing anyone can be a kinsella

Thin Skin For The Win EP & Live Album
.zip

Wood Goold
"Matt Goold (our current guitarist) and I are both in Wood Goold (with original Cape Terra bassist Nick Gianatiempo)" Im not sure how to describe this, it still has the noodly jammy bits but its a bit more laid back and maybe abit folky, im not sure if that does it justice. I just noticed theirs 2 more eps for download on the myspace, ill post them.

The Dog and the Moon EP
I Am the Sun EP
A Weeks Time EP

Passengers and their Baggage
"we were also in a 5 piece indie band 2 years ago called Passengers and Their Baggage. We sounded like mewithoutYou meets Anathallo" I didnt know what to expect seeing as ive been listening to the same music genre for nearly 6 months now and mwY or Anthallo I have never listened to :|, I really dig it though the guitar work is dreamy and sounds like good chilling music in the dark winter nights :3

EP & Demo
.zip

The Alphabet

Proberly be a hit and miss with most people, kinda hard to describe, its real noisy and somtimes jangly but its always catchy.

The Alphabet

Myspace

http://www.mediafire.com/emoisdead
http://www.mediafire.com/screamoisdead

Maybe people know about this but if you ever need any old emo and screamo just search through these.

Kindness

Funkiest thing since white boys. I got to see them supporting Nightjewel, Kindness stole the show though, they had one song which was Big Me and All Apologies lyrics combined with Kool & The Gang-esque funk, much like the video, ballin'.

Gee Up (Gee Wiz).mp3

Myspace

Itch

More from the UK, sounds like Dartz!, Hot Club de Paris, Tellison etc Also in the same way they have been going 4-5 years and still just floating around in small circles. New album coming out soon!

Itch

Myspace

pictures paint words

This band seems to have been going for ever, they have old blog entries from 2004/5 but their latest release was last year. They are from the UK aswell! Its a shame because they do/did the whole emo punk sound proberly the same time it was getting going in the US, UK needs more bands like this. Still looking for the EP but the album is awesome.

Pictures Paint Words

Myspace

The Edmund Fitzgerald

Pre-Foals band, yannis and jack with some post/math rock. Have my fingers crossed the new Foals album will be good, I didnt think the last albums tracks stood up well to thier studio re-recordings compared to the demos and they always sounded much better live, hopefully they will write songs that are meant to be on a studio album. enjoy!

Edmund Fitzgerald

Matsuri

Cleany, screamy. Same area as MOLDAR and Calculator.

Whales EP
Split w/ Deers!
Dad Where's My Gatorade.mp3

Myspace

Spy Versus Spy

"Spy Versus Spy (Not to be confused with the Australian band Spy vs. Spy) were a post-hardcore band from Stoke-on-Trent in the United Kingdom" It sounds like what the UK/East Coast is doing now but about 9-10 years ago.

Discography

solomonsolomon

Good scream0 from Fairfax, Virginia. They are kinda small time at the moment.

Apart One and Two.mp3
Bad Snow, Yeti.mp3

Myspace

Pink & Brown

My favourite John Dwyer project, very noisy, fast and awesome. If you like Lightning Bolt I dont see how you can't like this.

Shame Fantasy II

2nd Blog

Me and a friend, Daniel, are doing a joint blog. It will be for garage, lo-fi, surf etc.

http://wotdoucallitgarage.blogspot.com/
(+1 for the Wiley reference)

MOLDAR

"A screamo band from Pasaden, California. Not so screamy or chaotic, more lain down. Singer barely screams at all." I only just started listening to this band and they write some beautiful songs, a possible comparison is I Hate Myself in terms of intense emotion and melody. They have broken up which is a big shame. Last Five is like woah.

MOLDAR

Myspace

calculator.

I think arguments is one of my favourite EP's this year.

Calculator

Myspace

bad words: Demo

They put thier first demo up, only for download. If you like I wrote haikus... , calculator. , age sixteen, battle of wolf 359 etc. People need to start listening to this!

bad words - demo

Myspace

Miami Dolphins

Two guys from Boy Problems jamming. Justin (now drummer in Snowing) and Danny (singer from Make Me and singer/bassist in Boys and Sex). Seeing all those band names you know this is gonna be good, hope for more soon.

Sick Pits

Myspace

blackbear

Just now came across this band in C'est La Guerre's top friends 8) Song is really good, just listen. No idea about the history or whos in this band but nevermind.

Song 1 (DEMO)

Myspace

Bike Rides

New group of Midwest Pen Pals, Merchant Ships and Oh! Darling. With an extra guitar this time they could achieve somthing great. Excitied as usual! Still waiting for the Nick Stutsman Owen/Meadowlands/Math You esque solo side-project, I can wish...

http://www.myspace.com/ilikebikerides

Bronze Medals

Small 3 piece from the UK that features Michael King of Youves, who I think is wasting his talent in that band and his solo-folk sideproject Boats to Row proves it to.

I Lost the Map - Escape Routes

Myspace

Everybell and Whistle

Some pop from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Our Sea Legs is a nice song (not sure which version I like best though). Enjoy! Its everything I could get my hands on all in 256 goodness, EP and splits and other tracks.

Everybell and Whistle

Myspace

Fair Ohs, Thee

Second time posting this band but with how much they have changed their sound in a few months it might aswell be a new band, plus it goes well with Jonquil below. It has that atm popular 'surf' sound but its hi-fi lo-fi, it's what Vampire Weekend should sound like.

Almost Island - Summer Lake

Myspace

Jonquil

Good friends with This Town Need Guns, Foals and Youthmovies. They started out as a folk-ish type of band untill Mumford and Sons ruined everything. Currently writing a 2nd full lenth album they have gone full electric and the songs are sounding like a soulful tropical paradise.

Pillow Quest - Fighting Smiles

Myspace

Cap Santé!

Already big in the right circles, they were a indie/emo/pop band from Aberdeen, Scotland. They split up not long ago (2007-09) and had one EP called 'Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons', its meant to be up on thier Myspace but the link dosen't work.

Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons

Myspace

Lisa's Sons

It sounds like Matt & Kim but its Matt & Matt trying to play Blink 182 songs on keyboards. Im undecided...

Downloads later on I hope...

Myspace

The Barbaric White Elephant!

Just a short one, UK band this time, don't know too much but they split and went on to Data.Select.Party and The James Cleaver Quintet. Only managed to find 1 song by them but it sounds good, clean screamo kinda like swedes with alot more tapping but its from the UK. Maybe its just me....

My Arms Are Tentacles

saleontomorrow

saleontomorrow (2004-2006) were a post-rock four-piece band from Norwich, UK. When bassist David Thorpe was killed in a motorcycle accident, the remaining three members of the band decided to go on hiatus. Henry has since formed a new band, Pennines. They did an EP and a Split which added up to 5 songs, I have them all but no idea what songs belong on which.

saleontomorrow

Myspace

Makes sense to check out Pennines, if you like this, I put their songs up aswell HERE.

Audio Recording Club

Came across this nice blog, most of it is metal/screamo (Nostre Monte EP is good) but then a few pages in it had Audio Recording Club which happens to have John Galm, SSC and Snowing vocalist. Sounds like turn of the century emo or maybe Brand New. EP and album thanks to lvoldschool.blogspot.com/.

EP - 'In The End, We're All Light'

Myspace

Bookworm

Rock Pop Punk band that have supported Chalk Talk, Hightide Hotel and Quiltary (formerly Cape Terra). Song titles come up a bit messed in your media player but its thier file not mine 8)

BOOKWORM

Myspace

Marathon Girl

There must be more out there then just Pennsylvania. It not exactly like the usual stuff, well I hear Boy Problems abit but they have somthing different to them, espically in 'New Markers', that voice!

New Markers - Mike Vick's Dogs

Mysapce

Boost

"Boost is an up beat emo band from the DC area. They play a music similar to such bands as Algernon Cadwallader, Cap’n Jazz, and Braid. They have two releases, a split tape with DC punk band Fine Lines, and a CD EP which came in a cloth case."

They have everything for download HERE, it comes with both sides of the split.

Myspace

Lights On Emendy

Going to post them again cause I think they are good (I have downloads this time). "A crappy imitation of an screamo band that broke up.", is kinda true but its not somthing to get too hung up on about. They took down thier Old Grey cover before I could get it :( By the looks of it they have some sort of EP in the works so that should be good. They just put up an Old EP, under a different name but same sound, plus new version of Sleeping, with new backing vocals.

"I guess people actually listen to us? Or atleast they write about us and don't care."

Old EP

Sleeping (New)

Sleeping - Important Things

Myspace
Last.fm

Swedes

"We were a DIY minded screamo band from Lancaster/West Chester, PA. We formed in early 2007 drawing inspiration from bands such as Ampere, Daitro, Raein, Kidcrash, Saetia and Make Me."

If you like any of those bands you should like this. Its screamo with clean twidly guitar parts, i'd say it sounds like Merchant Ships more then the bands listed above. They only did 4 songs and lasted less then a year. The singer went on to be half the main partnership in Ursa Theodorus and is now in Bluegrass Kids, which is more of the same.

Swedes

Myspace

We Sang Songs

Kinda a continuation from the last post, this band is amazing and I havent seen any mention of thier name before even though they hang with We Were Skeltons, Piroutte and Algernon. I got what I could find but the S/T EP is missing a few tracks, so if anyone could point me in the direction of them... Its beardy twinkly shouty americana punk pop.

We Sang Songs

Myspace

Pucker Up Velcrolips

I think its my inner scene kid speaking but I like this band, even though they have a 'scene' thing going on its still catchy pop songs. Plus they played with Make Me once. Lots of members over the years who went on to play it some other good bands;

Ursa Theodorus (Think I did a post on them a while ago)
Swingsets
We Sang Songs

Pucker Up Velcrolips Discography
Myspace

Lana Avacada

Has a sound more of a UK band rather then the usual Philadelphia twinkly sound. There is a guy who 'shouts', I guess It will grow on you.

The Warehouse - Mantles - So Useless This Roundabout Is

Myspace

total bros

get a load of these guys

25/9 : Link has the EP and two other songs I got from thier myspace, sorry if they skip or somthing but just trying out a recording program but they seem p. good quality to me.

Total BROS

Myspace

bad words

I've only heard one song and its so good.

Slowly Digested Over A Thousand Years

Myspace

Qubec vs Winnipeg

Midwest Pen Pals top friends is full of good bands.

http://www.myspace.com/quebecvswinnipeg

Lights on Emendy

They do a cover of Merchant Ships 'Old Grey' its so fetch. Plus they have some original song that are worth checking out.

http://www.myspace.com/lightsonemendy

bombs away!

Sounds Like: a mixture of pop punk and screaming. After a few listens I like it, i wish I could rip myspace songs

Myspace

to count for the miraculous

Straight outta Philadelphia Texas, yo. I'd be pretty excited about this band if they recorded somthing with better sound quality, hopefully they are working on an EP or somthing.

Myspace

Midwest Dead Pals

God dammit

Mane Horse

FRESNO, FRESYES! This is really good.

Myspace

Quiltary

I think at one time it was an acoustic project under the name of Cape Terra, they got some more members and turned it into a rock ensamble. The guy has a good John Galm/Street Smart Cyclist voice.

Myspace

Johnny Foreigner

Good band, they get tagged along with other not-as good bands i.e Los Campesinos & Elle Milano. Worth listening to if you like the sort of music but Johnny Foreigner are head and shoulders above them. JF have 1 album out and a new one at the end of October (Video above is for the first single 'Criminals'), they have self-released some stuff aswell, ill post/link them all but beware there are a few repeats of songs with different recordings.

Waited Up 'til It Was Light - 1st Album
Arcs Across The City - EP for 1st Album
Feels Like Summer - EP for 2nd Album

We Left You Sleeping And Gone Now - Rare album (2005ish) of lo-fi recordings. Definitely worth getting, its almost acoustic, its very good.

Everday Is A Constant Battle - Collection of demos, released via their myspace a while ago.

B-Sides

I Heard, He Ties Up Cats
What Burlesque Won't Stand
The Houseparty Scene Is Killing You

My Head! In Clouds

All they have up is a video of a song, no recordings yet. Hmm their myspace has just disappeard, word.

"Doughnut Run"


Myspace

Make Me: Unreleased Songs

Finally found the Make Me songs I didnt have. 3 tracks that arn't on the demo or the split so I guess they are 'unreleased'. 2 full songs and one short instrumental. While im at it might aswell put up the old stuff aswell, just incase anyone missed it first time round.

But It Felt So Real
Untitled #1
Untitled #2
Demo & Split

Orderd the 'boys and sex' demo too, but as it's being sent from the US to UK it'll be a week or two before I can post it up, then you guys can go buy your own copy.

Merchant Ships: Old Songs

Merchant Ships put my blog in thier blog and I had no idea, still sad they aren't together but Midwest Pen Pals is rad and they can only get better.

"I miss your hand inside of mine, I miss the times we'd use to cry when mom was drunk and yours just sucked and everything was so sixteen. And although I still see you around, it’s just not the same."

Anyway ive had these two Merchant Ships songs for a while now, I think they are from thier 'LOLcats' demo but im not sure, I think there is a different version of 'Long Term Relationships..." on it too but still not sure.

I Won That Jousting Match Because Of My Iron Horse
Drinkin' Music Is Better Than Sober Music Unless No One Else Is Doing It

EX Wife

"We started in the summer of 2008 under the name you without teeth."
Can't find anything on the internet for songs.

Myspace

Parts of Speech

Got this free when the nice people I orderd my Grown Ups tape from took a little longer then expected, that tape is now stuck in my tape player, derp.

Living Fast, Cooking Slow

Myspace