Double Jump

This is another acoustic project from the ex drummer of Mane Horse. This time its with an amazing female vocalist (Julia Bentley). Everything blends together really well. The beautiful vocals make for amazingly catchy songs. If you like Madeline, Hop along, or Laura Stevenson and the cans you will definitely dig this. They don't have a full Ep or album yet cause they're still writing, but they have 5 super catchy songs up on their bandcamp. check them out!!

here's their tumblr!!! thedoublejump.tumblr.com

Double Jump

New Mix!

I made this mix, because i needed a new one for my car when I am too lazy to plug in my phone... Mostly pop-punk-ish type stuff.


























No special order, I put random on in my car anyways.

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My Hat Is Awesome

so this is a solo project from the drummer of Mane Horse. Its called My Hat Is Awesome. and It has some super catchy acoustic twinkly stuff. its short and sweet. it has a lo fi vibe to it, which gives it some character.

if your into acoustic stuff and or twinkly shit this might be right for you. regardless check it out and decide for your self.

My Hat Is Awesome

Dikembe

This is Dikembe. This EP is ridiculously awesome, and it saddens me that it only contains 4 songs. I know this isn't THAT new, but I am sure some of you who haven't heard will love it.

This is great, non-cheesy (but delightfully catchy), pop punk. The production is perfect for the band's sound. The lyrics are fun to sing along to. LUC BONGLEY is a great song, but all 4 are really good. I cannot wait to hear more from these guys.

Listen and download for free from their bandcamp... DIKEMBE

Donate if you like, donate if you don't. I hope they press this, I would buy it in a jiffy.

CAPSULE

So immediately, upon the first note, I fell in love with this album. This new album takes BLUE to a whole new level. The production is perfect for their sound. The vocals are easier to take in (not that I disliked them before)... but HOLY SHIT this slays all. Capsule has a way of sounding 113% badass, but still create a beautifully dark and distant sound. The more I get into this the happier I am. So far, NO GHOST has my vote for best of 2011. Holy shit, holy shit sholy hit.

Capsule - (No Ghost)

OH! I finished student teaching and I graduated, so I'll have time to start this up again. If you have any requests (I know an abundant amount of awesome shit has came out in the past few months), just post in the comments or whatever. Mazel tov.

Enemies

I have not posted here yet, though Zack invited me to a while ago, so here we go...





Enemies, instrumental twinkle rock from Ireland, came across my tumblr dashboard about a week ago, and I have been listening to them non-stop. For being an instrumental group, these songs are still pretty infectious and will get stuck in your head. I find myself making guitar noises along to their songs at this point. The older material is incredibly anthemic, the 5 songs, being 5-10 minutes long each. The band's full-length from this past year has about 2 longer-than-normal songs, but the majority of the songs average about 4 minutes, give or take. The melodies, technicalities, and overall aura that Enemies exudes is both uplifting and relaxing at the same time, and I think it's hard for a band to achieve that dynamic, but they did it, and did it damn well.


listen/buy on bandcamp
2010 full-length We've Been Talking
2008 EP Alpha Waves
2009 two songs Bits of Parrots - Feed Me Seedless

PIGLET

I forgot how much I loved this band. Piglet is seriously, in my top 3 instrumental bands. I found their live set cassette ripped, and their comp only song "Mad Science. I figured I would post them, especially because Mad Science is such an awesome song...

Lava Land EP

Mad Science (comp song)

Live Cassette

To the North

To the North: Indescretion

If you like anything by this band, you will like this EP that much more. The recording quality is perfect for the music this band plays. The vocals feel more at home in this EP in comparison to the Landscapes EP. The guitar is more awesome than before, and the drums settle in perfectly, with the bass also having a strong tone bringing it together. This is so good, even the live song at the end is enjoyable. The guitar riffs on this EP are so rad. Try this out, especially if you like The Reptilian or Like Foxes.

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CSTVT Test Press

Here's the test pressings of Castevet's (henceforth referred to as as CSTVT [I just wanted to say henceforth]) new 2 song 7". It's CSTVT, it's good, and it's ripped by yours truly. You can't even buy this anymore, they only pressed 50 of them, and they sold out really quickly. You can probably pick it up in a month or two once they do the final pressing, but this sounds good to me.

CSTVT

IIOI/Everyone Everywhere

SPLIT

Influences

Since Zack is one of those kids who doesn't much listen to music before the 90s, and I just somewhat turned him onto Sonic Youth, I figured there may be a few of you kiddos here who don't really listen to some of those bands who have been very influential in the indie/alt rock scene which in turn is what this little emo-revival/indie-emo thing has been influenced in part by as well.

I'm not going to have any order here, but the first album I'm going to list here is the album released most recently. Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation (1988) was released at a time where the alt-rock scene was just coalescing. The scene was so fragmented, you had kids playing avant-garde out in new york city, the hardcore kids down in DC, and college pop-rock music at many colleges. Sonic Youth combines these with the noise at atmosphere of bands like Dinosaur Jr. and My Bloody Valentine, and add part snarky youth and film/literary/art references(Juno anybody?) into the entire album way ahead of it’s time. The way they do this is also so perfectly and seamlessly you wouldn’t even think they were combining so many different styles into one album. If you’ve never listened to this, and you’re in any way a fan of alt-indie-rock, it’s something you need to have.

Daydream Nation

Hüsker Dü is a band which has been long overdue a mention on this blog, I know that it was released back in 1984, but far too few people listen to them now-a-days, which is disappointing as they still sound as fresh as ever. Hüsker Dü broke the mold when they made this record. They started out as another hardcore band, and they were good, but they weren't doing anything different from what they rest was, and they were not happy with that. They went on to record this double LP record in 40 hours for about $2,500 bucks with each song in one take (except for two songs). They did something no hardcore/punk band had ever done, and not may do now, they made a concept album. The story is of a kid raised in an abusive household who runs off, joins the military, and finds religion, etc. They also did something punk/hardcore bands at the time didn't do either, used a melody and used classic-rock influences in their songs. It's such a great record which stands on it's own so very well. Zen Arcade is where their departure started, go older to see their hardcore roots, and head forward in their catalogue to witness their crafting of more pop oriented songs.

Zen Arcade

Gang of Four, notoriously influential, notoriously dark post-punk band which sounded like almost nothing before it. The lyrics were darker, more calculating, and anti-capitalistic than anything before. The guitar work is so angular, and ever changing that it's still a mind fuck. It's almost as if playing the same notes and rhythms was physically impossible to the guitar player. I don't know what more to say about it, it's one of the best albums I've ever listened to, and it's one of the most influential in modern day music, even if we don't think about it.

Entertainment!

Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)/Into It. Over It. split 7"

Here's a newer Empire! Empire! and Into It. Over It split from the awesome dudes at Count Your Lucky Stars records. I'm lazy today, and you guys probably don't need a description of these two bands. If you've never listened to them, it's a quick download and if you read this blog you'll like both the bands here.

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Buy It (it's only $5)

The World is a Beautiful Place...

Day whatever, I'm falling behind! ...new The World is a Beautiful Place EP! Just linked to it on facebook like literally a minute ago. I'm about to listen, you should to.

Josh is Dead EP

Algebrahs

Day 16! This is Gio's (Late for School) band. It is good, try it out, and spread it around.

The Scatter Brain Demo

Midi & the Modern Dance

I suck at this... Day 14/15... there's enough goodness here for 2 days. This is some nice music. Perfect for winter. It is just.... nice. Vocals are amazing, instrumentation is

tight. I can't wait to see them in New Haven on the 30th, with Snowing, Castevet, The World is a Beautiful Place... and Stay ahead of the Weather. Great line-up!

Download here.

Buy it here!

The packaging looks incredible, i guess they slaved and hand made 300 of them...

The Littlest Viking

Day 13? I don't know if I posted this yet, but I am now so who cares?

The Littlest Viking's "Labor & Lust" is one of my favorite math-rock instrumental albums, almost ever. Tied with Tenebre and Hella. This is nothing crazy, but it is still great. Good transitions, good range in sound and style. I dig the not 100% quality of the recordings. Most bands like this over produce, but this sounds great... it's refreshing. I just got my copy in the mail the other day, so guy it too. I ordered green, but got orange. Oh well, it'll sound the same.

Labor & Lust

But it.

Koji / Into It. Over It.

Day 12! I am five minutes late, my bad. I haven't listened to this yet, so I don't know what to say. I like IIOI, but never heard Koji. So try it out, and those of you who like it, but it.

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Buy!

Stay Ahead of the Weather

Day 11. I'm drunk, so this will be fast.

Stay Ahead of the Weather! Awesome melodic - punk supergroup! Members of Castevet, Into It. Over It., and Native.... should be enough to get you into this.

Download

BUY, LIKE I DID!

Oh, and listen to my snowy weather mix!

http://8tracks.com/radioberlin/over-the-hills

Gregory and the Hawk

This would have been for day 9? Sure, yeah.

This is also good for snow days. Gregory and the Hawk, which is Meredith Godreau, has one of the softest voices, but is still a strong singer. In Fact is one of my favorite songs, but it is a bit more cheery than the others, style-wise. This is great for anyone who likes Hop Along, Queen Ansleis or Shelby Seifers. This is more straightforward than the other too.

Moenie and Kitchie

In Your Dreams

Boats and Birds