xFilesx

All of the picture's I've found of this band suck


Albeit, these words are fantastic. I can't do this type of justice:

"Nihilism and Straight Edge go together like flies and shit - that's where xFilesx are coming from. For everyone out there who is tired of being bullshitted by marketable versions of hardcore music, and at the same time tired of the third Reich of political correctness, your time has come. They live and play with a sincerity that can't be bought and can't be faked, hailing from New Bedford, MA, a town notorious for turning out the best hardcore outside Boston and violent young psychos. This is hardcore music, plain and simple, for people who are tired of being a target market. Fast, aggressive and unapologetic - the music is primitive and brutally honest, and doesn't need buzzwords like "crucial" to hold it up like a crutch."


If you're not screaming along you can just shut the fuck up.

Beaten Straight (2001)
Excruciation (2004)

Titan

A little sludgy metal(core) for a change, and from Toronto to boot.

Hello again. I had jaw surgery on the 13th and have been spending time recovering from it since then. Now that I am off the painkillers that they gave me, I should be able to finally find some time to post more (but no promises).

I saw these chaps with Buried Inside two years ago, they ripped.

split w/ In First Person (2007)
split w/ June Paik (2007)
The Chrysanthemum Pledge (2007)
Colossus (2009)

Asaf Avidan

This post is for my friend Bob who is soon leaving for South America. Thank you for the tunes and the vegan spinach and artichoke dip.

Asaf Avidan is an Israeli folk artist, signer-songwriter and today I am in love with his beautiful voice. His last two albums have been released with his backup band The Mojos, but I have included his first solo ep as well. Apparently this guy gets a lot of flack in his home country for singing in English.
I wonder what his songs/voice would sound like in Yiddish...

Now That You're Leaving EP (2006)
The Reckoning (2008)
Poor Boy / Lucky Man (2009)

The Action Taken

Finally, everything is ready to go.

I (had) just got this record in the mail two days ago (when I wrote this post).
Before there was Have Heart and Wolf Whistle, there was The Action Taken, and here Patrick Flynn and Ryan Hudon actually share vocal responsibilities. I don't have much else to say really, it's younger and more youthful than HH and the lyrics are much less mature or developed... all being said it's a decent straightedge release and considering that the members were mostly only 16 when the band began it's a pretty decent album.

What I've Seen (2002)

Right Away, Great Captain

My tattoo artist introduced me to this fine young gentleman's music.

Now, I have another hardcore post pending but since my roommate is on WoW and hates when I upload (because the lag kills him) I'm posting this as these albums are already on mediafire.

Anyway, the man has a nice voice and it's pretty relaxing acoustic stuff reminds me a little of Elliot Smith but with more structured guitar work. His albums are supposed to tell the story of a 17th century sailor who catches his wife cheating on him with his own brother. I can't comment on that though, as I actually haven't listened to a full album through yet. I always seem to get distracted...

The Bitter End (2007)
The Eventually Home (2008)

*He has a new album coming out soon which will complete the story of the sailor so I'll likely append it to this post whenever that happens

Coke Bust

Straight out of Washington DC and fast as fuck.
With barely a song over one minute this is some of the best, fast, and pissed off straight edge hardcore today.

Definitely will appeal to fans of Ceremony, Bones Brigade, Bracewar, Scholastic Deth...

Keep it fucking break-neck positive.

Demo 7" (2007)
Fuck Bar Culture (2007)
Lines in the Sand (2009)

The Tallest Man On Earth

One man, one guitar.
This Swede has a magical stolen voice and I am glad I found this as it has been brightening the last few cloudy days.
Somewhere on the barren plain between Bob Dylan and Gordon Lightfoot this man has pitched his tent.
I hope you enjoy this as much as I do.

s/t EP (2006)
Shallow Grave (2008)
The Wild Hunt (2010)

Duke Nukem Forever

I want to get it on to this.

"I looked in the mirror and said... OH MY GOD WHAT A FUCKING MESS!"

Discog.

Roads To Shiloh

RTS were an early late 90's early 00's hardcore/screamo band from Ottawa Ontario with an incredibly raw sound. I know very little about them, and I can't even remember where I got this. All I do know is that each of their songs have ties to agriculture in some way or another and apparently that the band's members went on to play in Van Johnstone.
This is one of the most played albums in my music library and "Like Trees in November" is one of my all time favorite songs.

Discography

Score One For Safety

I for one, find it extremely tedious when others try to (over) classify bands and musical styles, music (I believe) is carnal, and plain and simple, should not need to sound esoteric when being described. Alas, at the risk of sounding pretentious I must attribute to the many interesting qualities of Score One For Safety's style that blend different musical elements together creating something much more than a standard skram album. This being said, as I attempt further classification I must add that each album in and of itself is inherently different from each other although each contains mostly rather long (>5 min) song structures.
Yoni is my favorite, it contains elements of post-rock which fuse nicely together creating a very atmospheric screamo sound, especially in the final track with the use of a viola.
Animals and Objects is a more punky and youthful substandard skram release, not much interesting going on here.
Lastly, the Castles EP signals the end of the band and is a further refined continuation of Yoni. The real gem on this EP is definitely the first song, probably my favorite of any of theirs, but with only two tracks (plus one unreleased bonus which is just instrumental) it is somewhat hard to judge where SOFS was heading.

After splitting, members of SOFS went on to join the bands Lahars and All Empires of the World.

For fans of I Would Set Myself On Fire For You.

Animals and Objects EP
Yoni LP
Castles EP (+bonus track)

Acres.

So I haven't posted in a while. Tonight I really got into this band's demo "Silos" and thought that it made a fitting update. Unfortunately this is Acres.' sole release as they broke up after only being together for 4 or 5 months.
Check it out if you like Kidcrash, May, Lautrec.

right hurrrr

P.S. Eliot

It's happened before. I put a record on from a band I've never heard before and instantly fall in love with them. But, it has never been quite like this.
When I first listened to this band's demo I felt instantly compelled, bobbed my head along the whole time and enjoyed it immensely. The next day I decided to listen to their LP. What struck me was this; the sound was very different, the vocal were less distorted the flow was less punk-like, and apparently (after reading into this) I found that they had replaced band members. Regardless, although I was thrown off originally, after the first few minutes of listening I very soon found something else I really liked about the sound, something different, and again I was compelled just as before.
Twice with one band.
Slap me silly.

The Bike Wreck Demo (2008)
Introverted Romance In Our Troubled Minds (2009)

Paul Baribeau

So raw. If his songs don't touch you, you aren't human.
Thanks Amy.

(btw his album "Darkness on the Edge of Your Town" is all wicked Bruce Springsteen covers)

s/t (2005)
Split w/ Ghost Mice (2005)
25 (2006)
Live at Rhino's (2006)
Grand Ledge (2007)
Darkness on the Edge of Your Town (200?)
Yikes Baribeau (200?)
Demo Tape (2009)
Unbearable (2010)

Fuck You Nick

Rant on your own blog.

(NICK THINKS) You Listen To Music Wrong

All right. Listen up all you mother fuckers, and listen up good.

You listen to music wrong.

"But Nick," you protest, in your sulky wiener voice, "how can I listen to music wrong? I mean, I just put it on, and let it roll". Shut up, you whiny ass mother fucker; I'm gonna tell you why.

Two things which you use/have that make you listen to music wrong: discographies and shuffle. If you use shuffle or DL full discographies, impale yourself on a rusty pole for me this very instant. Thanks.


Fuck Shuffle:
Thanks to the invent of iTunes and all that bullshit, it's pretty typical for people to put all their music into a program and just let it play random songs. WHAT THE FUCK?! Do you even care about music and the people who make it? I assumed, if you read this blog, you did. But apparently not. For a musician, (especially so for the type of bands featured here) their album is their life. They put there heart, soul, blood, sweat, tears and usually all their money into making an album. They spend hundreds and hundreds of hours putting together something that, essentially to the rest of the world, is THEM. Making sure the flow from track to track is perfect, that that last song is the ultimate ender song for an album, building an atmosphere and feel that coherently progresses from song to song. And what do you do with your fucking shuffle?? Piss in that bands eyes; essentially telling them that the work they put into crafting that masterpiece is all for not, seeing as you're just gonna listen to what ever fucking song comes up in what ever fucking order iTunes likes. FUCK. THAT. If you care at all about the bands you love, listen to their fucking albums the way they were intended!

Fuck Discographies:
"Oh man, I own every song ever done by Converge, so I must be a huge fan" - typical douche fuck

No. Fuck you. Take a grapefruit spoon and carve out your eye. Music is not a commodity. Owning music does not get you scene points. Your coolness is not measured by how many bands exist on your hard drive. Music is a special and precious thing; it can invoke emotions and feeling in ways that nothing else can. The right album can raise the spirits of otherwise unfixable moods, can keep you from offing yourself, or start a fucking party. But thanks to your discography downloading bullshit, you've reduced an entire band's life work to a fucking folder on your hard drive.

An album can't be truly appreciated until you've given it time and listens; let it sink in. Until you wake up with it in your head, until you can start humming the opening riffs to the next song as one song ends because you know that album that well, until you've really THOUGHT about the music you're listening to, you'll never truly appreciate and album. Discographies make this impossible. Twenty five to two hundred songs by an artist (even if not on shuffle) is impossible to appreciate or understand.


So here's what you're going to do. If you're not going to buy an album and are going to DL it instead (which I understand; music is expensive, and buying an album you've never listened to can be a waste if you don't like it,) download JUST that album by that artist. Listen to that album, from start to finish, front to back. Let it sink in. Listen to it as the artist INTENDED you to listen to it. If you don't like the album, or it doesn't move you, delete it. If you like it, keep that album, maybe pick up another album by them. Go out and buy that album in hard copy, go see the band live when they come to town, and scream their lyrics at their show; buy the album from them in person, or a t-shirt, or any other way to support them.

Now go out there, and listen to music the RIGHt way.



Nick.




PS, Surprise hit of last year, Converge's guitar player's other band, Doomriders - Darkness Come Alive http://www.mediafire.com/?4iwd3jj2jom (and yes, I have listened to this album the right way)

Die, Emporer! Die!

I've been pretty much obsessed with this band as of late. I have just ordered their 7" acoustic album from this great website, and will add it to this post if I ever get it converted from vinyl.

Die, Emporer! Die! was a duo from Texas from 2003 to 2005 who played some of the most raw and intense emo I've ever heard, "emo in a screamo manner."
I think the acoustic album is the best, and by the way, the "discography" on the web you find is bullshit. It's just the first 7 tracks from their 9-track demo, this being said I just plain don't have all of their releases.

DEMO (2003)
7" split w/ Burned Out Bright (200?)
7" split w/ Toru Okada (200?)
Acoustic CD-R (200?)

Orchid

With a blog named after the first track from this bands album "Totality" it seems strange that I have waited fifty-odd posts in order to finally assemble a sufficient Orchid installment.
Regardless, they formed in Amherst Massachusetts way back in late 1997 and began experimenting with the emo sound. By adding spastic, screamed vocals and increasing the temp of the emo backdrop they more-or-less initiated and defined the screamo genre. Orchid has influenced in some way or another, countless bands and musicians over the last decade. Since their break-up in 2002, Orchid's members have left to form/join some other really great groups such as Panthers, Ampere, Bucket Full Of Teeth, Transistor Transistor, and Wolves; any of which I would well recommend.

We Hate You DEMO TAPE (1998) sorry, but I don't know the track names (or if they have names)
Chaos Is Me (1999)
Dance Tonight, Revolution Tomorrow (1999)
Gatefold (2002)
Totality (2005)

The final album, is comprised of the material from all of their splits and 7" vinyl releases. As far as I know, this is a complete collection of their recorded works. I do have their splits though, so if interested just leave a comment and I will post them as well.

Here is also a copy of their final show.

Withdrawal

Have you ever been to Winnipeg? It fucking sucks for the most part.

1. The winters are insanely cold.

2. 2008 murder capital of Canada.

3. Hostile natives.

4. Almost everyone that lives in the city is a prick.

The one great thing about living in such an awful place is it gives you a lot of fuel to create angry music and motivates you to tour. This is where Withdrawal comes into play.

With a demo and highly acclaimed 7' under their belts, Withdrawal is ready to spread the gospel of holy terrorism as far as possible. Blending the sounds of clevo style hardcore and death metal, listeners should be ready for a punishing affair.

If I could suggest one active, Canadian hardcore/metal band to anyone it would be this band. If you get the chance to see them on tour, do it. If you dig what you downloaded, pick up Unknown Misery here.

Demo 2008: Promised Heaven, Given Hell

Unknown Misery

The Carrier

You see that photo above?

That's what I look like when I listen to The Carrier.

s/t Demo (2007)
One Year Later (2007)
No Love Can Save me (2008)

Bracewar

If you are ever in Kelowna, BC and see a kid driving around smashing his hands/face against the steering wheel and screaming his lungs out.....Well, that's me listening to Bracewar.

Self Titled (2006)

Juggernaut (2007)

Whatever It Takes Demo (2009)

Raein

One of best bands in the genre.
Enough said.


s/t (2002)
Il N'y A Pas De Orchestre (2003)
Döden Marscherar Åt Väst 7"(2004)
7" split w/ Pheonix Bodies (2004)
7" split w/ Funeral Diner (2004)
10" split w/ Daïtro (2004)
The Harsh Words As The Sun 7"(2004)
From 3 to 1 in 2 and 4 (remix) 7"(2004)
Nati Da Altri Padri (2008)
Ogni Nuovo Inizio (2008)

The Smile

So, it's been a while. Heck, well I've been busy.
This is a great screamo release from a Canadian band out of Toronto, lots of chaos.
It was released on this great independent (now defunct) record label Gorgeous Industries, who's other bands I hope to follow up this post with.
They are now called "Authors" but since they were "The Smile" when I bought this record (2007), that's how I'm posting it!

here

ISIS

I just finished two all-nighters in a row so fuck it, this is what last.fm has to say:

"Formed in Boston in 1997, Isis is a band that combines ambience, atmosphere, and aggression to form a unique style of metal music. Isis draws from post-rock, which leans away from the traditional elements of choruses, verses, repetitive vocals, or fast/repetitive riffs. Compared to many post-rock bands, though, Isis displays more hardcore and sludge influence (especially in their pre-Celestial era)."

Good night.

Mosquito Control EP (1998)
The Red Sea EP (1999)
Sawblade EP (1999)
7" split w/ Pig Destroyer (2000)
Celestial (2000)
SGNL>05 EP (2001)
Oceanic (2002)
Panopticon (2004)
Oceanic: Remixes and Reinterpretations (2004)
Live 1 (2004)
Live 2 (2004)
Live 3 (2005)
"Boris" feat. Agoraphobic Nosebleed (2005) *(single track taken from "Melvins" Tribute Album)
In the Absence of Truth (2006)
Live 4 (2006)
Wavering Radiant (2009)

Amanda Woodward

From Caen, France. Blending solid riffs and dynamic tempos into a delicious French screamo smoothie, these guys know how to make some tasty tunes.
This band does screamo right.

Do yourself a solid a get in on this.
Maybe you'll even learn some French in the process.

Demo CD (2000)
Ultramort (2002)
split w/ 1905 (2002)
Pleine de grâce EP (2003)
La Décadence de la Décadence (2004)
Discography (2004)
Meurt la soif 7" (2006)

Blacklisted

Of all the modern hardcore bands that are currently making music, Blacklisted is my favorite. In a genre where releasing the same sounding album over and over is often celebrated, Blacklisted has found a way to successfully progress their music tastefully. 

I would encourage anyone who is downloading these albums to listen to them chronologically. It's like watching your older brother going from an irate, violent teenager to being in a straitjacket before reaching the age of 30. 

For fans of Terror/American Nightmare/Old Every Time I Die/Nirvana 

Our Youth Is Wasted (EP) (2004)

The Beat Goes On  (2005)
We're Unstoppable (2006) (Compilation of Demo and OTIW)
Blacklisted/First Blood – Dead Man’s Hand Vol. 3 (2005)
Peace On Earth War On Stage (EP) (2007)
Heavier Than Heaven Lonelier Than God (2008)
No One Deserves To Be Here More Than Me (2009)
Eccentrichine (EP) 2010

Wolf Whistle

This is a band from New Bedford, Mass. It boasts members from xFILESx and the vocal stylings of Patrick Flynn from Have Heart.

Fast. Pissed. To the point.

Demo AD 07 (2007)

Live on WERS (2009)

Winter Demo 09 (2009)

Pg. 99 (Pageninetynine)

This post was inevitable.

Sustaining at least two lead vocalists, pageninetynine played shows during their 4 year history with from 6 to 14 band members at one time.
This band was busy, influential, and talented, and is certainly coming highly recommended (by me).

Document #1 (1999) - demo cassette
Document #2 (1999) - split w/ Enemy Soil
Document #3 (1999) - split w/ Reactor No. 7
Document #4 (1999) - Tour 6"
Document #5 (2000) - LP
Document #6 (2000) - split w/ Process is Dead
Document #7 (2001) - EP
Document #8 (2001) - LP
Document #9 (2001) - split w/ City of Caterpillar
Document #10 (2001) - LIVE split LP w/ Waifle
Document #11 (2002) - 7" REISSUE of Documents #3 and #4
Document #12 (2002) - split LP w/ Majority Rule
Document #13 (2002) - split 7" w/ Circle Takes the Square
Document #14 (2003) - Singles
*All the tracks are here, many links on the net only have the pg. 99 part

Carpathian

This blog needs more hardcore.
End of story.

split w/ Never Alone (2004)
s/t EP (2005)
Nothing to Lose (2006)
Wrecked 7" (2007)
Isolation (2008)
LIVE split w/ Shipwreck AD (2009)

Crime In Stereo - I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone

Howdy folks! This here be a guest post! Today, I'm here to share with you a new release from a band I really quite like. They're called Crime In Stereo. And they're kinda like the thinking man's hardcore. A little bit melodic, a little bit artsy, a little bit of good 'ol sing along HC.




Enjoy.

Crime In Stereo - I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone

NEVER FORGET WHERE YOU CAME FROM

thebleedingalarm

Beauty in Destruction (2006)

Stutterfly

Hollow (2000)
Broken in Pieces (2002)
And We Are Bled of Color (2005)

Cry of the Afflicted

From the Shadows EP (2004)
Consume This Wasteland (2006)
The Unveiling (2007)

Kincaide

Myraid (2004)
The Hereafter Demos (2005)
The Landscape Verses (2006)

*The Hereafter Demos are from my personal collection and were bought from the band w/o booklet and the track names were never given. If someone could help and tell me the names of the last 2 tracks it would be GREATLY appreciated.

Lights Below

The Lights Below EP (2004)
Lights Below CD-R Demo (2006)
She Teaches Defeat (2007)

Suis La Lune

I know you know.
And if you don't know, you should get on this.

s/t 3" demo CD-R (2005)
Quiet, Pull the Strings! (2006)
Heir 10" EP (2008)
7" split w/ Osceola (2009)
s/t 7" (2005) remastered + 30 sek (2009)

Kias Fansuri

Malaysia, I don't even know what your national language is.
But I like you.


3 Song Demo Tape
4 Song Demo CDr
"Circle of Friends" 4-Way Split with Narwhal, Petethepiratesquid, and Teeth of Mammals
Split with Only for the Sake of Aching
Dua Tahun Pertamas
(release dates uncertain)

Sunny Day Real Estate

"Sunny Day Real Estate is an American emo band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1992. The band helped bring the emo subgenre from an underground musical phenomenon to a wider audience."
Recently re-banded as of 2009, this band has always kept that 90's rock door open for me.

Flatland Spider 7" (1993)
Thief, Steal Me a Peach 7" (1993)
Diary (1994)
The Pink Album (1995)
How It Feels to be Something On (1998)
Live (1999)
The Rising Tide (2000)

A.S.T.R.O.

This band is tight as all hell.
If I was stranded on a desert Island and had to pick one discography to listen to, it would be this one.
Seriously.

but I am pretty impulsive


The Shaped Lines (2007)
From My Window... (2009)

myspace

Le Pré Où Je Suis Mort

French/Swiss, lots of raw talent.

s/t

Make Me

Definitely one of my favourite skram bands of all time, too bad they were only together for 2 years.
Enjoy.

Demo (2004)
Make Me/ Black JuJu Split (2005?)
Other (I think unreleased) (2004-2006)

myspace

May

Formed in '06 and died shortly after. From Wittenberg, East Germany, they offer some very appealing screamo, something that puts a rather nice smile on my face though I have no idea what they are singing about.
Rather than create some sort of long winded comparison I'll let you make up your own mind.

(this album was actually never officially released so enjoy)

Trialogue (2007 ish)

myspace

Enemy Airship

Bring the pain Derek, bring the pain.

My old friend's band from years ago in Sudbury Ontario, these are the demos I have by them. Good luck trying to find any info on these guys, they were quite short lived.
This one's for you Kim.


dl

Nervous Light of Sunday

I know what you're thinking already: rip-off.
But seriously, this is good.
From Japan, they truly deserve the name, whether they stole it from CTTS or not.

Jakushinkoukei (2005)
Mabuta No Uragawa (2008)

Skratch Bastid - Get Up!

getcho' funk on tonight

Why no posts lately?

Consolidating my music library and its literally taken me about a week, I can't believe this crap.
Be back soon!

mewithoutYou

"The cure for pain is in the pain,
so it's there that you'll find me"

Blood Enough For Us All EP (2000)
I Never Said That I Was Brave EP (2001)
[A-->B] Life (2002)
Norma Jean split (2002)
Catch For Us The Foxes (2004)
Brother, Sister (2006)
It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright (2009)

FIRST MATH POST!

This ones for Zach and Steven.

So I have been bothered that my blog is not legitimate. For where is the math?

There are a thousand ways to answer this question, or at least I feel as though there are as I don't know how to truly answer it. For truth I never envisioned this page to be at all mathematical, or to discuss mathematical topics. It was more to act as a release from such times when I felt overwhelmed by mathematics, a place for "new ideas" so to speak. It is a hobby, an outlet for appreciation of the bands that get me through the day.
I could go on and on about the inspiration I feel at times listening to the music I choose to post, but usually with too much to say and little confidence to say it (story of my life?) I write very little, and again that will be the road I choose to take.

Now, that was all neither here-nor-there so back to the topic at hand:
Mathematics.
For the satisfaction mainly of the majority of the people I have coaxed into viewing my blog, those with an esteem for the music I post lying within any given epsilon of none (ie 90 percent of my hits thus far) and for the curiosity of those outside this circle from which I rarely venture. I will make a short post about a certain mathematical fascination of mine; Differential Geometry. (sorry but no PDE's this time)

As my lecture notes from today's class speak loosely:
"Differential Geometry is the study of Smooth Manifolds and special "geometric structures" on them.
Examples of such include: Riemannian Metrics and Simplectic Forms:

Now, if your first question is timidly; "What is a smooth manifold?" then I must say welcome to the world of terse, complicated mathematical definitions which are composed of in their brevity only an onslaught of more terse complicated definitions seemingly ad infinitum. (note: this is nearly always the case or in certain special circumstances -usually in diff geo- where the definitions in their excruciating detail take around a page to write out.)

If on the other hand your thoughts are more aligned with the phrase "Yes, I know. What then?"
Then the following links may be of some interest.

Futher Reading
Wikipedia!

But whatever the opinion of the esoteric definition above, if it struck fascination at all, I hope (at least from a mathematical perspective) that there is at least some vestige of the questions "Why is this important (what does this tell us)?" "What does this lead to (what does this infer)?" and "What does this mean?"
For if only platonic, there still must be a significance to a definition or result mathematically. "Ideas are only as good as the actions that follow and definitions are only as good as the results they lead to," to paraphrase my friend Zach.

I understand mathematics is not everyone's passion, at times I am even unsure if it is mine -it is certainly true that specific realms are not- so I have not intended upon being overbearing, and I apologize if I have.

"We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one adores it intensely" - Oscar Wilde

I will end this now as not burden you with any more of my ramblings. Feel free to comment and tear me up for offending you as well.