In der britischen Screamo-Szene ging es dieses Jahr ziemlich ab. Bands wie Battle of Wolf 359, Archives oder MeAndGoliath veröffentlichten vor einiger Zeit hörenswerte Platten. Nun sind die Maths an der Reihe. Das junge Kollektiv gehört schon länger zu den Bands, die man im Auge behalten sollte. Das erste Album “Descent” macht nix weiter, als diesen Status zu untermauern. Schön ist, dass die britischen Bands allesamt ihr eigenes Ding durchziehen. Und so finden auch die Maths ihren eigenen Zugang zu dieser Musik. Grob gesehen könnte man die Band irgendwo zwischen Funeral Diner und Orchid einordnen. Doch auch Bands wie Loma Prieta, Kidcrash, Hot Cross oder Danse Macabre kommen mir bei der Platte in den Sinn. New School, also. Einerseits ist der Sound von den Maths zwar chaotisch und verzwackt, andererseits aber auch unheimlich melodiös. Die Gitarren erinnern nicht selten an die von Funeral Diner. Allerdings nehmen sich die Maths nur Bauteile von solchen, eher Postrock-orientierten Bands. Die Songs sind durchsetzt von allerlei epischen Melodien, richtig ausladend wird aber keines der zwölf Stücke. Immerhin ist nach einer guten halben Stunde schon wieder Schluss. Es stimmt, dass ein Maths-Song eigentlich nur aus drei Parts besteht: der Melodiöse. Der Chaotische. Und der Stakkato-Aufbau, der meist dazwischen liegt. Die Briten vermixen diese Passagen aber so geschickt miteinander, dass das Endresultat sehr abwechslungreich und unberechenbar daherkommt. Während der eine Song eher auf Soundscapes setzt, wird im anderen wild um sich geschlagen, bis man wieder beide Extreme miteinander kombiniert oder verschmelzt. Das mal ein-, mal zweistimmige Geschrei bleibt wohltuend hintergründig, bringt aber die nötige Verzweiflung rüber, die eine solche Platte braucht. Mit am Besten an “Descent” finde ich, wie die einzelnen Songs ineinander greifen. Besonders am Anfang sind nur schwer irgendwelche Songgrenzen auszumachen – und so macht es auch Sinn, das Ganze am Stück zu hören. Einzig und allein den Closer “Belief in Hope” finde ich nicht gelungen. So schön das Piano-Geklimper am Ende auch sein mag. Es ist monoton und völlig anders als die 25 Minuten davor – was darin resultiert, dass es einfach nicht aufs Album passt und zum Gesamtpaket rein gar nix beiträgt. Ich denke, das davorliegende “Branches” hätte die Platte ganz gut beschlossen. Am Ende ist den Maths mit “Descent” ein beachtliches Debütalbum gelungen, das zu den besten Genre-Veröffentlichungen in 2009 zählt. Auschecken! 7/10

Na már megint nem írtam egy ideje =(

Viszont megint zenét fogok ajánlani.

A Brokencyde az Egyesült államokban,Albaquerke-ben [Albakörki] lett alapítva.

A The Artery Foundation nevű cég figyelt fel rájuk,akik már több eggyüttest is segítettek az áttörésben.Például az Alesana,The Devil Wears Prada vagy a Carnifex.

A banda négy tagból áll:

Se7en : Dalszövegek
Mikl : Hype,Vokál
Phat J : Szintetizátor,Backup Vokál
Antz : Hype

Zeneileg a Screamo, Crunkcore,Electronic illetve HipHop stílusokba sorolják.

A legelső albumjuk,a 2006-os Blue Steel nagy sikert aratott Amerikában, amit két számuk,a Freaxxx és a Bree Bree követett.

Elérhetőségeik:
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És most itt a legfrissebb számuk, a Booty Call!

Források:

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Saltwater

Old Pride

Earlier today, I was notified by a friend on last.fm that Pianos Become The Teeth might be playing a show in Columbus in January. I quickly made my way to their MySpace page where my highest hopes were sort of confirmed. While nothing has been finalized yet, I am incredibly excited for this show, especially since there is a rumored Max Levine Ensemble show planned in Columbus for a few days later.

Pianos Become The Teeth is a band from Maryland who recently signed to Topshelf Records (My Heart To Joy, Defeater). They’re an emo band who tint their sound with a lot of ambiance and beautiful soundscapes, not unlike Suis La Lune or Raein. While comparing a band to Raein might set the bar a little high, I think the energy the two bands put out are comparable. Since I’m seeing both bands live within a few weeks of each other, it’ll be interesting to see how the sounds and energy of both bands translate to live performances. Although both albums are full of excellent songs, one major standout is “Houses We Die In” off of Saltwater. The vocals sound so emotionally strained, mixed in with the mid-tempo, post-rock influenced music, that you can’t help but feel some kind of emotion. As I stated before, I’m incredibly excited to see this band live if their show does happen, and if it doesn’t happen in Columbus, I’ll probably travel to see it.

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This is what i like! Something I just discovered, that I didn’t think existed in Canada. New Jersey type screamo, all the way out in Victoria, BC. This three piece was around from 1995 to 1998. At the time the band was formed, Paul was still doing Benchwarmer, but not for much longer.

Their first release was a self titled 7″ on Slow to Burn Records in 1995 (I think this may also have been their demo, but I’m not sure). Next year they put out a split with The Republic of Freedom Fighters on Buddy system Records. In 1997, came their big break for out of Canada fans. They recorded a 10 song demo tape, which some songs would end up being released on their second 7″ “The Relationship Between a 1/4 Note and a 1/8 Note” on The Mountain Cooperative. I think the other songs were used for their split with Miracle of 86 (but I’m not sure when that came out), on City Lights Records.
The whole works was compiled into a discography CD in 2007 in Clue #2 Records (I think the label is run by someone of the band, but I don’t know who). This compilation is really amazing. Great digipak with stickers and booklets, etc. I really suggest buying it, even if I posted it here. Totally worth it.

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Well hey. I’m the new Brian on the block and music is the tits. It’s all I do and all I am, so I’m happy to join this blogical community to share it with you. In my spare time I enjoy a leisurely walk, making electronical music, playing real drums, and generally being awesome.

Afraid! is a post-hardcore band out of Italy. Upon downloading this I had expected a typical dose of 2000s Euro-Screamo, and, upon hearing the first few seconds of Goa I got something more like 70s psych rock than La Quiete. Megaloklift sounds like The Blood Brothers and Crystal Antlers co-writing the soundtrack to an old vampire sock hop movie. Snaking basslines slither around a guitar sound of hardcore punk riffs and walls of sound that blends with the church organs to create a sound at once both creepy and rock and fucking roll. Singing reverbs mystically around it all as yells like knives pierce the mix, the vocalist playing both the killer and the victim. Afraid! have managed to make a sound like none other, frantic, frightening, and rapid. The album’s a rather short affair, lasting a little over 24 minutes over twelve songs. Pay attention and hold on or the flick will leave the screen before you realize it.

-Brian S

Another of these irregular posts…

Firstly, thanks to everyone who has come to any of the shows I’ve been part of organising lately – the Hackett House show, Limited Express and Ni Hao at Jura, and La Quiete show at Jura. If you want to hear recordings from the two Jura shows check out here and here. Shaun Tenzenmen also took some good photos from the La Quiete show which are on flickr and ther’s some photos from the Hackett House show on the myspace.

Also, I have news on when the next Hackett House show is. Its going to be on Sunday 6th December, 1pm like usual and costing only $5 like usual. So far there’s only two bands confirmed – Nunchukka Superfly and Skinpin – but hopefully more will be sorted out very soon.

I’m also sorting out some shows for Tim Holehouse (UK) in December/January and for the Chris Burrows and Phat Meegz tour in late January. You’ll probably find out about them when I have the information.

Other things…

If you’re looking to get out of Sydney this weekend, or are already in Melbourne, Ladyfest is happening all weekend. There’s shows, art exhibitions, workshops and discussion panels. I’m not entirely sure which ones are all ages, at least one of the shows is called “Ladyfest All Ages Show” so that one definitely is. Maybe the exhibitions, discussion, workshops and another show is too? Check out the myspace for the full list of what’s happening and more information on what its all about.

YAPA have set up a new email list called unleashNOW to be a monthly update for subscribers to the Unleash magazine and any other young people who want to stay in touch with youth activism and YAPA staff generally. I’m not sure if there’s a quick way to subscribe to it, but if you go to the Unleash Magazine site and send a message to the contact email there it should work itself out. You can also download a pdf of the magazine too so you know what you’ll be getting yourself into.

Loud! Tribe, that group who organises all that stuff out in the Fairfield area, have recently started a radio show as well. The show is on 89.3FM 2GLF at 4:00 – 6:00pm Wednesdays. They even got a Facebook page up for it. Maybe you can even get them to play your music? Worth a try.

Also on the radio, it seems Indent are putting together a radio version of The Minor Chord on FBi. I don’t know how far they’ve got up to, last thing I know they were looking for people to get involved. Check out this post and maybe you will find all the answers.

Last but not least, friends in Singapore not long ago started up a new all ages venue/studio there called Blackhole212. Check out the blog for inspiration and if you find yourself in Singapore maybe there’s a show you can go to there, or just hang out with them and eat pisang goreng or roti pratha.

Bye bye!!

PS. I’m looking for a job. Anyone know of an option that isn’t Woolworths?

October 26– Hardcore band Miss May I stormed the stage of The Blender Theatre when they opened for Attack Attack! on the Shred Til You’re Dead Tour. Performing a set filled with high octane energy, intense breakdowns, and fierce hair-whipping, this band from Troy, Ohio was a captivating spectacle live.

Miss May I’s live performance can only be described as unique. As vocalist Levi Benton threw down intense guttural growls, he swung his long hair in unison with guitarist Justin Aufdenkampe, all the while bassist Ryan Neff and guitarist B.J. Stead frantically paced and jumped back and forth on stage, and drummer Jerod Boyd feverishly swatted away at his drums and licked his drumsticks– the band’s stage presence was extremely apparent.

Miss May I’s members worked well together on stage. Every member was perfectly on cue and their songs were rocking, for lack of a better term. Their setlist consisted of songs from their debut album, Apologies Are for the Weak, including Architect, Dance of Aera Cura, and newest single Forgive and Forget. They also played their popular cover of hip-hop singer Savage’s song, Swing, which was easily one of the best songs of the entire night– nothing is more entertaining than a metalcore cover of a hip-hop song that opens up a handful of mosh pits and get audience members crowd surfing.

While the band’s genre of music may not be for the feint of heart, they fit in perfectly with the rest of the bands of this tour, and although bands featured in a tour like The Shred Til You’re Dead Tour have a habit of blending in with each other (for example, Our Last Night), Miss May I’s set had the right balance of stage presence and skill to set them apart from the other bands. They played the best set of the night, and I cannot wait to see what they can do on a headlining tour of their own.

I had the chance to see Touché Amoré last night at The Tower 2012. Having never been to The Tower for a show before, I was a bit nervous. However, the basement venue in a crappy area of Cleveland was everything I had expected and hoped for. Check out the band ending their set with Adieux and Honest Sleep below.

October 26– Hardcore quintet Our Last Night recently opened for Attack Attack! on the Shred Til You’re Dead Tour, which stopped at The Blender Theatre at Gramercy. The band put on a decent performance, but were sadly outshone by other bands on the setlist.

Our Last Night’s set was heavily influenced by their first major release, The Ghosts Among Us. Playing great songs, like Symptoms Of A Failing System and single Escape, the band performed fairly well, yet they did not have that much of a stage presence that I thought they would have. The band seemed to lack energy and charisma on stage, which was a disappointment.

Vocalist Trevor Wentworth did a tremendous job with his deathly growls and screams, especially when considering he is not even 18. Wentworth’s brother, Matt, provided clean vocals that broke up the harsh growls while still being extremely melodic and talented in itself.

With a tour like The Shred Til You’re Dead Tour, many bands from the same genre, or even the same label tour together– because of this, many of the bands seem to blend in with each other, unless they offer something to break up the monotony. Unfortunately, Our Last Night seemed to “blend in” with the crowd. They did not play a bad set in any way, yet they did not seem to offer anything that would allow them to have the best set of the night.

If Our Last Night did something to set themselves apart from the rest of the bands on the set, I would give them a high recommendation, as they are talented in what they do; however, their talent was overshadowed by the other bands of the set.

Tristan Tzara-kassetten er endelig ferdig. Christer og jeg har jobbet med denne ganske lenge nå, flere måneder, faktisk (selv om det har gått i skippertak). Det føles utrolig godt å få den ut, i og med at jeg tok dette initiativet, og jeg står for mye av utførelsen. Det føles litt som mitt barn, og det er ganske trist og måtte sende 20 av 50 eksemplarer til tyske Robert, vokalist i Tristan Tzara.

Kort om bandet:

Dritvoldelig og fantastisk deilig emo-violence/screamo fra Dortmund, Tyskland. Desverre ganske kortlevd, rakk kun å gi ut 2 utgivelser; “Omorina Nad Evropom” i 2001 og “Da Ne Zaboravis” i 2002. Vekslet spastisk mellom mannlig og kvinnelig vokal. Melodiske, kaotiske og emosjonelle gitarer som flørter lett med black metal.

Kort om prosessen:

- Jeg kontaktet Robert, fortalte hvor mye jeg elsket det oppløste bandet hans og spurte rett som det var om han kunne tenke seg å la oss gi ut den første 7″ deres (gitt ut i 2001) på kassett. Det gikk han med på.

- Jeg tok kontakt med et britisk selskap som dubber kassetter, og bestilte 50 eksemplarer.

- Christer og jeg begynte å sy det som skulle bli 50 tasker til kassettene.

- Skar ut stensiler, trykket motiv på taskene.

- Kjørte taskene gjennom skrivemaskin for å få på bandnavn og tittel.

- Borrelås limes på.

- Nummererte inserts skrives på skrivemaskin.

- A’er og B’er klippes ut av aviser og limes på henholdsvis A- og B-sida.

Neste kassett er under planlegging. Vi er allerede i kontakt med flere band. Jeg gleder meg.

Tristan Tzara på myspace.

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Maths are a band i have a lot of time for. They are, along with a few other select bands, carrying the (sadly limp) British screamo scene forwards into the realms of European standards. I have been listening to this band since their first tour CD release and their 6 song demo with song names borne out of Nietzsche verse. Their record company Holy Roar has been responsible for some of the biggest UK bands in punk territory, such as Gallows and Rolo Tomassi and Maths have only added more credibility to HR’s rostrum. Descent is crafted from sincerity and anxious beauty and is what i would describe as an intricate tapestry of an LP, with each track weaving dynamically around one strong, embittered thread which runs throughout the album. It is obvious that the band have put an awful lot of care and attention into shaping this record into a sonic epic and they have pulled it off with great aplomb – their finest work to date.

Blessthefall é uma banda americana de post-hardcore formada em 2004 no tempo de colégio por Craig Mabbitt, Jared Warth, Eric Lambert, Mike Frisby e Matt Traynor, em Phoenix, Arizona. O Blessthefall lançou seu primeiro álbum de estúdio em 10 de abril de 2007, intitulado ‘His Last Walk’. Durante setembro e outubro de 2007 a banda esteve em turnê com Escape The Fate, LoveHateHero, Before Their Eyes e Dance Gavin Dance na Black On Black tour. Em dezembro de 2007, Craig Mabbitt deixou a banda durante a turnê Européia e Jared assumiu os vocais temporáriamente, no myspace da banda foi colocada uma nota dizendo que a saida de Mabbitt teria sido por razões pessoais. Em fevereiro de 2008, Mabbitt assumiu os vocais do Escape The Fate durante a turnê e em maio de 2008 o Escape The Fate anunciou-o como vocalista oficial para a gravação do seu novo álbum. Em 25 de setembro de 2008 o Blessthefall anunciou que seu novo vocalista é Beau Bokan. Bokan era vocalista da banda Take The Crown (a banda lançou um álbum pela Rise Records no início de 2008 antes de terminar). O Blessthefall disponibilizou uma nova música com seu novo vocalista, chamada “To Hell and Back”. (Texto po lastfm.com)

Blessthefall – Witness (2009)

TRACKLIST:
01-2.0
02-What’s Left Of Me
03-To Hell And Back
04-God Wears Gucci
05-Hey Baby
06-Witness
07-Last One Left
08-Five Ninety
09-We’ll Sleep When We’re Dead
10-Skinwalkers
11-You Deserve Nothing, And I Hope You Get Less
12-Stay Still

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Blessthefall – His Last Walk (2007)

TRACKLIST:
01-A Message To The Unknown
02-Guys Like You Make Us Look Bad
03-Higinia
04-Could Tell A Love
05-Rise Up
06-Times Like These
07-Pray
08-With Eyes Wide Shut
09-Wait For Tomorrow
10-Black Rose Dying
11-His Last Walk

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Blessthefall – Blessthefall (2006)

TRACKLIST:
01-Times Like These
02-Higinia
03-Wait For Tomorrow
04-Black Rose Dying
05-Pray
06-Take Me Now
07-The Fine Line Between Love And Hate
08-Bonus track

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GÊNERO: POST-HC / SCREAMO / METALCORE
SIMILARES: ALESANA / A SKYLIT DRIVE / EYES SET TO KILL
SENHA: rockernation
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A few weeks ago, I was sitting in Thompson Library when I noticed that a girl sitting a few tables away from me had what I assumed to be a Transistor Transistor sticker on her laptop. After dropping a note off at her desk expressing my affection for Transistor Transistor and notifying her of this blog, I nearly sprinted out of the library, high as a kite on whatever chemical your brain releases after you do gutsy things. Once I was outside and confident any police officers following me would lose me in the crowd, I put my headphones on and turned this album way up.

Erase All Name and Likeness is one of those albums that kind of demands to be listened to at a high volume. Thrashy, technical punk is one of those musical genres that I pretend to profess to be knowledgeable about but in actuality probably know nothing about. I think I know what’s good when I hear it, however, and the song “Power Chord Academy” on this album is definitely a solid track, along with most other songs on this album. The technicality of the instrumentation shouldn’t be a turnoff to people who don’t have much of a background in hardcore, while the sheer power the vocals are delivered with should satisfy even the most devout follower of kvlt underground punx. This is definitely one of my favorite hardcore albums, and since Transistor Transistor keeps company with bands such as Hot Cross, Wolves, Converge, Circle Takes the Square, and Daughters, it’s easy to see that others hold a pretty high opinion of it too. If that doesn’t convince you, be aware that this band is made up of former members of emo legends Orchid and Bucket Full Of Teeth.

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Diego Perez, vocalist for Las Vegas progressive hardcore band Eyes Like Diamonds, winds up in jail:
“Expired plates ended up turning into Diego getting locked up. Hawthorne nevada sheriffs are completely in the wrong and we have footage to prove it! we will have this up as soon as we get home. We need anyone and everyones help to put together bail out money. We will post a paypal button accepting donations even its only 2 dollars. we’re extremely bummed and will do everything in our power to make it to oregon. updates soon.”
I’m sure this isn’t going to help with funding their recordings in Oregon, but I’m sure they’ll figure out something!

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Coming back from my mini vacation yesterday, my friend Ben and I listened to punk the whole truck ride to and from the cities and ferry… and the last thing we put on was Alexisonfire, a band oh-so prominent at the end of my high school years and well in to the university days. And while I can’t say I’ve thrown on a screamo record in years (unless At The Drive In counts), hearing this really brought me back. After a day of great cycling and the emotion of saying goodbye to so many people I love and miss dearly, it was the perfect soundtrack; raw and heavy, with a large dose of youth energy. Not something I can listen to on the regular, but certainly welcome in the right time and place.

84/

Artista – Swing Kids
Album – Discography
Genero – Hardcore
Duracion – 20:01
Año – 2003
Peso – 27.11 Mb

Tracklist:

1. El Camino Car Crash – 1:34
2. Line 1 – 1:30
3. Blue Note – 2:40
4. Clean Shade of Dirty – 1:10
5. Warsaw – 2:02
6. Disease – 2:43
7. Situation on Mars – 1:33
8. Forty Three Seconds – 2:44
9. Intro to Photography – 2:24

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Underoath in Nashville
Don’t miss them at Rocketown with Emery and To Speak of Wolves!

1985년 디씨 하드코어 씬에서, 구체적으로 레볼루션 섬머에서 새로운 경향의 하드코어 음악이 시작된다. 라이츠 오브 스프링과 임브레이스는 이 새로운 음악의 효시라고 할 수 있다. 이 음악은 1990년대 전후에 특히 샌디에고 하드코어 씬으로 계승되어 더 강렬하고 더 풍부하게 발전한다. 이 장르의 밴드들은 디씨 하드코어에 뿌리를 두고 있었던 만큼 디아이와이 정신으로 무장하고 있었기 때문에 대부분 이피 몇 장이나 겨우 정규 앨범을 한 장 정도 내고 단명하고 만다. 헤로인도 마찬가지였다.

헤로인은 1989년 샌디에고에서 결성되어 1991년 바이늘 커뮤니케이션스에서 <<All About Heroin>> 7인치를 발표했다. 이 앨범에서 헤로인은 라이츠 오브 스프링이나 임브레이스를 계승한 사운드를 들려준다. 지금에 와서야 이모나 스크리모의 원류라고 하면서 뭔가 새로운 사운드인양 치켜세우고 있지만 77펑크만큼이나 구닥다리로 들린다. 헤로인의 보컬 매트 앤더슨은 1991년 독립음반사 그래버티 레코즈를 설립하고 1992년 거기서 <<Heroin>> 7인치를 발표했다. 이 앨범에서는 스크리모에 한 발 다가선 사운드를 들려준다. 그래버티 레코즈는 앤티아크 애로우, 모하인더 같은 새로운 하드코어 펑크를 선도한 밴드들의 앨범을 계속해서 발매했다. 헤로인은 1993년 <<Heroin>> 12인치를 발표했는데 더 격정적인 사운드로 변모했다. 그리고 1997년 앞서 발표한 7인치 두 장과 12인치 한 장을 씨디에 담은  <<Heroin>> 시디를 발표했다.로

<<Heroin>> 시디는 시디유니버스나 인터펑크 같은 온라인 매장에서 정보를 엉터리로 표시하는 바람에 레이트유어뮤직을 보면 표지가 잘못되었거나 엉뚱한 제목으로 같은 앨범이 다른 앨범처럼 표기되어 있다. 나도 인터펑크에 있는 정보를 그대로 옮겼는데 나중에 조사해보니 잘못된 정보였다. “Destination”, “Destination/Gravity20″, “Heroin”이라고 표기한 시디는 모두 같은 헤로인의 디스코그래피 앨범이다.

Heroin <<Heroin>>(1997 Gravity) | Interpunk 8.80달러

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