merry xmas

3 30 am, can't get to sleep. been bumming around all day, wasting my life listening to sad music.

today's upload is from a band called Wolverines. I honestly know nothing about the band, except that I think they're from North Carolina or something, but I may very well be wrong. But I'll just let the music speak for itself on this one; 3 songs of well executed screamooooooo.



Woverines - 3 Song Demo

Mediafire : http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=2736837b1e8bd3d1d2db6fb9a8902bda

ok

again, no update in quite some time. but i've been a busy man. Recently got The Simpsons Season 6 on DVD, so I've been all over that on my off time.

Today's upload is one of my favorite albums ever. Ever. Ever.


SSLYBY is an insanely charming indie-pop quartet from the Midwest. I want to say Missouri? Who knows. When Broom was realeased a few years ago, Yeltsin was showered with praise by bloggers and indie critics alike, yet, sadly, I feel like they were too quickly passed up as just another "hype" band. They just recently released their second LP, "Pershing," of which I have a signed copy on vinyl, (couldn't go to the show when they played a few months ago, so my friend bought it for me and they all wrote me some cute things on the cover.)

Anyways, before I get too far ahead of myself, let's get back to the album. I always feel the best albums, such as Broom, have exactly 10 songs. No more, no less. That's definately the case with Broom. No filler; every song kicks in you the nuts, so hard. I can't talk about songs individually, because not one is better than the other, they're all beautiful pieces of lo-fi art in their own rights, and they compliment each other flawlessly in sequence.

In my mind, this is indie-pop perfection. These guys have a serious knack for melodies and instrumentation that'll stick in your head for weeks, even months on end. Front to end this album is killer. I can't kiss these guys' asses enough, I love love love them. Please download, then buy, BROOM.



http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=2736837b1e8bd3d1d2db6fb9a8902bda

wow

Ok, first update in 3 months, fuck me. I'm seriously going to start posting more often from now on.

A lot has happened in the past 3 months, but today is actually my (18th) birthday. My good friend and band mate Tobi (check out the new F,W! song www.myspace.com/fuckwolves) gave me a couple cds as my present. What a great guy. One of the them was from a French screamo band called The Third Memory.





I had honestly never heard of them before he gave me the album, but our friend has a label who helped but the album out a year or so ago. It's called "et de cela rien ne ressort," and let me tell you, it's really really fucking good. Seriously. A lot of these French Screamo bands admitedly follow a fairly Daitro-esque formula, which has drawn some criticism from Euro-Skramz fans, but these guys in my opinion blow even Daitro out of the water. This is intense, yet melodic hardcore with some emo-violence tendencies. The whole album is exciting and interesting all the way through, with frantic dual single-coil guitars and a shit-hot rhythm section to move things forward. I tend to focus on the drums a lot when listening to this type of music, and I was really impressed by the drummer here. He's insane. Very decent production for a DIY release, and the art design in the cd case is beautiful.

So even if you aren't a fan of French screamo, you should still check The Third Memory out, you will not be disappointed. I could keep ranting on, but you owe it to yourself to just listen. Download the album here, but if you really like it, please support these guys and buy somethigng from them too.


Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=2736837b1e8bd3d1d2db6fb9a8902bda

lazy

I'm a lazy piece of shit, sorry. Lately all I've been doing is playing Diablo 2 wtf. I started a Necro a few days ago, and now it's level 52 on Hell difficulty. I need to get a life.

Today's download is a fantastic rap duo from New York called Cannibal Ox.


The featured album, The Cold Vein, came out waaaay back in 2001 when I was still listening exclusively to Sum 41. OH SHIT DID I JUST SAY THAT? Anyways, it's been a while since these fellas put anything out, but they reformed this year so we can hope for a new LP soon. In the mean time, seriously wrap your ears around this album. Sick-ass flow behind trippy underground style beats, and the lyrics are absolutely mind-blowing.

Real hip-hop is still alive, thanks to the dudes from Can-Ox

Please do yourself a favor and listen: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TE6T45RE

Whats up, I'm tired. Fuck, Wolves! show Friday in Kaiserslautern, that should be a lot of fun. Recently I've been buying a lot of records from distros at shows and stuff, but my record player is broken right now. Damn. Tomorrow I get my drivers licence so I can finally drive here in Germany. Cool. Not really in much of a writing mood, so I'll get straight to today's download.



Charles Bronson - Discocrappy

C'mon, everyone knows Charles Bronson. Fucking great, fun, angry hardcore. The first half, at least, leans more towards the thrash/hardcore spectrum, but as you will listen, the second half of this discography is more or less what earned CB their label as a Powerviolence band. It's fun to listen to the progression of the band, you can hear them get much tighter and technical as the music goes on. If you don't have this, get it now. Classic shit; over 100 songs of all the material the band released, and even some unreleased stuff. Essential!



Download:Download - Disc 1
Download:Download - Disc 2

meh

the Fuck, Wolves! show last night didn't go so amazingly. I won't go too much into it, but it just wasn't good compared to other shows we've played. The meursault show, however, did go well.

So todays download will be the demos of my two bands. Hope you like them.

meursault 2007 demo : http://www.mediafire.com/?d3r6lxwmh6f

Fuck, Wolves! CD-R demo: http://www.mediafire.com/?tsgm41eyzdi

buRn ur b0neZ

Today I'm staying over Tobis house. We're gonna make some CD-Rs for Fuck, Wolves! I think we're going to make about 50 or so, with paper cases which will be spray painted from a stencil he's going to make. It should be a lot of fun. Stay tuned for that, and when the songs are recorded, (shitily) I'll post the demo up on here for download.







While I was in the States about a week ago, I visited a record store, Vintage Vinyl, in St. Louis. I'm not sure if they have a web site or not, look it up. Anyways, while they don't have much in the way of underground punk, (sure they had all the oldies; Black Flag, DK, ect ect) they made up for that in their astounding Jazz collection, and a few more modern indie bands. While I was there I got John Coltrane- "A Love Supreme", Against Me!- "As The Eternal Cowboy", Hot Watever Music (one of my favorite bands)- More Fuel For the Hate Game (14th pressing or something like that, haha) and Of Montreal-"Satanic Panic in the Attic." What I want to get at here is a somewhat new concept that I think is really great. Of Montreals record came with a paper insert with a code on it that lets you download the album for free because I purchased it on vinyl. While I lost this coupon somwhere at my friends house in the States, (FUCK) I applaud Polyvinyl Records for this move. While I support downloading music free of consequence whole-heartidly, I find this idea to be genious because, this way, I can buy records on vinyl for my home collection, and then use the download code for my computer and iPod (oh wait, that was stolen. FUCK.)

I'm not sure if other labels do this, but I think this should be a move towards progress be a move that all independent music distributers should partake in. I have some obscure 7"s that I would really like in mp3 format, and I cant find them on SLSK, which is lame. Also, check out Polyvinyls roster, they have some great bands, with a lot of indie pop (Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Of Montreal) and indie-emo (Braid, Joan of Arc.) Hot shit.

Also, if you ever happen to be in the St. Louis area (...) check out Subterranean Books. They're a great little indie book store packed full of interesting books and shit I wish I had the money to splurge on. I bought a couple books, but there were so many there I had always been looking for, or that just looked really cool. The dude working there was cool too, we had a little chat about Daniel Johnston, (he was wearing a "Hi, How Are You?" shirt) of all people.



There's actually some cool shit in St. Louis if you know where to look. I was even invited to join a nomadic group of hipsters. I politely declined, but just imagine what that would have been like.




Today's featured record is another one of my long-time favorites; Comadres "Burn Your Bones."

Shit, everyone knows and loves Comadre, but no one as much as me. I actually had the chance to play a show with them about a month ago. They were all super kind and humbling dudes with a nice sense of humor. Agh, great fucking band. Listen to this album right now, it does everything right: fast, catchy, smart, loud hardcore/screamo hybrid.

Download it here: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4zbm15gmzb3

real first post

I made this blog a long time ago and never wrote on it. Well, I decided I'd put it to good use and write about music on here, every entry including a download to a band I believe is worth listening to.


It's fucking late, I can't sleep. I got a few shows coming up though that I am rather excited for. Go check out my newer band at www.myspace.com/fuckwolves

As for Meursault, we just played a show a few days ago, at the Cafe Panama Fest in Fulda.

Zann was loud and intense as fuck, as expected. They were the first band I ever saw live, and this time I was a little disappointed. Rob's vocals kept getting cut out by the shitty P.A. which hurt my ears. Essentially though, if you're going to see Zann, expect your ears to be hurting. None the less, they were intense, noisy, and great fun to see live.




What really suprised me however, was Amalthea and Only For the Sake of Aching. They were toring together I believe, Amalthea being from Sweden and OFTSOA being German. Both bands were amazing live, I dug them so much I bought their 7" split.

Amalthea is athmospheric and melodic screamo with a lot of 3/4 time signatures for some reason. The guitarist/singer used a lot of effects pedals to achieve that violin/guitar sound that a lot of post-rock bands use. This contrasted with heavier parts with screamed and clean vocals, but the band's newer direction seems to concentrate more on the instrumental side. Very beautiful. Simon, their guitar player, let me use his capo because I lost mine. Great, nice guys.






OFTSOA is a band I was already somewhat familier with, but really blew me away. It was a shame they had to play so late most people left. They're a straight-up modern Euro-skram band, but they really stuck out to me, at least live. They kept the clean breaks to a minimum, and focused on contrasting chaotic blast beat sections and melodic, yet-still-heavy medium tempo parts. They were tight as hell, even during the faster sections. The great drumming caught my attention as well. Nice guys, tight live, check them out as well.






Todays featured record is The Saddest Landscape's "A Promise Was Made."

TSL is an American hardcore band with the sound and feel of mid 90s emo with the some parts resembeling later screamo bands. The vocals are painfully urgent and dire, the singers heart on his sleeve. Guitar and bass aren't the standard modern screamo afair either; The instrumentation is interesting and melodic at all times, but never too show-offy. The drumming is some of the best I've heard in the emo genre, with tasteful flourishes and rolls through out. I believe TSLs drummer is the same drummer of Her Breath On Glass, another band to check out consisting of just guitar, drums, and vocals.

Overall, A Promise Was Made is one of my favorites of this style. It's only 4 songs, but each beautiful and meaningful in their own right. I love this record, and I hope you will too.

Download it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?x9u2jxitm3e