Peter Broderick

Here's some i really love. Peter Broderick from Berlin, Germany. Plays lots of interesting styles from acoustic to classical to folk. But i have uploaded the awe inspiring Float album, it's quite a sparse music wise with mainly piano pieces and some with strings and a full band. He paints such beautiful landscapes with his music and once you start to listen to it you are stuck there until it finishes, and only then do you understand how powerful it is. Really, really good stuff!

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Float

Motherboard Compilation

My friend told me about this a few months ago so i checked it out. It has 27 great hip hop tracks from all over the world including, Wormhole, Selfhelp, Sneaks and Moshe amongst many many others. So if you are looking for new underground good Hip Hop then it's worth a check out for sure.

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Motherboard Compilation - Intel Inside

In First Person

I got into these guys/girls at the start of last year and soon after they split up, which was a great shame but in the three years they were together they put out quite alot releases, and each one was absolutely top notch. Bonecrunching heavyness with their pretty unique sound ranging from punk/screamo/hardcore and just goodness. If i could make my guitar sound like anything then it would be In First Person.

I have put up their Demo as a good starting point for anyone who never came across this brilliant band. Enjoy.

DEMO

Lion of the North

Possibly one of my favourite bands of the last few years, but sadly now parted ways. Powering out brilliant screamo tunes with ultimate precision and energy in my mind made them stand out with quite a crowded genre. The song structures are pretty flawless, bouncing in and out of fierce, fast paced music to slower, technical sections all with the overture of crushing vocals and amazing drums then if you haven't heard of these guys then you should. Some members are now in the great Grown Ups and Staph.


The Compass Calls
Split With Mans

Duke23

I got a CD in the post from this guy the other week and put it straight onto my MP3 player and as i watched the snow fall i listened in amazement to the sublime, ambient hip hop that came out of my headphones. The tracks roll along at a more relaxed pace, with clear and precise rhymes over the top. It transports you to another place where time stands still as the music breathes over and over you. This is really a powerful and brilliant piece of Hip Hop and would urge you all to grab a download and watch the snow fall.

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EP

Ungovernable Resistance DIY Radio

This is one if not the best DIY radio show i have heard in a long while. Pumping out the best DIY punk from all over the world from straight old school punk to sludge/powerviolence/hardcore/D-Beat punk. This is how radio should be no bullshit, no pandering to fads or whats commercial viable, just real underground punk music that has a real voice and stands opposed to the shitty world that surrounds us.

The show is broadcast every Wednesday at 7pm (UK Time, See his profile for other world times). If you have any questions about the show then you can contact Gazz at ungovernableresistance@goglemail.com and for any other questions or to tune in then go to the Myspace link below.

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Switzerland

I came across these fellows a few months again and have a constant place on my MP3 player. Playing upbeat indie/emo/pop tunes then you can't go round and picking up where alot of great British bands have left off. It really is a refreshing listen that keeps you foot tapping and head bobbing through out, and they are all still wee small kids too so hopefully will hear more good tunes from them in the future. But you wont have long to wait with their first full release coming out real soon!

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Veteran EP

Copyleft records

Got a message from the guy that runs this great little label a few days ago. And what a great label it is, done for non profit with just the vision to put out great band after great band then this is the kind of label that should be supported. Taking out the evil money out of it then the love of music shines through, the way it should be! So go over and say hi and support the label.

You can download/stream album here - http://copyleft-records.com/ But don't be just a moocher go and donate to some of the bands and the label, DO IT!

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Also Joe from Copyleft hooked me up with some other net labels that defiantly worth a check out:

Mine All Mine records

CXCRSIX

Quote Unquote Records

Velma and the Happy Campers

"Shit happens when you listen to records and read comic books" States the ever good and ever funny Velma and the Happy Campers. A one man army from the Ghetto's of Florida with a guitar and an amp and a taste of the surreal. Each song is an odd and interesting tale from Dragonflies Can't Have X-Ray Vision to Eric Without Eyelids. Always entertaining, always different, always good, always Velma!

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Song About Parking Lots And What You Find There

From The Kites of San Quentin

So here is yet another treat from Manchester! So many good bands running round this snow filled town at the moment and none better than The Kites. Mixing up some great dubstep with glitchy electronic/experimental sounds then are really making a name for themselves. I have had the pleasure to see them live a couple of times and they have always blown me away with the great wall of sound they provoke and the sublime vocals that open up your veins and feed their music mainline into your brain. So here is two tracks from them so grab them as you wont be disappointed.

From The Kites of San Quentin Blog

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Two Track Demo

Yellowthief

Do you have the skills to get the gzils? Didn't think so but these guys do in droves. Hailing from British Columbia this two piece certainly know how to shred shit up. Sounding like the bastard child of Yowie in 8 bit ,their noise is exact and freeform. At a first listen i sounds crazy but the more you get into it the more you see there is a method behind the madness. Each track is short like thirty seconds short and putting to shame a whole range of instrumental bands with their unique idea's and powerful drive. Now here is their Skills on Cassette download BUT there are still ones to be bought so go to their Mysapce and buy one, you wont regret it.

Will you be their allies?

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First level Skills Vol 1

Negative Neutron

Amazingly beautiful and awe inspiring ambient/electro music from the ever impressive Negative Neutron. The music comes across you ever so slowly until you are wrapped up in something that sounds like the music of the universe being funneled directly into your ears. Below is one track that is just outstanding. It is an epic eleven minutes long or so and takes you on a wondrous journey. I can't rate this fellow highly enough.

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Captain Beefheart

Now last night i couldn't sleep so i need something to drift me off and came across this on my messy pile of cd's and i was surprised as i thought i had previously lost it! So on it went and how i had missed it, the amazing guitars and bass with the near free form drums and the best voice i have ever heard. From the outstanding tracks like to Where's there Women to Electricity this has to be one of my favourite albums ever. Ranging from the just peculiar to pounding, complex rhythms that run over you like a helpless lady tied to train tracks. I only wish most bands put this much effort into their music and world would be a gnarly place.

Raise your glasses for Captain Beefheart.

Safe As Milk

Age Sixteen

Now im sure by now alot of you guys and girls have heard of this lot by now and if not then shame on you! Pushing out their brand of emo for just over a year or so now they have been doing some serious heavy duty touring in America building up their profile. A few months ago they released their first album Open Up Finders, Please onto Cd and tape. But we shall go all the way back to the beginning with their first Cdr demo. I was lucky enough to grab copy number 33/100 and it automatically made something in my pants say "hello". The tracks were rerecorded for the album but i think they sound dirtier and better in demo form!

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2008 Demo

The Afternoon Gentlemen

Nail down the hatches as here come The Afternoon Gentlemen. Brutal fast paced kids from Leeds mixing up the best points of Grindcore and Powerviolence and ending up with something truly awesome. If Satan wanted to play some evil assed hardcore he would prolly do backing vocals for these guys, that's just how good they are. Now listen up as they are doing a handful of gigs around the uk this month (See tour pic below) playing with other great bands as Sex Dungeon, Cryptic Salve Band and Dunce Water. And they will also be playing at the Bloodshed Festival in October AND also playing with the likes of Eyehategod and Jesus Crost in April and March respectively, so these guys are going to be around alot this year so get the Tracks below from their European Fatness Split CD and get on board!

They have a 7" due out on the 18th of January and will have some new tee's ready for their tour!!!

Tour Poster: (click to enlarge)


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European Fatness

xNERDS÷

NERDVIOLENCE!!! Fast pissed off hardcore that punches you in your stupid jock face!

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EP

New Madrid Faults

I was so happy when these kids said i could put them on here. Wonderful and epic shoe gazey kind of tunes that wrap around you and submerse you into a world that warms your heart. Each track has an indivdual voice that whispers sweet nothings into your ears using a whole collection of instruments that create a wall of sound that is impossible to avoid. They really are that good.

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Concerning Small Town Aberration

Dasha

Great indie music from Rochester, New York. Heard about these guys/girl a while ago when checking out Whale Plane and heard the brilliant track Little Ghosts and i was hooked straight away. Beautifully played guitars and sublime female vocals with pop beats make it all so additive. So here is the first release and hope there is more to come soon.

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Dammed if We Do

I Killed Techno!

Here's the latest EP from I Killed Techno! The digi punk kid throwing his hand at digi violence. Fast electro digi music. The tracks are short, noisy and pretty darn good. Just put out today so thanks to IKT for letting me put it up.

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HAHA Powerviolence, Naw This is Digiviolence

Monster Island

Stumbling through their songs like a crazed drunkard with a heavy accent telling you wonderful stories of the universe then this is the Island of which they live. Great music that bounces along at a nice pace with the said vocals over the top then this would be a great addition to your new years play list. I got to play with these fellows last year and they were so good, no sound check just went on and played their set and left me gob smacked. Great Tunes, great guys, Monster Island.

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The Anchor