Coping

So i have been on a sugar-esque poppy/emo high of the past few weeks and have been bouncing around to these guys for a few days constantly. Hailing from the Windy City these guys have super upbeat pop/punk/emo tunes that will cure any blues and bring the sunshine out! Sounding like the likes of Grown Up's, Ape Up then how can you go wrong!

So go on take advantage of their two track demo they put up for free and grab copies of the second run of tapes they will be doing soon!

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DEMO

Cabin Fire

Hard to pin point what these guys sound like, but something between a furious rage of uncompromising proportions and a nervous, anxious energy would be somewhere on the way there. Really is a powerful form of hardcore with fast, heavy sections topped off with slower and more subdue sections that adds a little something different. I always like to champion this kinda of music that puts the danger and angst back into hardcore.

Below is their American Lies EP and it is rather bloody good!

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American Lies

Vaccine

Super fast hardcore from members of the amazing Failures and Relics comes Vaccine. Ok so they have been around for a wee while now but doesn't take away from the raw, powerful and ever so angry tunes. This is the demo with 5 tracks of increasingly pissed of music.

Git some.

Vaccine Blog

Demo

Hyphens

So i was looking for some more noise stuff to post up and low and behold here we go!

This is Hyphens a melodic, electronic experimental project. Two tracks of minimal noise that does almost relax you which is odd as it does have alot of dark undertones. The tracks are softly built up and up creating more atmosphere as new sounds and noises are added to the already oddly seductive mix. It is hard to put your finger one what the exact genre is but honestly, who cares! More people should experiment with something it almost foreign to them and see what happens, and if this is the following result then hell yeah!

This is a two track free single which does include the artwork as well, so jump on board.

Hyphens Single

WW2 Vs Dinosaurs

Noisy/Hardcore/Thrashy/Psychedelic/Off the cuff tunes from this wee UK band (with an awesome name i may add!). There is a bit off everything for everybody in these shortish, well written and well played songs. Ranging from absolute madness to fast, heavier stuff with some mental keyboard skills then this makes for a rather interesting if not good listen. It's good to see bands playing stuff for themselves and branching away from the usual stuff that doesn't push boundaries. After a couple of tracks the madness you will come enthralled in a world without walls.

You can get a cheeky download of their tracks from their bandcamp site (link below) and i urge you to do so. Bravo!

WW2 Vs Dinosaurs Bandcamp

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- x

Glitchy, noise, hypnotic, drone, bout time i posted more noise related stuff. So, here is - x a minimal project from the UK that creates landscapes that break down what is normal and regurgitate the world through his own eyes, all be it glitchy eyes at that.

The tracks are all different but all share common themes of built up anxiety, that usually comes to ahead before disappearing as quick as you released it was there.

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Mega Post

Ok yeah so i don't update this page as much as i should, so here's a good few quick downloads for you all to make up for it!

16 Horsepower



Hillbilly/Folk/Country and Western/Bluegrass kinda groove for these outstanding fellows, great cross genre stuff with outstanding vocals.

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Sackcloth 'n' Ashes


Chon











Awesome technical, tappy post rock stuff from these kids. And they pretty much are kids too!

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Aerosols





Outstanding hardcore!!!!

1st 7"



Halo Benders













Amazing "basement Punk" from legends such as Calvin Johnson (Beat Happening, Dub Narcotic Sound System) and Doug Martsch (Built To Spill) combining for some great alternative music. This is a must!



God Don't Make No Junk



Hunter Gatherer











Post Punk awesomeness with the best duel vocals you may ever hear


Low Standards For High Fives





Shapes


















Great mathy/alternative madness from these UK lads. They have a track called You Butcher which is jaw dropping good.


Random Shapes Stuff

Thomas Wincek

Here's something a bit different. Thomas Wincek is a pretty awesome fellow. Does mainly such projects as All Tiny Creatures and Volcano Choir (to name a few, see the link below for all of them). But i have put up the Extended Techniques album which has a huge experimental experiment which includes hitting strings with chopsticks and all kinds of great weird things. Experience something different.

Extended Techniques

The Exploration

One of my favourite twiddly, tapping, emo? or whatever this newish wave is called. To my knowledge they only did a couple of small releases (but i'm sure i am wrong). Still no matter, the tunes are great slightly more slower and paced than other stuff about but well crafted and pretty darn melodic. I have put up the Basement Demo with sounds great and the semi distant vocals are great as you hear the singer straining to get heard (which sounds awesome). So if you are a fan of Grown Up's, The Reptilian then grab this as you won't be disappointed.

Basement Demo

Thrash To The Puss 5-Way Split

5 Bands, 5 or so minutes and Free! Pretty decent offer if you ask me. The 5 bands involved show all the different variations of hardcore, from straight up thrash to blistering powerviolence to even some jazz?!?!?

xHaroldshitmanx - Scottish thrash/powerviolence kids! One of the more productive bands about with splits and ep's a plenty and never ever let up or disappoint.

Damage - Powerful thrash filled tracks that make you wet yourself.

You Suck - Have since passed away! Which is such a shame, but they still have something to give. Super fast, super heavy straightedge kids, super awesome!!!

Unlearned - Members from the ever brilliant Kent Brockman so you know what's coming! Fuck Yeah!

Bill Shatnerrr - Angular thrash/jazz/hardcore and a whole lot of other crazy, adding something different.

So jump on board and get yourself a free copy, and spread it around!

Thrash To The Puss

Motivation

So here is the amazing Motivation! Straightedge Positive punk from Hungary. My love of the stuff coming out out Hungary is well known, it's almost like stepping back into the mid nineties with thrash/PV/hardcore bands just everywhere!

These fellows have been heading the charge for awhile now with the none stop tours and releases. It's good to see a hardcore band with a positive message, and yes i know alot of people do or don't agree with the straightedge principles but when the music is this good then who cares! Crank this shit up and let the posi river flow over you!

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Motivation - Life Of My Life

JXM

Just came across these guys today. Awesome fast thrash from Liverpool, UK. Really powerful stuff with that dirty ass sound that this music needs, plug in, play loud, play fast and thrash all the way!

I'm post up their split with the equally awesome GWC another great thrash/hardcore band also from Liverpool.

JXM are looking for gigs in the UK or anywhere i guess so if you can help then hit them up at their myspace page.

JXM Myspace

JXM/GWC Split

The Homefront

Awesome hardcore punk from Massachusetts, USA. Fast, melodic and just what this shit should do and throw in some wicked group vocals and bingo we got a super awesome band. Been listening to this album alot of recent, always dig some hardcore to the start of summer!

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The Homefront - Sacrifice

Under A Dying Sun

One of the most underrated bands ever! Since i heard their s/t album many moons ago i fell in love with them. Playing their own kind of emo/post punk tunes and unlike most bands around they play their own style, pretty dirty and well crafted songs. It's always a pleasure when a band put some thought into their stuff and show a varied range of music. With some really nice quiet, slow parts then burst into hyper, energetic frenzies and can then go either way. They always keep you guessing, which is awesome. Powerful stuff indeed.

Here is one of their earlier ep's Supernova. I was going to post their s/t album but i lent it to a dickhead friend and never saw it again!

Under A Dying Sun - Supernova

Video Post!

Yeah so i have been somewhat busy and i hope to post up more music soon, BUT in the meantime check out these awesome vids:

As The Sun Set - An early vid of these guys featuring some tracks off their first album.

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Call Me Betty - Turbo Yeti Violence...Yes Please!



Amaget - Hmmmmmmm



Zach Hill & Carson McWhirter - Holy Shit



Airborn Audio - M Sayyid and High Priest From APC project. Amazing!



Hot Bone - Fantastic 2 piece doing some busking from Futuresonic last year.



Pantera - I'm Broken. Nuff said.



Fago Sepia - Just love these dude, fantastic jazzy/instrumental stuff. Outstanding.



Mosh And Wash - A small powerviolence/thrash gig in a laundromat, haha great stuff why don't more people do this kinda thing. Has some awesome bands from Canada and around there including Labrat.



GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! - Wish my beard was half as good.



He Who Corrupts - Haha love it!



Divets - Another ZX favourite, now a 3 piece plating some awesome stuff.



Thats all for now, now GO AWAY!

Well Wisher

I have previously posted a few early tracks by these local emo party kids previously, but here is a video of them playing last week. They played with the superb Grown Up's and was a fun filled gig! Watch out soon for the Well Wisher 7" and the split with the equally awesome Polina.

Now limber up, stretch and get some Emosize into your life!

Sharks Roar

I love Sharks Roar!!!! I came across them a couple of months ago and fell for them like that cute nerdy girl on the bus you see every morning. Anyways the music fell just at the right time as we started getting some sun and made the journey to work a tiny bit more pleasurable.

They play a great indie/garage band kinda still with more over tones of punk/emo etc etc and when it's all played out it just sounds great. They put their album up for download (link Below), so getting ready for summer? Then jump on this.

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Sharks Roar Album

Arcing

Awesome little band that has popped up out of the ashes of the amazing Tiny Hawks. It features two of the members and a new girl on bass. There are not any tracks up on their myface page as yet but there is a pretty brilliant video of them that you should check out.

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Drowningman

I have been meaning to post this for ages, but alas i am lazy. So over the past few weeks i have been having this album "Rock And Roll Killing Machine" and have fallen in love with it all over again. It simply is one of the best hardcore albums ever, with amazing guitar work alot different from all the other bands around at this time and vocals that are delivered with so much rage that it will make you nose bleed.

There is something quite sinister about the album, i think it's mainly down to the lyrics and the semi dirty sound of it all. Rarely does an album have such an impact but that it did.

Drowningman - Rock And Roll Killing Machine

The End of History?

So a great new hardcore band from the sunny UK. Featuring ex members of the awesome Jesus of Spazzareth then you already have an idea of what these dudes about. They only have one track up at the moment but it's amazingly good, short (like 38 seconds short), fast and unrelenting. The future looks bright!

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