Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate)

Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate) is Fenton, MI's contribution to modern emo. Clean, pretty melodic, and often down tempo. The vocals are sort of high but it works. To be honest, I've never been a HUGE Empire Empire fan. They've always been good but its not something that ever really stuck with me. Well, my band played with them this summer and it was really cool and I picked up their summer tour EP. I hadnt really listened to it until last night but I finally did and I really got into it, maybe you will too.

Myspace

Summer Tour EP '09

Further Seems Forever

Excuse the lack of posts, again. I had the flu last week and didn't do much of anything. I want to say this is sort of a novelty post, but I kinda feel guilty saying that as I shamelessly enjoy this album and feel that sort of demeans it. whatever. Anyhow, I always forget about this album but the other day Justin mentioned it and I thought why not share it. So this is FSF's 2001 debut album, with original singer CHRIS CARRABBA lol. Seriously though, don't let that throw you off. This was what he was doing before he left to start Dashboard and its way better. I guess you'd call this indie/emo. Whatever, just give it a listen and don't be afraid to like it, it's a classic.

The Moon Is Down

Des Ark

Des Ark is from Durham, NC. They were originally a two peice fronted by singer/guitarist Aimee Argote. This is their first album Loose Lips Sink Ships. They have a lot of other sort of different stuff, Aimee does alot of solo acoutic songs but this album is my favorite. Im not exactly sure how to describe this album's sound but here's an attempt- gritty, heavy, emotional, darkly melodic southern blues influenced garage punk. Well anyways, you need this shit so here it is.

Myspace

Loose Lips Sink Ships

мища

This is my band мища (say mee-sha, like mischa barton). We're a 3 piece (guitar, drums, vocals) from Hagerstown, MD and we play emoviolence/screamo. In the interest of not describing my own band I asked our good friend and official merch man, the one and only Cheese to do so.

It seems to me like there has been an outburst of twinkley post-rock skramz coming from our neighbors in the Chesapeake state recently in these past few years, great bands like Pianos Become the Teeth, Age Sixteen, Pansori... but the difference between the aforementioned bands and Miischa is very evident. Miischa doesn't rely on any elaborate means of conveying emotion to the audience, they put everything they have on the table for you to judge. Pure and simple. Take it or leave it. Each song carries a completely unique portrayal to each individual. This is what makes Miischa such a great band in my opinion. I remember being on tour and talking about starting a "mosh pit" to get people into their set a little more, but to my surprise, every time they begun to play I ended up being held captive by the raw amount of passion which inevitably left me motionless.
Check out this band is you havn't already.

Its ya boii, Cheese


this is a review of our 3" mini disc (Not For Ears) by Eyes and Ears Fanzine from Sweden (which Jon was kind enough to translate for us personally)

Emo / screamo / Skram. The guitars are drifting, with the frantic scream and mad drumming. MNWA has its own charm, with a scream that is very similar to get to the age when one's voice changes , but it does nothing wrong, It builds up the music more, you hear exactly how he takes to the last breathe, and the brilliant guitars of the well-placed Drums. MNWA S / T feels like it is reliable disc, you know almost what you get, but it is still POPS in some accident that this trio makes this real, usually it's two guitarists and a bassist, but they do so strongly and has a sense of this! which is nice, they have little Cowboys Became Folk Heroes sound over the whole thing and it's a nice sound. and well played! My favorite track is Landlocked (part 1 and 2)

Last.fm
Myspace
Noise Park Activities (distro/label)
Unity Through Harmony (distro)
Eyes and Ears Fanzine

Collection of Internet Songs

Basement Demos

Lady Sang The Blues EP

Not For Ears tour cd

Live from Krasner's Basement (7/11/09)

this next one's the unmastered version of our side of a split with Bears to be released on Bear Records in 2010

7" split with Bears

the Chariot

All you pretentious, elite fucks will scoff at this one but damned if i care. This is a classic hardcore album, very guitar driven, in fact the guitar-work really makes the album. Lots of messy feedback, the trademark of old Chariot. Anyways, Taco quit after this alubm and thats when the Chariot started sucking, they rerecorded a few of these songs with new members and released it as the Unsung EP. The only real differnece was a lack of feedback making the overall sound less raucous i.e. less heavy i.e. suckfest. In a nut shell- this is the only Chariot record worth listening to. Regardless, this album is worth a listen. I liked it when I was 15 and I still like it today, even if marginally less.

Everything Is Alive, Everything Is Breathing, Nothing Is Dead, Nothing Is Bleeding

One last important note- I was going to post the Goldman Demo with this but it seems to have been lost in the annals of my /c/ drive. If you have it PLEASE send! and ps, dont give me that bullshit version thats floating around. I want the real one with Look What You Made Me Do and the piano on the tracks.

Billie Holiday- Love Songs

To make up for my lack of posts in the past week, I offer you another compilation. True romance music, this is a selection soft sweet jazz/vocal love songs from the one and only Lady Day. This compilation is hardly all encompassing but has some real classics nontheless.


Billie Holiday- Love Songs

Reefer Madness Compilation

First off, my laptop crashed last week so most of my planned posts have to be postponed. That being said I'm going to do my best to keep posting regularly from the old desktop.

SO, here we have the Reefer Madness Compilation, Vintage Drug Songs 1927-1945. Classic diddies touting the wonders and perils of marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. Featuring such notable acts as Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald, Leadbelly, and Cab Calloway. My favorite tracks are: Here Comes the Man with the Jive, The Reefer Song, and Reefer Man.

Reefer Madness Compilation