Bueno Crusher

Bueno Crusher can still lift more than any other band in Baltimore. They just put out a new album and it is, no pun intended, crushing.

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When These Hands Were Small, When These Fists Did Break

Sinclair

Sinclair is a pop punk band from Baltimore. People who are in this band were in a lot of other bands, like Pansori and The Summer We Went West. There are other bands too, I just don't know of them. It doesn't really matter. What does matter is that Sinclair fucking rules, and they just put a new album up on the internet. I haven't gotten a chance to listen to this new album yet because, you know, I work for a living, but I've seen them enough to know that its good. Like stupid good. Like listen to this shit right now good. Check out their bandcamp below, and give them some money. You don't have to, but I mean you totally should. Erik is starting a tape label thing, so once that gets going I'll let you know. Word.

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Bandcamp

DEERS! / Animal Lover / Pansori/ мища / ColorChromatic 5 Way Split

After like a year of waiting this split, Bear19, is finally finished. You can pick up a copy here or from the bands at shows after Bear Records sends em out. The entire lp is just under a half hour long, with twelve songs. You can download it below.

Side A of the record is devoted to the California bands. DEERS! starts things off with three blistering tracks. Their sound has matured with their final recordings, as you can clearly hear, with the lack of general chaos and high pitched screaming. The songs are much more technical and kind of twinkly, although they are still very driving and intense. ColorChromatic follow those tracks up with 4 of their own. Post-Hardcore or Punk at its finest, CC compliments DEERS! nicely with their melodic tunes. Their songs have a very heavy punk influence, although at some times the vocals almost sound like Daryl Palumbo. Someone told me they sound like Mourning For The Masses.

Side B starts out with my band, мища,giving three songs. We recorded two of these tracks a year ago when this release was originally going to be a split with Bears!, but that fell through. We recoded the other song in the spring when we did the Oppenheimer Limit split. I like these songs. Animal Lover is next with a really cool almost stoner metal track. Really buzzy and rough sounding, the vocals on "Rain Queen" are super low in the mix but still sounds dope. Their song is just really cool stoner punk IMO. Bob your head shit. Pansori finish up the split with an eight minute epic. Post-rock Screamo at its finest. I love their recordings because you can hear the violin really well. Their track is pretty much one long dreary crescendo, building up to a point that it almost gives you chills.

This album is really nice to smoke weed to. I haven't heard it on vinyl yet but I did hear the old test pressing and it sounded cool. If you like the split you should support Bear Records so that he can continue to put out cool records and be an actual DIY label. Don't force him to get a day job.

Word.



DEERS! / Animal Lover / Pansori/ мища / ColorChromatic 5 Way Split

мища/Pansori Winter Tour

So my band is going on tour with Pansori this winter and we need help with some dates. It would be cool if you could either help us out or come out to one of our shows and get shitty with us. The dates and locations are as follows:

December 30th - HELP US BOOK - CT RI NJ NY
December 31st - Bear Records New Years Eve Show - The Whackiest Castle, Allston MA
January 1st - HELP US BOOK - Philadelphia or surrounding area, PA
January 2nd - HELP US BOOK - Baltimore MD


we would love to play at your house or space or whatever. fuck guarantees to death, we just want to chill. Both bands will have merchandise of some sorts to sell, as far as I know. I don't know about Pansori, but these are going to be the only shows that we are playing until our really long hot box tour this summer with Innards. If you got the hookup or know someone who does either get ahold of us on myspace, comment on this post, on email me at hey_waitress@mail.com

ps. The lineup for the Bear Records show is still very much open, so if you want to get on that shit let me or bear records know and we will see what we can do.

WORD

Dawn Treader

This is straight from Dawn Treader's Myspace:

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We are a diy punk band originally from Maryland.
We have been together since 2001.

We like playing shows and going on tour.

Discography:

We have a 2 full length albums, a split 7" with fall on deaf years, a split 12" with d'amore, and a live tape.

Coming soon:

We will have a split 7" with TRIFLE TOWER from Ft. Worth Texas and a split LP with NOW DENIAL from Boston Massachusetts.

Download our entire discography through 2009 by going to this link(provided below). Thank you very much to whoever compiled all the songs from the vinyl for us. Let us know if you want hard copies with lyrics and artwork.
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Needless to say, Dawn Treader are one of the cornerstones of Maryland punk/hardcore music, no matter how active they choose to be at any given time. Maybe we will all get lucky and they will play a random show sometime soon. I heard once that they planned to play as a ten piece or something, including multiple vocalists and strings. Their music is very driving and in your face, using an obvious punk influence as a framework to explore multiple musical avenues, as is evident by their wide variety of song structures and melodies. No two DT songs sound the same. Dawn Treader is affiliated with Osceola, Army of Kashyyyk, Pansori, The Summer We Went West, Monument and Diablero. There are also other bands I'm sure, sorry if I left anyone out.

Below are all of their tracks that are in circulation, to the best of my knowledge. Instead of having one large zip file, I broke the files up into their respective albums. Please note that I only have the Dawn Treader tracks of the splits, so if anyone has the other bands' songs it would be cool if you threw them up here. They have two solo albums, one being called "Deconstructing the Coffin" and the other is either self titled or is "The Lone Islands". Below it is labeled as "The Lone Islands". Dawn Treader's sides of the D'amore and Fall on Deaf Ears splits are also down there, as well as tracks from an unreleased split that was supposed to be with Towers. The live "album" listed is not the one listed in the above discography, but is actually a live recording of their set from December 8th, 2009 at Barclay House in Baltimore when they played with Raein, 1994!, Army of Kashyyyk and Pala.


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The Lone Islands


Deconstructing the Coffin


Songs from D'amore Split


Songs from Fall On Deaf Ears Split



Songs from Towers Split


Live at Barclay 12-8-09

Pansori EP & other shit

Pansori has been really active recently, recording these three songs for three separate releases. Since "Eight Hundred Years of Silence" they have changed vocalists (originally it was the dude from Towers/Boat Water whos name is escaping me right now, now its Erik from Let's/ The Summer We Went West). Their songs have become alot more epic and melodic, which allows people who are fans of bands ranging from shit like Envy to The Appleseed Cast to enjoy their tunes. The songs on this cd are for a 7" with Edhochuli, the 5-way 12" on Bear Records and maybe something else but I don't know. Oh well. You really should download this because aside from being a really awesome band they are awesome people and really good friends of mine. Word.

Heres a video Rob took of them in MA

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Summer EP


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I also wanted to take this opportunity too briefly talk about two other things. The first is that the lineup for The Fest 9 is posted up, and if you have the money to go you really should. The bands playing this year rule so hard, I really with that I could attend.

The second thing is that Punch and Loma Prieta are playing two New England shows mid-November. The first is at Charm City Art Space in Baltimore with Vaccine, and the second is at ABC No Rio in New York City. Once again, I wish that I was attending and I hope that anyone within driving distance attends.

Army of Kashyyyk

ARRRMMMYYYYYY OF KAAASSSSHHHYYYYYYYYYYKK is an emoviolence band from Baltimore. Over past year they have broken up and gotten back together more times than most of us have gotten laid, but as of right now they are together. Their next show is at Barclay House on the first of June, so make sure you check that out if you're in the neighborhood.

Army's sound is a solid mix of driving thrash and emotional hardcore breaks. They are part of the vast Dawn Treader family, sharing members with dudes from Pansori, Let's, Osceola, and a few others I'm sure. We have both seen these guys numerous times and no matter where it is everyone goes ape shit. My favorite memory of Army of Kashyyyk is by far an Outclassed show at Bearacougar's Pleasure Island when I had to stand on a washing machine in order to avoid being trampled to death.

Anyways, Army of Kashyyk rule, and they are really cool dudes, so you should give them a listen. Also, I think you can buy stuff from them, so make sure to do that. Heres a video and all their stuff I could find.

Word.

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Split with Lovers & Killers



Split with Osceola



Winter Tour EP



Summer/Spring 2008 Demo (pretty sure they had the same exact songs on them)

Live at Barclay House December 8th, 2009

Let's

Let's is a trio of fine young men from Baltimore. Members Jon, Lou, and Erik have played and currently in a few other Baltimore bands, including Army of Kashyyyk, The Summer We Went West, Pansori, and ROTA.

Their sound is gritty and melodic, and reminds me of some of the older Braid with plenty of nice, heavy parts and sweet drumming. All I've got is three songs from these guys so far, they've only been around a few months. Enjoy!

Download if you're a fan of Braid, The Summer We Went West, Cap'n Jazz, or Monument.

Myspace

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I Can't Wait (2010)

мища

мища is 2 parts Vikings! and 1 part Drug Money. I play drums in this band, and we have been around for about a year. At first it was just James and I, but then Alex joined the band after like 3 shows or something. We did a New England tour this summer and got to play with some really great bands like Pathos, C'est La Guerre, The Sharpest, and We Were Skeletons. Our name was supposed to mean "bear", but when it was written to was written incorrectly. So when you write our name it dosn't mean anything, but if you say it (its pronounced Mischa) it does mean "bear". Before we went on hiatus we played our last show at David Krasner's house with Pianos Become the Teeth, Age Sixteen, Wren Lloyd, and Pansori. We also got the chance to play with Matsuri and Moldar(RIP) on their summer tour. That shit was bomb. We are trying to play a show or two when I go home in December, and we are getting ready to book another tour for this summer. We were going to go to Europe but its starting to look like we won't have enough money. If you have a house or can get shows, wherever, and you wouldn't mind us stopping by you should talk to us on our myspace. Before I left we recorded two songs for a 7" split with Bears!, which is going to be put out on Bear Records next year. You can buy all of our stuff from Unity Through Harmony, and you can get our mini disc from Noise Park Activities, who we still owe like twenty five dollars.
Heres a video from a while back in Hampton's Garage.



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A Collection of Internet Songs



Basement Demos


Lady Sang the Blues



Not For Ears ( our songs from our splits with Broken Chords Can Sing A Little and Ze Ultra Boys)


Live From Krasner's Basement

Pansori

Pansori is a band from Baltimore that features members of Army of Kashyyyk, ROTA, and The Summer We Went (as well as others I'm sure). They play an epic brand of screamo, complete with violins and post-rockesque compositions. Parts range from melodic guitar driven interludes to heavy breakdowns, and crescendos.

Their debut release consists of one 19+ minute long song. Fans of bands like City of Caterpillar, Pg. 99, June Paik, and some of their previous projects (Army of Kashyyyk, ROTA) will find this a welcome addition to their libraries.

I actually went to one of these guy's show when they played with Suis La Lune in College Park not too long ago, but missed their set. Bummer. I hear they rule live. Check it out.


Myspace


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Demo '09