Tristan Tzara was a German hardcore/screamo band made up of members of Louise Cyphre and Kobra Khan that broke up in 2002. They only put out two albums, according to their myspace. Anyways, their sound is exactly what you would expect from members of such monumental hardcore acts, replacing Louise's jazzy riffs with a female vocalist. Their name comes from one of the founders of the Dada movement, Samuel Rosenstock. You can buy some music and shirts from Monotonstudio Records. Below is their two studio LPs. That third that was up here for a little while was the 7" of on of their full lengths. Also, there is going to be a discography cd put out soon, so keep an eye out for that. No video, sorry dogs.
Shotmaker's short reign as band in the early nineties, (from 1993-1996), came at a time in a major shift in the direction of punk rock. The eighties already seemed like ancient history, bands like Minor Threat and Black Flag had attained a classic status almost overnight, and paved way to new units like Fugazi, while record labels like Ebullition in Southern California were putting out important, though definitely cliquey and esoteric, independent punk rock records. Meanwhile, bands like Green Day and Blink-182 were on the cusp of making punk rock an international capitalistic success.
In Canada, three boys from Ottawa were playing raw, expressive, intense music that had been pegged as "emo", but somehow held it's own as outright hardcore music. With their fuzzy, powerful bass lines that seem to push the song closer and closer to falling apart, dingy, crushing guitar parts, and raving, cryptic, desperate vocals, they seemed to epitomize the perfect middle ground between the Ebullition sound and something new, something that you couldn't quite put your finger on. Listening to their discography, Shotmaker's hidden influence in the DIY world begins to take shape. One easily hears riffs that wouldn't seem out of place on a Pg. 99 or Majority Rule, and bands like Logs owe a large amount of their direction to Shotmaker's pivoting song structures, with crunchy riffs giving way to dissonant yet melodic verses.
Highlights here include their self titled 7", and their split with Maxmilian Colby is also widely considered one of the best emo/hardcore records of the 90's; "The Game" and "Archaeologist" contain some of their most heady riffs ever. Earlier songs like "Controller. Controller" and 10/22/94 display the group's cathartic, attention grabbing power.
These dudes went on to play in bands like Three Penny Opera.
Here's a video of the band, sorry but none of the videos of these guys are of that stellar quality.
Our great friends from Lancaster, PA We Were Skeletons have been signed by Topshelf Records (Pianos Become the Teeth, Defeater, My Heart to Joy)! It feels completely fucking insane to be able to say that we have known these guys for two years. We definitely don't get to see enough of them but every time they come around and play or hang out it feels like it was still just last week we were playing shows and hanging out for the first time, and we had barely graduated high school. It's a great testament to their personal drive and talent, and being able to witness the growth from the first time I fell in love with them after hearing Summers up to hearing the full length makes me feel truly lucky. We are so proud of you dudes!!!
We Were Skeletons has been posted on Chug Life, check that out here.
Their first full length LP will be available for pre-order sometime in May, so look out ofr it.
Check out their Myspace for summer tour dates and links for merch.
City of Caterpillar was a hardcore/punk band from Richmond, Virginia that broke up in 2003. Their sound varies to a certain degree, but they commonly have dramatic buildups and driving melodies. Post-rock was obviously an influence on the bands song structure. The band shares/shared members with Pg.99, Stop It!!, Malady, Darkest Hour and Ghastly City Sleep. This post was originally going to be on the first on this blog, but it took me up until a few days ago to find their split with System 2600, and for that I thank The Screamo Dictionary. Below is everything they ever put out, including unreleased tracks and live sets. The video is from the University of Deleware.
Pianos Become the Teeth are going on a full U.S tour. We Were Skeletons is doing a full U.S tour to promote their self titled lp, guess what label is putting it out. June Paik and Battle of Wolf 359 are coming to the states, I imagine they are doing so to promote the split that will be out by then. The Usual and Migrations are doing a small tour from Maryland to New York. Merchant Ships put up dates for a southern tour in addition to their east coast tour. Calculator is going to do the full U.S. Pansori is touring the east coast and the mid west. Native is going down south. Touché Amoré is going south and coming east Trainwreck is doing some small tours in europe. Beau Navire is jumping on the Antilles California dates. Ruiner is doing U.S and the Pacific Islands The Lost Tourists are doing a full U.S tour. миша is doing a U.S tour, and were doing our California dates with Ordstro.
DEERS! was a band from the Sacramento, California area that played explosive, intense emotive hardcore that often blended fast-paced "emo-violence" parts with melodic and jarring clean interludes.
Apparently they just broke up, which is quite unfortunate because these guys were still very, very young (I think the oldest member might be 20 or 21 at the most). Hopefully we'll see some side projects cropping up in the next few months from these guys. Their catalog is all great, so check it out for sure.
I'm pretty sure this is everything, but I could be wrong. Let me know if that's the case.
Portraits of Past is a screamo band from San Francisco who had their first run from '95 to '96. They got "big" after they broke up, and then around '08 they started playing again and shit. They went to Japan in 2009 and released an EP called "Cypress Dust Witch". These dudes went on to form, amongst other bands, Funeral Diner and ...Who Calls So Loud. Fuck Yeah. They did a split, a demo, two comps & an Lp, all of which were compiled and made into a discography cd that was put out by Ebullition Records. "Cypress Dust Witch" was put out by Excursions Into The Abyss. Below is all their shit and a video from a 2008 show in Berkeley, CA.
Logs uploaded a track from their longly awaited, almost mythical follow up to their '07 demo. It looks like "Hogs" is going to (hopefully) be around sometime in '10.
Louise Cyphre is the shit. They, along with bands like June Paik and Trainwreck, are Cry Me A River regulars hailing from Germany. Their sound is generally trashy punk with a blend of '90's hardcore/screamo, although they commonly have chilled out melodic breaks. I have no fucking idea how many releases they have, but below is their 35 song discography that runs just over 45 minutes. In case you really care they did splits with La Quiete, The Apoplexy Twist Orchestra, Shikari, and were on the Emo Apocalypse and Armageddon. Seeing as I have no idea how many releases this band has, I have no idea if the discography I have had for some time is complete. I do know that their song from the Emo Apocalypse is missing, so I put that below as well. Heres a video from their set at the 2006 Cry Me A River Fest.
HATE THE KIDS, LOVE THEIR MONEY/SCREAMO IS DEAD, LONG LIVE LOUISE CYPHRE.
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