Heaviness Of The Load

5 dudes. 2 drummers. Baltimore's Heaviness of The Load are an awesome dirty rock band. Stoner metal only because they are the best band to get baked to. When I first heard of HOTload my friend told me they sounded like Black Sabbath if they were Baltimore punks. Lots of guitar solos, no vocals, and dizzying drums. Honestly this shit reminds me of the ultimate music for like Dynasty Warriors or some shit. Members of this band, like most Baltimore bands, are affiliated with a zillion other groups. Such bands include Dawn Treader, Army of Kashyyk, and Diablero.

They have a demo and a full length out, kind of. I guess they wernt stoked on the LP recordings so they are gonna re-do them, but those songs might be on a future LP or splits. Maybe one with Tideland? I have the demo and LP thing below, which you should totally check out. Heaviness play shows in Baltimore, so check it out if you havn't yet. I don't know what they are ding in the future, I would hope they tour or something but who knows. I have an awesome picture of Scott's dick from New Years. Also, I was getting emails from Scott with the Needle songs when my girlfriend was on my computer, so she saw them and was like "What the fuck is Hot Load?". I love these guys, one of the best live shows in MD. Word.

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Tour 2009

Between The Needle and The Grooves Demos

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Giant Golden Rings

Giant Golden Rings is the solo project of my dude Adam. I met him a few years back because he was the road dog of The Sharpest. He ended up being the bass player for that band. Anyways, Adam makes his own weird experimental hip hop beat stuff. There are a fuckload of Giant Gold Rings releases, and it is all soo good. A few tracks have vocals on em, but alot of it is just beats. Its real weird, like glitchy video game shit, but its so, dare I say, hyphy. I dig it real hard. I talked to Adam today and I got all of his shit to post up. He has tapes for sale, so holler at him so he can buy new equipment, or drugs, or whatever. Word.

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9000 Demos

FGRSITOUT!LP!/SCENES1+2

8000 EP

7000 EP

DNA.SEXTING.AIRPLANES.TELEVISION.MINISKIRTS.ANTIBIOTICS.LADY GAGA

Gentlemen

Daeth Of

Molto Molto

SS. SnoWfort

Flowers In The Attic

Flowers In The Attic were a female fronted hardcore / punk band from Baltimore. Cheese told me to post them to pay homage, or something. I only listened to them one time, and that was with Keith from Pansori / Army of Kashyyyk. I'm pretty sure he was saying that they influenced Army. I forget.

Anyways, Flowers is fucking sick. Super grimey punk tunes that boarder sludge at times. Really driving. Really tight. I don't know where you can pick up any of their stuff in a physical format, but if you look around you might be able to find something. I have all of their stuff below, so check it out. I have been doing homework all day and don't feel like writing anything anymore, but please take my word for it and check out Flowers In The Attic. Word.

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Human EP

Self Titled EP

Self Titled 7 Inch

Roma Delenda Est / Flowers In The Attic

The Pine

"Bunch of scroungy kids from Bakersfield, CA that play some truly righteous emotional music in the vein of The Hated,Evergreen, and some other bands that shared those same characteristics. All of their albums have been released on very plain Jane black vinyl outside of Don’t Need Regret and split 7” with La Quiete, the last of their albums. 

Roger King, Kurt King, and Bill McCreary went on to form Reaching Away in 2009 with Nick Castro. " - Last FM

I've been listening to a lot of The Pine recently. Mainly on the bus. I used to not get down with homies voice but it grew on me pretty much over night. Their shit is really catchy. If you don't know Evergreen or The Hated, The Pine sounds like a more punk Mineral or something like that. Again, I've heard people arn't down with The Pine because of the dude's voice, but give them a few listens before you write them off. You can get their stuff from a lot of distros so try to snag some stuff. I found pretty much all of their stuff, I think, except for their demo. They have songs on "Wayfarer's All" and "This Is Your Life", both of which have already been posted.Word.

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Acoustic

Days Slipping By

Don't Need Regret

Homeless Life

La Quiete / The Pine 

Lead Blocks For Feet

Unreleased

Self Titled

Self Titled LP

The Saddest Landscape / The Pine

Tempest / Masakari

How ready are you for the heavy? Tempest is easily one of my favorite heavy-as-balls bands right meow, and Masakari kinda really rip it hard. This split is ridiculous. Replenish Records put this out, so throw them some bones. All the bones. These are my favorite tracks by both of these bands, so if you enjoy either you should snag this if you haven't already. I hurt my neck from head banging. Word.

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Masakari / Tempest

Suis La Lune - Riala

So Suis La Lune just put out a new LP on Topshelf Records. Found this floating around the blog world so yeah, repost. Enjoy it, it's really cool, obviously. I enjoy it. Support the band and their label(s). Word.

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Riala

Weekend Nachos / Lack Of Interest

This is for Sam MacInnes. Word.

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Weekend Nachos / Lack Of Interest

Big Kids

Big Kids are a band from Oakland. I don't normally use the word "rad", but is seems to be synonymous with Big Kids, so yeah. I got the chance to see them last year, I think, in Olympia when they toured with Algernon. Shit was dope. And they were really nice too.

I don't really feel like getting into their sound because I would imagine you, the reader, are well aware of this band. I posted their split with Joyce Manor before. The reason I am posting BK is because I had my itunes on shuffle and when one of their LP songs came on my room-mates lil kitty cat came up and laid on the keyboard, just chillin and purrin'. Once the songs was over she promptly pressed mystery buttons that turned off my mousepad thingy. Figured it was a sign or something. To further drive my point home, when I started mediafiring stuff and playing more BK, sure enough, cat came on back and sat on my lap. She has since migrated and is uncomfortably resting behind my head. I feel like I'm on a bus.

Download their stuff below. You can buy their stuff from a multitude of labels and websites, so get on that shit. They are a dope band and you should support them. RAD. Word.

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Hoop Dreams

Don't Be A Baby + 2 

Phone Home

Big Kids / Koalacaust

Big Kids / Joyce Manor

Alternativ Newcomers 2012 Compilation Part 1 & 2

Two Compilations

Hey. So, I heard about two compilations this week. Both are really cool and involve cool dudes. One is a record labels sampler and the other is a large group of friends from a common area who contributed mostly new tracks in order to show how cool they are. Both are respectable endevours.

The Pathfinder Records thing has alot of bands from the midwest, I think. Kali Sound is obviously all Kalifornia bands. The tracklists for each release is as follows:

Pathfinder Records Summer 2012

1. Restore- The Lincoln Rail

2. Droughts- Body of Glass

3. Ted Striker- Medicine 

4. Brighter Arrows- Entirety

5. William Bonney- Robbie Hanson

6. A Sound Heart- My Mother's Quilt

7. Vowel- If Wishes Were Coins

8. Things Fall Apart- Virginia Woolf

9. Old Gray- Her Tongue Was Tattooed On The Back Of Her Teeth

10. Night Owls- Dearly

11. Sinatra- I Had Three Or A Lot Of Beers

12. Climates- Waiting To Exhale

13. Cardinal- Underneath My Skin

14. Kid Valiant- Unrest

15. Roenick- Patience

16. Knuckle Puck- Stuck

17. Real Friends- Home For Fall

18. Three Cent Cinema- Resistance 

19. Bitter Thoughts- Solitary

20. Valiant- Dead To Me

21. Cave Bear- Waistland

22. Barrier- Victim

Kali Mixtape Vol. 1

1. REDxYellow - The Birth of Kali

2. Ruptures - Circles

3. John Cota - Pod People

4. Ten Thousand Leagues - Bad Seed Complex

5. Calculator - Gasping, but Somehow Still Alive

6. Heist - Temporary Lapse

7. Residuals - Sleep

8. Comadre - Free Based

9. C////O - Capture Bonding

10. Summer Vacation - Lil' Slippy

11. Leer - House Music Master

12. Great Apes - Paper Cage

13. Dad Punchers - Tire Swing

14. Beach Bummed - Pocket Sand

15. Matsuri - Bagchairs

16. Megan & Amelia - Bliss

17. Di Bravura - Ocean City, MD

18. Tigon - The Archivist

So yea dudes and she-dudes, peep the releases below and support the groups if you can. The Pathfinder thing will obviously benefit Pathfinder Records, so that they can put out more stuff. The Kali thing will , I guess, pay for it to be put out on something physical. I don't know but that seems par for the course. I heard from one of the Kali board members that they are going to do another compilation with bands that arn't from California but embrace "what it means to be Kali", so stay on the look out for that. Should be a good time. Word.

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Kali Mixtape Vol. 1

Pathfinder Records Summer Compilation 2012

Alta

Alta is a post-hardcore/ screamy band from Milwaukee. I saw them once at The Borg Ward when we played there on the 4247 tour (Willy B showed up for that joint too). They were cool, sounded kind of like Native instrumentation with vocals that almost sounded like Sohns. I listened to their recordings recently and they don't really sound like how I remembered, but my memory fails me quite a bit. Their shit is real good though, I dig it. I talked to one of the dudes from Alta a few times and he is really nice. And enthusiastic. About everything.

Alta has three releases, kind of. They have an EP, a split with Arizona Wilder, and are featured on a compilation. This summer Alta and Arizona Wilder are going on tour together (hence the split) and you can find the dates here. Homie gave me all of Alta's material, so it's all below. I was only given Alta's material though, for both the split and the comp. Check it below, support the band if you like it. Word.

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This Space Will Accommodate Canvas EP

Songs from the Arizona Wilder split tape

Song from the MKE DIY 2012 compilation