Kidcrash - Naps

Right here is that new Kidcrash joint everyone has been waiting for. They released at least one of these songs on soundcloud or something a while ago, I'm pretty sure it was just a lil clip or something, but ever since then I've been excited for this shit and curious as to what it would sound like. I found this last night on Music As Heroin, so I mean if it's on the internet I might as well put it up you know.

This album is a really nice progression from Snacks. While still staying away from both of their older sounds and progressing with the more mature shit from Snacks, Naps is an excellent mix of Kidcrash's almost signature groovy riffs with some nice post-hardcore elements thrown in there. This lil 4 song diddy is a little harder than Snacks, but still keeps it really fucking chill. As normal, the instrumentation on all the songs are fucking superb. I also really dig the vocals on this album. Or EP. I guess it's an EP. My Favorite song right now is the third song, Misogamist.

You really should snag a copy of the 12" from Init if you haven't already. I feel like this record is going to move really really fast, so get your copy now. Some vinyl geeks are gonna be bummed because first pressing black/white is already sold out, now they just have to get boring black or white. Boo boo.

Below is a download link for the album. If the band or the label would like me to take this down please do not hesitate to tell me and I will take it down promptly, but I mean if its already out here on the web I don't think it should be a big deal. Hopefully Kidcrash is going to tour soon, because I can never get a ride down to Portland to see them play. And I feel like if they did go out on the road they would either tour with a killer band or play with all the killer bands. Killer. Video of an older song.

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Naps

Wild Guess

Wild Guess was a band from Portland, OR that was made up of members of Kidcrash/Logs and Oker. Alex and Paul from Logs switched instruments and started playing chiller music after Logs was done. Because all of the members travel the band has been around for a while but has not been too active. They actually played their last show at my house with Ten Thousand Leagues. Unfortunately there was no video.

Wild Guess sounds like Logs but more chunky and grown up. It isn't wild or heavy or chaotic or anything that would make them a hardcore band. They are not a hardcore band. They are a driving punk band, but at times you can hear parts that sound like Logs. They only recorded four songs, as far as I know. I would not be surprised if they recorded an album but are just sitting on it like they did with Hogz. I really enjoy their recordings, but live they blew me away.

Jared, the drummer, is in a band called Oker that is on tour right now with Kidcrash. Yes, Kidcrash is doing a little tour or something. I don't know any details about these shows or I would post up dates. I don't know if the new Kidcrash is available yet either. I also don't know what the deal is with Wild Guess music on a physical medium. All I know is that Paul is going to Turkey for college and Alex makes heads and stuff for his company called Science. His business partner also has the hookup for tubes and amp parts. You should check it out here. Alex used a Hellhawk when they played my house and that shit sounded so good.

No videos, just the EP. Download it and keep a lookout for these dudes other bands. If you can think of a way to support them then do that. Sorry I don't really knowhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif shit about this band and have no links to a website or anything. All I could find was a bandcamp. Word.


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Wild Guess EP

Logs - Hogz

After two years of waiting Logs has finally let the long awaited followup to their 7" see the light of day. In case you have been living under a rock for the last three years Logs is a three piece screamo band from Olympia, WA that shares a member with Kidcrash. Hogz is 8 tracks of awesome personified. Honestly, well worth the wait and one of my favorite releases in the past two years. I can't stop listening to this shit. I believe that these recordings have the original lineup although after this recording the band changed drummers. This album is alot more chaotic and heavy than their 7" and the bass has less grumble (maybe it is just my shitty speakers). You need to download this album right now and listen to it at least twice to get the full effect. Logs made a bandcamp that has a free stream of the songs but not a download, I jacked this DL from my boy Chris over at Elementary Revolt (one of the best blogs out there right now). Buy the fuck out of this record when it comes out on Denovali. Word the fuck up.


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HOGZ

Arse Moreira

So if I had to name my top five favorite bands, Arse Moreira would be amongst them. They play a style of screamo similar to bands like Eucalypt or Louise Cyphre. Their shit is incredibly chaotic and all over the place. One of the coolest things about this band is the fact that all of their releases have been compilations or splits. The bass player now plays in Te Lloraia un Puto Rio and was in charge of Escucha Records, although now he lives in Canada and runs Bluegrass Records. Arse Moreira put out splits with Kidcrash, Resurrectionists & Beneath Low Flying Planes. They have also been featured on the Emo Annihilation and Apocalypse and are on the first Connections 6-way split. A while back I found a "split" that they did with Loma Prieta, but I'm pretty sure it was never released. I put it below, but it sounds like its just two demos from each band that were lumped together. Hopefully Charley will read this and leave a comment explaining that shit. But anyways, below is everything they did except for the Emo-End-of-The-World shit, which can be found elsewhere on here and a link to a video of them playing a Halloween party or something. You should buy whatever records of theirs that you can find. Word.

Halloween Party Video

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Arse Moreira / Resurrectionists Split


"Misspellings" Kidcrash / Arse Moreira Split


Arse Moreira / Beneath Low Flying Planes Split


Arse Moreira / Loma Prieta "Split"


Connections Pt. I

Logs- New Jams

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.

Kidcrash - Snacks

I just got the leak of this record a while ago, so here you go!

Personally, I find this record to be a bit of a let down after the one-two punch of the '06 Demo and 2007's Jokes, which, despite it's lack of dynamics, is certainly one of the better screamo albums of the decade. Overall, their vocal approach has changed from the last record, and some reviews are calling this more of a mixture of the New Ruins/Jokes sound, a statement I would not agree with, seeing as this doesn't really sound like a "pop-punk" record (like New Ruins basically was) in any sense of the term.

Don't get me wrong; Snacks is a pretty solid sophomore LP, but I feel it lacks an overall growth in direction that the band should have taken off with after the release of Jokes. Again, my main complaint is a lack of dynamics. As good as their drummer Buster may be, he needs to learn when to hold back a little bit. Same goes with the guitars on a lesser level. I do have a feeling that this will continue to grow on me, but never quite reach Jokes status in my mind. Give it a download and decide for yourself.

Order the vinyl from Denovali.

Previous Kidcrash posts

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NEW KIDCRASH SONG/DENOVALI

Dominic "Nord" CD/LP


Fall of Efrafa - Inle CD/2xLP


Kidcrash - Snacks CD/LP



Denovali Records has had pre-orders for the new Kidcrash, Fall of Efrafa, and Dominic LP's posted for about a week or so. Today, The Kidcrash posted "Wound Eraser," from the forthcoming Snack LP on their myspace. Listen to it here. Check out Denovali to pre-order those LP's. The FoE and Kidcrash LP's also come with a t-shirt when you pre-order them. And as always, Denovali is offering the back catalogs of these band's for free download. Check it out!

L'Antietam

L'Antietam is from New Hampshire, a state that you might figure not a lot of punk bands come from. And you'd probably be right. Although Furnace and Bravo Fucking Bravo are both from the same general area, and I would suggest checking them both out (Bravo even featured L'Antietam's bassist John on the bass for a while).

The band formed in 2005 while the guys were still in high school, and put out a self titled debut on the German label Adagio830, followed up by a four song 7" entitled "We Like it When the Red Water Comes Out". The debut was comprised of screamy hardcore songs that caught the attention, but still seemed to lack something. The 7" brought some of the ideas brought to the table on the debut to fruition, creating a spazzy, noodly sound full of passion and energy.

A split with Furnace was followed by the release of Family in 2006, which compiled all their previous output (minus the unmastered versions of the tracks found on the Furnace split) as well as 10 new recordings. The new recordings from "Family" were L'Antietam's previous attempts more fully realized: songs that you could imagine screaming along to in the basement intermingling with well-executed interlude tracks.

With Will Killingsworth (guitarist of Orchid/Ampere/Bucket Full of Teeth/Failures, sound engineer of many great records including Orchid's own Gatefold) behind the helm, 2007's Arthur Carr saw an expansion of L'Antietam's sound, leaving behind some of the noodly riffs (which lead singer/guitarist Derek explained he had sort of lost interst in when I talked to him) for a more straightforward and powerful melodic hardcore punk sound that still included the signature heart pounding build ups that had become part of their signature on the earlier records. This record also contains the epic "Our Elders", an instrumental track has is easily one of L'Antietam's best songs, and (dare I go there?) one of the best "screamo" songs of the decade.

The band's 2008 output was limited to two tracks on a split with the Kidcrash, but they did not dissapoint. "Gnarthur Gnarr" and "Gnarfield Gnarbuckle" take the sound L'Antietam explored on Arthur Carr and condense it in further in a balled fist of punk energy, leaving the book open on where they can take their sound next.

I'm extremely excited for 2009 because they have three releases slated for this year: a split with none other than Loma Prieta, an EP entitled Dark Brew due out in the spring, and a brand new full length record due by autumn. Below is the art for the Loma Prieta/L'Antietam split, for anyone who is actually interested.



Below I've uploaded their entire discography up to this point, including my own personal vinyl rip of the Furnace split. The L'Antietam tracks on the split are included on Family, but I uploaded this release anyway for two reasons. One, the tracks appear to be earlier versions of the songs, or are at least unmastered (since they're on vinyl), and the Furnace song contained on this record is one of my favorite Furnace songs. Very good, and somewhat longer than the usual Furnace song. Definitely worth a download. As far as I know, this is the only place you can get an mp3 of this song; you'd have to buy the vinyl to hear it otherwise.

There really isn't enough good I can say about these guys. They play amazing, powerful screamo songs that come straight from the heart, and they put on an incredibly good live show. AND they're extremely nice dudes. I had a great, great time when they played a show with us during their tour and we got a chance to party with them afterward. I would definitely recommend buying ALL of their shit from Slave Union.

Peep the myspace here.

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Family (2006)



Furnace Split (2006)




Arthur Carr on cassette

Arthur Carr (2007)



Heavy Nugs and Heady Chugs Split w/Kidcrash (2008)

The Kidcrash

First off, I would like to say that Kidcrash and The Kidcrash are the same band.

Anyways, Kidcrash is four piece based up in Washington, originally from New Mexico. They play some really original mathy screamo, and used to be a pop-punk band. Their first album, New Ruins, is on iTunes, but Kidcrash has this to say about it:


"Please don't order this cd (New Ruins). After spending more than $10,000 of our own money recording it, Lujo Records continues to try to justify their right to continue to collect 100% of the royalties from mp3 sales, after four years of selling the album on itunes and amazon. At one point we requested a box of cds for a show, they sent them way too late and they didn't arrive for the show. We never ended up selling them, but according to them we still owe them $400 for those cds and with that included they are still out about $500 recouping their $2000 investment. Reality is, we are still out about $8000, and they are honestly out maybe $200-$300 and have plenty of copies of the cd left. But there is no way for us to know how much they have made off of the sales of our mp3s. We have, on multiple occasions demanded that four years is long enough, and that the mp3s be removed from itunes. The response has been a load of bullshit about how we will get 50% of the royalties once the label recoups. But we don't want those royalties, and don't want to make money for those music monopolies. Amazon.com does not have the legal right to sell our mp3s and continues to after hours and hours of phone calls; we never signed anything granting Lujo Records the right to sell our music on iTunes, so when the time comes and we want it taken down, they have no right to refuse to respect our wishes. After all, they dropped us in a myspace message, why are they holding on so tight to our music. The only way we can force this to stop is by giving away this album. We wouldn't ever want to encourage people to listen to this album with the belief that if you like Jokes that we think you'd like New Ruins. So it is only posted here in protest of Lujo Records' lack of consideration for our wishes and legal rights as the composers, and REAL financiers of the record. DO NOT BUY IT!"

After releasing New Ruins, they progressed wonderfully with every ensuing release, including the rare EP "I Haven't Had a Date..." and the self titled 2006 demo. Their full length Jokes is a screamo masterpiece.
They put up all their recorded music on Denovali a while ago, including rare pre-New Ruins demos and releases put out by the band early in their career; however we didn't download them before they were taken down. If anyone has these releases, please comment.

If you like what you hear, buy their shit off of Slave Union and Denovali or whatever, BUT NOT ITUNES!

Here's a video of them doing A Conduit Rather Than A Vault.



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New Ruins (2004)



I Haven't Had a Date in Four Years Goldie Hawn Goldie Hawn Goldie Hawn (2005)



Demo (2006)



'Misspellings' Arse Moreira Split 5" (2007)



Jokes (2007)



Coffin Dancer Split 10" (2007)



Heavy Nugs and Heady Chugs - The L'antietam Split (2008)

Logs

Logs is a three piece screamo band from Olympia, Washington. These guys apparently dig on Shotmaker, and it really shows up sometimes in their songs. Definitely not a bad thing. The bassist, Alex, is also the guitarist/lead vocalist of the (should be) legendary skramz band Kidcrash. Logs has only one 7" right now, but they are working on a 10" called "Hogs" (get it, huh, huh). they are really one of the best bands I have ever listened to, and to make things even better, Alex plays out of a guitar amp, so the bass is really heavy in the mix and really really grumbly. The guitar is also really tight, not too technical, but very solid and crazy. the drums are fantastic; one of the best rhythm sections around! You should go to denovali and buy their cd, or go up to Washington and watch them play because I don't know how much longer they will actually be a band (they all go to school around that area and are moving away from each other). On a side note, they now have a new drummer, I have no idea how good he is but I'm sure he isn't bad at all.
Here's a new song!



HAVE FUN PLAYING THIS LOUD AS SHIT ON YOUR IPOD IN MATH CLASS.

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Logs 7"