Malady

Malady was a band from Virginia that was made up of people from Pg.99 and City of Caterpillar. They were a post-hardcore band that only released one album, but some people believe them to be the best of the Pg. 99 family of bands. Their songs are haunting and melodic. Super catchy. The best way I can describe them is a less technical, more melodic Verse En Coma. I guess that after this LP and the tour and stuff the band wrote more songs but the band broke up and the "songwriting backbone" got with two other dudes and did Verse En Coma. Pretty cool to listen to this LP then Rialto to see how the group evolved. I would imagine you can buy copies of this release on various formats from various people, so do that if you want. Members of this band are also involved in Pygmy Lush, so yeah. Download this LP if you don't have it already. Word.

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Malady

Father Figure

Father Figure is a screamy band from Denton, TX in which Tommy from Innards plays drums. I don't know if the other guys are in bands, I wouldn't be surprised if they were. I also don't have the slightest idea how to pronounce their album name. No clue. I do know that they are going to be on tour with Innards starting like tomorrow or some crazy shit, so check all of that shit out. Playing with some dope bands. This album is really cool, high pitched vox and stuff. I dig it pretty hard. Even if I didn't like this band I would still support it because of Tommy, but I do like this band. I really enjoy this band. Download their album below, or you can jump on their bandcamp and pay them for a download. They should have merch on their tour, so throw them some bones while you throw Innards some bones. Word.

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死の手

Locktender / Cassilis Split

Yo, motherfucking Locktender and Cassilis are doing a split, and this banger is gonna be out in june on 7 inch. Bear Records is throwing this joint on wax for us in the United States, whilst I.Corrupt is gonna be doing it in Europe. Pretty sure Locktender is going to Europe this summer, so I'm assuming they are gonna have this piece of gold for that tour. On a side note, kind of, The Ghost Is Clear records is going to be putting out the Locktender split with Brighter Arrows, but homeboy needs some cash to press it. So do everyone in the world a favor and buy stuff from TGIC so they get that ca$h (or CA£H). This split (LT/C) is fucking awesome. So good. If you got that other Locktender post a while back then you already heard the Lock songs, but now you get some banging ass Cassilis tracks. I.Corrupt just sent me these songs so I want to get the word out. Please buy this release after downloading, all the bands involved are fucking awesome and the labels are the shit. You can email I.Corrupt at Icorrputrecords@gmail.de to get a preorder, and I would imagine you can get ahold of Bear to get a copy too.Mother Fucking Word.

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Locktender / Cassilis

Interskramz Compilation Vol.2

Okay so there is this label called Interskramz. It started on the internet as a joke I think. I don't know. I know the kids who run it through various hilarious facebook groups and shit. Anyways, they put out stuff, but their big thing are these compilations they do. They did one before I guess because now they are doing number two. There are a fuckload of awesome bands on the Second Volume. The bands on the release are:

Thoughts Never Said

SLOTHS

Dead Weight

Code Orange Kids

Junior Healy

State Faults

Angkor Wat

Birds In Row

Iselia

Raein

Box Social

Place Called Home

Secret Smoker

Clyde Webb

Fading Away Like The Rest Of Them

Paris In The Making

Calculator

Chineesedream.

Pathos

Quantis

Sjanse

Coma Regalia

Yumi

мища

Old Gray

Kidcrash

Memento Mori

Veils

Contact the label through Facebook to get some information on the releases. I know its going to be on CD and Vinyl, but CD first (June?). Get a copy, it should be dope. When they release all the mp3's I will post it, but you can go to that bandcamp link and listen to most of the tracks. I think some groups still might jump on, so get excited. Should be a good time, I'm excited. Word up pups.

Chinesedream.

Chinesedream. is a screamy band from South Carolina. Really nice dudes. I really like their new EP alot, and they are going to be in the Interskramz vol. 2 compilation (see above post). I don't really know what else to say about this band except they are really really nice dudes, make good music, and I'm glad that I got to know these dudes. I think I am going to meet them this summer in South Carolina and I am beyond stoked. Check out their EP and tell them what you think, they deserve nice words. Word.

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Chinesedream.

The Human Excuse

The Human Excuse is one of the bazillion projects of Justin Lloyd. He was in bands like Age Sixteen and Sawhorse and is hella involve in the Maryland scene. Homeboy runs Rainbow Bridge records and is a stable in mid-atlantic noise stuff. I've known him for a while and he's a pretty dope guy. Human Excuse is " like a weirder and nosier cross between Sigur Ros, Owen, The Wind-Up Bird and Mount Eerie". Most of these songs are about a mutual friend of ours, which is pretty cool. Shhhhhh. You should give this a listen, it's really cool. Follow one of his media outlets because he is always on the internet and knows whats up. He does designs and shit too, so if you want some quality stuff made on the cheap hit him up. Word.

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A Therapeutic Universe 

Caust

Caust is a screamy band from NOVA that, I think, consists of predominately young dudes. I've heard alot about these cats recently from people back home but I haven't been able to see them play yet. Bummed about that, but it happens. I was really stoked when I first heard this band because its nice to hear music like this being played by younger dudes. Young dudes who live in the greater D.C area too. They only have one release out, I think, which I have below. I couldn't find a video of them but if someone sends me a link to one I'll put it up here. Support these guys, they are cool. Word.

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Page Turner

Song of Zarathustra

(I FUCKING HATE THE NEW LAYOUT OF GOOGLE BLOGGER IT SUCKS SO FUCKING HARD)

Song of Zarathustra was a sick as fuck hardcore/screamy band from Iowa. Aside from ripping it hard as shit, they were known for being like one of the only screamo bands to known how to use keys. They used a drum machine for a minute too. Yeah dude. In that fatty quote below I present to you the band's intense ass biography, provided by Last.fm. Got all their shit below too, with a lil video that's from a reunion show. Word.

Song of Zarathustra originated in Sioux City, IA during March 1997. The founding members were Trever McInnis, Travis Bos, James Munsen and a Roland R8 drum machine which was later replaced with David Seaman (ex-Nudibranch, ex-Orlock) on drums. For the next year, SOZ toured the greater part of the U.S. and disbanded in 1998 when David moved back to his hometown of Richmond, VA. From 1998-2000, James and Travis moved to Minneapolis, MN and formed The Book of Dead Names (featuring members of Cadillac Blindside, The Evening Rig, The Cardinal Sin and The Crush) while Trever resided in Oakland, CA forming the Kill In Me (also, featuring members of C- Blindside and Angel Hair). David formed the band Hot New Dance Hits with members of his previous band Nudibranch. March of 2000, SOZ decided to regroup. They toured immediately with the original line-up (Trever, Travis, James / Roland R8) and later recorded “The Birth of Tragedy” (Troubleman Unlimited) with Mark Jorgensen (Book Of Dead Names &; Infinity Dive) on drums. After the release of “The Birth of Tragedy”, SOZ toured most of the U.S. on many occasions and set course to tour Europe for its first time in 2001. In late 2001, SOZ parted ways with long time bass player James Munsen. Mark Shaw(Khayembii Communique, The Cardinal Sin) filled his place and Tad Kubler (formerly of Lifter Puller & currently The Hold Steady) joined as second guitarist. The new line up hashed out new songs as well as adding some life to songs that were written for the up and coming album “A View from High Tides” which was also released on Troubleman Unlimited. Early 2002 brought SOZ back to Europe for its second time. During the summer of 2002, Tad parted ways with SOZ to move to N.Y. and eventually forming The Hold Steady with old Lifter Puller bandmate Craig Finn. Due to several shifts in line up’s, personal differences, etc. the remaining members decided to call it quits in January of 2003.

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Song of Zarathustra / Spread The Disease

Song of Zarathustra / Johnny Angel

The Birth of Tragedy

2 Song EP

Song of Zarathustra

Bote de Zorns

A View From High Tides

Racebannon / Song of Zarathustra - Near & Far Vol. 2

Clyde Webb

Clyde Webb is a dude from Moscow, Idaho. Homeboy has been in alot of musical projects and runs Captain Crook Records. His main thing is his folk-punk solo project under his name. I met him on the internet and was intrigued by his photos. Then I heard his music and got pretty stoked. He makes some real ass songs about real life shit. He just put out a new record which is his best release yet. I'm still listening to it, but after hearing a few tracks I was down as shit. I mean, anyone who has a song about feeling like shit when you think about your ex-girlfriend sucking someone else's dick is okay in my book. Check out all his albums below, add him on facebook (unless you are in the cult), and check out his label. Some real cool shit on there too. I talked to Clyde and he was asking me for blogs to send his music to, so if you have a blog or anything and want to post his music up he would be hella down. Support Clyde when/how you can. Word.






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Demo

Dork

Sucks At Life

Get Bent Get Bent

Sitka

Sitka is a pop-punk band that I have been playing in for like a year. Little less than a year. When I started playing in the band it was just two dudes playing guitar but sometime this winter we got a bass player. We recorded two songs a long ass time ago just for the hell of it I guess, and then like two or three weeks ago we slopped together four songs so we had something to "sell" at Yellingham. I enjoy playing in this band, its pretty fun. I'm never good at describing the sound of a band I play in or whatever but we regularly cover "dumpweed". Below is that new lil EP we did, you can get the two songs without Sam on the bandcamp. Below is the only video of us playing, and we covered "Stay Together For The Kids". Word.






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The Spring Rain EP