Algernon Cadwallader

New album from Philly's own Algernon Cadwallader entitled Parrot Flies. These guys are an entirely D.I.Y band, so please don't take their hard work for granted. Buy some merch, go see them when they tour in your city, anything. They deserve nothing but the best.

They put this link up, so enjoy!!

Tracklist:
1. Springing Leaks
2. Pitfall
3. Preservatives
4. Parrot Flies
5. If It Kills Me
6. Glenwood Ave
7. Uniform
8. Sad
9. Chewed Up And Spit Out (In A Bowl)
10. Loose Cannons
11. Cruisin'

Download it NOW!!

Not Afraid

Tracklist:
1. Two Ways
2. Get Behind
3. Am I Wrong
4. Be Yourself
5. The Other Side
6. Not Afraid

Download it now and if you like it, BUY it!!

"Not Afraid is the new belgian hardcore sensation featuring ex members of Justice and True Colors ( Paco's still on the mic). They got together and started belting out songs, playing hardcore the way they have always loved it. There's hints of that early 80's rage, late 80's power and even some early 90's melody but all in all it is safe to say that genuine passion and raw energy is what ties it all together. The 'Be Yourself' EP features Not Afraid's first batch of songs and by the looks of things we can only expect great things from them in the future." 
- Straight And Alert

Ampere

New album, Like Shadows, from Massachusetts own Ampere. This album has 15 tracks of raw yet beautiful chaos and it drops in early June via No Idea Records. Keep your eye out for that!
I don't have a download link for this record yet, but I do have a track for you to stream. This is the second track off the album entitled Escapism Pt. II
Ampere is your average DIY punk/skramz band, so I don't believe there are any pre-orders available. If there are, I'm not aware of it, so just keep your eyes open in early June for the release of this amazing album.

Until then, enjoy this track and get super stoked on this new album and this band.
Other than the track below, they've got a total of 4 tracks up for streaming purposes. To check out the others, click here!

Ampere | Escapism Pt. II

Beau Navire

Beau Navire's last EP Life Moves was pretty amazing, and this LP is a huge step up. I am absolutely enthralled with this band and their music. They work their asses off to make such amazing stuff and it's easily noticeable within the first listen of any of their material. If you've never listened to these guys, please change that. Beau Navire are a fairly new screamo band from Oakland,California and are highly recommended for fans of Ampere, Loma Prieta, and Pianos Become The Teeth. Currently, this album is not released in the US so keep watch for that.

Tracklist:
1.Hours
2.The Looking Glass
3.A Book, A Mind
4.Reinventing The Wheel
5.Respire (Meta)
6.Cloud City
7.It's Not An Art, It's A Myth
8.Bare Trees
9.Lost And Leaving
10.Interlude
11.Solemn Moon
12.Remnants
13.Respire (Sync)

Download it now, and if you like it, BUY it!!

1994!/Snowing/Boys and Sex/Algernon Cadwallader Split

Personally, I am so stoked on this split. These are some of my favorite bands in screamo/post hardcore and to have them do a split together makes me all fuzzy inside. If you've been living under a rock for the past few years, and you need some good screamo to get into, any of these bands will tickle your fancy.

Tracklist:
1. 1994!- Proper J
2. Snowing- Big Weed
3. Boys and Sex- High Notes
4. Algernon Cadwallader- (Na Na Na Na) Simulation

Download it now and if you like it, BUY it!
[You can stream the album here]

"1994!, Algernon Cadwallader, and Snowing are touring the USA and beyond this summer (Boys and Sex will be at home, not doing anything). This 7" has a new song from each band. Support their tour: go see them and pick up a record!"

1994! / ALGERNON CADWALLADER / SNOWING SUMMER TOUR DATES:

MAY
* 18th Hagerstown, Maryland @ Right Choice Ministries w/ LOUD
* 19th Blacksburg, Virginia @ JAX 130 Jackson St w/ 1TBA
* 20th Charlotte, North Carolina @ Treasure Fest
* 21st Greenville, SC @ Suite 8
* 22nd Birmingham, Alabama @ Spring Street House w/ Fewer Moving Parts
* 23rd Jackson, Mississippi @ Doc 36 w/ Les Doux, Pockets
* 24th New Orleans, Louisiana @ Dragon’s Den w/ Marathon
* 25th Houston, Texas @ Vinyl Junky Records
* 26th Denton, Texas @ Lion’s Den w/ Final Club
* 27th Oklahoma City, Oklahoma @ Brass Bell Studios w/ Concussion Waltz
* 28th Albequerque, New Mexico @ Dad’s House
* 29th Tempe, Arizona @ The Fixx Coffee Bar
* 30th Tucson, Arizona @ TBA
* 31st San Diego, California @ Che Cafe

JUNE
* 1st Long Beach, California @ TBA
* 2nd Santa Barbara, California @ Biko Garage w/ Lumber Lung
* 3rd San Francisco, California @ TBA
* 4th Berkley, California @ 924 Gilman
* 5th Redding, California @ Cafe
* 6th DAY OFF
* 7th Portland, Oregon @ Backspace w/ Duck Little Brother Duck
* 8th Seattle, Washington @ Healthy Times Fun Club w/ Jason Clackley
* 9th Spokane, Washington @ The Cretin Hop w/ Girlfriends, DLBD
* 10th Rexburg, Idaho @ TBA
* 11th Cheyenne, Wyoming @ Crawlspace w/ Spraynard
* 12th Boulder, Colorado @ Astro-Land
* 13th Lincoln, Nebraska @ Mad Ave. w/ The Dads
* 14th Wichita, Kansas @ The Naked City Gallery w/ Information Welfare
* 15th St. Louis, Missouri @ Cranky Yellow w/ Orion Pax
* 16th Bloomington, Indiana @ The Bishop w/ Good Luck
* 17th Louisville, Kentucky @ TBA
* 18th Chicago, Illinois @ Strangelight w/ Sohns, Innards
* 19th Grand Rapids, Michigan @ The DAAC
* 20th Columbus, Ohio @ Carabar
* 21st Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania @ Helter Shelter w/ Means to an End, Edhoculi
* 22nd Rochester, New York @ The Bugjar
* 23rd East Hampton, Massachusetts @ Flywheel
* 24th Scranton, Pennsylvania @ Redwood Art Space
* 25th New York, New York @ Archeron w/ The Greek Favourites

Incendiary/Unrestrained Split UPDATE*

Wow, this is such a hard split. I've been waiting for the full split to be released for weeks, and now that it is, get stoked on it!! Both bands are fantastic and I couldn't have asked for better music.

Tracklist:
1. Incendiary - Head In Check
2. Incendiary - Cold War
3. Unrestrained - 80k
4. Unrestrained - Deconstructing

Download it now and if you like it, BUY it!

TheDiscordOfAForgottenSketch

TheDiscordOfAForgottenSketch are a band from Montréal, Canada. Last year, they were on a 4 way split with Beau Navire, Carrion Spring and Te Lloraria Un Puto Rio and they also have a couple split vinyl records coming in the next year and a tape version of their album release by Dwyer Records from Ottawa.

They are definitely a band to get in to. If your a fan of Daïtro, Funeral Diner, or any of the bands listed above, then this band is a must have in your music library.

Within the last couple of weeks, they've released a new album and I suggest you get your hands on that. They've got it up for download on their bandcamp, in which you can name your own price to pay. 50 cents or 5 dollars, you need to own this album. I expect many great things to come to these guys.

Tracklist:
1. Pluto
2. Zombie, Zombies
3. Ghost Town
4. I'm Here
5. Hall Of Famers
6. A Punk Band
7. Tdoafs

Click here to go to their bandcamp and get the album!!

Ruckus

This is a promo for the bands upcoming LP entitled Of Malice And Man. Get into it, it goes HARD.

"Ruckus (Los Angeles, not to be confused with the other Nu-Metal esque band with the same name) Is a heavy hardcore band. They’ve got an EP, a 2 song sampler, and a split with Xibalba/World of Pain under their belt, and they’re undergoing writing for their debut LP."

Tracklist:
1. Human Pollution
2. True Testament
3. I Against I (Bad Brains)
4. Damn Age
5. Dead Weight
6. Victim In Pain (Agnostic Front)

Get it NOW!!

Power

This is the new EP, Death Haunts, from Power. They're becoming one of my favorite bands, and quickly at that. The more I listen to them, the more I love them. No need for a review or opinion on my part. They're a kick ass band, and the music tells you just how kick ass they really are. Get into it.

Tracklist:
1. Death Haunts
2. Footprints
3. Quarters, Nickels and Dimes
4. Black Eyes
5. Daughters
6. Singing and Screaming
7. C.R.E.A.M

Get it now, and if you like it, buy it!!

[[P.S- As soon as you click the 'Get it now' link, it will automatically start downloading.]]

Black God

These guys are an awesome Punk/Hardcore band featuring members of Black Cross and Coliseum. Basically picture a continuation of Black Cross and you have got a good idea of how awesome this band is. Highly recommended for fans of either of the above mentioned bands and Louisville hardcore/punk in general.

Tracklist:
1.Fundamental Headwalker
2.Get Ready
3.Partisan
4.No Channels
5.This Life
6.Reach

Get it now and if you like it, buy it.

Touché Amoré

Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me is the follow-up album from L.A's Touché Amoré, entitled ..To The Beat of a Dead Horse that was released back in '09. This album is set to be released via Deathwish Inc. on June 7th. Get stoked on it. The boys put together one hell of an album.

Tracklist:
1. Tilde
2. Pathfinder
3. The Great Repetition
4. Art Official
5. Uppers/Downers
6. Crutch
7. Method Act
8. Face Ghost
9. Sesame
10. Wants/Needs
11. Condolences
12. Home Away From Here
13. Amends

Get it now and if you like it, please support this amazing band by pre-ordering yourself a copy (or some sort of merch) or you can look here for some other merch..

React Records Summer 2011Sampler

Tracklist:
1. Skin Like Iron- Consequences
2. Rearranged- Disengage Now
3. Praise- Autumn
4. Get the Most- Think it Through
5. Noose- Fuck Art, No Respect
6. Clearsight- Fraud
7. Common Cause- Those Days
8. Remission- Isolation
9. Not Sorry- Tipping Point
10. Give- Heaven is Waiting

What are you waiting for? Download it here!

Just Die!

Just Die! is a hardcore/punk/thrash band out of Asheville, NC. Get into it!!

Tracklist:
1. Dead Horse
2. I'll Be Damned
3. A Momentary Lapse In Positive Thinking
4. Impossible
5. Play The Hero
6. War Memorial
7. Did I Ever (Stand By Me)
8. Rest of My Life
9. Straight To Voicemail
10. These Words

Download now!!

End Times

New band from Dallas, Texas featuring members of Power Trip, Humanerror, and Decades.

Tracklist:
1. Cosmic
2. Dweller
3. Pestilence
4. Anguish

Download now!

World Of Pain

After releasing a demo in 2009, droppin' a split with friends Ruckus and Xibalba in 2010 and playing plenty of shows all around the west coast.. it's time for some new shit. Dropping in the next few months is a self-titled full length on BDHW Records. Here 2 tracks off of the record; and there's plenty more where that came from. They have an upcoming tour on the east coast in June, and will be hitting Europe before the end of the year.

Vocals - Noah Friend
Guitar - Vito Lograsso
Bass - TJ Seely
Drums - Ryan 'Face' Brooks

Add them on facebook and pick up some merch!

Stream tracks here:

Oblivion

New EP from Oblivion. Get stoked on it!

Tracklist:
1. Cleanse
2. Friend
3. Erased
4. Dim

Download it here and if you like it, buy it!

Beastie Boys

Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 is a throwback to the days when the Beastie Boys ruled New York; when you could read 100 pages worth of articles on the Moog organ in their Grand Royal magazine; when you could buy Ben Davis and Fuct in the XLarge Store on Tompkins Square and then skate over to catch them play a surprise punk set with Murphy’s Law at Coney Island High. At the same time, Hot Sauce isn’t just for veteran fans; it’s the rare case of something brand new that replaces the “Greatest Hits” album as a primer for newbies; a perfect soundtrack for 30 more years of endless summer.

Tracklist:
1. Make Some Noise
2. Nonstop Disco Powerpack
3. OK
4. Too Many Rappers [new reactionaries version] feat. NAS
5. Say It
6. The Bill Harper Collection
7. Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win feat. Santigold
8. Long Burn The Fire
9. Funky Donkey
10. The Larry Routine
11. Tadlock’s Glasses
12. Lee Majors Come Again
13. Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament
14. Here’s A Little Something For Ya
15. Crazy Ass Shit
16. The Lisa Lisa/Full Force Routine

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Rotting Out

This album is everything that I hoped for and more from Rotting Out. The entire album is absolutely flawless. This is definitely one of the many bands that is keeping the hardcore scene alive and well today. Do yourself a favor and get your hands on this.

Tracklist:
1. Street Prowl
2. Faith and Failure
3. Eyes Peeled
4. Laugh Now, Die Later
5. S.B.T.S.
6. Iron Jawed Angel
7. Dead To Me
8. Goddamn
9. Redeemer
10. She Sings
11. Reel

Download now and if you're into it (which I'm sure you will be), then go ahead and pre-order yourself a copy on vinyl or cd!

No Sir

New track from a band featuring members of All Teeth and Sabertooth Zombie. Stream the track here. They've got a debut EP entitled “Holy Land” that should be out on Family Drugs Records soon. Keep your eye out for that!

Download WRSHP.

Tyler The Creator

I've been stoked on the release of Goblin for a while now. Tyler definitely didn't let me down. Get into it.

Tracklist:

1. Goblin
2. Yonkers
3. Radicals
4. She (Featuring Frank Ocean)
5. Transylvania
6. Nightmare
7. Tron Cat
8. Her
9. Sandwitches (Featuring Hodgy Beats)
10. Fish
11. Analog (Featuring Hodgy Beats)
12. BSD (Bitch Suck Dick) (Featuring Jasper Dolphin & Taco Bennett)
13. Window (Featuring Domo Genesis, Frank Ocean, Hodgy Beats & Mike G)
14. AU79
15. Golden

Download here

Balance and Composure

Balance and Composure have done it again by proving to me that they can create an even more mindfully catchy and amazingly structured set of songs. Separation far surpassed anything I had in mind for this band and then some, no song feels like a filler song and each one compliments the next. What is interesting about Balance and Composure is that they have three guitarists to make this trifecta of amazing melody and harmony that works perfectly together. I can even say, confidently at that, that this has one upped Title Fight’s Shed and will be on repeat for the next few weeks or so. Go out and buy this record, buy some other merch, go see them when they come through your city on tour with The Dear Hunter and Dredg, anything. Just support good people that make good music.

Pre-order's for this album are currently all sold out, but support these awesome guys and buy some of their other merch that is available!

Tracklist:
1.Void
2.Separation
3.Quake
4.Stonehands
5.I Tore You Apart In My Head
6.Galena
7.Fade
8.Progress,Progress
9.More To Me
10.Echo
11.Patience
12.Defeat The Low

Click here to download Separation!!

Sound and Fury 2011 UPDATE #2

For the last 10 days, there's been another count down on the Sound & Fury home page that has had everyone talking. Well here it is, the third and final announcement. It's another band line-up, but one not quite so large.
When I first seen this, I literally wanted to cry. It bums me out even more knowing that I have to miss S&F.

LINE-UP ADDITIONS:

1. Bracewar
2. Burning Love
3. Defeater
4. Downpresser
5. Living Eyes
6. Such Gold
7. Swamp Thing
8. The Warriors
9. Trapped Under Ice

So, add those above, to the rest of the line-up:

1. Agitator
2. Alpha & Omega
3. Band of Mercy
4. Between Earth and Sky
5. Bitter End
6. Ceremony
7. Deafheaven
8. Down To Nothing
9. DYS
10. FocusedxMinds
11. Hardside
12. Harvest
13. Incendiary
14. Joyce Manor
15. Maker
16. Nails
17. New Lows
18. Power
19. Ringworm
20. Rotting Out
21. Sleepwalkers
22. Soul Search
23. Stick Together
24. The Suicide File
25. Take Offense
26. Venia
27. Violation
28. War Hound
29. Advent
30. Calculator
31. Cornered
32. Cruel Hand
33. Dead End Path
34. Death Threat
35. Doubledealer
36. Expire
37. Low Places
38. Minority Unit
39. Minus
40. Mongoloids
41. New Morality
42. Noose
43. Not Sorry
44. Oblivion
45. Over My Dead Body
46. Rock Bottom
47. Run With the Hunted
48. Seahaven
49. Secret People
50. Settle For Less
51. Suburban Scum
52. The Greenery
53. The Wrath
54. Trial
55. Twitching Tounges
56. Wrong Answer
57. Xibalba

What a fucking line-up! You're a fool to miss this, I know that I am, but alas. Responsibilities come first.

Remember to get your ticket if you haven't already!!

P.S- For all of you that ARE going, have fun and be safe. NO BIKES IN THE PIT.

Rotting Out

I don't think I could ever come up with the right words to say about Rotting Out, but for me, they're definitely a major part in what's keeping the hardcore scene alive. AND they've got a new, 11 track LP titled Street Prowl that will drop May 10th via 6131 Records.

The fourth and fifth tracks have been released for previewing purposes and after listening to them, I can say that I'm super stoked to hear the rest of the album.

Download 04. Laugh Now, Die Later
Download 05. S.B.T.S

Get your pre-order in ASAP. This is a definite must-have!

Weekend Nachos

So broodingly dark, yet powerful, black metal with a bit of powerviolence mixed in. Consider that the cherry on top. Eat your heart out.

Tracklist:
1. Hometown Hero
2. Obituary
3. Black Earth
4. For Life
5. Old Friends Don't Mean Shit
6. Frostbitten
7. The Meeting
8. Worthless
9. Friendship
10. Jock Powerviolence
11. The Fine Art Of Bullshit
12. Dubviolence
13. You Could Exist Tomorrow
14. Future

Download it now, and if you like it, get your pre-order in!!
The U.S. release date is set for May 17th through Relapse Records.

Into It. Over It / Such Gold Split

Both of these bands are great and this is such a wonderful split. I would tell you to buy it online, but it sold out in 3 days. With that being said, support music you like and buy this (and any merch in general) from a show near you!

Tracklist:
Into It. Over It:
1. Washington, DC
2. Portland, OR
Such Gold:
3. Minstrels
4. The World That You Live In

Download now

Pulling Teeth

This is one of the best albums you will hear this year. I can't say much more than that, other than that this is highly recommended. I suggest you listen to it now.

Tracklist:
1. A Bitter Harvest
2. From Birth
3. Extinction
4. Brain Drain
5. The New Dark Age
6. Grudgeholder
7. Plastic Tombs
8. Funerary
9. At Peace
10. Whispers
11. Waiting
12. August 29

Download it now and if you like it, BUY IT!

Integrity

Tracklist:
1. Detonate Worlds Plague
2. Beasts As Gods
3. Sermon Thirteen
4. Orrchida
5. VVe Have Helped Others Escape
6. Allisnone
7. Lucifer Before The Day Doth Go
8. Love Is The Only VVeapon / Let The Night Roar
9. VVe Are The End / Beneath Black Flames VVe Ride
10. VVaiting For The Sun (Acoustic)
11. VVaiting For The Sun (To Burn Out My Eyes)
12. No Povver
13. Interview

Get it now and buy it here!
Also, pre-orders are still up for Detonate VVorlds Plague 12'' through Holy Terror Records. There's only 250 pre-order packages, so get on it!