La Dispute - Somewhere At The Bottom Of The River Between Vega And Altair

La Dispute is a five-piece band from Grand Rapids, MI. Most frequently referred to as Post-Hardcore (but sometimes also Progressive Rock and Screamo), La Dispute has spent roughly the last year of its existence writing and recording their first full length album, called “Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair,” in hopes of accurately displaying their growth both as individuals and as a single artistic unit while creating an end product that encourages the listener to both think and feel.

Drawing its title from an Asian folktale, “Somewhere” attempts to prompt discussion regarding the aspects of ourselves that prevent us from maintaining our happiness as people by documenting both their own experiences in the matter and the experiences of those around them, while musically encouraging the listener to expand their notions of music and art by exploring time signatures, tempos, dynamics, song structures, etc. The result of countless sleepless nights, exhaustingly precise recording sessions, and a diligence bordering psychosis, “Somewhere” is far and a way the bands most mature, articulate, and diverse release thus far expanding significantly upon the groundwork from its previous two short releases.

(taken from last.fm)

This is definitely one of my favorite records at the moment. Highly recommended for everybody!

[ No Sleep Records | 2008 | Post-Hardcore | VBR | 51:30 ]

Tracklist
1. Such Small Hands - 1:35
2. Said The King To The River - 4:01
3. New Storms For Older Lovers - 4:59
4. Damaged Goods - 2:55
5. Fall Down, Never Get Back Up Again - 2:45
6. Bury Your Flame - 4:35
7. Last Blues For Bloody Knuckles - 5:00
8. The Castle Builders - 2:46
9. Andria - 4:20
10. Then Again, Maybe You Were Right - 1:36
11. Sad Prayers For Guilty Bodies - 3:46
12. The Last Lost Continent - 12:02
13. Nobody, Not Even The Rain - 1:10

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The Jesus Lizard - Goat

The Jesus Lizard is a noise rock music group formed in 1989 in Chicago, Illinois. The band took their name from a common nickname for the basilisk, a type of lizard that can run on water. The members of the band were/are: Duane Denison (guitars), David Yow (vocals), Daivd Wm. Sims (bass) and Mac McNeilly (drums). The Jesus Lizard reformed in 2008, playing a number of shows the next year with their classic line-up. These shows included appearances at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, and All Tomorrow’s Parties music festivals in England and New York.

While never finding much mainstream success, The Jesus Lizard have been called “a leading noise rock band in the American independent underground … (who) turned out a series of independent records filled with scathing, disembowelling, guitar-driven pseudo-industrial noise, all of which received positive reviews in underground music publications and heavy college-radio play.”

(Taken from last.fm)

Tracklist
1. Then Comes Dudley
2. Mouth Breather
3. Nub
4. Seasick
5. Monkey Trick
6. Karpis
7. South Mouth
8. Lady Shoes
9. Rodeo In Joliet
10. Untitled
11. Sunday You Need Love
12. Pop Song
13. Seasick (live)
14. Lady Shoes (live)
15. Monkey Trick (live)

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Ultra Dolphins - Mar

Ultra Dolphins are continually on the move and hail from varied residences such as Brooklyn NY, Richmond VA, Philadelphia PA and the Catskill Mountains of upstate NY, - mainly based in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Formed in 2005.

When not touring in a beat-up van with broken windows they work in puppet shops, vegan cookie factories, and porno warehouses. Born and raised in basements of Harrisonburg, VA, the Ultra Dolphins seemed content to stay there.

Their live performances which were fabled to include pyrotechnics, nudity, stir frying, and relentless free form noise and improvisation, soon found them a cult-like following of like-minded weirdos who became integrated into the spectacle of rock and punk confusion. With guitars that sometimes crash like percussion instruments and sometimes riff like Jimmy Page over a thick rhythm section, the band was somehow both more chaotic yet tighter than anything else going on in the underground. An urgent punk energy fueled each and every sing-along, power-riff, infectious bass-line and ferocious downbeat. Now, many tours and years later, the energy created at their live shows has spread far, like some sort of glorious disease with no sign of a cure.

(Read more at Last.fm)

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Tracklist

1. Mar

2. Towngoat

3. Matthew O'Connor

4. William's Nightmare

5. Ship to Shore

6. Great Neurasthenic

7. If you will

8. Lunge

9. Winged Babblar

10. One, Two, Three, Four

11. Workhorse

12. Sickman Outside

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Arroyo - Individuum und Massen

You are alone in between the sea of lights of a city.

You look around and see from the wonders of nature to the hectically life of a modern society. You are numbed by the music and the noise of the city. As you close your eyes, you slip into a world, which dazes all of your senses. The river, which furthers you endlessly, leads you from single thoughts to an emotional examination of yourself and your surroundings. Suddenly the river screams and shouts in your direction till the last echoes of its words vanish in your subconscious.

The dream passed away. The reality closes in on you…


We shared the stage with great bands like ANTITAINMENT, THE BLACK HEART REBELLION (be), DATURAH, HEIRS (aus), LES TRUCS, MEN AS TRESS (usa), MORNE (usa), NEIL ON IMPRESSION (i), ROLLERGIRLS, SINGLE STATE OF MAN, THOUGHTS PAINT THE SKY and ...WHO CALLS SO LOUD (usa).

(Taken from Myspace)

This release blew me away. Two screamo / post-hardcore songs which are scoring for 38 minutes. It's just pure awesomeness. Lyrics are German, but who cares, the music ist just crushing. Get this one!

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Tracklist

1. Paranorm

2. Kanaan

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ISIS - Discography

Formed in Boston in 1997, Isis is a band that combines ambience, atmosphere, and aggression to form a unique style of metal music. Isis draws from post-rock, which leans away from the traditional elements of choruses, verses, repetitive vocals, or fast/repetitive riffs. Compared to many post-rock bands, though, Isis displays more hardcore and sludge influence (especially in their pre-Celestial era).
Frontman Aaron Turner, when posed the challenge of defining Isis, stated they were best described as “avant-garde, drone-oriented rock, but that doesn’t completely cover the bases.” Some fans and critics tend to label Isis as post-metal. This genre is associated with similar-sounding contemporaries such as Pelican, Cult of Luna and Rosetta. Members of Isis are active in a variety of other projects: Aaron Turner was associated with black metal supergroup Twilight (who have officialy disbanded in 2008), appears in House of Low Culture with Isis bassist Jeff Caxide, and plays in Old Man Gloom. Live guitarist Bryant Clifford Meyer appears in Red Sparowes, Windmills by the Ocean, and The Gersch.

(Taken from Last.fm)

Official Website

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Regular Studio Albums

ISIS - Wavering Radiant (2009)

Tracklist

1. Hall of the Dead

2. Ghost Key

3. Hand of the Host

4. Wavering Radiant

5. Stone to wake a Serpent

6. 20 Minutes / 40 Years

7. Threshold of Transformation
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8. Way through woven Branches (Japanese Edition Bonus Track)

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ISIS - In the Absence of Truth (2006)

Tracklist

1. Wrists of Kings

2. Not in Rivers but in Drops

3. Dulcinea

4. Over Roots and Thorns

5. 1000 Shards

6. All out of Time all into Space

7. Holy Tears

8. Firidous e Barren

9. Garden of Light

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ISIS - Panopticon (2004)

Tracklist

1. So did we

2. Backlit

3. In Fiction

4. Wills Dissolve

5. Syndic Calls

6. Altered Course

7. Grinning Mouth

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ISIS - Oceanic (2002)

Tracklist

1. The Beginning and the End

2. The Other

3. False Light

4. Carry

5. -

6. Maritime

7. Weight

8. From Sinking

9. Hym

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ISIS - Celestial (2000)

Tracklist

1. SGNL>01

2. Celestial (the Tower)

3. Glisten

4. Swarm Reigns (Down)

5. SGNL>02

6. Deconstructing Towers

7. SGNL>03

8. Collapse and Crush

9. C.F.T (New Circuitry and Continued Evolution)

10. Gentle Time

11. SGNL>04 (End Transmission)

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EP's, Remixes and Collaborations

ISIS - SGNL>05 (2001)

Tracklist

1. SGNL>05 (Final Transmission)

2. Divine Mother (The Tower Crumbles)

3. Beneath / Below

4. Constructing Towers

5. Celestial (Signal Fills the Void)

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ISIS - The Red Sea (1999)

Tracklist

1. Charmicarmicarmicat

2. The Minus Times

3. Red Sea

4. Smiles and Handshakes

5. Catalyst

6. Ochre

7. Jines across Eyes

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ISIS - Mosquito Control (1999)

Tracklist

1. Poison Eggs

2. Life under the Swatter

3. Hive Destruction

4. Relocation Swarm

5. Streetcleaner (Godflesh Cover)

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ISIS - Oceanic Remixes - Reinterpretations (2004)

Tracklist

1. Weight (Fennesz)

2. False Light (Carry Edit) (Ayal Naor)

3. Hym (Thomas Koner)

4. Carry like I will love her forever (Fucking Die!) (DJ Speedranch)

5. Carry (First Version) (Tim Hecker)

6. Maritime (Teledubgnosis)

7. Maritime (Mike Patton)

8. The Beginning and the End (Venetian Snares)

9. Carry (Second Version) (Tim Hecker)

10. False Light (The Oktopus)

11. From Sinking, to Drowning (Destructo Swarmbots)

12. Hym (Justin K. Broadrick)

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ISIS & Aereogramme - In the Fishtank

Tracklist

1. Low Tide

2. Denial

3. Stolen

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Live Recordings

ISIS - Live IV (2006)

Tracklist

1. Gentle Time

2. Glisten

3. C.F.T

4. Celestial

5. Improvisation I - Endless Nameless

6. False Light

7. Weight

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ISIS - Live III (2005)

Tracklist

1. So did we

2. Backlit

3. The Beginning and the End

4. In Fiction

5. Wills Dissolve

6. Grinning Mouth

7. Altered Course

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ISIS - Live II (2004)

Tracklist

1. From Sinking

2. Glisten

3. Carry

4. Weight

5. The Beginning and the End

6. Celestial

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ISIS - Live I (2004)

Tracklist

1. Carry

2. Hymn

3. Weight

4. The Beginning and the End

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Daïtro - Y

Daïtro are a French screamo band whose combination of chaotic discord and melodic post-rock elements has entranced listeners since 2002. To date, Daïtro has released three albums: Des Cendres, Je Me Consumme, Laisser vivre les squelettes, and Y. Other recorded material includes a 10” split with Italian screamo band Raein, a self-titled demo 7”, a 7” split with Ampere, their US tour 7” entitled Des Plaies Ouvertes Et Du Beton, and, in 2007, the charming and mellow Split with Sed Non Satiata.

(Taken from Last.fm)

Their latest release from 2009, enjoy!

Homepage

Tracklist
1. Part I
2. Part II
3. Part III
4. Part IV
5. Part V
6. Part VI
7. Part VII
8. Part VIII
9. Part IX
10. Part X

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One Second Riot & Abronzius & Kill the Thrill & Year of No Light - Dark Eighties

Four french bands, four tracks from the eighties (The Cure, Joy Division and Killing Joke) and what we get is a split ep with some wonderful cover songs. Especially the Year of No Light Track could be called a killer. Enjoy!

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One Second Riot
Abronzius
Kill the Thrill
Year of No Light

Tracklist
1. One Second Riot - One Hundred Years (The Cure)
2. Abronzius - Charlotte Sometimes (The Cure)
3. Kill the Thrill - The Pandys are Coming (Killing Joke)
4. Year of No Light - Disorder (Joy Division)

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Year of No Light - Live at Roadburn

Yet one more band started after too many Belgian beers under the sun of the ending summer of 2001, Year of No Light slightly but undoubtly started to slide down to gloomier atmospheres as the inherent chaos of Bordeaux’s caves and harshness of winter made their common work.

As the line-up solidified around the 5 actual members escaped from acts such as Metronome Charisma, Deja Mort and Nexus Sun, the band clarified their intentions and started to build the basis of what would be their first demo recorded in 2004. More and more shows were played with bands such as Isis, Cult of Luna, High on Fire or Unsane.

The rather general critical acclaim of the demo quoting them as being “The Cure playing sludge” combined with live reviews becoming more and more encouraging compelled the band into the writing of new tracks that finally ended up being recorded at Playrec studio under the direction of Serge Morratel in the fall of 2005. The debut “Nord” has been released in 2006.

Current line-up:
* Pierre Anouilh - guitar
* Jérôme Alban - guitar
* Julien Perez - vocals, keyboard
* Johan Sebenne - bass
* Bertrand Sebenne - drums

(Taken from Last.fm)

This thing here now is a vinyl rip from their set at the Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, including four songs (one is featured by Fear Falls Burning). Limited to 500 copies and released this summer. Enjoy!

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Tracklist
1. Tu As Fait De Moi Un Homme Meilleur
2. Cimmeria
3. Metanoia & L'angoisse Du Veilleur De nuit D' autoroute
4. Les Mains De L'empereur & The Golden Horn of the Moon (with Fear Falls Burning)

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