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Ryan Gardner
05/07/11, 09:05 PM
Various - Rave On Buddy Holly
http://www.raveonbuddyholly.com/
Daringly original tribute collection features My Morning Jacket, The Black Keys, Modest Mouse, Patti Smith and more.

Romans - Black Ties (release date: June 10th)
www.facebook.com/romansonline (http://www.facebook.com/romansonline)
Alternative Rock from England

The Qualia - Memorial Gore (release date: June 14, 2011)
http://glgpub.com/roster/the-qualia
Electro-pop from Brooklyn, NY (RIYL: LCD Soundsystem, Cut Copy, Depeche Mode)

We Only Said - We Only Said (release date : 2010)
www.myspace.com/weonlysaid (http://www.myspace.com/weonlysaid)
Indie / Post Rock from France (RIYL: Pinback, Slint)

Prayers For Atheists - New Hymns For An Old War (release date: 5/10/2011)
www.prayersforatheists.org (http://www.prayersforatheists.org/)
Punk from Rhode Island

Elevate: I Am - The Ghost Eclipse Sessions (Release Date – June 7, 2011)
http://www.facebook.com/AutomaticStaticBand
Metal / Hardcore from California (RIYL – A Static Lullaby, Norma Jean, Lorene Drive)

Invert - Where's The Problem (release date: 15 April 2011)
http://invertofficial.bandcamp.com/
Punk Rock from Croatia

Dogs Bollocks - New Saints (release date: april 29th, 2011)
http://www.dogsbollocks.ch (http://www.dogsbollocks.ch/)
Glam / Punk / Rock from Switzerland

Halo Of Snakes - Viper Letters And Murder Ballads 10'' (release date: 12/5/09)
www.haloofsnakes.bandcamp.com (http://www.haloofsnakes.bandcamp.com/)
Hardcore / Punk from PA, Philadelphia

Papercranes - Let's Make Babies In The Woods (release date: january 25, 2011)
www.papercranesmusic.com (http://www.papercranesmusic.com/)
Indie / Rock from CA (RIYL: 10,000 Maniacs, Yo La Tengo)

The Henry Clay People - This Is A Desert (release date: april 2011)
www.myspace.com/thehenryclaypeople (http://www.myspace.com/thehenryclaypeople)
Indie Rock from CA (RIYL: The Hold Steady, Replacements)

Useless Beauty - Sisters (release date: 5/2/11)
http://www.facebook.com/uselessbeauty
Indie Pop / Rock / Folk from NY (RIYL: Regina Spektor, Keane, Joni Mitchell)

Dinner With Cannibals - Sweetlord (release date: 05/01/11)
www.reverbnation.com/dinnerwithcannibals (http://www.reverbnation.com/dinnerwithcannibals)
Rock / Electro / Progressive / Punk from Denver, Colorado

The Ghost Of Otis - Hopes And Denials (release date: April 26, 2011)
www.deepelm.com/529 (http://www.deepelm.com/529)
Experimental Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Heavy Rock from Exeter, RI (RIYL: Henry Rollins Band, Morphine, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Mogwai)

You Were Loved - You Were Loved (Release Date: 5/1/11)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Hs5I8ce3k
Indie Rock / Dream Pop from New York (RIYL: m83, the smiths, new order, weezer, dredg)

ErsaVice - EV EP (release date: 1/18/11)
http://www.ersavice.bandcamp.com (http://www.ersavice.bandcamp.com/)
Alternative Rock / Indie from Hillsborough, New Jersey (RIYL: Brand New, Thrice, At the Drive-In, Manchester Orchestra, The Casket Lottery)

The Unsatisfied - Songs the Belt Taught Us (release date: April 27, 2011)
www.theunsatisfied.com (http://www.theunsatisfied.com/)
Southern / Glam / Punk from Tennessee (RIYL: Jane's Addiction meets Sex Pistols)

Heart-Set Self-Destruct - Monster
www.myspace.com/heartsetselfdestruct (http://www.myspace.com/heartsetselfdestruct)
Rock from Chicago

Murder Junkies - Road Killer (release date: March 22)
http://mvdb2b.com/s/MurderJunkiesRoadKiller/MVD5141A
Punk from CA (RIYL: G.G. Allin, Antiseen, Hank III)

Pearl and the Beard - Killing the Darlings (release date: May 10th)
http://pearlandthebeard.com (http://pearlandthebeard.com/)
Folk from New York (RIYL: Mumford and Sons, Casey Shea, Wakey!Wakey!, Lacrymosa, Ugly Purple Sweater, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, The Bloodsugars)

Lenny Harold - The Journal of Wonders: Tales of the Phoenix in the Moon Labyrinth (release date: March 22, 2011)
http://lennyharold.com/
Hybrid Soul from New Jersey (RIYL: Bilal, Marsha Ambrosius, Prince, Brandy)

The Qualia - Memorial Gore (release date: 6/14/2011)
http://www.thequalia.com/
Electro-pop from New York (RIYL: LCD Soundsystem, Depeche Mode, Cut Copy)

Victoria George - Lately I (release date: May 3rd, 2011)
www.VictoriaGeorgeMusic.com (http://www.victoriageorgemusic.com/)
Country / Rock / Pop from California

Vampillia - Rule the World = Deathtiny Land (release date: 10. May. 2011)
http://iinioi.com/
Alternative / Classical / Pop from Japan (RIYL: Boredoms, Arcade Fire)

Various Artists - No Future: A Sex Pistols / Clash / Damned Tribute Album (release date - May 3, 2011)
Punk from UK (RIYL: Sex Pistols, Damned, Clash)

The Stateside Menace - Desperate Times (Release Date 5/10/2011)
http://statesidemenace.bandcamp.com/
Rock from Tennessee

Whytheycame - Don't Eat From the Candy Tree (release date - April 18th, 2011)
www.badapplerecords.net (http://www.badapplerecords.net/)
Indie / Rock from Kentucky (RIYL: Pedro the Lion, David Bazaan, Wilco)

Wolves Ablaze - Aideen to Ashes (release date: March 1, 2011)
www.purevolume.com/JeremyBrown (http://www.purevolume.com/JeremyBrown)
Alternative from Louisiana (RIYL: Mumford & Sons, Coheed & Cambria, A Perfect Circle)

Various Artists - Buffalo Does Pop (release date: May 10, 2011)
www.buffalodoes.com (http://www.buffalodoes.com/)
Alternative from New York (RIYL: Fearless Records' "Punk Goes" series)

Letterset - Sequel (release date: July 25, 2009)
www.lettersetband.com (http://www.lettersetband.com/)
Pop Punk from New York (RIYL: Four Year Strong, All Time Low, and Forever The Sickest Kids)

Destry - Waiting On An Island (release date – May 3)
www.destryband.com (http://www.destryband.com/)
Indie Rock from Long Island/Nashville (RIYL: Jenny Lewis)

Ian Johnson - When I Go (Release date: Feb. 5, 2011)
www.myspace.com/ianjohnsonrock (http://www.myspace.com/ianjohnsonrock)
Americana / Rock from Fargo (RIYL: Tom Petty/The Honorary Title/Augustana)

Penguins Kill Polar Bears - Sapling (release date: May 24, 2011)
www.dromedary-records.com (http://www.dromedary-records.com/)
Post-Rock from Edinburgh, Scotland UK (RIYL: The Twilight Sad, Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, Appleseed Cast)

Pharaohs - Photosynthesis (release date: 20th June)
http://www.pharaohstheband.com/fr_intro.cfm
Alternative / Pop from Kent, England

Wolves At Heart - Write It Down (release date: 31st March 2011)
http://wolvesatheart.bandcamp.com/
Pop Punk from UK (RIYL: New Found Glory, Yellowcard, The Wonder Years)

Robert Pollard - Lord of the Birdcage (release date: June 7th)
http://tellallyourfriendspr.com/robertpollard/
Pop / Rock from Dayton, OH (RIYL: Guided By Voices)

Colourmusic - My __ Is Pink (release date: May 10th)
http://tellallyourfriendspr.com/colourmusic/
Pop / Rock from Oklahoma / North Yorkshire (RIYL: The Flaming Lips)

Psychedelic Horsesh*t - Laced (release date: May 10th)
http://tellallyourfriendspr.com/psychedelichorseshit/
Pop-Rock / Indie Rock from Columbus, OH (RIYL: Times New Viking, Wavves)

Grimes - Halfaxa
http://tellallyourfriendspr.com/grimes/
Pop / Rock from Montreal

Other Lives - Tamer Animals (release date: May 7th)
http://tellallyourfriendspr.com/otherlives/
Pop / Rock / Alternative / Indie from Stillwater, OK (RIYL: Shearwater, Wolf Parade, Great Lake Swimmers, The Decemberists)

Title Tracks - In Blank (release date: April 19)
www.titletracksdc.blogspot.com (http://www.titletracksdc.blogspot.com/)
Indie from Washington, D.C. (RIYL: = Ted Leo, Q and not U)

Final Last Words - The Dub House (release date: shooting to air first episode 5.10.11 and release dvd 6.9.11 )
www.facebook.com/finallastwords (http://www.facebook.com/finallastwords)
Pop Punk from California

Walkers - To Traverse (release date: 4/29/2011)
http://walkers.bandcamp.com (http://walkers.bandcamp.com/)
Post Hardcore from New York (RIYL: Defeater, Touche Amore, and American Nightmare)

Michael Grimm - Michael Grimm (release date: May 17th, 2011)
www.michaelgrimmmusic.com (http://www.michaelgrimmmusic.com/)
Rock / Blues from Mississippi, USA

Less Than Jake - Anthology DVD (June 21, 2011)
www.lessthanjake.com (http://www.lessthanjake.com/)
Four DVD digipack of over eight hours of music spanning six records. Anthology is a collection of live performances of each of their albums in sequence.

Swimming With Dolphins - Water Colours (May 17)
www.myspace.com/swimmingwithdolphins (http://www.myspace.com/swimmingwithdolphins)
Synth-pop singer-songwriter from MN

Ladybirds - Regional Community Theater (Re-release May 3 2011/Original Release: 2007)
http://www.myspace.com/weareladybirds
Indie / Emo-Synth from NJ

Mergers & Acquisitions - Mergers & Acquisitions (Re-release May 3 2011/Original Release: 2008)
http://www.myspace.com/mergersandacq
Indie from NJ

White Mage - Jerks (Digital Release - 4/20/11)
http://whitemage.bandcamp.com (http://whitemage.bandcamp.com/) http://bewarethewhitemage.tumblr.com (http://bewarethewhitemage.tumblr.com/)
Emo / Pop-Punk from Columbus, Ohio

This Town, A Forest - Emerge (release date: 22nd of April 2011)
http://www.facebook.com/thistownaforest
Post-Hardcore from Melbourne, Australia

Lab Coast - Pictures on the Wall (release date: 2/22/2011)
http://labcoast.tumblr.com (http://labcoast.tumblr.com/)
Dutch Pop / Folk / Psychedelic from Canada

Stuck Dickens - Stuck Dickens (release date: May 1, 2011)
http://www.stuckdickens.com (http://www.stuckdickens.com/)
Punk from California (RIYL: NOFX, Lagwagon, Strung Out, Propagandi, Bad Religion)

Vanna - And They Came Baring Bones (release date: June 21, 2011)
www.myspace.com/vanna (http://www.myspace.com/vanna)
Hardcore / Metal from Massachusetts (RIYL: A Day To Remember, Parkway Drive, We Came As Romans)

The Crimson Armada - Conviction (release date: June 21, 2011)
www.myspace.com/thecrimsonarmada (http://www.myspace.com/thecrimsonarmada)
Metal from Ohio (RIYL: Miss May I, As Lay Dying, Attack Attack!)

Chelsea Grin - My Damnation (release date: July 19, 2011)
http://chelseagrinmetal.com/
Deathcore from Utah (RIYL: Whitechapel, Suicide Silence, The Acacia Strain)

Attila - Outlawed (release date: August 2, 2011)
www.myspace.com/attila (http://www.myspace.com/attila)
Metal from Georgia (RIYL: Emmure, Chelsea Grin, Every Time I Die)

Fritz von Runte - Bowie2001 - The Instrumentals (Release Date: April 13, 2011)
www.bowie2001.com (http://www.bowie2001.com/)
Electronic from United Kingdom (RIYL: David Bowie)

Little Owl - Stories and Observations of Argus Madur (release date: 12/18/2010)
http://tinyurl.com/3djwcwb
Indie / Orchestra / Pop / Dance from California (RIYL: John Vanderslice, Danielson, Gardens & Via)

Bronzer - The Wild Machinist (release date: March 18th 2011)
www.thebronzerage.com (http://www.thebronzerage.com/)
Punk from Weirdwood, NY (RIYL: Les Savy Fav, Braid, ATDI)

A Sequence of Ghosts - Hostage(s) (release date: May 3rd, 2011)
www.facebook.com/asequenceofghosts (http://www.facebook.com/asequenceofghosts)
Melodic Hardcore from Missouri

The Yellow Team - Just Waking Up (release date: May 28th, 2011)
www.facebook.com/theyellowteam (http://www.facebook.com/theyellowteam)
Pop Punk from New Hampshire (RIYL: Forever the Sickest Kids, Motion City Soundtrack)

I'll Fight With Fire - One Day They'll Have Secrets (release date - July 1st)
www.facebook.com/illfightwithfire (http://www.facebook.com/illfightwithfire)
Post-Hardcore / Alternative from England ( RIYL: The Morning Of, Paramore, Emarosa, Sleeping with Sirens)

Forgetting Midnight - A Place For All Our Broken Pieces (release date: May 28, 2011)
www.forgettingmidnight.com (http://www.forgettingmidnight.com/)
Alternative / Punk from New York

Grieves - Together/Apart (release date: June 21, 2011)
http://rhymesayers.com/grieves
Hip Hop / Neo-soul / Soul from Seattle, Washington (RIYL: Atmosphere, Brother Ali, Cecil Otter)

Soema Montenegro - Passionaria (release date: May 31st)
http://tellallyourfriendspr.com/soemamontenegro
Acoustic / Experimental / Folk from Argentina

Texas In July - One Reality (release date: April 26, 2011)
www.facebook.com/texasinjulyband (http://www.facebook.com/texasinjulyband)
Metal from Pennsylvania (RIYL: August Burns Red, We Came As Romans, For Today)

The Fire Apes - A Life In Letters (release date: May 23, 2011)
www.thefireapes.com (http://www.thefireapes.com/)
Power Pop from South Carolina (RIYL: The Beatles, Oasis, Green Day, The Pretenders and Fountains of Wayne)

Better Luck Next Time - A Lifetime of Learning (release date: May 3, 2011)
www.blnt.org (http://www.blnt.org/)
Pop Punk from CA

Pretty & Nice - Fantastic Artifact 7" (release date: Summer 2011)
http://www.myspace.com/prettyandnice
Pop / Rock from Boston, MA (RIYL: Brainiac, Servotron, Les Savy Fav)

Buttonhoof - Biological Lottery (release date: March, 2011)
http://buttonhoof.bandcamp.com/album/2011
Folk Punk with hip hop drums from Bloomington, Indiana

The City Never Sleeps - 2011 EP (release date: 5/1/11)
http://thecityneversleeps.bandcamp.com/album/demos-2011
Indie / Rock from New York (RIYL: As Tall As Lions, The Bravery, The Killers, Weerd Science)

Research Turtles - Mankiller - Part 1 of 2 (release date: May 31st)
http://researchturtles.com/
Rock / Powerpop from Louisiana (RIYL: Weezer, Nirvana, The Pixies)

Heroes For Hire - Take One For The Team (release date: May 13, 2011)
www.heroesforhire.com.au (http://www.heroesforhire.com.au/)
Pop Punk from Australia (RIYL: All Time Low, Blink 182, New Found Glory)

Patrick McGrath - When Black Is Blue (release date: Feb 22, 2011)
www.patrickmcgrathmusic.com (http://www.patrickmcgrathmusic.com/)
Singer-songwriter from New York (RIYL: Tom Waits, Wilco, Velvet Underground, Big Star, Neil Young)

A Pale Horse Named Death - And Hell Will Follow Me (release date 6-14)
www.apalehorsenameddeath.com (http://www.apalehorsenameddeath.com/)
Metal from New York (RIYL: Type O, Life of Agony)

Deal's Gone Bad - Far From Home 7" (release date: May 24, 2011)
www.dealsgonebad.com (http://www.dealsgonebad.com/)
Soul / Reggae / Ska from Illinois

Pagan’s Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy (release date 5/31)
www.pagansmind.com (http://www.pagansmind.com/)
Metal from Norway

Passwords - Passwords (release date: April, 26th)
http://passwords.bandcamp.com (http://passwords.bandcamp.com/)
Psychedelique Rock from Canada (RIYL: Tame impala)

Only on Weekends - Only on Weekends (Release Data: Physical CD - 7/30/2011 (Digital Download Available Now)
http://www.onlyonweekends.com (http://www.onlyonweekends.com/)
Alternative Rock / Pop Punk from NJ (RIYL: Jimmy Eat World, The Starting Line)

Mercury in Summer - In Your Face (release date: May 17th 2011)
www.facebook.com/MercuryinSummer (http://www.facebook.com/MercuryinSummer)
Art-Pop from Virginia

Ryan Gardner
05/07/11, 09:06 PM
PM Linda Ferreira (http://www.absolutepunk.net/member.php?u=31478) if you would be interested in writing a user review for any of these.

If you would like to be included in this listing for next week, email reviews@absolutepunk.net .

ShipwreckHeart
05/23/11, 04:16 PM
can i review the attila record?

Ryan Gardner
05/28/11, 09:03 PM
can i review the attila record?
PM Linda