Ryan Gardner
01/14/12, 10:54 PM
Of Virtue - Heartsounds (release date: August 27th, 2011)
www.facebook.com/ofvirtue (http://www.facebook.com/ofvirtue)
Metalcore / Ambient from Lansing, Michigan
Tharsis They - Ominous Silence (release date - 1/7/12)
http://www.tharsisthey.com (http://www.tharsisthey.com/)
Metal / Hardcore from Michigan (RIYL: Converge, Trap Them, Botch, Coalesce)
Jake Simmons and the Little Ghosts - Jake Simmons and the Little Ghosts (Release date: 11/17/2011)
http://www.kerosenemachinerecords.com/artist/jakesimmonsandthelittleghosts
Soul / Punk / Alternative from Michigan
Heroes And Cons - The Artist Aesthetic (Release Date: Dec. 16, 2011)
http://www.facebook.com/heroesandconsband
Punk from Florida (RIYL: Rise Against, Against Me, Green Day, Early Thrice, Early Brand New)
The Happy Gun - A Villain Playing the Victim (release date: November 27th, 2011)
http://thehappygun.bandcamp.com/
Indie Pop from Wisconsin (RIYL: He is We, Bastille, James Morrison, Death Cab for Cutie)
Shorelines And Sirens - Shorelines And Sirens (release date: May 2012)
http://www.facebook.com/shorelinesandsirens
Indie Rock from NY
Backwords - By The Neck (release date: March 6, 2012)
http://backwordsmusic.com/
Alt-Country / Indie / Fok from NY (RIYL: The Beach Boys, Velvet Underground, Wilco)
10 Paces, Fire - Lakes Refract & Lakes Reflect (release date: 12.05.11)
http://10pacesfire.bandcamp.com/
Progressive / Indie-Rock from Wisconsin
Who Moves Everything - Purpose (release date - February 2010)
http://www.whomoveseverything.bandcamp.com (http://www.whomoveseverything.bandcamp.com /)
Indie Rock from Virginia
Re-Voltaire - Cosmonot (Digital Release 12/18/11; Physical Release 1/16/12)
http://cdbaby.com/cd/revoltaire
Post Punk / Riot Grrl Power Pop from Tennessee (RIYL: The Donnas, The Stranglers, Elastica, Generation X)
Guru Groan - Guru Groan (release date: Dec 24 2011)
http://www.tcbe.ca/gurugroan
Electro / Dnace / Punk / Soul from Canada (RIYL: David Bowie, Fall Out Boy, The Clash)
Various Artists - Compilation - [I]Chimes of Freedom (release date: January 24, 2012)
http://music.amnestyusa.org/
Compilation of Bob Dylan covers (including: K'Naan, Ke$ha, Johnny Cash, Miley Cyrus, Silversun Pickups)
The Cry - The Cry (release date: Nov. 1 2011)
http://www.thecrypdx.com (http://www.thecrypdx.com/)
Power Pop from Oregon (RIYL: Kirk Baker, The Booze, Beach Boys, Ramones)
Paul Wardingham - Assimilate Regenerate (Release Date: 21-02-2011)
http://www.paulwardingham.com (http://www.paulwardingham.com/)
Instrumental Cyber Metal from Brisbane, Australia (RIYL: Fear Factory, Animals as Leaders, Devin Townsend, Scar Symmetry, Sybreed, Mnemic, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Andy James, Jeff Loomis)
Prong - Carved in Stone (release date: 4/2012)
http://www.prongmusic.com (http://www.prongmusic.com/)
Metal from NY
Courtesy Drop - What Makes This Place Worth Calling Our Home (release date: December 16th, 2011)
http://courtesydrop.bandcamp.com (http://courtesydrop.bandcamp.com/)
Post-Hardcore / Punk / Rock from Nashville, TN (RIYL: Small Brown Bike, Latterman, Hot Water Music, Polar Bear Club)
Royal Baths - Better Luck Next Life (release date: February 7th)
http://www.myspace.com/baths
Rock from San Francisco
Let Me In - The Bag (Release date: 01 January 2012)
www.facebook.com/letmeinband (http://www.facebook.com/letmeinband)
Pop Punk from Italy (RIYL: Millencolin, Yellowcard, Ataris)
Life Down Here - The Beginning (release date: 1/6/12)
www.lifedownhereband.com (http://www.lifedownhereband.com/)
Alternative from CA (RIYL: Paramore, VersaEmerge, Flyleaf)
John Wesley Coleman - The Last Donkey Show (release date: Feb. 21, 2012)
http://johnwesleycoleman.blogspot.com/
Garage Rock / Country Punk from Texas (RIYL: Daniel Johnston, Golden Boys, Spiderbags)
Kapowski - Boy Detective (release date- 2/1/2012)
http://www.kapowski.com/
Pop from Berkeley/Oakland, California (RIYL: Beatles, George and Ira Gershwin, The Kinks, The Velvet Underground, The Smiths, Radiohead, Harold Arlen, Scott Walker, David Bowie, Randy Newman)
A Living Portrait - Sea Bears (Release Date: 09/30/2011)
http://www.alivingportrait.bandcamp.com (http://www.alivingportrait.bandcamp.com/)
Post-Rock from Michigan / Illinois
Anthony Raneri - New Cathedral (release date: January 17, 2012)
www.anthonyraneri.com (http://www.anthonyraneri.com/)
Indie Rock / Folk / Americana from New York (RIYL: Josh Caterer/Smoking Popes, Vinnie Caruana)
Brian DeRemer - Dusty Songs For Children of The Modern Age (Release date: February 7th, 2012)
www.brianderemer.com (http://brianderemer.com/)
Alternative / Singer/Songwriter from Minnesota (RIYL: David Bazan , REM)
Salò - Salò EP (release date: 7th of December 2011)
www.blackcontrail.com (http://www.blackcontrail.com/)
Post Hardcore from Glasgow, Scotland (RIYL: Drive Like Jehu, Fugazi, Jesus Lizard)
Alchalant - Alchalant (release date: 12/16/11)
http://www.alchalant.com (http://www.alchalant.com/)
Punk Rock from Detroit, MI (RIYL: Blink 182, Misfits, Nirvana, Lawrence Arms)
Silverhawk - The Forest for the Trees (Release date: February 7, 2012)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Silverhawk-featuring-Sam-and-John-C-Densmore/149558121761313
Indie Pop / Power Pop from Oregon (RIYL: Wilco, Big Star and The Thermals)
Digital By Birth - Noise Pollution
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Digital-By-Birth/118345198237151
Industrial / Punk / Rap from Vietnam (RIYL: Beastie Boys, Atari Teenage Riot, Refused)
What The Night Brings - Bound By Apathy (release date - 9th April 2012)
http://www.facebook.com/Whatthenightbrings
Metal from UK
Amongst Carrion - We That Should Not Be (release date - 2nd April 2012)
http://www.facebook.com/AmongstCarrion
Metal from Wales
Dead Icons - Condemned (Release date: 1.24)
http://www.facebook.com/deadicons
Hardcore from Cincinnati (RIYL: Terror, Madball)
Silver Snakes - Pictures of a Floating World
http://silversnakes.tumblr.com/
Rock / Indie from CA (RIYL: Recover, Hum, Engine Down, Sparta, Quicksand, Sunny Day Real Estate)
Breton - Other People's Problems (release date: April 3, 2012)
http://www.bretonlabs.com (http://www.bretonlabs.com/)
Electronic / Art Pop / Experimental from London, UK (RIYL: Massive Attack, James Blake, Gorillaz, Foals, Tom Vek)
Field Mouse - SPR008 (release date: February 28, 2012)
http://www.fieldmousemusic.com (http://www.fieldmousemusic.com/)
Indie Rock / Shoegaze from Brooklyn, NY (RIYL: Land of Talk, Warpaint, Lush, P.S. Eliot, The Breeders)
Stateside - Stand Clear of the Closing Doors (release date: 2/7/12)
www.facebook.com/stateside.band (http://www.facebook.com/stateside.band)
Post-Hardcore / Pop-Punk from New York, NY (RIYL: The Ataris, NOFX, Blink 182)
3 Inches Of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal (release date: March 27, 2012)
www.facebook.com/threeinchesofblood (http://www.facebook.com/threeinchesofblood)
Metal from Canada
The Rose West - When The Road Darkens (release date: 1/15/12)
http://therosewest.bandcamp.com (http://therosewest.bandcamp.com/)
Rock from New York (RIYL: Coheed and Cambria, The Dear Hunter)
Imora - Happily Never After (release date: Jan 10th 2012)
www.facebook.com/imoraband (http://www.facebook.com/imoraband)
Post Hardcore from Pennsylvania
Beneath the Massacre - Incongruous (release date 2/14)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beneath-the-Massacre/33645575715?ref=ts
Death Metal / Heavy Metal / Tech Metal from Quebec (RIYL: Despised Icon, Cephalic Carnage, Neuraxis)
Bear & Moose - Bear/Moose (release date: November 8, 2011)
http://glgpub.com/roster/bear-moose
Indie Rock from Portland, Oregon (RIYL: Pavement, My Morning Jacket, Jim O'Rourke)
The Demographic - Verse Chorus Curse (release date: 2011)
http://thedemographic.bandcamp.com/album/verse-chorus-curse
Post-Rock from MA
Wildernessking - The Writing of Gods in the Sand (release date: 1/30/2012)
http://www.antitheticrecords.com (http://www.antitheticrecords.com/)
Black Metal from South Africa
Hopes Die Last - Trust No One (release date Feb 14th)
www.facebook.com/hopesdielastofficial (http://www.facebook.com/hopesdielastofficial)
Post Hardcore from Italy (RIYL: Underoath, From First To Last)
Freshman 15 - Here's To Feeling Good (release date March 13th)
www.facebook.com/freshman15rock (http://www.facebook.com/freshman15rock)
Pop-Punk from Atlanta, GA (RIYL: All Time Low, Relient K)
Various Artists - Ska Madness 2 (release date: January 16th)
RIYL: Toots & The Maytals, Desmond Dekker, The Beat, The Specials
The Danvilles - Women (release date: January 11, 2012)
www.merrifieldrecords.com/thedanvilles (http://www.merrifieldrecords.com/thedanvilles)
Rock from Virginia (RIYL: The Strokes, The Black Keys, The Bravery
Netherfriends - Middle America (Release date: February 7, 2012)
http://www.netherfriends.us/
Indie Rock from Chicago, IL (RIYL: Animal Collective, Henry Nillsson, The Beach Boys)
Drew - Photographs & Memories (release date: 12/21/11)
https://facebook.com/thedrew84.music
Pop / Rock from CA
The Fizzy Pops - Manic Motives and the Art of Faking (release date: Digital release Jan. 7th, 2012)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Fizzy-Pops/111723898725
Pop Punk / Punk from Chicago, IL
Countless Thousands - We're Just Really Excited To Be Here (release date: 6/4/11)
www.countlessthousands.com (http://www.countlessthousands.com/)
Enthusiastic Rock Music from California
Ashtree - Rescue The Light (release date: March 6, 2011)
http://www.ashtreemusic.net/
Rock from Denver, CO
Paul Newman and the Ride Home - The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway (release date: 12/30/2011)
http://www.paulnewmanandtheridehome.bandca mp.com (http://www.paulnewmanandtheridehome.bandca mp.com/)
Pop-Punk from Baltimore, MD (RIYL: Taxpayer, the Sidekicks, Fake Problems)
Lucky Dragons - Existers (release date: 2/14/12)
http://www.luckydragons.bandcamp.com (http://www.luckydragons.bandcamp.com/)
Electronic / Experimental from CA (RIYL: Animal Collective, The Books)
Jordan Lake - Consistency (release date: January 6th, 2012)
www.sonicbids.com/jordanlakemusic (http://www.sonicbids.com/jordanlakemusic)
Pop from Washington (RIYL: The Fray, Augustana, John Mayer)
Carved Up - Brothers (release date: 12/01/11)
www.carvedup.com (http://www.carvedup.com/)
Hardcore from PA (RIYL: Botch, Chavez, Ink and Dagger any late 90's mathy hardcore)
Moostache - Moostache (release date: October 23, 2011)
http://www.moostachemusic.com/
Indie Rock from California (RIYL: The Walkmen, The Strokes, The Replacements)
www.facebook.com/ofvirtue (http://www.facebook.com/ofvirtue)
Metalcore / Ambient from Lansing, Michigan
Tharsis They - Ominous Silence (release date - 1/7/12)
http://www.tharsisthey.com (http://www.tharsisthey.com/)
Metal / Hardcore from Michigan (RIYL: Converge, Trap Them, Botch, Coalesce)
Jake Simmons and the Little Ghosts - Jake Simmons and the Little Ghosts (Release date: 11/17/2011)
http://www.kerosenemachinerecords.com/artist/jakesimmonsandthelittleghosts
Soul / Punk / Alternative from Michigan
Heroes And Cons - The Artist Aesthetic (Release Date: Dec. 16, 2011)
http://www.facebook.com/heroesandconsband
Punk from Florida (RIYL: Rise Against, Against Me, Green Day, Early Thrice, Early Brand New)
The Happy Gun - A Villain Playing the Victim (release date: November 27th, 2011)
http://thehappygun.bandcamp.com/
Indie Pop from Wisconsin (RIYL: He is We, Bastille, James Morrison, Death Cab for Cutie)
Shorelines And Sirens - Shorelines And Sirens (release date: May 2012)
http://www.facebook.com/shorelinesandsirens
Indie Rock from NY
Backwords - By The Neck (release date: March 6, 2012)
http://backwordsmusic.com/
Alt-Country / Indie / Fok from NY (RIYL: The Beach Boys, Velvet Underground, Wilco)
10 Paces, Fire - Lakes Refract & Lakes Reflect (release date: 12.05.11)
http://10pacesfire.bandcamp.com/
Progressive / Indie-Rock from Wisconsin
Who Moves Everything - Purpose (release date - February 2010)
http://www.whomoveseverything.bandcamp.com (http://www.whomoveseverything.bandcamp.com /)
Indie Rock from Virginia
Re-Voltaire - Cosmonot (Digital Release 12/18/11; Physical Release 1/16/12)
http://cdbaby.com/cd/revoltaire
Post Punk / Riot Grrl Power Pop from Tennessee (RIYL: The Donnas, The Stranglers, Elastica, Generation X)
Guru Groan - Guru Groan (release date: Dec 24 2011)
http://www.tcbe.ca/gurugroan
Electro / Dnace / Punk / Soul from Canada (RIYL: David Bowie, Fall Out Boy, The Clash)
Various Artists - Compilation - [I]Chimes of Freedom (release date: January 24, 2012)
http://music.amnestyusa.org/
Compilation of Bob Dylan covers (including: K'Naan, Ke$ha, Johnny Cash, Miley Cyrus, Silversun Pickups)
The Cry - The Cry (release date: Nov. 1 2011)
http://www.thecrypdx.com (http://www.thecrypdx.com/)
Power Pop from Oregon (RIYL: Kirk Baker, The Booze, Beach Boys, Ramones)
Paul Wardingham - Assimilate Regenerate (Release Date: 21-02-2011)
http://www.paulwardingham.com (http://www.paulwardingham.com/)
Instrumental Cyber Metal from Brisbane, Australia (RIYL: Fear Factory, Animals as Leaders, Devin Townsend, Scar Symmetry, Sybreed, Mnemic, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Andy James, Jeff Loomis)
Prong - Carved in Stone (release date: 4/2012)
http://www.prongmusic.com (http://www.prongmusic.com/)
Metal from NY
Courtesy Drop - What Makes This Place Worth Calling Our Home (release date: December 16th, 2011)
http://courtesydrop.bandcamp.com (http://courtesydrop.bandcamp.com/)
Post-Hardcore / Punk / Rock from Nashville, TN (RIYL: Small Brown Bike, Latterman, Hot Water Music, Polar Bear Club)
Royal Baths - Better Luck Next Life (release date: February 7th)
http://www.myspace.com/baths
Rock from San Francisco
Let Me In - The Bag (Release date: 01 January 2012)
www.facebook.com/letmeinband (http://www.facebook.com/letmeinband)
Pop Punk from Italy (RIYL: Millencolin, Yellowcard, Ataris)
Life Down Here - The Beginning (release date: 1/6/12)
www.lifedownhereband.com (http://www.lifedownhereband.com/)
Alternative from CA (RIYL: Paramore, VersaEmerge, Flyleaf)
John Wesley Coleman - The Last Donkey Show (release date: Feb. 21, 2012)
http://johnwesleycoleman.blogspot.com/
Garage Rock / Country Punk from Texas (RIYL: Daniel Johnston, Golden Boys, Spiderbags)
Kapowski - Boy Detective (release date- 2/1/2012)
http://www.kapowski.com/
Pop from Berkeley/Oakland, California (RIYL: Beatles, George and Ira Gershwin, The Kinks, The Velvet Underground, The Smiths, Radiohead, Harold Arlen, Scott Walker, David Bowie, Randy Newman)
A Living Portrait - Sea Bears (Release Date: 09/30/2011)
http://www.alivingportrait.bandcamp.com (http://www.alivingportrait.bandcamp.com/)
Post-Rock from Michigan / Illinois
Anthony Raneri - New Cathedral (release date: January 17, 2012)
www.anthonyraneri.com (http://www.anthonyraneri.com/)
Indie Rock / Folk / Americana from New York (RIYL: Josh Caterer/Smoking Popes, Vinnie Caruana)
Brian DeRemer - Dusty Songs For Children of The Modern Age (Release date: February 7th, 2012)
www.brianderemer.com (http://brianderemer.com/)
Alternative / Singer/Songwriter from Minnesota (RIYL: David Bazan , REM)
Salò - Salò EP (release date: 7th of December 2011)
www.blackcontrail.com (http://www.blackcontrail.com/)
Post Hardcore from Glasgow, Scotland (RIYL: Drive Like Jehu, Fugazi, Jesus Lizard)
Alchalant - Alchalant (release date: 12/16/11)
http://www.alchalant.com (http://www.alchalant.com/)
Punk Rock from Detroit, MI (RIYL: Blink 182, Misfits, Nirvana, Lawrence Arms)
Silverhawk - The Forest for the Trees (Release date: February 7, 2012)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Silverhawk-featuring-Sam-and-John-C-Densmore/149558121761313
Indie Pop / Power Pop from Oregon (RIYL: Wilco, Big Star and The Thermals)
Digital By Birth - Noise Pollution
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Digital-By-Birth/118345198237151
Industrial / Punk / Rap from Vietnam (RIYL: Beastie Boys, Atari Teenage Riot, Refused)
What The Night Brings - Bound By Apathy (release date - 9th April 2012)
http://www.facebook.com/Whatthenightbrings
Metal from UK
Amongst Carrion - We That Should Not Be (release date - 2nd April 2012)
http://www.facebook.com/AmongstCarrion
Metal from Wales
Dead Icons - Condemned (Release date: 1.24)
http://www.facebook.com/deadicons
Hardcore from Cincinnati (RIYL: Terror, Madball)
Silver Snakes - Pictures of a Floating World
http://silversnakes.tumblr.com/
Rock / Indie from CA (RIYL: Recover, Hum, Engine Down, Sparta, Quicksand, Sunny Day Real Estate)
Breton - Other People's Problems (release date: April 3, 2012)
http://www.bretonlabs.com (http://www.bretonlabs.com/)
Electronic / Art Pop / Experimental from London, UK (RIYL: Massive Attack, James Blake, Gorillaz, Foals, Tom Vek)
Field Mouse - SPR008 (release date: February 28, 2012)
http://www.fieldmousemusic.com (http://www.fieldmousemusic.com/)
Indie Rock / Shoegaze from Brooklyn, NY (RIYL: Land of Talk, Warpaint, Lush, P.S. Eliot, The Breeders)
Stateside - Stand Clear of the Closing Doors (release date: 2/7/12)
www.facebook.com/stateside.band (http://www.facebook.com/stateside.band)
Post-Hardcore / Pop-Punk from New York, NY (RIYL: The Ataris, NOFX, Blink 182)
3 Inches Of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal (release date: March 27, 2012)
www.facebook.com/threeinchesofblood (http://www.facebook.com/threeinchesofblood)
Metal from Canada
The Rose West - When The Road Darkens (release date: 1/15/12)
http://therosewest.bandcamp.com (http://therosewest.bandcamp.com/)
Rock from New York (RIYL: Coheed and Cambria, The Dear Hunter)
Imora - Happily Never After (release date: Jan 10th 2012)
www.facebook.com/imoraband (http://www.facebook.com/imoraband)
Post Hardcore from Pennsylvania
Beneath the Massacre - Incongruous (release date 2/14)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beneath-the-Massacre/33645575715?ref=ts
Death Metal / Heavy Metal / Tech Metal from Quebec (RIYL: Despised Icon, Cephalic Carnage, Neuraxis)
Bear & Moose - Bear/Moose (release date: November 8, 2011)
http://glgpub.com/roster/bear-moose
Indie Rock from Portland, Oregon (RIYL: Pavement, My Morning Jacket, Jim O'Rourke)
The Demographic - Verse Chorus Curse (release date: 2011)
http://thedemographic.bandcamp.com/album/verse-chorus-curse
Post-Rock from MA
Wildernessking - The Writing of Gods in the Sand (release date: 1/30/2012)
http://www.antitheticrecords.com (http://www.antitheticrecords.com/)
Black Metal from South Africa
Hopes Die Last - Trust No One (release date Feb 14th)
www.facebook.com/hopesdielastofficial (http://www.facebook.com/hopesdielastofficial)
Post Hardcore from Italy (RIYL: Underoath, From First To Last)
Freshman 15 - Here's To Feeling Good (release date March 13th)
www.facebook.com/freshman15rock (http://www.facebook.com/freshman15rock)
Pop-Punk from Atlanta, GA (RIYL: All Time Low, Relient K)
Various Artists - Ska Madness 2 (release date: January 16th)
RIYL: Toots & The Maytals, Desmond Dekker, The Beat, The Specials
The Danvilles - Women (release date: January 11, 2012)
www.merrifieldrecords.com/thedanvilles (http://www.merrifieldrecords.com/thedanvilles)
Rock from Virginia (RIYL: The Strokes, The Black Keys, The Bravery
Netherfriends - Middle America (Release date: February 7, 2012)
http://www.netherfriends.us/
Indie Rock from Chicago, IL (RIYL: Animal Collective, Henry Nillsson, The Beach Boys)
Drew - Photographs & Memories (release date: 12/21/11)
https://facebook.com/thedrew84.music
Pop / Rock from CA
The Fizzy Pops - Manic Motives and the Art of Faking (release date: Digital release Jan. 7th, 2012)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Fizzy-Pops/111723898725
Pop Punk / Punk from Chicago, IL
Countless Thousands - We're Just Really Excited To Be Here (release date: 6/4/11)
www.countlessthousands.com (http://www.countlessthousands.com/)
Enthusiastic Rock Music from California
Ashtree - Rescue The Light (release date: March 6, 2011)
http://www.ashtreemusic.net/
Rock from Denver, CO
Paul Newman and the Ride Home - The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway (release date: 12/30/2011)
http://www.paulnewmanandtheridehome.bandca mp.com (http://www.paulnewmanandtheridehome.bandca mp.com/)
Pop-Punk from Baltimore, MD (RIYL: Taxpayer, the Sidekicks, Fake Problems)
Lucky Dragons - Existers (release date: 2/14/12)
http://www.luckydragons.bandcamp.com (http://www.luckydragons.bandcamp.com/)
Electronic / Experimental from CA (RIYL: Animal Collective, The Books)
Jordan Lake - Consistency (release date: January 6th, 2012)
www.sonicbids.com/jordanlakemusic (http://www.sonicbids.com/jordanlakemusic)
Pop from Washington (RIYL: The Fray, Augustana, John Mayer)
Carved Up - Brothers (release date: 12/01/11)
www.carvedup.com (http://www.carvedup.com/)
Hardcore from PA (RIYL: Botch, Chavez, Ink and Dagger any late 90's mathy hardcore)
Moostache - Moostache (release date: October 23, 2011)
http://www.moostachemusic.com/
Indie Rock from California (RIYL: The Walkmen, The Strokes, The Replacements)