Bright Eyes - Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998-2005) Released On Saddle Creek Records.

A collection of singles, one-offs, unreleased tracks, collaborations, and covers recorded between 1998 and 2005. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Mirrors And Fevers
2. I Will Be Grateful For This Day
3. Trees Get Wheeled Away
4. Drunk Kid Catholic
5. Spent On Rainy Days
6. The Vanishing Act
7. Soon You Will Be Leaving Your Man
8. Blue Angels Air Show
9. Weather Reports
10. Seashell Tale
11. Bad Blood
12. Amy In The White Coat
13. Devil Town
14. I've Been Eating (For You)
15. Happy Birthday To Me (Feb. 15)
16. Motion Sickness

Sparta - Threes Released On Hollywood Records.

Sparta is back with another great collection of high intensity and emotion filled rock! - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Untreatable Disease
2. Crawl
3. Unstitch Your Mouth
4. Taking Back Control
5. Erase It Again
6. Atlas
7. The Most Vicious Crime
8. False Start
9. Weather The Storm
10. Red.Right.Return (Straight In Our Hands)
11. Without A Sound
12. Translations (with Merry Clayton)

My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade Released On Reprise Records.

The Black Parade is the newest release from My Chemical Romance. This album is way more dramatic, way more theatrical, completely over the top, borderline psychotic. This is the most pure, intense thing the band has ever done. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. The End
2. Dead!
3. This Is How I Disappear
4. The Sharpest Lives
5. Welcome To The Black Parade
6. I Don't Love You
7. House Of Wolves
8. Cancer
9. Mama
10. Sleep
11. Teenagers
12. Disenchanted
13. Famous Last Word

Converge - No Heroes Released On Epitaph Records.

A masterpiece of raw emotion and adrenaline frenzy, destined to sit alongside other touchstone albums of the hardcore genre. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Heartache
2. Hellbound
3. Sacrifice
4. Vengeance
5. Weight Of The World
6. No Heroes
7. Plagues
8. Grim Heart/Black Rose
9. Orphaned
10. Lonewolves
11. Versus
12. Trophy Scars
13. Bare My Teeth
14. To The Lio

Ben Folds - Supersunnyspeedgraphic Released On Sony Records.

Once you figure out where the title comes from, it makes perfect sense. Supersunnyspeedgraphic is a convenient collection assembled primarily from limited edition EPs Super D, Sunny 16, and Speed Graphic. The 12-track release, which follows Songs for Silverman and the Over the Hedge soundtrack, also culls from The Bens EP with Bens Kweller and Lee (a word to the expectant mothers out there: if you want your son to become an alternative pop star, just name him Benjamin). Longtime listeners know what to expect from Folds--Joe Jackson-esque vocals, clever wordplay, and tuneful melodies that rely more on keyboards than strings. - Amazon (Buy Here)

1. In Between Days
2. All U Can Eat
3. Songs Of Love
4. There's Always Someone Cooler Than You
5. Learn To Live With What You Are
6. Bitches Ain't Shit
7. Adelaide Folds
8. Rent A Cop Folds
9. Get Your Hands Off My Woman
10. Bruised
11. Dog
12. Still

Heart Attacks - Hellbound And Heartless Released On Hellcat (Epitaph) Records.

When Tim Armstrong (Rancid) first heard the classic, low-slung punk of The Heart Attacks, he fell in love. They have a sound that nods back to the Dead Boys and the New York Dolls. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. You Oughtta' Know By Now
2. Summer Of Hate
3. Eyes
4. Travelling Band
5. Guilty
6. Widowmaking
7. Heart Attack
8. Fast Times Attached
9. Hellbound And heartless
10. Tearstained Letters
11. Runnin With A Gang
12. City Sickne

Jello Biafra - In The Grip Of Official Treason Released On Alternative Tentacles.

As always, JELLO whacks the moles wherever he finds them in spoken word extravaganza #8. Buried Iraq facts, vote fraud disease, the Arnold p�tsch, the blue state/red state "values" myth, Paris in Abu Ghraib, Satanic Santas, and a visit to New Orleans. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

Disc 1
1. Fat Mike Speaks
2. Punk Voter Battle Cry
3. Die for Oil, Sucker [T.W.O.T. Addition]
4. Ass Clowns in Toyland
5. Junk Mail from Hell
6. Der Gropenfürhrer Pütsch
7. And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Cash
8. Brown Lipstick Voodoo Ritual
9. Forgotten Recent History Lessons
10. Votes Disappear Like Magic

Disc 2
1. Big Jim, The Cyber Crow
2. Your Child Left Behind
3. Faux Fema Follies
4. Witness for the Persecution
5. Holiday in Guantanamo
6. Weapons of Mass Distraction
7. Mr. Hat's Mr. Hat
8. Go Down on Me, Moses

Disc 3
1. Lord Is My Sheep
2. Last Big Gulp
3. Terror of Tinytown's Big Adventure
4. Iraqnophobia
5. Curse of the Wolfman
6. Bloodbath and Beyond
7. Pirates of the Reconstruction
8. Flute and the Cobra
9. And All I Got Were These Lousy Freedom Fries
10. Simplest Way Is Out
11. Red State/Blue State Statik Attak
12. American Idle

Feverdream - You Are Happening Released On Level Plane / Coalition Records.

FEVERDREAM created their own sound, yet take references from other indie bands like the abrasive sound of Shellac, the melodic riffing from Blonde Redhead and indie-punk attitude from Dischord bands such as Q And Not U and Fugazi. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Good Places/Bad Attitudes
2. Could You, Would You
3. Living Like An Animal
4. Loop To The Moon
5. Young One's Revolt
6. Another Dive Into The Deep
7. A Cure For Loneliness
8. A Lot Of Loud Mouths
9. This Ain't Happening
10. No Self
11. I Like You
12. City Bingo
13. All This Time

Totimoshi - Ladron Released On Crucial Blast Records.

TOTIMOSHI's elephantine rock grips the listener in the power of the big riff and saw-toothed hooks as it reconciles MELVINS/HIGH ON FIRE/KARP crush with pop and psychedelia. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Ladron
2. In Virgo
3. The Dance Of Snakes
4. Gods Of Earth
5. Viva Zapata
6. A Weighted Line
7. To The Fire
8. The Hide
9. These Meanings
10. The Drunken Sun Forever Watching
12. The Shame

Bamboo Kids - Feel Like Hell Released On Empty Records.

Pounding out rock and roll devoid of irony or trends, New York City's Bamboo Kids seem to be one of only a few bands that have no wall dividing their hearts from their music. No wall dividing gutter fun from social conscience. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Reveille
2. If I Had My Way
3. I'm Ready
4. Heartattack
5. Low Life
6. Child Prodigy
7. Radio Rebel
8. USA Out of NYC
9. Eternal War
10. Palpitations
11. Take What's Mine
12. Say it Ain't So
13. Ain't No Fun
14. Rock 'n' Roll Soldier

Retaliate - Coup D'etat EP Released On Indecision Records.

The debut release from Oxnard's bastard sons. Furious and heavy hardcore brought to you by former members of In Control. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Born to Lose
2. For No One
3. Times Have Changed
4. The Nard Way
5. Infamy
6. Tomorrow Lays In Ash

Amity - Internecine Released On Negative Progression Records.

Dark and brooding at times, ethereal and uplifting at others. Technical time signatures, melodic guitar riffs, spacy interludes, and irresistible hooks that will have everyone singing along. For fans of Circa Survive, Cave In, Further Seems Forever, Etc. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Step Stones To High Notes
2. Five
3. Las Cruces
4. Unforgivable
5. Mayday
6. Jackrabbits
7. Losing Ground
8. Tri-City Funk Review
9. Sons Of Sweet Dismay
10. Mississippi Bedroom

Dominion - Born God And Aware Released On Unique Leader Records.

The full-length album "Born God and Aware" will be released this Fall. Expect extreme brutality and masterful techniques and song structure. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. The Endless
2. Appreciate to Mutilate
3. A Demonstration of Domination
4. Legion Dominion
5. Born God and Aware
6. Temple of Insects
7. I Bury Blades
8. World Downfall
9. Dominance Hierarchy
10. Elite

Arsis - United In Regret Released On Willow Tip Records.

Following the HUGE success of their debut, Arsis returns with a brand new full length. Extremely technical well written and melodic death metal, with this album Arsis has established themselves kings of melodic death. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Oh, The Humanity
2. ...And The Blind One Came
3. United In Regret
4. I Speak Through Shadows
5. Lust Before The Maggots Conquest
6. The Marriage Bed
7. The Cold Resistance
8. The Things You Said
9. Hopeless Truth

Electro Quarterstaff - Gretzky Released On Willowtip Records.

"Gretzky" is the sound of three riff assassins embarking on an intergalactic adventure showered with bacon sizzling blastbeats and a seemingly never-ending supply of supersonic titanium chestnut rhythms. For Fans Of Metallica and Morbid Angel. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Neckwrecker
2. Twisted Squid
3. Charmony
4. The Right To Arm Bears
5. Get Sick
6. Titanium Overlords
7. Eyepatch Romance
8. Something's Awry In The Hetfield Of Dream

Brian Setzer - 13 Released On Surfdog Records.

Fans of Setzer's prior work will be blown away by the versatility he demonstrates on this, his 13th album of original material. A kick-ass guitar, bass, and drums rock record featuring unbelievable playing and solid songwriting. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Drugs & Alcohol (Bullet Holes)
2. Take A Chance On Love
3. Broken Down Piece Of Junk
4. We Are The Marauders
5. Don't Say You Love Me
6. Really Rockabilly
7. Rocket Cathedrals
8. Mini Bar Blues
9. Bad Bad Girl (In A Bad Bad World)
10. When Hepcat Gets The Blues
11. Back Streets Of Tokyo
12. Everybody's Up To Somethin'
13. The Hennepin Avenue Bridge

Zebrahead - Broadcast To The World Released On Icon Records.

The album has all the electrifying energy of a live zebrahead show, blending raging tempos and ringing guitar lines into surging, insistent choruses that stick after a single listen. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Broadcast to the World
2. Rated "U" for Ugly
3. Anthem
4. Enemy
5. Back to Normal
6. Postcards from Hell
7. Karma Flavered Whisky
8. Here's to You
9. Wake Me Up
10. Lobotomy for Dummies
11. Walking Dead
12. Your New Boyfriend Wears Girl Pant

Bright Light Fever - Presents The Evening Owl Released On Stolen Transmission Records.

Bright Light Fever can bring the rock, the kind of pharmacologically hyperactive minor-key guitar noise that makes underfed Gotham fashionistas swoon, with an energetic, brittle angularity that's almost material. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Broken Hands
2. Let's Stay In
3. Mother Mary Blues
4. Good Day, Good Day
5. Papa's Got a Brand New Liver
6. Crowded Street in May
7. How Much is That Gun?
8. A Deeper Blue
9. The Diamond
10. Cut Down A Size
11. Iceberger

The Horrors - The Horrors EP Released On Stolen Transmission Records.

The Horrors are making some of the most riveting punk darkness since Siouxsie ditched her banshees. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Death At The Chapel
2. Crawdaddy Simone
3. Sheena Is A Parasite
4. Jack The Ripper
5. Excellent Choice

Street Dogs - Fading American Dream Released On Brass Tracks / DRT Records.

Street Dogs are trying out their new tunes for size and reminding their fans, old and new alike, that in your face, catchy political punk anthems are not dead. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Common People
2. Not Without A Purpose
3. Fatty
4. Decency Police
5. Power In A Union
6. Tobe Has A Drinking Problem
7. Shards Of Life
8. Sell Their Lies
9. Rights To Your Soul
10. Hardluck Kid
11. Fading American Dream
12. Final Transmission
13. Katie Bar The Door

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Broom Released On Polyvinyl Records.

Their debut is an expertly crafted indie pop gem. Spin declared the Missouri band "could succeed The Shins." Then a slew of bloggers ranked them ahead of Wilco and Iron & Wine in Leafblower's annual "Top Bands Of America Today". "Broom" sparkles when it rocks, has hooks galore, and should make a lasting impression. Think The Shins, Pavement, Of Montreal, and Elliott Smith. "One of those rare albums where every song is crafted, delicious, and essential" - SF Weekly. (Buy Here)

1. Pangea
2. I Am Warm And Powerful
3. What'll We Do
4. Travel Song
5. Oregon GirlClick to listen to this song
6. House Fire
7. Yr Broom
8. Anna Lee
9. Anne Elephant
10. Gwyneth

MXPX - Let's Rock Released On Side One Dummy Records.

"Let's Rock" is a 12-song CD of unreleased and rare material stretching back to the 2000 "Ever Passing Moment" recording sessions. Running the gamut from acoustic demos to fully-polished punk-pop anthems. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Dummy Track
2. You Walk, I Run
3. Every Light
4. 1 And 3
5. Don't Forget Me (When You're Gone)
6. Breathe Deep
7. Make Up Your Mind
8. Running Out Of Time
9. Slow Ride
10. Where Did You Go?
11. Sweet Sweet Thing (Acoustic Demo)
12. Last Train (Acoustic Demo)
13. You Walk, I Run (Acoustic Demo)

Khlyst - Chaos Is My Name Released On Hydra Head Records.

The eight chapters that comprise Khlyst's oeuvre basically sound like you're being beat with a wet mattress while someone screams in your ear. Paradoxically, it's also completely musical and wholly enjoyable. Brutal, jarring, unique. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV
5. V
6. VI
7. VII
8. VIII

+/- (Plus Minus) - Let's Build A Fire Released On Absolutely Kosher Records.

Plus/Minus layers wistful pop with dynamic and complex arrangements and fusing rich, dense guitar sounds with polyrhythms drummed, strummed and programmed. RIYL: Death Cab For Cutie, Versus and The Postal Service. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Let's Build a Fire
2. Fadeout
3. Steal the Blueprints
4. The Important Thing is to Love
5. Thrown into the Fire
6. Summer Dress 2 (Iodine)
7. Ignoring All the Detours
8. Profession
9. One Day You'll Be There
10. This is All (I Have Left )
11. Leap Year
12. Time and Space
13. For You

Heartaches - Too Cool For School Released On Swami Records.

Hear severely inhibited chord thuggery convey passionately tuneful pop masterpieces on this record. This long awaited debut features 15 tracks of punk bliss, enjoy. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. King Kong Party
2. Dance City
3. Kamikaze Love
4. Prisoner Of Love
5. T.C.F.S.
6. Rock N Roll UFO
7. Deliver My Heart
8. Teenage Love Affair
9. Built For Speed
10. Outta My Head
11. Teenage Hypochondriac
12. Arrows
13. Seven and Seven Is
14. Zooed Out
15. Time

Swan Island - The Centre Will Hold Released On Holocene Music.

Swan Island is an all-female pop/prog/metal crew that boldly encompasses Heart's heart, Sabbath's chug, and The Au Pair's political disco. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Crumble
2. Night Owl
3. Flew The Coup
4. Junk Parade
5. Home
6. Tracks
7. Centre Will Hold
8. Grey Matter
9. (Hidden Track - The Centre Will Hold) Instrumental

Devastations - Coal Released On Brassland Records.

Devastations have drawn fans in by mining a deep well of understated emotion, veiled menace, and a distinct flair for creating breezy, romantic moods. - Smartpunk (Buy Here)

1. Sex And Machine
2. The Night I Couldn't Stop Crying
3. I Don't Want To Lose You Tonight
4. Coal
5. Terrified
6. Take You Home
7. Cormina
8. A Man Of Fortune
9. What's A Place Like That Doin In A Girl Like You
10. Dance With Me

Smile Empty Soul - Vultues Released On Bieler Records.

Although this San Fernando Valley band's sound draws on grunge and new metal, they've been lauded for lyrics and vocals that mean something to the listener. Their reputation for exciting live shows has nurtured a loyal fan base. Look for them on major US tours this fall. - Interpunk (Buy Here)

1. Out To Sea
2. Hit, The
3. Loser
4. Jesus Is The Manager At Walmart
5. Freaks Are Coming, The
6. Morning Light
7. Adjustments
8. Here's To Another
9. Disease
10. Live Forever
11. Better Off Alone
12. Vulture

Shuta Hasunuma - Shuta Hasunuma Released On Western Vinyl Records.

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1. Departure
2. Green Repair
3. Double Navaho
4. Ikumono
5. Rec Shop
6. Hammock
7. Long Road Home
8. Morning Fanfare
9. Karma Fulcrums
10. Prelude
11. Repeat Cycles
12. Eurikago Afternoo

The Ratchets - Glory Bound Released On Pirate Press Records.

Taking off where their two EPs left off, "Glory Bound" shakes at your gut. The ten tracks on this debut LP fuse rock'n'roll, punk and reggae music with The Ratchets' very own explosive blend of songwriting... And because the hits are stacked from beginning to end, for one of the uninitiated, this is the perfect place to step in - the car is freshly waxed and idling and there's a full tank of gas. This band sure as hell can't be summed up with a simple Clash comparison, nor a "saviors of rock'n'roll" declaration; The Ratchets would never allow something like that to be said about them... but if you love rock'n'roll then you're already tethered to the ten songs on this record... drop it down and find out why. From the rousing "Human Amplifiers" and "Rockers Taking Over" to the soulful "Cathedral Bells," The Ratchets have hit their mark, delivering an album with both substance and sound, something music journalists love to write about but bands rarely accomplish. - Interpunk (Buy Here)

1. Book Of Law
2. Rockers Taking Over
3. Human Amplifiers
4. Irritated
5. RationClick to listen to this song
6. Skyjack Sunday
7. Don't Wanna Go
8. Cathedral Bells
9. Proclamation Time
10. Born Wrong

Psyclon Nine - Crwn Thy Frnicatr Released On Metropolis Records.

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1. Bellum In Abyssus
2. Parasitic
3. Better Than Suicide
4. Anaesthetic (For The Pathetic)
5. The Room
6. Flesh Harvest
7. Scar Of The Deceiver
8. Crwn Thy Frnicatr
9. Visceral Holocaust
10. Proficiscor Of Terminus Vicis
11. The Purging (A Revelation Of Pain)

Landslide - Sink Without Fail Released On Locomotive Records.

LANDSLIDE was formed in 2001 with members hailing from hardcore punkbands PASSAGE 4 and LIFELESS IMAGE who released a couple of albums and toured around Europe. - Interpunk (Buy Here)

1. My Little Sidekick
2. Housebroken
3. Chicksinger
4. Ain't Low
5. Fanatic by Choice
6. Speeder
7. If Not Today
8. One of These Days (You Will Bring Me Down)
9. Stupid Girl
10. Sounds Like a Riot
11. Sink Without Fail

Blanche - What This Town Needs Released On V2 Records.

Detroit's Blanche marries the Gun Club's desperation to the Carter Family's melancholy and the creepy playfulness of Lee Hazelwood's "Cowboy In Sweden". The band features the married couple of Tracee Mae Miller (ex-Two Star Tabernacle) and Dan John Miller (ex-Goober And The Peas, Two Star Tabernacle) along with members of American Mars and The Racounteurs. Without Two Star Tabernacle's blend of haunting country and rock that featured the Millers and Jack White, neither Blanche nor The White Stripes would exist as they are today. An uneasy waterwheel of pedal steel guitar, banjo, injured guitar, and scant drumming swells and wanes. Dan Miller portrayed Johnny Cash's guitarist, Luther Perkins, in 2005's Cash biopic, "Walk The Line". - Interpunk (Buy Here)

1. What This Town Needs
2. Child Of The Moon
3. The Scar Beneath The Skin
4. Never Again
5. Who's To Say (Live At Reading Festival)