August 28, 2011 (Week Prior) - AbsolutePunk.net

Tomahawk Chop - Another Summer Lost (release date: August 21, 2011)
http://www.tomahawkchop.bandcamp.com
Melodic Hardcore / Pop-Punk from Long Island, New York

Lifelines - Have Hope
www.facebook.com/lifelineshc
Melodic Hardcore from the Isle of Man (RIYL: Parkway Drive, The Ghost Inside, Counterparts, A Day To Remember)

The Smears - Freakshow (single) (release date: August 8th)
www.myspace.com/the_smears
Punk / Grunge from UK

Hello Chief - Live at Victoria House
http://hellochief.bandcamp.com/album...victoria-house
Rock from Beaumont, TX (RIYL: White Denim, Maps & Atlases, Givers, Fleet Foxes, Andrew Bird)

In Dying Arms - In Dying Arms (release date: Oct. 11)
http://www.facebook.com/indyingarms
Metal from Baltimore, MD (RIYL: Chelsea Grin, Suicide Silence, Motionless in White, Asking Alexandria)

Dynamite Hero - Stand Up Stay Strong
www.facebook.com/dynamitehero
Pop Punk (RIYL Hit The Lights, I Call Fives, Fireworks, British Accents)

The Usual - Light Letters (release date: July 2011)
http://www.theusual.bandcamp.com
Punk / Emoviolence from Maryland (RIYL: We Were Skeletons, L'Antietam)

Austin Archer - Venture to Breathe (release date: September 20)
http://www.facebook.com/AustinArcherMusic
Indie / Alternative from Atlanta, GA (RIYL: Manchester Orchestra, Bright Eyes, Brand New)

Park Lane - Letters from the Fire (Release date: September 20th)
www.parklaneband.com
Hard Rock from California and New York

Roebus One - Inside the Diorama (Release Date: August 2011)
http://www.myspace.com/roebusone730
Progressive Hip-Hop from NJ

National Snack - The Enormous Projects 1-4 (release date: June 9, 2011)
www.nationalshack.co.uk
Mungrul from UK

Biomass - Energy (release date: September 20, 2011)
http://biomass.bandcamp.com/
Psychedelic / Ambient / Industrial / Trance from California

Audiostrobelight - The Whole Shebang (release date: August 23,2011)
http://facebook.com/audiostrobelight
Pop-Rock / Pop-Punk from Virginia Beach, VA

Envoi - War on the Dance Floor (release date: August 26th)
www.facebook.com/envoiofficial
Alternative Rock from Cleveland, OH (RIYL: Circa Survive, Dance Gavin Dance, Anberlin, Saosin)

Hunting Club - Midford (release date: August 23rd)
http://huntingclubmusic.bandcamp.com/
Alternative / Post-Shoegaze from Minnesota (RIYL: Deerhunter, Radiohead, Grizzly Bear)

Red Wolf Forest - Red Wolf Forest (Release Date: 8/8/11)
http://www.RedWolfForest.com
Alternative / Rock from NJ (RIYL: Coldplay, Muse, Elliott Smith, Moody Blues)

A Poetic Yesterday - The Movie: Director’s Cut (release date - October 31 2011)
http://www.apoeticyesterday.com/
Pop-Punk / British Grunge from England (RIYL: Summerlin, The Headstart, Mishkin, The Cape Race, Deaf Havana, We are the ocean, Yashin, All Forgotten, Kids in Glass Houses, Shadows Chasing Ghosts, Don Broco, Twin Atlantic, Lower than Atlantis)

Vacation - Dream Dad (release date: Jan 2011)
www.sidejarrecords.com
Pop-Punk from Ohio

Dylan Sizemore - Dylan Sizemore (release date: Mar 2011)
http://dylansizemore.bandcamp.com/al...l-length-album
Indie / Acoustic / Folk from Indiana

Chicken Little and Wreck of the Zephyr - Flood split (release date: Mar 2011)
http://www.reverbnation.com/chickenlittle -- http://wreckofthezephyr.bandcamp.com
Indie / Acoustic / Folk from Tennessee/California

Two Hand Fools - House Parts (release date: Apr 2011)
http://www.twohandfools.bandcamp.com
Pop / Folk / Punk from Ohio

Doctor Dinosaur - Year of the Dubs (release date: Jul 2011)
http://doctordinosaur.bandcamp.com/
Pop Punk from Arizona

Rubrics - Sow Your Seeds (release date: Jul 2011)
http://rubrics.bandcamp.com/
Pop Punk from South Carolina

Madeline Ava and Watercolor Paintings - Split 7" (release date: Aug 2011)
http://www.madelineava.com -- http://watercolorpaintings.bandcamp.com/
Acoustic Folk from Indiana/California

Built Like Alaska - In Troubled Times (release date: November 8, 2011)
http://teamclermont.com/roster/11148/built-like-alaska
Indie / Rock from California (RIYL: Death Cab For Cutie, Grandaddy, Peter Wolf Crier)

Andrew Danso - f i n d (release date: 25th September)
http://www.andrewdanso.bandcamp.com
Progressive from Ireland (RIYL: Devin Townsend's "Ghost", Mogwai, Boards of Canada, Andrew Pekler)

Raymond & Maris - Jobs Where They Don't Know Our Names (release date: October 18th)
http://www.raymondandmaria.com/
Pop / Rock from Sweden (RIYL: Math and Physics Club, Hello Saferide, The Mugs, Loney, Dear, Takka Takka)

City Rain - I'm Gone (release date: October 11, 2011)
http://www.facebook.com/cityraintunes
Electro / Surf / Pop from Philadelphia, PA (RIYL: The Postal Service, Cults, Dick Dale, New Order)

Maker - Mirrors (release date: 8/30)
www.facebook.com/MAKERMA
Pop Punk from Massachusetts

Rotting Out - Street Prowl (release date: 7/26)
www.6131records.com
Hardcore from California

Settle For Less - Contemporary (release date: 8/30)
www.facebook.com/settleforlessnj
Pop Punk from New Jersey

Cake - Showroom of Compassion (release date: Sept 13, 2011)
http://cake.merchnow.com/
Limited-edition box set contains six 7-inch vinyl singles. Each disc is pressed on a different colored vinyl.

Verskotzi - Lesson Learned (release date: August 23rd, 2011)
www.facebook.com/verskotzimusic
Indie / Singer-Songwriter / Rock from Minneapolis, MN

David Lynch - Crazy Clown Time (release date: November 8, 2011)
www.davidlynch.com
Indie from Montana

Animals as Leaders - Weightless
http://www.prostheticrecords.com
Heavy Metal / Progressive from CA (RIYL: Opeth, Meshuggah, Steve Vai, Dream Theatre)

Acidic - Chronic Satisfaction (release date: Sept 20th)
http://www.acidicband.com
Pop Punk from Los Angeles (RIYL: Green Day, Blink 182, Incubus)

Hurricäde - Pariah’s Pharos (release date: August 2011)
http://hurricade.bandcamp.com
Post-Hardcore / Sreamo from Spain (RIYL: Refused, Raein, Swing Kids, Drive Like Jehu)

A Need For Reason - In Every Aspect (Release date: 8/23/11)
http://www.facebook.com/aneedforreason
Post-Hardcore / Metal / Progressive from New Jersey

Operator Six - The Realist and The Buddy
http://www.operatorsixmusic.co.uk/
Rock from Yorkshire, UK (RIYL: Kings Of Leon, Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys)

Cable35 - Louder (release date: 28/06/2011)
http://www.myspace.com/cable35band
Grunge / Punk / Rock from Malta, Europe (RIYL: Nirvana, Pixies, The Ramones)

fydhws - Impresii, II (release date: 01 June 2011)
http://fydhws.bandcamp.com/
Noise Rock / Experimental Rock / No Wave from Macedonia

EVI Antonio - China, Man (release date: mid-September)
http://eviantonio.posterous.com/
Low Fi / Pop from New York City (RIYL: Toro y Moi, Passion Pit)

Ghost Aquarium and Josh Dobbs & his Deficit of Dreams - Split 7" (release date: August 16th, 2011)
http://www.myspace.com/rippingrecords
Panic Pop from Washington and New York (RIYL: Ramones, Dinosaur Jr., the Cure, the Replacements, Harry Nilsson)

Our Friend, Surrender - The Deceiver & The Chariot (release date: 29 July 2011)
http://ourfriendsurrender.bandcamp.com/
Post Rock / Instrumental from Jacksonville, FL

Spirit Fangs - Better/Worse (release date: September 2011)
http://www.spiritfangs.com
Alternative / Hardcore from San Bernardino, California (RIYL: Brand New, Touche Amore, Every Time I Die, MewithoutYou, Cursive, Fucked Up, The Bronx)

Rise To Remain - City of Vultures (release date: October 11, 2011)
www.facebook.com/risetoremain
Rock / Metal from UK

SS-Kaliert - Subzero (release date: September 27, 2011)
www.myspace.com/sskaliert
Punk / Hardcore from Germany

We'll Go Machete - Strong Drunk Hands (release date: August 18, 2011)
http://gomachete.com
Post-Hardcore from Texas

The Myconid - Myconid Madness (release date: August 23rd, 2011)
www.myspace.com/themyconid
Various from Canada

The Blackboard Nails - No. 1
www.facebook.com/TheBlackboardNails
Rock / Psychedelic Pop from Boston, MA (RIYL: Oasis, Neon Trees, The White Stripes)

A Road To Damascus - A Road To Damascus (Release date: September 25)
www.facebook.com/aroadtodamascus
Pop-Punk / Post-Hardcore from Copenhagen, Denmark

Gunner's Daughter - Trust Us When WE Tell You (release date: August 2nd 2011)
www.gunnersdaughter.net
Rock / Post-Punk / Post-Hardcore from Chicago, IL (RIYL: Samiam, No Motive, As Friends Rust, Hot Water Music)

The Blush of Dawn - The Blush of Dawn (release date: May 31st, 2011)
http://www.facebook.com/theblushofdawn
Progressive Rock from Oregon

Take The Helm - Nightlight (release date: 8/30/11)
http://www.facebook.com/takethehelm
Alternative / Rock from California (RIYL: One Republic, All American Rejects, Yellowcard, Relient K)

On My Honor - Nature & Nurture (release date: September 6th, 2011)
http://facebook.com/onmyhonor
Pop / Punk from Knoxville, TN

Coyote Theory - Color (release date: June 21st)
www.coyotetheory.com
Indie Rock / Jazz Pop from Florida (RIYL: Reign of Kindo, Fun, Panic! At the Disco)

Retox - Ugly Animals
www.retoxrules.com
Punk / Hardcore / Thrash / Metal from CA

Night Birds - The Other Side of Darkness
http://www.facebook.com/NGHTBRDS
Punk / Hardcore / Surf from NY/NJ