G - No Limits (Release date: February 6, 2013)
http://mr-1k.bandcamp.com/
Rap / Hip-Hop from NJ

Jet Pack - Chasing Sunsets (release date - 6th May)
www.facebook.com/wearejetpack
Rock from UK (RIYL: Foo Fighters, Blink 182, Taking Back Sunday)

Brave Yesterday - Kaleidoscopes (release date: 25 March 2013)
www.facebook.com/braveyesterday
Rock from Jersey, Channel Islands (RIYL: Jimmy Eat World, You Me At Six)

The Jessica Stuart Few - Two Sides To Every Story (release date: March 12th)
http://www.jessicastuartmusic.com
Indie / Pop / Folk from Toronto, Canada (RIYL: Stereolab, Joanna Newsom, Sufjan Stevens)

7bit Hero - We Eat Loot (release date: Feb 2013)
www.7bithero.bandcamp.com
Pop / Indie from Australia (RIYL: Anamanguchi, The Go Team)

The Basics - Ingredients (Best of Compilation) (release date: Feb 2013)
www.thebasics.com.au/
Rock from Australia (RIYL: Gotye)

The Suit - All Along (release date Feb 15th 2013)
www.Facebook.com/thesuitmusic
Metal / Alternative / Rock from North Dakota (RIYL: The Devil Wears Prada, Four Year Strong, Of Mice And Men , A Day To Remember)

A.N.O. - Le Migliori Canzoni D'Amore Degli A.N.O. (release date: December 1st 2012)
http://www.facebook.com/A.n.o.BucoDerCulo
Noise / Math / Punk / Rock from Italy

Palmyra Delran - You Are What You Absorb (Release date: March 5)
www.palmyradelran.com
Trash Pop from NYC (RIYL: The Muffs, The Ramones, Blondie, The Friggs)

The Carnival Kids - The Carnival Kids (Release Date - late April/May 2013)
http://thecarnivalkids.bandcamp.com/
Indie Pop / Alt Rock from Poughkeepsie, NY

Doldrums - Lesser Evil (release date: 2/26/13)
www.endlessdoldrums.com
Electronic from Montreal (RIYL: Tim Hecker, John Maus)

Les Sages - Blood Harmony (release date: February 26, 2013)
www.deepelm.com/548
Folk-Rock / Indie-Pop from Salt Lake City, Utah (RIYL: The Avett Brothers, Mumford & Sons, Fleet Foxes, Local Natives, Accents)

Dead Wolf Club - Rar (release date: Feb 26th)
www.deadwolfclub.com
Dark Punk from Tintagel, England, UK

Strange Boats - Nice To Be Alone (release date: March 30th)
www.facebook.com/strangeboats
Punk Rock from Ireland

Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance (release date February 26th)
www.facebook.com/darkthrone
Metal from Norway (RIYL: Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath)

Adalene - Atlantic Heart (release date: April 9, 2013)
http://www.adalene.net
Rock from Nashville, Tennessee (RIYL: Foo Fighters, Incubus, 30 Seconds To Mars, The Killers)

Cauldron - Tomorrow’s Lost (release date: 4/30/13)
http://www.facebook.com/cauldronmetal
Heavy Metal from Canada

Ancient VVisdom - Deathlike (release date: 2/5/13)
www.facebook.com/avvfb
Occult Rock / Dark Rock / Acoustic Rock from Austin, TX (RIYL: Ghost, Scott Kelly, Alice Cooper)

Nero Di Marte - Nero Di Marte (release date: 3/19/13)
www.facebook.com/nerodimarte
Atmospheric Metal / Art Metal / Progressive Metal from Bologna, Italy (RIYL: Gojira, Intronaut, Ulcerate, Mastodon, The Ocean)

Fletcher - Open Arms (release date: April 9, 2013)
http://teamclermont.com/roster/14636/fletcher
Brit Rock from Chicago (RIYL: King of Leon, The Kooks)

Wardruna - Yggdrasil (Release date: 4/2/13)
www.facebook.com/Wardruna
Neo-Folk / Viking Folk / Instrumental / Roots from Bergen, NO

Templeton Pek - Signs (Release date: April 30)
http://www.templetonpekofficial.com/
Punk Rock from UK (RIYL: Rise Against, Funeral For A Friend, Story Of The Year)

Between The Wars - Won't Go Quietly (release date: 17th March 2013)
http://www.facebook.com/betweenthewars
Celtic Folk Punk from Australia

Cuello - Mi brazo que te sobre (release date: 7th March 2013)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cuello...0885496?ref=hl
Indie-Punk from Spain (RIYL: Guided By Voices, The Muffs, Weezer, Built To Spill, Los Planetas)

For The Imperium - Hail The Monsters (release date - 4th March)
http://www.facebook.com/fortheimperium
Hardcore from Finland (RIYL: Dillinger Escape Plan, Coheed & Cambria, Faith No More

Disperse - Living Mirrors (release date: Feb. 19th, 2013)
www.disperseband.bandcamp.com
Progressive Metal from Poland (RIYL: Cynic, Blotted Science, Tessaract, Periphery)

New Mexico - Malpais (release date: April 23, 2013)
http://newmexicoband.bandcamp.com
Post-Punk from San Diego, CA (RIYL: Joy Division)

The Winter Passing - Scrapbook (Release date: March 8th)
www.bhrrecords.com
Folk / Punk from Ireland

Various Artists - For Charity: Unsigned|Unrest (release date: Feb 12th)
www.bhrrecords.com
Indie Rock / Punk

CocoRosie - Tales Of A GrassWidow (release date: 5/28/13)
http://cocorosiemusic.com/
Folk from Paris (RIYL: Joanna Newsom)

Born Lion - Born Lion (release date: March 1st 2013)
http://www.facebook.com/bornlionmusic
Rock / Punk from New South Wales

Rundown - The Dirty Streets; Part one (release date 03/05/2013)
http://rundownsux.bandcamp.com/album...reets-part-one
Rock / Punk / Emo from Michigan (RIYL: Taking Back Sunday, Saves The Day, Blink 182, Senses Fail)

Two Houses - Mild Mannered (release date: February 22nd, 2013)
www.givetwohousesmoney.com
Rock n' Roll from Illinois (RIYL: Superchunk)

Joe DeVita - The Antihero (release date - April 29, 2013)
http://www.daddytank.co.uk/
Experimental from NY (RIYL: Funkadelic, John Spencer Blues Explosion, Captain Beefheart, Tom Waits, Frank Zappa)

John Jerome & The Congregation - Ask Not What I Can Do For You, But What We Can Do Together (Release Date: March 12, 2013)
http://www.johnjerome.ca
Rock from Moncton, NB

Apart From This - In Gloom (Release date: April 5, 2013)
http://www.facebook.com/apartfromthis
Punk from Melbourne, Australia (RIYL: The Story So Far, Title Fight, Brand New)

Vanna - The Few and The Far Between (Release date: 3 /19/13)
www.vannaboston.com
Metal / Rock from Boston, Massachusetts (RIYL: Every Time I Die, Parkway Drive)

For Today - Prevailer (Release date: 4/2/13)
http://www.fortodayband.com
Metal / Rock from Sioux City, IA (RIYL: The Devil Wears Prada, August Burns Red)

HIM - Tears on Tape (release date: 4/30/13)
http://www.heartagram.com/
Metal / Rock from Finland (RIYL: Stone Sour, Evanescence)

Trim The Barber - Mindblank (release date: 1st of March)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...=moW oIgjnW9w
Post-Punk from London, UK

The Racer - Passengers (Release date: May 14, 2013)
http://www.theracermusic.com/home.cfm
Anthemic Rock from New York (RIYL: Keane, Coldplay, Radiohead)

Carsie Blanton - Rude Remarks and Dirty Jokes (release date: May 7, 2013)
http://www.carsieblanton.com/
Folk Pop from Louisiana (RIYL: Rilo Kiley, Ingrid Michaelson, Lucinda Williams)

Walter Sickert & The ARmy of BRoken TOys - Soft Time Traveler (release date: April 16, 2013)
http://armyoftoys.com/
SteamCRUNK from Massachusetts (RIYL: early Decemberists, Tom Waits, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, DeVotchka, Tiger Lillies)

Frenchie! - Everything! Always! Goes! Wrong! (release date: 12/26/12)
www.frenchieissohot.tumblr.com
Pop / Rock from Memphis, TN

The Material - Everything I Want To Say (release date: April 9th, 2013)
http://www.wearethematerial.com
Rock / Pop from California (RIYL: Paramore, Dead Sara)

The Computers - Love Triangles Hate Squares (release date: April 30th)
http://thisisthecomputers.com
Punk / Garage from UK (RIYL: Stooges, Misfits)

The Laurels - Plains (release date: April 16th)
http://thelaurels.bandcamp.com/
Shoegaze / Psych from Australia (RIYL: My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Tame Impala)

Spiritual Beggars - Earth Blues (release date: 4/16/13)
http://www.facebook.com/spiritualbeggarsofficial
Progressive Classic Rock from Sweden

Reaper In Sicily - Horizons (release date - 25th March)
www.facebook.com/reaperinsicily
Rock from UK (RIYL: The Blackout, Rise Against)

Lore City - Absence & Time (release date: 04/01/2013)
http://lorecity.bandcamp.com/album/absence-time
Psychedelic / Rock / Experimental from Chicago, IL (RIYL: Swans, Zola Jesus, Hole, Pink Floyd, Black Mountain)

The Lovely Bad Things - The Late Great Whatever (Release date: 2/26/2013)
http://thelovelybadthings.com/
Garage / Punk from Orange County RIYL: the Pixies, Ty Segall, Dinosaur Jr)

TesseracT - Altered State (Release date: May 28, 2013)
http://www.facebook.com/tesseractband
Prog Rock from UK

Giant Drag - Waking Up Is Hard To Do (release date: 5th March 2013)
http://www.facebook.com/giantdrag
Alt-Rock from California (RIYL: Dinosaur Jr, The Breeders, The Rentals, Big Black)

The Hotelles - Movie Reel (release date: 4th March 2013)
http://www.thehotelles.com/
Indie-Rock from London, UK (RIYL: The Cribs, Arctic Monkeys, The Vaccines)

Insanity Alert - Second Opinion (release date: Feb 4th 2013)
http://insanityalert.bandcamp.com
Crossover Thrash from Austria

The Workout - Bomb Voyage (release date - February 22nd 2013)
http://www.theworkout.us/
Rock and Roll / Fantasy Metal from Massachusetts (RIYL: Protest the Hero, Enter Shikari, and Queen)

Run/Lucky/Free - Let Me Go (release date: 20th February 2013)
www.runluckyfree.bandcamp.com
Indie Pop from Scotland (RIYL: Lucy Rose, Bombay Bicycle Club)

Bill Ryder-Jones - A Band Wind Blows In My Heart (release date: April 23rd)
http://www.dominorecordco.us/artists/bill-ryder-jones-/
Indie / Brit from Liverpool, UK (RIYL: Arab Strap, Richard Hawley)

Camden - Talking About You (release date: Feb 12th 2013)
www.camden.bandcamp.com
Rock / Pop from Massachusetts (RIYL: The Strokes, Cloud Nothings)

Lucas Van Lenten - Low Spokes (Release date: February 1st 2013)
http://lucasvanlenten.bandcamp.com/album/low-spokes
Indie-Pop from New York

Strongheart - Strongheart (Release date: 02/26/2013)
http://strongheart.bandcamp.com/
Folk / Pop / Ambient / Experimental from Ohio

Old Again - Broken People (release date: February 27th, 2013)
http://www.facebook.com/oldagainband
Pop Punk from Florida (RIYL: The Wonder Years, The Starting Line, Blink 182, Real Friends, New Found Glory, The Story So Far)

Xander Harris - The New Dark Age Of Love (release date: April 2nd, 2013)
www.iamxanderharris.tumblr.com
Electronic from Austin, TX (RIYL: Klaus Schulze, John Carpenter, Goblin, Zombi, Burial)

Team Spirit - Team Spirit (release date: 4/9/13)
www.teamspirit.bandcamp.com
Indie Rock from New York

Adelaine - Currents (release date: April 30th 2013)
www.adelaine.org
Rock / Pop from Texas

Come The Tides - Come The Tides (release date January 17, 2013)
https://www.facebook.com/comethetides
Noise Hardcore from France (RIYL: Retox, Unsane, Converge, Dillinger Escape Plan)

Digital By Birth - Noise Pollution
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Digita...app_2405167945
Post-Noise Punk from UK (RIYL: Atari, Teenage Riot, The Beastie Boys, NIN and Refused)

Meeting Of Important People - My Ears are Having a Heart Attack (release date – 4.9.2013)
www.facebook.com/MeetingOfImportantPeople
Indie from PA (RIYL: Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, Ra Ra Riot)

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - International Magic - Live At The Oz
www.noelgallagher.com
2 x DVD of live performances

Dan Croll - From Nowhere EP (3.5.13)
www.dancroll.com
Straddles between folk and electronic from the UK

Red - Release The Panic (2.5.13)
www.facebook.com/redmusiconline
Rock from TN

Hot Water Music - Live in Chicago
http://www.noidearecords.com/
Recorded live at the Metro in Chicago, IL in February 1-2, 2008 (2xCD and DVD)

Grabass Charlestons - Dale & The Careeners
http://www.noidearecords.com/
From FL

Chris Wollard & The Ship Thieves - Canyons
http://www.noidearecords.com/
Rock / Indie / American from FL

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The RIYL of Digital By Birth interested me. Unfortunately, however, the band is almost laughably bad or uninteresting.

Lore City is clearly not for me, either.

Checked out Adelaine since they were from Texas. Come to find out, they went to my high school. Interesting.

Phenomenal mailbox submissions this week; the best this year, in fact. Please check out the following indie gems:

- CocoRosie
- The Jessica Stewart Few
- Lucas Van Lenten [free downloads]
- Run /Lucky/ Free [free downloads]
- Strongheart [free downloads]

Thanks for plug, CallMe Troy!

Check out Fictions!

http://www.fictionsmusic.com

Kinda wish The Workout was better. They need to flesh out their theatrical tracks (like 1 and 3) and shake off the generic metalcore moments that they occasionally have. Then they might be good.

The Workout is probably the best band on this list. They take the generic metalcore (mentioned in the comment above) that is constantly proliferating and put an original spin on it. It is incredibly hard to find a metal-whatever band these days with something that stands out, but I can assure you, The Workout has that something. If their debut full-length, "Sounds Like a Blast" didn't convince you, then their 8-track EP "Bomb Voyage," a concept album telling the story of a boy in the post-apocalyptic world, will, or should, at least.

While SLAB had some great moments, including an a cappella breakdown in the opening track, Bomb Voyage takes the original brilliance exhibited in the first album and takes it to a whole new level. The opening track reprises the post-apocalypse theme seen throughout SLAB, and simultaneously introduces this new album as a continuation, and formal beginning, of the story being told. Short, but effective tracks such as "Atomic Winter Blues" and "The View From King Oak" show just how diverse in sound this band can be.

Another great thing about this band's music that sets them apart from most bands of similar genre is that every instrument adds something unique to the sound. Whether it's nearly outlandish riffs into beautiful chord progressions, driving synthlines, clean piano parts that would sound out of place if they didn't fit so perfectly to the parts that are unmatched in originality and equally as beautiful, to the contrast of high-register clean vocals to generally lower (but highly versatile) heavy vocals, to booming basslines, all tied together by perfectly complementary drum parts.

Bottom line. I love this band. I love all of what they do. I could go on and on about this album, because it's been on repeat since the day it came out. I had been highly anticipating this album's release, and it exceeded any expectation I could have had for it.

Do not sleep on this band.

The Carnival Kids! AMAZING album