So Wrong -
So Wrong (release date: December 15th 2011
www.wearesowrong.com
Post Punk from Los Angeles, CA (RIYL: Joy Division, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Ramones, Johnny Thunders)
Lemon Party -
Trash City (Release date: 1/17/2012)
http://lemonparty.bandcamp.com/album/trash-city
Punk / Indie Rock from CA (RIYL: Dinosaur Jr., Weezer, Hüsker Dü, No Age, Pavement)
Annie Handley -
No Shoobie (Release date: Nov 22, 2011)
https://www.facebook.com/AnnieHandley?sk=app_2405167945
Pop / Alternative / Indie from Vancouver Island, Canada (RIYL: Meiko, Sara Bareilles, Sade, Edie Brickell, Nora Jones, Ingrid Michaelson)
Bleed Electric -
Let the Invasion Begin (release date: February 29th)
www.bleedelectric.com
Electro / Hip-Hop from NY
Mr.Composition -
Genius Conflicted (release date: 1-5-12)
http://mrcomposition.bandcamp.com/al...ius-conflicted
Hip-Hop from TX
Those Galloping Hordes -
Things I Grew up With (release date: January 21st, 2012)
http://www.facebook.com/thosegallopinghordes
Indie / Rock from PA (RIYL: Explosions in the Sky, Sigur Ros)
Hill and the Sky Heroes -
11 (release date: November 11th, 2011)
www.hillandtheskyheroes.com
Alien Rock from Canada
Emily Hunt -
Summer & Snow (release date: January 17, 2012)
http://www.emilyhunt.com
Pop / Singer/Songwriter from Marietta, GA (RIYL: Brooke Fraser, Matt Wertz, Colbie Caillat, Mindy White)
Xray Eyeballs -
Splendor Squalor (release date: February 28th)
http://www.myspace.com/xrayeyeballs
Pop-Punk from Brooklyn, NY (RIYL: The Dirtbombs, King Khan, Black Lips)
Talk Is Cheap -
The Finer Things (Release Date: October 18, 2011)
http://www.facebook.com/talkischeapband
Pop Punk From West Virginia
New Shields -
Hint, Hint (Release date: January 20th, 2012)
www.facebook.com/newshieldsmusic
Pop-Punk / Indie from Kennett Square, PA
Whirl -
Whirlwind and
Urethra Franklin (release date: March/Dec 2011)
www.whirl.ws
Dark Rock from Massachusetts (RIYL: Jesus Lizard, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Scratch Acid, Fugazi)
Holding Sand -
Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid (release date: Jan 30)
http://www.facebook.com/holdingsand
Rock / Post-Hardcore from France (RIYL: Funeral For A Friend, 36 Crazyfists)
Grand Duchy -
Let The People Speak (release date: April 10th)
http://www.myspace.com/grandduchymusic
Indie Rock / Alternative from US (RIYL: The Kills, The Duke Spirit)
Papa Grows Funk -
Needle In The Groove (release date: March 26, 2012)
http://www.papagrowsfunk.com
Funk / Jazz from New Orleans, LA (RIYL: The Meters, Dirty Dozen Brass Band)
K-Lacura -
Portraits of the Faceless (release date - 16th April 2012)
www.facebook.com/k-lacura
Metal from UK (RIYL: Parkway Drive, RATM, Limp Bizkit)
Doll Fight! -
Revolution Doll Style Now (Release date: November 29, 2011)
http://www.dollfight.com
Punk / Riot Grrrl from Vermont
Fleming -
Play for Manuel (release date: 2/13/12)
http://download.themusebox.net/fleming/
Alternative / Pop-Rock from New York City (RIYL: Interpol, Spoon, Matthew Sweet)
Bedroom Sons -
Father (release date: June 1, 2011)
http://bedroomsons.bandcamp.com
Indie from Illinois (RIYL: Neutral Milk Hotel, Titus Andronicus)
Races -
Year of the Witch (release date: March 27, 2012)
http://races.bandcamp.com/
Indie Rock from Los Angeles, CA (RIYL: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Grizzly Bear, Other Lives)
Barely Blind -
Wilder Child Of A Thousand Suns (release date: 10/10/11)
www.barelyblind.com
Indie Rock from LA/TX
We are the Doctors -
Take Your Meds (release date: January 2012)
www.facebook.com/wearethedoctors
Punk / Hardcore from The Netherlands (RIYL: Punch, Shikari, Makiladoras)
Zimmer Lane -
Mindless Discussion in the Mansard Apartment (release date: Dec 1 2011)
http://www.myspace.com/zimmerlane
Rock from France
Abandon The Skies -
Wait For The Summer (release date: January 2012)
www.abandontheskies.co.uk
Pop-Punk / Hardcore from Manchester, UK
Sleepy Sun -
Spine Hits (release date: April 10, 2012)
http://www.sleepysun.net/
Psychedelic-Rock from California (RIYL: Arctic Monkeys, Kings of Leon, Flaming Lips)
The Moog -
Seasons In The Underground (release date: April 10)
http://www.moog.hu/
Alternative Rock from Hungary (RIYL: The Hives, The Strokes, Bowie, Roxy Music)
Goin' Places -
Relationship Sneakers (release date: 2/14/2012)
www.facebook.com/goinplacesmusic
Punk from Staten Island, NY (RIYL: Screeching Weasel, The Queers, Mr T Experience, Parasites, Beatnik Termites)
Young Jesus -
Home (release date - January 24th 2012)
http://www.facebook.com/youngjesus
Indie Rock from Chicago, IL
Summer Twins -
Summer Twins (release date: January 24, 2012
http://summertwinsmusic.com/
Dreampop / Rock & Roll from California (RIYL: Dum Dum Girls, The Nerves, Wavves)
Rickolus -
Coyote and Mule (release date: 2.14.12)
http://iamrickolus.tumblr.com/
Pop from Florida (RIYL: Astronautilis, Beck)
Verbosa -
Conscience vs The Body (Release date: 12/8/11)
www.facebook.com/verbosa
Alternative / Indie / Rock from N.Y.
Ghost Ship -
Golden Girls (Release date: 01/17/2012)
http://ghostship.bandcamp.com/
Indie / Noise Rock / Surf from Pennsylvania (RIYL: RIYL: No Age, A Place To Bury Strangers)
Elevator Art -
Teny City (release date: December 9th 2011)
www.elevatorartmusic.com
Indie / Pop / Rock from New Jersey
Eux Autres -
Sun is Sunk (release date: 2/28/2012)
http://www.euxautres.com
Indie Pop from California (RIYL: Wild Flag, Dum Dum Girls, St. Etienne, Yo La Tengo)
House Of Penance -
Sedition (release date 3/27)
https://www.facebook.com/hourofpenance
Death Metal from Italy (RIYL: Behemoth, Morbid Angel, Immolation)
The Next Day -
Moments In Time (release date: January 10, 2012)
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=28803559
Rap / Hip Hop / Pop from Freehold, NJ / North Point, FL (RIYL: Gym Class Heroes, Rihanna)
Robbers On High Street -
Anything Could Happen (release date: April 17, 2012)
http://soundcloud.com/tijuanagiftsho...street/s-NYUBC
Indie Rock / Pop from NY (RIYL: The Kinks, The Pretty Things)
Brothertiger -
Golden Years (release date: 3/27/12)
http://mushrecords.com/press_email/MH280_PMB.html
Chill Wave from Ohio (RIYL: Toro Y Moi, Neon Indian, Panda Bear)
Command V -
Command V (release date: 3/13/12)
http://mushrecords.com/press_email/M...MH281_PMB.html
No Wave from New York (RIYL: LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, Bush Tetras, Liquid Liquid)
Not an Airplane -
It Could Just Be This Place (release date: 01/02/2012)
http://notanairplane.bandcamp.com
Alt-Country from California (RIYL: Wilco)
Chilled Monkey Brains -
Chilled Monkey Brains (Release date: July 12, 2011)
www.facebook.com/chilledmonkeybrains
Ska / Punk from Florida (RIYL: Less Than Jake, Propagandhi, Streetlight Manifesto, The Hippos, Folly)
James and Micah Brown -
Islands (release date: January 17th, 2012)
http://birdlawrecords.bandcamp.com/album/islands-split
Acoustic / Pop-Punk / Folk from Canada (RIYL: Into It. Over It, The Weakerthans)
BlackboxRed -
Battle the Sparrows (Release date: NL: 14/11/2011 -- UK: March 2012)
www.blackboxred.nl
Dance to the Grunge from The Netherlands
Luke Leighfield -
New Season (release date: 03.26.12)
http://lukeleighfield.com/epk
Piano-Rock / Pop from England (RIYL: Ben Folds / The Rocket Summer / Jack's Mannequin)
Sans Ego -
Happy Endings Over Major Chords (Release Date : March 20th, 2011
http://sansego.tumblr.com/
Pop / Rock from Rochester, New York (RIYL: Go Radio, The Dangerous Summer, Take Cover and The Wonder Years
Skypiper -
Skypiper (release date: Sept. 9, 2011)
www.facebook.com/skypipermusic
Folk / Rock from Omaha, NE (RIYL: Wilco, Travis, The Cardigans, Spoon)
Larry O. Dean -
Throw the Lions to the Christians (release date: March 6)
www.myspace.com/larryodean
Singer-Songwriter from Chicago, IL
Malcontent -
Embarrassment of Riches (release date: March 20)
www.myspace.com/malcontentsf
Indie / Pop from San Francisco, CA
Midas Fall -
As Our Blood Separates (release date: January 10)
www.myspace.com/midasfall
Alt-Rock from England
To Give You The Stars -
2492 (release date: March 2012)
http://www.facebook.com/tgyts
Rock / Prog Rock from Florida
Casting Call -
Life Goes On (Release Date: 02/07/2012)
www.castingcallpoppunk.com
Pop Punk from New Haven, CT
Day Of The Outlaw -
The Retribution Waltz (release date: 1/17/2012)
http://dayoftheoutlaw.bandcamp.com
Americana / Southern Rock / Progressive Country from Tennessee (RIYL: Drive-By Truckers, Waylon Jennings, Hank Jr/III, Steve Earle, Jason Isbell, Springsteen)
The Skies Revolt -
Some Kind of Cosmonaut (release date: February 18th, 2012)
http://www.facebook.com/theskiesrevolt
Pop / Dance from Michigan
David Franck Keller -
A Long Way From Minneapolis (Release date: March 1st 2011)
http://davidfranckkeller.bandcamp.com
Americana from Paris, France / Copenhagen, Denmark
Ease The Medic -
Ease The Medic (release date: Feb 7, 2012)
http://www.wewantaction.com/artists/ease-the-medic/
Rock / Post-Hardcore from Ohio (RIYL: Minus The Bear, Cursive, At The Drive-In)
The Shadow -
The Shadow (release date 3/27/12)
www.theshadowofficial.com
Pop-Punk from Houston, Texas