Carry On

Carry On were a five-piece straight edge hardcore band from Atascadero, California that formed in 1996 and broke up in 2005. They released three EP's (two of which were later included in a single compilation) and one LP, which was one of Bridge 9's earliest releases. A Life Less Plagued is an undisputed classic, and still holds up today as one of the most notable hardcore releases since the turn of the century. They played an incredibly fast and aggressive style of hardcore similar to bands such as contemporaries American Nightmare, No Warning and In My Eyes, with a ton of Youth Crew influence from bands like Floorpunch and Chain Of Strength. Another notable thing about them is one of their guitarists, Todd Jones, who has since been active in a  ton of other incredible bands, particularly Nails, Terror, Betrayed, and Internal Affairs. Their drummer Nick Jett has also been in Terror since they started. Enjoy.

Stabbed In The Face (1998)

1. Stabbed In The Face

2. Girl Song

3. Battlefield

4. Pride

The Line Is Drawn (1999)

1. Reason For Change

2. The Line Is Drawn

3. Problem Solved

4. Pushing Forward

5. Move Along

6. What Once Was

Roll With The Punches (2000)

1. Roll With The Punches

2. Fuck Your Politics

3. It's Over

4. Off My Chest

5. We're Not One

6. Check Yourself

It's All Our Blood (2001)

1. Roll With The Punches

2. Fuck Your Politics

3. It's Over

4. Off My Chest

5. We're Not One

6. Check Yourself

7. Pushing Forward

8. Reason For Change

9. The Line Is Drawn

10. Problem Solved

11. Pushing Forward (Version 1)

12. Move Along

13. What Once Was

14. Set The Pace

A Life Less Plagued (2001)

1. The View

2. Waiting On Forever

3. Killing A Sound

4. Roll With The Punches

5. Mirrors And Needles

6. Is This All There Is?

7. A Life Less Plagued

8. X's Always Win

9. So Much of You

10. Off My Chest

11. Broken Strings

12. Rethinking

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Octaves

Octaves are a five-piece hardcore band from Baltimore, Maryland that formed in 2009. They were formerly signed to Topshelf, and are now on Bridge Nine. Octaves play an intense style of music, focusing on noisy aggression common to bands like The Dillinger Escape Plan. They're instrumentally proficient and certainly demonstrate that. Something of note is the vocals, which are sung in a spoken word style, but with a ton of gruffness. Imagine if Dan Smith (of Listener) fronted a hardcore band, Octaves are kind of what you'd get. Enjoy.

Greener Pastures (2010/2013)

1. Fix The Fernback

2. Be Angry At The Sun For Setting

3. I've Got Boxes Full Of Pepe

4. Anaconda Squeeze

5. I Am He Who Is Called I Am

6. I'm Just Going To The Corner For Some Cigarettes

7. Shmohawk

8. Absent Kids Count

Note: This was initially released in 2010, but reissued and remastered by Topshelf in 2013

Which Way The Wind Blows (2013)

1. Premature Congratulations

2. For Goodness Sake

3. Golf Tips

4. Poppycock

5. Tax Break

6. It Figures

7. Soup And Sandwich

8. Mister

9. Like Seriously, How Many Time?

10. Ms.

Caravels/Octaves (2015)

1. Caravels - Moody Miles

2. Caravels - Slick Rick

3. Octave - Tom Petty Cash

4. Octaves - Air Traffic Control

Exact Change (2018)

1. Overture - Head

2. Moon

3. Twinkle Toes

4. Shanty

5. Boxing Day (Canada)

6. Exact Change

7. Happy Hunting

8. War Stories

9. Like Larks

10. Working Stiff

11. Creedence

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Lemuria

Lemuria are a three-piece indie rock/punk band from Buffalo, New York that formed in 2004. Without a doubt, they are one of my favourite bands around now. They write some of the catchiest songs, with great riffs and irresistible hooks matched with the energy of a punk band and the lightheartedness of a pop band. The dual male-female vocals of guitarist Sheena Ozzella and drummer Alex Kerns work perfectly together as counter-dynamics to each other, but also can easily stand on their own for entire songs. As far as their influences go, think of any great 90's alternative rock band, whether it be Superchunk or The Breeders; Lemuria take that foundation and make it their own to craft some amazing songs to define both this decade and the one before it.

The band has an extensive catalogue, with a ton of great splits and three stellar full-lengths, with their debut Get Better probably being the standout. That album consists of twelve perfect tracks that can be played over, and over, and over again and only "get better" with each listen. This band is at the top of my recommendations list for just straight-up good music that could appeal to tons of people regardless of their personal taste. Lemuria have also worked with a ton of amazing labels, including Alex Kern's own Art Of The Underground, Asian Man, and are currently signed to Bridge 9, who are most well-known for their roster of amazing hardcore bands. Here's as much of their discography as I've been able to accumulate over the years, it's near-complete, though if there's anything potentially missing I'd be grateful if you could send it to me. Enjoy.

Demo (2004)

1. Getting Over Ourselves

2. Searching For Contrition

3. Hey, I'm Over Here

4. An Attempt To Think About You

5. Let's Think About What Just Happened

Your Living Room's All Over Me (2006)

1. Lemuria - Hours

2. Lemuria - Lick Your Lips

3. Lemuria - Bugbear

4. Lemuria - Keep Quiet

5. Lemuria - Rough Draft

6. Lemuria - Bristles And Whiskers

7. Lemuria - Sophomore

8. Kind Of Like Spitting - Shallow Doses

9. Kind Of Like Spitting - Team Reasonable

10. Kind Of Like Spitting - You I Seek

11. Kind Of Like Spitting - Why I Smoke Mad Weed

12. Kind Of Like Spitting - Afraid Of Crushes

The Ergs!/Lemuria (2007)

1. The Ergs! - Introducing Morrissey

2. The Ergs! - Hey Jealousy

3. Lemuria - Little Silver Children

4. Lemuria - Clean

The First Collection (2007)

1. Hours

2. Lick Your Lips

3. Bugbear

4. Rough Draft

5. Keep Quiet

6. Bristles And Whiskers

7. Sophomore

8. In A World Of Ghosts...

9. Who Would Understand A Turtle

10. Bee Spit

11. The Origamists Too

12. It's Not A Lie, It's A Secret

13. Bookworm

14. The Origamists

15. Home For The Holidays

16. Piranha

17. Trivial Greek Mythology

18. The Origamists II

Get Better (2008)

1. Pants

2. Yesterday's Lunch

3. Lipstick

4. Buzz

5. Wardrobe

6. Length Away

7. Dog

8. Dogs

9. Get Some Sleep

10. Hawaiian T-Shirt

11. Fingers

12. Mechanical

Ozzy (2009)

1. Ozzy

2. Expert Herder

Under The Influence Vol. 7 (2009)

1. Lemuria - Alec Eiffel (The Pixies cover)

2. Off With Their Heads - Scarred By Love (Nobodys cover)

The Second Collection (2010)

1. Getting Over Ourselves

2. Searching For Contrition

3. Hey, I'm Over Here

4. An Attempt To Think About You

5. Let's Think About What Just Happened

6. Muzzle Your Wisdom

7. An Attempt To Think About You [Alternate Version]

8. Little SIlver Children

9. Clean

10. Alec Eiffel [Pixies cover]

11. Mechanical [Live Version]

12. Pants [Pink Couch Session]

Note: Unofficial compilation

Chautauqua County (2010)

1. Chautauqua County

2. They Are Who I Say They Are

Cheap Girls/Lemuria (2011)

1. Lemuria - Single Mother

2. Lemuria - Lemons

3. Cheap Girls - Pure Hate

Pebble (2011)

1. Gravity

2. Wise People

3. Pleaser

4. Yellowstone Lady

5. Irregular

6. Ribcage

7. Different Girls

8. Bloomer

9. Durian

10. Chautauqua County

11. The One

Varoom Allure (2012)

1. Varoom Allure

2. Cannonballs To Hurt

Brilliant Dancer (2013)

1. Brilliant Dancer

2. Helloing

The Distance Is So Big (2013)

1. Michael And Stephen Moon

2. Brilliant Dancer

3. Clay Baby

4. Scienceless

5. Paint The Youth

6. Dream Eater

7. Oahu, Hawaii

8. Chihuly

9. Baffling Situations

10. Public Opinion Bath

11. Congratulations Sex

12. Survivor's Guilt

13. Ruby

Turnstile Comix #3 (2014)

1. Christine Perfect

2. Foggy Smoke

3. Courtesy Mercedes

Recreational Hate (2017)

1. Timber Together

2. Sliver Of Change

3. Christine Perfect

4. More Tunnel

5. Wanted To Be Yours

6. Kicking In

7. Lake Below

8. Trembling

9. Marigold

10. Best Extra

Companion (2018)

1. Recreational Hate

2. Neon Prison

3. Trembling Reprise

4. Wanted To Be Yours

5. More Tunnel

6. Kicking In

7. Sliver Of Change

8. Lake Below (Alex Kerns Car Demo)

9. Recreational Hate (Alex Kerns Car Demo)

10. Kicking In (Alex Kerns Car Demo)

11. Wanted To Be Yours (Alex Kerns Car Demo)

12. Created By Lovers (demo)

13. Ox (demo)

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