L'Antietam

After finishing up with the Kidcrash post, I got thinking of this band too, who are another that are long overdue for a post. L'Antietam were a four-piece hardcore/screamo band from Boston, Massachusetts that formed in 2004 and ended in 2012. Like Kidcrash, they played a really progressive yet intense form screamo, but more on the aggressive, hardcore side of things. L'antietam were incredible with dynamics, with songs building into spastic frenzies that never ceased to impress with technical guitar work being shot out of the havoc. The vocals would peak at all-out throat-shredding screams, giving their music such a grandeur catharsis that always sounded epic, even if a song only lasted for a minute and a half. Family and Arthur Carr are screamo/hardcore highlights, and are definitely the most recommend listens here. Speaking of which, there's one quick thing to note about Family. It includes both the EP of the same name, as well as their first two EP's and their split with Furnace, just to clear that up. Enjoy.

Live At The Fallout Shelter (2005)

1. 2

2. 3

3. 4

4. 5

5. 6

6. 7

7. 8

8. 9

9. 10

10. 11

11. 12

12. 13

Family (2006)

1. Intro

2. Am:Jm

3. 00:05

4. Brick Halls

5. 00:43

6. Boxes

7. Dear Good Man

8. 01:04

9. Two Birds

10. Outro (a safe one)

11. We Saw the Umbrella Man

12. We Turned Off Harbor Lights

13. We Drank To The Top Of Our Lungs

14. We Built Our Heavens

15. Adrenaline Baby

16. Eldiso

17. Holy Family Fuck

18. Plastic

19. Paper

20. Bah Bah Bah Patriots

21. Everybody Loves Raymond (not the town in NH)

22. The Johnny Appleseed Trail

23. None of This Is No Longer Worth My Time

24. Joes Dad Looks Like Michael Moore

25. Thanks for the Gift But It's Completely Useless for My Situation

26. I Sat For Days and Came With This

27. It's Hard To Listen To A Word You're Saying When You're Spitting In My Face

Arthur Carr (2007)

1. The Overture

2. Wrong Ways I Feel Secure

3. You're Welcome

4. Dear Dead Man

5. A Side Of The States

6. The End Birth

7. Our Elders

Heavy Nugs And Heady Chugs (2008)

1. Kidcrash - Huge Ass Beers to Go (Aka I Went On Tour With L'Antietam and All I Got Was This Lousy Tattoo)

2. L'Antietam - Gnarthur Gnarr

3. L'Antietam - Gnarfield Gnarbuckle

Dark Brew/Rock Bottom (2012)

1. Dark Brew

2. White

3. Gold

4. Grape

5. Green

6. I Just Threw My Life Away And I'm Already Paying For It

Kidcrash

Kudos to the guy who was just looking for some Kidcrash, because I was legitimately shocked to find that they're not on here yet. Besides being one of the first modern post-hardcore bands I heard, they're still a favourite, and arguably one of the best. They got started in 2000 in Sante Fe, New Mexico, though didn't develop the sound they're known for until around 2004. I believe they are now/were based out of the Oregon/Washington area. As for their current activity, I'm not entirely sure what's going on. They were supposed to put out a new album two years ago or so, but am not sure what became of it, besides the fact that it's yet to be released.

Kidcrash (sometimes referred to as "The Kidcrash") play a very progressive, math rock-esque style of post-hardcore, with elements of post-rock and screamo thrown in. They come off as both intense and intriguing, with some incredible displays of musicianship in addition to their raw assault. I don't know how many damn times I listened to Jokes and Snacks a few years back, but they never get tiresome. Kidcrash have also been a major influence on a lot of post-hardcore bands that are kicking around now, and I'm sure you can hear the similarities in countless bands today. Even if you're a fan of older bands, like Daitro, City Of Caterpillar, Kill Sadie, Unwound, etc., you could definitely get into Kidcrash as well. To sum it up, if you want some intense, experimental post-hardcore, no band does it better than Kidcrash. Enjoy.

New Ruins (2004)

1. Your Valley Is Our Volcano

2. Until The Light Kills The Film

3. New Ruins

4. Scalpel Cuts Concrete

5. Gun At The Parade

6. The Afterburn Of Being Born

7. Talking Underwater

8. Eyes That Never Hit The Sky

9. The Drowning Swan's Song

I Haven't Had A Date In 4 Years Goldie Hawn Goldie Hawn Goldie Hawn... (2005)

1. I

2. II

3. III

Demo (2006)

1. A Conduit Rather Than A Vault

2. Life was real, vital, urgent, important/Bum Guts

3. The Ground Eats You

4. Hypothetical Basking Shark

5. Swingsets and Frozen Grapes

Jokes (2007)

1. Turtlelephant

2. The Ground Eats You

3. Life Was Real. Vital.Urgent.Important/Bum Guts

4. Hypothetical Basking Shark

5. Kissed By A Roach From The Grave

6. Parrots Just Don't Understand

7. Ron Ghousley's Fucked Up Dream (Ron To The Hills. Ron For Your Life)

8. Aconduit Rather Than A Vault

9. Swingsets And Frozen Grapes

Heavy Nugs And Heady Chugs (2008)

1. Kidcrash - Huge Ass Beers to Go (Aka I Went On Tour With L'Antietam and All I Got Was This Lousy Tattoo)

2. L'Antietam - Gnarthur Gnarr

3. L'Antietam - Gnarfield Gnarbuckle

Snacks (2009)

1. Space Between Mountains

2. Where Nerves Where

3. Grim Collections

4. Wound Eraser

5. Slow Applause

6. Brain Snares

7. Sleeper Wave

Naps (2011)

1. Hibernationstate

2. Sleep Shock

3. Misogamist

4. Unknowing The End

Revenge

Revenge are a black metal band from Edmonton, Alberta that got started in 2000 by drummer James Read. They've become a staple in both Canadian and international blackened death metal, and have proven why on album after album. Their earlier material is really raw, and they've gradually gotten more progressive with the incorporation of more riffs and such. This band probably doesn't need much of an introduction; if you like black metal, you'll like this. Enjoy.

Attack.Blood.Revenge (2001)

1. Yabssor Born/Blood of my Blood

2. Vengeance Absolute

3. War (Bathory Cover)

4. Annihilate or Serve

Superion.Command.Destroy (2002)

1. Blood Division

2. Superion Revenge

The Toddler And The Priest/Deathless Will (2003)

1. Arkhon Infaustus - The Toddler And The Priest

2. Revenge - Deathless Will

Triumph.Genocide.Antichrist (2003)

1. Decimation Antichrist

2. Blood Of My Blood

3. Heathen Hammer

4. Blood Division

5. Annihilate Or Serve

6. Attack The Enslave

7. Altar Of Triumph

8. Genocide Conquest

Victory.Intolerance.Mastery (2004)

1. Destiny Mastery

2. Traitor Crucifixion

3. Blood Annihilation

4. Atrocity March

5. Hate Oath

6. Victory Revenge

7. Iron Intolerance

8. Doom Order

Infiltration.Downfall.Death (2008)

1. Death Heritage (Built Upon Sorrow)

2. Blood Rose (Hug-Tied Like Swine)

3. Sterilization (Procreation Denied)

4. By Force (The Only Option)

5. Barbed Anti (No Remorse)

6. Survival (The Absolute Truth) 

7. Final Doctrine (Push Forward)

8. Cleansing Siege (Take Them Down) 

Scum.Collapse.Eradication (2012)

1. Us and Them (High Power)

2. Retaliation (Fallout Prayer)

3. Parasite Gallows (In Line)

4. Filth Solution (Intolerance)

5. Banner Degradation (Exile or Death)

6. Burden Eradication (Nailed Down)

7. Pride Ruination (Division Collapse)

8. Scorned Detractor (Trust No One)

Retaliation.Doom.Eradication (2012)

1. Retaliation (Fallout Prayer)

2. Doom Eradication

Holocaustic Death March To Humanity's Doom (2015)

1. Black Witchery - Black Death Conjuration

2. Black Witchery - Curse Of Malignancy

3. Black Witchery - Profanation Triumph

4. Revenge - Humanity Noosed / Equimanthorn

Behold.Total.Rejection (2015)

1. Scum Defection (Outsider Neutralized)

2. Shock Attrition (Control in Decline)

3. Wolf Slave Protocol (Choose Your Side)

4. Mass Death Mass

5. Mobilization Rites

6. Silent Enemy

7. Desolation Insignia

8. Hate Nomad

9. ETHR (Failure Erased)

10. Nihilist Militant (Total Rejection)

Hassan I Sabbah

Hassan I Sabbah were a screamo/emoviolence band that briefly existed from 2000 and 2001. They only put out one self-titled EP, a split with Usurp Synapse, and a few demos and a compilation appearances. They played a very hardcore-influenced style of screamo that was as aggressive as it was progressive. What's unusual is that they have no official discography LP released, unlike most screamo bands around their time. Besides a few bootlegs, nothing's surfaced. However, on Robotic Empire's Bandcamp, you can download their sole EP along with a bunch of bonus stuff, which is basically the entirety of their discography. It also comes with a ton of liner notes and such, which is a really cool addition. I only have the audio stuff here, but if you want to see more, check out the Bandcamp link at the bottom. Enjoy.

Hassan I Sabbah (2000)

1. Untitled

2. Watching The Eyes Of Someone Lying

3. Not So In Tune With Shells

4. Untitled

5. Yella Son, Cold Mourning

6. A Horse Never Goes Heartless

7. Epilepsy As Performance Art

8. A Cut Fixed With Mud

9. Fuck The Thinking That They're Living Some

10. Not So In Tune With Shells (Demo version)

11. Head On A Stake (Demo version)

Bandcamp

Twin Peaks

As tempted as I am to talk about damn fine cups of coffee, my log will say something about that another day. Twin Peaks is a small town in Washington five-piece garage punk/indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois that got started in 2010, while they were still in high school. They're now three full-lengths down, with their last one released earlier this year. They often draw comparisons to other garage rock bands, the most obvious of which would have to be Black Lips. They've nailed that slacker sound, with a lot of reverb, fuzz, and some whiny, nasally vocals. Fans of dream pop might also dig this, as well as people into Ty Segall or even FIDLAR. Twin Peaks have a solid thing going here, so enjoy.

Sunken (2013)

1. Baby Blue

2. Natural Villain

3. Fast Eddie

4. Out Of Commission

5. Stand In The Sand

6. Irene

7. Boomers

8. Ocean Blue

Wild Onion (2014)

1. I Found A New Way

2. Strawberry Smoothie

3. Mirror Of Time

4. Sloop Jay D

5. Making Breakfast

6. Strange World

7. Fade Away

8. Sweet Thing

9. Stranger World

10. Telephone

11. Flavor

12. Ordinary People

13. Good Lovin'

14. Hold On

15. No Way Out

16. Mind Frame

Mind Frames (2015)

1. Mirror Of Time

2. Good Lovin'

3. Fade Away

4. Hold On

5. I Found A New Way

6. Strange World

7. Sweet Thing

8. Telephone

9. Making Breakfast

10. Mind Frame

Note: Wild Onion demos

Down In Heaven (2016)

1. Walk To The One You Love

2. Wanted You

3. My Boys

4. Butterfly

5. You Don't

6. Cold Lips

7. Heavenly Showers

8. Keep It Together

9. Getting Better

10. Holding Roses

11. Lolisa

12. Stain

13. Have You Ever

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Chalk Talk

Man, I haven't heard this band in years. While I was digging through the vaults looking for new shit to post, I stumbled back on to these guys, and holy shit is this still some fantastic stuff. Chalk Talk are a three-piece emo/punk band that were from both  Connecticut and Massachusetts that got started back in 2009, and have since broken up, though I'm not sure when. They put out these fun, jangly jams with some hilarious lyrics, anthemic vocals, and bright guitars. In terms of upbeat emo, Chalk Talk are no doubt one of the best bands to come out in years. Though this post is years past due, it's still just as good now as it was then. NUTELLA! NUTELLA! NUTELLA! NUTELLAAAAAA! Enjoy.

Killing Spree (2009)

1. Laundry

2. Horny

3. Killing Spree

4. Food Chain

5. Sacred Burial Ground

6. Misquamicut Has Bigger Waves Though 

Penny On Heads (2010)

1. Chalk Talk - Everybody's Doing It

2. Chalk Talk - Horny

3. Black Churches - Bottom Feeder/Won't Find Solace In A Woman

The Food Chain (2010)

1. Laundry

2. Marco Polo

3. Pine Cone

4. Food Chain

5. Spare A Few

6. Two Balls And A Paddle

BVVVVVVV (2010)

1. Chalk Talk - Wouldn't It Be Nice? (Beach Boys cover)

2. Chalk Talk - Misquamicut Has Bigger Waves Though

3. Sirs - Numero 7

3. Sirs - Beaver Fever

Bad Influences (2012)

1. Outro

2. You're In

3. Orchard Tunes

4. Bad Influences

5. Babe Paralysis

6. Memo: Sploof

Bandcamp

Animal Flag

Animal Flag are a four-piece indie/alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts that got started in 2008. They play a darker, moodier form of indie/alt. rock, similar to bands such as All Get Out, Manchester Orchestra, Brand New, and even Bright Eyes. Animal Flag just released their latest album, LP, on Broken World Media. It's a compilation of two EP's they put out in 2014 and 2015. This was my introduction to them, and it's a fantastic introduction no doubt. Sonically, it's got a very similar vibe to that of The People's Key, with a little less electronics and a little more post-rock influence. The band uses melodic guitar parts to compliment some fantastic vocals with very confessional lyrics. It's a highly recommended listen, no doubt. I can't really say anything about their other material, since I admittedly haven't gotten around to hearing them. However, if LP is any indication of what they're like, I'm certainly looking forward to them. Enjoy.

Flood Of Sunlight (2009)

1. 12:34

2. Flood Of Sunlight

3. The Crane Song

4. Shaking Like A Leaf

5. Purple Bird (Sun Limb)

6. Selah

7. The Grass & The Wolverine

8. Dragonfly

9. Starfox

10. White Wicker Elephant

11. Home

Everything Will Be Okay (2012)

1. To My Sunshine

2. Everything Will Be Okay

3. The Management Of Grief

4. Winter's Dream

5. Wouldn't That Be Nice

6. Smoking Gun

7. Moon Song

8. Staring Contest

9. Barbed Wire Heart

10. Raspberry Holocaust

LP (2016)

1. Jealous Lover

2. Sensation

3. Angels

4. Solace

5. Mercy

6. St. Cecilia's

7. Wayside

8. Borrowed Bones

9. Prone

10. Cathedrals

Void Ripper (2018)

1. Morningstar

2. Void Ripper

3. Candace

4. Stray

5. Fair

6. Lord of Pain

7. I Can Hear You Laugh

8. Why

9. Five

Bandcamp

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Franky Flowers

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Franky Flowers are a three-piece indie rock band from Los Angeles, California that seemingly dropped out of nowhere with a fantastic EP back in 2014. These three dudes craft some insanely catchy pop tunes with some psychedelic & shoegaze sounds. They're kind of like a chilled out, entranced version of Modest Mouse, or something like that. Not sure if that's an accurate comparison, but for some reason that's what they always reminded me of. Besides their debut EP, they've put out two singles and are supposed to have a full-length out in 2016. Hopefully that's on the way soon, but for now, dig on this. Enjoy.

Blue Eyes EP (2014)

1. As You Are

2. Blue Eyes

3. Fell In Love

4. Mashed Potato Baby

5. Hollow

6. The Bay

Sneakers (Sneaky Thing)

1. Sneakers (Sneaky Thing)

Corpse (2016)

1. Corpse

Bandcamp

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Usurp Synapse

Usurp Synapse were a four-piece screamo band from Indiana that formed in 1998 and broke up in 2001. They reformed in 2004 to record an EP, but that wouldn't see the light of day until 2008 when they released it online themselves. This band are an incredible blend of grindcore and emoviolence influence, and put out a ton of material to document their sound. Most of it was on splits with other fantastic bands, such as Neil Perry and Jeromes Dream, as well as a few EP's and compilation appearances (including the incredible Antipodes). All of their surprisingly large amount of output was included on their discography LP, Disinformation Fix, in 2003. The following year is when the aforementioned EP, titled Vile Contamina, was recorded. With the release of that in '08, all of their recorded material has been put out, and all included below for your listening pleasure. Enjoy.

Disinformation Fix (2003)

Disc 1

1. Mexidudes

2. Beard Of Remoras

3. Modulator-Demodulator

4. Misc. Arrangement Of Black Market Parts

5. Muscle On The Wolf

6. Pathogen Gimmick

7. Giga Please

8. Take Advantage Of The Headlock

9. Brundlefly

10. 3 Clicks

11. Good Luck With Your Book

12. Wrist, Meet Razor

13. Maybe You Should Kill Yourself

14. You Thought You Were Special, You Were Wrong

15. Just Do It!

16. Untitled 1

17. Untitled 2

18. Untitled 3

19. Untitled 4

20. I'm A Fufufucking Vavavampire

21. What Would You Say if I Said I Love You

22. I Was Born With A Hard-On

23. Upenya

24. The Main Ingredient

25. Come And Get It Mole

26. Doin' the Backwards

27. We Shoot From The Hip

28. Live It! Live It!

29. Here's $100 Senioritia

30. Keith Sweat

31. Murder Was The Case They Gave Me

32. Born Different

Disc 2

1. I Know A Guy Who Likes Dynamite

2. Going Down With Both Guns Blazin'

3. Truth About Pyecraft

4. Talk To Tucker

5. Robot Insurance

6. Fuck You, Mankind

7. Meryl Streep Is A Fucking Liar

8. Pete Rose's Homerun Derby

9. When Good Pets Go Bad

10. Lil' Guys

11. Rottweiler Death

12. Hairdo 2000 AD

13. This City's A Grid

14. Oh...You Are Sick

15. Bloody Hardhat

16. Unknown 3

17. Reach Out And Touch Me With That Emo Hand

18. A Circle Of Thank-You's

19. Carebear Stare

20. My Spidey Sense In Going Fucking Nuts

21. Robocop As A Fragrance

22. Segueway Into Dryhumping

23. Infestation Of Richard Pryor

24. Art Carney Wannabe Motherfucker

25. Deadly Handshake, Friendly Milkshake

26. Energy Condom

27. Carving A Ferrari Out Of A Pumpkin

28. Extra Guys Screaming

29. Untitled

Vile Contamina (2008)

1. Untitled 1

2. Untitled 2

3. Untitled 3

4. Untitled 4

5. Untitled 5

6. Untitled 6

7. Untitled 7

The Nerve Agents

The Nerve Agents were a five-piece hardcore band from the Bay Area that were around from 1998 to 2002. They played a dark, fast-paced style of punk rock that was typical of the area at the time. They did progress a bit in their few years together though, starting with the straight-forward debut EP and ending with their more progressive LP The Butterfly Collection, which featured some unique guitar work and slower songs. They were also quite well-known for the use of bass in their songs, which functions just as prominently as the guitars. Overall, The Nerve Agents are just a straight-up good hardcore band, with two fantastic LP's and one EP to their name. They also put out a split with Kill Your Idols, but unfortunately I don't have it. Enjoy.

The Nerve Agents (1998)

1. Carpe Diem

2. Unblossomed

3. The War's Not Over

4. Level 4 Outbreak

5. Share The Pain

6. Starting Point

7. Black Sheep

8. I Keep Screaming

Days Of The White Owl (2000)

1. Spring Heeled Jack (Intro)

2. Fall Of The All American

3. Prey

4. Days Of The White Owl

5. Portland

6. Off Come The Blindfolds

7. Your Warning

8. Jekyl And Hyde

9. Next In Line

10. The Invincible

11. Dead Man Walking

12. Out On The Farm

13. A Sad History

14. Just A Visual

15. Evil

16. The Blue Lady (Outro)

The Butterfly Collection (2001)

1. The Poisoning

2. Crisis

3. War Against!

4. The Vice Of Mrs. Grossly

5. Madam Butterfly

6. Princess Jasmine Of Tinseltown

7. What Then?

8. The Legend Of H. Gane Ciro

9. But I Might Die Tonight

10. Metal Pig

11. New Jersey

12. So, Very Avoidable

13. Oh, Ghost Of Mine

14. Frost

15. The Cross