The Pine

The Pine were a four-piece punk/emo band that existed from 1999-2005 from Bakersfield, California. They sound a lot like bands such as The Hated, Evergreen, as well as bands such as Hüsker Dü and Dinosaur Jr. So if you're into those bands, you'll definitely want to check The Pine out. There's an interview with them from 2001 that you can check out here. It's got a lot of information on the band and how they started, so it's definitely worth the read. Here's all the music I have from them. Pretty much all of it was taken from Chug Life before their Mediafire account got shut down, so thanks to them for uploading it initially. Enjoy.

The Pine (2001)

1. Cubicle

2. Ten Years Old

3. Slug

4. You're The Only One I Hate

5. Wearing Thin

6. Face Drawings

7. My Two Feet

8. Windmills

9. Shovelglove

10. Charred

11. Running On Empty

12. Forced Gratitude

13. Hangnail

14. Numb

Homeless Life (2002)

1. Homeless Life

2. Eyes Of A Father

3. Jigsaw

4. Sore Eyelids

Lead Blocks For Feet (2003)

1. Monocles

2. A Sad Old Man

3. Boarded Room

4. Sinking

5. Follow You Home

6. Young Bird

7. Loner

8. Beggin For Food

9. Letters

10. In The Breeze

The Pine/The Saddest Landscape (2003)

1. The Pine - Rainclouds

2. The Pine - Down Below

3. The Saddest Landscape - Weighing Out The Desirables

Days Slipping By (2004)

1. No Tomorrow

2. Doing The Best He Can

3. Days Slipping By

4. Growing Calm Together

5. Child Gone

6. It Tears Me Apart

7. I Am Mending

8. Where Are You?

9. Sunchild

10. Handfull Of Coal

The Pine/La Quiete (2005)

1. The Pine - Junkyard

2. La Quiete - Greyskull

3. La Quiete - Musica Per Un Giardino Segreto #3

Don't Need Regret (2005)

1. Don't Need Regret

2. Friend

3. No You

4. Strings

5. Holding Onto Life

6. XBoytreeX

7. Bridge

8. Living Off A Lie

9. Crumbled

10. Dead Boat

Acoustic

1. Cubicle

2. Sore Eyelids, Slug, Monocles, A Sad Old Man

3. You're The Only One I Hate

4. Shovelglove

5. Windmills

6. Jigsaw

7. Dancing Song (Three Shades Of Dirty Cover)

Some Unreleased Stuff

1. Tired

2. Paper Bag

3. In Bloom

4. Heaven's Eyes

5. Fading Away

6. A Little Hope

7. Don't Love Me

Saetia

Saetia was a screamo band from New York City, New York, that existed from 1997-2000. They are heralded as being one of the most seminal and definitive bands in screamo, and for good reason. The band's dual guitar sounds, dynamics from distorted octave chaos to quiet melodies, and vocals that shrieked and pierced, but also spoke and shook to overdramatic poetry are just a few attributes of the genre that Saetia were a major part in founding and perfecting. These guys are easily one of the most essential and well-known bands in this genre, so I'm sure many people are already familiar with them. Their members went on to form two other amazing and noteworthy bands, Off Minor and Hot Cross, both of which you should check out immediately if you haven't yet. During their tenure, the band released a handful of 7"'s as well as one LP. All of this, plus some live songs are included on A Retrospective, which is below. Enjoy one of the best bands ever.

A Retrospective (2001)

1. Notres Langues Nous Trompent

2. The Sweetness And The Light

3. An Open Letter

4. Woodwell

5. Corporeal

6. Ariadne's Thread

7. From The Firmament

8. Postlapsaria

9. Endymion

10. Roquentin

11. The Poet You Never Were

12. Some Natures Catch No Plagues

13. The Burden Of Reflecting

14. Closed Hands

15. Venus And Bacchus

16. One Dying Wish

17. Becoming The Truth

18. The Poet You Never Were (Live)

19. Ariadne's Thread (Live)

20. Notres Langues Nous Trompent (Live)

21. The Sweetness And The Light (Live)

22. Postlapasaria (Live)

Drive Like Jehu

Drive Like Jehu were a four-piece post-hardcore band from San Diego, California from 1990-1995. During this time, the band only recorded a rather limited amount of material. Despite this, they have proven to be indisputably influential in the genres of post-hardcore, alternative rock, and emo.  They established and refined many essential techniques and stylings that would continue to be staples in every band to follow's arsenal, even until now. Passionate, intense vocals, mixed with dynamic and progressive song structures, along with dueling guitars, muted strings, and octave chords are what Drive Like Jehu established, along with a few other bands around this time (Fugazi, Nation Of Ulysses, Quicksand). This also segued into the Gravity Records/San Diego scene, though Drive Like Jehu were never directly a part of, certainly paved the way for the bands that would immediately follow.

The band featured many noteworthy members from other projects. Prior to forming Drive Like Jehu, Rick Froberg and John Reis were a part of a band called Pitchfork. Reis was also in the very noteworthy band Rocket From The Crypt during and after Drive Like Jehu. Froberg and Reis formed another band in 1999 called Hot Snakes, which have also established and garnered a reputation in their own regard. Reis was also active in Sultans, Back Off Cupids, and currently The Night Marchers. Froberg currenly plays in Obits. Drummer Mark Trombino became a producer, who worked with many great bands, such as blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, Knapsack, Mineral, as well as many others.

A note on Yank Crime: this was their debut and only major label release, put out by Interscope (though later released on Reis' record label Swami Records). In 2003, it was re-released to include 2 songs from a 7" they did in 1992 ("Hand Over Fist" and "Bullet Train To Vegas"), as well as an early version of "Sinews", which appeared on a compilation also from 1992 titled Head Start To Purgatory. This re-released version is the one below. Enjoy, these guys are probably one of my favourite bands of all time.

Demo (1990)

1. O Pencil Sharp

2. Turn It Off

3. Spikes To You

4. If It Kills You

Drive Like Jehu (1991)

1. Caress

2. Spikes To You

3. Step On Chameleon

4. O Pencil Sharp

5. Atom Jack

6. If It Kills You

7. Turn It Off

8. Future Home Of Stucco Monstrosity

9. Good Luck In Jail

Yank Crime (1994)

1. Here Come The Rome Plows

2. Do You Compute

3. Golden Brown

4. Luau

5. Super Unison

6. New Intro

7. New Math

8. Human Interest

9. Sinews

10. Hand Over Fist

11. Bullet Train To Vegas

12. Sinews

Texas Is The Reason

Texas Is The Reason were a a four-piece emo/indie rock band from New York that were around from 1994-1997. Like their contemporaries Mineral, Christie Front Drive, Sunny Day Real Estate, etc., Texas Is The Reason helped pioneer and define a sound that one would not only affect their generation, but whose influence can be heard to this very day. Thus, they have reunited since on two different occasions, one being in 2006 for two shows, and another being from 2012-2013 for a few more shows, plus the recording of two songs they wrote but never released before they broke up. These guys are an essential band, so check this stuff out immediately. If you're starting out, their recent compilation Do You Know Who You Are?: The Complete Collection contains all their material, except for the live songs on the Samiam split, so get on that. Enjoy.

Texas Is The Reason (1995)

1. If It's Here When We Get Back It's Ours

2. Dressing Cold

3. Antique

Texas Is The Reason/Samuel (1995)

1. Texas Is The Reason - Something To Forget

2. Samuel - The Leaving Kind

The Promise Ring/Texas Is The Reason (1996)

1. The Promise Ring - E. Texas Ave

2. Texas Is The Reason - Blue Boy

Do You Know Who You Are? (1996)

1. Johnny On The Spot

2. The Magic Bullet Theory

3. Nickel Wound

4. There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight (The Drinking Song)

5. Something To Forget

6. Do You Know Who You Are?

7. Back And To The Left

8. The Day's Refrain

9. A Jack With One Eye

Your Choice Live Series 037: Samiam/Texas Is The Reason (1999)

1. Samiam - Stepson

2. Samiam - Sky Flying By

3. Samiam - Full On

4. Samiam - Clean

5. Samiam - Speed

6. Samiam - Time By The Dime

7. Samiam - Home Sweet Home

8. Texas Is The Reason - Nickel Wound

9. Texas Is The Reason - The Magic Bullet Theory

10. Texas Is The Reason - Johnny On The Spot

11. Texas Is The Reason - Dressing Cold

12. Texas Is The Reason - A Jack With One Eye

13. Texas Is The Reason - Antique

Do You Know Who You Are?: The Complete Collection (2013)

1. Johnny On The Spot

2. The Magic Bullet Theory

3. Nickel Wound

4. There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight (The Drinking Song)

5. Something To Forget

6. Do You Know Who You Are?

7. Back And To The Left

8. The Day's Refrain

9. A Jack With One Eye

10. Every Little Girl's Dream

11. When Rock 'N' Roll Was Just A Baby

12. Blue Boy

13. Something To Forget

14. If It's Here When We Get Back It's Ours

15. Dressing Cold

16. Antique