Free Throw

Free Throw are a five-piece emo/indie/punk band from Nashville, Tennessee that formed in 2012. These guys dropped their debut full-length album this year on Count Your Lucky Stars, and it is absolutely phenomenal. They can easily be compared to the plethora of modern twinkly/emo revival bands that seem to multiply by the daily. So when a band like Free Throw comes along, who fit into that niche, but simultaneously stand out so much in it, you know you're in for something good. They make masterful use of their vocals, which are often harmonised. They are also often very harsh, which is more akin to bands like Old Gray and Tiny Moving Parts, which is a nice contrast to their Snowing-esque instrumentation. They write insanely catchy songs, which sound very distinct from each other, and occasionally incorporate elements that lean on the border of sounding pop punk. If you're looking for new emo bands that aren't You Blew It! and friends, Free Throw are the exact band you need to be listening to.

Free Throw (2012)

1. A Wild Pidgey Appeared

2. Lvl. 2 Pidgey In A Masterball

3. My High

4. My Low

5. An Hour Pissed

6. Gersberms!

Lavender Town (2013)

1. Slam With The Best Or Jam With The Rest

2. Now Kith

3. Lavender Town

4. Pennsylvania Dutch

Free Throw/Grandview (2013)

1. Free Throw - Pallet Town

2. Grandview - Concrete

Those Days Are Gone (2014)

1. Such Luck

2. Two Beers In

3. Good Job, Champ

4. Tongue Tied

5. Pallet Town

6. An Hour Pissed

7. Kim Tastie

8. How I Got My Shrunken Head

9. Let's Get Invisible

10. What Day Is It, October?

11. Hey Ken, Someone Methodically Mushed The Donuts

Bear Your Mind (2017)

1. Open Window

2. Rinse. Repeat.

3. Randy, I Am The Liquor

4. Weight On My Chest

5. Hope Spot

6. Weak Tables

7. Andy And I, Uh...

8. Cal Ripken Jr. Johnson

9. Dead Reckoning

10. Better Have Burn Heal

11. Victory Road

What's Past Is Prologue (2019)

1. Smokes, Let's Go

2. Tail Whip, Struggle

3. The Corner's Dilemma

4. You Don't Say That

5. Stay Out Of The Basement

6. Anaconda Vice

7. Today Is Especially Delicious

8. The Fix Is In

9. Perfect Driftwood

10. Monte Luna

11. Cerulean City

12. What's Past Is Prologue

Piecing It Together (2021)

1. Cloud Sick

2. Worry Seed

3. The Grass Isn't Greener

4. Down & Out

5. Ocular Pat Down

6. Second Wind

7. Force Of Will

8. Dormancy

9. Trust Fall

10. Ghost In The Routine

11. Equilibrium

12. Dawn Of A New Day

Lessons That We Swear To Keep (2023)

1. A Part Is Better Than Zero

2. Spacer's Choice

3. Replacing Leene's Bell

4. The Museum Of Orphaned Concepts

5. So Yeah, So

6. Thanks For Asking

7. Into The Wind Stream

8. Joy Ephemeral

9. Cinnabar Island

10. Tips For Safe Travels

11. What Comes Around Is All Around

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Dikembe

Dikembe are a four-piece emo/indie band from Gainesville, Florida, that formed in 2011. They are currently signed to Tiny Engines Records. Dikembe, along with bands such as You Blew It! and Dowsing, are part of a group of bands part of the recent "emo revival" movement, in which modern bands take major influence from the great emo/indie bands of the 90's, such as Braid, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Promise Ring, etc. Dikembe are an amazing band that are equally catchy and upbeat, as well as slower and melancholic. Plus they come with all the staples of a modern "emo" band, including inside jokes for songs and titles. Enjoy.

Every Time You See Me I Look Like I Hit The Lotto Twice (2011)

1. Dikembe - Scottie Spliffen

2. Dikembe - Luc Bongley

3. Dikembe - Michael Jordank

4. Dikembe - Tony Kukush

5. Dikembe - That's How What Works

6. Dikembe - Librarians Kill For That Kind Of Quiet

7. Dikembe - We Could Become River Rats

8. You Blew It! - Terry v. Tori

9. Little League - Hey, Feet

10. Douglas Shields & The X-Factors - Teenage Wasteland

11. Parasol - What I Know

12. The Caution Children - Could He Avoid Dying

13. You'll Live - Lost In The Tide

Broad Shoulders (2012)

1. Nothing. Stuff.

2. Apology Not Fucking Accepted

3. I Watch A Lot Of Jackie Chan Movies

4. We Could Become River Rats

5. I Just Don't Understand What All These Dogs Dig About Him

6. Not Today, Angel

7. Librarians Kill For That Kind Of Quiet

8. That's How That Works?

9. I'm Gonna Deck Your Halls, Bub!

10. Sorry I Can't Stick Around

Chicago Bowls (2013)

1. Scottie Spliffen

2. Luc Bongley

3. Michael Jordank

4. Tony Kukush

Dikembe/Hightide Hotel/Jet Set Sail/Monument (2013)

1. Dikembe - Donuts In A Six Speed

2. Hightide Hotel - Built To Last

3. Jet Set Sail - Strickland North

4. Monument - Sophisticated Liars

Pet Symmetry/Dikembe (2013)

1. Pet Symmetry - Boldly Going Nowhere

2. Dikembe - Keys To The Jeep

June 4-Way Split (2013)

1. You Blew It! - Medal Of Honor (Acoustic)

2. Nai Harvest - Washy (Acoustic)

3. Marietta - You've Got The Map Backwards, Matt (Acoustic)

4. Dikembe - Untitled (How Demos Feel)

Fest 12 Split (2013)

1. Dikembe - I Watch A Lot Of Jackie Chan Movies (Acoustic)

2. The Hotel Year - Settle The Scar

3. Modern Baseball - Voting Early

4. Old Gray - The Foxes Begin To Starve

5. Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) - The Hour of Pearl

6. Pentimento - It Happens To The Best Of Us

All I Want For Christmas Is You (2013)

1. All I Want For Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey cover)

Dikembe/The Jazz June (2014)

1. Dikembe - Healer Of The Pride

2. The Jazz June - Over Underground

Mediumship (2014)

1. Even Bother

2. Hood Rat Messiah

3. Pelican Fly

4. Las Vegas Weather

5. Snakes In My Path

6. 24 Karats

7. Mad Frustrated

8. Donuts In A Six Speed

9. Gets Harder

10. Throw Lips

Ledge (2015)

1. Worst in the Fury

2. Surfed in the Loft

3. Teeth in the Sink

4. Guts in the Brush

Hail Something (2016)

1. Hail Something

2. Like An Archer

3. Earth Around Me

4. All Wrong

5. Fix

6. Shelf

7. Awful Machine

8. Creature Of The Week

9. Box Springs

10. Just Explode

11. Eat

Muck (2020)

1. Sink

2. Wake

3. All Got Sick

4. Throat

5. Old Husks

6. Stay Beat

7. Barely A Sea

8. Perfect Mess

9. Living In The Walls

10. Shame

11. Leveled Again

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A Great Big Pile Of Leaves

A Great Big Pile Of Leaves are a four-piece indie rock/emo band from Brooklyn, New York that formed in 2007. They've put out two full-lengths and numerous EP's since then. They have strong ties to Motion City Soundtrack, and are currently signed to Topshelf, along with contemporaries such as Prawn. Although they do fit into that realm of bands, they sound more like The Shins with only a hint of American Football. More than anything else, these guys know how to write a good song. They know the right amounts of technical skill and catchy hooks. This band gets a ton of requests, so enjoy!

The Fiery Works (2007)

1. User's Guide To A Colouring Book

2. Mystery Of The Brain

3. Conscious And The Fiery Works

4. Hey Tangerine!

5. This Is A Country Song...

6. workeatsleep

The Fiery Works II (2008)

1. sleepsleepsleep

2. Bring Back Recess

3. The Size Of Dinosaurs

4. Spanish For Smile

5. Drought Of Snow

Have You Seen My Prefrontal Cortext? (2010)

1. Alligator Bop

2. We Don't Need Our Heads

3. Vampires In Love

4. Great Fun

5. Bring Back Breakfast

6. Race Car Driving

7. Meet Me At The Mall, Bring Your Swim Trunks

8. I Will Gobble You Up!

9. Learn To Share

10. Bicycles In Sleep Cycles

11. A Few Loose Screws

12. Sleeping On The Train

13. Moving In Slow

Live From The Living Room (2011)

1. Vampires In Love

2. Meet Me At The Mall, Bring Your Swim Trunks

3. A Few Screws Loose

4. We Don't Need Our Heads

5. Comin' From Tucson

BOOM! (2011)

1. This Is A Country Song

2. Drough Of Snow

3. Alligator Bop

4. Learning Curves

Making Moves (2012)

1. Pet Mouse

2. Writing Utensils

3. Ambiversion

You're Always On My Mind (2013)

1. Snack Attack

2. Flying Fish

3. Pet Mouse

4. Slumber Party

5. Back To School

6. Egocentrism

7. Ambiversion

8. Fun In The Sun

9. Locus Of Control

10. Pizzanomics

Pono (2021)

1. Yesterday's Clothes

2. Hit Reset

3. Beat Up Shoes

4. Waiting For Your Love

5. Halloween

6. Kitchen Concert

7. Swimmer

8. Water Cycle

9. Writing Utensils

10. Simple Pleasures

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Hightide Hotel

Hightide Hotel are a three-piece emo band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They formed in 2008 and are supposed to have broke up two years ago, but not until they finished and released their last album, which just came out on Count Your Lucky Stars. They are, in my opinion, one of the best emo/twinkly/math rock bands to come out of the past few years. Porch Luck is absolutely perfect, and their first album Nothing Was Missing, Except Me is also astounding. Their new, second album, Naturally, is definitely going to up there as well, based on a few listens so far. They had a different drummer/singer on their first two releases before switching to their current line-up on their first LP. Some of their members also play in Olive Drab, which shares members with THE band, Snowing. Here's Hightide Hotel's complete discography, enjoy.

Porch Luck (2008)

1. The Tender And The Terrible

2. I Know What The Word Gone Means

3. Open Your Eyes And Stare

4. Porch Luck

Secret Somethings (2009)

1. Wordsearch

2. Apartment Buildings (Acoustic)

3. Secret Somethings

4. Porch Luck (Acoustic)

By Surprise/Hightide Hotel (2009)

1. Hightide Hotel - Shuttle

2. Hightide Hotel - Elementary Biology

3. Hightide Hotel - Apartment Buildings

4. By Surprise - Invisible Ink

5. By Surprise - CB Radio

6. By Surprise - I Miss You etc.

Nothing Was Missing, Except Me (2010)

1. I'm Just Sippin' On Monster, Thinkin' About Life

2. Childish

3. Life Is Precious, And God, And The Bible

4. Where's Walden?

5. Weekends

6. I Know What The Word Gone Means

7. Be My Lobster

8. She Dreams Of Melting Rocks

9. Morning Mutes

10. Sometimes What Ends Doesn't

Secret Somethings: Vol. 2 (2011)

1. Intro

2. Ballad

3. Ultimatum

4. Hollow

5. Your Bed

6. My Bed

7. Hospital Green

8. Malice

9. Closer

10. Intro

Secret Somethings: Vol. 3 (2012)

1. Spring Cleaning

2. Secret Something

3. Kicked Off Bed Island

4. Fuck All These Documents

5. J.E. III

6. I Know What The Word Dead Means

7. The Tender And The Terrible (Live)

8. Be My Lobster (Live)

9. Closer (Live)

10. Wordsearch (Darien St. Version)

Dikembe/Hightide Hotel/Jet Set Sail/Monument (2013)

1. Dikembe - Donuts In A Six Speed

2. Hightide Hotel - Built To Last

3. Jet Set Sail - Strickland North

4. Monument - Sophisticated Liars

Naturally (2014)

1. Hello Cruel World

2. Basement Warfare

3. Henry

4. Vertigo Chamber

5. Dandelion

6. Cosmos

7. An Absence Felt

8. Apollo Silent Groove

9. Don't Need

10. Naturally

11. Sigh

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Saves The Day

Saves The Day are an emo/pop punk/indie band from Princeton, New Jersey. They initially formed in 1994 under the name Sefler until changing it in 1997. They formed at a very young age, with their debut album Can't Slow Down while they were still in high school. They continued on to release three albums now considered essentials in emo/pop punk, and crucial in developing the genre in their wake. These are the catchy and adolescent-essential Through Being Cool, the quintessential classic Stay What You Are, and the experimental In Reverie. After those, they released an album in 2006, and 2007, and 2011, which were intended to be a three-album concept. They also put out a self-titled album in 2013.

Throughout the history of Saves The Day, they have had constant member shifts, therefore most albums have a radically different line-up. The only constant member of the band is frontman Chris Conley. They have also worked with numerous labels as diverse as Equal Vision, Vagrant, Dreamworks, Razor & Tie, and currently Rory Records (owned by Max Bemis of Say Anything). Thanks to Jacob Shumaker for the help with this post. Enjoy!

Sefler Discography

13 Hours Of Everything (1996)

1. Peter's Mom

2. Kentucky Parallel Parking

3. I Think I'll Quit

Compilation/Unreleaased

About Waking Up

Month Of Sundays

Dweeb

Lisa's Birthday Tape (1998)
1. Sweeter For The Betrayal
2. Dance In The Glare of Headlights
3. Just Walk Him Out There And Shoot Him
4. Dreams From Cannibal Island
5. Save Only Darkness

Note: This is an acoustic tape made by Chris Conley for a friend

Can't Slow Down (1998)

1. Deciding

2. The Choke

3. Handsome Boy

4. Blindfolded

5. Collision

6. Three Miles Down

7. Always Ten Feet Tall

8. I Want Your Bricks

9. Seeing It This Way

10. Hot Time In Delaware

11. Houses And Billboards

12. Obsolete

13. Sometimes, New Jersey

14. Jodie

I'm Sorry I'm Leaving (1999)

1. I'm Sorry I'm Leaving

2. Hold

3. Jessie & My Whetstone

4. Take Our Cars Now!

5. I Melt With You (Modern English cover)

Through Being Cool (1999)

1. All-Star Me

2. You Vandal

3. Shoulder To The Wheel

4. Rocks Tonic Juice Magic

5. Holly Hox, Forget Me Nots

6. Third Engine

7. My Sweet Fracture

8. The Vast Spoils Of America (From The Badlands Through The Ocean)

9. The Last Lie I Told

10. Do You Know What I Love The Most?

11. Through Being Cool

12. Banned From The Back Porch

Stay What You Are (2001)

1. At Your Funeral

2. See You

3. Cars & Calories

4. Certain Tragedy

5. Jukebox Breakdown

6. Freakish

7. As Your Ghost Takes Flight

8. Nightingale

9. All I'm Losing Is Me

10. This Is Not An Exit

11. Firefly

In Reverie (2003)

1. Anywhere With You

2. What Went Wrong

3. Driving In The Dark

4. Rise

5. In Reverie

6. Morning In The Moonlight

7. Monkey

8. In My Waking Life

9. She

10. Where Are You

11. Wednesday The Third

12. Tomorrow Too Late

Ups & Downs: B-Sides And Early Recordings (2004)

1. Ups And Downs

2. Sell My Old Clothes, I'm Off To Heaven

3. A Drag In D Flat

4. I'm Sorry I'm Leaving

5. Hold

6. Jessie And My Whetstone

7. Take Our Cars Now!

8. The Way His Collar Falls

9. The Art of Misplacing Firearms

10. East Coast

11. 1:19

12. An Afternoon Laughing

13. Dave Feels Right

14. When It Isn't Like It Should Be

15. 1959

16. I Think I'll Quit

17. Cheer (Descendents cover)

18. Clash City Rockers (The Clash cover)

19. Jessie And My Whetsone (Live 2003)

Sound The Alarm (2006)

1. Head For The Hills

2. The End

3. Shattered

4. Eulogy

5. Dying Day

6. 34

7. Say You'll Never Leave

8. Diseased

9. Don't Know Why

10. Sound The Alarm

11. Bones

12. Delusional

13. Hell Is Here 

Bug Sessions: Volume One (2006)

1. Certain Tragedy

2. In My Waking Life

3. Freakish

4. Vandal

5. Sell My Old Clothes, I'm Off To Heaven

6. My Sweet Fracture

7. Jodie

Under The Boards (2007)

1. Under The Boards

2. Radio

3. Can't Stay The Same

4. Get Fucked Up

5. When I'm Not There

6. Lonely Nights

7. Bye Bye Baby

8. Stay

9. Getaway

10. Because You Are No Other

11. Kaleidoscope

12. Woe

13. Turning Over In My Tomb

Bug Sessions: Volume Two (2008)

1. This Is Not An Exit

2. Rocks Tonic Juice Magic

3. Wednesday The 3rd

4. Stay

5. Coconut

6. Don't Know Why

7. Take Our Cars Now!

Bug Sessions: Volume Three (2008)

1. Radio

2. Deciding

3. Hold

4. Dying Day

5. A Drag In D Flat

6. Third Engine

7. See You

1984 EP (2010)

1. 1984

2. Let It All Go (Acoustic)

3. Driving In The Dark (Acoustic)

4. Hold (Electric)

5. Stay (Electric)

Daybreak (2011)

1. Daybreak: Somehow You Love Me/Fucked Up Past The Point Of Fixing/8 AM/Zig Zag/Daybreak

2. Let It All Go

3. 1984

4. E

5. Z

6. Deranged & Desperate

7. Chameleon

8. Living Without Love

9. U

10. O

11. Undress Me

Daybreak [Deluxe Edition] (2011)

1. Daybreak: Somehow You Love Me/Fucked Up Past The Point Of Fixing/8 AM/Zig Zag/Daybreak (Acoustic)

2. Let It All Go (Acoustic)

3. 1984 (Acoustic)

4. E (Acoustic)

5. Z (Acoustic)

6. Deranged & Desperate (Acoustic)

7. Chameleon (Acoustic)

8. Living Without Love (Acoustic)

9. U (Acoustic)

10. O (Acoustic)

11. Undress Me (Acoustic)

Saves The Day (2013)

1. Remember

2. In The In Between

3. Beyond All Of Time

4. Ain't No Kind Of Love

5. Lucky Number

6. Xenophobic Blind Left Hook

7. The Tide Of Our Times

8. Supernova

9. Verona

10. Ring Pop

11. Stand In The Stars

9 (2018)

1. Saves The Day

2. Suzuki

3. Side By Side

4. Kerouac & Cassady

5. It's Such a Beautiful World

6. Rosé

7. 1997

8. Rendevouz

9. 29

Through Being Ghoul (2020)

1. Senses Fail - We Are 138 (Misfits cover)

2. Senses Fail - Attitude (Misfits cover)

3. Saves The Day - Some Kinda Hate (Misfits cover)

4. Saves The Day - Where Eagles Dare (Misfits cover)