Ten Grand

Ten Grand were a four-piece post-hardcore/screamo band from Iowa City, Iowa that were around from 1998 to 2003. Up until 2001, they went by the name The Vidablue, until selling the rights to another band of the same name and changing theirs to Ten Grand. They were quite prolific in their time, releasing 3 LP's in 3 years, along with a slew of early material (some of which is included on the compilation What I Should Have Said Vol. 1) Unfortunately, the band came to a sudden end in 2003 with the death of their singer/guitarist Matt Davis. More info on the band can be found here if you're interested.

Sonically, the band played a spastic and frenzied version of hardcore that played with dissonance, dynamics, and insane rhythms. Instrumentally, they perfected the duel-guitar clash, and knocked out songs that keep you on edge while giving some dynamic breathing. Essentially, if you took the Dischord and Gravity Records rosters and threw them together, this is the sound you'd get. Enjoy.

Vida Blue (1999)

1. The Vidablue - What Difference Does It Make?

2. The Vidablue - Do Not Question Brain-O

3. The Vidablue - Midwinter

The Vidablue/Quatro (1999)

1. The Vidablue - Broken Jaw Factory

2. Quatro - Best Actor Award

3. Quatro - Slow Jammin' Earl

The Khayembii Communiqué/The Vidablue (2000)

1. The Khayembii Communiqué - The Des Moines Tapes

2. The Khayembii Communiqué - Better Times Are Left Dead

3. The Khayembii Communiqué - Lacking

4. The Khayembii Communiqué - The Death Of An Aspiring Icon

5. The Vidablue - Engine Down

6. The Vidablue - Me And Spike Lee

7. The Vidablue - The Dukes Are Trying To Corner The Market

8. The Vidablue - I Survived The Chair

What I Should Have Said Vol. 1 (2000)

1. The Vidablue - What Difference Does It Make?

2. The Vidablue - Do Not Question The Great Brain-O

3. The Vidablue - Midwinter

4. The Vidablue - The Detective

5. The Vidablue - Before The Action Commences

6. The Vidablue - Drop Dead

7. The Vidablue - Miette

8. The Vidablue - East Dearborn

9. The Vidablue - The City Sucks Tonight

10. The Vidablue - A Broken Jaw Factory

11. The Vidablue - '87 Yankees

12. The Vidablue - Industry

13. The Vidablue - Industry (Remix)

14. The Vidablue - So The Pitate Says

15. The Vidablue - Engine Down

16. The Vidablue - I Survived The Chair

17. The Vidablue - X 7

18. The Vidablue - I Claim This Land In The Name Of Taz

19. The Vidablue - Grave? Shovel! Let's Go.

20. The Vidablue - Bike Dance (No Scrubs)

Our Miracle Point Of Contact (2000)

1. The Vidablue - I Know It Works

2. The Vidablue - Making A Building

3. The Vidablue - I Claim This Land In The Name Of Taz

4. The Vidablue - Monocle

5. The Vidablue - Typhoid Mary

6. The Vidablue - Industry

7. The Vidablue - 1-2-3 Pregnant

8. The Vidablue - My Heart Goes Out To Me

9. The Vidablue - Three Cheers For Cause And Effect

10. The Vidablue - Why Am I Bleeding?

11. The Vidablue - H-E-Double Hockey Sticks

The Comprehensive List Of Everyone Who Has Ever Done Anything Wrong To Us (2002)

1. The Beginning

2. The Face I Make While You're Crying

3. Never Let Your Girlfriend Go Camping With That Guy She Met In Pottery Class

4. Grave? Shovel! Let's Go.

5. It's Not A Party Unless You're Doing It With Someone Else In The Bathroom

6. Thank You Ma'am, May I Have Several Thousand More?

7. Billy Ray Valentine, Capricorn

8. The Payload Theme Song

9. To The Library And Step On It

10. Bikedance (No Scrubs)

11. Ending

Note: Originally released in 2001 under The Vidablue name, reissued in 2002 under Ten Grand

Mike Lust/Ten Grand (2002)

1. Mike Lust - Coke Fader

2. Ten Grand - Sometimes You Say The Wrong Thing... When You're Stupid (Scary Movie 3)

This Is The Way To Rule (2002)

1. Hands Off The Merch

2. Wedding Song for Steve and Angie

3. R E S P E C T Me

4. Let's Wreck the Van

5. I Will Seriously Pay You to Shut Up

6. Scary Movie 4

7. Get Out Of My Dojo

8. This Isn't Heaven, This Sucks

9. Fuck You Guyses Teams

10. Now You Got What I Got

armywives

armywives are a five-piece screamo band from Brooklyn and Philadelphia that seemed to have begun 2010, but have been predominantly active since 2018 (or so it seems). After a discography of early material, they released a handful of singles throughout 2019, which leads us to their self-titled debut EP, released this month via Zegema Beach Records. This is 4 blistering tracks of post-hardcore leaning screamo, which fans of bands such as Kidcrash, Eyelet, We Were Skeletons, and Pianos Become The Teeth will revel in. Enjoy.

Discography 2010-2014 (2014)

1. breathe

2. herald

3. see

4. choke

5. bygones

"thoughts + prayers"/unmarked/twenty-four karat (2019)

1. "thoughts + prayers"

2. unmarked

3. twenty-four karat

Note: Individually released tracks in 2019, included together for convenience

armywives (2020)

1. est cette vie?

2. est-ce la mort?

3. able

4. first you must die to be reborn

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Slow Fire Pistol

Slow Fire Pistol are a four-piece hardcore/screamo band from Atlanta, Georgia that began in 2016. They feature ex-members of Foundation, but stand on their own in the excellence in the current screamo/hardcore hybrid, especially through a recent split with the you-already-know awesome Portrayal of Guilt. Slow Fire Pistol certainly hold their own prior to that, with an insane discography to this date of all hits no misses, one I cannot recommend enough. Enjoy.

Demo (2016)

1. Place In The Sun

2. Last Waking Moment

3. Crushing The Word Numb In Your Fingertips

Moment Of Clarity (2016)

1. So Called Power

2. Manipulation 101

3. Below The Bottom

4. Month Waiting Game

Beauty (2017)

1. An Epilogue

2. A Coke And A Smile

3. Flower For My Mother

4. Beauty

5. Words

6. A Life Worth Knowing

Love Riddled With Conditions (2019)
1. Sever Myself

2. Mask

3. Circle And Squares

4. A Love That Leaves You With Nothing

5. Give Me Back My Time

6. Sanctioned Killing

Portrayal Of Guilt/Slow Fire Pistol (2020)

1. Portrayal Of Guilt - The End Of Man Will Bring Peace To This Earth

2. Slow Fire Pistol - Heart Of Discernment

Rabbit Town Blues (2021)

1. Who Decides

2. My Love In Every Breath

3. Exit 24

4. Spare Time

5. Spring

Live In Atlanta (2021)

1. Who Decides? (Live)

2. My Love In Every Breath (Live)

3. An Epilogue (Live)

4. Spare Time (Live)

5. A Love That Leaves You With Nothing (Live)

6. Give Me Back My Time (Live)

7. Heart Of Discernment (Live)

Radiant (2023)

1. 20 Years Lost

2. A Light Between The Distance

3. Collections Of Nothing

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The Newfound Interest In Connecticut

The Newfound Interest In Connecticut were a post-rock/post-hardcore/emo band from Toronto, Ontario that were around from at least 2002 to 2005-ish. I can't find too much info on this band, so if anyone knows anything please do feel free to share. Additionally, they apparently put out a split and EP prior to the sole full-length they are best known, but I can't find any of those. Thus, we've got just the LP here. It's a unique collection of songs, to say the least. They fall somewhere in between Godspeed You! Black Emperor, On The Might Of Princes, and The Microphones, with some definite midwest emo background influence. Despite those comparisons, the band really does stand out on their own, without contemporaries. Tell Me About The Long Dark Path Home is meant for cold nights, and will appeal to fans of drawn-out atmospheric build-ups, math-y rhythms, and dynamic sung/spoken/screamed vocals. Enjoy.

Tell Me About The Long Dark Path Home (2005)

1. The Computers Stopped Exchanging Information

2. And Started Sharing Stories

3. And Then They Kissed

4. Okay, You Can Be Tigers, But No Crashing

5. Five Years Of Work And We Built That Song

6. And It Sings For Itself

7. I Can Hear Your Footsteps Just Outside Camp - Sah, Sah, Sah...

8. I Can See Your Breath Rising In The Air

9. On My Back Watching The Northern Lights Recede

10. The Arctic Circle

Frances Quinlan

Frances Quinlan is an indie rock singer/songwriter best known as being the founding member and primary songwriter of Hop Along. Earlier this year they released their debut solo LP on Saddle Creek Records. As expected, their powerhouse voice and incredible lyrical abilities are on full display, while the guitar-heavy sound of Hop Along are put on the backburner in favour of some more varied instrumentals. They have an incredible knack for crafting pop songs that teeter the line of simplicity and intricacy, and any new material from them is more than welcome. It's unique enough to set itself apart from their previous work, though I would still highly recommend any Hop Along fan give this a listen if you haven't heard it yet. Enjoy.

Likewise (2020)

1. Piltdown Man

2. Your Reply

3. Rare Thing

4. Detroit Lake

5. A Secret

6. Went To LA
7. Lean

8. Now That I'm Back

9. Carry The Zero (Built to Spill cover)

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Gulch

Gulch are a five-piece hardcore band from Santa Cruz, California that have been around since at least 2016, thought its members have been active in tons of local bands prior. They came together to create some of the most unhinged and unpredictable hardcore in recent years, taking on a blend of metallic hardcore and death metal influence to create chaos in its purest form. Burning Desire To Draw Last Breath is a virtually perfect EP, and a good jumping off point to get into one of the most explosive bands around. From the looks of their live shows, they are front runners in setting the bar for hardcore this decade, so I am more than pumped to see what they do next. Enjoy.

Demolition Of Human Construct (2017)

1. Lie, Deny, Sanctify

2. Eco-terror

3. Monolith

Burning Desire To Draw Last Breath (2018)

1. Contemplate/Enact

2. Flesh Pursuit

3. Burning Desire To Draw Last Breath

4. R.S.A.

5. E.P.T.S.

6. Gruel For The Beast

2019 Promo (2019)

1. Cries of Pleasure, Heavenly Pain

2. Self-Inflicted Mental Terror

Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress (2020)

1. Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress

2. Cries Of Pleasure, Heavenly Pain

3. Self-Inflicted Mental Terror

4. Lie, Deny, Sanctify

5. Fucking Towards Salvation

6. All Falls Down The Well

7. Shallow Reflective Pools of Guilt

8. Sin In My Heart

Sunami/Gulch (2021)

1. Sunami - Step Up

2. Sunami - Die Slow

3. Gulch - Bolt Swallower

4. Gulch - Accelerator

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The High Cost Of Playing God

The High Cost Of Playing God are a four-piece metalcore band from Austin, Texas that have been around since at least 2019. They recently dropped a four-track EP with notable influence coming from early era Converge (as the band name would suggest). They pull off this sound flawlessly while keeping it fresh and avoid the trappings of direct derivativeness. Definitely recommend for fans of classic 90's metalcore. Enjoy!

The Leech (2019)

1. The Leech

The High Cost Of Playing God (2020)

1. Judge, Jury, Executioner

2. Sanity

3. Better Method

4. Release

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Amber Inn

Amber Inn were a four-piece emo/hardcore band from Sacramento, California that were around from 1994 to 1998. They were foundational in the dark and dynamic Dischord-influenced hardcore scene that's now better known as "emo". Taking their cues from Fugazi, and along with contemporaries Indian Summer, Amber Inn ripped through songs of octave-chord and dissonant messes, shouted vocals, heavy bass, tense rhythms, and the loud/quiet Slint sound. They were one of the earlier Ebullition Records bands, and one of the many flagship bands that label put out. Their sole LP, All Roads Lead Home is one of the greatest documents in 90's emo, and was later re-released to function as a discography album, including all their released material (which was mostly put out on 7"'s). Enjoy.

All Roads Lead Home (2000)

1. Leave With Dignity

2. Shouldering Reflex

3. A Thousand Spotlights

4. Sandpaper My Eyes

5. The Inherent Purity Of Rain In May

6. This Is Not An Entrance

7. Salvage Mission

8. The Sky Is Blue

9. Life Instantaneous

10. Through The Blinds

11. Out Like Irsay

12. Serenity In Hand

13. Wednesday Streak

14. Winter She Whispered

15. Hint Taken

16. Dead Calm

17. Martyr Complex

18. With Regrets

19. Flamingo Stance

Harrison Bergeron

"Come back and make up a goodbye at least, let's pretend we had one." Would the year be complete without a reminder of your inconsolable loneliness? Absolutely not, thus we end up back here on Valentine's Day with another lonely hearts club band. Since 2013, this dismal day has been spent with the screamiest of bands and Sunshine-iest of quotes to pour all your empty sorrows into. It's a day to reflect on the absolute nothingness that has continued to fester since all of this got started. This year's saddition is Harrion Bergeron, which I have sorely neglected in posting thus far, but thankfully "Darkness Washed Over The Dude" was meant to be this year's sadgasm anthem. I'll also include all previous entries in the comments if rock bottom wasn't low enough.

Harrison Bergeron were a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania screamo/emo band that were around from 2005 to 2006. They played a blend of classic screamo in the vein of Saetia and Neil Perry, with a hint of midwestern emo, making them semi-comparable to Make Me. They later went all-out in the emo vein, with members of Harrison Bergeron later playing in seminal bands Street Smart Cyclist and Boy Problems. Thought they never received tons of attention, their sole EP Dead Bergeron has been consistently passed around the webs of the internet, never letting it die out, and for good reason. This is a collection of fantastic tracks full of raw, unhinged goodness. I'm not even sure if it was ever officially released, but thankfully it's emerged more intact than your shattered heart, and meant to be played at full volume on this despised day. Just remember, things won't get better. Don't enjoy.

Dead Bergeron (2006)

1. Undead and Undone/To The Basement

2. Instrumental

3. Like Lightning, Six Billion Strong

4. Darkness Washed Over The Dude

5. Kick It To The Curb

6. Speak On It

The End Of The Century Party

The End Of The Century Party were a four-piece screamo/hardcore band from Tampa, Florida that began in 1993 and broke up in 1999. They released one LP and a handful of 7"'s, which is pretty standard for a band in the scene they were kicking around in (which is the same scene that birthed Palatka. They were one of the earliest examples of emoviolence, a sound blended hardcore (and what would later become "screamo") with powerviolence influences, making their songs incredibly short, sharp and spastic outings. All their material was compiled on a discography release in 2004, which is what's below. Enjoy.

Discography 1993 - 1999 (2004)

1. Isn't It Perfectly Fucking Delightful To Be So Goddamn Certain

2. Crash Course In Fatherhood

3. Ask My Exorcist Or School Psychiatrist

4. Become A Part, Come Apart

5. The Only Reason You Say You're A Vampire Is Because Werewolves And Frankenstein Don't Get Laid

6. Swear The Barrel

7. Devolution Defined

8. With Breakfast In The Morning

9. People Aint No Damn Good And Shit

10. Everything Stops

11. 102

12. Always On The Outskirts, Enthusiastically Missing The Point

13. Circles Gather

14. With No Regard

15. They Built A City Out Of Radish Dust

16. Knocked Into Place

17. Clean Shot

18. Filed

19. I'm Your Pusher

20. So Long

21. Hope Me Blind

22. Childhood Hopes (Of Self Defense)

23. Older Than Dead

24. Convenience Store Regular

25. Let Me Go

26. Only Attempt

27. Preserving Shit

28. Spermy

29. Centralized Knowledge

30. Numb

31. So Long (Demo)

32. Only Attempt (Demo)

33. Centralized Knowledge (Demo)