мища - New Songs

So we just got the unmastered tracks for our split with Bears! and James put them up on his blog. I don't have the mp3s yet so if you would like to have them you can get em here. You can hear them on our myspace too. Hopefully we will get them mastered soon so we can send them to Bear Records and get this split pressed and shit. Word.

The Samuel Jackson Five

The Samuel Jackson Five is a post-rock band from Norway. Their sound could be compared to Neil on Impression or Explosions in the Sky I guess. I don't really know anything about them, but I really enjoy listening to their music. They have three albums, all of which are available below. According to their myspace they will be releasing a 5 vinyl discography box set thing with Denovali and Vega Vinyl. This monster release will have all three albums plus unreleased material and what not. Its supposed to be out late '09, so maybe that will be around soon.
Here is the only video I could find. It's from last year in Hanover.


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Same, Same But Different


Easily Misunderstood


Goodbye Melody Mountain

Native & Raein

Today I decided to upload two albums form bands that we have already done posts on. Its Halloween and I'm about to get my wine on, so I'm going to make this really short.
First, Native has released a new record, and we have it available for download. It is out on Sergent House Records and is called "Wrestling Moves", you should buy it if you enjoy it. Second, seeing as Raein is coming to the states in about a month I thought it would be cool to post a Raein cd that I have but didn't put up when we did our Raein post. It has a remix of "From 3 to 1 in 2 and 4" and an untitled song. Both of these songs are pretty electronic but they still rule. If you get the chance, go see Raein when they come to some select cities, or even better, go see them in Chicago with Native!


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Raein

From 3 to 1 in 2 and 4

Native

Wrestling Moves

Green is Mean

I don't really have any kind of formal information about this band at all.

What I do now is that they were a screamo/emotive post-hardcore band from the Frederick, MD area around the turn of the century. A friend of mine's old brother was friends with the group and gave him their music, and he in turn gave it to me.

The music is reminiscent of bands like Funeral Diner, in that it varies between loud, heavy parts with unrestrained, screamed vocals provided by multiple vocalists, that still retain a distinct melody followed by more mellow interludes featuring clean guitar tones; there are also parts which feature the shouted vocals over clean guitar parts. However, the band has a very original sound, with prominent, fuzzy bass lines and melodic guitar lines that often dissolve in almost punctuated riffs while the rhythm carries the songs along without making them sound spastic at all. The songs are technical without being too complex or show-offy.

I really like these guys, and I wish I knew a little more about them. I do know that some of the members now play in some bands from Baltimore which I somehow stumbled upon, but I can't remember their names and can't remember how I found them.

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Green Is Meaner Than All Your Bullies

La Quiete

La Quiete is an incredible screamo band from Italy. They share a drummer with Raein and are currently touring in Australia. I can't think of anything to write about this band that will do them any justice, but if you have never heard of LAQ you really need to get on that. It has taken me a very long time to collect these albums, and i still do not have all of their material. A good portion of their stuff is splits/compilations, but they do have some full lengths and eps. I do not have the following:
1. Verso La Fine. Benefit Compilation Against Morini Breeding.
2. Memento Mori
Here is a video of the song "Metempsicosi Del Fine Ultimo:Nevrastenica Oscillazione Fra Poli Estremi" being played in Cooksville, Tennessee.




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Split with The Apoplexy Twist Orchestra


Split with K.C. Milian


La Fine Non e La Fine


Split with Acrimonie


Self Titled


Split with The Pine


Lack of Originality Tape


Split with Catena Collapse


Split with Louise Cyphre


Self Titled CDM


Tenpeun


Song from Emo Armageddon


The Microwave Says to the Pace Maker


Split with Phoenix Bodies


This Is Your Life Compilation


Wayfarer's All Compilation



Cover of The Cure's "Siamese Twins"

The Cancer Kids

Perhaps the reason this record has seemed to fly under the radar in the hardcore world for so long is due to The Cancer Kid's extremely brief tenure as a band. They (as the now well-known story that has been passed around in reviews and on message boards goes) played only two shows as a band before suddenly retreating to their garage and penning 50 songs, before releasing 19 onto their debut and final LP, The Possible Dream.

Still, it seems that more people should have taken notice to these guys. Members have been associated with acts like Failures and Bucket Full of Teeth. Will Killingsworth engineered their album, in addition to releasing a one sided, one song 7" from the Possible Dream sessions on his Clean Plate label. Mark McCoy, of Charles Bronson/Das Oath/Holy Molar/Ancestors/Failures (etc, etc, etc) fame put out The Possible Dream on his Youth Attack label.

And yet, their LP, The Possible Dream, which was pressed to only 700 copies, JUST sold out through Youth Attack's mailorder. For some reason these guys remained overlooked for years. However, their name seems to be getting thrown around more and more. If you haven't given these guys a chance yet, I strongly recommend you do.

These guys serve up a powerful brand of hardcore, which some have labeled a nod to "West Coast Bandana Thrash", a tag I have to say, sounds absolutely ridiculous to me. If you like bands like Negative Approach, The Pist, or Infest, or if you like these guy's other projects (Bucket Full of Teeth, Failures), these guys are worth giving a shot. Their sound is defined by riffs pumped out at grind speeds (their 19 song album clocks in at just over 15 minutes), satirical and intelligent lyrics, and some of the most pummeling breakdowns ever pressed to vinyl.

Here's a video from their show at the Florence VFW Hall.



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Bostom Cream 7"





The Cancer Kids/Melee Split



The Possible Dream

мища

мища is 2 parts Vikings! and 1 part Drug Money. I play drums in this band, and we have been around for about a year. At first it was just James and I, but then Alex joined the band after like 3 shows or something. We did a New England tour this summer and got to play with some really great bands like Pathos, C'est La Guerre, The Sharpest, and We Were Skeletons. Our name was supposed to mean "bear", but when it was written to was written incorrectly. So when you write our name it dosn't mean anything, but if you say it (its pronounced Mischa) it does mean "bear". Before we went on hiatus we played our last show at David Krasner's house with Pianos Become the Teeth, Age Sixteen, Wren Lloyd, and Pansori. We also got the chance to play with Matsuri and Moldar(RIP) on their summer tour. That shit was bomb. We are trying to play a show or two when I go home in December, and we are getting ready to book another tour for this summer. We were going to go to Europe but its starting to look like we won't have enough money. If you have a house or can get shows, wherever, and you wouldn't mind us stopping by you should talk to us on our myspace. Before I left we recorded two songs for a 7" split with Bears!, which is going to be put out on Bear Records next year. You can buy all of our stuff from Unity Through Harmony, and you can get our mini disc from Noise Park Activities, who we still owe like twenty five dollars.
Heres a video from a while back in Hampton's Garage.



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A Collection of Internet Songs



Basement Demos


Lady Sang the Blues



Not For Ears ( our songs from our splits with Broken Chords Can Sing A Little and Ze Ultra Boys)


Live From Krasner's Basement

Age Sixteen

I've been pleasantly surprised to see this band's name popping up on more and more blogs. This is a band that I've had the pleasure of watching evolve from their first demo to the present day. I was even lucky enough to book these guy's second show, and it was amazing at that early stage how many kids already knew the words to these guys songs. Their output so far has been a three song debut demo disc, an LP which was put out on both CD and cassette (the cassette release was put out by Chug Life writer Robbie's own Tall Cedar Tapes), and two tour sampler CD-Rs.

Below I've posted their most recent tour sampler, a three song demo, which, for some reason is all just one long song, so don't think that the download's fucked up or anything. I've also posted their earlier 2009 Tour Sampler which we never got around to posting, featuring the version of "Fabric" (originally on the Spring 2008 Demo), that would end up on Open Up Finders..., as well as two unmastered versions of the LP tracks "As Personal as a Greeting Card" and "The Lion and the Gazelle".

The new material contained on Summer '09 Demos is Age Sixteen's darkest, most chaotic material to date. The band has drawn comparisons to European outfits like La Quiete and Suis La Lune, but American bands like Loma Prieta have always been a big influence on their sound as well, and on this release that aspect begins to shine through a bit more. These songs are all slated to pop up in their mastered, polished forms in the future, most likely when the band takes care of their line-up issues at the drummer position.

"In Lieu Of" was a demo version of "Two Seconds", which would eventually appear on their debut LP Open Up Finders, Please. The song was originally supposed to be featured on a compilation by Zomperkamp records which, for whatever reason, never came out.

They are currently in search of a new drummer, seeing as Tommy is headed out to California for college. So hopefully these guys find the right fit and get back to playing shows soon, because, as some of you may already the privilege of knowing, these guys put on a stellar live show.

Previous Age Sixteen posts HERE.

You can buy Age Sixteen releases/merch for super cheap HERE.

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"In Lieu Of" (2008)



2009 Tour Sampler



Summer '09 Demos

The One Up Downstairs

While in Cambridge, MA this summer I happened upon this Ep in Newburry Comics. Polyvinyl must have just re-released all of their old stuff onto vinyl, which seems to be a common trend amongst record companies these days. Anywho, The One Up Downstairs was an emo band from the Chicago area from '96 to '97, whos line up consisted of Allen and David Johnson on bass and guitar, Steve Lamos on drums, and Mike Kinsella doing vocals. Aparently the band recorded these songs back in '97, but broke up before the record could be pressed. Polyvinyl didnt get around to releasing these songs until '06, and even then it was just a digidownload. Kinsella and Lamos went on to form American Football, while the Johnson brothers(I'm assuming they are brothers) went on to play in Very Secretary and Favorite Saints. Kinsella was once in Cap'n Jazz and Owls, and currently plays in Joan of Arc and makes music as Owen. Lamos plays in The Geese and DMS.


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The One Up Downstairs EP

Suis La Lune/Osceola Split 7"

Osceola



Suis La Lune


I'm a little late on posting this shit but whatever!

This is a highly anticapted split that has been in the works since Suis La Lune came over to the U.S. for their summer tour with Osceola. This just finally came out last month and it lives up the hype.

The Osceola side of this record features two of their most abrasive songs to date, and some of their strongest material by far since losing their second guitarist. Lyrically, vocalist Mikey Young focuses on themes of isolation and lost love, and the lyric sheet carries brief explanations of his lyrics, something I always like to see on a punk release.

Osceola hails from the Baltimore/D.C. area and features current/ex members of groups like Army of Kashyyyk and Tunes for Bears to Dance To. They've got a '06-'08 discography coming out soon on Utarid Tapes, so look out for it!

Suis La Lune's sole song on this release is "Friends", and it is a continuation in the progression of their sound. This one sounds like it would have fit right in on the Heir 10", but it definitely has an atmosphere all it's own. Definitely one of their strongest songs.

I just recently got my clear copy of this record (out of 50!) in the mail and it looks and sounds great. Both labels definitely have some black copies left, although I'm sure that by now all clear copies are gone!

Buy the 7" from Protagonist (US)

Fasaden (Europe)

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Suis La Lune/Osceola Split 7" (2009)