Do you know Ramy? You probably do. He did Olhar De Vidro and Smash Them Dead, used to book for Hyde Park Half, and has been involved with hella bands in California including Ten Thousand Leagues, ColorChromatic, and Pills.
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i went through a good six months where i wanted nothing to do with new bands…. i have no idea why… i was mostly bummed, almost jadded. i quickly shaped up, and the need for new music just came so naturally. i had to learn more about new bands… plus, it was no excuse because i have amazing friends doing amazing things in new bands. thanks for the guest spot robbie <3 span="">
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scowler// i just saw scowler the other day for the first time, and i was completely blown away. all i could think about in my head was “holy shit the power”. i am not sure how they come off on recording because i have yet to put the tape in and listen, BUT live they were monsters. it was extremely drum and bass heavy live, which i can really appreciate. the bass was so trebly, and went from sharp movements, to grooves… from dissonance, to melody. the drums were so unbelievably on point, the perfect mix of chaos and grooves… the drummer seemed to pick a really gnarly beat, and stick with it for a couple of parts. lots of bass drum and snare attack. the guitars were sick, but i wasn't too focused on them. they were heavy, dissonant, noisy… all the things i want in a band. i couldn't hear the vocals too much but i felt and saw all the feels. all in all this band is definitely top of my 2014 list. reminded me of a way more pissed plot to blow up the eiffel tower meets a much more self aware glassjaw.
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page of concrete// i randomly came across
this last night. saw the tags screamo and virginia and immediately raised a
brow. put it on, and was blown away. right off the bat, it definitely has that
RVA sound. the weirdest time changes, with very distinct vocal change ups, and
the most off the wall guitar riffs i have heard since ‘suri’ was still a band.
i couldn't tell at first, but they seemed to have two vocalists? or maybe just
one super manic person loosing their shit on the mic. none the less, this goes
from blasts, to groves, to chugs, to noodley fucked chaos in the matter of
seconds. favorite tracks thus far are “interlude” and “archestones”.
interlude has this lead line that sounds like something out of a disney movie..
it reminds me of a song in beauty and beast or something weird, i don't know
why but thats my first association with the riff, and its by no means a dis. at
the end there is this straight rock n roll riff, that some how works so fucking
well. that song pretty much flows right into the next song which is
archestones, and that song is a lot more chaotic, with way more change ups. you
really hear the two singers on that track, lots of melody with layered anger.
very excited to see this band do more, and for this band to tour.
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tørsö// when ever i just want to nod my head a
long, and pump my fist as i listen to a band, i put tørsö on. super pissed xvx
dbeat from oakland. this band just feels like a full body force, moving from
more up tempo punk parts, straight into the most un-relentless guitars, and the
most pissed vocals. this band is fresh off of a euopean tour, and i am stoked
to see what they do next. i am excited to finally see them live again.
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perpetual motion machine// i was
super excited to play with this band a couple of weeks ago. i played two shows
with them, and they totally blew me away. they have an energy that i haven’t
seen from a band in a very very long time. the singer, dan, said something
during their set in san diego that gave me goosbumps, and i knew at that moment
this band was a band that was right up my alley. this band just exhumes an
energy, that is a very self aware form of aggression that i can really back.
one of my biggest qualms about punk and hardcore is when that aggression is
turned into machismo, and i can assure y'all that there was no machismo in this
set. live, the bassist grooved so hard (i don't think there is bass in
this recording), the guitar was so unbelievably loud and shrill, and i have
never seen a drummer go so ham on their kit.. even after the kit had completely
fallen apart.
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marcy// damn this band. I wish this band was a band
when i was out in the midwest on tour, i would have loved to see them. i
initially heard a demo, or early recording (maybe it was live) that i was a
little whatever about, musically speaking.. personally speaking i was excited
to hear a friends music. the stuff i have been listening to the most as of
recent has been the father figure split, and holy shit. its heavy and pissed,
and they do a good job of channeling all that east coast chaos, while still
grooving really hard. 6/4 emotive hardcore done really really well, with
layered vocals that are distinct from one another, some guitar noodles. the
drums are on point, and sound like they are being hit as hard as
possible.
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haram// this is a band i
naturally heard about because of my huge love of the richmond virginia music
scene. most bands that i have heard out of that area, by the same group of
people, have all blown me away. this band is no different.. i had put them on
the back burner for so so long, and finally found both LPs while on a trip to
seattle. they were cheap, and i was itching for something new. the second i got
back home, put on the first LP (S/T) and was immediately taken by the intro…
simple power chord strums, with a little bendy part straight into it, and it is
relentless. timing wise it is a lot more simple than most “heavy” “loud” bands
i listen to, but that first track floored me. lots of big octave parts, with
little leads. its only one vocalists, but they do an amazing job of holding it
down. this band does an amazing job of layering. there is a huge amount of
bass/guitar layering, i am pretty sure they had three guitar players. they
never officially broke up (?) and if they reunited i would be on the first
plane to where ever they played.
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wulver// this is a band from
2009(ish) that i have been thinking a lot about lately. they only played a
handful of shows, but i remember them all being so fucking awesome. i loved the
twangy parts, into the fast punk parts. super heavy, and the vocals are
extremely pissed. this band was very driving, and i think the drums had a lot
to do with that. “lonely cowboy” is my favorite song, i think its the most
diverse, i love the intro and the breakdown/bass drum outro. i remember that
song rocked me so fucking hard live. this band simply disappeared, and the
people went on to do other bands that were totally different, but still kind of
the same. i remember seeing this band and wanting to start something similar,
and at one point some friends and i tried.. i remember we called it LARRY H. PARKER and we only had one practice. then
shortly there after started the band that we are all pretty much in now
together.
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sea sons// this was the first
screamo band i saw back in high school, and i was so confused and so jarred. i
seriously didn't understand what it was, but it made so much sense to me. the
people in the band where all people i knew from going to shows, riding bikes,
and i even went to high school with one of them. i never realized they were in
this amazing band. it was wild, i saw them for the first time on their last
show. the guitars were mostly always clean slightly over driven, bass very
groovy, and the drums slightly technical but not over done. all in all really
really groovy off timish band. the vocals were probably the part that confused
me the most as a young teen… i had heard screaming/yelling vocals… but they
were not mutually exclusive to me at that point. the singer in this band does
something with his voice, where they are doing both at once, and i remember it
hit me straight to my core. i could understand every word, and i could feel
just how anxious, upset, and unsettled they were. maybe i am romanticizing this
band, but that show set such a high bar for me as far as screamo/emotive bands
go.
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