Summer People have a demo that begins with one song of slow burning anthemic (and almost rootsy) rock that actually sounds a bit like Hot Water Music or Springsteen and follows it up with a quiet instrumental emo song and another six minute (near) instrumental that reminds me of Early Day Miners meets GYBE! Good stuff even if a bit all over the map. Get it now from If You Make It.
MP3 | Summer People – Storm And Stress Demo
I can only assume that Bloomington, IN’s Pink Houses takes their name from one of my favorite John Cougar Mellencamp songs and on their seven song demo, they dish out lo-fi grunge punk or poppy grunge-core, if you’ll take that as an answer. I’d also be willing to bet that if there was a grunge revival or a Mudhoney cover-band contest, I’d bet these guys would be at the forefront. The guitars sound terrible, it’s full of snotty attitude, and it’s tons of fun. I like it. Get the 7 song demo from If You Make It
MP3 | Pink Houses – When He Left Demo
I’m not sure if the fact that I’m just now getting into Yeasayer’s album All Hour Cymbals will lose me more credibility will the indie kids or the fact that I like it all will lose me more cool points with the punk kids. Either way, I don’t really care what they think of me. All Hour Cymbals is a really good album. I bet they’d be great live.
MP3 | Yeasayer – 2080 All Hour Cymbals
If you like that sorta Crimpshriney poppy punk rock then I’m pretty sure you’ll like Air Raid Barcelona’s 4 Song EP. The band isn’t active but when they were, not only featured David from If You Make It (where you can download this for free) but also members of Latterman, Splurge, Halo Fauna, etc… The band is planning on getting back together in 2009 to record a 7”, but who knows if this will happen. Still, cool stuff from a really short-lived band.
MP3 | Air Raid Barcelona – Biggest Blackout In US History 4 Song EP
What we’ve got here is four songs of straightforward East Coast sounding hardcore from Philadelphia’s Stay Sharp. There’s typical arrangements, typical lead vocals, typical gang vocal backups, and the occasional (but typical) breakdown that’s in the same vein as Kid Dynamite (a little, maybe) or In My Eyes. It is (however) infused with just enough melody to keep it from sinking like a stone. I like this sort of stuff so even though this has been done a hundred times before I can still get down with it.
MP3 | Stay Sharp – Hatfield Of Dreams 4 Songs
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