Eskalators - Never Break Down

http://www.mediafire.com/?ta1m3c6y4awtr1l

Apparently Eskalators is some kind of 13-plus-person musical collective from Brooklyn. Also apparently, they self-identify as "ironic bubblegum ska". Firstly, i fucking hate ska, and i really dont see this as ska at all. Unless you say any band with horns is ska. Which doesnt make sense. 

Honestly this EP sounds like a pop-punk version of Andrew Jackson Jihad with a lot more people made 4 awesome songs and then some weird momentarily reggaeish song at the end.

I don't even know whats going on anymore everything i say is just words

http://www.eskalators.com/

Mesita - Cherry Blossoms (2008)

 http://www.mediafire.com/?wyuuc8ltvjn71lr

Mesita is a fella from Littleton, Colorado. As is sometimes the case, I haven't been able to find a great deal of information here. This a very cool album... multi-instrumental, indie-electronic type stuff. Reminds me kind of like Adrian Orange or Okay. Very good album! He also has a new album available for purchase/streaming at http://mesita.bandcamp.com/



i don't know what genre tag to give this

Cassis Orange - Cassis Orange

 http://www.mediafire.com/?uf7wzauzx955bo8

Okay so i think this EP is really rad. It's kind of Casiotoneforthepainfullyalone-ish, if you're into that. Basically i guess what im saying is that it has piano and electronic drums. Neat!
'Kotzebue' is particular is a really awesome song and my personal favourite, but the whole EP is definitely worth listening to because it is really good.

DIG IT



http://cassisorange.bandcamp.com/

Sloppy Folk - Experience SA-Folk-Punk

 http://www.mediafire.com/?6h1c424ployudr4

A mystery reader/band member whose email name is "Dust Man" sent me this album of his folk-punk band from South Africa. It's 22 songs, including a great Crass cover and a great Wingnut Dishwashers Union cover. It's a really awesome album, with some shouty songs and some slower songs, and both punk and classic folk influence. Everything you could want in a folk-punk album. You will NOT be disappointed.




http://we-did-this-records.bandcamp.com/album/experience-sa-folk-punk

Midi & The Modern Dance - Make It Easy on Yourself

 http://www.mediafire.com/?4ck3oho9lzclb1e

Midi & The Modern Dance is a band from Connecticut. This album quite reminds me of Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. And i love YHF, so i also super dig this album. One of my readers actually sent me a link to this band ages ago, i just never got around to posting it. So do yourself a favour and check this out.



http://midiandthemoderndance.bandcamp.com/album/make-it-easy-on-yourself

...who calls so loud - self titled

http://www.mediafire.com/?3f5z6or1dqodxre

"Thus they continued to ask each other who called so loud, over and over again; and when Smike had that by heart, Nicholas went to another sentence, and then to two at a time, and then to three, and so on, until at midnight poor Smike found to his unspeakable joy that he really began to remember something about the text."

This album and band are super fucking rad. Ex-members of Funeral Diner and Portraits of Past. So you already know itll be awesome. 

http://www.myspace.com/whocallssoloud

Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) - When the Sea Became a Giant (2007)

 http://www.mediafire.com/?xxuqg5gc2iqu5yl

Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) is an extremely awesome band from Michigan with a name thats a little too long and a great midwest-emo sound. Fronted by Keith Latinen, this EP was their first release.



On Count Your Lucky Stars

Royaume Des Morts - L'Oeil Du Tigre

http://www.mediafire.com/?7qxgs42pbfmersg

Royaume Des Morts is a band from Montreal. I don't really know anything about them, but it is a very cool shoegazey type of music. I also detect some 90s emo influence.

It is pretty rad, check it out! Worth a download for anybody.



http://vimeo.com/royaumedesmorts

Paige Leigh Tyson - Walk the River (2011)

This is an album from my good friend Paige Leigh Tyson!
She makes lovely calming folk music, and the songs all manage to be interesting and different from each other. I think "Broken House" is my favourite.
Of particular note is how great her voice is. The vocal melodies and harmonies on this album are really, really tremendous.
So you should all check it out!
Songs are available streaming here, or available in mp3 format here.

Songs for Moms - I Used to Believe in the West

 http://www.mediafire.com/?qtklqjyaa30h8bl

edit: yes, i did forget the link for a week. i suck

So i was like 'what? songs for moms? what is this?"

Songs for Moms is an all-female punk trio from the Bay Area. I didnt know what the Bay Area was, i had to look it up. Turns out its San Francisco. Ive never been there so i didnt know that name.
Songs for Moms helped to found the Bay Area Girls Rock Camp, which is pretty much what it sounds like.

Anyway they have an almost This Bike-ish sound, or like Abe Froman.
Kill Coyotes is a really awesome song, gotta hear that one.

I was kinda all over the place here, but its a really good album. Trust Me.

http://www.myspace.com/songsformoms