Bag of Bones - Deep Thought

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Bag of Bones is John Molfetas, who is from New York and plays a really nice twinkly midwest style of emo. Kind of like a slightly more chilled out version of Dowsing.

Malon - Reverie (2012)

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Malon is a really cool twinky emo/screamo band from San Diego. I imagine that people who enjoy that mix of styles like early The Saddest Landscape would likely enjoy this.
This album rules a lot so you should listen to it.

Letters Home - Take Your Time

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Letters Home is a mathy punk band from Tallahassee, Florida. I was sent this album by bandmember David. This album is super cool, it's like a mathy, punkier version of Built to Spill. If you don't know Built to Spill, you should. But that's beside the point. This is a great EP, Letters Home is a really cool band, and i hope to hear more of them.

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Send Away Stranger - Cool Wild Whatever

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So when David of Letters Home contacted me, he also mentioned some other bands that the members of Letters Home have been in. Once i check them all out i may post them. This was the first one I checked out, and it is rad so i am posting it right now. Send Away Stranger is an emo band in the style of Dowsing/Snowing et al. That is to say, it is really goddamn awesome. That style of almost revivalist emo is one of my favourite things going on in music these days.

Brave Bird - Ready or Not (2010)

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Brave Bird is a band from Michigan. This album was released in 2010. Then it seems there was a single track released in 2011. Apparently there will be a full length coming out on Count Your Lucky Stars soon. I look forward to it!
Awesome emo jams.

DAPHNE - Quilla

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DAPHNE is a band from Houston. This is their latest album, available for free on bandcamp (link below). It is a four song EP, and I am loving it. The first song is slower and acoustic, and it gets more energetic as you get further into the album.

http://daphnemusic.bandcamp.com/album/quilla

Bummer - Kids On The Run

http://www.mediafire.com/?ocijcjxt0cdebt3

Bummer is a lo-fi/emo/pop-punky band from Montreal. I was sent this album by the band, so please enjoy! It's a four song EP, and it is very solid.

http://bummermtl.bandcamp.com/

For The Agenda - On The Negative (2012)

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I posted last year about a band called For The Agenda. Well, he (Anton Kropp) has released a new EP called On The Negative. Now, I loved all the previous For The Agenda recordings, but so far i do think i like this one the best. Anton emailed me to tell me about his new release, so I think everyone should check it out! It is a very unique and interesting album.

Buy it here!

http://fortheagenda.bandcamp.com/album/on-the-negative-ep

Released by: 

http://keepittogetherrecords.com/

Nick Stutsman - Home Now

http://www.mediafire.com/?f62c54r6006ng91

Nick Stutsman from Sturgis, MI is a songwriter also known for being in bands Midwest Pen Pals, Park Jefferson, and Merchant Ships. This is a super cool, sad EP. I've been listening to Park Jefferson a lot this week, so this was an awesome find. Just fantastic songwriting all the way through.



http://nicholasstutsman.bandcamp.com/album/home-now

Park Jefferson - Weekdays (2011)

http://www.mediafire.com/?419w06xr7pmogti

Park Jefferson is a band comprised of former members of Merchant Ships, Midwest Pen Pals, and My Head In Clouds. Five really tremendous songs on this EP.

http://parkjefferson.bandcamp.com/

http://www.parkjefferson.bigcartel.com/

Count Your Lucky Stars Free Sampler #3

http://www.mediafire.com/?ocz7gbye54ai7e5

This is a free sampler cd by Count Your Lucky Stars. Available here: http://countyourluckystars.bandcamp.com/album/free-download-count-your-lucky-stars-sampler-3

Several of these bands I have posted about already, which should give you an idea of the tone of the whole album. Varying points over the spectra of mathy indie-y emo-ish music

Featuring:

Into It. Over It.

Mountains for Clouds

The Reptilian

Boyfriends

Football, Etc.

Pswingset

Joie de Vivre

Boris Smile

Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate)

Perfect Future

Castevet

Annabel

Streaming available above at bandcamp. What a great label.

Old Gray - Demo

http://www.mediafire.com/?7mgomuwvxx38eua

Old Gray is an emo/screamo band from New Hampshire started in April 2011. Cam and Raph play guitar and bass while Charlie plays drums. 

http://oldgray.bandcamp.com/

http://oldgray.tumblr.com/

Knowing We'll Never Grow Up - I Think I Hate Myself (2012)

http://www.mediafire.com/?o2pvor84lf0ntp4

Knowing We'll Never Grow Up is a rad 90's style screamo/emo type of band from Salt Lake City. This album is really super good so you should check it out.

http://www.facebook.com/kwngu

http://nevergrowup.bandcamp.com/

Everyone Asked About You - S/T (1997)

http://www.mediafire.com/?e006a6un3b3c2s8

Everyone Asked About You was a band from Little Rock, AR. I know pretty much nothing else about them. They have a tripod site http://eaay.tripod.com/. I for one did not know that tripod even still existed.

I am pretty sure this band is not around anymore, but they were a cool 90s emo type band.

damezumari - 2004-2007

http://www.mediafire.com/?b75l53w7ia3u7t5

Damezumari is a band from Tulsa, OK. They are sort of a screamo/emo blend in the vein of The Saddest Landscape, but mathier, i think. I am enjoying this quite a bit this evening.
This collection is apparently 33 songs recorded from 2004-2007, which appear to be the same ones provided for free on the band's website here.

I picked this album cover (even though it is a split) because it looks the coolest



http://www.damezumari.com/docs/index2.html

Dowsing - All I Could Find Was You

http://www.mediafire.com/?x2zrdurw775whcc

Indie/emo band from Chicago. Another awesome band contributing to the resurgence of midwest-style emo. And again I must add if the label 'emo' is putting people off due to it's unfortunate usage in the early 00's, please reconsider. This is an incredibly good genre, by and large.

On Count Your Lucky Stars

http://dowsing.bandcamp.com/

http://www.cylsrecords.com/

Studying - Songs About Leaving Home

http://www.mediafire.com/?86ol2n1cn79ofwf

Studying is a rad band from northern Virginia. They have one demo and this EP so far, and reportedly will have new music early 2012. This is a great album. For fans of Snowing, Dowsing, etc.

Music available at:

http://studying.bandcamp.com/

Midwest Pen Pals - Inside Jokes

http://www.mediafire.com/?p6pjka89i35cy3t

Midwest Pen Pals was a band from Indiana. They released only one album and were around only in 2009 as far as i can discern. A good example of 90's midwest emo. Twinkles galore. I've listened to this album many times today, i think it is rather enjoyable.

SUFFER MY BRIEF AND UNINTERESTING WRITING

now that i have streaming previews i barely have to be descriptive at all. it is not my strong suit

http://www.myspace.com/midwestpenpals.

Flawless - Something I'll Never Miss

http://www.mediafire.com/?4acfmtrhtsaa1t7

Flawless is a band from Springfield, Missouri. I was emailed by bandmember Alex, offering a mutually beneficial arrangement of posting this album on my blog!

Alex says: 

We're from Springfield, Missouri , and we've been around for about a year.We're influenced by bands like Texas is the Reason, American Football, Jawbreaker, and Lifetime, but I wouldn't say we sound much too much like any of them.We recorded the whole EP ourselves over the course of about a week. I don't expect to necessitate anything really exciting like a review or an interview because we're a tiny band from the midwest, but if you want to do either of those that would be pretty fuckin' rad.

The more tiny bands the better! I figure if i can get just a few people to listen to tiny bands, I'm doing my little part for independent music. I'm not much for interviews (i've had a couple offers) because i am terribly antisocial, and usually rewrite emails and posts about two dozen times before i send them...

The description above gives a fairly good idea of (the influences of) Flawless's sound. Kind of like an energetic 90s emo/pop-punk hybrid. I can see the Lifetime and Jawbreaker in it. Maybe a little like 764-HERO as well. It's a very solid EP. I recently heard someone say that 90s music sucked. I had to light into them a little bit.

LISTENS AHOY

http://ourblockdistro.limitedpressing.com/

http://flawless417.bandcamp.com/

http://www.facebook.com/Flawless417

P.S. where have all the other music blogs gone? it seems they are derelict or deleted. Am i lamely occupying a dead neighborhood or am i valiantly carrying on where so many have fallen before me?

Street Smart Cyclist - Demo & Lint Traps

http://www.mediafire.com/?zct4ohwi4n6y6ef    http://www.mediafire.com/?37212dyzge4bv7w

Street Smart Cyclist was a band from Pennsylvania, around from 2005 to 2008. Some members went on to form the band Snowing. SSC made two albums, the demo and an acoustic album called Lint Traps. 

SSC is a band that seems to take as much from twinkly emo bands as it does from bands like Latterman. The group vocals part in Hoods Up (see below, from demo) reminds me of Latterman in the most lovely of ways.

I've been listening to this a lot lately.

http://www.myspace.com/streetsmartcyclist