the exelar

fast and heavy hardcore. they did a split 12" with towers later on, but i think it was songs from one of these..

from myspace:
Ex-Members of The Recovery, Achilles' Heel, One, YearoftheMule, Smackdown, Top Bunk, I Robot, the Rules, Turn-Off, Overture, Splurge, Mansfields, Sleeepwalker, and Devola. Fast, Loud, Heavy, Abrupt, Brutal. IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE SCREAMING... check out our Myspace Group http://groups.myspace.com/exelar

british smile

witness relocation program

the exelar myspace

the funeral bird

don't really know anything about them. the music is kind of silly, but in a good way. there's a little sass and some chug

demo

shakes babies(?)

the get get go & archeopteryx split

2 california bands i believe. the get get go has some dude(s) that went on to sailboats and loma prieta. solid

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drowning with our anchors - you can never go home again

coming out on adagio830 sometime soon. he posted this himself, so i don't feel so bad about putting it here. it reminds me a lot of the whole 90s emo thing, with a lot of ambiance.

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adagio830 website

drowning with our anchors myspace

examination of the... and in loving memory

exam has an interesting progression, they go from noisy screamo similar to usurp synapse to heavy 10+ minute songs. everything in between is good, too. in loving memory is over the top sappy screamo with some of the highest screamed vocals i've ever heard. i have a soft spot for it. some exam stuff may still be available from init records, and init is also putting out an in loving memory discography on vinyl someday.

examination of the... & in loving memory split 7"

examination of the... - lady in the radiator

examination of the... - we are the architects of desire

examination of the... - the whitest of elephants

in loving memory demo

in loving memory - as the years pass and feel like seconds

> init records website

zeroid

they're a little crusty and the song titles look german. everything i have is labeled self titled.

self titled

self titled again

self titled yet again

qwel & jackson jones - rapid eye movement

okay, this one is kind of different. chicago hip hopper qwel, with beats provided by jackson jones. i think it was released on galapagos4. it has kind of a trip hop feel to it most of the time.

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galapagos4 website

hugs - self titled 12"

this was originally self released, and slave union repressed it. kind of upbeat hardcore/emo. i suggest finding an actual copy of this record, because the packaging/art is really neat.

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slave union website

einer muss tot 7"

they have a thrashy power violence/screamo kind of thing going on, and they're german so they do it right. i think they shared members with killed by malaise? who i will also upload eventually..

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dead for a minute - diegese 10"

really awesome, crazy, fast, and kind of creepy french band.

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analena and sensual love

sensual love is from austria, and analena is from croatia. they did a split. i found their websites so here they are, too.

analena + sensual love split

analena - arhythmetics

analena
sensual love

a minor forest - inindependence

hey straight from wikipedia:

A Minor Forest was a San Francisco-based math rock band in the 1990s. They were musically related to the Louisville scene of post rock groups like Slint and had personal connections to the San Diego scene of Three Mile Pilot and related bands. Their songs had pop music, progressive rock, and punk rock influences and featured changing time signatures, sudden dynamic changes, silent pauses, unintelligible screaming, catchy, repeating melodic passages and absurd, in-joke titles. Their slogan was "A Minor Forest Supports the Destruction of Mankind." They formed in San Francisco in 1992 and, in addition to other smaller releases, put out three albums: Flemish Altruism (1996) and Inindependence (1998) on Chicago label Thrill Jockey, and So, Were They in Some Sort of Fight? (1999), a career-spanning compilation on My Pal God records. They played their last show on November 1, 1998 at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.

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a hunger artist - dissatisfied with the proceedings

i don't know anything about this band, but they sound like they could be from portland.

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an arrow in flight

well, here's what i have by this band. they're from california somewhere, and i remember reading that they did their tours in a diesel van that ran on recycled vegetable oil.

demo from 2005?

filling the sky

various movements and methods

animal hospital - self titled

this is a solo band, and he does everything live as well. there's a lot of loops, so it gets kind of repetative, but it's still good. whatever.

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anger is beautiful 10"

this kind of reminds me of a heavier neil perry. love it. they're from germany, and members went on to men in search of the perfect weapon. they also did a split with zann and racebannon, but i don't have that to upload.

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