Tending to Huey - Poison Apple

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Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce you: "Tending to Huey", one of the most creative and interesting bands on this planet. Four guys from Bavaria playing "Experimental Indie-Pop" with two drumsets, bass, guitar, piano, keyboards, percussion stuff, strings ...

"Poison Apple" is their second album and the follower of "Beteigeuze". Describing this sort of music is one of the hardest jobs you can imagine. It needs time to grow and to thrive. Tending to Huey consists of musicians, that know their craft - and you gonna fall in love with the singer's voice. Your best bet would be to listen to the whole album on their Bandcamp site and in case you like it and have some money over, order their album.

Artist: Tending to Huey

Title: Poison Apple

Format: CD

Label: d.i.y.

Genre: Experimental, Art/Indie/Pop-Rock

Year: 2012

Country: Germany

Playtime: 40:59 min

Tracklist:

01. Belinga Belinga

02. Micromastia

03. Shady Side

04. Ibra Himali

05. A pact with the waves

06. Sacha chua

07. Girl, are you crazy?

08. The last snow of winter

09. Don't take - don't give advice

10. Past undone

11. In leather

12. Promised land

Pttrns - Science Piñata

 Website | @ Myspace

Pttrns (=Patterns) from Cologne/Germany play funky and danceable indie/post-punk. They have already released two tapes, a 7" and split releases with Fuckuismyname and The Falcon Five and this is their first full-length, released in April 2010 on 500 CDs and 512 LPs. And yes, this album has a strange cover.

Artist: Pttrns
Title: Science Piñata
Format: CD / Vinyl (12'')
Label: Altin Village
Year: 2010
Genre: Post-Punk, Indie
Country: Germany
Playtime: 39:25 min
Bitrate: 197 kbps VBR
Tracklist:

01. Apocalypso
02. Paradise Paradigms
03. Higher Grounds
04. Knick Knack
05. Xhezemaing
06. Diamond Life
07. Professional Voodoo
08. Principle of Touch
09. Houses and Numbers

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Cut That City! - Metropolis EP

Yay, who'd have thought that? Another posting here, hehe. I'm not really active here anymore, but not dead though!

Cut That City! @ Myspace

Cut That City! is a band from Germany / Lohr am Main and this is their debut ep. Their style is located somewhere between post-hc, post-punk and indie with powerful vocals and German lyrics. Don't expect any kind of trash, for the first release this has an excellent sound quality. The band gave it to me to put it on the blog and share it with as much people as possible, so go spread it if you like it :).

Artist: Cut That City!
Title: Metropolis
Format: CD
Label: -
Year: 2010
Genre: Indie, Post-Hardcore/Punk
Length: 13:36 min
Bitrate: 256 kbps
Tracklist:

01. Wolf
02. Bodenlos
03. Endzeit
04. Metropolis

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...We fade to grey - The sound of trees talking

"...we fade to grey" is a postpunk/indie band from somewhere in Bavaria/Germany. So far they released this nice piece of music called "The sound of trees talking" in 2008 on cassette and a split-cd with Fluten in 2009.
The tape-rip was done by myself and I think the quality is quite acceptable. There were 100 hand-numbered tapes made.

http://www.myspace.com/wefadetogrey

01. Lines between teeth
02. Lips seal agreements
03. Imo vs. Mont Blanc
04. Trains to Alaska
05. Architects build thoughts (authors create a theory)
06. The sound of trees talking

Artist: ...we fade to grey
Title: The sound of trees talking
Format: Tape
Label: Time as a color
Year: 2007-2008
Genre: Post-Punk, Indierock, Post-HC
Country: Germany
Length: 21:46 min
Bitrate: 192 kbps

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The Hirsch Effekt - Selftitled EP

The Hirsch Effekt is an experimental band from Hanover, Germany. They describe themselves as "Indieelectro Post-Punk Metal DIY - band". Sometimes, they remind me somehow of The Fall Of Troy...clean parts change with harsh screaming moments. This cd contains 2 songs that are split up into 5 parts. I think there a plans to release a full-length.

The Hirsch Effekt @ Myspace

I: Epistel
01. Calmo
02. Vigoroso

II: Epitaph:
03. Meno
04. Lugubre
05. Maestro

Artist: The Hirsch Effekt
Title: The Hirsch Effekt
Format: CD
Label: -
Year: 2009
Genre: Experimental, Indie, Post-HC, Pop
Country: Germany
Length: 15:22 min
Bitrate: 220 kbps VBR

no dl-link here according to the band

Empire! Empire! (I was a lonely estate) - What it takes to move forward

Empire! Empire! (I was a lonely estate) is a fourpiece indie-(emo) band from Michigan with a soft spot for the 90s. I think they love long titles.

Empire! Empire! @ Myspace

01. How to make love stay
02. Keep what you have built up here
03. What safe means
04. It happened because you left
05. Rally the troops! Poke holes in their defenses! Line our coffers with their coffins!
06. It's a plague and you're invited
07. Everything is connected and everything matters (A temporary solution to a permanent problem)
08. The next step to regaining control
09. With your greatest fears realized, you will never be comforted
10. I am a snail, and you are a place I cannot match
11. An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral

Artist: Empire! Empire! (I was a lonely idea)
Title: What it takes to move forward
Format: CD, Vinyl (2x12")
Label: Count your lucky stars
Year: 2009
Genre: Indie-Rock, 90's Indie-Emo
Country: USA
Length: 55:44 min
Bitrate: 201 kbps VBR

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Radio Burroughs - The principles of hope or hybris

Radio Burroughs is a five-piece outfit from Berlin & Leipzig. Their style is pretty hard to describe...in every case you can hear their screamo - and postcore background, but this rather tends to a kind of mix between nice, simple played pop and post-punk/core. They have already released a split 7'' with the great Petethepiratesquid and this is their first full-lenght. Give them a try! 512 copies were pressed.

Homepage | Myspace

01. We Press Buttons
02. Knit A Hole
03. Let's Fill These Boxes
04. Guess We Made It
05. Polish To The Glasses
06. Eight Pages
07. Hands Up
08. Just Like We Break Down

Artist: Radio Burroughs
Title: The principles of hope or hybris
Format: Vinyl (12'') including download-code
Labels: Altin Village, Asymmetrie, Monocore Recordings
Year: 2009
Genre: Post-Punk, Emo, Indie
Country: Germany
Length: 29:59 min
Bitrate: 215 kbps VBR

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Dave & Hal - Demo 2008 [Review]

Die erste richtige Review von mir - ich bin ganz aufgeregt...
Nun liegt mir hier also das Demo von Dave & Hal vor, welches Stefan, der Drummer der Band, mir netterweise zukommen ließ.
Zuallererst muss ich dazu sagen, dass die CD den einfachen Titel "Demo 2008" sicher nicht verdient hat. Die CD kommt nämlich verpackt im schmucken Digipak - mit dem Artwork haben die 4 Jungs sich echt Mühe gegeben. Zudem wurden die Songs im Tonstudio45 aufgenommen - das Studio von Blackmail; von deren Gitarristen das ganze dann auch abgemischt wurde. Also nix mit Proberaumaufnahme mal eben auf CD-R gebrannt oder so. Das hier kommt richtig professionell.
Los geht's mit dem ersten der 4 Lieder, welches ebenfalls "Dave & Hal" heißt. Und schon bin ich überrascht. Der klare Gesang fällt extrem positiv auf! Parallel dazu die noch ruhige Gitarre...ich weiß gar nicht, wo ich die Musik genau einordnen soll, die Richtung ist nicht so mein Fachgebiet. Ich würde mal sagen, irgendwo zwischen Indie- und Progressive-Rock. Nur "Indie" käme dem Sound irgendwie zu Unrecht. Zu abwechslungsreich und verspielt sind die Songs, die mich auch ein wenig an Post-Hardcore Bands denken lassen.
Nur die Texte berühren mich leider nicht so sehr, obwohl man klar deren Tiefe hervorheben muss. Es wird nicht zwingend auf Reime geachtet, Sinn und Klang haben Vorzug. Sehr gut so. Dass ich mit den, in Englisch verfassten, Texten nicht so viel anfangen kann, liegt wahrscheinlich auch eher daran, dass ich zu den wenigen, komischen Leuten gehöre, die mehr auf deutsche Texte stehen.
Alles in allem muss ich Dave & Hal auf jeden Fall loben. Das hier klingt nicht wie "Demo 2008" einer, aus einem bayrischen Kaff stammenden, Newcomerband, sondern eher wie ein Studioalbum einer etablierten Alternative-Rock Band. Passt irgendwie gerade perfekt zu einem verregnetem Juniabend wie diesen. Korrigiert mich, wenn ich übertreiben sollte.
Jedem, bei dem jetzt Interesse geweckt wurde, sei an's Herz gelegt, die Myspaceseite von Dave & Hal zu besuchen, in die Songs reinzuhören und bei Gefallen diese EP zu bestellen. Ich bin schon gespannt auf ein nächstes Release!

Dave & Hal auf Myspace

Ethel Meserve - Spelling the names

Contains their demo, tracks from the 7inches + 1 unreleased track.

http://www.myspace.com/ethelmeserve

01. Reelies
02. H.A.L.
03. Yadin's hair
04. Calba's last
05. Pierman
06. Paladin Taim
07. Waltz of Gibralter
08. Belated blues
09. Tamsen
10. Onward Foster

Artist: Ethel Meserve
Title: Spelling the names
Format: CD
Year: 2000
Country: USA
Length: 53:28 min
Bitrate: 192 kbps
Size: 72.2 mb

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Ethel Meserve - The Milton Abandonment

The now defunct Ethel Meserve hailed from State College, Pennsylvania. They were founded in the early to mid 90's and found its end in 1998. Between this time they released a demo, several 7''s, this full-length and a compilation cd which contains the demo&7''s. The type of music they played can be described as midwest-emo or indie-emo. If you like stuff like Mineral, Boys Life, early Get up kids, you will love Ethel Meserve.

http://www.myspace.com/ethelmeserve

01. West decatur
02. Tacoma narrows
03. Lessons from Pella
04. Windom Earle
05. Ina
06. East coker

Artist: Ethel Meserve
Title: The Milton abandonment
Format: CD / Vinyl (12'')
Year: 1997 / 1999
Country: USA
Length: 33:26 min
Bitrate: 192 kbps
Size: 44.3 mb

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Monument - A 3 song 7''

Monument is a band from Washington D.C. that plays beautiful (Midwest-/Indie)Emo. I really thought this band was active in the mid 90s, but these 3 songs are from 2008! Great. I hope there will be more such good stuff. File under: Boys Life, Mineral, The summe we went west, early The Get Up Kids ...

http://www.myspace.com/monumentisaband

01. Busy being bees
02. Memoy and location
03. It's clear, tension

Artist: Monument
Title: A 3 song 7''
Format: Vinyl (7'')
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Length: 11:50 min
Bitrate: VBR kpbs
Size: 18.2 mb

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The hated - Every song (12'')

The Hated was an American post-hardcore band, existed from 1985-1990. Beside bands like Rites of spring or Fugazi, they belong to the founders of that emo/posthardcore thing.

http://www.myspace.com/marylandhated

01. Anonymous Descriptions Of Uncontrollable Urges
02. These are the days
03. Pride and confusion
04. Return
05. Knocking on your door
06. Promises
07. Someone

info: 1989 / 37:30 min / 160-192 kBits / 50.7 mb

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Props to my man Birne for this ;-)

Trip Fontaine - Dinosaurs in rocketships

Experimental music from Germany... hard to describe, I think this is somewhere between post-hardcore-punk, math- and post-rock. Anyway, this is good stuff! My favourit song is 'Shin one you lazy Liaison", it's damn great!

http://www.myspace.com/triptripfontaine

01. The howl
02. Astronaut
03. Rio, how nice...
04. Cachacha
05. Failures of repute
06. Shine on you, lazy Liaison
07. Moon baloon
08. Echolalia
09. Vicemagazinegestalt
10. Some use many eyes
11. Das Ende vom Zelt
12. Untitled

info: 2008 / 42:34 min / 224 kBits / 64.5 mb

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Taschenrocker

If you like Spaceman Spiff, you could check out his band Taschenrocker...

www.myspace.com/taschenrocker
I think they do some really nice alternative/indie music.

I've uploaded their current Myspace songs with a better quality here, if you're interested -

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Mineral - The power of falling

Mineral was a prominent mid-90's indie/emo band from USA/Texas

http://www.myspace.com/mineralmusic

01. Five, eight and ten
02. Gloria
03. Slower
04. Dolorosa
05. 80-37
06. If I could
07. July
08. Silver
09. Take the picture now
10. Parking lot
11. Sadder star

info: 1997 / 52:06 min / 128 kBits / 47.3 mb

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Texas is the reason & Samiam - Your choice live series

Split live album of these 2 indie-emo-punk bands from USA. Recorded 1996 in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Samiam:
01. Stepson
02. Sky flying by
03. Full on
04. Clean
05. Speed
06. Time by the dime
07. Home sweet home
Texas is the reason:
08. Nickel wound
09. The magic bullet story
10. Johnny on the spot
11. Dressing cold
12. A Jack with one eye
13. Antique

info: 1999 / 49:08 min / 192 kBits / 70.17 mb

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Kidcrash - Discography

While doing some little internet researches, I just found this... you can download (or order if not sold out) all the records of Kidcrash there. Here you go http://www.denovali.com/kidcrash/

http://www.myspace.com/thekidcrash

Wishes on a plane - This faint line

Wishes on a plane is a four-piece from Munich, Germany. They create a very nice mix of post-rock and indie-emo.

http://www.myspace.com/wishesonaplane

01. This faint line (Part 1 + 2)
02. This faint line (Part 3)

info: 2008 / 19:52 min / 192 kBits / 28.1 mb

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The Forecast - Late night conversations

The Forecast is an indie rock / alternative group with a little modern Emo touch from USA

http://www.myspace.com/theforecast

01. Seating Subject To Availability
02. These Lights
03. Helping Hands
04. Fade In Fade Out
05. Whiskey's Dead You're Next
06. Late Night Conversations
07. APR
08. Exorcise Demons
09. Sleep Tight Tonight
10. Losing Signal

info: 2005 / 38:16 min / 192-256 kBits / 61.4 mb

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The Promise Ring - 30 degrees everywhere

Again 90s-indie-emo!

http://www.myspace.com/xthepromisering

01. Everywhere in Denver
02. Red paint
03. Heart of a broken story
04. Scenes from France
05. Anne you will sing
06. My firetower flame
07. Between Pacific coasts
08. A picture postcard
09. Somebody's done for
10. The sea of Cortez
11. Run down the waterfall
12. We don't like romance

info: 1996 / 36:43 min / 128 kBits / 33.7 mb

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