A Place To Burn

What The mail brought me ep2

2012-01-26T09:16:00.000-06:00

Already Dead Tapes put out a tape of the Reptilian playing their last show as a 4 piece which was a real long time ago. It's pretty great and the album art's also pretty cool. I might have a rip of this coming soon

Untitled 7"

2012-01-26T08:53:00.003-06:00

I am proud to announce that SMAWJ's second release will be as part of a 4 way international split called Untitled 7"

The album will feature
A dude from Greece who plays acoustic guitar and screams

http://windwindwin.bandcamp.com/

A pair of dudes from the States who play together over the internet

http://fadingawayliketherestofthem.bandcamp.com/

and another solo dude from the States who screams over an acoustic guitar

http://nerovscaligula.bandcamp.com/

you can listen to my music here

http://smawj.bandcamp.com/

Dance Or Die!!!

2012-01-24T20:49:00.000-06:00

Dance Or Die!!! are a hardcore punk band from Budapest. They have a kinda interesting sound as they are kinda crusty and also throw in some screamo for flavour. A lot of the EP is straight hardcore and it's good but personally I like it when they change up the songwriting a little and head in a screamo direction.

<a href="http://dodpunx.bandcamp.com/album/split-7-with-pfa">split 7" with PFA by Dance Or Die!!!</a>

who programmed this?!? s01 e17 January 24th 2011

2012-01-24T16:38:00.003-06:00

here is the latest episode of my radio show Who Programmed This?!? as broadcast live on Trent Radio 92.7 CFFF FM. It is a screamo/emo/skramz/emo violence show.

This episode I play Orchid, Wavelets, Encyclopedia Of American Traitors, Polina, Gift Eaters, Van Johnson & Render Useless

http://www.mediafire.com/?n52773s4jk8ktg3

Counterparts - The Current Will Carry Us

2012-01-20T17:23:00.001-06:00

Counterparts are a metalcore band from Ontario. I don't have much patience for metalcore these days as so much of seems generic circle jerking of uninspired pablum. But Counterparts new second LP The Current Will Carry Us is really quite great.

There's an energy and an inspiration here that really pushes the songs over the top. I'm not as versed in metalcore as I was once so I can't be quite as wordy in explaining why these guys are awesome but rest assured they are.

The vocalist has a really great shout that can be either pure and clean or a deeper hoarse shout. The guitar never falls into the boring chugga chugga chugga bree bree bree of stereotypical metalcore even when the rhythms are a tad to well trod. The songs are put together very well, never falling apart or being boring and racing by at the speed of light.

polkagrind

2012-01-20T16:31:00.003-06:00

So my friend created this new "genre". He calls it polkagrind. Basically its a bunch of grindcore screaming vocals over top of regular polka music.

Some examples

To be clear this is terrible and should not be listened to.

what the mail brought me

2012-01-20T15:56:00.000-06:00

Today the mail brought me two tapes courtesy of Plastic Smile records a D.I.Y. record label out of Dewitt, MI. The first is a compilation they produced iwontstopwonderinguntilyoustopbreathing, celestial being, in braille, eagle and arrow, aspergers, scum, chillax, lester freamon, 2049, stars as mirrors & aaiesieux

The other is the latest tape from Iwontstopwonderinguntilyoustopbreathing 12 2011. It is the 12th tape Nolan's released this year and as the band became a one piece it only fueled his creativity. They have moved beyond a Jerome's Dream cover and developed their own hyper violent style

<a href="http://xiwontstopwonderingx.bandcamp.com/album/12-2011-demo-tape">12/2011 Demo Tape by iwontstopwonderinguntilyoustopbreathing</a>

Orchid

2012-01-18T15:20:00.000-06:00

Orchid is another band that you definitely should know even if you only have a tangential knowledge of this thing called screamo.

The band formed in 1998, released 3 LP's and 7 EP's including splits with amazing bands like Jerome's Dream and Combatwoundedveteran and consisted of Jayson Green, Jeffrey Salane, Will Killingsworth, Brad Wallace, Geoff Garlock.

In general the songs have a nice thick sound that are heavy but will snap your neck with their violent speed.

The splits and the first LP Chaos is Me feature a relatively calm Orchid, relative to the last two LP's that is. The songs are still chaotic and extreme with shrieks and insane vocals coming out nowhere and guitar riffs attacking you from every direction but they are a tad longer.

On Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow their second LP the songs get much shorter and more abrasive. They lose what little melody they had and become more aggressive and chaotic.

The trend continues with their final ep called Gatefold but they expand their pallete at the same time adding in different elements that take away the pure aggressiveness of their earlier work.

http://www.mediafire.com/?7d70uuvn35bwv7r
http://www.mediafire.com/?nwz5ohgjiwf
http://www.mediafire.com/?gtj2tduhw7k
www.mediafire.com/?gtj2tduhw7k

Saetia

2012-01-18T15:04:00.001-06:00

If you don't know who Saetia is this is a huge gap in your knowledge. They formed in New York City early 1997. Their first show was at ABC No Rio to about thirty people. Two and a half years, 17 songs, numerous tours and four bass players later, they played their final show at ABC No Rio to forty people.

Their name originates from a misspelling of the Miles Davis track “Saeta”, from his album Sketches of Spain, which, in turn, was named after the saeta, a religious tradition of flamenco music.

Members went on to be in Hot Cross, Error:Type 11, Instruction, The Fiction, Interpol, and Off Minor.

Not the first screamo band but definitily one of the most iconic and best. They have developed a cult following they more than deserve

Probably the definitve band for what is termed, half jokingly at first, emoviolence. It is chaotic, it is violent and they will rip your head from your shoulders as you weep at the pain on display. The music is raw, it is intense and they almost never let up

If you recognize the phrase There is no happy here then you probably need to listen to this.

Broadrick

2012-01-15T14:41:00.000-06:00

Broadrick are a french screamo band from Clermont-Ferrand. There must be something in the water in france, they seem to produce the best screamo bands. This is no exception

<a href="http://broadrick.bandcamp.com/album/broadrick">broadrick by broadrick</a>

Bonehouse

2012-01-15T10:52:00.000-06:00

Last fm says there are at least three bands named Bonehouse but only one is Scotland, features members of Archives and Fall Of Boss Koala who play 90s midwest emo. Diggin this quite a bit

<a href="http://bonehouseuk.bandcamp.com/album/demo-july-2011">Demo July 2011 by Bonehouse</a>

Travels - Life

2012-01-15T09:45:00.002-06:00

Really good screamo from Australia. I'm half awake so I'm not going to blather on very much, just check this out its quite good

Barrow- Being Without

2012-01-12T15:41:00.000-06:00

Barrow are from Greensboro North Carolina. There are some screamo moments and there are some post hardcore moments. Could do with less post hardcore but the screamo is good. Certainly not perfect but I quite enjoy this

What I Listened To In 2011

2012-01-01T10:24:00.005-06:00

Artists
1 Big Bill Broonzy - 719
2 Howlin' Wolf - 553
3 Blind Willie McTell - 484
4 Touché Amoré - 380
5 iwontstopwonderinguntilyoustopbreathing - 351
6 Greg Proops - 313
7 Thumbnail - 297
8 OFF! - 271
9 Sebadoh - 260
10 John Lee Hooker - 241
11 Marc Maron - 216
12 Julie Doiron -207
12 Thoughts Paint the Sky - 207
14 Jowls - 200
15 Brownie McGhee - 199
16 Muddy Waters - 198
16 Lonnie Johnson - 198
18 Tina Fey - 195
19 Algernon Cadwallader - 194
20 The Reptilian - 193

Albums
1 OFF! – First Four EPs - 271
2 Greg Proops – The Smartest Man in the World - 247
3 Jowls – cunt punch - 190
4 Marc Maron – WTF with Marc Maron Podcast - 187
5 Touché Amoré – Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me - 176
6 Doug Benson – Doug Loves Movies - 151
7 Howlin' Wolf – Moanin' In The Moonlight - 141
8 Joyce Manor – Joyce Manor - 137
9 Brownie McGhee – The Complete Brownie McGhee Discography - 134
10 Cluster & Eno – Cluster & Eno - 126
10 Nerdist – The Nerdist - 126
12 Xerxes – Twins 7" - 123
13 Lonnie Johnson – Steppin' On The Blues - 121
14 Eugene Rhodes – Talkin' About My Time - 119
15 Blind Blake – Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker - 118
16 Big Bill Broonzy – Big Bill Blues - 116
16 MF DOOM – Special Herbs 1-2 - 116
18 Big Bill Broonzy – Good Time Tonight - 108
19 Art Tatum – Trio Days - 106
20 Blind Willie McTell – Blind Willie McTell: Statesboro Blues: The Early Years 1927-1935 [Disc 3] - 105

Tracks
1 Big Bill Broonzy – John Henry - 41
2 MF DOOM – Myrrh - 34
2 Jowls – Thick as Thieves - 34
4 Jowls – bone hawkin - 32
4 Jowls – skin deep - 32
6 Jowls – im not a failure - 31
6 Jowls – half hearted - 31
8 Elmore James – Dust My Broom - 30
8 dreadnaut – Around the World - 30
8 Jowls – bastard dressed in sheeps clothes - 30
11 Howlin' Wolf – Spoonful - 29
12 Lonnie Johnson – Sweet Potato Blues - 26
13 Big Bill Broonzy – This Train - 25
14 Carrion Spring – Red Beard Rides Again - 24
15 Big Bill Broonzy – Guitar Shuffle - 23
15 monarcs – Dropout Kallisti - 23
15 Eugene Rhodes – Who Went Out The Back - 23
15 Loud? – Do They Speak English In What? - 23
19 Big Bill Broonzy – Pig Meat Strut - 22
19 Lonnie Johnson – 6 / 88 Glide - 22
19 Xerxes – Twins - 22
19 Xerxes – Runaways - 22
19 iwontstopwonderinguntilyoustopbreathing – Heavy Hearts - 22
19 iwontstopwonderinguntilyoustopbreathing – untitled - 22

Liars Song (Remember You Wrong)

2011-12-30T11:26:00.003-06:00

Twisted And Rotten, Mostly Forgotten

2011-12-30T11:26:00.000-06:00

Snowflakes

2011-12-30T11:25:00.000-06:00

3 AM Love Song (For A Lonely Ghost)

2011-12-29T23:58:00.006-06:00

I Wanna Be Sedated

2011-12-29T23:58:00.003-06:00

Blitzkrieg Bop

2011-12-29T23:58:00.000-06:00

Between Your Mind And Tongue - I Set Myself On Fire

2011-12-28T20:26:00.000-06:00

If you like screamo this will be right up your alley. Too lazy to describe it but the similar artists on Last.fm are Book Of Caverns, Lizards Have Personalities and Ravachol none of which seem out of place. Really good stuff.

Bandito - II

2011-12-28T17:06:00.000-06:00

Bandito are a stoner metal band from Nijmegen, Holland. Think American style stoner metal. Imagine putting Kyuss, Down, the Atomic Bitchwax and the entirity of the 90's California desert stoner scene into a blender and you've got something close. The songs may be a tad deriviative at times but stoner rock isn't about reinventing the wheel its about making thick, loud, kick ass music to smoke bongs to. Great great ep, one of the best stoner metal albums of the year. Too bad its too short.

best of 2011 part 1

2011-12-27T23:40:00.051-06:00

Born Of Osiris - The Discovery - Progressive Deathcore. This is the only time I actually like deathcore and this is done really well
Alestorm - Back Through Time - Pirate Metal from Scotland. They sing about drinking, wenches and sea battles all while playing Power Metal with just a hint of Folk Metal
Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions - Do I really need to say anything about Arch Enemy
Neuraxis - Asylon - Canadian technical death metal - Great stuff if you like tech death
Barn Burner - Bangers II: Scum Of The Earth - Awesome Canadian stoner metal. Riffs the size of houses and heavy as hell
Motörhead -The World Is Yours - Nuff Said
Small Brown Bike - Fell & Found - They reunited. It's awesome.
Dropkick Murphys - Going Out In Style - Nuff said
Joyce Manor - Self Titled - One of the best emocore bands out there. Yes its pop punk but there are actual songs there, Leather Jacket is one of my favourite of all time
Wiccans - Skullduggery - Heavier than normal hardcore with screamo tendencies. Great stuff if you wanna smash everything around you
Bâton Rouge - Fragments D'eux Mêmes - French screamo with members of Daitro and 12xu. This LP absolutely slays
Ampere - Like Shadows - Nuff said
Caitlyn Bailey - Lizards Have Personalities - Orion Pax - viceversa Split - RIP Caitlyn Bailey, this international compilation is really really great. Still available on multiple formats
Lizards Have Personalities - Todos Caerán - Book of Caverns - ¡Silencio, Ahora, Silencio! Split. I already adore Lizards Have personalities, Todos Caerán and ¡Silencio, Ahora, Silencio!, this was my introduction to the awesome Book of Caverns. This is a truly rock solid split
Touché Amoré - Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me - Jeremy is one of my favourite songrwiters out there right now and he never fails to bring the emo into the hardcore
Algernon Cadwallader - Parrot Flies - They live in a warehouse where they record and do everything but print their own vinyl. They also play emo punk that is not not reminscent of the whole Capn Jazz Kinsella thing. They put their own spin on it and it's awesome
Samantha Fish, Cassie Taylor, Dani Wilde - Girls With Guitars - Three women, singing the blues and playing awesome guitar. What more could one ask for?
North Mississippi Allstars - Key To The Kingdom - The Allstars are named that for a reason, these brothers never dissapoint and this album is no exception. Reunited after a couple of solo projects this is just great blues.
Gregg Allman - Low Country Blues - Still trucking after all these years Allman does a whole album of covers that come off beautifully
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator - Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi are a blues power couple. Their new band has 11 people including two drummers. Learn To Love is one of the best songs I've ever heard
Get A Better Comp - folk/cute/tween/acoustic compilation
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will - nuff said
Sharks - The Joys Of Living 2008-2010 - goes from semi post rock all the way to punked up rock and roll all the while with a friendly sneer
Immortal Technique - the Martyr - nuff said
Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows - nuff said
Abriosis - Tattered And Bound - Canadian progressive death metal. Riffs galore and some of these songs are absolute beasts

Demo`s
Spectre Alone - 2011 Demo
Panthalassa

EP's
Verme - Bad Verme - Italian punk with screamo production and aesthetics
Jowls - Cunt Punch - a two piece making a tremendous noise
We Were Skeletons & The Saddest Landscape - Split - One legend and freshly established band make a tremendous noise
We Were Skeletons & MNWA - Split - two relative young guns in screamo crank out their tunes
Featherweight - Not Waving But Drowning - RIP. Short but oh so awesome
Polina & Well Wisher - Split - Canadian east coast skramz ftw
iwontstopwonderinguntilyoustopbreathing - motionless - when they stop being a Jerome's Dream worship band and develop their own kickass, interesting sound. Kinda. I think.
pentimento - wrecked - melodic hardcore with a punk rock base
Date Rape - Date Rape Ukrainian screamo
Dads - Brush Your Teeth ;) - two piece garage indie punk band
Adaje & Lizards Have Personalities Split - One of my favourite bands and a new favourite band
Cattle Drums - Boy Kisser Sessions + 3 - The best post-hardcore bands I've heard in a long while
Make Do And mend - Part & Parcel - Melodic Hardcore band does a couple of their songs acoustic, completely reinventing them as well as an acoustic cover of Touché Amoré's Home Away From Here.
You'll Live - Things Would Change if You Heard This - great emo from Florida. Just thinking about it makes me melencholy
Loud? - Made You - if you like three letter engagement or christie front drive you'll like this
Loud? Driveway Split - more awesome modern emo
Thunderstorms - self titled - instrumental twinkly emo from Ottawa
Prawn - You Can Just Leave It All - the first time I've liked these math rock dudes, the upped the emo
Eat The Rabbit - Vendetta - Italian synth based screamo. Think Dark Castle but different synth sounds and more chaotic
The Whoopass Girls - Self Titled - Ethan wrote an album of punk rock skate songs. Unsurprisingly, its awesome
Accu§er - Dependent Domination - German Thrash metal that will snap your neck in half

Worst
We Break Hearts Not Hymens - Bitches On My Dick
Design The Skyline
Brokencyde (whether or not they release anything they deserve to be on the worse of the year list

Into It. Over It./Such Gold split EP

2011-12-26T21:12:00.000-06:00

The King Is Dead (Long Live The King)

2011-12-25T23:08:00.004-06:00