Jade Tree Records

Wilmington, Delaware's Jade Tree has played by its own rules and won. The label has maintained its excellence and influence through hard work, great music, and D.I.Y. principles. Now, Jade Tree bands rock on MTV, in basements, and everywhere in between.

Cap'n Jazz
Cap'n Jazz songs explode out of the speakers in a wild skree. Their blindingly fast rhythms, soaring melodies, and urgent, disjointed vocals have come to define the term "emo." Members went on to form The Promise Ring and Joan of Arc.

Analphabetapolothology - 1998


Euphone
Soothing, dreamy, and hypnotic, Euphone will soothe your senses with a subtly dangerous blend of soulful drumbeats and clever electronic noodling. Proceed with caution: this is not your average Chicago indie rock band.

The Calendar Of Unlucky Days - 1999
Hashin' It Out - 2000


The Explosion
The Explosion are the kings of the loud and fast school, reveling in their own velocity and violence as they kick out incredible bursts of punk rock power.

The Explosion - 2000
Flash Flash Flash - 2000


Jets to Brazil
Descriptive adjectives just flood the mind when you encounter Jets to Brazil?s melodic punk rock: complex, rousing, emotional, anthemic, dense, epic, nuanced. Featuring former members of Jawbreaker, Handsome, and Texas Is the Reason, Jets to Brazil is a gorgeous, complicated, sprawling beast of a band deserving of your serious, involved attention.

Orange Rhyming Dictionary - 1998
Four Cornered Night - 2000


Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc descends into a cut-and-paste whirlpool while walking on eggshells. Layer upon layer of instrumentation and loops will entrance you as Tim Kinsella croons about heartache, adolescence, and literary folly.

A Portable Model Of - 1997
How Memory Works - 1998
Live In Chicago 1999 - 1999
The Gap - 2000
How Can Any Thing So Little Be Any More? - 2001


Kid Dynamite
Kid Dynamite's songs are full of snarling attitude and ignited energy, guaranteed to get you riled up or double your money back!

Kid Dynamite - 1998
Shorter, Faster, Louder - 2000


Lifetime
Call it crushcore. Lifetime's infectious, hook-heavy hardcore blends old-school style with sensitive lyrics about broken hearts and cold, cold women. That's right: these are songs about girls. And what better medium to explore rejection and elation than feverish punk rock?

Jerseys Best Dancers - 1997


Pedro the Lion
Pedro the Lion's strum-happy straight-and-true indie rock explores issues of faith, spirituality, alienation, and regret, in an utterly sincere, intimate fashion. This is music to think to.

Winners Never Quit - 2000
Progress - 2000


The Promise Ring
The Promise Ring combines super-catchy melodies and obtusely poetic lyrics to make instantly classic songs about life and love, boys and girls.

Nothing Feels Good - 1997
Boys & Girls - 1998
Very Emergency - 1999
Electric Pink - 2000


Sweetbelly Freakdown
A soundtrack for a revolution, a complex nightmare of fury and sound. Sweetbelly Freakdown makes powerful, creative post-hardcore. Featuring members of Swiz, Severin, Fury, and Bluetip.

Sweetbelly Freakdown - 1997


Turing Machine
Brooklyn's Turing Machine proves that vocals are not a necessary component of deftly crafted emotional music. Their instrumental compositions combine ringing guitars, intricate math rock drumming, and steadily pulsing bass -- but it doesn't feel tired or repetitive.

A New Machine For Living - 1999


Turning Point
Classic straight-edge hardcore out of the Garden State that rocks hard and furious just the way you want it to! Turning Point's high octane two-minute sing-along anthems will knock you off your chair and into action.

1988-1991 - 2000


Zero Zero
A weird hybrid kind of dance-rock that draws on the golden glory of AM radio, the geeky retro keyboard chic of Stereolab, and the spirit of punk. Featuring former members of the Jersey hardcore band Lifetime.

AM Gold - 2001