Troubleman Unlimited
Troubleman: emo/hardcore/screamo label founded in New Jersey during the cold January months. It spawned a huge list of bands too numerous to mention -- spanning a wide range of musical genres. Troubleman hopes to be stronger for the next millenium and plans on a swift painless takeover of the world (universe?).
Bilge Pump
The aural equivalent of a head-on collision with a ten-ton truck, Bilge Pump's musical free assault strikes fast, ends faster, and makes a bigger mess than maggots on month-old garbage.
Taking A Chance On Chances
Black Dice
Black Dice gives entirely new meaning to the word aggro with their punishing, indecipherable bursts of horrific sonic chaos. If you want to hear the sound of your psyche unraveling, look no further.
Black Dice
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2000
Beachs & Canyons
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2002
Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura's music is aggressive and driving, powered by whirling synths and relentless rhythms. You'll be out of your seat and gyrating wildly around the room before you even get a chance to put down your cocktail. So beware! It could happen to you at any moment!
To Change the Shape of an Envelope
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2000
Erase Errata
San Francisco quartet Erase Errata channels the skeletal rhythms of British post-punk, the abrasive rush of no wave, and the feisty energy of riot grrl punk into intensely angular, incredibly vital music that will blow you away.
Erase Errata Seven-Inch
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2000
Other Animals
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2001
The Fisticuffs Bluff
Like a comet hitting the middle of Tokyo, a fleeting event that forever etches the subconscious and leaves a bloody mess. Fisticuffs Bluff wasn't around for very long, but you are gonna need some serious counseling after you download this noise punk projectile.
The Fisticuffs Bluff
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1999
The Hal Al Shedad
The Hal Al Shedad explores the darkness through six-stringed fireworks and time
signature multiplication tables. Their taut art punk sounds familiar even as it takes you
into uncharted territories.
Textures of Tomorrow
The Hated
The Hated is a legendary band who helped shape the indie/emo world of today before their demise over ten years ago.
Discography
The Hex
Former Assembly Line People Program frontman Mike Guarrine continues to sow the seeds of the No Wave revolution with his new band, The Hex, which specializes in rhythmic, atonal blurs of post-punk sound.
No Car EP
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2000
Karp
Dark, thick, devilish metal as strong and vicious as hatred itself. Karp will make the weak run home to mommy, and the strong pay homage to the band's extreme rock power.
Karp
Karp/Rye Coalition split 12
Kepler
Canadian indie rock quartet Kepler soothes and confuses with compositions that are gentle and relaxed but also oblique and elliptical. It's the sound of the mind working when the body's too tired to interfere.
Fight Fuck Fail
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2000
New Terror Class
From the ashes of Harriet the Spy came "New" Terror Class, with the crass humor turned up, the volume turned down, and the added dimension of keyboards. Unfortunately the group didn't last too long, but they're certainly worth remembering.
Did You Hear That We Fucked...?
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2001
Nuzzle
Nuzzle expresses the quiet longing of a freezer-burned heart. Their long-awaited full-length, San Lorenzo's Blues, is a magnificent opus of emotional, country-flavored indie rock.
San Lorenzo's Blues
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1999
The Party of Helicopters
Party of Helicopters plays melodic polyphonic punk that doesn't quite cross over into pop. Their lightning fast rhythms, insanely complex guitars, and off-kilter vocals intertwine to mount a pounding sonic assault on your skull.
Abracadaver
Mt. Forever
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2000
Phantom Pregnancies
The Phantom Pregnancies feature ex-Huggy Bear members and are a mysterious cult favorite in the British punk underground. Fast and furious pieces of shocking chaos clocking in at two minutes or less.
Special Child Seven-Inch
Red Monkey
England's Red Monkey takes riot punk and herky-jerky pop and splatters it on the back of your head. Think back a few years to bands like Huggy Bear...now think to the future and Red Monkey is there taunting you.
Difficult Is Easy
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1999
The Red Scare
Red Scare, the head of the new class of Knoxville punk rock, is continuing to bulldoze a path of postapocalyptic mayhem, with bands like Heroin and Thumbnail showing up large in their rearview mirror.
Capillary Lockdown
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2000
Strangers Die Every Day
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2001
Replikants
Spooky, murky, dubby breakbeat that will leave you scratching your head and wondering, "Were these two guys really in Unwound?" They sure were.
Taking A Chance On Chances
Sea Tiger
Sea Tiger play it raw, down and dirty, combining polyrhythms and a funky smooth aesthetic into dreamy almost-soundtracks. Includes members from The Sorts, Hoover, and Crownhateruin.
Cyberporpoise EP
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1997
The Teenage Bandit
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1999
Shotmaker
Shotmaker brings the bass guitar to the forefront with thick infectious rumblings over machine gun drums and guitar. This Canadian trio has the mechanics of Shellac and the aggression of Born Against, creating a fatal contusion.
Complete Discography
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2000
Song Of Zarathustra
Nietzschian hardcore freaks Song of Zarathustra construct disturbing, dissonant atmospheres out of art-punk rage, Neurosis-like apocalyptic terror, and a healthy dose of fierce, technophobic paranoia.
The Birth Of Tragedy
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2000
Speedking
New York's Speedking was a unique sonic power distantly related to a number of strange apocalyptic post-punk forms -- Shellac, Heroin, Rye Coalition, Satisfact. Their career was fleeting, but the recordings live on. Founding member James Murphy later co-founded The DFA and plays now as the LCD Soundsystem.
Devilina Seven-Inch
The Fist and the Laurels
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2002
Three Penny Opera
Comprised of the former members of Shotmaker, Three Penny Opera plays muscular hardcore that bursts from your stereo speakers like a live animal that has escaped from its cage and is going straight for your throat. Fans of Unwound or Engine Down should check this band out.
Three Penny Opera
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1999
