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Colour Revolt
website | myspace | media review
Indie Rock out of Oxford, Mississippi
Alive In Wild Paint
website | myspace | media review
Travis Bryant (formerly of Terminal) and former members of Goodbye Tomorrow
E For Explosion
myspace
Organic, lush atmospheric rock featuring Jamison Covington originally in JamisonParker.
Kill Your Ex
myspace
Portland, Oregon's own mix of technical rock, intense pop, and punchy tapping guitar work. The catchiest, most melodic jams I've heard in awhile. Debut out now on Mediaskare Records!
God Or Julie
website | myspace | media review
My Chemical Romance + The Used etc. flashback from Brooklyn, NY.
Sea Wolf
website | myspace
Delicate indie pop on Dangerbird Records.
Tokyo Police Club
website | myspace
Anthemic, dancey rock on Saddle Creek. A sure candidate for album of the year with their debut, "Elephant Shell."
Drmanhattan
website | myspace | media review
Weird. As hell. Rock on Vagrant Records.
Search The City
myspace | purevolume | media review
Melodic, technical pop rock on Tooth And Nail records.
Courtesy Blush
myspace
Post-Hardcore
Danger Radio
myspace | purevolume | media review
Disco-Pop-Punk
Be Your Own Pet
website | myspace | purevolume
Grrl fronted thrash/garage rock band from Nashville.
The Lonely H
website | myspace | interview
Classic rock/americana played by four dudes with luscious locks.
The Cordova Academy Glee Club
website | myspace | media review
Formerly known as the indie-pop power act "Weston," Cordova Academy Glee Club pick up where Weston left off, but move to new levels with energetic, whispery pop and rock tuneage. "Be Mine Or There Will Be War" is out now.
Ludo
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Time Again
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Best Of 2007
media review
Halos
myspace | interview | show review
Halos is an indie rock band from Orange Country, California
Manchester Orchestra
website | myspace
Atlanta, Georgia Indie rock
Dropkick Murphys
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Celtic Punk
The Warriors
myspace | purevolume | media review
Hardcore/Metal
Verona Grove
website | myspace | purevolume
Pop-Punk
Mouse Fire
website | myspace | media review
Technical, mathy rock in the vein of Minus The Bear, Controlling the Famous, and Cursive.
Moros Eros
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Georgia-based indie rock band.
Regina Spektor
website | myspace | purevolume
Singer/songwriter/pianist from New York City.
The Manchester Orchestra
website | myspace | purevolume
Indie rock in the dame vein as Brand New, Death Cab for Cutie and Modest Mouse.
Ace Enders And A Million Different People
website | myspace | purevolume
Ace Enders, lead singer of The Early November's newest band.
Midnight Juggernauts
website | myspace
Justice
website | myspace | show review
Mind-blowing French electronica from the hip folks at Ed Banger Records.
The Weakerthans
website | myspace | media review
Indie-Rock from Canada
Animal Collective
website | myspace | media review
A band of unifying originality
Surrogate
website | myspace | media review
Indie pop from the Tooth & Nail label, Surrogate released "Love For the Rich" in 2007.
Farewell
myspace | purevolume | media review
Catchy pop rock from North Carolina.
Powerspace
website | myspace | purevolume | interview | media review
Just Surrender
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Paper Rival
website | myspace | purevolume | interview
Heartfelt indie rock from Nashville, Tennessee.
The Winter Sounds
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
"The five-piece creates an impressive mix of deft, rhythmic indie rock with vocal flourishes that touch on emo, maintaining a coherent identity while exploring a variety of song structures." --Flagpole
National Product
myspace | purevolume | media review
Pop rock from Los Angeles, CA.
Takota
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Epic, soaring rock.
The Dangerous Summer
myspace | purevolume | media review
Four young Maryland native writing emo-pop along the lines of the Starting Line and Hidden in Plain View.
Asteria
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
The joys and ills of youth encapsulated into a cohesive sound, complete with voice cracking, and emotional pleas in song form.
The Stranger's Six
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Solid punk-infused hardcore, melodic vocals interlace with power chords and pulsating beats.
We The Kings
myspace | purevolume | media review
Throwdown
myspace | purevolume | interview
Hardcore/Metal
Medicated Kisses
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
"Way strong, much-needed female-fronted, ass-kicking, honest-to-god Rock Music. These kids are the Real Deal." -Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls
Ladytron
Texas Is The Reason
The Knife
The Faint
The Appleseed Cast
Sleepcomesdown
myspace
Wisconsin's Sleepcomesdown might be the most underrated, undiscovered band of our time. Noisy, well-constructed indie rock for fans of Fugazi, Unwound, Minus The Bear, These Arms Are Snakes, and Jawbox.
Bedlight For Blue Eyes
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
The Unseen
myspace | purevolume | media review
Hardcore Punk
Pierce The Veil
myspace | purevolume | media review
Sounds like Gatsbys American Dream...a poor man's version.
Weaver At The Loom
myspace | media review
A great new ethereal pop/rock band from the Twin Cities fresh off the release of their debut EP, I Was Searching And I Found.
The Toasters
media review
Longest running US ska band
Alesana
myspace | purevolume | media review
Driver Side Impact
myspace | purevolume | media review
Screamo from Cleveland in the same vein as Hawthorne Heights and Aiden.
Firescape
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
The side project of Something Corporate's Josh Partington.
Stepsonday
website | myspace | media review
Sunshine and Indie Pop
The High Court
website | myspace | purevolume
Auditory Aphasia
website | myspace | purevolume
Psychedelic indie rock
Desa
website | myspace
Desa currently has a free downloadable EP [I]Sirens And Safety Glass[/I] on their website.
Chin Up Chin Up
myspace
John Ralston
myspace
Signal To Noise
website | myspace | media review
Colors In The Air
myspace | purevolume | media review
Yearling
website | myspace | media review
Infectious pop/rock music from North Carolina.
Weatherbox
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Love Arcade
website | myspace | purevolume
The Almost
website | myspace | purevolume
Big D And The Kids Table
website | interview
Boys Like Girls
website | myspace | purevolume
Arctic Monkeys
website | myspace | media review
Post-Punk that rocks like a very caffeinated version of The Strokes
The Wedding
website | myspace | purevolume
The Wedding could very well be your next favorite band. Fast, energetic, and full of melody, they are one of our new favorite pop sensations--check out their debut, "Polarity!"
Envy On The Coast
website | myspace
Mew
myspace | show review
Denmark's MEW create vivid landscapes with imaginative, curious spacey guitars and insanely high vocal ranges.
Arms Over Colorado
myspace | purevolume
AOC is over colorado.
New Atlantic
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
A five piece indie pop act from the east coast. Spacey rock that shows promise fron Eyebal records.
Anchor & Braille
website | myspace | purevolume
Anchor & Braille is: Christian (Anberlin) Marsh (Copeland) Bucklew Louis Becker Pemberly Reid Lux Harben
Melee
website | myspace | purevolume
The Hedrons
website
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
website | myspace | media review
Indie Rock
Two If By Sea
website | myspace | show review
4-piece new-wave/rock band from Baltimore, MD.
Endless Mike And The Beagle Club
myspace | purevolume | media review | show review
Folk-punk band from Johnstown, PA
Hot Cross
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Annuals
website | myspace | purevolume | media review | show review
Take Action Tour
website
Secondhand Serenade
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Kiss Kiss
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
"Kiss Kiss is a rock-pop outfit, which turns that genre gracefully, but without compromise, on its head. Its aspiration? To breathe a new word into the lexicon of rock."
Damiera
website | myspace | media review
4-piece indie-rock outfit hailing from Buffalo, NY. Part of the ever-growing Equal Vision Records roster.
Dear And The Headlights
website | myspace | purevolume | media review | show review
Dear And The Headlights have their own, unique style of rock, folk and musing, intricate vocals. Truly a refreshing sound--and their debut, "Small Steps, Heavy Hooves," is one of the best releases so far in 2007.
Future Of Forestry
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Small Leaks Sink Ships
website | myspace | purevolume
Mathy, techincal rock from AZ--who are releasing their debut, "Until The World Is Happy, Wake Up You Sleepyhead Sun" on No Sleep Records in February 2007.
Bear Colony
website | myspace | interview
Electronic, dark, and very different, Bear Colony's release is easily one of the most innovative styles of 2007 thus far.
Destroy Nate Allen
website | myspace | media review
Folk-Punk with an indie twist
Minutes Too Far
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Pop rock from Oklahoma that is OK!
The Shins
website | myspace | media review
Hailing from Albuquerque, led by James Mercer, here is that pop and indie wonder...The Shins
Misery Signals
website | myspace | purevolume
Best Of 2006
website | myspace | media review
The Top 20 Albums of the Year as represented through a joint effort of the Emotionalpunk.com staff. There was a lot of math involved.
Jill Cunniff
myspace | media review
Pop-rock...kinda like Michelle Branch...
Unearth
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Blinded Black
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Melodic rock outfit out of Saint Louis.
Doves
website
Sonic Youth
website
Paper Route
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Viva Death
website | media review
Post-Punk with snarl
After The Sirens
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Stars Are Falling
myspace | purevolume | media review
Heartfelt metal delivered by a 5-piece band from Sacramento, CA
Ronnie Day
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Ronnie Day is a singer songwriter signed to the Militia Group. He combines catchy meldoies and heartflet lyrics to make music both you and your 14-year old sister can enjoy.
The Last Car In Alaska
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Pop-Punk, South Carolina style.
Tahiti 80
website | myspace | media review
Dance-pop-indie
The Prize Fighter Inferno
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
The solo project of Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez, The Prize Fighter Inferno blends acoustic guitars and falsettos with electronic pop music.
Army Of Me
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Solid pop/rock music by way of our nation's capitol. Signed to Doghouse Records.
Plus 44
myspace | media review
Plus 44 formed after the break-up of Blink 182. Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker lead this pop-punk, electronic-ish band from so-Cal.
Self Against City
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Catchy, fun pop rock from northern California on Drive-Thru. Self Against City is set to release their debut, "Telling Secrets To Strangers," on January 9, 2006.
Immoor
website | myspace
High-power electro pop in the vein of the Postal Service from southern California. Their debut full-length, "The Thievery of Your Own Things," is available now.
Lady Sovereign
show review
english female vocalist
Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster
website | myspace | purevolume
Dallas Taylor (formally of Underoath) fronts a country-screamo act. It is more amazing then it sounds...
Sparta
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Influential post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas which includes several members from At The Drive-in.
Mayday Parade
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Sub-par emo rock from Florida.
The Number Twelve Looks Like You
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Metal / Experimental / Post Hardcore
Communique
website | myspace | media review
Bay area dance rockers.
Bad Astronaut
myspace | media review
Astronauts are terrible, terrible human beings. Bad Astronaut really isn't an astronaut, at least not yet.
The Tide
website | myspace | purevolume | interview
Escape The Fate
website | myspace | purevolume
Aggressive rock music that has set its sights on world domination or bust.
8mm
website | myspace | purevolume | interview | media review
Indie rock from LA featuring a husband and wife duo who wrote catchy yet spacy music.
Cancer Bats
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
No mercy, Southern Rock from a Canadian quartet.
Oxford Collapse
website | myspace | media review
Intelligent math rock with a bite
Cobra Starship
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Owen
website | myspace
Owen's delicate, somber rock is at once breathtaking and magical--and full of talent. Mike Kinsella, known for his work in bands like Cap'n Jazz and American Football is now known as the man behind the acoustic power-group OWEN.
Hot Vegas
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Wax On Radio
website | myspace | purevolume
The Lillingtons
website | myspace | media review
Pop-Punk the way Kung-Fu wanted it.
Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Kaddisfly
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Experimental and creative, Oregon's Kaddisfly are a sensational band who are reminiscent of Dredg, but take it to a completely different level. Insane live band--and easily one of the most underrated, innovative bands in today's scene.
Amity
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Los Angeles super pop rock group AMITY are set to release their debut, "Internecine," this October 24th on Negative Progression Records. It's chaotic, melodic, but most of all, an exciting listen at a band who have finally set their release in stone.
Piebald
myspace
Screw Aerosmith, this Boston band brings the rock
Tyler Read
myspace
Louisiana rock-n-roll.
I Am Ghost
myspace | media review
For fans of My Chemical Romance
Shiny Toy Guns
website | myspace | purevolume
Dancey, energetic pop/rock on Universal Records.
Ellison
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
on Carbon Copy Media
The Dear Hunter
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Spacey, folk music from Casey Crescenzo (ex-The Receiving End of Sirens)
House Of Fools
myspace | purevolume | media review
A North Carolina based rock band combining influences like Bob Dylan, The Format and Bright Eyes to make delicate indie rock.
The Decemberists
website | myspace | media review
Literary folk-rock of new and old
The Hold Steady
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Bar Rock meets post-punk
AVEC Duet
website | media review
AVEC Duet is Brooks and Shawna of AVEC. They play \"Spotter\" songs and give some AVEC songs a new twist.
AVEC
website | myspace | media review
Four-piece indie rock act from Baltimore. Guy/girl vocals. One of the best bands nobody is talking about.
Cale Parks
myspace | media review
For fans of Aloha, Minus the Bear, Built to Spill, matt pond PA, and Judah Johnson
Faulter
website | myspace | media review
All Time Low
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Baltimore pop-punk band
The Lawrence Arms
website | myspace
Chicago's finest punk trio.
The Falcon
myspace | interview
Members of The Lawrence Arms (Brendan and Neil) and Alkaline Trio (Dan) play aggressive, unique rock songs.
Winston Audio
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Eclectic, energetic, and atmospheric, Georgia's Winston Audio are in it to make their own style of music.
The Static Age
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Blending the influences of the 80's and early 90's with the new dance rock sensation, The Static Age should be your new obsession.
Strike Anywhere
website | myspace | purevolume | interview | media review | show review
The Matches
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Pop-punk with a pension for malaise that gets the body moving.
Goons Of Doom
website | myspace | media review
A band starting as a joke, that has become a beautiful rock and roll example.
The Bank Robbers
myspace | purevolume | media review
Ad Astra Per Aspera
website | myspace
Experimental in your face rock in the vein of The Pixies, Bauhaus, and Sonic Youth
Wolf Parade
website | myspace | show review
Haunted brilliance in the vein of Modest Mouse
Heavens
website | purevolume | media review
Melodic, punk-electronica
Lakes
website | myspace | purevolume | interview
LAKES is the new project, featuring Seth Roberts formerly of Tooth And Nail superpop group Watashi Wa. Slightly the route of their folky, somber final LP, the "Eager Seas" LP, and slightly the route of their more straightforward pop on "The Love Of Life," LAKES only concludes that Seth Alan Roberts is one of the most talented pop writers of our generation.
The Modern Day Saint
website | myspace | media review
MDS = the explosiveness of the Bronx mixed with the level headedness of the Foo Fighters which fused together creates songs sometimes as over-orchestrated as The Verve to songs as stripped down and confessional as, quite possibly, Elliot Smith.
Sugarcult
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
City Sleeps
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
The Pink Spiders
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Boy Kill Boy
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
British indie pop with hype to boot
Deas Vail
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
The Drugstore Cowboys
website | myspace | purevolume
It's intense. It's brutal. It's bad-ass. It's like nothing you've ever heard before.
Meg & Dia
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Two sisters fro Utah writing rough indie rock in the same vein as Paramore and Eisley.
This Providence
website | myspace | purevolume | interview | media review
Dubbed one of Seattle's rising artists with their unique blend of indie rock and pop. Their Fueled By Ramen full-length debut is the perfect blend of infectious hooks and melodies with intelligent, unique songwriting. Whether you're a pop enthusiast, or searching for something more than the cookiecutter rock bands out today, This Providence is the band to watch out for.
Goodbye Tomorrow
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Cute Is What We Aim For
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Much The Same
website | myspace | purevolume
Fast, melodic pop rock on Nitro Records.
Trophy Scars
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
A fusion of metal, rap, hardcore, punk, with an indie touch and feel.
Operatic
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Indie rock that truly rocks; Songs that hum, grow, and explode inside your head. Imagine a harder version of (early) Jimmy Eat World or Counterfit with some Jawbreaker thrown in for good measure!
Bernard
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Lush atmospherics, lulling vocals and killer guitar riffs and progressions makes them one of the more interesting bands of this genre out right now.
Mona Ray
website | myspace
Diamond J And The Rough
website | myspace
Young Love
website | myspace
Formed by ex-Recover members Dan Keyes and Robert Mann. They are following in the footseps of Head Automatica with a new dance-influenced sound.
Sleepaway
myspace | purevolume | media review
First timers from the Buffalo hardcore music scene decide to play music that is sweet to the ears.
Logan Square
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Melodic pop-punk with Alkaline Trio leanings.
Dropping Daylight
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Minneapolis based. Piano driven modern rock band. Signed to Octone.
Apollo Up
website | myspace | media review
Nashville three-piece. Come get your fix of "post-hardcore."
This Is Hell
website | myspace | media review
Hardcore band from Long Island.
Gasoline Heart
website | myspace | purevolume | interview | media review
Pristinely crafted, Americana-influenced music from Winter Park, FL.
The City Drive
website | myspace | media review
Say No More
website | myspace
A pop/rock band out of Los Angeles, California
The Bouncing Souls
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
The Boucing Sould are a Jersey/NYC punk band that have been around for long then most of you have been alive. If you are into NOFX, Bad Religion, etc etc you need to know this band too.
Vanna
website | myspace | media review
VANNA is taking the hardcore sound to a new level by weaving a textural sonic web of vocals that vary from clear, soaring melodies to visceral growls and incensed screams. This unique vocal approach is perfectly complimented by dual guitars that attack with merciless precision and bitter-sweet dissonance.
The Outline
website | myspace | media review
The Outline combine the fury of Recover and the keyboard melodies of Interpol meshed with the dance flavor of Head Automatica.
All That Remains
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Metal mixed with a little hardcore and a lot of attitude
Bear Vs. Shark
website | myspace | purevolume
Someday Never
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Emotional pop-punk hailing from the Garden State.
The Adored
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Dance-Punk for the West Coast
Between The Buried And Me
website | myspace | purevolume | media review
Hardcore/metal band on Victory Records