Wavelets - Athaletics

Wavelets - Athaletics

Wavelets hail from Gainesville, FL but sound like they're from the mid-west. These dudes play twinkly indie rock and they play it very well. If you like American Football, or more recently Everyone Everywhere, then you'll totally be into these dudes. Tiny Engines Records just put this bad-boy out (Is there a better label going today? These dudes are seriously batting a thousand; Not one bad release) so go and buy it in every colour.

Maritime - Human Hearts

Maritime - Human Hearts

Like a fine wine Davey Von Bohlen's songs just get better with every passing minute. Human Hearts is a pop masterpiece if ever there was one. If you don't know and love all of this man's songs then you are probably a fucking nazi bastard. This album is so fucking good I can't even put it's greatness into words. Home. Fucking. Run.

Miniscule Brown Bicycle

SBB - F & F

I always felt a kinship with these dudes, probably due to their geographical proximity to me (Michigan/Ontario). I have been waiting eight years for these dudes to release something new and this album does not disappoint. After this long of a wait they could have released recordings of their bowel movements and I'd be here telling you how rad it sounded and how their "mic placement for track ten was especially amazing". Thankfully Fell & Found is eleven tracks of smart and gruff indie punk that is as much of a progression from The River Bed as that album was from Dead Reckoning. You need this album in your life. Lets cross our fingers that these guys keep writing and recording. Now if we can only get Hot Water Music back in the studio.

TGUK - There Are Rules

TGUK - There Are Rules

If you are a fan of The Get Up Kids than you'll no doubt already be in love with this release. If for some reason you never cared for them, give this new one a spin because it doesn't really sound like any other Get Up Kids album. As always the secret weapon is their rhythm section, the Pope brothers, who make even the most dull song sound incredible. This album has it all, angular buzz-saw guitars, Peter Hook basslines, 80's synths and melodies for days. If you like Bloc Party or Les Savy Fav then I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by this album. The last song on There Are Rules, "Rememorable", is a total banger (I've been spinning it on repeat for days now).

Monument - Goes Canoeing

Monument - Goes Canoeing

Debut full-length from this Washington D.C. group. Great 90's emo influenced punk rock. Goes Canoeing was just released this month on the Tiny Engines record label and if you dig their label mates Everyone Everywhere, Look Mexico and Castevet then you'll dig Monument. Take the spastic energy of Brainworms and the pop hooks of The Get Up Kids and you've just nailed their sound. I've been waiting to hear a full length from these dudes since I heard their 3 song 7" (which has been in constant rotation around my spot for over a year). In fact here is that seven inch, and their equally as rad demo:

Monument - 3 song 7"

Monument - Monujamz demo

Piebald - The First Ten Years

Piebald - The First Ten Years: Volume 1, Disc 1

Piebald - The First Ten Years: Volume 1, Disc 2

Piebald - The First Ten Years: Volume 2, Disc 1

Piebald - The First Ten Years: Volume 2, Disc 2

Piebald - The First Ten Years: Volume 3, Disc 1

Piebald - The First Ten Years: Volume 3, Disc 2

Here it is, every single piece of music the band recorded during their original heyday. Every split 7", compilation track, cover song (Weezer, Slayer, Jawbreaker), several never-before-released demos and every full length. You get their debut album on Hydra Head Records, "When Life Hands You Lemons", as well as the Big Wheel Recreation albums, "If It Weren't For Venetian Blinds, It Would Be Curtains For Us All", "The Rock Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and "We Are The Only Friends We Have". This thing is a must have for even the most casual fan of the band, it is just so comprehensive and well done that you can't help but fall in love with Piebald. Hearing a lot of these songs will have you wondering how the fuck this band wasn't all over the radio back in the day. If you only know them for their song "American Hearts", get this and see why they were such a big deal. Rise Records put this out over the last several months, which was a total surprise to me because Rise mainly releases really fucking terrible mall-metal albums (The Devil Wears Prada anyone?). Piebald has always had a great sense of humour, wity lyrics and incredible hooks and they're all present here on these 100 (yes one-fucking-hundred!) tracks.