Our Sunday Affairs

Our Sunday Affairs is a indiemo band with a couple of young dudes from New Jersey. They bring a lot of unique sounds to the genre. The guitar is really mathy and power-pop at times. The vocals are all over the place with screaming, singing, and spoken word (sort of like La Dispute).

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Nothing

Nothing is a hardcore band from Berlin, Germany. It's a honest story about burn outs, lies, failures and growing old in a city where alternative culture are pushed out and brutalized by pseudo-artists, hipsters, trends and people celebrating their boredom and emptiness.

The band says, "Music shouldn´t be heard on computers anyway".
2011 - Double dose of negativity

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Por Instinto

Por Instinto is a hardcore band from Colombia.

2010 - Sobrevivir

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Sen Deni

Sen Deni is a screamo/post rock/emoviolence band from Minsk, Belarus. Guys started in the beginning of 2008, wrote some demo songs, in 2010 released full length "No more", and another full length "Письма" few days ago.

2008 - Demo
2008 - Split w/Sans Arret
2009 - Rest Recordings (Demo)
2010 - No more
2011 - Письма (Letters)

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Seam (RIP)

Seam was an indie-rock band from North Carolina that was active during the 90s. Often called slow-core, Seam was a perfect mix of indie-rock, shoegaze, and emo that made the band insanely unique.

Sounds like Mineral, Jets to Brazil. If you're tired of punk/hardcore music, Seam is for you. 

1991 - Headsparks
1993 - The Problem With Me
1995 - Are You Driving Me Crazy + 7'' collection
1998 - The Pace is Glacial

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Homesick

There're plenty of bands named Homesick. I'd like to tell you about young band from Odessa, Ukraine. They play fast skate punk/melodic hardcore. Nothing special, but still worth listening.

Homesick - 2011 - Concreto Ergo Sum

Sonido Alfredo

Sonido Alfredo is a surf garage punk band from Spain. Trio formed in early 2006. Nice sound and the Spanish language.

Highly recommend to listen to their 1st album.

2008 - Sonío Fredo
2011 - Sonido Alfredo

The Slow Death

The Slow Death is a country-tinged punk rock from Minneapolis. Ex-members of Pretty Boy Thorson & The Falling Angels, The Ergs!, and Rest of Us. On tour forever. They offer a a free download of their demo and have a seven inch on the way and a full-length due this fall.

2010 - Demo

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Cloak/Dagger

Cloak/Dagger manages to invoke both flavors of doom, as well as a few others that haunt the imaginations of folks worldwide. Culling from the likes of Black Flag and Circle Jerks along with driving-guitar-groove bands like Hot Snakes and Swiz, Cloak/Dagger inject some applied aggression into their rhythmic crunch.

2007 - Pinata Breaks Demo Takes
2007 - We Are
2009 - Surf Song 7''
2009 - Dont Need A 7''
2009 - Lost Art

LxExAxRxNx (RIP)

LxExAxRxNx formed in Palermo, IT at the beginning of year 2005, at the end of January. Influences varies a lot, almost everyone of us grew in different bands and genres (skate punk, crust, old school sxe hc) but the result of this musical pout-pourri is just an exceptionally tight and fast hardcore. Not for people with delicate ears.

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2005 - First Lesson 7''
2007 - Promo
2007 - Split - Common Enemy & LxExAxRxNx - 'Till Death

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состояние птиц

состояние птиц is a band from St. Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2009-2010. You can hardly characterize their style: post-rock, screamo, hardcore etc. You name it, you find it. In 2010 they released debute 5-songs EP and in the beginning of 2011 released the 2nd 3-songs EP.

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2010 - EP
2011 - EP

No Problem

No Problem is a garage hardcore punk band from Canada. A zit exploding in your greasy ear hole. And unicorns mating in a wooded glen with squirrels just watching.

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Night Birds

Night Birds is a surf-influenced punk band from Jersey Shore, NJ/Brooklyn, NY.

They've just released full-length CD that compiles their "Midnight Movies" 7", "S/T" 7", Killer Waves 7", and the 2009 demo.

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2010 - s/t
2011 - Midnight Movies EP
2011 - Fresh Kills Vol. 1

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Fichissimi (RIP)

Fichissimi was a punk band from Pinerolo (Italy) formed in 1993. They played a lot of shows in Italy and were quite popular. They released "Un Mondo Fichissimo" in 1994 and in 1995 recorded two songs "Tricolore" and "La ragazza bruttina" to the compilation of italian bands including Manges, Impossibili, Chromosomes.

On Fichissimi lastfm page you can find a piece of their interview (if you are good at Italian), where the members say they are happy not to play till nowadays because music today is commercial and it really sucks. 

A must-have.

Download 1994 - Un Mondo Fichissimo

At Daggers Drawn

At Daggers Drawn, a Berlin-based five piece Hardcore outfit known for an enourmous live energy on stage and unique modern Hardcore anthems.

They sure have big plans for 2011 including touring Russia not by car but by Trans Sibiric Express, the US and a complete south east Asia tour. Isn't that Punk as fuck?

Saw them playing live last night. Definetely a must-have!


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2009 - Strangling Embrace (Demo)
2010 - Serving Sorrow
2010 - At Daggers Drawn & Daggers - Split

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Beyond Pink

All female five-piece from Malmö, Sweden.

The band started in 2002. This is definitely something for all those into fast hardcore, as well as riot grrrls sounds and tradition of the 80’s swedish hc/punk. Their lyrics are alongside with the music, they reflect anger and critical views on issues like macho/sexistculture, violent dancing, cops, pro-life fundemantalists or corporate capitalism and their financial institutions like WTO and G8.

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Eeva (Ива)

And finally a russian band. Eeva start playing emotional screamo-post hardcore in summer 2009. They released a s/t cd in 2010 and are now working at 7'' - 2 of 5 songs are available at their bandcamp page.

Less words more music. A must-have!

Eeva - Impact Parameter from Drunk Presents on Vimeo.

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2010 - s/t
2011 - 7''

We Ride

We Ride born in Vigo in 2009. Four friends (Mimi, Borja, Victor and Brais) and the Hardcore as a thing in common We Ride have toured in almost all of Spain and Portugal during their first year of life, during which they published the “Demo '09”. In 2010, they still touring (Spain, Portugal and Germany) and they have written and recorded their debut album: “Directions”; 12 new direct songs of Hardcore/punk.

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Decisión

Awesome spanish female-fronted hardcore.

Musiс is no more than a form of entertainment and expression by which we do not intend desahogarnos or consider it a form of struggle. Decisión not intended as a "political group" but rather is a group made for "political people", we try every day, as far as we can, directing energies toward more effective ways to solve problems. That is why our lyrics speak of struggle, friendship, companionship and a deep hatred we feel for the state, capital and those who do not hesitate to defend them. We would like our music served to inspire other people in your life and political struggle, just like us which we help other bands.

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Fear Like Us

Fear Like Us was originally formed as a two-piece back in 04. Then they were joined by bassist and drummer. For some reason they do not play often now. Unfortunately. Sincere acoustic sound, bearded vocals, inspiriting lyrics. Like it.

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Sauna Youth

They might not sound exactly like the Ramones, but they certainly take a lot of influence from - from the simple, fast-paced, driving motorik-like drum-beat; to the raucous racket; to the general punk ethic. But far from being plain old punk rock, the four-piece break up noisey, thrashing guitars and angry shouts with some experimentation; namely through lengthy moments of looping noise and drone, often combined with story-telling, with tales of swimming pools and masturbation.

SAUNA YOUTH - BONE LAWN by Pines

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Alhambre

We are a band, created in early 2000, who plays hardcore influenced both oldschool bands like NYHC and youthcrew. Our sound is fast and strong, mixed with many breakdowns. We sing about what we like and what bothers us. We give a positive message of strength and unity, give impetus to our scene and find that hardcore is not just a sound, but a lifestyle.

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Verme

Pop-punk band from Milan, Italy. I like the scratchy-fizzle vocals even though I do not understand the lyrics.

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Amateur Party

Amateur Party's influences range from bands such as Mission Of Burma and Wire to bands such as The Jam, The Minuteman, and Ted Leo. This is a really good record and definitely deserves your attention.

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The Lori Meyers

Great female-fronted hardcore band from Mexico, not the indie-pop Lori Meyers. I guess, they're RIP.

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Porches

Dorking/Brighton/Exeter based punk rock with Hot Water Music/Lawrence Arms influences. Featuring Fun Alf.

FFO: RVIVR, Hot Water Music etc.

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Helta Skelta

We are from Western Australia (Perth) and share members with other aussie hardcore band Extortion. It is early 80's hardcore punk with some elements of english/dc oi thrown in(Blitz/Iron Cross) and a whole lot of early black flag too. There are also protopunk bits.

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MNMNTS

MNMNTS is a post-hardcore/screamo from Koblenz/Trier, Germany featuring ex-members of Rachel Casca, Ten Years A Day, A Case of Grenada, Disco Antistaat, and Colina. This is some great sounding posthardcore/punk similar to bands such as Alphinist, Trainwreck, and Comadre mixed with 90's bands like Shotmaker and Merel as well as touches of traditional hardcore.

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Tim Vantol

Tim Van Tol, some have called him the Dutch equivalent, some have called him an alcoholic, others have just called him Tim.
Either way he is a very talented guy, distinctively gruff voice over catchy acoustic guitar, songs about being broke, getting drunk, and not giving up on hope.

He's one of my favorite musicians, at least he's my favorite bearded singer-songwriter.

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Last summer I ordered his Vinyl (buy it here) and Tim was so sweet to enclose debut CD of his band Short Answers, where he is on vocals. You must check them.

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