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Black Label Society Skull Magnet M-0163 $4.95 The Black Label Society magnet measures about 3 x 2 inches…. |
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I’LL GIVE YOU MY HEART, NO ONE LIVES THERE ANYMORE Mug Coffee Cup 11 oz This high quality ceramic mug makes a great gift for anyone! The design is on both sides of the mug! The image is adhered through a heat process that makes it durable and long lasting. The colors won’t fade, so the mug can be enjoyed for years to come!… |
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Fashion Netbook Neoprene Sleeve Case – Vintage Sketch Trees for Acer Aspire One 531 10.1 Netbook $9.21 Protecting your netbook doesn’t mean that it has to be dull or boring. This beautiful neoprene netbook sleeve case allows you to protect your netbook while expressing yourself! With matching zippers and lining, this sleeve takes close note to every detail. The durable neoprene will protect your netbook from scratches, dust, fingerprints, and damage. There’s an additional pocket compartment to hold… |
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Fashion Neoprene Sleeve Case (Vintage Sketch Trees) for Toshiba Mini NB205 10.1 $9.21 Protecting your netbook doesn’t mean that it has to be dull or boring. This beautiful neoprene netbook sleeve case allows you to protect your netbook while expressing yourself! With matching zippers and lining, this sleeve takes close note to every detail. The durable neoprene will protect your netbook from scratches, dust, fingerprints, and damage. There’s an additional pocket compartment to h… |
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Fashion Netbook Neoprene Sleeve Case (Vintage Sketch Trees) to Protect the Samsung GO N310-13GB 10.1-Inch Midnight Blue Netbook $3.21 Protecting your netbook doesn’t mean that it has to be dull or boring. This beautiful neoprene netbook sleeve case allows you to protect your netbook while expressing yourself! With matching zippers and lining, this sleeve takes close note to every detail. The durable neoprene will protect your netbook from scratches, dust, fingerprints, and damage. There’s an additional pocket compartment to h… |
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Sublime – Blunt CD Case High quality CD case with leafy artwork and the Sublime joint logo. Holds 24 Cds. Why have a plain case when you could have this one which is so much cooler…. |
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Emotion Is Dead $3.31 One Way. 2001…. |
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Emo Diaries – Chapter Four – An Ocean Of Doubt $8.59 Emo Diaries – Chapter Four – An Ocean Of Doubt by VariousThis product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com’s standard return policy will apply…. |
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Embrace $7.98 This 12″ LP was re-mastered in March 2009 and comes with a free MP3 download….see site for more info…. |
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Essential Indie $37.99 Essential Indie |
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Ministry Of Sound: Anthems Indie $19.99 Ministry Of Sound: Anthems Indie |
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Best Of Indie Years $20.99 Best Of Indie Years |
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H.N.I.C. Pt. 2 (Indie Exclusive) $17.99 H.N.I.C. Pt. 2 (Indie Exclusive) |
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Emo Is Awesome Emo Is Evil, Vol. 2 $5.99 Track Listing: 1. Watership Down – Burns Out Bright, 2. 2nd Quarter Broken – Lock & Key, 3. Panther 1 – Slowride, 4. You Give Me Heartattacks – Sounds Like Violence, 5. Reputation Outlives Application – Fire Divine, 6. Staggerswallowswell – Planes Mistaken for Stars, 7. Trial and Terror – Benton Falls, 8. You Do the Science – Brandtson, 9. Drawn and Quartered – Desert City Soundtrack, 10. On Top of the World – Surrounded, 11. Blindfold the Leaves – Settlefish, 12. Marigold & Patchwork – The Appleseed Cast, 13. Expat – Camber, 14. When I Get the Feelin’ (Back in My Hands) – Red Animal War, 15. Perfect – Sounds Like Violence |
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Indie Till We Sell Out [EP] $6.99 Indie Till We Sell Out [EP] |
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Emo?oes Sertanejas [Digipak] $37.99 Track Listing: (DISC 1:), (DISC 2:), 1. A Dist?ncia, 1. Jesus Cristo, 2. Eu Disse Adeus, 2. Proposta, 3. As Curvas Da Estrada De Santos, 3. O Portao, 4. Eu Te Amo, Te Amo, Te Amo, 4. Quando, 5. Al?, 5. Do Fundo Do Meu Cora?ao, 6. Desabafo, 6. Sentado A Beira Do Caminho, 7. Caminhoneiro [Gentle On My Mind], 7. Por Amor, 8. Eu Preciso De Voc?, 8. Todas As Manhas, 9. O Quintal do Vizinho, 9. ? Preciso Saber Viver, 10. Como ? Grande O Meu Amor Por Voc?, 10. Esque?a [Forget Him], 11. Eu Quero Apenas |
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What’s Mine Is Yours (The Emo Diaries) $14.99 Track Listing: 1. Opener – Jimmy Eat World, 2. Sunday Brown & Green – Camber, 3. Last in 4000, The – Race Car Riot, 4. Stupid Maybe Still – Lazycain, 5. Zone – Pave the Rocket, 6. Ordinary Life – Samiam, 7. Beginner Swimmer – Rain Still Fall, 8. Hialeah – Jejune, 9. I Want to Know – Triple Fast Action, 10. Turn It On – Red Level, 11. Kings Do Not Have Watches – Only Airplanes Count, 12. Friend X – Pohgoh |
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This Is Indie Rock: The Best Bands You’ve… $14.99 Track Listing: 1. I Must Save the President – The Pit That Became a Tower, 2. Marionettes – Clair de Lune, 3. Indie Pop Song – The Blind King, 4. Weekend Warriors – Dino Velvet, 5. Frontiers – Second Hand Stories, 6. Saturday – Throat, 7. Puzzle, Pt. 1 – Winter In Alaska, 8. Silver and Gold – Joanna Erdos, 9. G – Siva, 10. So Simple – Lakota, 11. Rooms – Leaving Rouge, 12. Bells and Hammers – The Kidcrash |
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Indie Choice 2001 $14.99 Track Listing: 1. Disappear – Miss Fortune, 2. Out of Sight, 3. So Beautiful – Dogma 1, 4. I’m Alright – Jesse Harris & The Ferdinandos, 5. Dumbed Down – Django & The Regulars, 6. Disposable – The Churchills, 7. Everyone Wants to Adore You – Great Gertler, 8. You’re Lucky – Morgan Taylor’s Rock Group, 9. Polynesian Aphrodisiac – MEME, 10. Belong – Woobleshop, 11. Parasite, 12. Giant – Mehuman Jonson, 13. Drag – earwig, 14. Alias – Had, 15. Won’t Ask Why – Scout |
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Indie Translations to the White Stripes $9.99 Track Listing: 1. St. James Infirmary Blues – Soda & His Million Piece Band, 2. Black Math – Joshua Lanes, 3. My Doorbell – Long Goners, 4. Hello Operator – Rise of the Speedmen, 5. Blue Orchid – Fine Machine, 6. Fell in Love with a Girl – Molly Zenobia, 7. Hotel Yorba – Dutch Bunny, 8. You’re Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl) – Rise of the Speedmen, 9. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground – Film Score 5, 10. Ball and Biscuit – Long Goners, 11. Jimmy the Exploder – Soda & His Million Piece Band, 12. Seven Nation Army – Enno Paluka |
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100 Hits: Indie $22.99 Track Listing: 12. Stop The Rock – Apollo 440 |
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Dead and Dreaming: An Indie Tribute to… $12.99 Track Listing: 1. Angels of Silences – Rydia, 2. High Life – The Rocket Summer, 3. Holiday in Spain – Number One Fan, 4. Colorblind – Between the Buried and Me, 5. Walkaways – Boys Night Out, 6. Round Here – Punchline, 7. Einstein on a Beach – Houston Calls, 8. Mr. Jones – Hidden in Plain View, 9. Long December, A – Bayside, 10. Raining in Baltimore – The Junior Varsity, 11. Rain King – International Language, 12. Children in Bloom – As Tall as Lions |
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The Emo Diaries, Vol. 6: The Silence in My Heart $14.99 Track Listing: 1. Hub – Southpaw, 2. Everything’s Changed – Lewis, 3. Tell Him – Benton Falls, 4. 2:1 – Stuart, 5. This Year’s First Snow – Dear Diary, 6. Kent – Barcode, 7. Flavour – Hangin’ on a Thread, 8. Well Spent – Andherson, 9. Stoopid – Honeysuckle Serontina, 10. Way Not Stand Against You – Naht, 11. Even If There’s a Chance in Hell – Dead Red Sea, 12. Left You for Who You Are – Desert City Soundtrack |
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Emo Diaries 2: A Million Miles Away $14.99 Track Listing: 1. Writing It Down for You – Pop Unknown, 2. Max – The Appleseed Cast, 3. Incomplete – Seven Storey Mountain, 4. Cold Night in Virginia – The Blacktop Cadence, 5. Holly Park – Brandtson, 6. Wrath, The – Shooters & Senders, 7. After Dark – Buford, 8. S.E.G. – The Jazz June, 9. Life Without Ambition – Plain, 10. Somedays – Magstatic, 11. Kayla Learns to Dance – My Favorite Citizen, 12. Nova – Strike Force, 13. Teenage Unity Song – The Miracle of 86 |
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Emo Diaries, Vol. 7: Me Against The World $14.99 Track Listing: 1. Effects That Try, The – Tabula Rasa, 2. Low Light – Time Spent Driving, 3. Venom by Memory – Before Braille, 4. Racing the Mosaic – This Beautiful Mess, 5. There Are Many Ways… – Derian, 6. Karate Mansions – Halifax Code, 7. Engine Rears Me to Sleep – Drive Til Morning, 8. One for the Money – Seven Head Division, 9. This Is What I Get – Waterpistol, 10. Feel the Way I Do – The Killing Suspense, 11. Motorbike – Two Weeks From Tomorrow, 12. Animus – One Starving Day |
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Emo Diaries, Vol. 5: I Guess This Is Goodbye $14.99 Track Listing: 1. Looking Past Sky – White Octave, 2. Daydreams of a Future – Slowride, 3. You Do It Awfully – Reubens Accomplice, 4. 6:00 Am in Cortona – The Walt Lariat, 5. Frostbite – Sunfactor, 6. I’ll Never Get Home – Eniac, 7. Interlude / All At Once – Benji ? , 8. Two Empty Bottles – Kerith Ravine, 9. Racecar Theory – Cast Aside, 10. Accentuate – Billy, 11. For Good – The Others, 12. Landmine – The End Of Julia |
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Emo Diaries, Vol. 4: An Ocean of Doubt $14.99 Track Listing: 1. What’s Our Dilemma – Five Special, 2. Backbreaker – Red Animal War, 3. Supergirl – The John Doe Band, 4. Distance – Ed Matus’ Struggle, 5. Rolling Snowball – Aina, 6. Vengeance Factor – Further Seems Forever, 7. Twenty 1 – Keystone Sinatra, 8. Valens – The Movielife, 9. Set the Spokes Alight – Spy Versus Spy, 10. Corners – Odg, 11. Milk and Lots More – Merrick, 12. Sasshe – Flux Capacitor |
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Emo Diaries, Vol. 3: Moment of Truth $14.99 Track Listing: 1. Last Verse – Starmarket, 2. Past Two, The – Planes Mistaken for Stars, 3. Microchip – Penfold, 4. VW Keychain – The Saddest Girl Story, 5. Hearing Things – Cross My Heart, 6. New Buffalo – Sweep the Leg Johnny, 7. Vanishing – Schema, 8. One Thousand Directions – Ultramagg, 9. Pacifique – Speedwell, 10. Christopher Columbo – Psara, 11. Cigar – Biblical Proof of UFOs, 12. Pharaohs and Kings – The Chase Theory, 13. Right Hand Rule, The – Epstein, 14. Nothing’s Found – Last Days of April |
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Best of Indie Heaven, Vol. 1.0 $14.99 Track Listing: 1. Real – Sean Smith, 2. Right Where You Want Me – Joanna Martino, 3. All of Me – Matt Earle, 4. Unbelievable – Sienna, 5. Always Entertaining Me (The La La Song) – Matt Nightingale, 6. Crowns for a King – Dustin Burke Band, 7. Reckless Love – Jaime Thietten, 8. I Turn to Country – Tresa Jordan, 9. I Remember – Kent Bottenfield, 10. Step Outside the Lines – Brian Bates, 11. Take My Life – One Foot Forward, 12. Your Love Changes Me – Corbetta, 13. I Don’t Want To – Gary Douglas Wright |
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Gimme Indie Rock, Vol. 1 $22.99 Track Listing: (DISC 1:), (DISC 2:), 1. Pink Turns to Blue – H?sker D?, 1. Slipping (Into Something) – The Feelies, 2. Barnaby, Hardly Working – Yo La Tengo, 2. Little Fury Things – Dinosaur Jr., 3. Nothing Left to Lose – Wipers, 3. Too Far Gone – My Dad Is Dead, 4. My Favourite Dress – The Wedding Present, 4. Sun God – Squirrel Bait, 5. I Love My Leather Jacket – The Chills, 5. Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing – Minutemen, 6. Andelusia – Savage Republic (TRUE instrumental), 6. Cruisers Creek – The Fall, 7. Ghosts of American Astronauts – The Mekons, 7. Sweet Little Hi-Fi – Pussy Galore, 8. Blue Thunder – Galaxie 500, 8. Touch Me I’m Sick – Mudhoney, 9. Take Me to the Other Side – Spacemen 3, 9. U.S. Teens Are Spoiled Bums – Half Japanese, 10. Everything’s Explodin’ – The Flaming Lips, 10. She’s Fetching – Big Dipper, 11. Creepy Smell – Melvins, 11. Jangle Town – Nikki Sudden, 12. Black Coffee – Black Flag, 12. Watching the Candles Burn – Eleventh Dream Day, 13. Black Venetian Blind – Giant Sand, 13. Coca-Cola & Licorice – Death of Samantha, 14. I’m Alright With You – The Pastels, 14. Swimming Ground – Meat Puppets, 15. I’m Ready – Scrawl, 15. Molly’s Lips – The Vaselines |
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The Laughing Stock of Indie Rock [Digipak] $12.99 Track Listing: 1. Yadda Yadda Yadda No.1, 2. Round Figure, A, 3. Boxer, The, 4. Honkey Donkey, 5. You’re Ugly, 6. Hot Diggitydog Run Run Run, 7. Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like an Egyptian, 8. My B Sides Rock Your World, 9. On an Ordinary Day, 10. Show Master, The, 11. Take That Gum Out!, 12. You’ve Got Me |
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My Very Last Breath: The Emo Diaries, Vol. 8 $14.99 Track Listing: 1. Superstud – Kelly 8, 2. Just Listen – Long Since Forgotten, 3. White For Poison, Black For Purity – Fading Fast, 4. Quided Tour of a Dead Man’s House – Logh, 5. Fourth Rung of the Ladder – Down to Earth Approach, 6. Danger Drive – Hateen, 7. Of Our Disregard – The Colour Blue, 8. Regret – Day Action Band, 9. No Air – A Season Drive, 10. Dreams Like Knives – The Solo Project, 11. Let Go – The Home Team, 12. Mere Accident, A – Slow Coming Day |
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Emo Diaries, Vol. 9: Sad Songs Remind Me $14.99 Track Listing: 1. As I Fall Apart – So Sad Althea (previously unreleased), 2. Finish Line – Michael (previously unreleased), 3. High Five Hiero – Surrounded (previously unreleased), 4. As the Summer Pass Us By – Iamuse (previously unreleased), 5. Karenaihana – The Local Art (previously unreleased), 6. Ask Emma – Paper Champions (previously unreleased), 7. More of the Sky – La Pieta (previously unreleased), 8. When the Light Becomes Green – Settlefish (previously unreleased), 9. Last Injection, The – Avec (previously unreleased), 10. Big Cloud, Big Sky – Milton Mapes (previously unreleased), 11. High School Lovers USA – At The Close Of Every Day (previously unreleased), 12. My Picture – The National Anthems (previously unreleased) |
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Emo Diaries, Vol. 10: The Hope I Hide Inside $14.99 Track Listing: 1. Straightest Jacket – Oliver, 2. Brother Abel – My Name Is Nobody, 3. Projecting Power – The Holiday Plan, 4. Light Is Such a Beautiful Sight, The – Sounds Like Violence, 5. Window’s Pain, A – A Month Of Somedays, 6. How Would It Phase You? – Bailey Drive, 7. Crow’s Nest – Lock & Key, 8. Red Makes White – Hercules Hercules, 9. Alpine Unit – Lukestar, 10. On the Corner – Latitude Blue, 11. Friends – Lost On Purpose, 12. Jus Primae Noctis – Silent Types |
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Kitsun? Maison, Vol. 11: The Indie-… [LP] $31.98 Track Listing: (DISC 1:), (DISC 2:), 1. Let’s Go All The Way [Early Version], 1. Twist, 2. Phantastic Phone Call, 2. Sermon, 3. Luvsick, 3. Roman, 4. Silver Screen, 4. Sunshine Eyes, 5. Miami Spider [Ponciau Edit], 5. Pyramid, 6. Resolution Of One, 6. Say What You Want, 7. Big Things, 7. Days [Azari & III Remix], 8. Conte d’Ete [Afrofunk Version], 8. Greeks, The |
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Kitsun? Maison, Vol. 11: The Indie-Dance Issue $14.99 Track Listing: 1. Let’s Go All the Way [Early Version], 2. Phantastic Phone Call – Alexander Dexter Jones, 3. Roman – Housse de Racket, 4. Sunshine Eyes – Polarsets, 5. Miami Spider [Ponciau Edit] – Gallops!, 6. Say What You Want – Cosmonaut, 7. Days [AZARI & III Remix] – Creep (remix), 8. Greeks, The – Is Tropical, 9. Twist – Peter & The Magician, 10. Sermon – The Touch, 11. Luvsick – Logo/Icona Pop/Logo X Icona Pop, 12. Silver Screen – Beat Connection – (featuring Tom Eddy), 13. Pyramid – Nightbox, 14. Resolution of One – Guards, 15. Big Things – Fiction, 16. Conte d’Et? [Afrofunk Version] – Exotica – (featuring Guillaume De Maria) |
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Sing Me to Sleep: Indie Lullabies [Digipak] $12.99 Track Listing: 1. Asleep – Stars, 2. Have You Forgotten – Jenny Owen Youngs – (featuring Dan Romer), 3. Little Boxes – Stephen Coates/The Real Tuesday Weld, 4. Inchworm – The Leisure Society – (featuring Nick Hemming/Jonny Bridgwood/Christian Hardy/Helen Whitaker/Laura Harrison/Will Calderbank/Ruth Ross/Mike Sidell/Bas Hankins), 5. Pure Imagination – The Rest – (featuring Anna Jarvis/Steve Jones/Adam Bentley/Dwayne Brydon/Blake Bowman), 6. Dear Prudence – Casey Mecija – (featuring Leon Taheny/Jeff Debutte), 7. Dream a Little Dream of Me – Dala – (featuring Sheila Carabine/Amanda Walther), 8. Can’t Get It Out of My Head – Telekinesis, 9. Making Me Smile – Dean & Britta – (featuring Dean Wareham/Britta Phillips), 10. You and Your Sister – O+S – (featuring Zac Rae/David Levita), 11. Moon River – (featuring Dean Fisher/Tanya Donelly/Joe McMahon), 12. Cloudbusting – Neil Halstead, 13. North Wind Doth Blow, The – Snowbird, 14. Rainbow Connection – Trespassers William/Anna-Lynne Williams/Matthew Brown |
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If I Breathe I Fall Asleep $15.99 The debut album by Baltimore indie kids Avec recalls a time roughly a decade prior to their own, an era between the twin poles of grunge and nu-metal when a generation of young women fronted tough-cookie guitar bands. If I Breathe I Fall Asleep mixes Shawna Potter’s whisper-to-a-yelp vocals with a similarly dynamic strain of pop-oriented, emo-tinged indie rock. It’s an appealing sound: Potter’s a good-to-great singer whose closest point of comparison is probably Helium’s Mary Timony, and she and lead guitarist Brooks Harlan know their way around the blend of My Bloody Valentine-style single-note drones and big riffs ? la Smashing Pumpkins that defined indie rock circa 1994 or so. Two problems, however: Harlan’s occasional lead vocals are no more welcome than D’Arcy’s were in the Pumpkins, and the songwriting lacks the big hooks that would really put the tunes over. The one exception is the terrific, sexually charged opener “While You’re Down There,” a frustrated pop/rock winner that features both Potter and Harlan at their respective best. Come to think of it, most of those old alt rock bands only had one really great song, too, so the resemblance comes full circle. ~ Stewart Mason |
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Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture, Vol. 1 [PA] $15.99 Wu-Tang Clan: GZA, Masta Killa, RZA, U-God.Personnel: Aesop Rock, MF Doom.Producer: RZACompilation Producer: Dreddy Kruger.Audio Mixer: Jose “Choco” Reynoso.Recording information: 36 Chambers Studio, New York, NY.It’s taken a while for the Wu-Tang Clan to re-build the steam they had in the early 1990s, but this intriguing project, which pairs members of the Clan with underground hip-hop luminaries such as Aesop Rock, MF Doom, Sean P., Del tha Funky Homosapien, and others, should help the cause. Conceived by Wu cohort Dreddy Kruger, and with production from the RZA and new Wu producer Bronze Nazareth, among others, this is partially a family affair, and the classic Wu feel is all over these tracks–complete with spare yet high-minded beats and eerie loops.But it’s the rotating roster of MCs that really makes this disc, with surprising pairings like Aesop Rock and Del tha Funky Homosapien on “Preservation,” and the GZA and Rass Kass on “Versus” (one of the album’s highlights). “Biochemical Equation” boasts a killer beat from the RZA, who also takes the mic to trade rhymes with MF Doom. A tribute to deceased Wu-Tang member Old Dirty Bastard evokes the ghost of the original Clan, but the overall flavor here is contemporary and fresh, with undercurrents of the classic sound that brought the original ruckus so many years ago. |
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Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture, Vol. 2:… [PA] $14.99 Track Listing: (DISC 1:), (DISC 2:), 1. Deep Space [Jay Da Flex & Yool Remix] – (remix, featuring Lord Jamar), 1. Iconoclasts [Syndaesta and AKS] – (remix, featuring Killah Priest/Vast Aire/Bronze Nazareth), 2. Handle the Heights [Stenchman Remix] – (remix, featuring Bronze Nazareth/Canibus), 2. New Year [Rogue Star Remix] – (remix, featuring Solomon Childs/Bronze Nazareth), 3. Do it Big [Baobinga & I'd Remix] – (remix, featuring Raekwon/Busta Rhymes/Icewater), 3. Street Corners [Scuba Scythe Remix] – (remix, featuring Solomon Childs/Bronze Nazareth), 4. Love Don’t Cost (A Thing)/Still Grimey [Nebulla & Dore Remix] – (remix, featuring Method Man/Prodigal Sunn/Icewater), 4. Wu-Tang [DZ Remix] – (remix, featuring Method Man), 5. Knucle Up [Matt U Remix] – (remix, featuring Raekwon/Icewater), 5. Let’s Get It [Evol Intent Remix] – (remix, featuring Raekwon/Icewater), 6. Biochemical Equation [Datsik & Excision Remix] – (remix), 6. Lyrical Swoards [Pawn Remix] – (remix, featuring Ras Kass), 7. Keep Hustlin [Frillbass Remix] – (remix, featuring Doe Boy/Killah Priest), 7. Think Differently [Hellfire Machina Remix] – (remix, featuring Casual), 8. Now or Never [Parson Remix] – (remix, featuring Son One), 8. Pencil/My Piano/Firehouse [Sporoka Remixes] – (remix, featuring Ghostface Killah/Masta Killa), 9. Alphabets [Dakimh Instrumental Remix] – (remix), 9. Cinema [Chimpo Remxi] – (remix, featuring Justice Kareem), 10. Coke [DZ Remix] – (remix, featuring Raekwon) |
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Real Ghosts Caught On Tape [LP] $13.98 As the ringleader of Fake Problems, Chris Farren strikes more than a few similarities to Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst, particularly in the way both songwriters mix emo with traces of alt-country. Real Ghosts Caught on Tape seriously downplays the twang of Farren’s other albums, though, replacing it with a new emphasis on buoyant pop and the sort of energetic, heartland punk-rock championed by the Gaslight Anthem. This is still the Farren show, but kudos also go to producer Ted Hutt, the same man who recorded Gaslight Anthem’s two breakthrough albums. Hutt knows how to couch his clients’ punk tendencies in other genres, from Gaslight’s Springsteen-styled anthems to Flogging Molly’s Celtic workouts, and he does the same to Real Ghosts. With its cowpunk guitars, `60s pop harmonies, and indie rock chord progressions, this is essentially a tour through all of Fake Problems’ influences, and a fairly tuneful tour at that. ~ Andrew Leahey |
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You Can’t Take It with You [Bonus Tracks] [LP] $18.98 As Tall As Lions made a late-’00s splash on the indie music scene with a sound characterized by Coldplay-esque melodicism, U2-ish ethereal guitar textures, and the supple, soaring, Jeff Buckley-influenced lead vocals of singer Dan Nigro. On YOU CAN”T TAKE IT WITH YOU, the Long Island-based group continued in much the same vein as on its 2006 self-titled release, matching the above-mentioned sonic palette with kinetic drum `n bass beats and heaping helpings of old fashioned rock energy. Sounding at once accessible and inscrutably mysterious, “In Case of Rapture” bristles with a nervous energy that should please emo fans, but remains densely textured enough to appeal to listeners with an ear for the progressive. “Circles” starts out softly melancholy, with a vocal that recalls Art Garfunkel or Elliot Smith, before eventually exploding into a guitar freakout underpinned by tense, wiry, claustrophobic rhythms. Throughout, YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU represents the sound of a band striking a delicate balance between emotional directness and artful experimentation. |
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Read Music/Speak Spanish [LP] $19.98 Desaparecidos: Conor Oberst (vocals, guitar); Landon Hedges (guitar, bass); Denver Dalley (guitar); Ian McElroy (keyboards); Matt Baum (drums).With Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst wears his languishing heart on his sleeve, channeling his most personal emotions via intense acoustic-based indie rock. The talented young songwriter seems ready to burst out into something noisier, and he gets that chance with Desaparecidos. On Read Music/Speak Spanish, the band rocks out with more of an emo edge, typified by blaring guitars and raging vocals. With fellow Omaha guitarist/songwriter Denver Dalley, bassist Landon Hedges, keyboardist Ian McElroy, and drummer Matt Baum (Baum and McElroy have toured with Bright Eyes, while Hedges plays in labelmate the Good Life), the group critiques American materialism and consumerism. Songs such as “Greater Omaha” and “Mall of America” resonate with sincerity, while Oberst’s vocals quiver and scream about money and society. With such a convincing voice, there’s never a time when his lyrics are less than earnest. This debut full-length was recorded in one week, which, as a result, adds to its unabashed rawness. ~ Kenyon Hopkin |
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Somebody’s Gonna Miss Us $13.99 Personnel: Mike Golla (guitar, background vocals); Matt Watts (guitar); Brian Schmutz (keyboards, background vocals).With emo/pop-punkers the Starting Line on “indefinite hiatus” by 2009 (so its members could either exercise their creative muscles in other projects or focus on family matters), what better time to issue a double-disc, “best-of” live recording? The first disc of Somebody’s Gonna Miss Us contains in-concert renditions of all of the group’s favorites; the second disc of the set is a DVD documentary and also live performances — which results in a set that will be a treat for both the ears and eyes of fans. Name a favorite of the Starting Line, and by golly, you’ll find it here — including their breakthrough hit, “Bedroom Talk,” as well as the singles “Island,” “Something Left to Give,” and the set closer, “Best of Me.” And the documentary covers all the bases, from the group’s inception and getting signed to an indie, through their snafus with major labels, and ultimately, what may be their last-ever show. For longtime fans of the Starting Line, all aspects of their career thus far are touched upon and studied throughout Somebody’s Gonna Miss Us. ~ Greg Prato |
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Magic Windows, Magic Nights [LP] $17.98 With a blend of lo-fi pop melody and guitar-centric indie rock, The Library Is on Fire’s second album, Magic Windows, Magic Nights, serves to remind us why we loved bands like Dinosaur Jr. and Guided by Voices so much in the first place, while putting a new enough spin on the sound that it doesn’t devolve into hero-worshipping mimicry. Considering that the album was recorded by GBV producer Todd Tobias at Waterloo Studios, giving the album its own voice while allowing it to pay tribute to its influences is no small feat. As with their debut, Cassette, this album finds frontman Steve Five still coming to grips with the 2004 loss of a dear friend, giving the album a heaviness that is both sonic and emotional. It’s that plaintive quality that makes Magic Windows such a striking album. Five manages to convey his loss, grief, and angst with an honesty that’s more raw and genuine than most of the so-called “emo” that’s floating around these days, without ever making the listener feel uncomfortable or voyeuristic. These aren’t the songs of someone who is falling apart, but rather the songs of someone who is coping. “Gilding the Lily” really demonstrates the melancholy dynamics at work on the album, where languid vocal melodies and waves of guitar co-exist in a breezy, slacker rock harmony, lazily rocking the listener while delivering bittersweet pop. All in all, Magic Windows, Magic Nights really finds The Library Is on Fire coming into their own as songwriters with an incredibly solid album that manages to evoke nostalgia for the old days of indie rock while feeling altogether new and interesting. ~ Gregory Heaney |
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A Sign from God - $24.99 Indie filmmaker Greg Watkins directs this indie film about an indie filmmaker who wants to direct indie films. The protagonist (Caveh Zehedi) remains undaunted by overdue loans, eviction notices, and his girlfriend’s pregnancy, and he perseveres, trying to direct an all-dwarf version of “Little Women.” ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi |
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Dirty Work [LP] $18.98 Dirty Work is All Time Low’s major-label debut, bringing an end to eight years of independent releases. The song remains the same, though, with the band reprising its mix of anthemic emo-pop and Top 40 melodies. |
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Live In Phoenix - $12.99 Fall Out Boy: **** documents a 2007 show by the popular emo band that includes renditions of “Saturday,” and “Dance, Dance, as well as cover versions of tunes by the King of Pop Michael Jackson and their contemporaries Panic! At the Disco. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi |
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Tokio Hotel: Zimmer 483 – Live in Europe - $24.99 This band captures emo-band Tokio Hotel performing eighteen songs at a European concert. The setlist includes “Totgeliebt,” “Wir Sterben Niemals Aus,” “Rette Mich,” and “Der Letzte Tag.” ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi |
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Junius/Rosetta… [12inch Vinyl Disc] [Single] $15.98 Full performer name: Junius (Indie Rock)/Rosetta (Philadelphia).Full title: Junius/Rosetta [Split CD]. |
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Sisters of the Red Death [LP] $11.98 If emo-rock has its own Led Zeppelin, it is surely Vendetta Red. In addition to curly-locked frontman Zach Davidson’s passing resemblance to a young Robert Plant, the Seattle group shares Led Zep’s penchant for monster guitar riffs and fantastical imagery (note SISTERS OF THE RED DEATH’s mythological album artwork). Vendetta Red is undoubtedly one of emo’s leading lights, and SISTERS reinforces that status with ambitious, anthemic tunes that shift deftly from catchy melodies to surging metallic interludes. |
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Chasing Hamburg $14.99 Upon hearing the sophomore full-length by the Polar Bear Club, 2009’s Chasing Hamburg, it’s pretty darn hard to declare whether the group is a hardcore, punk, or emo band, the reason being that this New York-based group manages to incorporate elements from all three rock styles — hollered vocals, sticky sweet melodies, explosive and clashing riffs/beats, etc. The result is an approach that seems custom-made for widespread acceptance by the Warped Tour crowd, specifically such ditties as the hardcore/punk-ish “See the Wind,” and the more emo/alternative-tinged “Boxes” and “Song to Persona.” It’s becoming increasingly difficult in the early 21st century to determine pure hardcore bands, or those that base their sound on hardcore but also embrace emo melodicism. As evidenced by Chasing Hamburg, the Polar Bear Club certainly fit into the latter category. ~ Greg Prato |
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The Torturer - $19.99 An interrogator for the U.S. military returns home with severe post-traumatic stress disorder and begins torturing innocent civilians in this grim indie thriller. ~ Carly Wray, Rovi |
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Time To Pretend (EP) $5.99 Track Listing: 1. Time to Pretend, 2. Boogie Down, 3. Destrokk, 4. Love Always Remains, 5. Indie Rokkers, 6. Kids |
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Mission Control [LP] $14.99 After a self-financed indie debut, MISSION CONTROL is the full-fledged breakout of raucous Atlanta indie rock trio the Whigs. Blending R&B and garage rock with straightforward alternative rock power, the Whigs and producer Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith) balance the band’s scrappy indie roots with a clean, radio-ready sound. Highlights include the first single, “Like A Vibration,” and the danceable “Production City.” |
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Roberto Carlos (As Baleias) $24.99 Track Listing: 1. Ele Est Pra Chegar, 2. Simples M gica, 3. As Baleias, 4. Tudo P ra, 5. Doce Loucura, 6. Cama E Mesa, 7. Emo?oes, 8. Quando O Sol Nascer, 9. Eu Preciso de Voc?, 10. Olhando Estrelas |
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Pit Beast $12.99 Track Listing: 1. Pit Beast, 2. Punk’s Dead-Emo Kids Next, 3. Multiple Sclerosis, 4. Nunchuk, 5. Grizzly, 6. Betrayed, 7. Let’s Have Fun, 8. For the Sake Of, 9. New Years in Vacaville, 10. Book of Hell, 11. Friend or Foe |
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Dude Ranch $7.99 Track Listing: 1. Pathetic, 2. Voyeur, 3. Dammit, 4. Boring, 5. Dick Lips, 6. Waggy, 7. Enthused, 8. Untitled, 9. Apple Shampoo, 10. Emo, 11. Josie, 12. New Hope, A, 13. Degenerate, 14. Lemmings, 15. I’m Sorry |
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Murder By Means of Existence $12.99 Track Listing: 1. Intro, 2. Murder by Means of Existence, 3. Individual Hate Complex, 4. Narcoleptic Suicide Attempt, 5. Forever Endeavour, 6. Emo Assassination, 7. Thrash Gordon, 8. Erase the Decay (And Disappear), 9. Instrumental, 10. Hatred Remains, 11. Symptoms of Perversion, 12. Preaching to the Silent |
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Betweenwhile [Digipak] $14.99 Track Listing: 1. Kancamagus, 2. Reese Witherspoon, 3. Rose, 4. It Doesn’t Stop, 5. Emo Hope, 6. Bole: The Mouth of What?, 7. Inbetweenwhile, 8. Surcharge, 9. 12 Lines For Build, 10. Kancamagus |
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Lachi [Digipak] $11.99 Track Listing: 1. These Words, 2. We Can Fly, 3. Slow Down, 4. Ugly Beautiful, 5. Emo Children, 6. Funny Girl, 7. Dear Happiness, 8. See No evil, 9. Naked Man, 10. Wear Me Out, 11. You Never Do |
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The Rocket Summer: Calendar Days - $12.99 Bryce Avary’s one-man explosion of emo, the Rocket Summer, beefs up its acclaimed album, Calendar Days, with a bonus DVD. The additional disc features videos for the tunes “This Is Me” and “Skies So Blue”, interviews with Avary and his touring partners, and footage of The Rocket Summer on-stage and on tour. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi |
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Move $11.99 Track Listing: 1. Lift Up Your Face – (featuring The Blind Boys of Alabama), 2. Make Your Move, 3. Children of God – (featuring Zach Casebolt/Eleonore Denig/Tracy Silverman/Claire Indie), 4. Surrender – (featuring Zach Casebolt/Eleonore Denig/Tracy Silverman/Claire Indie), 5. Trust in Jesus, 6. Follow Me There, 7. Gone – (featuring Bear Rinehart), 8. What Have You Got to Lose – (featuring Zach Casebolt/Eleonore Denig/Tracy Silverman/Claire Indie), 9. I’ll Be Your Miracle, 10. Everywhere You Go, 11. Sound of Your Voice – (featuring Zach Casebolt/Kerrie Roberts/Eleonore Denig/Tracy Silverman/Claire Indie), 12. Don’t Give Up Hope |
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AMP: Video Archive for the Ages, Vol. 2 - $9.99 Experience the best in contemporary punk, indie, and metal music in this music video compilation featuring The Black Dahlia Murder, The Horrorpops, Rufio, The Unseen, and many more. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi |
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For Love of Amy – Widescreen $14.99 Vincent Lee Alston stars as a black man who assumes guardianship of his white best friend’s daughter in this somber indie drama about race, family, and doing what’s right. ~ Carly Wray, Rovi |
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No Through Road - $8.99 Questions reign in this indie thriller when a mysterious woman arrives at a photographer’s suburban home. He has no idea why she is there, but he is drawn unwillingly into her struggle once she arrives. ~ Kimber Myers, Rovi |
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Dude You Need To Stop Dancing - $12.99 Post-pop emo-rockers Boys Night Out allows fans a closer look behind the scenes with a release comprised of music videos, live concert footage, and the feature-length documentary for which this release is named. The centerpiece of this comprehensive look at Boys Night Out, Dude, You Need to Stop Dancing follows the band at home and on tour to offer a look at what it really means to make music while additional music videos for the tracks “Medicating”, and “I Got Punched in the Nose for Sticking my Face in Other People’s Business”, and an entire live show captured at the Opera House in Toronto on March 10, 2006 shows just why the Warped Tour rockers have become one of the most popular acts on the emo scene. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi |
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Cartel $6.99 Full performer name: Cartel (Turkish Hip Hop)/Cartel (Emo).The sophomore album by this Atlanta-based quintet follows in the footsteps of its predecessor, CHROMA. Complete with high polish, guitar-driven rock songs, sprightly hooks, and emo sensibility, Cartel’s self-titled follow-up effort is a straightforward dose of punk-pop that manages to be reflective while still rocking out. The songwriting is sharper than on the band’s debut, and the album is likely to sell well given Cartel’s participation in MTV’s BAND IN A BUBBLE series. The show housed the band in a giant bubble for 22 days, where they were filmed writing and recording the album. CARTEL will give fans of the show, and the band, a chance to hear the results of that process in glorious high fidelity. |
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The Living Dead $22.99 The first full-length album by Japanese rock band Bump of Chicken, The Living Dead continues where mini-album Flame Vein left off, with its indie rock-influenced sound revealing its roots outside of the Japanese major-label system. Originally released in 2001 on Tokyo indie label High Line Records, it was re-released in 2004 on major-label Toy’s Factory, although with no additional material. The Living Dead features the single “Lamp”. ~ Ian Martin |
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One Song At A Time $7.99 Track Listing: 1. Ready to Fly (Prelude), 2. Hold Me – (featuring tobyMac), 3. With You, 4. Show Jesus – (featuring David Garcia/Sam Mizell), 5. Come to Me – (featuring Tommy Vaughan/Shane Philen/Ronald Pawls/Rodney Mills/Vicki Hampton/Kim Fleming), 6. God Girl, 7. Holding On – (featuring Claire Indie), 8. You Lead, 9. One Song at a Time – (featuring Tim Rosenau/Dave Wyatt), 10. 1945, 11. Not Alone – (featuring Claire Indie) |
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Dune $22.99 Before becoming one of the biggest-selling acts in Japanese music, rockers L’Arc-en-Ciel were an early indie favorite in Osaka. With something of a new wave sound and a large helping of contemporary light rock, the band gained local success and released its debut, Dune. The album quickly shot to the top of the Oricon indie charts on the strength of singles like “Floods of Tears” and the band’s slightly synthesized sound and new wave look. The album was re-released in an anniversary edition in 2004 with an additional three tracks. ~ Adam Greenberg |
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Some Racing, Some Stopping [LP] $13.98 Indie rockers Headlights make lovely melodic pop that draws on new wave, 1960s pop, shoegaze, the Velvet Underground, and the indie tunesmithery of contemporaries like Belle and Sebastian. SOME RACING, SOME STOPPING, Headlights’ second full- length release, is a beautifully realized statement of the band’s aesthetic. Charming boy-girl harmonies, propulsive guitar riffs, swirling synths, and a penchant for catchy hooks mark this disc as an accessible and compulsively listenable gem. |
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Rachid Tah $9.99 Track Listing: 1. Yamess, 2. Malika, 3. Voila Voila, 4. Hitiste, 5. D’Abord D’Abord, 6. Indie (Instrumental), 7. Hazard, 8. Dinaha, 9. Ya Rayah, 10. Woulla, 11. Menek, 12. Laisse-Moi, 13. Yamess (Instrumental), 14. Voila Voila (Justin Rober, 15. Indie (Vocal Version/1+1+ |
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Palo Santo (Expanded Edition) [LP] $29.98 Austin indie rock collective Shearwater originally self-released their debut album, PALO SANTO, in 2006. When they signed to Matador Records, the group took the opportunity to almost entirely re-record the album, and added on a bonus disc of eight brand-new songs for good measure. This revamped version of PALO SANTO is an outstanding slice of progressive indie rock very much in the mold of the Arcade Fire and Modest Mouse. Highlights include the epic “Red Sea, Black Sea” and the haunting climax, “Hail Mary.” |
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The Graduate $12.99 Track Listing: 1. Download This Song, 2. Roommate from Hell, The, 3. 21 Concepts, 4. Hot Topic Is Not Punk Rock, 5. Rapgirl, 6. Generic Crunk Rap, 7. Ahab, 8. iGeneration, 9. If I Had a Time Machine, That Would Be Fresh, 10. Internet Relationships (Are Not Real Relationships), 11. Space Game, 12. Dialogue, The, 13. Six Degrees of Kurt Cobain, 14. Signing Emo |
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Rode Hard and Put Away Wet $13.99 Track Listing: 1. Boxers or Briefs, 2. Big Sparkling New, 3. Emo Boy, 4. Dog on the Tuckerbox, 5. About a Girl Who Don’t Want Me, 6. 65, 7. Pocket Full of Stars, 8. Stroking My Cat, 9. Rock Anthem, 10. Allison’s Starting to Happen, 11. Three States Away, 12. Warm Beds, Cold Winters, 13. Waltz of the Disappearing Girl, 14. Tangled up and Blew, 15. Me and Kate, 16. (Untitled) – (hidden track) |
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Save Each Other, the Whales… [CD & DVD] $12.99 Track Listing: 1. Los Angeles, 2. This Can’t Happen Again, 3. Decemberween, 4. Lights Out in Mississippi, 5. Demo For Dayna, 6. Cheer up Emo Kid, 7. Old and Out of Tune, 8. Samantha the Great, 9. Sleep Well My Angel, 10. Safety of Sleeping In, The, 11. L-Town Shakedown, The, 12. June Spirit, The |
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Suburban Royalty $12.99 Track Listing: 1. Giving Emo Kids Something To Really Cry About, 2. This Means War, 3. My Sins, 4. Street Trash, 5. Downtown At the Bar, 6. Hustle Don’t Stop (Blood Money Anthem), 7. When Push Comes To Shove, 8. Step Aside, 9. Nice Girls Finish Last, 10. Organizing Our Neighborhood, 11. Thugcore, 12. Bad Reputation, 13. Bearer of Bad News, The, 14. Outro, 15. Among the Living |
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Punk Rawk Show: Total Authority - $9.99 This edition of the video magazine Punk Rawk Show features music videos, interviews, live footage and other goodies from a handful of notable hardcore, punk and emo bands. Includes videos from MxPx, Ten Foot Pole, Beautiful Mistake, Stretch Armstrong, and more; a look at Dead Poetics and E. Town Concrete as they shoot their latest promo clips; a gallery of still photos; and much more. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi |
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Punk Rawk Show: Takin’ Back the Airwaves - $9.99 This video collection combines work from a variety of modern rock bands, many of whom specialize in a style that has come to be known as Emo. Among the bands who can be seen in this collection are Thursday, Punk Kings, Student Rick, Grade, Stinkaholic, and Starflyer 59. The DVD release of this collection includes commentary from some of the bands. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi |
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Putumayo Presents: A New Groove $14.99 Track Listing: 1. In the Back of the Car – Emo, 2. Dirty Laundry – Bitter:Sweet, 3. Unrock – Gabriel R os/Various Artists, 4. Lost Song, The – The Cat Empire, 5. High Up on the Hook – Alice Russell, 6. Crabbuckit – k-os, 7. L.I.N.N. – Linn & Freddie, 8. Hop, The – Radio Citizen/Bajka, 9. Everything – Jehro, 10. Until the Morning – Thievery Corporation (Rewound by Kid Loco mix) |
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Mis Favoritas $6.99 Track Listing: 1. Se?ora, 2. Ese Hombre, 3. Si Amanece, 4. Mi Amante Amigo, 5. Como Yo Te Emo, 6. Soy Como Soy, 7. Siento Mi Amor, Lo, 8. Paloma Negra, 9. Amor Callado, 10. Como Una Ola, 11. Quisiera Morir Contigo, 12. ?Por Qu? Me Habr s Besado?, 13. Virgen de Regla, 14. Como Las Alas Al Viento |
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No Sign of Bad [Digipak] $17.99 Track Listing: 1. Straight Upfront – (featuring Tuco), 2. Creation – (featuring Jah Bobby), 3. Earthball, 4. Chapter One – (featuring Jah Bobby), 5. Cover Me – (featuring Little Tasha), 6. Trompet, 7. Better Place – (featuring Tuco), 8. Call It Off – (featuring Emo), 9. Kaba Kaba, 10. Bloody Day – (featuring Jah Bobby), 11. Once But Never – (featuring Jah Bobby), 12. Predator – (featuring Adrian) |
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The Bugs $13.99 Track Listing: 1. Lesbo! Lesbo!, 2. Never Went Gay, 3. Back on the Weed, 4. Dave Navarro’s Goatee Fucking Sucks, 5. I Wish I Was a Mexican, 6. Can’t Get Hired, 7. Dopefiend, 8. I’m Turning Gay, 9. Meth on My Mind, 10. No More Emo Haircuts, 11. Email from a She-Male |
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Drive-Thru Records - $14.99 Drive-Thru Records has become one of the leading labels in the new punk and emo scene, introducing such bands as Dashboard Confessional, New Found Glory, and Something Corporate, who have proved this music can succeed with a mass audience. Drive-Thru Records is a video compilation that collects music videos, live performances, and interviews with some of the bands on the label’s current roster, including New Found Glory, Fenix TX, Something Corporate, the Movielife, the Starting Line, RX Bandits, and a lot more. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi |
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Hawthorne Heights: This Is Who We Are - $8.99 Dayton, Ohio-based emo collective Hawthorne Heights allow fans into the fold to discover just what life in a band is really like in this release that offers a full live set from the Never Sleep Again tour, goes behind the scenes of the band’s memorable appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, takes a look at their New Jersey studio, and offers three new songs from their 2006 release If Only You Were Lonely. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi |
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Dead American Radio $12.99 Track Listing: 1. Sinner, The, 2. City to City, 3. Every Night, 4. Done Wrong, 5. Pregunta, La, 6. Waiting for You, 7. Drunk Again, 8. New York City, 9. 4 Weeks, 10. She’s the Only One, 11. Wash Away, 12. Bastard Son, 13. Justino, 14. Dead American Radio, 15. No One Likes Us, 16. I Hate Emo |
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Reason (EP) $6.99 Originally self-released in 2004, the seven-song EP REASON was reissued in the wake of the Fray’s mainstream success with the album HOW TO SAVE A LIFE. This EP has one song in common with that major label debut, an early version of the single “Vienna,” but the other six songs on REASON are otherwise unavailable examples of the Fray’s catchy emo-pop, showing why this young Colorado band was snapped up by CBS/Sony shortly after this EP was first released. Highlights include the powerful opener, “Together.” |
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Are We Really Happy With Who We Are… [ECD] $9.99 Full title: Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now?.Moneen: Kenny Bridges, Chris “The Hippy” Hughes, Peter Krpan, Erik Hughes.Additional personnel: Chad Blinman (strings); Trever Keith (background vocals).Recorded at Audio International, Ojai, California; The Eyes Socket, Venice, California.Moneen: Chris ‘The Hippy’ Hughes, Kenny Bridges (guitar); Eric Hughes (bass guitar); Peter Krpan (drums).Personnel: Lisa Logutenkow, Trever Keith (background vocals).Additional personnel: Trever Keith, Chad Blinman.Audio Mixer: Chad Blinman.Recording information: Audio Intenational, Ojai, CA; The Eye Socket, Venice, CA.Unknown Contributor Roles: Peter Krpan; Erik Hughes; Chris Hughes.On its Vagrant debut, the Toronto quartet Moneen more fully indulges its mixture of emo dynamics with ambitious math rock songscapes. Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now? is as musically grandiose as its lengthy title, die-cut packaging, and involved song titles and lyrics would suggest. Songs like “To Say Something That Means Nothing to Anyone at All” begin as a typical emo rocker, only to dissolve into an extended period of instrumental noodling. But the passage essentially becomes an extended bridge setting up a final, furious chorus. This is the drawback to Moneen’s larger-than-life sound: Though the band succeeds at expanding emo’s borders, it usually returns to the genre’s hallmarks before too long. Sweeping choruses; high-pitched, interlocking vocals; and crashing guitars abound on Are We Really Happy, even if most songs take a few minutes to slow things down, drop in piano, and generally pad the proceedings with melodrama. The quartet’s songs, voices, and playing are as tight as anything from veterans like the Get Up Kids or fellow newcomers such as hardcore/emo fusionists Silverstein. But in its zeal to reach great new heights in emo, Moneen ends up stalling out in simply good territory. The searching, often acerbic lyricisms; rousing melodies; and most of the album’s extended instrumental experiments should appeal to fans eager for something more than the same old heartbreak-married-to-ringing-guitars formula. But for Moneen itself, Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now? might represent another few steps toward something truly exceptional. ~ Johnny Loftus |
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Pieces Of A Real Heart $9.99 Track Listing: 1. Forgiven – (featuring Zach Casebolt/Christopher Stevens/Claire Indie), 2. These Things Take Time – (featuring Christopher Stevens), 3. Way the World Turns, The – (featuring Christopher Stevens), 4. Lead Me, 5. Redeemer, The – (featuring Zach Casebolt/Christopher Stevens/Claire Indie), 6. Take Over Me – (featuring Christopher Stevens), 7. I Want to Get Lost – (featuring Christopher Stevens), 8. ‘Til I Got to Know You – (featuring Christopher Stevens), 9. Dear Heart – (featuring Darren King), 10. I’ll Show You How to Live, 11. Keep My Heart Alive – (featuring Zach Casebolt/Christopher Stevens/Claire Indie) |
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There Is No Enemy [2LP/CD] [LP] $24.98 Indie rock stalwarts going back to the early 1990s, Built to Spill have pleased fans for years, and their first album in three years, THERE IS NO ENEMY, occupies much the same territory as 2006’s YOU IN REVERSE. Doug Martsch’s absorbed and witty wordplay consistently turns lyrical convention on its head, the songs feature a parade of quirky hooks, and with their driving, accomplished backing, the band draw in a range of potential audiences, from their indie fanbase to jam bands to singer/songwriters. Martsch makes a virtue of steadfastness and reflection, the single “Hindsight” bemoaning those who wonder, “Is the grass just greener ’cause it’s fake?” Besides connecting the dots between the chugging side of Neil Young and the slightly warped alternapop of the Flaming Lips, Built to Spill continue releasing some of the most affecting, beguiling indie rock of the 2000s. |
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1 2 3 Soleils $13.99 Track Listing: 1. Khalliouni Khalliouni – (Instrumental), 2. Menfi, 3. Eray, 4. N’Ssi N’Ssi, 5. Ida, 6. Omri, 7. Aicha, 8. Volia Volia, 9. Indie, 10. Madeer, 11. Didi, 12. Ya Rayah, 13. Comme D’Hab |
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Call My Cellphone [Digipak] $9.99 Track Listing: 1. Bike Cop, 2. Up In Ya Face, 3. Indie Rocker, 4. Xbox Trife Life, 5. Call My Cellphone, 6. Vin Diesel, 7. Get On the Dancefloor, 8. Jack In the Pine Box, 9. Lil Wayne Tried To Rape Me, 10. Bike Cop Reanimated |
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Lightrhythm Visuals: Notations 02 - $19.99 This compilation from the indie label Microcinema features a who’s who compilation of prominent, critically acclaimed works by artists from the Lightrhythm school, set to avant-garde music; pieces on display include interustic, parks on fire, bubble, hobble and many more. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi |
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Steve Conte & The Crazy Truth $12.99 Track Listing: 1. This Is the End, 2. Gypsy Cab, 3. Texas T, 4. Goods Are Odd, The, 5. Get Off, 6. Truth Ain’t Pretty, The, 7. Her Highness, 8. Busload of Hope, 9. Strumpet-Hearted Monkey Girl, 10. Indie Girl, 11. Junk Planet |
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The Format: Live at the Mayan Theatre - $8.99 The Arizona-based indie-pop band The Format perform songs from their first two LPs in this 2007 concert release from Nettwerk. Format: Live at the Mayan Theatre includes renditions of “She Doesn’t Get It,” “Pick Me Up,” “Inches and Falling,” and several others. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi |
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My Morning Jacket: Okonokos, The Concert - $14.99 Louisville, Kentucky-based indie pop outfit My Mornng Jacket offers over two hours of live performance footage with this concert film captured during a two night stand in San Francisco. Featured songs include “Gideon”, “What a Wonderful Man”, “Lowdown”, “Golden”, “Steam Engine”, and “Mahgeetah”. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi |
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Cage the Elephant $20.99 Based on the herky-jerky single “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked,” which did well on the U.K. singles chart, Kentucky’s Cage the Elephant enjoyed a flush of success their first time out. Their 2008 debut combines jam-band earthiness with powerhouse riffing, and a spirited, shambolic approach to indie songcraft. |
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Calexico: World Drifts In – Live at the Barbican London - $14.99 Experimental indie-rockers Calexico perform a live concert of 20 songs at London’s Barbican in this release from Quarterstick Records. Included are renditions of “Not Even Stevie Nicks…,” “Quattro (World Drifts In),” “Close Behind,” and many others. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi |
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Mine Is Yours [LP] $15.98 Indie rock quartet Cold War Kids plan to shift to a more revealing, personal style on their third album, Mine Is Yours, produced by Grammy winner Jacquire King. The Long Beach band is aiming to make this its most ambitious outing to date. |
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1999 [Import] $12.99 This 2009 album from Barcelona-based pop group Love of Lesbian is a concept album loosely based around the various stages of a relationship. With its gentle grooves and moody melodies, 1999 shows why this band is one of the darlings of the Spanish indie pop scene. ~ Gregory Heaney |
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Blood Stained Bride - $9.99 After getting cold feet on her way to the alter and leaving the groom with a knife in his chest, a blood-stained bride carves a crimson-splashed swath towards her next potential mate in The Van director Aaron Burk’s terrifying indie-horror shocker. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi |
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Curate A Night For War Child – Dolby Dts $14.99 This concert program captures many of the popular acts of the moment in the name of benefiting the children of war torn countries. British indie pop band Keane headlines the show, with performers like Lilly Allen, the Guillemots, and the Pet Shop Boys appearing as well. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi |
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The Wedding Present: Drive - $12.99 This musical release from British indie rock group The Wedding Present captures a live performance by the ensemble, recorded during the band’s 2005 tour of North America. Some of the songs featured in the concert include “Ringway to Seatac”, “I’m From Further North Than You”, and more. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi |
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Pleaseeasaur: Action Spectacular - $9.99 Off-the-wall indie-rocker Pleaseeasaur delivers a live performance in this concert-film from director Thomas Hurley III. Pleaseeasaur: Action Spectacular includes renditions of such songs as “Droid County,” “Warning: These Cobras are Totally Cool,” “Strangers Have the Best Candy,” and “Bowl Noodle Hot.” ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi |
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The Killers: Live From the Royal Albert Hall - $19.99 This musical release from indie rock band The Killers captures a live performance recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, and features tracks like “This is Your Life,” “A Dustland Fairytale,” “Jenny Was a Friend of Mine,” “Mr. Brightside” and more. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi |
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