the standout emo albums

[iamrockzorz]

So, for the past year or so i've loved a few standout emo albums due solely to this site. Those being City of Caterpillar and Circle takes the square as the roots undo and hot cross cryonics. When it comes to emo though, i'm fairly naive because i don't know much about any bands in the genre. So if you guys could help me skim through all the **** and recommend me the g00dest of the g00d.

thanks to the site and a few other peoples help i figured i should check out these bands...
gospel
jerome's dream
i would set myself on fire for you
life at these speeds
funeral diner
moss icon
off minor
saetia
you and i
city of caterpillar
orchid

Add to the list, delete from the list, recommend cds? help? i love emo :-( i want more.

[cobert]

srsly cmon now you havent heard Saetia yet? Get their discography (A Retrospective) asap.

The Moon Is A Dead World by Gospel is good. Chaos Is Me from Orchid is a must have. Moss Icon Lyburnum (I think its called that) is also very good.

Adding to the list, try out Swing Kids (discography), Portraits of Past - 01010101 (especially if youre into stuff like CoC and CTTS, this is kind of like their precursor), Palatka - An End To Irony, and Neil Perry - Lineage Situation.

EDIT - And try out Pg. 99

[Gnarmageddon]

Mineral Mineral Mineral
Daitro
Amanda Woodward
June Paik

[cobert]

Cap'n Jazz Cap'n Jazz Cap'n Jazz

[iamrockzorz]

srsly cmon now you havent heard Saetia yet? Get their discography (A Retrospective) asap.

The Moon Is A Dead World by Gospel is good. Chaos Is Me from Orchid is a must have. Moss Icon Lyburnum (I think its called that) is also very good.

Adding to the list, try out Swing Kids (discography), Portraits of Past - 01010101 (especially if youre into stuff like CoC and CTTS, this is kind of like their precursor), Palatka - An End To Irony, and Neil Perry - Lineage Situation.

oh no i've listened to saetia i just need to buy their discography still. i love gospel and i definately want to buy that, thanks for the recommendations

[santi3hg]

Mineral needs to be in there. Mineral is not on there. Mineral needs to be on there right ****ing now.

[cobert]

The Power of Failing rules hard.

[Elliptical Ion]

Not Having American Football on there is a crime.

[DFelon204409]

I think that iam has only gotten into the bands that have gotten reviews on the review portion of the site. My recommendation is to just troll here and check out the myspaces or uploads of bands that are getting repped. That's the best way.

[pixiesfanyo]

ampe to the rerererererere

[Elliptical Ion]

Amprere?

[santi3hg]

Gantz is pretty ****ing good.

[Concubine]

ive been listening to Bluetip a lot lately

[Wow]

June Paik


PROPS.


Insert me jocking The Khayembii Communique for the 18,000th thime.


Ache:emelie (more post-hardcore but amazing nonetheless)
Angel Hair
Bob Tilton
Bright Calm Blue (post-hardcore again, but should still be what you're looking for)
Burned Out Bright
Damezumari
Frail
Greyhouse
Julia
Olive Tree

[maxiepaxie]

At the Drive-In (sorta)
Funeral Diner
Hassan I Sabbah
Heroin
Still Life
Love Like...Electrocution
Polar Bear Club

[antihippy]

Not Having American Football on there is a crime.

wait a minute, isn't american football indie rock?

[Wow]

American Football is a type of emo that was popular mainly in the midwest US during the mid-late 90's. Midwest Post-Emo Indie Rock, if you wanna get technical.

[antihippy]

something like sunnyday real estate?

[Elliptical Ion]

American Football is a type of emo that was popular mainly in the midwest US during the mid-late 90's. Midwest Post-Emo Indie Rock, if you wanna get technical.

Yeah, this.

[bottlerocket]

Olive Tree
Rockets and Blue Lights
The Birds are Spies, They Report to the Trees
Ampere
1905
On the Might of Princes
Neil Perry

[RetiredAt21]

American Football is a type of emo that was popular mainly in the midwest US during the mid-late 90's. Midwest Post-Emo Indie Rock, if you wanna get technical.

Word.

[Concubine]

Get Up Kids : emo or not? they sound like those midwest emo bands but other times they sound like a pop punk band.

[bottlerocket]

I don't really consider GUK emo. Mostly pop-punk with heavy midwestern emo influences earlier in their career...then they moved away from that influence and became more pop-punk.

GUK are so good, though.

[RetiredAt21]

Eww, I think the Get Up Kids are fags.

[bottlerocket]

They think you're a fag, too.

So do I now, actually. :(

[RetiredAt21]

I'll live.

[SunnyDayRealEstateAM]

Pg.99
Kaospilot
Reversal of Man
I Hate Myself
Toru Okada
Majority Rule
La Quiete
Portrait

[Eliminator]

belle epoque

[whiteminority]

The Red Scare
Joshua Fit For Battle
Usurp Synapse

among many others

[antihippy]

could anyone give me any samples of american football? always wanted to check them out.

[Eliminator]

http://www.myspace.com/amfootball

[Elliptical Ion]

Don Martin 3
Rachel
Race Car Riot
Planes Mistaken For Stars
Appleseed Cast
Assfactor 4
Shikari
1000 Travels of Jawaharlal
Please Inform The Captain This Is A Hijack
Petethepiratesquid
Black Castle
A Day In Black and White
Envy
Deadseraphim
Swing Kids
Usurp Synapse
L'antietam
La Quiete
Orchid
No Knife
The Apoplexy Twist Orchestra
An Arrow In Flight
She Died Real Pretty
Only If You Call Me Jonathan
Mihai Edrisch
Braid
Hey Mercedes
Hollow Jan
Her Breath On Glass
Wow, Owls!
Suis La Lune
Love Lost But Not Forgotten
Republic Of Freedom Fighters
bev. clone
manrae

[RetiredAt21]

I think 4 Songs is better than 10 Songs.

[SunnyDayRealEstateAM]

Rites of Spring
Indian Summer

[Elliptical Ion]

I didn't think anyone needed to mention Rites of Spring.

[bottlerocket]

Saetia
Sunny Day Real Estate

lol

[SunnyDayRealEstateAM]

I didn't think anyone needed to mention Rites of Spring.
He said he was new to this and he didn't list it. I figured its a good band to start with.

[Elliptical Ion]

Good call.

[RetiredAt21]

Honestly, I think Rites Of Spring are kind of boring.

[Elliptical Ion]

I think he mentioned them more to point out how influential they were to Emo.

[RetiredAt21]

I think he mentioned them more to point out how influential they were to Emo.

Your avatar seriously freaks me out.

[Elliptical Ion]

I figured everyone had gotten used to it by now.

[team_racket]

some band called tipping canoe got mentioned the otherday in here. i did my homework and gave them a listen. good stuff indeed. daniel striped tiger have some groovy stuff going on too.

unnecessary of me, but im going to jock full collapse even though the world has heard it. simply because, emo or not emo, its an important album for me and it was change of direction musically in my teen years.

[Elliptical Ion]

If you're interested, I can up a Tipping Canoe album I have when I get home.

[team_racket]

im sure a lot of people would dig it, thanks.

[RetiredAt21]

I never got into Thursday. I seriously don't see what the big deal is with them.

[santi3hg]

I never got into Thursday. I seriously don't see what the big deal is with them.

They are just another shitty BM band, no worries.

[Fort23]

THE USED!!!!!!

Nahh, go for Jawbreaker, though you probably already have, Indian Summer, Cap'n Jazz all the way, Native Nod, and all the good midwestern stuff. Heroin are also great, though it's realy hard to find their record. And At the Drive-In's In\Casin\Out and they're Vaya ep. It's All good.
I love Orchid...

[cobert]

Thursday rule, guys.

[RetiredAt21]

They are just another poopty BM band, no worries.

Hahahaha.

[iamrockzorz]

i've already gotten into indian summer but i'm not really all that much into them. i'm a noob in the sense that dfel pointed out. all i really have its stuff reviewed on this site :-(

[iamrockzorz]

see i'm looking for some bands in the vein of gospel and circle takes the square. i guess a little bit more artsy? but not post-rocky or anything. i still gotsta check out ampere, but i've had swing kids for a while cuz i got really into the locust a while ago =-o

[sink sink]

see i'm looking for some bands in the vein of gospel and circle takes the square. i guess a little bit more artsy? but not post-rocky or anything. i still gotsta check out ampere, but i've had swing kids for a while cuz i got really into the locust a while ago =-o
maybe A Day in Black In White (their first album, second one was lame). someone mentioned June Paik, they have some long songs.

[SunnyDayRealEstateAM]

They aren't emo but you might like Kayo Dot

[Fort23]

Maybe even The receiving end of sirens, though a lot of people say they're post hardcore, which they are but they definetly have emo influences. Try to find heroin.

[Fort23]

Off Minor
Portraits of the Past
Merel
Antioch Arrow
Policy of Three
Fuel
Lifetime
Some of these records are out of print but you should still look them up.

[SunnyDayRealEstateAM]

I don't think he's looking for stuff like Lifetime...

[santi3hg]

Maybe even The receiving end of sirens, though a lot of people say they're post hardcore, which they are but they definetly have emo influences. Try to find heroin.

Um, no.

Off Minor
Portraits of the Past
Merel
Antioch Arrow
Policy of Three
Fuel
Lifetime
Some of these records are out of print but you should still look them up.

Negative

[Fort23]

Yea i know.
But I like them.:\

And what you don't like lifetime?
They're definetly not in the Circle takes the square realm, but they still should be checked out.

[bottlerocket]

I don't think he's looking for stuff like Lifetime...

Yeah I read that list, came to Lifetime, and was like, "What?

I love Lifetime but they're not emo, man. :lol:

[santi3hg]

Yea i know.
But I like them.:\

And what you don't like lifetime?
They're definetly not in the Circle takes the square realm, but they still should be checked out.

Thats a ridiculous question, who doesn't know them?

[Fort23]

I didn't ask if you knew them I asked if you don't like them.

[santi3hg]

Ah, woops misread.

Um, hell yes.
I don't know of anyone who doesn't and if they didn't then...they suck.

[Fort23]

Agreed.:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol

[DFelon204409]

see i'm looking for some bands in the vein of gospel and circle takes the square. i guess a little bit more artsy? but not post-rocky or anything. i still gotsta check out ampere, but i've had swing kids for a while cuz i got really into the locust a while ago =-o

Check out Ampere sooner rather than later.

IM me right now.

[Wow]

i've already gotten into indian summer but i'm not really all that much into them. i'm a noob in the sense that dfel pointed out. all i really have its stuff reviewed on this site :-(


If you want I'll upload some cr00sh albums.

[metalicajaymz]

Ten Grand
Bob Tilton

[Wow]

How could I forget Ten Grand? That band is ridiculously good.

[iamrockzorz]

i just bought neil perry lineage for 5 dollars! (along with hot crosses first ep) the advantages of working at a record shop. i love it

anyway, you guys have recommended so much **** haha it's gonna take me a while to sort through it all =-o but thanks.

[SGlove]

It's all a bit overwhelming at first.
Then it's nice.

[metalicajaymz]

has anyone mentioned Bob Tilton by the way, or is it just me on this one

[iamrockzorz]

guys Im really f8cnkin druk1! i lve you guys!!!! tlak o me be m yfrned ?! i love ou! emo fun!

msory about this!

[Luxor]

yo i'm drunk too.

props!

listen to 108. that;s what i'm listening to.

[Wow]

has anyone mentioned Bob Tilton by the way, or is it just me on this one


I did. Love that band.

[iamrockzorz]

i love 108!! im still drunk. this is good. whats 108 classifiedc as

[Wow]

Hardcore.

[Elliptical Ion]

Tipping Canoe LP
http://www.mediafire.com/?2xx6owrumvx

[margin0walker]

for me Tenpeun 01.05 by La Quiete is definetly up there and The Underdark by funeral diner is definetly ace

[The Great Decay]

Tipping Canoe LP
http://www.mediafire.com/?2xx6owrumvx

Quality.

[cbmartinez]

Midwest Post-Emo Indie Rock

Seriously...

[cobert]

lol

[pixiesfanyo]

American Football isn't emo.

[Elliptical Ion]

Whatever, they should still be listened to.

[lunchforthesky]

Jerome's Dream
Gospel
L'antantiem
Yaphet Kotto.

[Iluvatar]

Thread needs Mohinder.

[Wow]

Yes, it does. Mohinder is fantastic.

[cbmartinez]

Midwest Post-Emo Indie Rock

Seriously...

[i am the robots]

srsly cmon now you havent heard Saetia yet? Get their discography (A Retrospective) asap.

The Moon Is A Dead World by Gospel is good. Chaos Is Me from Orchid is a must have. Moss Icon Lyburnum (I think its called that) is also very good.

All of these. Yes.

[iamrockzorz]

what are you guyziz opinions on usurp synapse?
pg 99
i would set myself on fire for you?

[cbmartinez]

pageninetynine rules
iwsmoffy is great

[Iluvatar]

first two are great, iwsmoffy is pretty average mostly.

[santi3hg]

Yeah iwsmofffy is alright.

You need pg99 ts.

[SunnyDayRealEstateAM]

what are you guyziz opinions on usurp synapse?
pg 99
i would set myself on fire for you?
In my opinion, Pg.99 are the best.

[Fort23]

Agreed.
Saw a video of them live on youtube, it's crazy good.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtABBKFcTCM

[Dextomethorphan]

IWSMSOFFY are great. I was going to mention them, then you asked. I don't know why everyone has such a "meh" attitude towards them, I love them.

[whiteminority]

Don Martin 3
Rachel
Race Car Riot
Planes Mistaken For Stars
Appleseed Cast
Assfactor 4
Shikari
1000 Travels of Jawaharlal
Please Inform The Captain This Is A Hijack
Petethepiratesquid
Black Castle
A Day In Black and White
Envy
Deadseraphim
Swing Kids
Usurp Synapse
L'antietam
La Quiete
Orchid
No Knife
The Apoplexy Twist Orchestra
An Arrow In Flight
She Died Real Pretty
Only If You Call Me Jonathan
Mihai Edrisch
Braid
Hey Mercedes
Hollow Jan
Her Breath On Glass
Wow, Owls!
Suis La Lune
Love Lost But Not Forgotten
Republic Of Freedom Fighters
bev. clone
manrae

The name of this thread is STANDOUT EMO not "Let's Name Every Shitty Emo Band Possible". Bands Like She Died Real Pretty, Please Inform The Captain This is a Hijack, and 1000 Travels of Jawaharal are cool but nowhere near standout of the genre.

[whiteminority]

THE USED!!!!!!

Nahh, go for Jawbreaker, though you probably already have, Indian Summer, Cap'n Jazz all the way, Native Nod, and all the good midwestern stuff. Heroin are also great, though it's realy hard to find their record. And At the Drive-In's In\Casin\Out and they're Vaya ep. It's All good.
I love Orchid...

It is not hard at all to find Heroin's records.

[whiteminority]

what are you guyziz opinions on usurp synapse?
pg 99
i would set myself on fire for you?

Usurp Synapse were ****ing up and beyond good, one of the ****ing greats and innovators of this style of music.

[Boilermaker]

Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
Jawbreaker - Dear You
Rites of Spring - End on End

[Concubine]

Jawbreaker isn't emo =/

TS, listen to La Quiete

[iamrockzorz]

that pg 99 videos ****ing intense lol. i've had document 8 for a while but never really got into it, i might have to go back and check it out.

[iamrockzorz]

hows the pg 99/majority rule split?
and document 7?

[iamrockzorz]

and did pageninetynine put out a discography for sale on cd, because searching through slsk thats what i found. and if s0 i wanna buy it! lol

[SunnyDayRealEstateAM]

1) The split is very good
2) Document 7 is amazing
3) I don't believe theres a discography on cd

[whiteminority]

There is Document 14 which is all of the singles and splits.

[Pacific Specific]

just get every emo tape ever, TS.

[iamrockzorz]

I own singles too. If you were to buy singles, the majority rule split, documents 5 7 and 8 you'd pretty much own their discography imaright?

The discography i downloaded had all that **** plus lives stuf. c00lness.

[SunnyDayRealEstateAM]

Get the Emo Apocalypse Compilation

[SunnyDayRealEstateAM]

I own singles too. If you were to buy singles, the majority rule split, documents 5 7 and 8 you'd pretty much own their discography imaright?

The discography i downloaded had all that **** plus lives stuf. c00lness.
Upload that s'hit on megaupload

[iamrockzorz]

Upload that s'hit on megaupload

alright. u just want to live tracks or the whole disco?

[iamrockzorz]

Get the Emo Apocalypse Compilation

huh?

[SunnyDayRealEstateAM]

Just upload the whole thing for everyone. And Emo Apocalypse was a compilation that came out. If i find a link, I'll post it. It's pretty good.

[iamrockzorz]

Pg.99 Discography
(live tunezilz included!)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MB5XBM5J (disc 1)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VD014R21 (disc 2)

[iamrockzorz]

I think i did that right.

Anyone know where i can order document #5 or #7?

[whiteminority]

Way out of print bro.

[iamrockzorz]

ugh :-( i wish i could get my hands on them somehow.

[SunnyDayRealEstateAM]

Ebay?

[iamrockzorz]

already checked ebay! :-(

[bottlerocket]

craigslist?

VLV?

[Arrakakaka]

Anything Orchid ever recorded.
Document #8
As the Roots Undo
CoC

[pixiesfanyo]

I thought Robotic Empire repressed #7?

[i am the robots]

My list:

Orchid - Chaos Is Me
Amanda Woodward - Demo Picture Disc
Gospel - The Moon Is A Dead Planet
Circle Takes The Square - As The Roots Undo
Envy - A Dead, Sinking Story

[RetiredAt21]

Chaos Is Me rules. Definitely my favorite Orchid album.

[whiteminority]

I thought Robotic Empire repressed #7?

They repressed #8 but it's out of print once again.

[iamrockzorz]

they didn't repress 7, but they had a few extra copies that i didnt order in time.

[DFelon204409]

Wow I just realized how cool the word "repress" is. It's its own antonym. So is "curb" too. This is cool. For me.

[Eliminator]

Help!

I'm being repressed!

Did you see that?

Did you see him repressing me?

[SunnyDayRealEstateAM]

Chaos Is Me rules. Definitely my favorite Orchid album.
Its really good, but I've always liked Dance Tonight, Revolution Tomorrow better.

[iamrockzorz]

lol asses. i need an orchid album.

[whiteminority]

soulseek, it's not like it's that hard to find orchid.

[iamrockzorz]

i know. i know. which would u recommend.

[whiteminority]

Depends on the sound you want. My personal favorite is Gatefold but that isn't as similar to the stuff you are familiar with, so I'd go with Chaos is Me.

[pixiesfanyo]

Gatefold is more eclectic than Chaos that's why I think I enjoy it.

[whiteminority]

Gatefold has more standout tracks and a more emotional feeling to it then I think the others do, though my favorite songs are from Chaos is Me and Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow which are "Epilogue of a Car Crash" and "...And the Cat Turned to Smoke".

[cobert]

Im quite fond of "To Praise Prosthesis".

[whiteminority]

That is most def a sick jam.

[iamrockzorz]

i like orchid. gatefold is for sale in my hood, imma pick it up :-)

i like what i've heard so far. a lot. a lot a lot.

[iamrockzorz]

Im quite fond of "To Praise Prosthesis".

where you from in pittsburgh

[cobert]

McKees Rocks. So I guess im not really in the city, but i could pretty much piss on it if I stood on my roof.

[iamrockzorz]

werd. south hills hur.

[cobert]

Sup brah.

Where do you go to school at?

[iamrockzorz]

keystone oaks. gay :-/ :-/

[cobert]

Sto-Rox.

[iamrockzorz]

you gonna go to college in pittsburgh? i don't mind the music scene here, and i wanna start up a band so ill prob end up staying here

[cobert]

No, Im looking at going in New York.

Not many people around here are into hardcore and its impossible to find a good drummer, so I wouldnt quite say the music scene is good around here.

[iamrockzorz]

it isn't that good, but its not as bad as it could be. theres some fun venues and ****. lawrenceville moose/roboto/smalls... i can't find a good drummer, it does suck. i've been looking to do an emo/hardcore band for a while now but no one is interested. i was thinking about new york but it's probably so saturated there

lol i've played everything from grind to pop punk to metal to goddam blues

and not one good drummer. there arent even that many to choose from anyway

brb imma make food

[iamrockzorz]

you can close this...
its like community thread 2

[Fort23]

It is not hard at all to find Heroin's records.
I don't live by any record stores, so I do all my shopping onine, and all I could find was on Smartpunk.

[whiteminority]

http://www.gravityrec.com/

[Fort23]

http://www.gravityrec.com/

Thank God for you.
I'LL thank god for you...

[whiteminority]

Atheist, so it won't do you any good.