Rock: Math Rock and Featuring Guitar
31KNOTS: ClimaxAntiClimax
Wonky math rock and conceptual song structures. Fugazi, Minutemen, Yes.
MP3 price: $12.97
HANGMAN'S ALPHABET: Unbend the Shape
A blend of melodic indie-rock, angular post-punk, and old-school prog.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $9.00
JUNIOR PRIVATE DETECTIVE: Erase
If you dig indiepop that gets all gnarled up with prog (but never goes too heavy) you're gonna be in love. - Adam Gnade, Portland Mercury
CD price: $12.97
SYSTEM AND STATION: In the Twilight
Big rock with alot of melody and changing time signatures. Good fun meaningful lyrics
CD price: $12.97
BACK HARLOW ROAD: EP
5 songs of technical prowess and expert musicianship from 5 guys who would be more comfortable on a mid-90s wheat farm then in front of an audience. Beautiful melodies meet house-of-mirrors shifts and keen finger working.
Recommended if you like The Casket Lottery.
JUNIOR PRIVATE DETECTIVE: Square
Mix the precision and odd time changes of math rock with the melody and energy of pure pop topped off with vocalist Emilie's impossibly low register and you have Square, Junior Private Detective's first album.
CD price: $12.97
BEFORE BRAILLE: Tired Of Not Being Away From Here
I guess it's indie-rock, yo. I mean, the band isn't some kind of commercial crap, but it's not some kind of trashy underground stuff either. Keeping it real is the genre. It's music, it's rock based. Laterpress.
CD price: $12.97
GAMENIGHT / MOUTH MOVEMENTS: Blue and Green
A split album by two of the most epic indie bands in Knoxville, TN.
CD price: $10.00
ELKS: Wide Avenues/ Bells
With heartfelt vocals and big guitars all held together by the thunderous Bonham-esque drumming of Sam Roberts, Wide Avenues, tells the story of having something good and quite simply fucking it up….Originally released as a track on the Unlabel Records co
CD price: $6.00 / MP3 price: $6.00
NETURAL AGREEMENT/THEY MET IN L.A.: Math/You Never Hear the Sound of What I Say
Neutral Agreement and They Met in L.A. are rock & roll from opposite coasts.
CD price: $8.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
MAIFLOWERTIME: Crossing the Desert Staring at the Sea
MAIFLOWERTIME: Crossing the Desert Staring at the Sea
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
THE EXCITING TRIO: In Chicago There is Willy
Document Chicago #6: In Windy City fashion, The Exciting Trio blur the lines between jazz-improv and indie rock.
Recommended if you like Tortoise.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
DIVER: The Ophidian Current
broken harpsichord, solved rubiks cubes, childhood, movie scores, an orchestra tuning, losing your faith, believing in clowns, progressive rock, swallowing glass, time travel, adding distortion to a whales song, adding delay to a birds song, teeth on rock
Recommended if you like Queen, Mr. Bungle.MP3 price: $10.00
YUMA HOUSE: Future Perfect
Indie power pop with hooks galore -- layered guitars, driving bass and drums, catchy vocal lines and harmonies -- made especially for your discerning ears. A must have.
CD price: $8.00 / MP3 price: $4.00
VELOURIA: Four Eyes for You
The debut from Silver Lake power-poppers extraordinaire. More hooks than a tackle box.
CD price: $9.99
MOC MOC: Dial M for Moc Moc
A horse of vibes galloping through a forest of chunky rocks and jazz.
CD price: $8.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
GIST: Diesel City
A raw, uncompromising sound from DC that mixes dynamic post-punk and hook laden rock n' roll
CD price: $12.00
FIRST SIGNS OF FROST: In Our Final Chapter EP
A unique blend of technical instrumentation, epic soundscapes and soaring melody.
MP3 price: $5.99
PRAGMATIC: Archetypes
Thrashing guitars, pounding bass, tight drums, melodic vocals, and a unique song writing style make this northern Washington rock group one not to miss.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
PEGLEGASUS: Learning Curve
pere ubu meets the minutemen meets talking heads meets the who meets rem meets xtc meets wire
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
THE HYPNOTIC ALIEN: The Hypnotic Alien
Progressive hard rock; Off time signatures, brutal guitar solos, and complex arrangments fills 80% of the self entitled album
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
CHRIS MARTINE/ CATSREVENGE: Catsrevenge
Pop rock and ballads, that are moving as they are rockin'.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
