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Stinking Lizaveta

website | myspace

Philly progressive jazz metal.

Torche

website | myspace

Heeeeeeavy metal from Miami & Atlanta.

The Sword

website | myspace | show review

Psychedelic '70s stoner metal in the vein of Led Zep and Black Sabbath.

Russian Circles

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Instrumental Rock out of Chicago, Illinois.

Colour Revolt

website | myspace | media review

Indie Rock out of Oxford, Mississippi

Alive In Wild Paint

website | myspace | media review

Travis Bryant (formerly of Terminal) and former members of Goodbye Tomorrow

E For Explosion

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Organic, lush atmospheric rock featuring Jamison Covington originally in JamisonParker.

Kill Your Ex

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Portland, Oregon's own mix of technical rock, intense pop, and punchy tapping guitar work. The catchiest, most melodic jams I've heard in awhile. Debut out now on Mediaskare Records!

God Or Julie

website | myspace | media review

My Chemical Romance + The Used etc. flashback from Brooklyn, NY.

Sea Wolf

website | myspace

Delicate indie pop on Dangerbird Records.

Tokyo Police Club

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Anthemic, dancey rock on Saddle Creek. A sure candidate for album of the year with their debut, "Elephant Shell."

Drmanhattan

website | myspace | media review

Weird. As hell. Rock on Vagrant Records.

Search The City

myspace | purevolume | media review

Melodic, technical pop rock on Tooth And Nail records.

Courtesy Blush

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Post-Hardcore

Danger Radio

myspace | purevolume | media review

Disco-Pop-Punk

Be Your Own Pet

website | myspace | purevolume

Grrl fronted thrash/garage rock band from Nashville.

The Lonely H

website | myspace | interview

Classic rock/americana played by four dudes with luscious locks.

The Cordova Academy Glee Club

website | myspace | media review

Formerly known as the indie-pop power act "Weston," Cordova Academy Glee Club pick up where Weston left off, but move to new levels with energetic, whispery pop and rock tuneage. "Be Mine Or There Will Be War" is out now.

Ludo

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Time Again

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Best Of 2007

media review

Halos

myspace | interview | show review

Halos is an indie rock band from Orange Country, California

Manchester Orchestra

website | myspace

Atlanta, Georgia Indie rock

Dropkick Murphys

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Celtic Punk

The Warriors

myspace | purevolume | media review

Hardcore/Metal

Verona Grove

website | myspace | purevolume

Pop-Punk

Mouse Fire

website | myspace | media review

Technical, mathy rock in the vein of Minus The Bear, Controlling the Famous, and Cursive.

Moros Eros

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Georgia-based indie rock band.

Regina Spektor

website | myspace | purevolume

Singer/songwriter/pianist from New York City.

The Manchester Orchestra

website | myspace | purevolume

Indie rock in the dame vein as Brand New, Death Cab for Cutie and Modest Mouse.

Ace Enders And A Million Different People

website | myspace | purevolume

Ace Enders, lead singer of The Early November's newest band.

Midnight Juggernauts

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Justice

website | myspace | show review

Mind-blowing French electronica from the hip folks at Ed Banger Records.

The Weakerthans

website | myspace | media review

Indie-Rock from Canada

Animal Collective

website | myspace | media review

A band of unifying originality

Surrogate

website | myspace | media review

Indie pop from the Tooth & Nail label, Surrogate released "Love For the Rich" in 2007.

Farewell

myspace | purevolume | media review

Catchy pop rock from North Carolina.

Powerspace

website | myspace | purevolume | interview | media review

Just Surrender

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Paper Rival

website | myspace | purevolume | interview

Heartfelt indie rock from Nashville, Tennessee.

The Winter Sounds

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

"The five-piece creates an impressive mix of deft, rhythmic indie rock with vocal flourishes that touch on emo, maintaining a coherent identity while exploring a variety of song structures." --Flagpole

National Product

myspace | purevolume | media review

Pop rock from Los Angeles, CA.

Takota

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Epic, soaring rock.

The Dangerous Summer

myspace | purevolume | media review

Four young Maryland native writing emo-pop along the lines of the Starting Line and Hidden in Plain View.

Asteria

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

The joys and ills of youth encapsulated into a cohesive sound, complete with voice cracking, and emotional pleas in song form.

The Stranger's Six

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Solid punk-infused hardcore, melodic vocals interlace with power chords and pulsating beats.

We The Kings

myspace | purevolume | media review

Throwdown

myspace | purevolume | interview

Hardcore/Metal

Medicated Kisses

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

"Way strong, much-needed female-fronted, ass-kicking, honest-to-god Rock Music. These kids are the Real Deal." -Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls

Ladytron

Texas Is The Reason

The Knife

The Faint

The Appleseed Cast

Sleepcomesdown

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Wisconsin's Sleepcomesdown might be the most underrated, undiscovered band of our time. Noisy, well-constructed indie rock for fans of Fugazi, Unwound, Minus The Bear, These Arms Are Snakes, and Jawbox.

Bedlight For Blue Eyes

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

The Unseen

myspace | purevolume | media review

Hardcore Punk

Pierce The Veil

myspace | purevolume | media review

Sounds like Gatsbys American Dream...a poor man's version.

Weaver At The Loom

myspace | media review

A great new ethereal pop/rock band from the Twin Cities fresh off the release of their debut EP, I Was Searching And I Found.

The Toasters

media review

Longest running US ska band

Alesana

myspace | purevolume | media review

Driver Side Impact

myspace | purevolume | media review

Screamo from Cleveland in the same vein as Hawthorne Heights and Aiden.

Firescape

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

The side project of Something Corporate's Josh Partington.

Stepsonday

website | myspace | media review

Sunshine and Indie Pop

The High Court

website | myspace | purevolume

Auditory Aphasia

website | myspace | purevolume

Psychedelic indie rock

Desa

website | myspace

Desa currently has a free downloadable EP [I]Sirens And Safety Glass[/I] on their website.

Chin Up Chin Up

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John Ralston

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Signal To Noise

website | myspace | media review

Colors In The Air

myspace | purevolume | media review

Yearling

website | myspace | media review

Infectious pop/rock music from North Carolina.

Weatherbox

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Love Arcade

website | myspace | purevolume

The Almost

website | myspace | purevolume

Big D And The Kids Table

website | interview

Boys Like Girls

website | myspace | purevolume

Arctic Monkeys

website | myspace | media review

Post-Punk that rocks like a very caffeinated version of The Strokes

The Wedding

website | myspace | purevolume

The Wedding could very well be your next favorite band. Fast, energetic, and full of melody, they are one of our new favorite pop sensations--check out their debut, "Polarity!"

Envy On The Coast

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Mew

myspace | show review

Denmark's MEW create vivid landscapes with imaginative, curious spacey guitars and insanely high vocal ranges.

Arms Over Colorado

myspace | purevolume

AOC is over colorado.

New Atlantic

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

A five piece indie pop act from the east coast. Spacey rock that shows promise fron Eyebal records.

Anchor & Braille

website | myspace | purevolume

Anchor & Braille is: Christian (Anberlin) Marsh (Copeland) Bucklew Louis Becker Pemberly Reid Lux Harben

Melee

website | myspace | purevolume

The Hedrons

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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

website | myspace | media review

Indie Rock

Two If By Sea

website | myspace | show review

4-piece new-wave/rock band from Baltimore, MD.

Endless Mike And The Beagle Club

myspace | purevolume | media review | show review

Folk-punk band from Johnstown, PA

Hot Cross

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Annuals

website | myspace | purevolume | media review | show review

Take Action Tour

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Secondhand Serenade

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Kiss Kiss

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

"Kiss Kiss is a rock-pop outfit, which turns that genre gracefully, but without compromise, on its head. Its aspiration? To breathe a new word into the lexicon of rock."

Damiera

website | myspace | media review

4-piece indie-rock outfit hailing from Buffalo, NY. Part of the ever-growing Equal Vision Records roster.

Dear And The Headlights

website | myspace | purevolume | media review | show review

Dear And The Headlights have their own, unique style of rock, folk and musing, intricate vocals. Truly a refreshing sound--and their debut, "Small Steps, Heavy Hooves," is one of the best releases so far in 2007.

Future Of Forestry

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Small Leaks Sink Ships

website | myspace | purevolume

Mathy, techincal rock from AZ--who are releasing their debut, "Until The World Is Happy, Wake Up You Sleepyhead Sun" on No Sleep Records in February 2007.

Bear Colony

website | myspace | interview

Electronic, dark, and very different, Bear Colony's release is easily one of the most innovative styles of 2007 thus far.

Destroy Nate Allen

website | myspace | media review

Folk-Punk with an indie twist

Minutes Too Far

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Pop rock from Oklahoma that is OK!

The Shins

website | myspace | media review

Hailing from Albuquerque, led by James Mercer, here is that pop and indie wonder...The Shins

Misery Signals

website | myspace | purevolume

Best Of 2006

website | myspace | media review

The Top 20 Albums of the Year as represented through a joint effort of the Emotionalpunk.com staff. There was a lot of math involved.

Jill Cunniff

myspace | media review

Pop-rock...kinda like Michelle Branch...

Unearth

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Blinded Black

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Melodic rock outfit out of Saint Louis.

Doves

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Sonic Youth

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Paper Route

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Viva Death

website | media review

Post-Punk with snarl

After The Sirens

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Stars Are Falling

myspace | purevolume | media review

Heartfelt metal delivered by a 5-piece band from Sacramento, CA

Ronnie Day

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Ronnie Day is a singer songwriter signed to the Militia Group. He combines catchy meldoies and heartflet lyrics to make music both you and your 14-year old sister can enjoy.

The Last Car In Alaska

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Pop-Punk, South Carolina style.

Tahiti 80

website | myspace | media review

Dance-pop-indie

The Prize Fighter Inferno

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

The solo project of Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez, The Prize Fighter Inferno blends acoustic guitars and falsettos with electronic pop music.

Army Of Me

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Solid pop/rock music by way of our nation's capitol. Signed to Doghouse Records.

Plus 44

myspace | media review

Plus 44 formed after the break-up of Blink 182. Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker lead this pop-punk, electronic-ish band from so-Cal.

Self Against City

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Catchy, fun pop rock from northern California on Drive-Thru. Self Against City is set to release their debut, "Telling Secrets To Strangers," on January 9, 2006.

Immoor

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High-power electro pop in the vein of the Postal Service from southern California. Their debut full-length, "The Thievery of Your Own Things," is available now.

Lady Sovereign

show review

english female vocalist

Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster

website | myspace | purevolume

Dallas Taylor (formally of Underoath) fronts a country-screamo act. It is more amazing then it sounds...

Sparta

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Influential post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas which includes several members from At The Drive-in.

Mayday Parade

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Sub-par emo rock from Florida.

The Number Twelve Looks Like You

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Metal / Experimental / Post Hardcore

Communique

website | myspace | media review

Bay area dance rockers.

Bad Astronaut

myspace | media review

Astronauts are terrible, terrible human beings. Bad Astronaut really isn't an astronaut, at least not yet.

The Tide

website | myspace | purevolume | interview

Escape The Fate

website | myspace | purevolume

Aggressive rock music that has set its sights on world domination or bust.

8mm

website | myspace | purevolume | interview | media review

Indie rock from LA featuring a husband and wife duo who wrote catchy yet spacy music.

Cancer Bats

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

No mercy, Southern Rock from a Canadian quartet.

Oxford Collapse

website | myspace | media review

Intelligent math rock with a bite

Cobra Starship

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Owen

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Owen's delicate, somber rock is at once breathtaking and magical--and full of talent. Mike Kinsella, known for his work in bands like Cap'n Jazz and American Football is now known as the man behind the acoustic power-group OWEN.

Hot Vegas

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Wax On Radio

website | myspace | purevolume

The Lillingtons

website | myspace | media review

Pop-Punk the way Kung-Fu wanted it.

Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Kaddisfly

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Experimental and creative, Oregon's Kaddisfly are a sensational band who are reminiscent of Dredg, but take it to a completely different level. Insane live band--and easily one of the most underrated, innovative bands in today's scene.

Amity

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Los Angeles super pop rock group AMITY are set to release their debut, "Internecine," this October 24th on Negative Progression Records. It's chaotic, melodic, but most of all, an exciting listen at a band who have finally set their release in stone.

Piebald

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Screw Aerosmith, this Boston band brings the rock

Tyler Read

myspace

Louisiana rock-n-roll.

I Am Ghost

myspace | media review

For fans of My Chemical Romance

Shiny Toy Guns

website | myspace | purevolume

Dancey, energetic pop/rock on Universal Records.

Ellison

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

on Carbon Copy Media

The Dear Hunter

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Spacey, folk music from Casey Crescenzo (ex-The Receiving End of Sirens)

House Of Fools

myspace | purevolume | media review

A North Carolina based rock band combining influences like Bob Dylan, The Format and Bright Eyes to make delicate indie rock.

The Decemberists

website | myspace | media review

Literary folk-rock of new and old

The Hold Steady

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Bar Rock meets post-punk

AVEC Duet

website | media review

AVEC Duet is Brooks and Shawna of AVEC. They play \"Spotter\" songs and give some AVEC songs a new twist.

AVEC

website | myspace | media review

Four-piece indie rock act from Baltimore. Guy/girl vocals. One of the best bands nobody is talking about.

Cale Parks

myspace | media review

For fans of Aloha, Minus the Bear, Built to Spill, matt pond PA, and Judah Johnson

Faulter

website | myspace | media review

All Time Low

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Baltimore pop-punk band

The Lawrence Arms

website | myspace

Chicago's finest punk trio.

The Falcon

myspace | interview

Members of The Lawrence Arms (Brendan and Neil) and Alkaline Trio (Dan) play aggressive, unique rock songs.

Winston Audio

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Eclectic, energetic, and atmospheric, Georgia's Winston Audio are in it to make their own style of music.

The Static Age

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Blending the influences of the 80's and early 90's with the new dance rock sensation, The Static Age should be your new obsession.

Strike Anywhere

website | myspace | purevolume | interview | media review | show review

The Matches

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Pop-punk with a pension for malaise that gets the body moving.

Goons Of Doom

website | myspace | media review

A band starting as a joke, that has become a beautiful rock and roll example.

The Bank Robbers

myspace | purevolume | media review

Ad Astra Per Aspera

website | myspace

Experimental in your face rock in the vein of The Pixies, Bauhaus, and Sonic Youth

Wolf Parade

website | myspace | show review

Haunted brilliance in the vein of Modest Mouse

Heavens

website | purevolume | media review

Melodic, punk-electronica

Lakes

website | myspace | purevolume | interview

LAKES is the new project, featuring Seth Roberts formerly of Tooth And Nail superpop group Watashi Wa. Slightly the route of their folky, somber final LP, the "Eager Seas" LP, and slightly the route of their more straightforward pop on "The Love Of Life," LAKES only concludes that Seth Alan Roberts is one of the most talented pop writers of our generation.

The Modern Day Saint

website | myspace | media review

MDS = the explosiveness of the Bronx mixed with the level headedness of the Foo Fighters which fused together creates songs sometimes as over-orchestrated as The Verve to songs as stripped down and confessional as, quite possibly, Elliot Smith.

Sugarcult

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

City Sleeps

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The Pink Spiders

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Boy Kill Boy

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British indie pop with hype to boot

Deas Vail

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

The Drugstore Cowboys

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It's intense. It's brutal. It's bad-ass. It's like nothing you've ever heard before.

Meg & Dia

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Two sisters fro Utah writing rough indie rock in the same vein as Paramore and Eisley.

This Providence

website | myspace | purevolume | interview | media review

Dubbed one of Seattle's rising artists with their unique blend of indie rock and pop. Their Fueled By Ramen full-length debut is the perfect blend of infectious hooks and melodies with intelligent, unique songwriting. Whether you're a pop enthusiast, or searching for something more than the cookiecutter rock bands out today, This Providence is the band to watch out for.

Goodbye Tomorrow

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Cute Is What We Aim For

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Much The Same

website | myspace | purevolume

Fast, melodic pop rock on Nitro Records.

Trophy Scars

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

A fusion of metal, rap, hardcore, punk, with an indie touch and feel.

Operatic

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Indie rock that truly rocks; Songs that hum, grow, and explode inside your head. Imagine a harder version of (early) Jimmy Eat World or Counterfit with some Jawbreaker thrown in for good measure!

Bernard

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Lush atmospherics, lulling vocals and killer guitar riffs and progressions makes them one of the more interesting bands of this genre out right now.

Mona Ray

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Diamond J And The Rough

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Young Love

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Formed by ex-Recover members Dan Keyes and Robert Mann. They are following in the footseps of Head Automatica with a new dance-influenced sound.

Sleepaway

myspace | purevolume | media review

First timers from the Buffalo hardcore music scene decide to play music that is sweet to the ears.

Logan Square

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Melodic pop-punk with Alkaline Trio leanings.

Dropping Daylight

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Minneapolis based. Piano driven modern rock band. Signed to Octone.

Apollo Up

website | myspace | media review

Nashville three-piece. Come get your fix of "post-hardcore."

This Is Hell

website | myspace | media review

Hardcore band from Long Island.

Gasoline Heart

website | myspace | purevolume | interview | media review

Pristinely crafted, Americana-influenced music from Winter Park, FL.

The City Drive

website | myspace | media review

Say No More

website | myspace

A pop/rock band out of Los Angeles, California

The Bouncing Souls

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

The Boucing Sould are a Jersey/NYC punk band that have been around for long then most of you have been alive. If you are into NOFX, Bad Religion, etc etc you need to know this band too.

Vanna

website | myspace | media review

VANNA is taking the hardcore sound to a new level by weaving a textural sonic web of vocals that vary from clear, soaring melodies to visceral growls and incensed screams. This unique vocal approach is perfectly complimented by dual guitars that attack with merciless precision and bitter-sweet dissonance.

The Outline

website | myspace | media review

The Outline combine the fury of Recover and the keyboard melodies of Interpol meshed with the dance flavor of Head Automatica.

All That Remains

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Metal mixed with a little hardcore and a lot of attitude

Bear Vs. Shark

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Someday Never

website | myspace | purevolume | media review

Emotional pop-punk hailing from the Garden State.

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