Managra- Modern Day Rememberance

Managra was an early 90s band from the MI scene that was pretty much forgotten except for a handful of bands (Ordination of Aaron, Broken Hearts are Blue). It's some fucked up combination of post-hardcore and 90s emotional hardcore, and it totally brings the awesome, awesome pain.

Spazzy instruments n' stuff, yo.

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Quest for Quintana Roo- Collected Works

So this is like finding a giant box of porn in the woods when you were a little kid, except better. Somehow this completely flew under my fucking radar, and apparently 6 months or so ago, a dude from Quest for Quintana Roo uploaded EVERYTHING THEY EVER FUCKING DID. Seriously this is one the happiest things I've found in a long fucking time.

Quest for Quintana Roo played pretty much some of the best emotional hardcore that side of the Mississippi (pretty sure they were from Oakland, and this side of the Mississippi would be the east coast for me). They pretty much nail everything right on the point with shit I love.

They're on of my favorites, and they deserve your ears. If you're too busy being a cry baby bitch to download it, at least listen to the song Statement to the Statesmen and tell me that it doesn't rule. FUCKING TELL ME IT DOESNT RULE.

Collected Works I

Collected Works II

Past Lives- Tapestry of Webs

New Past Lives album. I enjoyed the EP a little bit, but the second half of this album has the jams. First part of the album may be just alright, but the second half of the album has some serious jams. I repeated myself, I know. Fuck you judge someone else.

It's also good to note that Jaguar Love is a steaming pile of shit.

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Ten Grand- This is the Way to Rule

Ten Grand got hooked on Fugazi and created a post-hardcore classic.

Seriously, for whatever reason people still don't know about this band. This is the band that will get fucking high regards in the future once people realize just how good they are.

This album is a lot different than their previous two lps, The Comprehensive List and Our Miracle Point of Contact. It contains almost no screamed vocals at all, although the dual vocals are as good as ever.

download it, ya queers

Castevet- The Echo & The Light

Slept on Castevet, being an idiot? It happens from time to time, and it sucks. But fear not, missing out on bands with such a magnitude of awesome can occur many times in your life, but it can be fixed.

Enter Castevet, a band that does the midwestern twinky twanky guitars, with a little bit of shouted vocals, think Braid (not the guitar part). So, their new EP that was supposed to be released actually got pushed back to May (with 2 new songs on it and a 12" release!) but it leaked, and for all of our enjoyment.

Seriously, stop sleeping and start listening to Castevet, or be a failure.

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