July 31, 2011 (Week Prior) - AbsolutePunk.net

Over the Ocean - Paper House (Release Date: July 26, 2011)
http://overtheoceanmusic.com
Rock from Norfolk, VA (RIYL: Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky, mewithoutYou, The Appleseed Cast, Sigur Ros)

Avian Sunrise - Silence in the Sound (release date: 5/3/11)
www.aviansunrise.com
Alternative / Piano-Based Rock from South Dakota (RIYL: Death Cab For Cutie, Jimmy Eat World, Explosions In The Sky, Barcelona)

The Rapture - In The Grace Of Your Love (release date: Sept. 5, 2011)
www.therapturemusic.com/
Alternative from NY (RIYL: Gang of Four, Talking Heads, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Glenn Branca, Holy Ghost, Yacht)

LPMD (Longineu Parsons III and Miles M. Davis) - Off The Record (release date: available as free download in September)
www.facebook.com/LPMDfan
Hip-Hop from the drummer of Yellowcard

Tristan Clopet - Name It What You Want (release date: June 6th 2011)
www.TristanClopet.com
Indie / Rock / Pop from Toronto/Miami (RIYL: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blur, Jeff Buckley, Local Natives)

Executioner - Anthology (release date: 8/2/11)
www.patacrecords.com
Hardcore / Punk from CA (features the band’s entire 1982 recorded output, restored and remastered)

Greeley Estates - The Death of Greeley Estates (release date: August 9th, 2011)
www.facebook.com/greeleyestatesband
Hardcore from Arizona

Tim Cohen - The Glad Birth of Love (release date July 19, 2011)
http://www.endlessnest.com/store/index.php#gbol
Indie / Rock from CA (RIYL: Fresh & Onlys, The Sandwitches)

A Strength Within - Still Searching (release date: 12/07/2011)
www.perspectiverecords.com
Hardcore from Belgium

Bengtsarvet - Slutet/Monarken (release date: July 20th 2011)
www.myspace.com/bengtsarvet
Synth / Postrock from Sweden (RIYL: Fuck Buttons, Explosions In The Sky, Holy Fuck)

Betty Poison - Beuty is Over (release date:May 2011)
http://www.myspace.com/bettypoison1
Alternative / Foxcore from Italy (RIYL: Hole, Babes in Toyland, Bikini Kill, L7)

Luminal - Io Non Credo (release date: May 2011)
http://soundcloud.com/luminal_band
New Wave from Italy (RIYL: Gang Of Four, Interpol)

El Santo Nada - Tuco (release date: Sept 2011)
http://www.youtube.com/user/ElSantoNada
Instrumental Desert Rock from Italy (RIYL: Ennio Morricone, Calexico, Santo & Johnny)

Bologna Violenta - Il Nuovissimo Mondo (release date: Mar 2011)
www.soundcloud.com/bolognaviolenta
Grindcore from Italy (RIYL: Napalm Death, Debussy, Slayer, Wagner)

Tag Your Targets & Hot Damn - Tag Your Targets & Hot Damn Split (release date: August 1st, 2011)
www.facebook.com/TagYourTargets and www.facebook.com/HotDamnUK
Pop-Punk / Melodic Hardcore from Malmö, Sweden and South Wales, UK

George Ellias - EP (release date: July 5, 2011)
http://www.georgeelliasmusic.info/
Alt Folk from CA (RIYL: Bob Dylan, Devendra Banhart)

Two O'Clock Courage - Here's To Hoping... (release date: May 20th, 2011)
http://www.purevolume.com/twooclockcourage
Pop-Punk / Easycore from Connecticut (RIYL: Fall Out Boy, All Time Low, A Day To Remember, Attack Attack!, and Four Year Strong)

Computer Magic - Electronic Fences (release date: March 15, 2011)
http://www.myspace.com/computermagicaaaaa
Experimental / Tropical from New York

Vernon Sélavy - / (release date: August 1th)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Verno...35214233207161
Garage / Folk from Italy (RIYL: Movie Star Junkies / Vermillion Sands / Fresh & Onlys / Girls / Black Keys)

Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination (release date: 10/11/2011)
http://www.foreverabomination.com
Heavy Metal from Ohio

Notar - Devil’s Playground (release date: September 13, 2011)
http://www.notarnyc.com
Rock / Rap / Hip-hop from CT/NY

Memphis Crawl - Falling Down Against The Sun (release date: December 4, 2010)
www.memphiscrawl.com
Blues / Rock from New York

Savoir Adore Chantuese Deidre - Curious Parcel (release date: August 2nd)
http://tellallyourfriendspr.com/savoiradore/
Alternative / Indie / Rock / Electonic from Brooklyn, NY (RIYL: Broken Social Scene, The Postal Service, MGMT)

The Young Maths - Errors (release date: August 13, 2011)
http://theyoungmaths.bandcamp.com
Post-Punk from Texas (RIYL - Q and not U, Fugazi, Blood Brothers, Talking Heads, the Rapture)

Dub Trio - Dub Trio IV (release date Oct. 25)
http://www.facebook.com/dubtrio
Club / Metal from Brooklyn

Pensioner - Yearlings
http://pensioner.bandcamp.com
Math Rock from Dundee, Scotland (RIYL: Faraquet, Trail of Dead, At The Drive-In, Mew, Stapleton)

The Night Beats - The Night Beats (release date: June 28, 2011)
http://www.myspace.com/thenightbeatswilleatyou
Garage Rock / Punk / Psychedelic from Seattle (RIYL:Black Angels, Thee Oh Sees, 13th Floor Elevators, Electric Prunes)

Mikal Cronin - Mikal Cronin (release date: September 20, 2011)
http://www.myspace.com/mikalcroninmusic
Garage Rock / Punk / Pop from San Francisco (RIYL: Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees, Beach Boys, Donovan, Ramones)

Hello Rainey - Lifecycles (release date: 05/03/2011)
http://www.facebook.com/HelloRainey
Pop / Rock / Synth Pop from Chicago, IL

Options - I'm Only Gonna Be Here Now (Release Date: 2/1/2011)
http://optionstheband.bandcamp.com/a...na-be-here-now
Math Pop / Indie Rock from Chicago, IL

Apocalypse Five and Dime - Ballads For the End Times (release date: July 1, 2011)
www.apocalypsefiveanddime.com
Brass / Punk / Ragtime from Brooklyn, NY (RIYL: Dark Dark Dark, Why are We Building Such a Big Ship, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Beirut)

Your Highness - Cults 'n' Cunts (release date: 4th of July 2011)
http://notyourhighness.blogspot.com
Punk / Metal / Stoner from Belgium (RIYL: Doomriders, Burning Love, Black Breath, old Mastodon, High on Fire, Baroness)

The Ugly Club - Visions of Tall Girl (release date: June 10th, 2011)
www.theuglyclub.bandcamp.com
Psychedelic Indie-Rock from New Jersey (RIYL: My Morning Jacket, The Shins, Spoon)

Cosmo Jarvis - Is The World Strange Or Am I Strange? (release date: October 11th)
http://www.cosmojarvis.com/
Pop / Rock from UK

Idaho - You Were a Dick (release date: 6.28.11)
http://www.idaho.bandcamp.com
Alternative from CA (RIYL: Low, Beach House, Radiohead, Red House Painters)

Passafire - Start From Scratch (release date: 9/20/11)
http://www.passafiretheband.com/
Rock from Georgia (RIYL: 311, Pepper, Sublime, Slightly Stupid, Rebelution, Long Beach Dub All Stars)

Wolves Like Us - Late Love (release date: 9/13/11)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wolves...19705408068190
Rock / Metal from Oslo, Norway (RIYL: Mastodon, Hot Water Music, Planes Mistaken for Stars, JR Ewing, Drive Like Jehu)

Oh, Sleeper - Children of Fire (release date: 9/27/11)
http://www.facebook.com/ohsleeper
Metalcore from Texas (RIYL: Underoath, Bring Me The Horizon, Norma Jean, As I Lay Dying)

Andrew Jackson Jihad - Knife Man (release date: 9/20/11)
http://www.andrewjacksonjihad.com/
Folk / Punk from Arizona (RIYL: Defiance, Ohio, Ghost Mice, This Bike is a Pipe Bomb)

Bury Your Dead - Mosh 'n' Roll (release date: 8/2/11)
http://www.facebook.com/buryyourdeadofficial
Metalcore from Massachusetts (RIYL: The Acacia Strain, Emmure, Throwdown, Misery Signals, Bleeding Through)

Blank Spaces For Utah. - The Garden You Burnt Down (release date: 7/27/2011)
http://blankspacesforutah.bandcamp.com/
Emo / Acoustic from Watsonville, California

Ease The Medic & The Garrison - Ease The Medic/The Garrison split 7" (release date: 7/26/11)
http://www.wewantaction.com/releases...rison-split-7/
Post-Hardcore from Ohio (RIYL: Hot Water Music, Cursive, Braid, Samiam)

Little Foot Long Foot - Oh, Hell (release date June 28)
http://littlefootlongfoot.com/
Indie Rock from Canada (RIYL: White Stripes, Black Keys, Howling Bells, The Gossip)

Droves - The Were Still Here EP (release date: 03.08.2011)
http://www.myspace.com/drovesmusic
Melodic Punk Rock from England

Kill It With Fire! - We're Not Coming Back Your Way (release date: 7th September 2011)
http://hangtightrecords.limitedpress...products/11814
Pop-Punk from Wales (RIYL: The Wonder Years, Me vs Hero, Save Your Breath)

Astronautalis - This Is Our Science (release date: September 13, 2011)
http://teamclermont.com/roster/10974/astronautalis
Hip-Hop / Indie Rock from Minneapolis (RIYL: Anticon / Tegan & Sara)

Chasing Aislin - Fools, Trolls, and Warlocks (release date: 6/6/11)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chasin...58598410834339
Metalcore / Pop Punk / Experimental from Ohio

Neara Russell - Noise and Silence (release date: May 1, 2011)
http://www.neararussell.com/
Pop / Rock from California (RIYL: Imogen Heap, Peter Gabriel, Tori Amos)

The Consonance - October (release date: Sept 9th)
http://www.theconsonance.com/fr_home.cfm
Jazz / Funk / Pop from Canada

The Regime - The Regime (release date: June 2011)
www.officialregime.com
Punk / Rock from California (RIYL: Rocket from the Crypt, Jawbreaker, Fugazi)

Tiger Waves - Only Good Bands Have Animal Names (release date: 19 June 2011)
http://tigerwaves.bandcamp.com/album...e-animal-names
Indie Pop from Austin, Texas (RIYL: Beach Boys, Anything from Elephant 6, Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, Mid-Period Beatles, Late-Period Beatles, Phil Spector & Associated Acts)

MC Lars - Lars Attacks! (release date: September 6, 2011)
http://www.mclars.bandcamp.com
Nerdcore / Rap form NY (RIYL: Wiz Khalifa, Weerd Science, mc chris)

Heavy As Holograms - Heavy As Holograms (release date: June 30, 2011)
http://www.heavyasholograms.bandcamp.com
Pop / Rock (RIYL: All American Rejects and Cheap Trick)

Caught Red Handed - The Antidote (release date: Sept 2011)
www.reverbnation.com/caughtredhandednj
Punk Rock from New Jersey

Devon Kay & the Solutions - Never Punt (release date: July 29, 2011)
http://devonkayandthesolutions.bandcamp.co m
Pop / Punk / Rock from Chicago, IL (RIYL: Blink-182, The Decendents)

Erik Lamb - Blow Up Dolls (release date: July 30th, 2011)
http://soundcloud.com/eriklamb-blowupdolls
Hip-Hop from New London, Connecticut (RIYL: Keith Sweat, GDP and Bananarama)

About the Mess - Anthem of Imperfection (release date - 8/23/2011)
http://www.aboutthemess.com
Punk / Rock from Illinois (RIYL: Off With Their Heads, Hot Water Music, Pegboy, '90s Green Day)

Abstract Artimus - Rite of Passage (release date: September 6, 2011)
www.abstractartimus.com
Boogie / Soul / Old School Rock from Jacksonville, FL / Mobile, AL / Brooklyn, NY (RIYL: Pissed Jeans)

Anvil - Monument of Metal: The Very Best of Anvil (release date: September 27, 2011)
http://www.myspace.com/anvilmetal
Metal from Toronto

The Walton Hoax - Chemical Burn (release date : August 15th 2011)
http://thewaltonhoax.be/album/chemical-burn-ep
Dubstep / UK Garage from Belgium (RIYL: Jamie Woon, James Blake, Burial, Moderat)

Doggy Style - Punker's Anthem (release date: 30 August 2011)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Doggy-...k/239923099394
Punk from CA (RIYL: TSOL, AWOL)

Murderland - Prelude to a Kill (release date: 4/15/2011)
http://www.facebook.com/wecametoparty
Horror-Punk from California

Turf War - Years of Living Dangerously (release date - October 18. 2011)
http://teamclermont.com/roster/11033/turf-war
Rock / Garage / Punk from Georgia (RIYL: Black Lips, Jeff The Brotherhood)

My Good Name - Going Away (Release Date: 08/19/2011)
http://www.facebook.com/Mygoodnamemusic
Rock / Indie from Bedford, IN

The British Columbians - Made For Darker Things (release date: August 1st (digital), September 13 (physical)
http://thebritishcolumbians.com/
Blues / Southern Rock from Vancouver, Canada

The Sister Ruby Band - In Cold Blood (release date: September 6)
www.thesisterrubyband.com
Indie from CA/London, UK

Cutting Teeth - Cutting Teeth (Release date: 26/07/2011)
http://cuttingteeth.bandcamp.com/
Punk from Dublin, Ireland

Mercer Avenue - More Than A Statement
http://www.merceravenue.bandcamp.com
RIYL: The Starting Line, The Academy Is, Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eat World

Grandpa Was A Lion - The Whalestoe Tapes (release date - March 2, 2011)
http://grandpawasalion.bandcamp.com/...halestoe-tapes
Lo-Fi / Indie / Blues from Connecticut (RIYL: Califone)

Little Horn - Twelve (release date - 7/26)
http://teamclermont.com/roster/10530/little-horn
Folk / Rock from GA (RIYL: Smog, 16 Horsepower, Bonnie "Prince" Billy)

Robbers - Fear To Face Beauty (release date: October 2011)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/ROBBERS/38392544063
Indie / Rock from Long Island

Thug Mansion All-Starz - Jen Talia
www.thugmansionallstarz.com
MPLS Gangster Rap Super Group

The Young Presidents - Freedom of Speech (Release Date: June 14, 2011)
www.theyoungpresidents.com
Rock from New York (RIYL: classic trios like Cream, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and 90’s alternatives like Nirvana and Train)

OneState - Migratory Patterns (release date: 22/07/2011)
www.facebook.com/onestate
Alternative / Punk from UK (RIYL: Million Dead, Kinesis, Random Hand)

Firehorse - And So They Ran Faster... (release date: Sept 27, 2011)
http://www.thisisfirehorse.com/
Inide / Electronic from NY (RIYL: Kate Bush, PJ Harvey, Chan Marshall)

The New Rochelles - It’s New! (release date August 16th)
www.brightandbarrow.bandcamp.com
Pop-Punk Trio from NY (The Ramones, The Queers, Teenage Bottlerocket)

Bird by Bird - While You Sleep (release date: Aug 16, 2011)
www.birdbybirdband.com
Indie / Pop / Rock from California (RIYL: U2, Young The Giant, Biffy Clyro)

Lost Years - Goodbye Steel City (Release Date: April 5th 2011)
http://facebook.com/lostyears219
Blue Collared Punk Rock from Gary, Indiana

The Walton Hoax - Chemical Burn (release date: 8.15.11)
www.thewaltonhoax.be
Dubstep from Belgium (RIYL: Jamie Woon, James Blake, Burial, Skream, Moderat, Zomby, Joy Orbison, Phaeleh)

Love and a .38 - Love and a .38 (release date: May 4th, 2010)
http://www.loveanda38.com
Hard Rock from California