October 16, 2011 (Week Prior)

G.R.A.S. - Outspoken (Release date - 21 January 2010)
http://www.facebook.com/GRASBAND
Pop from Bulgaria

Options - Little Victories (release date: 9/27/2011)
http://optionstheband.bandcamp.com/a...ttle-victories
Math Pop / Indie Rock from Chicago, IL

Observing The Ghost - We Will Find The Sun (release date: 03/09/2011)
http://www.facebook.com/observingtheghost
Atmospheric Rock from UK (RIYL: Placebo/Angles & Airwaves/+44/Incubus/Radiohead/Feeder/Senses Fail/The Mars Volta/Foo Fighters)

The Science Involved - Forest Fires (release date: May 7, 2011)
http://www.facebook.com/thescienceinvolved
Post-Hardcore from California

All It's Worth - Shipwreck (release date: 1st October 2011)
http://allitsworth.bandcamp.com/
Easycore / Pop-Punk from Ireland (RIYL New Found Glory, Set Your Goals, Hit The Lights, Four year Strong)

Shy Mirrors - Sailed Blanks (release date: 11/8/10)
http://www.shymirrors.com/
Indie / Garage Pop / Pop Punk from Sweden (RIYL: Superchunk, Wavves, Cloud Nothings, Sugar)

Insomnium - One for Sorrow (release date: 10/18/11)
http://www.facebook.com/insomniumofficial
Melodic Death Metal from Finland

Durban Poison - Lost In Space (release date: April 20, 2011)
http://www.myspace.com/durbanfnpoison
Garage Punk from British Columbia, Canada (RIYL: the Ramones, Teenage Head, New York Dolls)

Animal Empire - Complicate the World (release date: 12/10/2011)
http://www.facebook.com/animalempire
Rock from Providence, Rhode Island

Overweight - Chapter 11 (release date: December 5)
www.myspace.com/overweightmusic
Ska Punk from Belgium (RIYL: Streetlight Manifesto, NOFX, No Use For A Name)

Black Polaris - Empires (release date: December 5)
www.facebook.com/blackpolarisuk
Melodic Deathcore from Herts, England (RIYL: Emmure, Lamb Of God, In Flames.

Foreign Bodies - Veins Are The Roads
http://www.facebook.com/foreignbodies
Hardcore / Punk / Metal from the UK

Harris Grade - Sea In You (release date: 9/20/2011)
http://harrisgrade.bandcamp.com/album/sea-in-you
Rock from California (RIYL: Anberlin, Switchfoot, Madina Lake)

Out of Reverie - Slugger (release date: July 27, 2011)
www.outofreverie.bandcamp.com
Indie Punk from Arizona (RIYL: The Get Up Kids, Bayside, Transit, Make Do and Mend, The Replacements)

Leverage Models - Forensic Accounting (release date: October 11, 2011)
http://leveragemodels.tumblr.com/
Rock / Pop from NY

Kidneythieves - The Invisible Plan (release date – October 18th)
http://www.kidneythieves.com
Rock from California

Car Party - High & Low Places (release date: August 3rd, 2011)
www.facebook.com/carparty
Pop / Alt-Rock from Maryland (RIYL: Third Eye Blind, Death Cab For Cutie, Jimmy Eat World)

Various Artists - Ten Years Of Thinker Thought (release date: 11/8/11)
http://www.thinkerthought.com/tenyears.html
Rock (RIYL: The Forecast, Hot Water Music, Planes Mistaken For Stars, The Bronx, William Elliott Whitmore, Cursive, Murder By Death)

Inspired & the Sleep - Kaliedoscope Years (Release date: 2/6/2011)
http://inspiredandthesleep.bandcamp.com/
Indie Rock from California (RIYL: Pinback, Spiritualized, Pavement)

Nat & Alex Wolff - Black Sheep (release date: October 11, 2011)
http://www.natandalexstore.com/
Indie / Pop-rock from New York (RIYL: Plain White T’s, Weezer, All American Rejects)

Whitemare - Snider (release date: 11/11/2011)
http://www.facebook.com/whitemareuk
Southern Rock / Punk from UK (RIYL Zeke, Winnebago Deal, Motorhead)

Cavo - Thick as Thieves (release date – February 2012)
http://www.cavomusic.com
Rock from St. Louis, Missouri

Laura Gibson - La Grande (release date: January 24th)
http://www.lauragibsonmusic.com/
Folk from Oregon (RIYL: M. Ward, Feist, The Decemberists)

Close Your Eyes - Empty Hands and Heavy Hearts (release date: 10/24/2011)
http://www.facebook.com/cyeband
Melodic Hardcore from Texas (RIYL: A Day To Remember, Four Year Strong, Comeback Kid)

Carnifex - Until I Feel Nothing (release date: 10/24/2011)
http://www.facebook.com/carnifexmetal
Deathcore from California (RIYL: Suicide Silence, The Black Dahlia Murder, Darkest Hour)

Aiden - Some Kind of Hate (release date: 10/24/2011)
http://www.facebook.com/weareaiden
Punk from Washington (RIYL: Black Veil Brides, Good Charlotte, AFI)

Briertone - Sky's Torn Open (Release Date: October 14th, 2011)
http://www.facebook.com/briertone
Indie / Outlaw / Southern from California

The Involvement - The Involvement (release date - may 2011)
www.theinvolvement.com
Pop Punk / Rock from New York (RIYL: Blink 182, Foo Fighters, Say Anything)

Great Like Cake - Stallion Italian
http://greatlikecake.bandcamp.com/
Post-Hardcore / Indie-Rock from California

With Lions - Touch The Sound (release date 11/1/11)
http://touchthesound.bandcamp.com/
Rock / Indie / Experimental from New York, NY & Baltimore, MD (RIYL: Lake Trout, Benzos, Radiohead, Arcade Fire)

Architect Sketch - The Great Dilemma
http://architectsketch.bandcamp.com/
Post - Punk / Krautrock from California

The Lion Faced Boy - Cause & Infected (release date: 10/14/11)
www.purevolume.com/thelionfacedboy
Alternative / Indie / Pop-punk from Tampa, FL (RIYL: Taking Back Sunday, Saves The Day, Brand new, Say Anything)

Search The Skyline - Clouds (release date: 10/ 10/ 2011)
www.facebook.com/searchtheskyline
Pop-Punk / Pop-Rock from Ireland/Dublin

Races - Big Broom (release date: November 15th)
http://racesband.tumblr.com/
Indie Rock from San Fernando Valley

The Nobility - The Secret of Blennerhassett Island (release date: October 11th, 2011)
www.thenobility.com
Rock from Tennessee

The Carnival of Shadows - Creepy EP (release date: Oct 9th, 2011)
www.thecarnivalofshadows.com
Acoustic Punk / Dark Ska from New Jersey

The Suicide of Western Culture - Remixes (release date: November, 1, 2011)
http://www.myspace.com/thesuicideofwesternculture
Indie / Electronic from Spain (RIYL: Fuck Buttons, Animal Collective, Cut Copy, The High Lamas, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Disco Inferno)

Fallstaf - Bastard Sons of Pure Breed (release date: October 25, 2011)
http://ashermediarelations.com/epks/...re-breed-2011/
Trombone Metal from Montreal, QC, Canada (RIYL: Mushroomhead, Hatebreed, Sepultra, Five Finger Death Punch, Cavalera Conspiracy)

The Big Sleep - Nature Experiments (release date: January 31st)
www.thebigsleep.net
Post Rock / Experimental from Brooklyn, NY (RIYL: Turing Machine, Sunn 0))), Russian Cirlces, Mogwai)

Low Roar - Low Roar (release date: 11/1/11)
http://tonequake.com/archives/roster/low-roar
Ambient / Rock / Shoegaze from Reykjavík, Iceland

The Morning Clouds - Wasted Youth Blues (release date: 10/11/2011)
http://www.facebook.com/themorningclouds
Shoegaze / Indie / Psychedelic from Colorado (RIYL: Richie Valens, Low)

Crappy Dracula - Fantastic Dracula (release date- July 2011)
www.crappydracula.com
Goof Punk from Wisconsin (RIYL: Dead Milkmen, Mr. Show, UHF)

Mirador - Verdant (release date - 10/18/11)
http://mirador.bandcamp.com
Chillwave from Philadelphia (RIYL: Balam Acab, Gold Panda, oOoOO)

The Death Notes - Splinter (release date: 21 November 2011)
www.thedeathnotes.com
Alternative from Nottingham, England

My Fictions - I Want Nothing (release date: 10/25/11)
http://flannelgurl.bandcamp.com
Experimental Hardcore from Massachusetts

Weak Teeth - What A Plague You Are (release date: 10/22/2011)
http://flannelgurl.bandcamp.com
Hardcore from Rhode Island

Il Abanico - Crossing Colors (Release Date: Feb 2011)
http://ilabanico.bandcamp.com/
Indie / Alt from Colombia / L.A

Two Headed Spy - Club Hong Kong (release date: 09/30/11)
www.twoheadedspy.com
Alternative Rock / Post Grunge from San Francisco, CA (RIYL: The Jesus Lizard, System of a Down, Shellac, Big Black, Nirvana)

Courtesy Tier - Holy Hot Fire (release date - October 18th 2011)
http://thecourtesytier.com/holyhotfire.php
Indie / Rock from Brooklyn NY

Jeffrey Nothing - The New Psychodalia
http://www.facebook.com/jeffreynothing.music
Debut solo album from the voice of Mushroomhead

I Build Collapsible Mountains - The Spectator and the Act
www.myspace.com/ibcmountains
Solo project of Scottish musician Luke Joyce

Evanescence - Evanescence
http://www.evanescence.com/
Alternative / Pop / Rock from NY