July 15, 2012 (Week Prior) - AbsolutePunk.net

Teenage Octopus - Ink (release date: 7/2011)
http://teenageoctopus.bandcamp.com/album/ink
Alternative Rock/Jam (RIYL: Ben Folds Five, Here We Go Magic, Phish, Wilco)

Owl Paws - Carry On (release date: August 31st, 2012)
www.owlpaws.com
Folk / Indie from California (RIYL: Fleet Foxes, Anthony Green)

Years In The Making - Prevail (release date: July 17th)
http://www.facebook.com/yearsinthemaking
Pop-Punk from NY (RIYL: New Found Glory, Four Year Strong, Set Your Goals, The Wonder Years)

Curious Quail - .:Instant Gratification:. (release date: June 30th, 2012)
http://curiousquail.bandcamp.com
Alternative / Rock / Indie from California

Mr. Meeble - Nostalgic for Now (release date: 6/14/2012)
http://www.facebook.com/m.meeble
Electronic / Electronic Rock / Electronic Glitch Rock from Arizona (RIYL: Thom Yorke, Washed Up, Massive Attack, Apparat, Lymbyb Systym)

Jonathan Snee - Good Blood (release date: 5th July 2012)
www.jonathansnee.bandcamp.com
Acoustic from Scotland (RIYL: Kevin Devine, Mike Kinsella, IIOI, Right Away, Great Captain!)

7 Day Weekend - 7 Day Weekend (release date - 17th September)
www.facebook.com/7dayweekenduk
Alt Rock from UK (RIYL: You Had Me At Hello, Young Guns)

Katatonia - Dead End Kings (release date - 27/08/12)
www.deadendkings.com
Metal / Rock from Sweden (RIYL: Tool, Opeth, Paradise Lost)

David Stones - The Steppin' Stone: All or Nuthin' (release date: August 31st 2012)
http://soundcloud.com/davidstonesmus...prod-by-boomer
Hip Hop from Brooklyn, New York (RIYL: Buckshot, 50 Cent, Rick Ross)

Pan - These Are The Things I Love and I Want to Share Them With You (release date: August 28, 2012)
http://teamclermont.com/roster/13349/pan
Post-Rock from South Carolina (RIYL: Explosions in the Sky, Fang Island)

Held By Horses - In History (release date - 17th September)
www.facebook.com/heldbyhorses
Rock from UK (RIYL: Lower Than Atlantis, Funeral for a Friend)

The Calm Blue Sea - Arrivals & Departures (release date: October 9, 2012)
www.thecalmbluesea.com/home/
Post-Rock from Austin, TX (RIYL: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai)

The Rubbish Zoo - The Rubbish Zoo (release date- 4/18/12)
www.facebook.com/therubbishzoo
Indie Pop from Wyoming (RIYL: Vampire Weekend, Local Natives, The Format)

Make - Trephine (release date: 30/07/2012)
http://www.facebook.com/thebandmake
Doom from North Carolina (RIYL: Neuosis, Isis, Horseback)

Daniel Pearson - One For Conversation (Release Date - 30th July 2012)
www.danielpearson.net
Rock / Punk Pop from UK

StandStill - Unsolved (Release date: May 29, 2012)
www.acebook.com/standstillnj
Alternative / Indie from New Jersey (RIYL: Saves the Day, Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, Jimmy Eat World, Bright Eyes)

Canoe - All These Dreams (Release date: 6/15/12)
www.facbook.com/CanoeBuffalo
Pop-Punk from New York

This Is Your Life - Before We Fade Away (release date: 08/03/2012)
http://glassnailrecords.bandcamp.com...e-we-fade-away
Melodic Hardcore from Virginia (RIYL: No Trigger/A Wilhelm Scream/Strike Anywhere)

Harker - Loyal Than Most/Lights Off (release date: 27/02/2012)
http://facebook.com/hrkruk
Acoustic / Rock from Brighton, UK

Abandoned Pools - Sublime Currency (release date: Aug 28, 2012)
www.abandonedpools.com
Pop / Rock from CA (RIYL: Eels, Remy Zero)

Icarus The Owl - Love Always, Leviathan (release date: June 21st)
http://www.facebook.com/icarustheowl
Mathy Alternative Rock from Portland, OR (RIYL: Protest The Hero, Thrice, Minus The Bear)

A Great Big Pile Of Leaves - Making Moves 7" (release date: July 24th)
www.AGreatBigPileofLeaves.com
Indie Rock from Brooklyn, NY

Titanics - The New Wine (release date: March 19, 2012)
http://www.titanics.bandcamp.com
Acoustic / Lo-Fi / Ambient from Albany, New York (RIYL: Death Cab For Cutie, Villagers, Owen)

Stagnant Pools - Temporary Room (release date: August 7)
http://stagnantpools.bandcamp.com/
Indie from Indiana (RIYL: Joy Division, Sonic Youth, The Jesus and Mary Chain)

Hans San Juan - Vermin (release date: January 17, 2012)
http://hanssanjuan.com/
Progressive Rock from California

Kaipa - Vittjar (release date: Aug 28)
www.kaipa.info
Progressive from Sweden

Beardfish - The Void (release date: Aug 28, 2012)
www.beardfishband.com
Progressive from Sweden

Broken Romeo - Desperation Daze (release date: October 18, 2011)
http://soundcloud.com/brokenromeo/se...eration-daze-1
Rock / Alt Rock from Tucson, Arizona

Scarlet Pills - No One Will Live A Life For You (release date: 31/12/2010)
http://scarletpills.bandcamp.com/alb...a-life-for-you
Punk Rock / Pop-Punk from Russian Federation (RIYL: Alkaline Trio, Millencolin, Goldfinger, New Found Glory)

Police & Thieves - Fracturing (release date: Dec 30 2011)
https://www.facebook.com/policethieves
Hardcore Punk from Washington, DC

Cauls - EP2 (release date - 24th September)
www.facebook.com/caulsband
Rock from UK (RIYL: Radiohead, Deftones)

The Wicked - Never Trust The Dead (release date: August 9, 2012)
http://www.facebook.com/WeAreTheWicked
Gypsy-Punk / Cabaret from Massachusetts

Ex Era - Ex Era
www.exera.bandcamp.com
RIYL: Coheed and Cambria, Rage Against The Machine, The Fall of Troy, Say Anything, Foo Fighters

Aim Your Arrows - Reflections (release date: 07/06/2012)
www.facebook.com/aimyourarrows
Pop-Punk from Michigan (RIYL: Paramore, New Found Glory, Set Your Goals, Tonight Alive, A Day To Remember)

Garbage Elitist - The Tender-Hearted Kidnappers (release date: 7/10/2012)
www.garbageelitist.bandcamp.com
Punk from Missouri (RIYL: Against Me!, Bomb the Music Industry, The Lawrence Arms, The Taxpayers)

LucyAndtheDaze - Alone, Together (release date: June 30 2012)
http://lucyandthedaze.bandcamp.com/
Instrumental from Wonderland

Cari Clara - Midnight March (release date: 7/11/12)
www.deepelm.com/539
Indie Pop / Indie Rock from Lexington, KY (RIYL: Arcade Fire, The Shins, Band of Horses, Elbow, Bon Iver, Elliot Smith, Stars)

Dos Cafundós - Capitão Coração (release date: July 30th 2012)
http://www.doscafundos.com/
Punk / Ska / Rock from Brazil (RIYL: Mr Bungle, Frank Zappa, John Zorn)

Fighting With Wire - Waiting On A Way To Believe (release date: 23rd July)
www.fightingwithwire.co.uk
Rock from UK (RIYL: Foo Fighters, Jimmy Eat World, Nirvana)

Foreign Home - How Strange the Night (release date: August 21st / August 20 UK)
www.foreignhomemusic.com
Indie / Post-Punk / Pop from Oklahoma (RIYL: Chapel Club, Minus the Bear, Mew, The Killers)

Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (release date – July 17th)
www.jimmycliff.com
Reggae from Jamaica (RIYL: Bob Marley, Rancid)

The Dirty Nil - Summer Mix-tape (release date: July 10th)
http://thedirtynil.bandcamp.com/
Garage Rock / Punk from Canada

JOE/Y/ - Tom Waits Will Hate This (release date -- June 20, 2012)
www.joeyezbak.bandcamp.com
Indie / Folk / Rock from Ohio (RIYL: Bright Eyes, Modest Mouse, Wilco)

Fyner - Fast Attack. Slow Release. (release date - March 30, 2012)
www.mrfyner.com
Pop Punk / Alternative / Power Pop from Massachusetts

Lady in the Radiator - Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend / Beaut (release date: Sept 11/March 12)
http://ladyintheradiator.com/
Psychedelic Alternative Rock from NJ

Joseph Albert - Via Oxygen (release date - May 22, 2012)
www.josephalbertmusic.com
Indie / Bedroom Pop / Singer-Songwriter from Brooklyn, NY (RIYL: Youth Lagoon, Gem Club, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Death Cab For Cutie)

Slim Twig - Sof' Sike (release date: 8/21/12)
http://tellallyourfriendspr.createse...hk-pfduiruk-k/
Psych / Garage from Toronto, Canada (RIYL: Dirty Beaches, Sparks, Rolling Stones)

Airiel - Kid Games (release date: 7/31/12)
http://www.airiel.com//
Shoegaze from Chicago, IL (RIYL: Ride, Slowdive, Pet Shop Boys)

Just Like Vinyl - Black Mass (release date: Aug 28)
www.facebook.com/justlikevinylwa
Rock / Prog from Seattle, WA (RIYL: Fall of Troy, Coheed and Cambira, At The Drive In)

Alaska / Oranges - The Summer I Joined the Harlem Globetrotters Split (release date: July 10, 2012)
http://alaskanv.bandcamp.com / http://orangesmusic.bandcamp.com
Experimental / Post-Punk / Math Rock from Nevada (RIYL: Pianos Become the Teeth, Circa Survive, Suis La Lune, Algernon Cadwallader, This Town Needs Guns, Castavet)

Monkeys In Space - Flying Under the Influence (release date: April 26 2011)
http://monkeysinspace.wordpress.com/...download-card/
Rock / Punk Rock from San Diego, CA (RIYL: Unwritten Law, Strung Out, No Use For a Name, Foo Fighters, Brand New, the Ataris, Taking Back Sunday, Blink 182)

Papa Roach - The Connection (Release Date: October 2, 2012)
www.paparoach.com
Rock from California

Ol' Doris - A Murder of Four (release date: August 2012)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ol-Doris/166128150103481
Punk / Rock from Seattle, WA

Pomegranates - Heaven (release date: June 5, 2012)
http://pomegranatesart.tumblr.com/
Indie / Post Punk / Disco from Cincinnati, OH (RIYL: Electrelane, The Bee Gees)