Texas Blind

There were a few dudes from my area who had a band...or still have a band. They always used to remind me of At The Drive-In...or maybe they still remind me of ATDI. They haven't played a show in forever and PROBABLY SHOULD GET ON THAT SOON.

Anyway, I present you all of this bands recorded material. Texas Blind is RIYL At The Drive-In, Fugazi and The Mars Volta; and even if you do not like those bands you should probably download this anyway.

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Bridge And Tunnel

So I know that this guy is going to hate this post because he doesn't much care for this band, but I love them and this album is great.

This only being their second release, Bridge and Tunnel has shown a great deal of maturity from self-titled EP. Well developed melodies and thoughtful lyrics intertwining with punchy riffs and thundering drums give this album a punk attitude, but holds its own originality.

I can only begin to describe how good this album is. I would recommend picking it up for yourself. I mean, they have members of Latterman, The Solidarity Pact, Regarding I, and The Fellow Project, not sure how this could be bad.

By the way, I cannot stop watching this video.

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Favorite Track: Rubrics

Rating: 9 Out Of 10

Akron/Family

There really hasn't been any indie rock posted on here since we've started this blog. Not that I'm particularly into the genre, but I do think there are a few gems floating around out there among all the hipster nonsense.

Akron/Family is one of my recent favorites. Not that they haven't been churning out music since 2003, but they've only recently come to my attention in the last year-or-so. Unafraid to slip comfortably between noise and well-developed/folky melodies the group's self-titled debut album was released in 2005 on Michael Gira's (of Swans fame) label; Young God records. Akron/Family would also come to serve as the backing band for Gira's solo project Angels of Light on the album 'Sing "Other People"', as well as numerous subsequent tours that Akron/Family would also serve as the opener for.

On this their self-titled debut, the band uses a variety of instruments to obtain their strange brand of folk-influenced, experimental indie rock spanning from trumpet to guitars to sythesizer to accordion to a variety of circuit-bending electronic equipment, they are even able to still develop a comprehensible harmony. Using both awkward and more straight forward melodies they create a unique sound that will interest even the most hipster-hating metal heads.

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Favorite Track: Afford

Rating: 9 Out Of 10