Ohio is for lovers... and folk punk. (Defiance, Ohio.)

FOLK PUNK! Ya know you love it, and if you dont this band will make you. Political like punk, peaceful like folk, and just enough harmonica and banjo for you want to put on some overalls. (Okay, maybe not overalls, but you may walk barefooted in the grass.) Fiddel, (or maybe it's a violen, or maybe I cannot spell) acoustic guitars, 4 or 3 (I cant tell if yelly and lispy are the same guy. Oh, and once you DL this you'll find out who yelly and lispy are, along with rough and girly) vocalists, a banjo!, some drums, and claping, and yelling, and poetic almost rap like song structure, (not on all songs) will make this guys well known. If you like Ghost Mice, a band they did a split with, and This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, then you'll like Defiance, Ohio. more.

The first Album is minus girly, (I actually think she was the chick from Ghost Mice) but she takes a major role in The Great Depression. Also, Share What Ya Got is a bit rough for a coupla tracks, but overall both great albums.

BTW if you do like them, they have a new album comming out.

17/20 (Double review!!! Blame the -3 on Share What You Got's annoying recordings.)
Share What Ya Got
The Great Depression

Ordination of Aaron - Colmplete Works

First things first, it has been a while since I posted, so FYI I got a bunch more stuff to upload.


Let me put it this way, if you like The Get Up Kids then Ordination of Aaron is for you. Youthful, sorrowful, quiet,and beautiful. While a few tracks will get a bit loud, most are on the quiet side. Kinda reminds me of mineral, but these guys where most deffinatly infulenced by the deeper side of The Get Up Kids. Less pop and more rock. I've heard a few people (I dont know many ppl that have ever heard of these guys) call them post-emo, but that would imply that they were once members of emo bands. I'm to lazy to look that up, but they do have that type of sound. Anyway, if you like SDRE or the Get Up Kids then OOA wont be breaking new ground with you (But this is deffinetly worth a download if nothing else). Enjoyable and it has the feel of better times.

8/10 (Good, but not something that you will find yourself listening to daily, maybe once or twice a week, but no more.)
Ordination of Aaron - Completed Works

My Favorite Citizen - Discogrophy

While it seems it will still be a while before the official "My Favorite Citizen Dicog" comes out you can get it now. (Of course you will delete it later and buy the real deal... right?)

This has to be one of my favorite bands. They may have only recorded 4 songs through their whole existance, but bands with quite a few full lengths under their belt can't rival the greatness of these 4 tracks. Beautiful indie pop/rock that will have you feeling like a kid again, and if you're a kid have you feeling... well just plain good I guess. All the songs are positive, and very catchy. Even the tough guy that loves powerviolence and black metal may just find himself singing along.
(If you didnt get all the subtle hints, download this and LOVE it.)

12/10 (impossible I know...)
My Favorite Citizen - Discogrophy

Support.

Like Silverstien but with less talent. (The Chiodos Bros.)

(From the title of this post you may have caught that I like the "scene" band Silverstien, and if you like 'em but only have When Broken Is Easily Fixed have no fear because uploads for them are coming soon enough.)

The Chiodos Bros, now well known as just plain old Chiodos, have some pretty good stuff, so I guess I may as well show you some. This album is insainly poppy for a "hardcore" album. (Hardcore is in quotes because while thats the genre they are known to be in I disagree.) If you've ever heard their music before than you should know what to expect. Poppy, metal-ish, some screaming, and cliche lyrics. While you may be thinking,
"Heard one band like that, you've heard 'em all..."
but these guys actually try, even if just a little. Not the best but definatly not the worst. So now here you go, the original release that got them signed to Equalvision, and in turn has now -even if this is'nt the one that is in the top 5 on the charts- made them famous.

6/10 (Infectious poppy melodies and singing get to you, but after awhile it's just annoying)
The Chiodos Bros. - The Heartless Control Everything

Mindless Screaming. (Army Of Flying Robots)

While kickass art is one thing this album has, it cannot make up for how awful the band is. This is just primal screaming that is damn near unbearble. YOU WILL LOVE THIS BAND IS YOU LIKE ASSFACTOR 4. IMO very similar to AF4 and I like neither of them.

4/10 (Some songs are bearable but not enough for me. Just not my thing)
Army Of Flying Robots - S/T 7"

I'm a liar that hates itunes. (Nation of Ulysses)

In a previous post for The Nation Of Ulysses I said that Plays Pretty For Baby was their final release. I lied. I checked iTunes and found The Embassy tapes. (BTW I hate iTunes because I no longer have an iPod to listen to my iTunes music on. I cant change the format of the songs to put on my Zune, Rep’in Microsoft, and I’m really pissed about it…) Recorded before the split up, put out on Discord Records, and it may just be their best album ever. They had one guitarist as opposed to the two they usually had, and the quality is pretty crappy. Even though that’s enough to kill most albums NOU has put out a punk masterpiece. A couple of reworks of old songs, and some new songs, all with that jazzy, rebellious, angry, energetic feel of The Nation Of Ulysses. Great stuff that as before mentioned is a must is you like Swing Kids, Dead Kennedys, and oh-so many punk rock bands.


9/10 (I just got this recently but its growing on me fast.)
The Nation Of Ulysses - The Embassy Tapes Apparently this is not Dl able, so I'll figure out how to make it so it is in the near future.

Support.

Khayembii Comunique/VidaBlue split

I dont feel like writing another review for KC, or a first for VidaBlue. So check it out or dont.

7/10 (VidaBlue is lacking on here, and thats a shame since it was there last recordings with that name.)
Khayembii Communique/VidaBlue - Split

Maybe it's all pointless...

Well I've uploaded and no one has veiwed...Well I have'nt spread word around yet but I was getting to it! Anyway I've been wondering if it's even worth it to up this stuff. Most of it can be found if you look hard enough... I guess I'll up some more, spread the word, and see if it floats or sinks! (Had to throw in a boat reference)

The Nation of Ulysses spits in the eye of Rock'n Roll. Smashed the light, Smashed cameras, smashed instruments,smashed faces. (Nation of Ulysses)

THE NATION OF ULYSESS!! Defiantly one of my favorite punk bands, their 1991 debut, 13-Point Program To Destroy America, was an amazing record with some jazz punk, crazy (but not stupid) lyrics, freak-outs (Ya know, where everything is all cool then everyone goes apeshit!), and a TON OF ENERGY. The recordings sound their age, 16 years old now, but are still boss and will get you pumped.

9/10




The second, and as far as I know final installment in the book known as The Nation Of Ulysses, an amazing sophomore follow up, that in my opinion is slightly better than 13-pt. Program. More freak-outs, more jazzy sounding, more punk, more screams, some spoken word, and did I mentions more freak-outs? A must if you’re a fan of Swing Kids, Dead Boys, Cap’n Jazz, Dead Kennedys, and just about any old school punk rock band.

10/10
Nation Of Ulysses - 13-point Program + Plays Pretty For Baby

Is it really a discog or just a jumble?(Khayembii Communique)

Khayembii Communique - 7" cover art

It has been awhile since I last checked up on these guys, and there myspace page has changed a bit and interpunk has some stuff on 'em, but I have'nt seen any new stuff. About two years, maybe only a year and a half ago, I found out about these guys and fell in love...Or at least as close as you can get with music. Throaty screams that make you wince, emotional lyrics, and from what I've heard, they are killer live.

I got this jumble of recordings being passed off as a discography(could'nt find real art so I put the pic from their 7") from a friend, only to find out the band is'nt dead,or maybe it is, their myspace is no help, so technically it's a "Sofargraphy?" Anyway it's great stuff and they seem to have grown in popularity since I've last google'd their name. (I also saw a guy on interpunk say their 1st LP is selling for $30 on ebay!)

I'll be up-ing thier split with Vidablue sometime this week.

8/10 (Lots of repeats, but maybe thats just beacuse it's all they have done and they want to show how they've changed...?)
Khayembii Communique - sofargrapy?