Agathocles burst out what is somewhere between their 200 and 300th release on this CD. This is a live CD from Wermelskirchen, Germany recorded in September of 2000. Awesome sound quality and really good. We wouldn’t have released it if it didn’t sound awesome. Agathocles play brutal grindcore/mincecore and have been a band for a super long time.

9 songs that I recorded. Thanks!

2nd Full length album from this Chicago pop punk trio.

"...fans through a range of musical influences wide enough to rival the record collection of any rock-critic dork." -DIW

"...AM/FM succeeds by playing Flaming Lips to its own Modest Mouse." -CMJ).

Multi-layered vocal harmonies play over tunes that twist and turn from acoustic pulses into electric coughs and howls. A rustic and organic exploration into contemporary Americana that lyrically and musically contradict from song to song. What remains true is the simple honesty to which the songs are presented, an honesty that makes AM/FM’s songs universal.

Releasing two records in a matter of six months is generally unheard of, but Philadelphia's AM/FM believe it can be done. Mutilate Us, their debut record from earlier this year, is a lo-fi blend of pop, psychedelia and indie rock with obvious nods to Guided By Voices, Modest Mouse and the Beach Boys. In fact, their beautiful take on the Beach Boys' "Disney Girl (1957)" is as close as it gets to Bruce Johnston performing the original. What makes Mutilate Us great, besides the well-crafted pop songs, the exquisite instrumentation and the honeysweet vocals, are the little things: the falsetto back up vocals, the occasional screeches and how the harmony can fall out of tune and still contain its composure. Brian Sokel and Michael Parsell's second album, Getting Into Sinking, begins with the wonderfully title "Virgins! Virgins!" and doesn't slow down. Not a sequel to their debut, but a friendly companion, this record sounds less home-made and more full, detracting slightly from the interesting textures they achieved on Mutilate Us, but with more confidence. "If We Burned All The Assholes The Earth Would Look Like The Sun" is an uplifting jingle complimented by a nice trombone; "Head Gone Vertical" has the most interesting hip-hop beat indie rock has heard all year and this time around, Leonard Cohen is the prey as they cover "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye" with the utmost respect.

-Exclaim!

Mutilate Us, is an album that puts Sokel's style somewhere between bedroom fantasy, pop wanderings, and densely packed musical compositions. Multi-layered vocal harmonies play over songs that twist and turn from acoustic pulses into electric coughs and howls. A rustic and organic exploration into contemporary Americana that lyrically and musically contradict from song to song.

Originally, these four songs were slated to be part of an album, but oddly enough ended up fitting together very neatly as a concept EP about an astronaut. The EP builds on top of AM/FM’s dense pop arrangements and add huge guitar symphonies and string arrangements for a fully fleshed-out sound.
“When the electric guitars kick in….you feel like you’re in a John Hughes and you just got the girl or boy. As you're walking down the street, the camera zooms in and you've got just the biggest, most hopeful grin smacked on your face. Yeah, it's that good. AM/FM is reaching deep with their music, making emotional music with melodies you want to hear playing at your prom, your wedding, your funeral. Get this EP and get their next record. If it is anything like “The Sky Is the New Ground”, it will be stuck in your player for weeks — Tim Sendra/AMG

Manch einer ist es, der andere wiederum nicht. Einge ganze Menge wären es gerne, der Rest begnügt sich mit dem Üblichen. Ambrose können zur Riege derer gerechnet werden, die sich vom Workaholic-Fieber haben anstecken lassen. Lediglich ein dreiviertel Jahr nach dem gefälligen "The grace of breaking moments" haben sich die Karlsruher mit dem Drang zur extremen Theatralik dazu entschlossen, ihr ursprünglich als EP geplantes Werk "Transatlantic blues" um weiteres Studio-Material zu erweitern und als nächste Full-Length in die Regale zu stellen. Was zuerst den Verdacht nach sich zieht, nichts als einen vorschnellen, halbgaren Schuß in den Ofen darzustellen, ist dann doch für einige Überraschungen gut.

Klebte im letzten Herbst der Schmalz nicht nur auf dick bestrichenen Broten, sondern im Falle Ambrose auch am knackigen Riff, kommt "Transatlantic blues" um einiges kalorien- und fettärmer daher. Zwar zählen Ambrose noch immer zu den am dicksten auftragenden Kilo-Kolossen im Kreis der germanischen Emo-Poeten, die kleine Entschlackungskur jedoch steht "Transatlantic blues" gut zu Gesicht. Befreit von großer Gestik, gelingt es Ambrose endlich, vereinzelte echte Knaller zutage zu fördern. Wenn Oliver Scheib in "Watermiles" mit maximaler Mitsing-Kompatibilität "Forever I'd wait here for you" ins Auditorium schmettert, dann bleibt garantiert kein Haupt regungslos und wird keine Stimme von der anschließenden Heiserkeit verschont. Der Sprung über den eigenen Pathos-Schatten geht eindeutig in die richtige Richtung, und auch die Landung gelingt ohne nennenswerten Punktabzug.

Egal, wie es sonst in bundesdeutschen Talentlagern zur Zeit aussehen mag - die Aufseher des immer häufiger frequentierten Emo-Camps brauchen sich um ambitionierten, fähigen Nachwuchs keine Sorgen zu machen. Auch im tiefsten Südwesten der Rebublik darf getrost der Kopf aus dem Sand gezogen werden. Denn es scheint, als ob es nur eine Frage der Zeit wäre, bis Ambrose endlich das Andy Möller-Stigma des ewigen Talents ablegen.

-Sven Cadario

Comprised of members From Outspoken, Insted, and Chorus Of Disapproval, Orange County's A.18 deliver five new songs.

A18's second release

It's hard to keep a good punk down. And you can be sure that the best punks aren't going to let a thing like aging stop them, or even slow them down. As such, Amendment Eighteen join the ranks of Shelter and Seven Seconds as one of the few post-youth crew bands around (hardcore bands with members who are approaching or have recently passed the age of 30). While most of their contemporaries have given up on the old-school hardcore scene, the A18 guys are determined to keep it alive with this debut release. All My Heroes are Dead offers up 15 tracks of pure pissed off and pent-up human emotion and rage from former members of A Chorus of Disapproval, Outspoken and Insted. Old school hardcore from guys who were around the first time and know how to do it right.
-Exclaim!

NewSchoolEmoH.C. with screamed and spoken vocals. With an really good artwork and information about food not bombs in Saarbrücken, but everything only in german.