Saturday, April 8, 2023

Flowery Avenues

 4 (or 5) piece emo band from Houston, TX. A couple of guys went to the same high school as The Gloria Record and Mineral and they kinda admired their music, so Flowery Avenues was born. They released two demos in 2001 and 2002, and an EP in 2003. The first demo sounds pretty rough but still worth listening to. The later releases are better in quality and have more pop-punk influences. They broke up in 2004.


Members are now in various projects: Matthew J Ross(folk)  TOTAL VVERK(synth wave)

I'm putting everything I have here so you can grab a download.

Demo 2001

Demo 2002

The Unhappy EP

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Die, Emperor! Die! - Live at Burned Out Bright's Last Show

I don't even remember when and where I found this... perhaps from some forum archives or something. And it was not until hours ago when some guy downloaded this album from me on soulseek that I decided to upload it here —— yeah, there are people that are still passionate and caring, so why not?

The album was recorded at BOB's last show on Oct. 25, 2003. During the show DED performed for a decent 40 minutes, including some original songs from their demo, two covers previously released on their Acoustic cdr, and some improvisation parts. The cassette was later released via Friends Forever Records.

Despite poor sound quality, this live album is no worse than any of their studio recordings. The best tracks were performed and the band's talent and uniqueness were fully shown on it. Kirke's vocals is what makes things perfect. For anyone interested in TX's distinctive style of high-pitched folk screamo, this album is a must-listen.








Sunday, March 12, 2023

Beat Kitano

Well... this is my first post here. When it comes to the band to write, there were several bands popping up in my mind... but now I ain't home so this is probably the only band I could think of.

Beat Kitano was a screamo/post-rock band from Sweden, active around late 2000s, 2009 perhaps. Don't really have much info on them here. One of the few things i'm certain about is that they also go by the name of Cast of Kitano. They don't sound anything special, just the sounds similar to many Swedish bands of the same era, but way more post-rock-ish. Kinda reminds me of We Put Nails On Railroad Tracks.