Donations for Infinity Crush/Teen Suicide/Julia Brown

Okay guys so you may know I love the band Teen Suicide. Caroline, a member of Teen Suicide, Julia Brown, and Infinity Crush, is apparently really sick. There are some hospital bills piling up, so some of her friends and band members are posting music downloads to raise money. Sam of Teen Suicide and Julia Brown has posted a solo album under the name Starry Cat. It’s up as “name your own price” on bandcamp. Sam recently wrote:

“any money paid or donated to it would go straight to caroline (via her paypal) to help pay for everything… if you want to grab it but can’t afford to donate, feel free. just share if you can since anything helps.”

What a sweetie. Let’s donate y’all. Also, If you’re more of an emo fan, Cameron of Old Gray has posted some solo music to raise money for Caroline as well!

Both of these downloads are super great! Listen to Starry Cat’s song Happiness and Cameron Boucher’s cover of Paper Dreams and I know you’ll wanna download and I know you won’t wanna do it for free.

CYLS FREE Downloads!

Great news! Count Your Lucky Stars Records have made all their Annabel releases free on their bandcamp in honor of the band being nominated by the most employees on the Alternative Press “100 Bands You Need To Know” list! They’ve also marked 20% off their releases on the CYLS webstore! Offer’s good until the end of March!

B.O.W and Boston Hassle Show Flyer

Places to Hide- Getting Old EP

Places to hide from Charleston, SC/ Atlanta, GA are a (basically) female-fronted pop-punk band who have released one small EP which had one large impact on me. I’m crazy about it.  It’s got just enough of a folksy influence and heart. It’s six songs long, three of which you can hear on their bandcamp.  Word on the street is that they have a full length coming out pretty soon.

Favorite Christmas song this holiday season:

I just wanna watch how you’ll age and the way your clothes change.

Samira Winter- The Dreamiest Girl in Boston

Though some of Winter’s music was recorded in Brazil, some is recorded in Boston where she’s a senior at Emerson College, thus she still earns the title of ~*dreamiest*~ girl in Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe), The Athens of America, etc.

She’s lived all over (Brazil, Mexico, Florida) but ended up in Boston playing kickass solo shoegaze music! Her new EP was released on her bandcamp last month. Here’s the music video for the title track, Daydreaming:

Also, check out the band Primary Effect, which includes Winter and two others. “The name of the band refers to a term in psychology in which people are deeply marked by their first experiences.” Pretty dope dreamy indie music from 2011.

Libyans Flyer 1/28

Tawny Peaks

Tawny Peaks is a group of teenagers in New Jersey making emo music together. Over this past summer they put out a full-length, self-recorded, self-released, self-titled record which they posted for free on their bandcamp, along with their first EP from last year. Tawny Peaks is a classic emo revival album with a little bit of twinklecore mixed in. Some tracks, namely Collect Calling and the acoustic March Sadness, include female vocals, which by now you probably know I love. The first and last tracks are the highlights. Beautiful, clean guitar throughout and lovely harmonies. I really want to see this band live, performing these songs with high energy. Tour, tour, tour!

 

CANDY HEARTS

 

We started this blog a little over three months ago, and a little over three months ago I decided not to write about the Candy Hearts. I figured that they were already pretty popular and that many of my readers would already have and love their songs. I didn’t want to seem like a bore! BUT I do love the Candy Hearts so when they came to town last week I went to see them. They played in a tiny dive bar for a crowd of about 10. I couldn’t believe it! Where were you guys!? I’m just gonna assume that Candy Hearts aren’t as popular as I thought and that people just don’t know how great they are. You can download their first album for free from IYMI. This is how I first heard Ripped Up Jeans and Silly Dreams. I listened to it as background music for a while in the vein of Lemuria or Cheeky– pop punk that’s fun, but doesn’t bowl me over lyrically. One day I put on Candy Hearts at the library where I basically couldn’t ignore it and I realized it was beyond incredible. I started each song over again as it ended and must have listened to the whole album two or three times that night. I was thinking of going through the track list and  listing my favorite lines from each song, but I don’t want to ruin them for you. They have written some of the poppiest, punkiest pop punk I’ve ever heard and it’s perfect for sing-a-longs. Mariel Loveland, of Ramsey, NJ, is a total genius. I seriously love every song on Ripped Up Jeans so plz download it! Their second album, Everything’s Amazing & Nobody’s Happy, came out in 2011. I haven’t listened to it as much as their first, but I know some people around Sharp Corners think it’s even better! PLUS there will be a new EP out on November 6th. You can listen to an early released song or pre-order the record HERE! And check out tour dates HERE!

Watch Mariel cover Jawbreaker’s Bad Scene: