From California comes No Better, an emo four-piece who released a pretty friggin’ decent EP with “… Forget Me Not”.

Godbrother is a relatively new band operating out of Brooklyn. They recently released their debut 5-song EP, “Undertow”, and describe their sound as ‘old man pop punk’.

Remember that scene in Lethal Weapon 2 (or was it Lethal Weapon 3) where Mel Gibson and Rene Russo show each other their scars before getting it on?

I hadn’t heard of these guys before, but “Perfectly Competent” is one sweet introduction to Toronto’s Talk Show Host. Calling them “Perfectly Competent” is a bit of an understatement.

Ever found yourself lying awake at night, tossing and turning feverishly after an evening of being unable to choose between listening to the Sonic Avenues or First Base? Well, never again.

On their sophomore album, San Francisco’s Creative Adult start the proceedings with “Connected”, a song that clocks in at over eight minutes. Bold move, right? But they pull it off.

Kindling is a relatively new band out of Easthampton, Massachussets. They released a four-song EP called “Galaxies” last year and decided the time was right to drop their first full-length.

Recorded over the course of two weeks in a converted warehouse while fueled by ‘4 racks of ribs, a few dozen chicken wings, 3 pork chops, some sausage, a brisket, and a whole lot of smoked wood’, J

- by Nate Hennon