Clikatat Ikatowi was one of San Diego’s most celebrated bands. They helped maintain the city as the art punk capital of world. They created twisted yet naturally flowing works in a broad range of styles. Ranging from lightning fast and huge, to stripped down, spacey, and lethargic, Clikatat’s songs were always engaging and mesmerizing. It wasn’t just their excellent compositions which made them everyone’s favorite band but also their superior musicianship. Just recently discovered these guys and I can't stop listening. If your into Antioch Arrow kinda stuff check these guys out now.
Cobra Kai was a six piece screamo/punk band from Cincinnati, OH. Can't find much more info on these guys, but I will say that these guys rule at what they do. Below is a link to their discography. Screamo with synth, try it out, it may be an acquired taste, but there really different and really good.
Jaks were a band hailing from Chicago, Illinois. They created a savage sound full of foreboding doom with an unruly & sharp-toothed intensity of math rock and goth punk. It was heavy, nasty and raw similar to bands like The Birthday Party, Nation of Ulysses and Antioch Arrow. Below is their discography, but this version has 2 extra tracks one is from a comp and the other is supposed to be a Sesame Street song, enjoy.
Another band I have had the privilege to perform with, long ago. Kill Me Tomorrow is one of my all time favorite bands. Their sound is indescribable, they sound like no one else. Sadly they recently broke up, but they have a brand new record that took about 6 years to come out, and it's finally here. I've yet to have the chance to check it out. Below are 3 amazing albums that can't be found anywhere else. I have yet to find these albums anywhere else on the internet besides the first one called the Garbage Man and the Prostitute which I found on one other blog. These are impossible to find and so underrated. PLEASE do yourself a favor and get all 3 of these albums. It's an acquired taste, but if your into it, you'll love it forever, enjoy.
Black Eyes was a post-punk band from Washington, D.C., United States that existed from August 2001 to March 2004. One of the greatest bands of all time, for me at least. Give this band a chance, it's probably not what your used to, but it's amazing.
For those who have never heard or seen Antioch Arrow, it is a pretty impossible task to describe them to you. Because while listening to them on record or live you are for the most part baffled at what is happening. While some critics have dismissed their creations as ludicrous and simply too weird, other critics and their fans hold them in the highest regard for exactly those reasons.
Doomed punk band The Festival of Dead Deer. They were great because the noise they made could melt steel and boil blood, and they were doomed because they reared up fast, spat out beautiful music, then vanished into the ether. Threeoneg gold.