Hour of The Star / Her Grey Earth

 "Hour of the Star formed out of the ashes of the vegan, straight edge band Her Grey Earth. But unlike Her Grey Earth, Hour of the Star was built on the emo icons that came before them. Influenced by bands such as Indian Summer, Moss Icon, Current, Navio Forge, Native Nod and many others, the boys of Hour of the Star took that sound and feel and added their own spin to it. The screamo feel with a pop edge put Hour of the Star on the maps, a small dot only, but on the maps none the less. The band was short lived as Steve and Jaime opted to head off for greener pastures. Bryan, Jeff and Josh decided to call it quits with Bryan and Jeff going off to form a band with members of You and I/Instill and Unaswered. The Sebastian Coe never recaptured the same emotion and friendship that Hour of the Star did…

RIP

Love,
Bryan, Jeff, Josh, Jaime and Steve " 

- LastFM

I couldn't have said it better myself. I found this band while searching through discogs looking for new music, I ended up finding "The Clocks" which I haven't been able to listen to as of yet but the album art had me sold so I bought the vinyl anyway so I'm looking forward to that. Hour of The Star is a melodic emo blend which I just love every minute of, I am really tempted to say they remind me of a mellow version of IHateMyself but anyone who even remotely knows music will say that is absolutely not the case, but I don't know, it made sense in my head.

This band had two releases which was a self titled 7" and a split with the band "Her Grey Earth" which they themselves only released a split and a demo that featured songs they were on the split so basically only a handful of songs which is why I'm labeling this post as a combo discography of both Hour of The Star and Her Grey Earth. 

Hour of The Star - Hour of The Star (1997)

1. Intro

2. Root beer & Running Shoes

3. St. Anthony

4. Steeplchase

Hour of The Star / Her Grey Earth  (1997)

1. Hour of The Star - Postmark

2. Hour of The Star - Rickard

3. Hour of The Star - Star With a Thousand Pointed Ray

4. Hour of The Star - Last Dance

5. Her Grey Earth - As Darkness Fall

6. Her Grey Earth - Consume

7. Her Grey Earth - Deathcamp

Phallucy

 "Phallucy was a rock/alternative metal band from Sacramento, California. The band's drummer, Abe Cunningham, later became the drummer with the band Deftones, which is now a worldwide success. Phallucy has reunited three times, in 1999, 2001 and 2008 for the Chi Cheng Benefit Show in San Francisco along with Death Angel and other special guests."

- LastFM

Here's an interesting one, adding Phallucy of Sacramento, they themselves (Phallucy) only put out a single album "Valium" which in itself is a pretty great sounding album somewhere I'd rate between a 6 and a 7 which isn't too bad! The interesting parts is when looking at the members a little more closely, more specifically Abe Cunningham ; drummer for Phallucy and later drummer for the band "Deftones" as well as Sonny Mayugba (Guitarist) marrying Lynn Mayugba (lead singer) of the skirts and later giving birth to Violet Mayugba founder and lead guitar / vocalist for the Sacramento band "Destroy Boys" which I have actually had the opportunity to see multiple times throughout their career, the earliest being 2015 / 2016 if I remember correctly, somewhere in that time frame at least. Easy to say that music runs in the family, I also believe Abe C. filled in on drums for Destroy Boys some years ago, so that's nice. Below I'm adding the only release by Phallucy, enjoy

Phallucy - Valium (initial release is dated as 9/11/2001) unsure if that's true

1) Kristy

2) Naked Movie Star

3) Head

4) Cancer

5) Peaks

6) Box Song

7) Fingers

8) Ironsides

9) Needles

10) Coffee

11) Two Years

Teenage Cool Kids

"Teenage Cool Kids were an Indie rock/Punk Rock band from Denton, Texas.

The band started in summer 2006 by Andrew Savage, later joined by Daniel Zeigler whom Savage met while attending the University of North Texas in Denton. The bands earlier material, from the self-released demo and "Remember Me as a Silhouette" 7", was lo-fi, poppy and often compared to early '90s indie rock. The band's first full length was Queer Salutations, released in 2007. Shortly after the release of Queer Salutations the band embarked on its first tour. The band is decidedly DIY, keeping all recording, songwriting, booking and visual art within the band. Teenage Cool Kids spent much of 2008 touring the United States and recording their next album. In 2009 the band was issued a cease and desist by Chicago hip-hop duo The Cool Kids over alleged trade mark infringement. The dispute ended with a settlement initiated by the Cool Kids. The dispute delayed the band's second LP release by several months, but in June 2009 Foreign Lands was released by Protagonist Music."

- Last Fm

This. Band. Shreds, extremely underrated; FFO indie, alt rock

Teenage Cool Kids - Demo (2007)

1. List

2. I Watched the Clock Turn 5 AM

3. Reasons Why

4. Dimestore Camera

5. Bedtime Stories

6. Find Out

7. Self Abuse

Remember Me As A Silhouette (2007)

1. Down The Street

2. Bedtime Stories

3. Abbreviated Smile

4. Find Out

Queer Salutations (2007)

1. Queer Salutations

2. Awkward Type Of Girl

3. Sleeper Hold

4. Reasons Why

5. Excursion Into Philosophy

6. Write Back Soon

7. Crowd Aggravation

8. Self Abuse

9. Prose

10. Total Babe

11. Tryna Decide

Speaking In Tongues (2009)

1. Speaking In Tongues

2. Crucial Talk

Foreign Lands (2009)

1. Reservoir Feeling

2. Tilting at Windmills

3. Exile In La Mancha

4. Foreign Lands

5. Crossing The Desert As A Stream

6. Speaking In Tongues

7. Prison Sermons

8. Half Eaten Cake

9. Art School Anarchist

10. Calm Me Down

11. Skinny Girls

12. Animal Sounds

Denton After Sunset (2011)

1. Denton After Sunset

2. Kachina Doll

3. Landlocked State

4. No Fragments Reach

5. Zealous Convert

6. Thousands

7. Volvo To A Kiss

8. Beg To Differ

9. Beyond The Grasp of Guilt 

Footnotes

"Two-piece upbeat emo band from Philadelphia. Formed in late 2008. Both members now play in the band Mallard along with ex/current members of Corcovado, Mumble, I Sing The Equator, and Broski. On July 13th, 2011 Footnotes played their last show in Easton, PA and has no plans to write or play shows in the future."

- LastFM

I don't really know much about the band themselves or where they are now but they played some great emo music reminiscent of any mid 2000's band at the time, I have a strong urge to compare their sound to something like that of a early pop punk band like knuckle punk esqe or maybe CapnJazz or Merchant Ships.... either way worthy of a listen and after listening yourselves you can tell me if my ears are broken or not , anyway,  I might go back and do some of their future band mates projects like I Sing the Equator or Corcovado

I've compiled their discog, which is  only 2 releases; the "Everything Last Year" album and the "Summer Shit EP" as far as I know this is the only releases done under this bands name and im pretty sure they were released sometime around 2009-2010 but I can't tell which one came first, either way here for your listening pleasure is Footnotes

Everything Last Year (2009?)

1. It's Brokay (You'll Get It Fuck R)

2. Boy Hair

3. Reverse Speaking

4. Girls

5. Goofy Looking Birds

6. I've Never Been To An Easter Island

7. It Gets Better

8. Sean's Song (Acoustic)

Summer Shit  EP(2010?)

1. Trey Parker

2. It's Brokay ( you'll get it fuck right someday)

3. Jammin' On The One

4. Clearwater

5. Don't Go To Texas

The I in Irony / Floral Tattoo split

"In 2015, Alex Anderson (drummer of Woodinville sludge metal project Darkmysticwoods) decided it was time for a change of pace. They started writing material based on their love for music like AJJ, Joyce Manor, and Bomb The Music Industry!, combining a confessional and heartbreaking lyrical style with the punk stylings of their teenage years. They began playing as Floral Tattoo, naming themselves after a Spotify playlist of a friend's. After leaving the Seattle area and moving to Chico, CA, they continued to write and play shows as Floral Tattoo, eventually moving back to Washington. They then formed a full-electric Floral Tattoo band - featuring Nico Pellowski on bass, Christian Taylor on drums, and Gwen Power as a multi-instrumentalist. The songs became augmented in a way they never had before, combining the previous songs with emo, dream pop, and shoegaze influence. They would record their debut album, "Approaching Bearable", in the late fall of 2017 and release it the following March.

-Last FM"

https://floraltattoo.bandcamp.com/

I don't have much information or a write up on Dan, except that he's a kind talented person and still continues to make music now, you can support him here

https://theiinirony.bandcamp.com/

This post is gonna be a strange one. I was going through some old Cds for things to share and I came across this split of The I in Irony / Floral Tattoo, I don't remember much about this CD except that I had enjoyed it decided to preserve it in my "special" CD collection. If I'm remembering correctly I met Dan ( The I in Irony) as he was touring through the west coast with I think Stick and Poke (another well known folk punk band), the important part to note was that Floral Tattoo wasn't on the bill, I remember there being a grand total of about six? people in the audience and I might have some photos if I look particularly hard, on an old hard drive; regardless the bands played a great show and I don't even remember having to pay admission as I was one of the few there, I had asked dan if he had any merch so I could help support him on the tour to which he said he had none, but he did have some CDs that he and i'm assuming a friend (possibly floral tattoo) did the artwork for themselves, I distinctly remember buying about 5? CDs as he was selling them cheap (Whooo DIY!) and I had also thought it was cool how they all had different designs making them each unique and exclusive, but for some reason I could only find 2 of the 5 which i'm including as alternate album art if you're into that kinda thing, I also don't see this CD listed anywhere for sale so maybe I have the only ones? who knows. long story short it's some good ol' folk punk if you needed something new to listen to instead of AJJ or the Ramshackle Glory.

The I In Irony / Floral Tattoo (2017)

1. Floral Tattoo - Death By Minimum Wage

2. Floral Tattoo - What? Why? Where

3. Floral Tattoo - 14 Days

4. The I in Irony - Double Song

5.The I in Irony - Five Nothing

6. The I in Irony - Nicky Cage Rides Again!

The album itself is free through what I am assuming is a now defunct label called PuckWudgie Music, if you wanted to support either artist featured on this label I suggest using their bandcamp links above but if you want to buy this to add to your bandcamp collection, that can be done here:

https://puckwudgiemusic.bandcamp.com/

Alternate Art:

Poastal

Poastal were an American indiepop band based in Huntington Beach/Costa Mesa, CA from 1993 to 1996 and consisting of Ariadni on vocals, David on bass, Yoshi on drums plus Daniel and Michael on guitar. They only had two singles released -- a split 7" with #Poundsign# on small-fi/No Life and another 7" on Candy Floss/Four Letter Words. Ariadni later joined Brent Kenji's early band Skypark. Yoshi Nakamoto joined The Scenic Vermont and The Aislers Set.

- Discogs.com


Couldn't find a lot of info / photos of these guys online, they put out a 7" titled "here" which I do have album art for and am including in this post, AFAIK this is their complete discography which includes their contribution to the split with #POUNDSIGN# (who's track I am not including because I'm maybe posting them later) I managed to track down an album cover for their final release on the "Pure Spun Sugar" compilation that came out in 98', for some reason this single isn't linked to their LastFm page or their discogs but I managed to track it down.



FFO: Indie, Twee, Alt Pop, Indie Pop

Enjoy.

due to their discog only being a total of four recorded songs, I've decided to compile their releases into one download which are separated by ID3 tags after their download (complete with album art and updated tag info.

Poastal Discography (1993-1998?)

Here "7 (1995)

1. Here

2. The Absolute Magnitude Of Negative Five

Dizzy / Disaster (1994)

1. Dizzy

Pure Spun Sugar (1998)

1. Kicked In The Head

The Eames Era

"The Eames Era were a Baton Rouge, Louisiana based indie pop quintet founded by New Orleans guitarists Grant Widmer and Ted Joyner. The band started its way in 2002, Grant and Ted's junior year at Louisiana State University, when the two former high school friends enlisted drummer Greg Gauthreaux and bass player Brian Waits to form "The Double Zeros". Singer Ashlin Phillips auditioned for the band in December 2002, after work had begun writing and practicing for the band's first gig. The band's name honors famed designers Charles and Ray Eames."

- LastFM

Finally! I've been meaning to post these guys for a while and just had enough time to add them right before the end the of the year; a big accomplishment for myself. The Eames era was a short lived project only lasting 6 years (2002 - 2008 R.I.P) and in this time they released one EP and two full lengths which are just some easy listening indie pop goodness, maybe it's because their lead singer (Ashlin) sounds similar to Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley, Jenny and Johnny, Jenny Lewis and the Watson twins fame (maybe I'm crazy and am the only one thinking that they sound similar) that I like this band so much but I genuinely think this is a hidden gem of the 2000's that needs more attention; I don't know much about all members of the band as it seems that 3/5 of the members don't make music anymore and are focused on other careers, the other 2/5 which are Ted and Grant formed the band
"Generationals" and have released steady albums from 2009, the most recent being this year through polyvinyl records.

The Second EP (2004) 

*note: this is labeled as the second ep, the first being a 3 track demo filmed in their homes which was never released. this is also my favorite release of all of their music.

1. Could Be Anything

2. All of Seventeen

3. You May Not Know My Name

4. I Said

Double Dutch (2005)

1. Go To Sleep

2. Got Your Note

3. I Don't Mind

4. Listen For The Sun

5. Washed Out

6. Pay Attention

7. Talk Talk

8. Old Folks

9. Year of the Waitress

10. Boy Came In

11. Promises

Heroes + Sheroes (2007)

1. Little Brother

2. Both Hands Full

3. 1968

4. Fake Do-Gooders

5. Benjamin

6. Last To Know

7. Aluminum Crowns

8. Watson On Your Side

9. Teenage Meth Head

10. Nc-17

11. Let Me Spin

12. Copious

13. All Bets Are Off

14. Dear Gabby

15. Cash Register

16. When You Were A Millionaire

17. I Am A Thing