"...Videohippos have taken pop to another dimension. Featuring a collision of driving drums, catchy synths, and the remnants of '90s punk, VH is the B-More gift from the most accessible warehouse in the city. Unbeast the Leash is bound to turn some heads and convert some non-believers along the way." XLR8R

FREE MP3: "Bearfight"

Part Chimp's new release "CUP" is a collection of previsously unreleased tracks, rarities, outtakes, and the new Part Chimp single "New Cross." Contained in a beautifully designed digipack, "CUP" is perfect for die hard fans who need all the Chimp they can gather, or those who are testing the rocky waters for the first time. Our sales pitch is included in the free single linked below...we shouldn't need to do any more coaxing.

FREE MP3: "New Cross"

The Rebels are resltess and this is what they sound like. The debut full length from Indian Jewelry is now available via the trustworthy hands at Monitor. Much like that hip hop juice they were making in Texas, Indian Jewelry mix your favorite elements to create a blend of unpredictable mash of aural delights, drones, melody, and dance stomps.

FREE MP3: "Come Closer"

Get a free Indian Jewelry pin with your order while we have them!
*This item will ship so you recieve it on or close to the release date (9.12.06)

People, this is not just a second record. This is a fuggin' distortion laden, volume topping, destroy the superfuzz big muff of a second record. This album is just genius. Just pure heavy. This album finally proves that that shirtless Chris Cornell is nothing more than a Abercrombie and Fitch poster model. Long live the chimps.

FREE MP3: "War Machine"

The debut Monitor Release from Hudson Bell is now available for consumption. Soaked in fuzz and crackle, "When the Sun is the Moon" is a pop album at heart. Superb lyrics, dandy hooks, and guitar work reminiscent of Neil Young, Hudson Bell has written what will be one of 2005's top debuts.

FREE MP3: "Atlantis Nights"

YES, you can take a sigh of relief, a new OXES recording is here!!! The three young Baltimore roughians have conjured up five mega blasts of dance-art-noodle-rock that is easily their best recording to date. The OXES have pushed the limits, and this EP proves it. A marrying of southern rock at its most noodley, bass pumping back seat moving low-end rumbling, Zappaesque guitarery mayhem, and Euro disco absinthe headed ass shaking. Don't say we didn't warn you!

YES, you can take a sigh of relief, a new OXES recording is here!!! The three young Baltimore roughians have conjured up five mega blasts of dance-art-noodle-rock that is easily their best recording to date. The OXES have pushed the limits, and this EP proves it. A marrying of southern rock at its most noodley, bass pumping back seat moving low-end rumbling, Zappaesque guitarery mayhem, and Euro disco absinthe headed ass shaking. Don't say we didn't warn you!

Centered around a vibraphone, organ, guitar, drums, and occasional cow bell, pieces of wood, a whistle and other items More Dogs full length debut "Never Let Them Catch You Crying" is like that tootsie pop that keeps getting better with each lick. Recorded in a loft space in Baltimore City, More Dogs recorded like they perform, totally live, and switching instruments during tracking. After sharpening their teeth for several years, have created quite a magical album.

FREE MP3: "March to the Scaffold"

Hailing from Bahston, MA, Big Bear have been blasting people with there unidentifiable brand of music for some time now. Finally recorded to tape this winter we are able to capture the sonic collision that is Big Bear. We could get artsy, but it would best to say that Big Bear are truly amazing and they have creaed their very one blend of rawk that is only best described after listening.

FREE MP3: "Track 1" MP3

"Shredding guitars and flying beer cans never felt so good." Fader Mag

How many epic metal jams can a band write without even one guitar solo? A shitoad, that’s how many, and Early Man can prove it. On their debut release Early Man have recorded three mesmerizing songs with a tinge of classic metal that totally SLAY. We would hate to label this ep as "catchy", but we really can't get enough of it!!!

"PREfection is the first hopeful record of 2005." - Kitty Magik

Words could not account for the effort and struggle it took to make this paragon. With his second full length, titled "PREfection," CASS MCCOMBS will no longer be coming in below the radar.

A shift of character, "PREfection" is a record of swooning romance, with a pristine guitar pop heart. The mood is a timeless one of slumbering, echo-y drums, ghostly organ drones, reverb-shuddering guitars, and CASS’s vocal taking the foreground, towering with an understated emotive quality, either whispering in your ear or losing itself in its own melodies. CASS’ words and lyrics on "PREfection" are nothing less than astounding.

Features the songs Sacred Heart, Subtraction, City of Brotherly Love, and more.

FREE MP3: "Sacred Heart"

"PREfection is the first hopeful record of 2005." - Kitty Magik

Words could not account for the effort and struggle it took to make this paragon. With his second full length, titled "PREfection," CASS MCCOMBS will no longer be coming in below the radar.

A shift of character, "PREfection" is a record of swooning romance, with a pristine guitar pop heart. The mood is a timeless one of slumbering, echo-y drums, ghostly organ drones, reverb-shuddering guitars, and CASS’s vocal taking the foreground, towering with an understated emotive quality, either whispering in your ear or losing itself in its own melodies. CASS’ words and lyrics on "PREfection" are nothing less than astounding.

Features the songs Sacred Heart, Subtraction, City of Brotherly Love, and more.

FREE MP3: "Sacred Heart"

Les Savy Fav - "Hold on to Your Genre" / "Meet me at the Dollar Bin"

After a bit of delay the final installment of the Les Savy Fav singles collection is now available! The two hottest tracks are currently being shipped to stores and is available on our site as well.

This 7" is the missing piece for those of you trying to collect all of the Les Savy Fav singles in the collection. This pressing is limited so get to it while you can.

The AMAZING debut from this new supergroup featuring Ian Williams, John Stanier, Tyondai Braxton, and Dave Konopka. Simple yet complex, stripped then layered, modern then Atari, Battles is unlike anything heard before. Comprised of simple computer blips, keyboard rhythms, looped and grooving walls of guitar, and precise backbeats, Battles is confronting new ground and dissolving any possible comparison. But, describing Battles can only go so far.

NEW! The latest offering from CASS MCCOMBS in 7" form. These are two new songs that show a a hint at what the new album (Prefection - due in the fall) might sound like. Two very fine tracks for your 2004 summer indeed. Includes a post card that you can mail to your bff.

"This London based four-piece make an obscenely primal NOISE that would make Trail of the Dead cry and quite frankly makes The Stooges sound like a bunch of new acoustic flower-sellers." - NME

The debut from the loudest band from across the pond. So loud, that one member forgot to wear ear plugs at a gig, busted an eardrum, and couldn't eat for a week because his face and jaw had swollen so badly. So what are we saying? Is volume good? YES. Does Part Chimp rock? YES. Is it a good thing to be loud and rock? Hell yeah.

With melodies from places you ain't ever seen, EZ T's debut is going to break your neck and then your heart. A touring member of both the Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and SMOG, EZ T has created his own path, combine style, and has created something beautifully indescribable. Produced by Bill Callahan, EZ T's debut is a Jolt Cola to your cranium.

MP3: Goodbye Little Doll

The debut full length from Cass McCombs, "A", is hot off the release of his debut ep Not the Way. Easily one of the most splendid debut's for an artist, "A" is a revival. A rejuvination. The subtle nuances, the focused sound, the Persian flaws and a voice that speaks volumes to your soul, all of these combined make "A" one of the most compelling and stunning debut full lengths from any artist in recent memory.

Click here to download the first track "I Went to the Hospital" (Click here to Download)

The debut full length from Cass McCombs, "A", is hot off the release of his debut ep Not the Way. Easily one of the most splendid debut's for an artist, "A" is a revival. A rejuvination. The subtle nuances, the focused sound, the Persian flaws and a voice that speaks volumes to your soul, all of these combined make "A" one of the most compelling and stunning debut full lengths from any artist in recent memory.

Click here to download the first track "I Went to the Hospital" (Click here to Download)

The debut EP from San Fran-NY City Transplant Cass McCombs. A most beautiful EP, Not the Way is the beginning to what will be a prolific career. Taking things old and making them new again, Cass is living his music, not imitating. Folks, this is not your basic indie rocker wanting to do folk style music.

The LP for the second OXES release is a record lovers tour de force. You may look at that price, and be like "what the hell?" Well let us tell you what is in this baby. Not only are you getting the brand new OXES record, which is totally amazing, but you are also getting many bonuses that the cd doesn't contain. The vinyl is three sided, with the fourth side containing an etching, there is a tricky bonus track, a full color 18 x 24 poster, the vinyl is manufactured in limited quantities, and it is placed in a black plastic sleeve by your friends at Monitor. If that is not enough, the album contains nudity and drug usage. This is what caused the uproar contained in the cd artwork (see below). After we use up the artwork made for the LP, expect to see it change to a more decent concept. Get the vinyl while you can. But you just want to rock, right?

The CD version of OXXXES contains photos taken during the protest held in Baltimore over the original OXES artwork, contained on the vinyl. Some folks just weren't too happy about the images that they saw. A bit dancier than the first record, this record will please those willing to rock and have a good time. Like that hippy friend with the mohawk who drinks too much that totally loves AC~DC.

If you aren't sweating already, let me throw some items your way. First, the band was formed from the finer arms, brains, and hearts of those that pioneered rock institutions Don Caballero and UZEDA. Second, they were recorded by Chicago soundlord Steve Albini at his homebase of Electrical Audio. Third, combining these forces, and the necessity to move on to new sounds, Bellini's debut, Snowing Sun, is the proof that their is still soul and life in human rock'n'roll. The sound is loud, the sound is aggressive, the sound is brutal. This will make you sweat.