A Place To Bury Strangers

Some bunch of cool bastards that play wall-of-noise-rock that sounds a bit like Joy Division playing My Bloody Valentine covers.

In photos, they appear moody and arty in equal measure.

That's really all I know.

Website: http://www.aplacetoburystrangers.com/

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/aplacetoburystrangers

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_place_to_bury_strangers

Die! Die! Die!

From New Zealand, apparently.

I picked up the second of their three records a week or so ago; and whilst I haven't exactly been wearing it out with repeated spins, it has still been a fairly regular feature. There's something about their scuzzy lo-fi shoe-gazey Joy Division-esque indie punk racket that sticks to my brain like a boiled sweet to an ironic cardigan.

Website: http://diediedieband.com/

Myspace:

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_die_die

Interpol

I think I got into Interpol five or so years ago, when I decided to make a concerted effort to listen to something other than howling guitar fury and pounding pounding techno music. It wasn't a completely arbitrary choice; I'd heard one of the songs from their debut record at some point and quite liked it, and figured that there was a fair chance of the rest of the record being quite good too.

Which it was. And indeed, still is.

That said, I still find it hard to put my finger on exactly what it is about Interpol's bleak angular gloom punk indie that appeals to me so. Probably the bleak angular gloom punk indieness of it all. Despite the eminent brilliance of the three albums that preceded it, it took me the best part of a year to get around to checking out their latest eponymous effort; but I'm now making up for lost time and playing it to pieces. Nice.

Website: http://www.interpolnyc.com/

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/interpol

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol_band

Humanfly

These guys were first support for earthtone9 last fortnight. It was the first I'd ever heard of them, but they were good enough that I bought their new record (Darker Later) and then played it more or less non-stop for a week.

It kicks arse.

And I don't know a single other thing about them.

If you like your grind with a thick doomy crust, then you should definitely check these jerks out.

Website: http://totalprog.bigcartel.com/

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/humanfly

Wikipedia: nope