Allston Rock City

Today’s new music recommendation is Australian Indie/Ambient/Rock band City Escape. The Melbourne natives are a mix between The Receiving End of Sirens, Thrice and Underoath and I’m confident we’ll be hearing more from them stateside in the future.

For Fans of: The Receiving End of Sirens, Scary Kids Scaring Kids

Myspace: www.myspace.com/cityescaperock

Recommend Songs: “When The Vultures Start To Circle” and “Now, The Hard Part”

• NEW MUSIC: Jonathan Boulet Australian song writer, incredible amount of potential FFO: Passion Pit, Radiohead http://tinyurl.com/l6el35 #ARC #
• NEW MUSIC: I Am Alaska Indie/Progressive/Rock FFO: At the Drive In, Fall of Troy http://tinyurl.com/lefw9b #ARC #

• NEW MUSIC: Jonathan Boulet Australian song writer, incredible amount of potential FFO: Passion Pit, Radiohead http://tinyurl.com/l6el35 #ARC #
• NEW MUSIC: I Am Alaska Indie/Progressive/Rock FFO: At the Drive In, Fall of Troy http://tinyurl.com/lefw9b #ARC #

http://www.myspace.com/hooray4earth

For fans of: Failure, Muse, Pavement, someone’s garage in the late 80s

Stand out track: Take Care, How Are You Here?

Location: Boston, MA

Today’s band is Doyletown, Pennsylvania’s Indie/Progressive/Rock band I Am Alaska. I Am Alaska plays a brand of aggressive prog rock similar to later At The Drive In and Fall of Troy, their latest effort “To Elude The Architect” gives a glimpse of what potential this band has.

For Fans of: Fall of Troy, At The Drive In, This Day Forward

Myspace: www.myspace.com/iamalaska

Recommend Songs: “Ghost”, “Get Real” and “Proletariat”

For Fans of: Indie Art Pop

Myspace: www.myspace.com/rubikband

Recommended Songs: “Goji Berries”, “City And The Streets”

Jonathan Boulet

Location: Sydney, Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Record Label: Evident Records (Australia)

For fans of: MGMT, Passion Pit, Animal Collective

Recommend Song: A Community Service Annoucement

My good friend Zach Lipkins told me about this guy. This guy is going to blow up. He definitely has the sound of “now”, and by now I mean summer. Check him out now so you can get your “I Told You So” card.

Jonathan Boulet on MySpace

• NEW MUSIC: Neufvoin virtually unknown Indie/Rock from Finland FFO: Bloc Party, Sunny Day Real Estate Listen: http://tinyurl.com/n3g22sr #ARC #
• NEW MUSIC: Johanna Kunin, Seattle Singer/Songwriter FFO: Regina Spektor, Sarah Mclachlan http://tinyurl.com/m7dkeu #ARC #
• New Music: A Love Like Pi: NJ based indie/pop/rock, FFO: Action Action, Hellogoodbye, TREOS http://tinyurl.com/ldc7sy #ARC #

• NEW MUSIC: Neufvoin virtually unknown Indie/Rock from Finland FFO: Bloc Party, Sunny Day Real Estate Listen: http://tinyurl.com/n3g22sr #ARC #
• NEW MUSIC: Johanna Kunin, Seattle Singer/Songwriter FFO: Regina Spektor, Sarah Mclachlan http://tinyurl.com/m7dkeu #ARC #
• New Music: A Love Like Pi: NJ based indie/pop/rock, FFO: Action Action, Hellogoodbye, TREOS http://tinyurl.com/ldc7sy #ARC #

Neufvoin are an Indie Rock band I came across from Kuopio, Finland. The song “Rat Race” reminds me of an aggressive Bloc Party, minus the vocalist, while incorporating an early 90’s alternative rock flavor. Neufvoin’s “Robokop” EP is an impressive effort from the Finnish group, the highlights being “Mouse on Mars” and “Rat Race”, strongly recommend giving them a listen.

For Fans of: Bloc Party, Sunny Day Real Estate

Myspace: www.myspace.com/neufvoin

Recommended Songs(click to play): Mouse on Mars Rat Race