Wow, last night’s Taking Back Sunday party for the 10th birthday of Tell All Your Friends was SO MUCH FUN! Quite the sing-a-long we had, while we shared memories from the past decade. TAYF is such a deep album, it truly is a common thread through all of us. [spotify playlist of the TBS afterparty]

Tonight we’ve got a New Release Triple Header! Beginning around 9pm EST we will be listening to I The Mighty’s Karma Never Sleeps, The Used’s Vulnerable, and The Mars Volta’s Nocturniquet. 

theneesh:

Sunday it became official. I’m ranked in the top 25 DJs on Turntable.FM!

Thank you to everyone who listens to the songs I play! It really is an honor to hold it down for Underground and Independent Rock, and Alternative Hip-Hop! In a world of Dubstep, Mainstream Rock, and Top 40 Hits… I stick to spinning the shit that deserves to be heard. I can’t convey how happy it makes me when folks begin to support the artists I play.

Speaking of DIY music- I kickstarted a new site the Pop Punk/Rock/Alternative/Emo community on Turntable birthed:
http://freepprae.blogspot.com/
That site will be a spot for free music that we come across and would love to share. Tons of music variety, just no dubstep. Most of the music is actually hosted on bandcamp, so all downloads on this site are 100% legal. There’s not much of a selection currently, as the site was launched just two days ago. Definitely bookmark it though. We’ve got a solid group of posters, with great taste, from different areas of the country.

Current contributors to PPRAE Freebies:

• djr (Louisiana)
• TheZachAttack (Texas)
• Theodore (California)
• TitaniumBeard (Ohio)
• Dj Miakoda (Massachusetts)
• Neesh (New York)

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If you are interested in contributing to our free music blog, hit Neesh up!

Poll: We will be participating in a DJ battle with 4 other rooms in April. To determine who will represent PPRAE, we’re holding our very own battle! What should the theme be?

Joyce Manor - “Constant Headache” 
Joyce Manor 
2011 | 6131 Records 

Top Songs of Valentine’s Week 2012

1. Joyce Manor – “Constant Headache”
2. The Menzingers – “I Was Born”
3. With the Punches – “I Told You Already”
4. Panic! At the Disco – “The Ballad of Mona Lisa”
5. Gotye featuring Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used To Know”
6. Title Fight – “Neckdeep”
7. Bon Iver – “Skinny Love”

To have your plays counted, join our last.fm group! 

song reblogged from theworstkindofpretense:

I could hear you coming so I hid by the couch.
You were talking so loudly, I don’t know what about.
You were drunker than high school, self-conscious and sweet.
I never ever felt so cool disguised in your sheets.

But I’m a constant headache, a tooth out of line.
They try to make you regret it, you tell them, no not this time.
It’s just a constant headache, a dead pet device.
You hang me up, unfinished with the better part of me no longer mine.

And then you finally found me, pretending to sleep.
You said such nice things about me, I felt guilty and cheap.
You took two steps to the kitchen, and just stared at the sink.
I couldn’t hold back a smile, I still wish I could have seen you

Having sex in the morning, your love was foreign to me.
It made me think maybe human is not such a bad thing to be.
But I just laid there in protest, entirely fucked.
It’s such a stubborn reminder one perfect night’s not enough.

(Source: liquorshits)

It’s Monday, back to the grind! Here’s some sweetness to brighten your day- free, legal music! In this post we’ve got some MP3s, some compilations, full albums, and full EPs! All the links below go to locations the bands themselves posted- so be sure to check some stuff out, and hit up the bands you dig! The links go to bandcamp, mediafire, and a few immediately dl upon clicking. I attempted to write out some RIYLs (recommended if you like) by looking the artists up on last.fm, but the majority of the artists have less that 5,000 listen/facebook likes. Buy some merch!

If you’d like to include your music in a future Freebies post, email bestroomontt@gmail.com with a link to your download, your band name, the name of what you’re sending, your social network links, and where you rep!

Thanks to Titanium Beard, DJ Miakoda, djunior, Sparks Dudemonkey, Keif, THEdickhatch, and MrissDemeanor for helping build this list! Also thank you AbsolutePunk for Free Music Fridays, I totally yoinked this idea from that. By the way, I’m Neesh. Hiiii! Enjoy the tunes, and support the artists!

Childish Gambino - “Bonfire”
Camp
Glassnote Records, 2011
Produced by: Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson 

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Pop Punk/Rock/Alternative/Emo’s 25 Most Played songs last week:

1. Childish Gambino – “Bonfire”
2. Casting Call – ”Burn It To The Ground”
3. Tonight Alive – ”Little Lion Man” (Mumford & Sons cover)
4. La Dispute – ”King Park”
5. The Story So Far – ”Quicksand”
6. The Story So Far – ”High Regard”
7. Brand New – ”The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows”
8. The Story So Far – ”680 South”
9. Balance and Composure – ”Fade”
10. Thursday – ”Understanding In A Car Crash”
11. Emery – ”Listening to Freddie Mercury”
12. The Story So Far – ”Closure”
13. Silverstein – ”Runaway” (Kanye West cover)
14. The Story So Far – ”Placeholder”
15. Brand New – ”Guernica”
16. Seahaven – ”Goodnight”
    
17. Say Anything – ”Alive With The Glory Of Love”
18. The Wonder Years – ”Hey Thanks”
19. The Story So Far – ”Mt. Diablo”
20. The Story So Far – ”Roam”
21. The Wonder Years – ”Came Out Swinging”
22. Fall Out Boy – ”Golden”
23. Moving Mountains – ”The Cascade”
24. The Dear Hunter - “Red Hands”
25. Manchester Orchestra - “April Fool”

We’ve been keeping track of the top songs from our last.fm group for 2 months now.  All of the songs that are streamable on Spotify in the US are included in the PPRAE Top Weekly Songs Playlist.  Click the image below to open up the playlist in your Spotify and click “subscribe” on it to add these bangers to your Spotify so you can listen to ‘em on your own time!  Don’t forget to join our last.fm group so your plays get counted!

Stuff PPRAE’s Been Buzzing About:

• Thrice going on Hiatus
• Thursday going on Hiatus
• The Early November signs to Rise Records after reunion tour
• Tour: Hit The Lights, A Loss For Words, The Story So Far, Such Gold and Divided By Friday
  Nov 29 The Space Hamden, CT
  Nov 30 Middle East Downstairs Cambridge, MA
  Dec 01 Lost Horizon Syracuse, NY
  Dec 02 Mohawk Place Buffalo, NY
  Dec 03 Altar Bar Pittsburgh, PA
  Dec 04 Musica Akron, OH
• Tour: Touche Amore, Pianos Become The Teeth & Seahaven
  Mon/Nov-28 Toronto, ON Sneaky Dees 
  Tue/Nov-29 Montréal, QC Underworld
  Wed/Nov-30 Boston, MA MIddle East Upstairs
  Thu/Dec-01 New York City, NY Santos Party Haus 
  Fri/Dec-02 Purchase, NY Purchase College
  Sat/Dec-03 Philadelhpia, PA Broad Street Ministries 
  Sun/Dec-04 DC/Baltimore Red Palace 
  Mon/Dec-05 Charlotte, NC Tremont 
  Tue/Dec-06 Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern 
  Wed/Dec-07 Wilmington, NC Soapbox 
  Thu/Dec-08 Nashville, TN Rocketown 
  Fri/Dec-09 Memphis, TN Escape Alley
  Sat/Dec-10 St. Louis, MO Fubar 
  Sun/Dec-11 Lawrence, KS Jackpot
• Tour: Final Thursday US Tour Dates before hiatus
  with Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Zechs Marquise and Native
  Nov 28 - Grog Shop - Cleveland Heights, OH 
  Nov 30 - The Loft - Atlanta, GA
  Dec 01 - 20th Century Theatre - Cincinnati, OH
  Dec 02 - Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL
  Dec 03 - iLounge at Clutch Cargos - Pontiac, MI
  Dec 04 - Montage Music Hall - Rochester, NY
  with MewithoutYou, Screaming Females, Make Do And Mend and Aficionado 
  Dec 26 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ
  Dec 27 - 9:30 Club - Washington D.C.
  Dec 28 - Toad’s Place - New Haven, CT
  Dec 29 - Royale Boston - Boston, MA
  Dec 30 - Theatre of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA

Also, be sure to submit your picks for AotY (Album of the Year) and whatnot for our big year-end wrap-up! Place your votes for PPRAE’s Year in Music!

(Source: chefboyrdavid)