Friends,
Thank you for being here! This Free Summer Sampler is a reflection of the dedication that these two New Orleans based labels have to independent music and the pursuit of presenting that music in a radical way. Chinquapin & Community Records are most basically a group of friends. We are united by our goal of wanting to help each other spread our music to new friends (that means YOU).
On this page you will find online links to these bands, you can find their show listings through their links. Please visit communityrecords.org or chinquapinrecords.com to find more FREE albums from these groups. We appreciate you being here with us, we hope you enjoy the music. If you like what you hear, please help us spread the word so that the positivity expands exponentially to everyone we all know.
Peace.
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Tracklist
01Stuck - Caddywhompus
- Noise-pop. Two headed beast. Best friends in front of a Berlin wall of amplifiers.
- New Orleans, LA Website
02Blood of Snakes - Stuck Lucky
- five piece thrash weird punk with ska
- Nashville, TN Website
03Walk Between the Raindrops - Safety
- melodic pristine pop-punk from florida
- Florida Website
04Don't Trust Anyone - The Lollies
- well crafted pop-punk from new orleans
- New Orleans, LA Website
05Lethal Protector - Mad Conductor
- experimental hip-hop with reggae undertones.
- New Orleans, LA Website
06Alchemy - Sun Hotel
- Fuzzy post-gospel hazes. Drifting, ambient guitar and four-part harmonies with thundering rhythms and biting lyrics.
- New Orleans, LA Website
07Other One - Habitat
- happy-go-lucky go devo punk rock
- New Orleans, LA Website
08Wine Drunk Potluck - Native America
- Folk-pop dreamgaze. Reverberated walls of Motown from their living room to yours.
- New Orleans, LA Website
09I Can't, I Won't, Give Up - The Rooks
- positive minded 3 piece pop punk from new orleans, la
- New Orleans, LA Website
10Sex - Glish
- Shoegazed astral-pop. Is there love in space?
- New Orleans, LA Website
11Aetherea - Cliff Hines
- progressive jazz influenced jazz from new orleans, la
- New Orleans, LA Website
12Atlanta's Own - The Taxpayers
- punk celebrating goof punx, diy music, & social awareness
- New Orleans, LA Website
13Give it All - Murphy's Kids
- progressive reggae & rock from richmond, va
- Richmond, VA Website
14Spencer Green - Donovan Wolfington
- Wilder than Algernon Cadawalleder
- New Orleans, LA Website
15Bandages - Archanimals
- grungy alt-folk
- New Orleans, LA Website
16Indifference - High In One Eye
- Two-piece mind melting musical soulmates making death-pop for your parents to complain about.
- New Orleans, LA Website
17Yogurt - Choi Wolf
- experimental abrasive bursts of noise from new orleans, la
- New Orleans, LA Website
18Bad Sign - Brunt of It
- hardcore punk ska in the old school style from boston, ma
- Boston, MA Website
19We Know Better - Matt Wixson's Flying Circus
- folk-punk with ska & socially conscious ideas from michigan (single)
- Detroit, MI Website
20Something To Complain About - Squirt Gun Warriors
- punk ska synth with d.i.y. ethic from baton rouge, la (single)
- Baton Rouge, LA Website
21Cry - Country Club
- Forever blooming folk-masons with roots deep. Raggedly soulful with enough hooks to go around.
- New Orleans, LA Website
22Predator - The Lollies
- unreleased acoustic cut of their song predator (unreleased)
- New Orleans, LA Website
23The Ghost of Woodrow Parker - See You In Mexico
- folk music with punk tendencies from seattle, wa
- Seattle, WA Website
24Coming Up Roses - Chris Rehm
- Cave-wave. Droned bedroom thoughts. Songs and sounds.
- New Orleans, LA Website
25Sometimes (live) - All People
- 4 piece experimental punk and reggae from new orleans, la (unreleased)
- New Orleans, LA Website
26Maddie Ruthless w/ Forthrights & Friends - Sympathy
- traditional reggae sounds from NYC to New Orleans
- New Orleans, LA Website
27Kiz & Legin - Never Leave
- two piece attic punk fuzz lo-fi hardcore pop band from toronto, canada
- Toronto, CA Website