The Alternative Tone

Indie folk from Providence. Download Here RIYL: If Bright Eyes felt like Conor Oberst was secretly a pop punk fan.

Emo from Philadelphia. http://runneruprecords.bandcamp.com/album/nothing-was-missing-except-me RIYL: Algernon Cadwallder, American Football

90's emo vibe from Orlando. http://youblewit.bandcamp.com/album/ep RIYL: American Football, Owen, Empire! Empire! I Was A Lonely Estate

Lo-fi indie-pop from Denton. http://balanceproblems.bandcamp.com/ RIYL: The Apathy Eulogy, Alive In Wild Paint, Brightwood

Instrumental shoegaze/post-rock from Portland. http://futurespaceorchestra.bandcamp.com/ RIYL: Caspian, Ghosts

Instrumental indie rock from Massachusetts. http://settler.bandcamp.com/ RIYL: CSTVT, Dananananakroyd

Anti-folk/indie from Philadelphia. http://itsakingthing.bandcamp.com/album/buffalo-buffalo-buffalo-buffalo-buffalo-buffalo-buffalo-buffalo RIYL: The Moldy Peaches, Jeffrey Lewis, Kimya Dawson

Hardcore/post-hardcore from Ashtabula. http://theportrait.bandcamp.com/album/hollow-eyes-ep RIYL: Defeater, Bane, Verse

Garage-y, indie, surf-y, lo-fi from Minneapolis. http://wildghosts.bandcamp.com/album/no-coast RIYL: Wavves, The White Stripes on a weird day.

Indie-pop with a surf vibe from Dallas. http://lonesomeghost.bandcamp.com/album/none-of-these-songs-are-about-you-or-anyone-you-know RIYL: Real Estate, Beach House, Wavves

Yet another Count Your Lucky Stars sampler featuring the usual suspects. http://countyourluckystars.bandcamp.com/album/free-download-count-your-lucky-stars-sampler-2 RIYL: Into It. Over It., Football Etc, Emo, Post-hardcore

Count Your Lucky Stars sampler. Featuring Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate), Into It. Over It., Football Etc. and a host of post-hardcore and emo.   http://countyourluckystars.bandcamp.com/album/free-download-count-your-lucky-stars-sampler-3 RIYL: Emo, post-hardcore, the Count Your Lucky Stars roster

Count Your Lucky Stars label sampler. Emo and post-hardcore brilliance. Merchant Ships and Moving Mountains are on it. It's free. Why are you still reading and not downloading? http://countyourluckystars.bandcamp.com/album/cyls-sampler-4 RIYL: Merchant Ships, Moving Mountains, Music

Emo band from Indiana. http://pessoa.bandcamp.com/album/do-you-have-great-strength RIYL: Cap'n Jazz, American Football, Mineral

Indie folk from Auckland. http://alaskanz.bandcamp.com/album/e-p RIYL: Sufjan Stevens, Dan Mangan

Experimental indie rock from Boston. http://eolune.bandcamp.com/album/tiny-oceans-ep-2 RIYL: dregd, Circa Survive, Foals

Spoken word emo/post-hardcore from Pittsburgh. http://worncolors.bandcamp.com/album/past-haunts RIYL: Merchant Ships, mewithoutYou, Mick Malone

Spoken word lo-fi from Pittsburgh. http://mickmalone.bandcamp.com/album/beneath-a-tree-of-wild-beasts RIYL: Arab Strap, The Mountain Goats

Lo-fi, spoken word awesomeness from Pittsburgh. http://mickmalone.bandcamp.com/album/blanket-forts RIYL: Arab Strap, The Mountain Goats

Post-rock from Vienna. http://cinematique.bandcamp.com/ RIYL: Sigur Ros, Explosions In The Sky, Mogwai