Nation of Ulysses - Plays Pretty For BabyI guess kinda arty, noisy, politco harDCore. The Dischord sound is there, but it's definitely flipped on its ear.
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Nation of Ulysses - Plays Pretty For Baby
Nation of Ulysses - Plays Pretty For BabyI guess kinda arty, noisy, politco harDCore. The Dischord sound is there, but it's definitely flipped on its ear.
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Make Do and Mend - Bodies of Water
Make Do and Mend - Bodies of WaterHWM inspired band who released this free on the internet, then through a label later. The first two songs are beyond great.
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Lanemeyer - Stories For the Big Screen
Lanemeyer - Stories For the Big ScreenNew Jersey pop punk from the late 90s/early 2ooos. You probably know the deal. Lots of John Cusack samples.
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Leatherface - Horsebox
Leatherface - HorseboxEveryone (probably, or should) knows Mush at this point, but here's yet another excellent Leatherface LP. I'm so glad I got to see them at Fest last year.
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
Today's lunch
Pica's Pizza - Upper Darby LPSquare box, sauce on top, gtfo if you can't get into it. Thin crust, crispy on the corners, and the saltiest cheese you can find. Extra cheese is a must. Makes me bummed my parents moved out of Upper Darby when I was four. Of course, I'd be much fatter if I stayed.
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Shook Ones - Slaughter of the Insole EP, Splits with End of a Year and Easel
Shook Ones - Slaughter of the Insole EP, Splits with End of a Year and Easel.This is kinda a catch all for the lesser-known Shooks records. Slaughter of the Insole is a quick teaser EP with a pretty good Leatherface cover ("Not a Day"), the split with Easel has their best song ("Order Form" and a wonderful Sicko cover ("Bad Year"), and the split with End of a Year (But At Least Your Town Has a Lusty Lady) tricked everyone into thinking their new record would be harder and heavier than it ended up being.
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Gray Matter - Food for Thought / Take it Back
Gray Matter - Food for Though / Take it BackMid 80s harDCore, so you pretty much know the deal. This is the LP and an EP together.
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Dan Potthast - Sweets and Meats
Dan Potthast - Sweets and MeatsMelodic, acoustic pop/rock from an ex-member of MU330. Don't worry, no ska here, but plenty of fun!
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Cub Country - Stay Poor, Stay Happy
Cub Country - Stay Poor, Stay HappyJeremy from Jets to Brazil/Handsome playing indie inspired country, well before it was the hip thing to do.
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Buglite - Love and Other Sorrows
Buglite - Love and Other SorrowsWest Chester area pop punk from the mid 90s, so if you follow this blog, you should know the deal.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
The Blackout Pact - Hello Sailor
The Blackout Pact - Hello SailorPunk/post hardcore that used to play with bands like Jena Berlin and Bear Vs. Shark. Energetic and gruff.
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Copeland - Beneath Medicine Tree
Copeland - Beneath Medicine TreeAgain, melodic, catchy, textured indie rock. In 2003, if you made a girl a mix tape/CD with "Brightest" on it, she'd love it.
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As Tall as Lions - Lafcadio
As Tall as Lions - LafcadioTextured indie rock. Nice instrumentation and catchy melodies.
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Affirmative Action Jackson - Split with Sound of Failure
Affirmative Action Jackson - Split with Sound of FailureThree great dudes. Philly's most underrated hardcore punk band.
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Cursive - Eight Teeth to Eat You
Cursive - Eight Teeth To Eat YouThese are the Cursive songs from their split with Eastern Youthm from Japan. While it's only a few songs, two of them stand as some of my top Cursive songs.
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Dead Letter Dept - Yes You Can't
Dead Letter Dept - Yes You Can'tWell done pop punk from Canada. Nice dudes who later put out more "indie-ish" records that never did as much for me.
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New End Original - Thriller
New End Original - ThrillerI think this is my favorite Jonah project. Catchy, poppy indie rock.
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Roadside Monument - Eight Hours Away From Being a Man
Roadside Monument - Eight Hours Away From Being a ManThere was a great interview with these guys in Muzzle back in like 1998 that made me love them before I even heard them. Kinda emo, kinda mathy, kinda abrasive, while still kinda subtle.
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Maritime - We, The Vehicles
Maritime - We, The VehiclesPoppy indie rock fronted by Davey from The Promise Ring. Continues in the direction that TPR was going.
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Operation Ivy - Ramones EP
Operation Ivy - Ramones EPYou should know Operation Ivy. You should know The Ramones. This description pretty much writes itself.
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Good to Go - Counting Stars EP
Good to Go - Counting Stars EPA poppy punk band from West Chester, PA. They were in a ska band, then kinda morphed into this. They were super energetic live and always fun. The EP is still nostalgic and holds up fairly well.
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Daylight - Demo
Daylight - DemoA pretty new demo from a HWM/Polar Bear Club inspired band. Poppy, yet gruff. They played Philly recently and I missed out, but definitely a band I wanna see live.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Kid Dynamite - Live 4/11/03
Kid Dynamite - Live 4/11/03A live set from the first round of reunions they did at the Church in Philly. Not the best sounding bootleg, but solid. Relive that weekend, without the SARS.
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Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, Paint That Shit Gold
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, Paint That Shit GoldIndie hip hop. I posted the Slug and Murs record, but this is the mse recent from Slug's main project. A bit more laid back than previous releases, with more musical beats and songs.
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A Trunk Full of Dead Bodies - My Smiler, Her Corpse
A Trunk Full of Dead Bodies - My Smile, Her CorpsePoppy punk with occasional "screamo" parts, but not overly. They kinda overplayed the death thing, but when you got beyond that, there were solid songs here.
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Crumbler - Demo
Crumbler - DemoSnotty, dirty hardcore punk. 5 songs in about 4 minutes. Mems have gone on to Reign Supreme, Aneurysm Rats and others.
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Creep Records Exploitational Sampler
V/A - Creep Records Exploitational SamplerWhen I was in 7th grade, this was the comp that really got me hooked on punk rock. Lots of great West Chester/Philly favorites from the mid 90s.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Boy Sets Fire - The Day the Sun Went Out
Boy Sets Fire - The Day The Sun Went OutAnother band that's not cool to like anymore, but this record was great. Seeing them at Downingtown High School without a PA system, and Nathan just standing on a chair screaming was one of the best things I'd ever seen at 15-16 years old. Put up by request, so if you have better mp3s, I'd love it. Thanks
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Tom Martin Social Club - Live in Portland (Video)
Tom Martin Social Club - Live in Portland (video)Tom is something of a West Chester "legend" and an all around excellent dude. When he was out doing sound on a tour for Straylight Run (with the New Amsterdams), he ended up doing a brief solo set in Portland. The results were great.
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Christ - Only Every Other Day
Christ - Only Every Other DayMems of I Hate You and others playing heavy, yet intricate mid 90s emo. Someday some label will probably put this and their other record out, but who knows.
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The Half-Lings - Possible Discography
The Half-Lings - Possible DiscographyI recently found a blog that had most of their 7"s, but this .zip file also contains a bunch of comp tracks I had. I THINK this is everything that was officially released, but I may be wrong. Mid 90s West Chester/Creep Records pop punk at it's best.
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Slug & Murs - Felt 2: A Tribute to Lisa Bonet
Slug & Murs - Felt 2: A Tribute to Lisa BonetA hip hop side project from Slug of Atmosphere. Catchy "indie rap" or whatever you wanna call it.
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Against Me - Acoustic EP
Against Me - Acoustic EPSure, it's not cool to like these guys anymore, and a lot of people have already heard this EP, but if you haven't, it's worth it for "We Did it All For Don," which definitely struck a chord with me my senior year of college when I was selling plasma for rent money, hating student teaching 12 hours a day, and enjoying my last semester in a house with my best friends. < / nostalgia>
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Monday, June 8, 2009
Voice in the Wire - Signals in Transmission
Voice in the Wire - Signals in TransmissionKid Dynamite worship poppy punk/hardcore from Pittsburgh. For a minute, it looked like these guys were gonna blow up, then they kinda disappeared.
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Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start - Girl's Names
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start - Girl's NamesFour quick, quirky indie rock from New Jersey.
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U.S. Bombs - The World
U.S. Bombs - The WorldSmells like cheap beer and skateboarding. Remember when these guys were the house band on Premium Blend? That was awesome.
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Sinking Ships - Ten
Sinking Ships - TenA short, four song EP from these "legitimate bros." Another band that wasn't cool to like, but I thought they were decent.
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The Explosion - Sick of Modern Art
The Explosion - Sick of Modern ArtWhat seems like a lost EP from this punk band. I miss seeing them regularly.
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Scraps and Heart Attacks - Still Sick
Scraps and Heart Attacks - Still SickLong Island hardcore, some of the dudes from This is Hell, before they were This is Hell. A little less slick, but along the same lines.
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