As Friends Rust - Won

As Friends Rust - Won
I posted their last EP the other day, but this was the LP that preceded it. This was a nice middle-ground between their more straight up melodic hardcore and their more ambitious later stuff.

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Bones Brigade - I Hate Myself When I'm Not Skateboarding

Bones Brigade - I Hate Myself When I'm Not Skateboarding
Remember when you were in high school and just got to skate and listen to punk rock records? That was awesome.

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The Ataris - Anywhere But Here

The Ataris - Anywhere But Here
When we were younger we loved this because it sounded like a lost early Green Day record. They got lamer and more "mature" as they grew up, but this record was fun as hell.

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New bands: Snake Road / Quiet Arcs

Quiet Arcs are a new band from the dudes that brought you Crumbler, Aneurysm Rats and One Up. If you liked those bands, there is no reason you shouldn't love the song that Quiet Arcs put up. They'll have more up soon.

Snake Road are a metallic hardcore band with riffs. Lots of riffs. Their entire demo is up for a free download on their bandcamp page.

World's Fastest Car - Unreleased

World's Fastest Car - Unreleased
This was Walter's bridge from Quicksand to Rival Schools. This was supposed to be released by Rev, but never was.

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World Burns to Death - Totalitarian Sodomy

World Burns to Death - Totalitarian Sodomy
Heavy hardcore punk. Members of Severed Head of State, From Ashes Rise, and tons other, so you kinda know what to expect with this one.

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Aneurysm Rats - Dying to Live

Aneurysm Rats - Dying to Live
This was the only record from this band, which had guys from One Up, Crumbler, and None More Black. Pretty straight ahead hardcore, entertaining lyrics.

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As Friends Rust - A Young Trophy Band...

As Friends Rust - A Young Trophy Band...
The last EP from this Florida melodic punk/hardcore band. They branched out a little bit on this one and kinda alienated a big chunk of their fanbase. Whatever, I thought it was pretty good.

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River City High - Forgets Their Manners

River City High - Forgets Their Manners
In the late 90s or early 2000s, my old band played some firehall in the middle of nowhere and these guys blew all the high school bands off the stage. Super poppy and energetic. They never really took off, but seemed to open every emo/pop punk for a few years. Members of Fun Size and Inquisition.

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Ninja Gun - Restless Rubes

Ninja Gun - Restless Rubes
Folky, country-ish rock that the Vinyl Collective and punknews.org kids seem to eat up. This was towards the top of a lot year end lists in 2008.

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Racetraitor - Burn the Idol of the White Messiah

Racetraitor - Burn the Idol of the White Messiah
Political, straight edge, vegan metalcore featuring Andy from Fall Out Boy.

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Hate5six videos from This is Hardcore

In case you're unaware or living under a rock, This is Hardcore just happened in Philly this past weekend. Tons of great bands played including the almighty Ink and Dagger, Kid Dynamite, Blacklisted, Ceremony, Title Fight, Horror Show and tons other. Hate5six Productions was there filming the whole thing and is starting to get videos up online. Go, check them out, download them, mosh in your bedroom, then donate to hate5six!

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Off With Their Heads - Live at Insubordination Fest 2008

Off With Their Heads - Live at Insubordination Fest 08
You pretty much know what to expect from this band. This time it's just live. Die today.

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Matty Pop Chart - Everyone Does Everything

Matty Pop Chart - Everyone Does Everything
You know Matt Tobey from Good Luck, where he sings and plays guitar. This is his solo record.

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Marigold - 2006 Demos

Marigold - 2006 Demo
The last songs that Marigold recorded, after Vadim left and with PJ Bond on vocals. These songs were all great. My old band played a whole bunch of shows with them and they were always fun as hell.

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Ley Royal Scam - Demo

Ley Royal Scam - Demo
Female fronted pop, not unlike Zolof, from West Chester a few years back. Featuring the one and only Tom Martin. I dare you not to get "Are You Feeling My Disco?" stuck in your head.

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Kid Dynamite - Live at CBGB (Video)

Kid Dynamite - Live at CBGB (Video)
Back in 2005 Lifetime was supposed to be playing Hellfest, but it was canceled. They ended up playing a handful of reunion shows in Philly, and Kid Dynamite in New York. I pretty much based an entire weekend and changed my move-back date to college around these shows. We went out to this and it was fun as hell. I can't wait to see them again on Sunday at This is Hardcore.

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Kill Verona - The Kill Verona EP

Kill Verona - The Kill Verona EP
This was actually recorded and released when they were called Little League, but then inspired their name change after their cease and desist order. This was my favorite of all of their record. Still poppy punk songs, but with a bit of the ambition that really came out on Trauma.

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Lasalle - Expedition Songs

Lasalle - Expedition Songs
One of the dudes from Small Brown Bike and his wife put out an album of indie rock stuff. It was pretty cool, but doesn't touch the SBB records. They still play occasionally I believe and put out another album as well.

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Isaac Hurt - Demo

Isaac Hurt - Demo
This NJ band put out a solid demo of atmospheric, spacey instrumental songs, but then I never heard anything else from them.

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Super Hi Five - Split with Six South

Super Hi Five - Split With SixSouth
These are only the Super Hi Five songs from the split. I don't think I ever even had the others, and I'm pretty sure it never came out anyway. Super Hi Five just kept getting better (recorded) as they went along.

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Glass and Ashes - s/t

Glass and Ashes - s/t
Gruff, angular post-hardcore on No Idea Records. Members of Young Livers play(ed?) in this band too.

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Tokyo - Two Songs

Tokyo - Two Songs
Tokyo was a short lived band featuring Dmitri from Dillinger Escape Plan and some of the guys from Knives Out. They played a handful of shows. I'm not sure if these songs were ever officially released or not.

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Used Kids - Yeah No

Used Kids - Yeah No
I typically don't like anything Mikey Erg is involved with, so I avoided this at first, but I was wrong on that one. Husker Du-ish, with scratchy vocals and catchy songs.

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Kill Verona - Trauma

Kill Verona - Trauma
The last record from these Philly guys. It was great to watch them progress from a poppy punk band to a spacy, layered almost post hardcore band. People weren't really into this because it didn't have the same energy of the early stuff, but it's awesome.

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Frail - Make Your Own Noise

Frail - Make Your Own Noise
Classic Philly screamy, spastic hardcore. Members of Ink and Dagger.

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Fireworks - All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion

Fireworks - All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion
I'm not really into this record, but with kids really getting back into that whole super poppy punk with breakdowns thing (which some bands are doing really well), a lot of people really like Fireworks. So, if that's your thing, you may like this.

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