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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