Illadelph Halflife.

The Roots at their finest...hip hop at its finest

btw, it still angers me that they're Jimmy Fallon's house band....sure, they're getting good exposure, but they shouldn't be associated with that hack....but I digress

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The Impossible Standard.

Confines are dirty fucking hardcore from MA...raw and vicious...ex-members of Cut the Shit and current members of Failures, Social Circkle, Even Keel, and Brain Killer...one of the better demos to come out in recent years

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USX

US Christmas' 2008 LP, "Eat the Low Dogs is a beautifully dark and medicating record that fewer ears will hear than it deserves. It rocks, laments and hollers from the mountainous region of Marion, North Carolina with an enduring gloom that feels archaic and steadfast throughout.... Eat the Low Dogs is a sleeper that hopefully will find the right sets of ears; it should be a beacon of soft light in the minds of sludge lovers, ex-psychedelics and people who enjoy a voyage through forlorn dirges that are as murky as they are somber. It is honest and escapes classification while feeling consistent throughout." - Scenepointblank
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Montezuma's Revenge.

New Souls of Mischief. "Montezuma's Revenge was created the old-fashioned way, with the MCs- A-Plus, Phesto, Opio & Tajai, and producers Prince Paul & Domino in the lab together from the beginning to the end of the recording process." - Accesshiphop.com

Sounds good, right? Check it out.
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Manners and Praise.

"Manners and Praise certainly isn’t going to blow anyone’s mind with its originality or artistic daring, but that fact doesn’t make the emotion it expresses any less genuine…or its riffment any less suffocating. Fight Amp will appeal to anyone who’s enjoyed recent releases by Unsane, Kowloon Walled City, or fellow Philthydelphians Pissed Jeans, and I could see this disc making some dark-horse appearances on 2009’s year-end lists." - MetalReview.com

What good is mentioning Fight Amp without their new record. One of the best releases of the year. CD out on Translation Loss, LP out on Brutal Panda.
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Deep In The Shallow End.

Gray Ghost are from Atlanta, Georgia. They play good, melodic, muddy, abrasive, sludgy hardcore similar to bands like Fight Amp, Regret, Surroundings, and even Isis. Deep shit. Well worth a listen. Out now on Chainsaw Safety Records.
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Days of the New.

If you were unaware, Days of the New was an alternative rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, formed in 1995. This is their first record. It's the only one you need. Inconsistent, but good. All acoustic.
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Punch Discog.

San Francisco's Punch are fast thrashy hardcore/powerviolence with a female vocalist... shit is vicious... the file contains their demo, the Eyeless EP, and their self-titled full length

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MK-Ultra Discog.

MK-Ultra were a fast powerviolence/thrash/hardcore band from Chicago, IL... they were together throughout the 90s and are very influential... while they still existed, they shared members with both Charles Bronson and Los Crudos and members went on to bands such as Boystown, Sick/Tired, The OSS, Closing In, Scotia Widows, and Government 4 Hire... shit is fast, loud, and angry, which is a reoccuring theme on this blog, but its very much worth the listen if you're a fan of that type of music

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Perth Express Discog.

Perth Express were a great crustcore band from Germany... this is a collection of EPs and splits they released over the years... they realeased the full-length Harrow and Wealdstone not too long after this and shortly broke up after that... crusty hardcore at its finest

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