Baby Grand / Tim Casey - Hot Air Press Split

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Hostage Calm

Genre: Indie/Folk

This split came out a few years ago on Hot Air Press on a very small run of cassette tapes. Both sides of the split are acoustic. Baby Grand started as an acoustic project between two friends, and are now a full band. Tim Casey is, and has been the bassist for Hostage Calm.

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Hot Air Press Split

Canvas - Ashes

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Genre: Indie/Rock
FFO: Call It Arson, Weezer

Canvas is an Indie band from Connecticut featuring current, and ex, members of Call It Arson, The Distance, Stab You In The Head, Cold Snap, Baby Grand, and a few other bands. Ashes is a solid, cohesive album where all the songs complements one another. The first two tracks, and the last two tracks on the album are new songs, and the four songs in the middle of the album are on the EP that was released last year. That being said, this is one of my favorite releases of the year so far. Everyone should check this out, and if you like it, you should seriously buy it.

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Ashes

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Gunther Weezul - Demo 2006

Gunther Weezul

Genre: Hardcore/Metal
FFO: Section 8

Gunther Weezul is a band from Upstate New York, formed in 2004, featuring members of Section 8, Deciples of Berkowitz, and Street Sweeper. Kasey Dorr from Section 8 sings for the band, but the band has a much different vibe than Section 8. To date, they have released this demo, an EP, and a full length. Check it out.

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Demo 2006

Walter Schreifels - Home Recording

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Genre: Acoustic/Indie
FFO: Rival Schools, The Walking Concert

Walter Schreifels is a name that everyone interested in hardcore should know. He was in Gorilla Biscuits, Moondog, Quicksand, The Walking Concert and Rival Schools. He released his first solo record just last year. This Home Recording is from 2006, and has a few songs that appear on the record, a Moondog cover, and some songs not released elsewhere.

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Home Recording

Heavy Breath - The EP's

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Genre: Hardcore/Punk
FFO: The Suicide File, 108, Refused

Heavy Breath is a newer hardcore band from Connecticut. They just released a 12" compiling their two EPs on Get Young Records. The first side of the 12" is their new EP, Ugly Americans, which is a lot faster and weirder than previous EP, Synthemesc Dreams. Ugly Americans has lots of samples and weird guitar parts. But it's a really great, unique piece of work that everyone should listen to. Synthemesc Dreams is a lot different, and every song flows together. It also has A Clockwork Orange lyrical theme, which rules. Check this out.

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The EPs

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Sum Of All fears - From This Day Forward...

Genre: Hardcore
FFO: Divided By Hate, Voice Of Reason

Sum Of All Fears was a CTHC band from the 90's. They did a split with Tenfold (another CTHC band) that was the first Bridge 9 release, when B9 was still in CT. This album is filled with hits, and is easily one of my favorite 90's hardcore albums.

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From This Day Forward...

I Am The Avalanche - Rough Demos

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Genre: Pop Punk
FFO: The Movielife

I Am The Avalanche is a Pop Punk band from New York. IATA is Vinnue Caruana, from The Movielife's new (not so new anymore) band. They released an album in 2005, and because of problems with their record label they haven't been able to release any new material. A couple years ago, these demos started floating around on the internet. The band recently announced that they'll be releasing their second full length record some time this year. So until then, listen to these songs and be patient.

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Rough Demos

The Smiths - Peel Sessions

Genre: Brit-Pop/Alt. Rock/Jangle Pop
FFO: Morrissey, The Cure, The Cranberries

The Smiths were a British Pop band from the 80's. They were only active for about 5 years, but released 4 full length studio albums. The Peel Sessions was released as a 7" a year after The Smiths disbanded. All the songs on this EP appeared on Hatful of Hollow, except for the track Miserable Lie.

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Peel Sessions

Call it Arson - Friend For Life EP

Genre: Folk/Indie
FFO: Bright Eyes, Canvas, The Haunted Continents

Call It Arson is the best band to come out of Connecticut. They broke up a few years ago, but have started playing shows again, most recently with Death Threat and Supertouch. There are rumors that their Animal Strings EP may get some vinyl treatment soon. If/when that happens, you'd be an idiot to not buy it. But enough about all that, this EP is some of the band's earlier work, and it's really awesome.

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Friends For Life EP

Misfits - 12 Hits From Hell

Genre: Punk
FFO: Samhain, Danzig

Everyone knows who the Misfits are, a horror themed punk band that started in the late 70's. For the few people who don't know anything about the Misfits, this is a good staring point. These are all Danzig era songs, and they're all the hits. Perfect music for the Fall.

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12 Hits From Hell

Witches With Dicks - Manual

Genre: Pop Punk/Punk
FFO: Off With Their Heads, Like Bats

Witches With Dicks were a punk band from Boston, MA. They recorded this full length, and a 7" before calling it quits. I always keep this album in heavy rotation, especially in the Fall. Members went on to play in Ringers.

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Manual

Cornerstone - Beating The Masses

Genre: Hardcore/Punk/Youth Crew
FFO: Gorilla Biscuits, Wide Awake, Fast Break

Cornerstone was a 90's straight edge hardcore band from Connecticut. This is the band's only full length, Ernie from Token Entry did the artwork, and it's only barely over 14 minutes long. This just means that there are no filler tracks, so every song is a banger. Members went on to start Fastbreak. If you're a fan of youth crew, this is something you should check out.


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Beating The Masses