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Baby Grand - A Portrait of the Arrogant Alcoholic as a Young Man

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Genre: Folk Rock/Indie/Alt. Country

FFO: The Replacements, Neil Young, Lucero

Baby Grand released this, their first full length, almost a year ago. The Connecticut band draws influences from several genres ranging from Punk to Alt. Country. This is the band's second release, and their first release on Get Young Records. The band just recorded three brand new songs with Justin Pizzoferrato who has recorded acts like Dinosaur Jr., Witch, Sonic Youth, and plenty other noteworthy bands.

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A Portrait of the Arrogant Alcoholic as a Young Man

I'm back

but who knows for how long. posting on here gets pretty boring, and i wind up just saying the same shit over and over, and i'm busy with school now. either way, I'm gonna try to post on here a little more. I'm gonna mostly post things that are out of print to avoid any problems.

I have no idea if everything that i've posted is still online, and i don't have the time to check every link. So if a link is down, it's down for good

Quicksand - Pipeline Newark NJ 9-5-91

Genre: Post Hardcore

FFO: Handsome, Shift

This is a full set from New Jersey, as the title would suggest. One of the songs played is How Soon Is Now, which is awesome. If you're a fan of this band, check this set out.

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Pipeline Newark NJ 9-5-91

No Cure - Broken Lives

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Genre: Hardcore/Dad Rock

FFO: The Risk Taken, With Honor, 

The band formerly known as Sabotage. No Cure is a hardcore band from Connecticut fronted by the international playboy, Jay Haas. Featuring current and ex. members of Ambitions, With Honor, Unforgiven, Hostage Calm, Palehorse, The Risk Taken, Downpour, etc..... This EP is barely over 5 minutes long, and each song is a banger. Check this out and come to their next show in Milford, CT on June 15.

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Broken Lives

Left For Dead - Splitting Heads

Genre: Hardcore
FFO: The Swarm, Haymaker

Left for Dead is a hardcore band from Canada, and was one of Chris Colohan's earlier bands. This is the band's discography, plus a live set.

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Splitting Heads

Salem - Strictly Gucci: The Salem Remixes

Genre: Witch House/Hip Hop
FFO: Salem, Gucci Mane, oOoOO

I don't really feel like typing a description for this right now since I'm in the process of writing a paper. It's Gucci Mane with witch house beats, and the first track is chopped and screwed. It's a lot of fun to listen to, so check it out.

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Strictly Gucci: The Salem Remixes

Baby Grand - Live 12/9/11 Branford American Legion

Genre: Rock and Roll
FFO: The Replacements, Slow Jams

Ripped the audio from a video. the U2 cover at the beginning of the set is cool.

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Live 12/9/11 Branford American Legion

Hatebreed - Demo 1995

Genre: Hardcore
FFO: ...Hatebreed

I'm not gonna say much about this because pretty much everyone knows who Hatebreed is. This is where the band started. The songs on this Demo are also on Under The Knife, and two of them are on their split with Neglect. Listen to this and see where the band started.

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Demo 1995

American Nightmare - Live at the Ukrainian Cultural Center 12.31.2011

Genre: Hardcore
FFO: The Suicide File, Horror Show, Blacklisted

American Nightmare reunited for two shows at the end of last year. They played Boston and Los Angelas, and both shows sold out insanely fast. This is the audio from the LA date. Enjoy.

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Ukrainian Cultural Center 12.31.2011

In Anchorage - Demo

Genre: Rock/Hardcore
FFO: Cave In, Robots and Empire

In Anchorage was a band from Poghkeepsie, New York. They're one of my favorite bands to come out of that area. Great riffs, and awesome vocal delivery. Some of these songs were ripped from their myspace a few years ago, and cut out at the end of the song so i apologize for that. That shouldn't stop you from downloading this and listening to it.

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Demo

Robots And Empire - Cast Shadow Dragons

Genre: Sludge/Metal/Rock

FFO: Torche, Cave In

This is the band's first full length released in 2005. If you liked the first EP that i posted on here a few months back, you'll like this.

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Cast Shadow Dragons

Glassjaw - Live @ Maxwell's 10.10.10

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Genre: Post Hardcore
FFO: Deftones, Thursday, At The Drive-In

Glassjaw played a string of secret shows last year while they were releasing the series of 7" singles. This is the audio from one of those shows. They played some of my favorite songs the band ever recorded, and a few songs they haven't played in a long time. The set list from this show is Ape Dos Mil, Convectuoso, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence, Must've Run All Day, Secret Song(Losten), Trailer Park Jesus, and Wolf Egg(which is now known as Black Nurse).

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Live @ Maxwell's 10.10.10

Dagwood - Paradise

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Genre: Pop Punk
FFO: Osker, Seaweed, The Ramones

This album was just released yesterday by the band for free. I've already listened to it a few times through, and I haven't even had it for a full 24 hours. Dagwood always does some unexpected shit. They played one of their first shows with Alkaline Trio at Toads place, and just recently played with Badfish, a Sublime tribute band. They have a podcast called Mindplow that's filled with prank phone calls, skits, new songs from them, and interviews with people. They interviewed Chris from Hostage Calm in the first podcast. They also have a Public Access show coming out soon, and I can't even imagine how weird that's going to be. Anyways, back to the album, it's really good and catchy, and doesn't have any random pop punk mosh parts. Everyone should check this out.

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Paradise

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Make Do And Mend - Live Acoustic Set 10/3/10

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Genre: Pop Punk/Acoustic
FFO: Hot Water Music, Polar Bear Club

According to James in the recording, this was the first time the band played live acoustically. I usually like when bands do some acoustic things, but I was kinda iffy when I heard MDAM were planning on releasing an acoustic EP. But the track they have online for the Acoustic EP sounds pretty tight, so I decided to look into it some more. While I was looking for more info, I saw a couple youtube videos of them performing this set in someone's apartment, thought it sounded pretty neat, and ripped the audio. Check this out.

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Acoustic Set 10/3/10

Inside Out - No Spiritual Surrender

Genre: Hardcore/Punk
FFO: Burn, Judge

I've been listening to this record a lot lately, so I figured I'd post it on here. Inside Out was Zach De La Rocha's band before going on to start Rage Against The Machine. The band also featured members of Shelter, 108, Chain Of Strength, Burn, Gorilla Biscuits, and a few other notable bands. No spiritual Surrender was the band's only release, and was one of the earlier Rev releases. The band had material written for a new record, but broke up shortly after Vic DiCara left the band. Zach went on to start Rage Against The Machine.

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No Spiritual Surrender

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Baby Grand / Tim Casey - Hot Air Press Split

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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