Articles By Aaron Zorgel
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The Riot Before Rebellion Published Oct 24, 2010There will always be a place for a band that want to play loud, fast and sing with meaning. In 2010, the heirs to the throne of the gruff pu...
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Aficionado When It Comes To Creation Published Oct 24, 2010Upon first impression, Albany, NY-based Aficionado conjure visions of a Polyphonic Spree with a post-punk twist. This seven-piece ensemble h...
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Shared Arms III Sessions Published Sep 24, 2010Extremely fast technical skate punk is a rarity in 2010, especially if you're looking for a band that could trade blows with genre mainstays...
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Iron Chic Not Like This Published Sep 24, 2010Possibly one of the most highly anticipated full-lengths of 2010 amongst melodic punk and org-core fans alike, Not Like This by Long Island-...
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Hostage Calm Hostage Calm Published Jul 19, 2010It's a slippery slope when a band try to reinvent themselves within the confines of punk and hardcore. The fans can be rabidly loyal, but me...
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Grown Ups More Songs Published Jun 28, 2010Grown Ups' debut full-length, More Songs, is one of the most exciting and inventive releases of 2010. With a startling blend of Kinsella-ins...
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Save Your Breath Nothing Worth Having Comes Easy Published Jun 28, 2010Save Your Breath's California-soaked brand of pop punk might catch you off guard, given that the band actually reside in Newport, South Wale...
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The Wonder Years The Upsides Published Feb 16, 2010It's 2010, it's cold as shit outside and if you're a true procrastinator, you're still thinking about how you want to "start this year off r...
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Transit / Man Overboard Transit / Man Overboard Published Jan 22, 2010The deliberately lo-fi, yet earnest, split between Transit and Man Overboard sounds like the product of a bunch of friends growing up on pun...
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Strung Out Agents of the Underground Published Oct 30, 2009The seventh studio album from punk rock institution Strung Out marks their 20th year as a band. As if that wasn't impressive enough, Agents...
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Polar Bear Club Chasing Hamburg Published Oct 30, 2009These Upstate New Yorkers turned heads in 2005 with their debut five-song demo, mixing hardcore elements with catchy riffs and intricate mus...
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The United Sons of Toil Until Lions Have Their Historians, Tales of the Hunt Shall Always Glorify The Hunter Published Sep 22, 2009The United Sons of Toil play noisy, Midwestern, angular math rock that lyrically explores areas of futility, imperialism and genocide. By de...
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Transit Stay Home Published Sep 22, 2009It's impressive when you hear an EP by a relatively uncharted band and it comes across as a focused and fully realized tribute to their genr...
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Final Thought Take This Home Published Jul 21, 2009Barrie, ON's Final Thought have tons of ideas. These guys are clearly young, creative and enthusiastic because their debut EP, Take This Hom...
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Freshmen 15 Throw Up Your Hands for One Night Stands Published Jul 21, 2009Fans of late '90s California pop punk are stoked. Despite a fully douched-out bro moniker and album title, Freshmen 15 sound like a band tha...
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MxPx On The Cover II Published Jul 21, 2009MXPX released their first record of covers, On The Cover, in 1995. What was the impetus to release a second covers record (creatively titled...
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3OH!3 Want Published Jul 21, 2009This summer, Warped Tour has embraced more genre-bending/barf-inducing acts than ever, including crunkcore brats brokeNCYDE, the glam girls...
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Papa Roach Metamorphosis Published Jun 08, 2009They never really had a chance, did they? From start to finish, the sixth studio album from Papa Roach comes across as a final desperate gra...
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Various Punk Goes Pop Vol. 2 Published Jun 08, 2009If you've ever wanted confirmation that the current wave of screamo, dance-core, crunk-core and whatever-core bands are basically writing To...
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Stereotyperider Songs In The Key Of F And U Published Jun 08, 2009Despite having been around for about ten years, having released a bunch of really great records and landing spots on some high profile tours...