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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
A Jackknife to a Swan
Side One Dummy |
Atmosphere
God Loves Ugly
Fat Beats/ Rhymesayers |
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Irony is A Dead Scene
Epitaph |
Codeseven
The Rescue
The Music Cartel |
GlassJaw
Worship and Tribute
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Most artists maintain
a consistent fan base by improving on their last album or opting
for a change of genre altogether. Fortunately, this is definitely
not the case for punk/ska trailblazers The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
On their latest release, “A Jackknife to a Swan,” The
Bosstones stick to a formula that plainly asks: “If it’s
not broke, why fix it?”
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Finally, there’s
an emcee who not only breaks out of the racial barrier of hip hop
but also rhymes about more emotional subjects than the value of
their wristwatch or the rims on their car.
Eminem? Hardly.
His name is Slug, born Sean Daley, a Midwestern
white male who is the lyrical mastermind behind Atmosphere.
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After the release
of their watermark album “Calculating Infinity,” The Dillinger
Escape Plan had people in the underground community listening with
rapt attention. Dillinger came forth with a style that has been
described as “math-core” or “smart metal”: a
full-on audio assault of the senses.
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Winston-Salem’s
pride and joy, Codeseven has been an innovator in the North Carolina
scene for years. On their first underground release, “Paper
or Plastic,” the band brought rap-metal into the spotlight
before anyone knew what to make of it.
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On their major-label release “Everything
You Ever Wanted to Know about Silence,” GlassJaw hit a nerve
in the hardcore community. Singer Daryl Palumbo dredged up the most
personal experiences, from his battle with Chrohn’s Disease
to his tumultuous relationship with a girl who goes unnamed yet
obviously provides the fodder for that album.
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