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    Choke the Pope
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    Choke the Pope Premieres “Shit Luck” Off Upcoming Album

    Listen to "Shit Luck" before you have seven year's bad luck

    Erin Doyle
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    The Million Reasons
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    The Million Reasons Premieres New Single “Dizzy”

     Kendra Sheetz
  3. Shocktroopers
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    Shocktroopers & System Restore Announce West Coast Tour

    Tour Time!

    Kendra Sheetz
  4. Hopeless Otis
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    Hopeless Otis Streams New Album ‘Still Out Here’

     Kendra Sheetz
  5. Caterpillars
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    CATERPILLARS Releases New Single, “The American Dream (1%)”

     Kendra Sheetz
  6. Kill Lincoln
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    Kill Lincoln Announces East Coast Tour with Joystick

    Break out your skanking shoes, Kill Lincoln is back!

    Krista Gjestland
  7. The Young Rochelles
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    The Young Rochelles Announce Summer Tour Dates

    Hitting the Road

    Kendra Sheetz
  8. American Television
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    American Television Announces Signature Coffee & Vinyl Pre-Order

    Death (Defier) to Decaf!

    Kendra Sheetz
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    The Flips
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    The Flips Premieres New Single “What’s the Plan?”

    New Music Monday!

    Kendra Sheetz
  10. Odd Robot
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    Odd Robot Debuts New Single “West Coast Girls”

     Kendra Sheetz
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    The Blanks
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    The Blanks Premieres New Song, “I Didn’t Ask For This”

     Kendra Sheetz
  12. Premiere
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    Hard Feelings Premieres New Album, ‘Side Ways’

     Kendra Sheetz
  13. Total Massacre
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    Total Massacre Now Donating Record Proceeds to Fight Evil

    Total Massacre. Total Sweethearts.

    Kendra Sheetz
  14. Daniel Rickard
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    Daniel Rickard & Decent Bet Release First EP, ‘Bad Lies, Bad Lives’

     Kendra Sheetz
  15. Bitter Grounds
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    Bitter Grounds Releases New Single and Accompanying Video for “Two Sides”

     Kendra Sheetz
  16. Divided Heaven
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    Divided Heaven Announces New Album & US Tour

     Kendra Sheetz
  17. Antillectual
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    Antillectual Releases New Single and Accompanying Video

     Kendra Sheetz
  18. On the Cinder
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    On The Cinder Releases Music Video for “Soapbox”

    "It's stupid and ridiculous but we wanted to do something different..."

    Kendra Sheetz
  19. Maura Weaver
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    Maura Weaver (Ogikubo Station, Mixtapes) on Punks in Vegas

     Kendra Sheetz
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    Cologne
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    Newsvideo

    Cologne Premieres New Single with Accompanying Music Video

    I am also ready

    Kendra Sheetz
  21. Newstour
    Newstour

    Spanish Love Songs Announces West Coast Tour Dates

    West Coast Road Trip!

    Kendra Sheetz
  22. Matt Caskitt & the Breaks
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    Matt Caskitt & the Breaks Releases First Single

    New Music Monday!

    Kendra Sheetz
  23. Premiere
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    Lettering Announces New Album, Premieres New Track

    Lettering invades your ear holes with new music!

    Brian Santostefano
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    Festival+Ruido Announces Lineup Ft. DFMK, Barra Brava, & More

    New Festival Alert!

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