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Mike and I get some things off our chest about SPOTIFY and not the stuff you guys are all getting off your chest about SPOTIFY but different stuff... and then we talk about the very first record Hydra Head Records ever put out - the pioneering noisy metalcore of Wichita's VENT.

In this episode we confront time, the perception of time, the lived experience of time, and the consequences of too-short-a-runtime while listening to the perfectly early 2000s emo of Ruined in a Day. And PEOPLE REALLY WIN WITH 17IC because we bonus-review an EP by listener-submitted Quantum Colossus.

This Thanksgiving we decided to wade into some very difficult waters by introducing tremendous politics to the show during our discussion of Milwaukee's brief hardcore rabblerousers HINGE. We also present a vinyl history obscurity that requires more obscure vinyl knowledge than EVEN WE possess.

This episode, Mike and I debate whether a fast hardcore beat could theoretically count as a blast beat while rating the very unique and very limited output of the pre-Battery melodic hardcore band FAR CRY. Bonus chat about listener Todd's band MOMENTS from scenic Canberra, Australia.

In lieu of an episode this week, we recorded you an entire 7". You might literally be the first person to hear this. What's up? WOPR - THE GOVERNMENT STINKS WOPR is Mike and Scot Lyrics: SHALL WE PLAY A GAME Guess Whos in Charge Your Lifes At Risk Destroy the Mastermind. Destroy the Operation Connect Four The Government Stratego The Military Stratego The Military Corporate Hungry Hippos A Monopoly on Existing Destroy the Dark Tower. Destroy the Candy Land Connect Four the Government Stratego The Military Stratego The Military GOD & CUNTRY You put your faith in the cross the government owns the cross the government owns your soul your pray to the cross but the government preys on you. You put your faith in the church The church is corporations the corporations are your god you pray to your god but corporations prey on you DRANO THE SYSTEM The government is a toilet and the toilet is clogged its time to flush the system we need a fast affordable solution for the government clog aft

We find ourselves beguiled by a black and white cover with a really bold band name but WHAT LIES BENEATH? Not to ruin the show but it's d-beat. I know I missed it too. Right? Anyway tune in for crust chat, halloween chat, mtndew chat, and FINALLY SOME DUNE CHAT.

Honestly I just don't want to spoil this one for you so if you have any interest in the 90s San Diego noise rock / hardcore / emo scene, just hit play and get back to me. We cover the pre-Spanakorzo, pre-Antioch Arrow, pre-Clikatat Ikatowi band CANDLE on their vanishingly brief Wrenched Records debut plus E.T. chat, Jaz chat, and very important Dwid chat.

We walk into the Long Island Hardcore Record Store and head straight past all your boring obvious melodic choices to select the rarest and possibly strangest LIHC record of them all. Shrieks, stomps, space-outs and more. Join us as we collect the unique sounds of Scapegrace.

This week we finally decide to author a Manual of Style for anyone looking to become a top flight hardcore lyricist. We also spend some time unpacking the unsettling eruption of bands worshipping a single scene from The Outsiders. Get ready to X up again with internet-mysterious straightedge newschoolers DAYSGONE.

This week we see how we feel about some comparatively lighter fare from a Long Island band with on a puzzling band name journey - later known as Rahim. Will this art punk awaken the hidden Milemarker fans within us?

Today we get to know a band who seamlessly blend elements of death metal and crust with some very serious grievances with jesus christ and all the shit he has going on. A whole genre lost in time like tears in rain.

Today we probe into the mysteries of a clandestine masked band operating in the late 90s dutch youth crew scene. We find connections that will blow your mind. Commitment Records masked recording artists X-MEN plus very brief Don Johnson chat. Not much, I assure you. Just a touch.

This week we bend the rules just a li'l bit to cover a band who were better known for a 12" than this 7" but hey, it's our show. Michigan screamy hardcore legends with a troublesome name will make you think twice about being a capitalist war monger.

This week we wade into controversial territory by discussing an era of music we are not entirely equipped to discuss... 2002's self titled record by (possibly) New Hampshire's The:Enclitic, chaotic screamy grind who found their way onto the absolutely legendary roster of Deep Six Records.

This week we cut very close to the bone by discussing a record that is literally precious and essential to one member of the team - 1993's "Numb" by the bicoastal debatably screamo band CAMPAIgN. Please be sure to check our youtube and instagram for scans of the many... many... included pages.

This week we abstain from all substances to interrogate the Cleveland Straight Edge in the form of NAMES FOR GRAVES, a very tough to research band who brought a li'l poetry to their stance against party poisons and sellouts. Will you mosh? NOT SURE!

This week bring you one of the earliest releases from the label we keep bringing up without context - Admiral "Revolving and Loading", the second record ever released on Ebullition. Dark truths about each member of the First Seven Inch Club will be revealed. Bet!

This week we dig up a crusty, murky artifact from smack dab in the middle of several sprawling and impressive discography... REDRUM featuring members of Municipal Waste, Grief, Burnt By The Sun, Hemlock, Cattlepress, dude there's too many... Dave Witte is in the band and he's been in every band even your band. Dude...

This week we are sitting down to think about sex crimes and their after effects with two scene-famous legends flexing their metal muscles on a 7" that may or may not have an alternate version containing a drum count off. Rare!!

Today we tempt fate by taking on a lesser known record from a hardcore-famous person's discography.... COUNTDOWN TO OBLIVION featuring members of The Swarm, Left for Dead, Brutal Knights, One Blood, and every other band of the great white north besides Sloan.