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	NEW!	DELAY "Plain Language" from Salinas/Plan-It-X BUY LP • $8.50 BUY CD • $5.75 DOWNLOAD from iTunes Delay's sixth full length blitzes by, leaving you dizzy with thinking-person's melodies. If you thought you knew this Ohio band, this record deserves a close listen. The band have learned to squeeze a ton out of the bare bones three-piece with beautifully crafted guitar lines, and harmonies bouncing back and forth. It's sometimes a loaded statement to say a pop-punk band has matured, but 2009 was a good vintage for Delay.
	NEW!	HOP ALONG "Wretches" from Salinas BUY 10" • $8.50 Hop Along (previously known as Hop Along Queen Ansleis) has taken a big step forward with the songs on this 10". Though Frances' unique singing is still one of the highlights, but now she's playing with a full band. There's an epic quality to the songs, not just because they're longer than 4 minutes, but because the arrangements are so thoughtful and engaging.
	NEW!	LITTLE LUNGS "Living Hell" from Salinas BUY 7" • $4.25 Little Lungs second release, a five-song seven inch, has guitarist Angie now handling all the vocals with new addition Brian on bass. There are more of the short 90's influenced indie/punk songs that characterized their first record, but with there's also a darker tone reminiscent at times of Archers of Loaf.
	NEW!	NORTH LINCOLN "Apology" from Salinas BUY CDep • $4.75 Back in stock! Six songs!
	NEW!	P.S. ELIOT "Introverted Romance in Our Troubled Minds" from Salinas BUY LP • $8.50 PS. Eliot's full-length is a mix of pop-punk and indie-rock just barely fuzzed out enough to give these songs a fresh dynamic. This Birmingham, Alabama's four-piece's vocals are strong and guitar hooks are in all the right places. Download: "Augustus" MP3
	NEW!	STATE LOTTERY, THE "When the Night Comes" from Salinas BUY LP • $8.50 "When the Night Comes," the second album by this five-piece band is built on a foundation of melodic punk, but shows flourishes of Van Morrison and the first three Springsteen records, with new member Nikki playing the part of Clarence Clemons. Members of Get Bent, Thousandaires, The Gibbons and Traffic & Weather.
	NEW!	WORMBURNER "Wormburner" from Salinas BUY 7" • $4.25 Wormburner is a four piece pop-punk band from Grand Rapids, MI who take a few cues from the gruffness of their other projects (North Lincoln, Traffic and Weather), but instead of power-chords their guitar work is firmly rooted in the melodic sides of bands like Potboiler, or maybe even Braid. Download: "If Life is a Highway, Then I'm Totally Fucked" MP3
		DIRTY LOOKS / BOSSY from Salinas BUY 7" • $3.50 Both bands are ex-Bent Outta Shape. Bossy is female-fronted three-piece pop, with clean guitar and light-hearted lyrics. Dirty Looks are melodic punk, and anything but light-hearted.
		DRUNKEN BOAT "Drunken Boat" from Salinas/1-2-3-4-Go! BUY LP • $8.00 BUY CD • $7.00 DOWNLOAD from iTunes Urgent, beautiful, rough around the edges, intelligent punk from Portland, OR. Possibly the best band of this style since Crimpshrine. Stream: "Keeponkeeponkeepon" MP3
		ERGS / MODERN MACHINES from Salinas BUY 7" • $3.50
		GIBBONS "Hope, Inc." from Salinas BUY LP • $8.00 BUY CD • $6.00 Often compared to early Lawrence Arms, the Gibbons seamlessly blend the personal and political over melancholy chords, delivered with a sincere urgency.
		HADITUPTOHERES, THE "Wild City, Honest Dancing" from Salinas BUY LP • $8.50 The Hadituptoheres are a three-piece punk band from Detroit, MI. Wild and honest are apt words for the title of their second full length. They sound like an urgent barrage of unguarded feeling, stripped as bare as the artwork on the record. The lyrics are almost Craig Finn-esque at times, a poetry as chaotic and unassumingly beautiful as their hometown, layered over a backbeat that sounds like a more bombastic Toys That Kill. Exploring punk's middle ground: not sugary, but far from macho. "Detroit is easy, baby!" Who's paying attention?
		HALO FAUNA "Durak" from Salinas/Dead Broke/Plan-It-X BUY LP • $9.00 BUY CD • $5.75 DOWNLOAD from iTunes The songs of singer / frequent songwriter Eric Ayotte (constantly on the road for one project or another) are given fresh dynamics in the full band setting. Along with Eric's minimally distorted guitar, the rhythm section of Dominic & Dave (If You Make It) combine to lend a stripped-down Weakerthans feel to these introspective songs. Honest, sometimes sentimental songwriting paired with an inviting sound. Stream: "Discourse" MP3
		HOT NEW MEXICANS "It's Called Leaning Back" from Salinas BUY CD • $6.00 Stripped down blend of punk, alt. country, and good old rock'n'roll. The Replacements and even really early Wilco come to mind.
		KARATE FOR KIDS / FRAME from Salinas BUY 7" • $3.50 Karate for Kids play wild-man political pop punk: sometimes reckless, but always poignant. Frame's side is intricate anthemic melodic punk.
		LITTLE LUNGS "Hoist Me Up!" from Salinas BUY 7" • $4.25 The first recording from this new East Coast (NY/NJ) band. A playful and uplifting blast of early 90's inspired indie-punk: short songs not short on melodies. For fans of Superchunk and Lemuria or maybe a less brooding Hellbender?
		MODERN MACHINES / THE MEASURE from Salinas BUY 7" • $3.50 The Modern Machines are frequently compared to the Replacements and Husker Du because of their well-written rock'n'rolly punk with attention paid to detail. The Measure (sa) side features a sing along anthem and a cover of Bob Dylan's "It ain't me babe."
		MONIKERS / URCHIN from Salinas BUY 7" • $3.50 Two songs from each band. Melodic punk from all over the world!
		MUMBLER "Winter of Our Discontent" from Salinas BUY 7" • $3.00 Dark pop-punk with throaty vocals. The lyrics are personal; lamenting booze, midwestern Winters and depression while celebrating booze, friendships, and basement shows.
		NORTH LINCOLN / GIBBONS from Salinas BUY 7" • $3.50
		ONE REASON "Mountains" from Salinas BUY 7" • $3.50 One Reason from Bloomington, IN are liked across scene lines. They play well written, well executed melodic punk songs that draw from Southern and indie rock as much as punk. This is the follow up to their full-length on Plan-it-X and split with Defiance, Ohio.
		ONE REASON / BECAUSE from Salinas BUY 7" • $3.50 Japan's The Because have been releasing incredible 7" after incredible 7" and it's time for North America to take notice: incredibly dynamic and powerful punk anthems infused with rock'n'roll. One Reason from Bloomington, IN offer up one new original and an Erin Tobey cover.
		POTBOILER "Izzy Alcantara" from Salinas BUY 7" • $3.50 Brooklyn via New Paltz party-punk that is actually quite complex and kind of dark under a closer inspection. Equally perfect for a rowdy basement show, or a lonesome night of record therapy.
		STATE LOTTERY, THE "Cities We're Not From" from Salinas BUY LP • $8.00 The first LP from this cross-country band, based out of Detroit and Queens with members of The Gibbons, Dynamite Arrows and Get Bent. Eight songs about politics, growing old and building community, with hints of indie-rock in a Constantines way.
		THE MEASURE "Historical Fiction" from Salinas/Don Giovanni/Team Science LP temporarily out of stock BUY CD • $9.25 Debut album from New Brunswick's The Measure (SA). 14 songs including "Little Things" and "Just Go." Coming from a long Jersey tradition of exceptional music for working folks, the Measure (SA) combine solid melodies, booze and distorted folk chords. For fans of the Clash, American Steel, and Billy Bragg. Stream: "Just Go" MP3 Stream: "Little Things" MP3
		THE MEASURE "Means to an End" from Salinas BUY 7" • $3.50 The last three Measure songs with Mike on guitar!
		UNWELCOME GUESTS / ORPHAN CHOIR from Salinas BUY 7" • $3.50 "Two cold-weather bands: Orphan Choir of Windsor, Ontraio (Canaduh!) and Unwelcome Guests from Buffalo, NY both play melodic punk with just a hint of alt-country, as is evidenced by the harmonica and steel-guitar on this record."
		USED KIDS "Hoovercraft" from Salinas BUY 7" • $3.50 Danny + Nato (Modern Machines) with Mikey Ergs! and Kate from Cheeky!
		USED KIDS "Yeah No" from Salinas BUY LP • $8.00 New! Unabashed rock'n'roll from Brooklyn with Midwestern DNA. Husky vocals (a la Husker Du), catchy songwriting, and thoughtful guitars. Reminiscent of early Jam, or in more recent history, the celebratory feel of the Exploding Hearts. If wailing guitar solos were a more widely recognized currency, times would not be so desperate. Folks from MODERN MACHINES / CHEEKY / THE ERGS!
		V/A - WAR ON TERRORISM from Salinas BUY 7" • $3.00 The Gibbons, Mumbler, Megan Kott and Caulfield offer one urgent protest song each. Three melodic yet angry punk songs, and one pretty but similarly angry folk tune.
		WITCHES from Vinyl Rites BUY Cassette • $3.50 Their 7" on Salinas + 1 extra song from that session and their demo in one package. Athens grunge ghosts.
		WITCHES "Witches" from Salinas/Mandible Records BUY 7" • $3.75 The debut record from the Athens, GA based band. Three songs of haunting indie-punk with wonderfully loud guitars reminiscent of the louder moments of the Neil Young catalogue. The beautiful female vocals tie the tight rhythm section and the meandering guitar.