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Fusing the sentiments of early hardcore as well as the noises of D.C. post-punk, the Capitol Town Dusters began originally as the Dusters in 1996. Guitarist/vocalist Alec Bourgeois and drummer Benjamin Azzara met up when their particular Washington rings, Severin and Delta 72, split. Bassist Costs Colgrove, whose hardcore music …

Predicated on their root base and their hometown, it isn’t astonishing that Chicago’s Joan of Arc mix post-rock’s atmospherics and punk’s volume and dynamics. Vocalist/guitarist Tim Kinsella, drummer Mike Kinsella, and bassist Sam Zurick originated from the emocore music group Cap’n Jazz; when that music group split up, the trio …

Boys Existence were a Kansas Town, Mo., music group with an intensely enthusiastic, but dissonant audio that sprung from the post-hardcore picture in 1993. The music group began releasing materials on break up 7″ information with other regional clothes Secular Theme and Giants Seat. Counting on a stripped-down audio punctuated …

Produced from the ashes from the Guarantee Ring as well as the Dismemberment Program, indie rock and roll outfit Maritime emerged by method of Washington, D.C. and Milwaukee. Produced in 2003, Maritime originally highlighted Davey von Bohlen (vocals/electric guitar), Dan Didier (drums), and Eric Axelson (bass). With an earnest pop …

A Detroit-based alternative rock and roll/punk music group that formed in 2004, Search the town quickly earned a solid reputation within the Electric motor City, documenting and releasing their debut EP, Spirits, in 2006. The brainchild of founding people Alex Sheldon (electric guitar) and Adam McMillion (drums), Search the town …

Shaped in 2003, Make Believe are another reshuffling of players through the ’90s Chicago emo/indie rock and roll scene (Joan of Arc, Cap’n Jazz, Owls, Spirits and Vodka, etc.), this time around offering guitarist Sam Zurick, bassist Bobby Burg, and cousins Nate Kinsella on drums and Tim Kinsella on vocals. …

Formed in the summertime 1983 from your ashes of many Washington, D.C., region punk bands, Grey Matter’s mixture of melody and punk power helped essential the 1984-1985 punk resurgence in the country’s capitol. Comprising guitarist Tag Haggerty and drummer Dante Ferrando (both of questionable 1st wave Dischord music group Iron …

Short-lived but extremely important, Cap’n Jazz helped transform emo from a deeply underground punk subgenre right into a even more widely recognized subset of indie rock. Not really terribly well-known or well-known beyond the Midwest, Cap’n Jazz’s main contribution was stylistic — alongside Pinkerton-era Weezer, they helped change emo’s always-elusive …

The humble beginnings of Tallahassee indie rock outfit Look Mexico could be traced to some chance meeting between Matt Agrella (vocals/guitar) and Dave Bumsted (guitar) in a Sea and Cake show held at Florida State University. They began writing tracks, and in early 2004 made a decision to really get …

Born and located in NJ, Drive By focus on a frenetic, energized make of pop-punk. The music group was shaped in 2003, and its own first recording, which followed a year or two later on, was entitled I Hate EACH DAY Without You Child…. Drive By toured and performed thoroughly …