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The first volume of Initial Record's Worst Label Ever sampler series provides a very useful (and very cheap!) taster for a varied and consistently excellent roster of talent, featuring tracks by such cherished Initial luminaries as Black Cross, Blue Red Sky, Ultimate Fakebook, National Acrobat and Roy; also includes unreleased, vinyl only, live and demo versions of songs from Ink & Dagger, Planes Mistaken For Stars, Criteria, Blood Red and Helicopter Helicopter...

Stephen Pedersen, founding member of Cursive and The White Octave, returned to his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska after they split up and began work on his newest musical project, Criteria. He brings a pent-up sense of fury and supressed anger to much of these songs and blends them with open, honest melodic moments that balance out the rock blasts. Intense, heavy emocore.

If you like Small Brown Bike, Hot Water Music or The Get Up Kids then you'll love Hunter Gatherer. From Athens, Georgia this is a brand new set of songs from this fine emo-punk band. The twin guitar leads play sophisticated and subtly powerful riffs and the dual vocals are unusual but work well.

The debut full-length from hardcore's most passionate and explosive band. Emotionally charged, heartfelt and honest, Boy Sets Fire mix aggression and thought provoking ideas into a positive blend of melody and abrasive music. There are plenty of bands out there that never tell us why they're so pissed off. Boy Sets Fire lets us know exactly what they're angry about, point by point. Find out where the hardcore band of the moment all started. Raging stuff from the definitive hardcore band.


The critically acclaimed debut full-length from Ink & Dagger. The US's answer to Refused. From their explosive stage shows to their displays of intelligent "brain violence," Ink & Dagger insures their audience something completely different than the staleness and complacent efforts of their peers.
