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Sløtface - Sponge State
April 1, 2016
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100
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Frank Iero and The Patience - Parachutes
October 28, 2016
Post-Hardcore
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100
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Black Foxxes - I'm Not Well
August 19, 2016
Alternative Rock
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100
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Moose Blood - Blush
August 5, 2016
Emo
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100
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Against Me! - Shape Shift With Me
September 16, 2016
Punk Rock
Score
100
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Of Mice & Men - Cold World
September 2, 2016
Alternative Metal
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100
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Against The Current - In Our Bones
May 20, 2016
Pop Rock
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100
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Muncie Girls - From Caplan To Belsize
March 4, 2016
Score
100
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Creeper - The Stranger
February 19, 2016
Score
100
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Nothing - Tired of Tomorrow
May 13, 2016
Shoegaze
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100
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Tacocat - Lost Time
April 1, 2016
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Score
100
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Milk Teeth - Vile Child
January 29, 2016
Indie Rock
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100
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Basement - Promise Everything
January 29, 2016
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor
January 15, 2016
Pop Rock
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100
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Fangclub - Bullet Head
February 22, 2016
Score
80
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Frameworks - Time Spent
February 5, 2016
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Score
80
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17
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Petrol Girls - Talk of Violence
November 18, 2016
Score
80
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Trash Boat - Nothing I Write You Can Change What You've Been Through
June 17, 2016
Score
80
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Sløtface - Empire Records
November 18, 2016
Score
80
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Chris Wollard & The Ship Thieves - No Anchor
January 29, 2016
Score
80
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21
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Bellevue Days - Sad Boy
May 9, 2016
Score
80
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Casey - Love Is Not Enough
August 12, 2016
Score
80
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Skating Polly - The Big Fit
March 25, 2016
Score
80
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The Tuts - Update Your Brain
September 8, 2016
Score
80
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Young Legionnaire - Zero Worship
November 25, 2016
Score
80
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