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Okay, every time i turn on MTV to watch one of their dumb reality shows I hear the Faint as backing music. What gives? Is it still 2001?

I didn’t think moving to Arlington, Virginia was all that southern, but there are two people setting behind me right now in Trademark class that are intensively discussing the viciousness of wild pigs and their relative experiences with such. What gives?

I guess I’ll be returning a wig

36 CRAZYFISTS REVEAL DETAILS ABOUT NEW ALBUM

“”A SNOW CAPPED ROMANCE”" IN STORES EARLY 2004

New York, NY: Hardcore and emo fans, prepare for some Northern Exposure, as Alaskan wunderkind 36 CRAZYFISTS prepare to release their sophomore effort, A Snow Capped Romance, through Roadrunner Records early next year.

A Snow Capped Romance, the follow up to 2002′s Bitterness The Star, will see release in early 2004. The album, a potent blend of blood ‘n guts hardcore and emotional, melodic post-hardcore, was produced by James Paul Wisner (Dashboard Confessional) and mixed by Andy Sneap, who has worked with almost every influential metal band throughout his career, among them Killswitch Engage, Arch Enemy, and Machine Head. Vocalist Brock Lindow comments on the new record by adding, “”The last record had an overall feeling of defeat. This album is more about victory; it’s way more positive. It’s definitely not ‘woe is me, which has been done before. We got away from that type of feel.”"

- courtesy of Roadrunner Records. Check out the band’s new single “”At The End of August”" on the MTV2 Headbangers Ball compilation. “”Bitterness The Star”" was one of my favorite releases in 2002, and for any fan of GLASSJAW and NORA, 36 Crazyfists should be a necessary listen. – Jordan

If you do decide to be Tami Ryan for Halloween, remember to buy the extra heavy wig and not to wear any plaid.

From the first few shows that I caught of this DC hardcore powerhouse, I had a feeling that TRIAL BY FIRE were right on target with their music. Everything that KID DYNAMITE had left behind and that STRIKE ANYWHERE still clings to has been scooped up and reshaped by this band, and their debut disc, [...]

Is shockingly bad. Seriously. Listen to a radio rip of this travesty here: offspringnewalbum.com. Sigh…