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Oh man, I'm posting twice in one day, this is like the exact opposite of how much I expected to use this thing. But don't fret, this blog has a purpose. All my loyal readers (Brad and Shawn) know that I'm in a band called Blame the City! (www.myspace.com/blamethecity) (The exclamation point isn't for emphasis, it's part of the name). A couple of months ago our buddy Taylor Armstrong told me he was starting up a DIY record label of sorts and he wanted his first release to be a compilation of bands he was super stoked to hear and wanted other people to be super stoked to hear, and he wanted to include us. Taylor is a great guy, really one of the nicest ever. He's also in like eighteen awesome bands (including folk punk trio A Fistful of Dynamite and electro-steller Plushgun). Anyway, we were really honored that he wanted to include us and so we sent him two tracks from our soon to be released firstish album "This Room Has Three Walls". That's coming out in June and I'm sure I'll talk about it more as that gets closer. So I haven't talked to Taylor lately because he's been busy having a life and getting ready to welcome his first kid in to the world (if the baby has been born already, congrats man! Bet she's awesome) but today I saw a bulletin from the label saying the comp, called "Give These A Chance: A Compilation" is now available at http://www.downloadpunk.com/?webaction=ProductDetail&productid=3012951 and will soon be available on CD for people like Brad who like more than just the mp3s. It's 18 songs by 9 bands for $1.99. A dollar fucking ninety nine, you can't beat that. The bands are thus

BtC! - we're pretty cool dudes, and maybe you'll dig the tunes too.
A Fistful of Dynamite - Like I said, super gnarly folk punk. The song they have on here is my favorite off of their record "Buck Wild"
You, Me & T-Rex - A Fistful of Dynamite minus Taylor and the "folk" and plus another dude who I've met but don't remember (sorry bro!). Good dudes, good tunes.
Wingnut Dishwasher Union - If you've heard Johnny Hobo And the Freight Trains, it's that guy, plus other guys. I dig it, personally.
The Boy Bathing - again, awesome people and awesome music. I love that combo. think Bright Eyes with more metal. And by "more" I mean "nothing that even resembles". Sorry if I got your hopes up Megadeath affcianados.
Kate Wirsing, Scott Ayotte, Eric Fournier - admittedly I haven't heard any of these unless I have but can't remember, but I'm on my way to check them out. You should too.
and last but without a doubt not least
Telfair - These dudes are the real catch of this comp, at least for me. I could listen to the four songs they have on their myspace for a couple days without getting tired of it. They're fucking sick and your life is just a little empty the longer you don't listen to these guys.

So there you go. Eighteen songs for two measly bucks. The money goes to running the label, and you can donate to a chairty Taylor picked too, which you should do. Here's the link again for those who scrolled past it in the first paragraph. Thought you'd get away easy huh?

http://www.downloadpunk.com/?webaction=ProductDetail&productid=3012951

It's two bucks, so do it.