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The Reverse "The Longest Day of the Year" CD
Debut full length from Tara Emelye (formerly of Mad Planets) and Todbot (from My Favorite). Hailing from New York, The Reverse make achingly beautiful pop/rock/whatever you want to call it.

*NEW
HC-019
$12
Addicted2Fiction "Addicted2Fiction" CD
Debut full length from a2f! Eleven infectious songs of darkwave synthpop, including a Covenant cover of 'Dead Stars'!

*NEW
HC-018
$10
Addicted2Fiction "Zero In" EP
New work from new all-girl darkwave-electro band a2f. Features 6 songs plus a music video!
HC-017
$8
Winterbrief "Tickets For A Peek" CD
After emerging in 1998, Winterbrief have been stomping into the scene with their blend of pop with punk energy, techno beats, new wave spunk, and biting lyrics. The energized electronic duo formed the band after deciding that pop music just wasn't fast enough. Through their critically acclaimed recordings and dynamic and intense live performances, Winterbrief have been creating and impressive resume and reputation.
In their newest release, Tickets for a Peek, Winterbrief explore their most electronic and melodic side. The album infectiously bounces along with new tracks remixes by Baxendale, Ex-Rental, the Guy Who Invented Fire, Leg, and Addicted2Fiction.
HC-016
$10
Crowns on 45 "Insert Here, Sparks Fly!" CD
C45's posthumous record contains ten tracks recorded digitally in a total of six days and nights and represents their finest work.
HC-015
$10
Running Ragged "Held Hostage" 7"
Sarah Pierce is from Phoenix, AZ and has been in many, many punk bands since she was in her wild teens. Gretchen Hildebran has played guitar and bass in several projects including Tuff School. Claire Walsh played drums and sang in Fighter D, and played guitar in the SF punk/indie/goth band, The Little Deaths. Running Ragged formed in the summer of 2000 and are from San Francisco, California.
HC-013
$4

Lipkandy "This Is Not A Love Song" CD EP
6 amazing tracks of guitar driven, melodic, indie pop with catchy-ass riffs and more harmonies than you can shake a stick at. Two Melissas and one Chrisomatic will have you wearing out your dancing shoes and humming their tunes for weeks.

HC-012
$7

Redhot Secret self-titled 7"
aggressive, driving guitar collides with booming frantic drum beats and the equation is finished with arresting vocals that are both raw and startling, melodic and yearning.
on limited edition red vinyl
HC-011
$4
Crowns on 45 "Not On the Menu" CD
With a full five-piece lineup on their debut full-length, Crowns On 45 take their blazing new wave to the next level. Dark and heavy, angular and frantic, this CD was over a year in the making and only hints at things to come. Crowns on 45: they're gonna be your favorite sin.
HC-010
$10
Ninja Death Squad "Appreciate Our Art" CD
Wielding sonic weapons to inflict psychic damage, Vermont duo Ninja Death Sqaud wage a guitar and drums assault on all who dare to listen. Equal parts biting wit and full-on powerviolence will hotwire these bursts of noise directly to your nervous system. Don't be alarmed if sudden moshing occurs. 		HC-009
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Ruby Falls "For the New Crop" CD
Nothing about Ruby Falls is simple. Weaving beautiful harmonies over intricate guitar and bass lines one song then gritting their teeth and rocking out on the next. Heartbreaking and humid like a bottle of whiskey on a summer night; jagged and raspy like the morning after. Ruby Fall are New York's best kept secret that you need to discover. This is the follow up album to the gorgeous "Heroines" CD from 1996.
HC-008
$10
Crowns on 45 "Split the Difference" CD EP
Crowns On 45 hail from New York and f**k up yr stereo with their angular punked out pop. This EP hosts 3 songs-each of which has their own flavor. Includes the night version of "Wannabe" remixed by Hi-Fi Hillary. Limited Edition.
HC-007.5
$5
The Haggard "A Bike City Called Greasy" CD
The Haggard is a new brand of punk rock mania out of Portland, Oregon featuring Emily Kingan (Emilia Smokebomb videos, and the band 1 threw 7) and sts (the bands: Cadallaca, the Lookers, Uncle Rosco, Nothing Rhymes with Orange). As a two piece, they are loud, fast, political, and go best with black pleather and spikes. Listen to the children scream, the christians run, the minds change, and submit to the laws of A Bike City Called Greasy. The 13 songs are fashioned from a hardcore punk past into a utopic bicycle ruled future - sending capitalism, homophobia, and the patriarchy tumbling over the handlebars to their demise. 		HC-007
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Tracy + the Plastics "Turn Video" cassette
Putting the extra "E" in queer, Tracy & The Plastics turn up the drum machines, wire the keyboards to your brain and set them on "sexy". Eerie voices speaking in hypnotic suggestions; stuttering beats that make you itch and sweat in a good way; Lesbo for Disco is the new millenium. Have you seen the beard? 		HC-006
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Sarah Dougher/Kaia Wilson split 7"
"The Old Way" b/w "World's Greatest Haircut"
Sometimes the most basic and stripped down songs can floor you just as well as any full band number. On this split 7", Sarah and Kaia use the barest of tools and all the pieces fit. Simple, melodic stories about people you've never met ut swear you know. Cover art by Tae Won Yu.

HC-005
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Fighter D "This Is About You" CD EP
On their too-short debut ep. San Fransisco trio Fighter D make heartache and longing sound like the best tjings ever. Desnse harmonies, washes of guitar and buttery bass lines duse into 5 of the catchiest songs that you'll ever play on constant repeat.
HC-004
$7
The Little Deaths "Destination: Sexy" CD
Layers of dark guitars, booming drums and angst infused vocals comprise the driving sound of this San Fransisco band's debut. Taking lyrical aim at self-obsessed scenesters, failed lovers and the drama fixated, The Little Deaths churn out 10 metal-tinged punk songs that will kill you anything but softly.
HC-003
$10

The Pill "Cruel Ways" 7"
"The boys sound like girls and the girls sound like....GIRLS!" The Pill uses fucked up keyboards and drums to create crazy lo-fi new wave music that makes you want to get up and dance around the room. Originally from AZ, they now live on separate coasts and are unable to ever practice. Amazingly they were somehow able to record three new songs for their second release, "Cruel Ways".
On pink vinyl

HC-002
$3.50
The Haggard "I've Been Sick" 7"
Not that it ever was, but hardcore is not just a boys playground anymore. Emily and sts grab the tired genre by it's throat and choke it back to life with ragged, aggressive songs about homophobia, media mind control and the overall state of the world. Prepare to be schooled.
HC-001
$3.50