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Friday, November 2 2012

Rites of Spring: Six Song Demo

Call it punk, call it post-hardcore, call it (gulp) emocore -- whatever the name, Dischord's recent unearthing of early demos by the legendary Rites of Spring serves as an essential piece of punk history.

Sunday, January 1 1995

Rites of Spring: End on End

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Tuesday, October 23 2012

Dissident Dissonance: The Rites of Springs Demos

The scrappy demos of Rites of Spring reveal the passion, fury, and profundity of an entire genre recasted and re-imagined.

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