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2014: A Year In Review

January 13, 2015

2014: A Year In Review
2014: A Year In Review

Top 5 Bands Discovered at Fest 13

  1. Rational Anthem

  2. Dead Bars

  3. Not Half Bad

  4. Lipstick Homicide

  5. Walking Targets

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2014: A Year In Review
2014: A Year In Review

Pages in this feature

  1. Opening page
  2. 5 Records We Missed in 2014
  3. The Best Punk & Hardcore Records of 2014
  4. The Year in Onesheet Mis-steps
  5. Top 10 Reissues of 2014
  6. Top 5 Bands Discovered at Fest 13
  7. Worst Cover Art of 2014

Series: Year End 2014

Our annual round-up of the best music of the year 2014.

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