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Editors' Picks: Boost

Posted by brian on Sunday, August 9, 2009 at 12:30 PM (EDT)

Brian: I saw these guys open for Bridge and Tunnel at an apartment show a month or two ago and they fit in the lineup well in a weird way, while remaining totally their own band. If you like your "punk" really frantic, really noodly and a bit screamy and desperate -- think early Hot Cross or the more dynamic L'antietam stuff -- Boost is a good way to go. As far as I can tell, the band has thus far released a cassette split with a band called Fine Lines, and a three-song summer tour CD-R. If you like what you hear on their MySpace, feel free to download their brief discography here free of charge. They're seemingly on a brief hiatus until spring 2010 (college kids?), but it would definitely be cool to see where they take this sound next.

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wonton (August 9, 2009)

The Walking Dead is one of the best things ive ever read.

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MattRamone (August 9, 2009)

I just lent the whole series to one of my friends. It's amazing.

24HourPriapism (August 9, 2009)

i'd say the first 6 or 7 trades were great. i kinda stopped reading when they found that mad max tribe who staged coliseum fights with the zombies.

ChuckieFinster (August 9, 2009)

This, for sure. Great stuff.

TommyPickles (August 9, 2009)

I love it too. I got the first book at Comic Con and I haven't stoped.

MattRamone (August 9, 2009)

Blatant editorializing.

Babrook (August 9, 2009)

I was listening to HWM and my Winamp started to play In The Red when Caution ended.

I didn't notice.

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24HourPriapism (August 9, 2009)

all got beards, all look same

TeaEssAre (August 9, 2009)

i'm going to one of small arms dealer's last shows today. i dont know why the break up news wasnt posted on here though.

this band sounds interesting though

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TeaEssAre (August 9, 2009)

kinsella/algernon guitars mixed with screamo...i'm a fan

mikexdude (August 9, 2009)

Wow! Nice surprise! These guys are awesome and from my home town.

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WaitingRoom (August 9, 2009)

This is SUCH a surprise. :o

mikexdude (August 9, 2009)

: )

WaitingRoom (August 9, 2009)

; )

mikexdude (August 9, 2009)

:o

Banal242 (August 9, 2009)

That's Boost with eight Os.

Later, Bitches.

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MattRamone (August 9, 2009)

Get yo SHIT.

Dante3000 (rich) (August 9, 2009)

You don't need to get yo teeth cleaned, you need a new DJ!
-Dante

TrueBeliever (August 9, 2009)

So I'm watching this movie called "Big Nothing" on Showtime with Simon Pegg and David Schwimmer and it's absolutely great. It's basically three people who plot a crime and there's twist after twist making for a great watch. Netflick it.

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eran_zombis (August 9, 2009)

saw it a year or two ago and I agree.

ChokingVictim (August 9, 2009)

love this band

elephantdwarf (August 9, 2009)

definitely a pleasant surprise.

Scarysmurf (August 9, 2009)

So does my interwebs just suck or is the Summit down?
Or did we already go over this, cuz I just woke up and refuse to go back and look through the other threads to find my answer.

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TommyPickles (August 9, 2009)

I am having the same problem.

lintsay (August 9, 2009)

It's working just fine now.

Scarysmurf (August 9, 2009)

Mine still no worky.

lintsay (August 9, 2009)

I do not approve of this, Smurf's internet!

Scarysmurf (August 9, 2009)

Come fix it for me!

Its weird because when someone said it was down for them last night it still worked for me, and now I get the opposite treatment. FUCK.

lintsay (August 9, 2009)

Can I fix it with fire? Because that's my answer to everything these days.

You're contagious. It's not working for me now suddenly.

Scarysmurf (August 9, 2009)

Fix it with something food related because Im hungry.

abracadaver (August 9, 2009)

What the fuck are you doing here? Shouldn't you be gorging yourself and subsequently purging or something?

lintsay (August 9, 2009)

It's cool, man. I've got the IV in.

ChuckieFinster (August 9, 2009)

IV's are disgusting. That's disgusting.

lintsay (August 9, 2009)

I'm disgusting.

abracadaver (August 9, 2009)

The jizz IV?

ChuckieFinster (August 9, 2009)

Best. Movie. Ever.

lintsay (August 9, 2009)

Duh.

Scarysmurf (August 9, 2009)

Everytime I hear IV now I just think of "Sun Belt Scars."
Which is weird because I was already listening to that album.

matt_b (August 9, 2009)

Haha. "The Other One With The Tambourine"...you gotta love it.

ChuckieFinster (August 9, 2009)

Note to girls: If you don't want us in your room with a hot girl and her weed and the door closed, DON'T CLOSE THE FUCKING DOOR ON THE WAY OUT.

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Scarysmurf (August 9, 2009)

Why are you noting to girls here?
There are a whole 5 that come to this site.
And all of them are fat and gigantic and ugly.

Cyanotic (August 9, 2009)

Hey, I'm not a girl!

Scarysmurf (August 9, 2009)

Read my subject line, I was completely kidding.
I mean, about the fat and ugly part. The part about there only being 5 is not so much of a joke.

ChuckieFinster (August 9, 2009)

I just pretend you're all female. Makes me feel like a big man.

Scarysmurf (August 9, 2009)

8/10

Sweatshopworker (August 9, 2009)

Unrelated:

New Frank Turner song and video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfGLzDQ7e-k

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MattRamone (August 9, 2009)

59 Sound leaked.

MattRamone (August 9, 2009)

this morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US department of energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated channels to see what the national weather service of the national oceanographic and atmospheric administration determined the weather was going to be like using satellites designed, built, and launched by the national aeronautics and space administration. I watched this while eating my breakfast of US department of agriculture inspected food and taking the drugs which have been determined as safe by the food and drug administration.

At the appropriate time as regulated by the US congress and kept accurate by the national institute of standards and technology and the US naval observatory, I get

show rest of commentthis morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US department of energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated channels to see what the national weather service of the national oceanographic and atmospheric administration determined the weather was going to be like using satellites designed, built, and launched by the national aeronautics and space administration. I watched this while eating my breakfast of US department of agriculture inspected food and taking the drugs which have been determined as safe by the food and drug administration.

At the appropriate time as regulated by the US congress and kept accurate by the national institute of standards and technology and the US naval observatory, I get into my national highway traffic safety administration approved automobile and set out to work on the roads build by the local, state, and federal departments of transportation, possibly stopping to purchase additional fuel of a quality level determined by the environmental protection agency, using legal tender issed by the federal reserve bank. On the way out the door I deposit any mail I have to be sent out via the US postal service and drop the kids off at the public school.

After work, I drive my NHTSA car back home on the DOT roads, to house which has not burned down in my absence because of the state and local building codes and fire marshal’s inspection, and which has not been plundered of all it’s valuables thanks to the local police department.

I then log on to the internet which was developed by the defense advanced research projects administration and post on freerepublic.com and fox news forums about how SOCIALISM in medicine is BAD because the government can’t do anything right.

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ChuckieFinster (August 9, 2009)

Don't you know Al Gore invented the internet?!

MattRamone (August 9, 2009)

http://img.chan4chan.com/img/2009-06-07/1244401436667.jpg

TheProblemWithFire (August 9, 2009)

hah where's you get this from?

acris (August 9, 2009)

Good.

deadXlast (August 9, 2009)

Cool band. Sorta reminds me of Hot Cross and Sleepytime Trio, but more melodic and with more of a melodic punk influence.

BigP (August 9, 2009)

Hey what happened to the New Music Roundup? I really liked that.

CBSrocksteady (August 9, 2009)

seems to be a rather large influx of these bands popping up

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acris (August 9, 2009)

I've noticed that too. It's a good thing though.

14theroad (August 9, 2009)

This band sounds like a band I enjoy called LOOM. Check them out as well.
http://www.myspace.com/loom801

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friokir (August 9, 2009)

holy shit, this is extremely good.

SexualSunshine (August 9, 2009)

Loom was great on the last tour. Played with them.

victim (August 9, 2009)

These editors picks have surprised me in the past and I mean in a good way. I think I first heard about Deny Everything this way

Will check Boost out

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dev (August 9, 2009)

I heard about Gaslight Anthem this way. No shit.

SexualSunshine (August 9, 2009)

Very cool to see this.

The band Fine Lines is killer!

oldbook (August 10, 2009)

fuck boost culture.

just kidding. toured with these guys. they are fucking great. and everyone should listen to them.

amplific (August 10, 2009)

i made their bassist puke from how awesome i am

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