Here's Tim Krysko with our International Spotlight:

Argument 5.45 is the Moscow-based hardcore band featured on the split CD with Riga, Latvia's When My Authorities Fall (last week's featured band, and still available for download). Both of these bands are excellent and highly creative; it's not too often I hear a split where it doesn't sound like one band is carrying the other. Visit the Russian label Old Skool Kids for more information on these guys, and some of the other best-kept-secrets of Eastern European hardcore.

Argument 5.45 - Don't Sleep (MP3) Recent Spotlights: When My Authorities Fall (Latvia), King Ly Chee (Hong Kong).