Making music their way: Atreyu and You Me at Six

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Pop Punk 101: We the Kings

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Not tired of their sex-cess – CSS

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On Memory and Humanity – Funeral for a Friend

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Rocking the Undercurrent: Royal Treatment Plant

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Choose Your Fate: Story of the Year

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Reasons not to be an idiot: Frank Turner

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ATP Vs Born Ruffians

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This Town aint big enough: This Town Needs Guns

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À Bout de Souffle: John et Jehn

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