Posted on 2009-08-17 03:00:16
Artist/band(s):
Agnostic Front,
Andrew W.K.,
Big D and the Kids Table,
Bleeding Through,
Brand New,
Gaslight Anthem,
Get Up Kids,
Lucero,
Modest Mouse,
Murder By Death,
Nine Inch Nails,
Paramore,
Poison The Well,
Strung Out,
This Time Next Year,
Vanna
Source:
http://www.punknews.org/article/34826
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