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New Music Friday: 5 Songs You Need to Hear This Week (5/22)

This week for New Music Friday, we have fresh jams from So-Cal hardcore punk crew XCOMM (featuring Ghostmane) and the return of 100 Demons.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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A very happy New Music Friday holiday weekend to you all!

We love a long weekend, don’t we folks? And what better to complement that long weekend than a few new jams to make it really pop. This week leans heavy, but every single one of these tracks is a certified banger in its own right. You won’t be disappointed.

‘PIRATES’ by XCOMM ft. GHOSTEMANE

When old heads (it’s me, I’m the old heads) say, “the kids are alright,” they’re talking about XCOMM.

This Venice Beach hardcore punk band has been on a f**kin’ scorcher of a run lately, and now they’ve got a brand new album, Time To Burn, and a new single: “Pirates”, featuring none other than the man himself, Ghostemane.

The tune starts with a relentlessly angry........

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