Tue Feb 24 2026

Rawr XD

hosted by Jack Galardi

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Rawr xD is a nostalgic dive into the MySpace era, exploring music that reflects the angsty teenage culture of scene kids and Y2K, and music that couldn’t have existed without the influence of early 2000s internet trends. Listeners can expect dramatic lyrics, unnecessarily d1gitiz3d sounds, themes of heartbreak, and generally to feel as though they were transported to a suburban high school in 2007 as the scene kid virus spreads throughout the country. Focusing primarily on metalcore/scene-adjacent music between the years 1998 and 2012, occasionally venturing outward to other styles within that time period, I aim to exemplify how the internet explosion influenced music during that era by this time machine-style radio show honing in on the br0ken he4rt3d, lost, yet juvenile, boisterous, and charming scene community fostered by 2000s teens escaping the real world by logging on to the internet.

Time to Dance - Panic! At the Disco, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (Decaydance Records / Fueled By Ramen) 2005

Hang 'Em High (2025 Mix) - My Chemical Romance, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (Deluxe Edition) (Reprise) 2025

Let It Enfold You - Senses Fail, Let It Enfold You (Vagrant Records) 2019

You Vandal - Saves The Day, Through Being Cool (Equal Vision Records) 1999

Shoulder to the Wheel - Saves The Day, Through Being Cool (Equal Vision Records) 1999

The Truth About Heaven - Armor for Sleep, What To Do When You Are Dead (Equal Vision Records) 2005

Understanding In a Car Crash - Thursday, Full Collapse (Victory Records) 2001

For Pearline - The Test Dream, Split - EP (4Ephyra) 2024

Between Each Breath - Four Winds Away, Four Winds Away - EP (Four Winds Away) 2024

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Sounds Like the End of the World - Poison the Well, You Come Before You (Velvet Hammer/Atlantic) 2003

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Nerdy - Poison the Well, The Opposite of December... A Season of Separation (SHARPTONE) 1999

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Effects of Departure from Ideal Proportions - This Day Forward, The Transient Effects of Light on Water (Eulogy Recordings / War Machine Records) 2000

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If I Wore a Mask - This Day Forward, The Transient Effects of Light on Water (Eulogy Recordings / War Machine Records) 2000

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Neck Deep - Title Fight, The Last Thing You Forget (Run For Cover Records) 2009

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Consigliere - beautiful, Consigliere - Single (beautiful) 2026

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Calling This Healing - Car Underwater, Calling This Healing - Single (Car Underwater) 2025

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Fingers Like Daggers - After the Burial, Forging a Future Self (After the Burial) 2006

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Isolation Theory - After the Burial, Forging a Future Self (After the Burial) 2006

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My 5-Year Plan - Kaonashi, Why Did You Do It? (Kaonashi) 2018

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Ameliorate - Fiore, Let's Make This Instinctive (681057 Records DK) 2017

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This Is for the Drama - Isadora, They'll Never Take Us Alive (Sub-Verse Records) 2005

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Run Like Hell - Isadora, Isadora (Isadora) 2006

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The Manner in Which I Scream Goodbye - April's Love Affair, The Manner in Which I Scream Goodbye - EP (April's Love Affair) 2005

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Chinese Freeze Tag - I Would Set Myself On Fire For You, I Would Set Myself On Fire For You (Stickfigure Recordings) 2003

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Maudlin - Signal the Escape, All That You Deserve (Double Blind Music) 2008

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A Steady Decline - After the Burial, Forging a Future Self (After the Burial) 2006

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If Looks Could Kill - A Heartwell Ending, Trust Us We Lie (Mediaskare Records) 2006

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On Skylines of Embers - xNOMADx, On Skylines of Embers - EP (Ephyra) 2023

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Dirtier Than You Want To Know - Drop Dead, Gorgeous, The Hot N' Heavy (Suretone Fontana/Interscope) 2009