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FROM THE EDITOR'S
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Long Island punks, Italian surf dudes, and some
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Project 27 - Smarten Up (Rally) |
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The Veterans (It's Alive) |
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The Festipals - Show Us Your
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the complete Editor's Desk article...
 SPOTLIGHT
REVIEW:
The Individuals - Aquamarine/Fields (Bar None)
Back in the early Eighties, the Individuals help
bring national attention to the nascent
music scene at Maxwell's and the growing Bohemian
sub-culture that was gravitating to a sleepy blue-collar
town called Hoboken. A quarter century after these
records
first went out of print, Bar None reissues the
Individuals' two releases, revisiting a sound
that was all about post-adolescent wonderment,
mixing the frenetic rhythms of the Feelies with
the sultry funky beats of the New York underground.
Read
Jim Testa's review here...
 FEATURE
REVIEW OF THE WEEK:
Keith Kenny - Sky Is The Limit
Asbury Park singer/songwriter Keith Kenny and
his band help make the old new again, infusing new
life into classic blues, rock, and soul, "ultimately
putting together a timeless disc that alternates
between generations," says reviewer Phil Rainone.
Read
Phil Rainone's review here...
LIVE REVIEW:
The Love Cats - Veteran Jersey Punks Rock The
Cure
Asbury Park was alive with the sound of The Cure
when members of the Bouncing Souls, Thursday,
My Chemical Romance, and others performed under
the name Love Cats. With more performances promised,
our review Deb Draisin checked out the show.
Read
Deb's review here...
 GUEST
EDITORIAL:
Time To Get In Gear For Warped Tour '08
Phil Rainone gets fired up for the 2008 Warped Tour,
sharing some of his memories from Warped Tours
past and looking forward to this year's event.
Read
Phil Rainone's editorial here...
 JOHNNY
PUKE SAYS SO...
Good Riddance's farewell concert and its release
on a live CD from Fat Wreck Chords is the inspiration
for Johnny Puke's latest column, in which he dishes
some dirt about his experiences with the band
and why he wasn't sad to bid good riddance to
these SoCal bros.
Read
Johnny's column here....
Read
Johnny's column about Hot Water Music and The
Draft here...
 THE
QUINLAN CHRONICLES
Rich Quinlan digs into the new compilation of
New Brunswick hardcore and punk bands, The Right
To Assemble Vol. 2, as well as the new 7-inch
EP from Hoboken's Stuyvesant, and new CD's from
The Number 12 Looks Like You, A Storm Of Light,
Barnaby Bye, and St. Alvia Cartel.
Read
Rich's column here...
 W.E.
FEST 2008
Jim Testa reports on the 12th Annual
Wilmington Exchange Festival -- what it is, why
it is, and what standout bands performed this
year.
Read
Jim Testa's story here...
 MARCH
OF THE SAINTS
Jersey's March Of The Saints is one of many local
bands struggling to gets its name out there to
an often indifferent public. Our newest contributor
Deb Draisin talks to the group about what they've
been doing and there they hope to be going in
the future.
Read
Deb's interview here...
 FEATURE
REVIEW:
Methadones / Copyrights Split CD (Transparent)
Two of the most powerful voices in the pop/punk
underground join forces, each contributing six
dynamite new songs to this split release, the
first on this new indie label. Our British reviewer
Dick Nothing gives the disc a listen and gives
it two big thumbs up!
Read
Dick' s
review here....
POP PUNK! with All Ages Dave Dillon
Dave Dillon reviews new releases by Broadway
Calls, The Tim Version, and Defiance, OH.
Read
Dave's reviews here...
 THE
WORLD ACCORDING TO WAWZYRNIAK:
Reviewer Joe Wawzyrniak runs the gamut from
punk to pop to country to emo with his latest
batch of reviews, including new releases by Glorious
Veins, Alesana, Linwood, The Rumble Strips, Gillen
& Turk, The Victorian Halls, Career Club,
The Running, and a tribute compilation to Seaweed.
View
the complete article....
 ROCK
N ROLL ADDICTION:
Chapter 7 - City Gardens
A Column By Daniel McDermott
1701 Randolph Avenue: If you're
from New Jersey and of a certain age, that address
probably still gives you thrills. It was the location
of City Gardens, a concert hall with all the charm
and ambience of a small airplane hangar, but it
played host to a long list of seminal punk, industrial,
and hardcore shows from the late Eighties to the
mid-Nineties. Dan McDermott remembers how City
Gardens changed his life.
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Rock N Roll Addiction -Chapter 7...
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Carnifex, The Pomegranetes, The Oswald Effect,
Incommunicado; Astpai, BlackHalos, From First
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One of Jersey Beat's most popular columns
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albums, singer/songwriters, folk and world
music, along with a little rock n roll.
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Acoustic & Then Some By Brook Pridemore
Folk, anti-folk, singer/songwriters, and other
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- Wowie
Zowie: Psychedelic & Beyond by Rick Kutner
- Updated January 23
Snowden, Black Mountain, Eddie Vedder, Goon
Moon, Blaqk Audio; Queens Of The Stone Age,
Coheed & Cambria, This Holiday Life;
Gasoline Heart; Be Bop Deluxe, Daft Punk,
Deadsy, The Flaming Lips, The Mars Volta,
New York Dolls, Placebo, The Raspberries,
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Valient Thorr, VanDer Graaf Generator
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Model/Actress, The Ike Reilly Assassination,
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Mike
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Breath, The Break In, The Burning Paris, Capital,
Count The Hours
- The
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3/24
The Phenomenauts, The Sheckies, The Strugglers,
Vietnam Werewolves, Colin Meloy-Live; The
Chinese Telephones, Playing Favorites; Off
With Their Heads; The Popsters
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