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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK:
Long Island punks, Italian surf dudes, and some pals

Music Fanzine - From the Editor's Desk  
  Project 27 - Smarten Up (Rally)
     
  The Veterans (It's Alive)
     
  The Festipals - Show Us Your Accolades EP

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.


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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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POP PUNK! with All Ages Dave Dillon

Dave Dillon reviews new releases by Broadway Calls, The Tim Version, and Defiance, OH.

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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.

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Jersey Beat - Rock N Roll AddictionROCK 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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INTERVIEWS

Jersey Beat Columns

  • The Quinlan Chronicles - Reviews by Rich Quinlan
    Gridlink, Action Strasse, They And The Children; 4-Way Split Vol. 1, Bubble/Gum, The VSS, The Alabama 3, Joan As Police Woman, Facts About Funerals, Burbis, Empire!Empire!, Carnifex, The Pomegranetes, The Oswald Effect, Incommunicado; Astpai, BlackHalos, From First To Last; Kayo Dot, Vetiver; Princeton, Upper Hand; Polar Bear Club; Moving Mountains, Torche; Cordova Academy Glee Club, Hellhole 7 inch; King Dust
     

  • The Silver Lining: Reviews By Paul Silver
    City And Skyway, Ghost Buffalo, National Rifle, PonytaleThe Morning Benders, The Chapin Sisters, The Handcuffs, Dive Index, Sky Cries Mary; Trolleyvox, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, The Black Swans, Cheyenne, Hit & Mrs.

  • It's Time To Party! With Noah W.K.
    Troublemake; Jammie Dodgers, Holy Trinity River, Stark The Wonder Years, The Gossip, Jr. Juggernaut, the Nojons; John Walsh, Evil Twin, That Was Something, Press Corps, The Walkup, Russian Circles, The Crash Moderns, The Method To My Medium, The Pyramids; The Kidneys, Sleepers, Georgian, Jealous Girlfriends; Exit Stratey, Son Lux, Joe Jitsu,

  • Pop Punk with All Ages Dave Dillon
    Regal Beagle, No Use For A Name, Mighty High

  • Metal As All Hell by Dan Siano
    36 Crazyfirsts, Apocalyptica, Testament, Bloodbath; 5ive, Dead To Fall, Spyder Baby; Black Tide, Inhuman, Opeth; The Autumn Offering, Belay My Last,  Otep, Toilet Boys

  • The World According To Wawzyrniak: Reviews by Joe Wawzyrniak
    Two Dark Birds, Kira Lynn Cain, Stephanie White & The New Jersey Philth Harmonic, Everest, Bootleg Tonic; The Stately Gentlemen, The Maine, Head of Femur, Evangelista, Carol Lester; Yoni Gordon & The Goods, The Heavy

  • The Quiet Corner by Robert Barry Francos
    One of Jersey Beat's most popular columns returns as Robert Barry Francos sifts through a year's worth of, well, quieter stuff - acoustic albums, singer/songwriters, folk and world music, along with a little rock n roll.

  • Acoustic & Then Some By Brook Pridemore
    Folk, anti-folk, singer/songwriters, and other stuff that won't bust your eardrums.

  • 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, Samiam, Snatches of Pink, T Rex, VHS Or Beta, Valient Thorr, VanDer Graaf Generator

  • Savage Slices: Reviews by Eric Savage
    Tammany Hally NYC, Monkey Paw, The Deacons, Model/Actress, The Ike Reilly Assassination, Sons Of Cyrus, Irving, Landlord, and more.


    Mike Ramek's HardCore Report: Updated 2/11
    Sworn Enemy; Purpose, Madball, Agnostic Front/Discipline, Born/Dead, Hopesfall, Monster Squad. Another Breath, The Break In, The Burning Paris, Capital, Count The Hours

  • The Robinson Retort: Reviews by Jon Robinson  Updated 3/24
    The Phenomenauts, The Sheckies, The Strugglers, Vietnam Werewolves, Colin Meloy-Live; The Chinese Telephones, Playing Favorites; Off With Their Heads; The Popsters

  • Book and Zine Reviews
    Redeemed by Heather King (Penguin)

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