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- Anthony Fiumano - When Strangers
Say Hello
- The Resistors - My Own Worst Enemy
- The Dopamines (It's Alive)
- The Meltdowns - Them Letdowns
- Team Stray - Gender Studies (Coldfeet)
- There For Tomorrow - EP (Hopeless)
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the complete Editor's Desk article...
There For Tomorrow:
Up And Down The Arch With Orlando's Latest Export
Josh Denmark checks out There For Tomorrow, first
performing in St. Louis, and then for some sightseeing,
a chat, and photoshoot at the famous St. Louis
Arch. Are they another boy band from Orlando,
or serious punk rock contenders?
Read
Josh's story here...
 INTERVIEW:
Mike Peters of The Alarm
Phil Rainone interviews Mike Peters, lead singer
of the Alarm. Peters talks about his Eighties
heyday, how he's continuing the band's career
into the 21st Century, his personal diagnosis
of leukemia, and his charitable work with LoveHopeStrenght.org.
Phil also reviews the Alarm's new CD, Guerilla
Tactics.
Read
Phil's review here...
 ROCK
N ROLL ADDICTION:
Chapter 8 - The Boro
A Column By Daniel McDermott
What was it about his hometown
of Hillsborough that produced so many rock 'n'
rollers in the 90's, wonders Dan McDermott in
this installment of his ongoing memoir. From Flinch
to Loose to Mars Needs Women to True Love, some
of the best Jersey bands of a generation came
from this sleepy little suburb.
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Rock N Roll Addiction -Chapter 8...
 ALBUM
OF THE WEEK:
THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM - The '59 Sound
Phil Rainone takes on the most anticipated release
of the year from any NJ band, the Gaslight Anthem's
second full-length (and first for Side One Dummy
Records), The 59 Sound: "It begins
in black and white, goes soulfully psychedelic,
then to the stark black and white of punk, and
ends like a long summer's day in a riot of color."
Read
Phil Rainone's review here....
FEATURE REVIEWS:
 THE
ERGS! - Hindsight Is 20/20, My Friend (Dirtnap
Records)
Columnist Jon Robinson takes on this sprawling
chronologically-compiled, career-defining collection,
culled from the Ergs' voluminous back catalog
of singles, EP's, and compliations. Now you don't
have to worry about haunting indie record bins
to snag that elusive dog-eared copy of that one
7-inch you didn't have yet...
Read
Jon's review here...
 Mcrackins
- Eggzit (Cheapskate)
Oliver Lyons - Jersey Beat's longtime
Mcrackins Bureau Chief - dissects the latest offering
from these eggs-quisitely silly pop-punkers. Will
they scramble your brains, or lay an egg? Read
on.
Read
Oliver's review here...
 Readymade
Breakup - Alive On The Vine (readymadebreakup.com)
The latest release from Asbury Park's kings of power-pop
revisit the lush, harmony-filled ballads of their
earlier releases, as well as a new energy that frees
vocalist Paul Rosevear to release his inner McCartney.
Revel in the Beatlesque melodies, exquisite soulful
falsetto, and some crunchy rock on this self-released
gem.
Review by
Jim Testa...
Your Friends & Neighbors by
Tris McCall
Tris looks at the new pop-prog release by NJ's Spiraling.
"So far, I’ve probably heard about a
hundred albums released this year. I can’t
say that any of them is better than Time Travel
Made Easy. The new Spiraling album is cogent,
entertaining, well-written, and well-played; on
top of that, it sounds terrific."
Read
Tris' full review here...
 Punk
Or Nothing by Dick Nothing
UK correspondent Dick Nothing checks in with his
take on The Anxieties ode to the 70's version
of Pop Punk on their new album The Next Mutual.
Dick also reviews the latest release from The
Serious Geniuses and Off With Their Heads, and
the self-titled 7-inch EP from the NYC band Cheeky.
Read Dick's column
here...
 It's
Time To Party... With Noah WK
Noah reviews two new pop-punk releases from Rally
Records - the Jetty Boys and All-Star Assassins
- as well as new releases from Orion Experience,
Faraquet, Hammerlock, and Labor Party.
Read
the reviews here...
 THE
WORLD ACCORDING TO WAWZYRNIAK:
From the major-label groove of The Subways
to the underground bluesy rock of TK Webb to the
retro glam punk of Prima Donna, reviewer Joe Wawzyrniak
finds a lot to like in this latest batch of reviews.
Also: Twilight Procession, The Volunteers, singer/songwriter
Ed Harcourt, Boston garage rock sensations Tab
The Band, Scotland's Real McKenzies, and lots
more. Older reviews: Silver Summit, Rich D'Anjolell,
White Rose, New York City's Stark, The Mickeys,
Jimmy Reeves, The Heise Brothers, Woodbox Gang,
and Wovenhand
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the complete article....
 POP
PUNK!
By All Ages Dave Dillon
Dave Dillon finds "Collected Sounds" by
the Dustheads the most tortured release of the year,
a mashup of classic Black Flag hardcore and heavy
stoner riffage. He also reviews new releases by
Heavy Heavy Low Low and pop/punk from Italy's The
Veterans.
Read
Dave's review here...
 DAVE
RUN IT Reviews...
Longtime Jersey Beat contributor Dave Run It
finds that rarity, a new band he really really
likes - the power-pop stylings of the CoCo B's.
He also reviews two doses of classic punk rock,
a live CD from The Pagans recorded 20 years ago,
and a retrospective collection of songs from '78
Ohio punks Teacher's Pet.
Read
Dave's reviews here...
 THE
QUINLAN CHRONICLES
Rich Quinlan gets heavy with reviews of new releases
by Braindead, Rev Theory, Verse. Then he tears
nto 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...
 JOHNNY
PUKE SAYS SO...
On their seventh full-length, the
punk rock all-star cover band Me First & The
Gimme Gimme return to songs that were meant to
be on the band's 1997 debut "Have A Ball"
but were deleted for legal reasons. Johnny Puke
reports on what this all sounds like 10 years
later, as MF&TGG tackle the likes of Simon
& Garfunkel, Barry Manilow, and Billy Joel.
Read
Johnny's review here...
 THE
ROBINSON RETORT by Jon Robinson
J-Rob reviews the new compilation from folk/punk
label Plan-It-X Records, the new release by Clouds,
and explains why he has a thing about twins in
his review of the new joint from Heathers. Also,
Inquisition, Glass & Ashes, a new 7-inch from
Title Fight, and full-lengths by Be Your Own Pet,
Look Mexico, and Search/Rescue.
Read
Jon's reviews here...
 GUEST
EDITORIAL:
By Stephen Rainone
Fashion or passion? Steve Rainone looks at today's
punk scene and asks if it's still the music that
drives the scene... Or has punk rock just become
another department at Urban Outfitters?
Read
Steve's editorial 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...
INTERVIEWS
Jersey Beat Columns
- Savage
Slices: Reviews by Eric Savage
Streetdogs; Jim Boggia; Nurse With Wound, Windmill
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:
Shai Halud; 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
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
Robinson Retort: Reviews by Jon Robinson Updated
3/24
Look Mexico, Be Your Own Pet, Search/Rescue;
The Phenomenauts, The Sheckies, The Strugglers,
Vietnam Werewolves, Colin Meloy-Live; The
Chinese Telephones, Playing Favorites; Off
With Their Heads; The Popsters
- 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
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
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