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COLUMN: THE SWAG REPORT 022

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ARTIST: The SWAG Report 022
with freebie downloads for songs by El Guincho, The Acorn, Does It Offend You Yeah?, Foxymorons, Manic Street Preachers, Meridene and more! So much more!
DATE: 09-01-10
WRITER: Don Loder
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Hey there alla youse,

So I was gone for a week and I think it's showin' on ya a bit – yer lookin' like you've got that itch, junkie. How ya feelin'? Didja miss me? Ya need yer fix? 'At's what I thought – I figured if I went away, you'd start feelin' it. Don' worry, I [view more]

REVIEWS: LUKE DOUCET AND THE WHITE FALCON - [ALBUM]

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ARTIST: Luke Doucet and The White Falcon - [Album]
DATE: 08-30-10
REVIEW BY: Bill Adams
Audio
The frustrating thing about semantics is that, as clear and straightforward as one might try to be, it may still be taken the wrong way. As an example of just how a term may be misunderstood, take the phrase 'classic rock record.' For some readers, seeing the words 'classic rock record' will call to mind images and thoughts of [view more]

COLUMN: THE AGING PUNK 016

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ARTIST: The Aging Punk 016
G. Murray Thomas Examines Some Of The Names That More People Would Pay Attention To In A Perfect World.
DATE: 08-29-10
WRITER: G. Murray Thomas
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A month ago I listed the artists I thought were the most overrated in rock music. Among the many responses I got to that were a number of people who wanted to know what I thought were the most underrated artists. The problem with attempting to compile such a list is that there are just too many to choose from. Every band which I love and you have [view more]

REVIEWS: EVERYONE EVERYWHERE - [12'' LP]

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ARTIST: Everyone Everywhere - [12'' LP]
DATE: 08-29-10
REVIEW BY: Bill Adams
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Remember when, about seven years ago, Yellowcard decided to take songs-about-girls punk the extra mile, added a violinist as a full-time member of the band and made all the 'tween punks in training bras a little misty? It was fantastic timing and Yellowcard lived high on the hog for a little while. The Yellowcard phenomenon was interesting to [view more]

REVIEWS: THE GREAT EXPLAINER - [10'' EP]

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ARTIST: The Great Explainer - [10'' EP]
DATE: 08-28-10
REVIEW BY: Bill Adams
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Some questions simply require answers – no matter how hard people contemplate them. Like, doesn't everyone want to know what purpose Stonehenge serves? Doesn't everyone want to know if we're alone in the universe? Is there a god? What happens to us when we die? All of those are perfectly valid questions, but my own most pressing [view more]

REVIEWS: BARS OF GOLD - [12'' LP]

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ARTIST: Bars Of Gold - [12'' LP]
with free mp3 downloads for both 'The Hustle' from ''Of Gold'' and a full concert bootleg from one of the band's first shows!
DATE: 08-27-10
REVIEW BY: Bill Adams
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Remember when punk rock was a lawless, 'anything-goes' province that was more about personal expression than it was about stringing together just the right set of power chords? It's okay if you don't – it was a long time ago – but that torch still burns and Bars Of Gold have picked it up and presented it to a whole new [view more]

REVIEWS: EELS - [ALBUM]

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ARTIST: Eels - [Album]
with free mp3 download for 'Looking Up' from Tomorrow Morning by the Eels
DATE: 08-24-10
REVIEW BY: Bill Adams
Audio
It is said that the night is always darkest before the dawn and, for his band's last two albums, Eels singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett has followed that adage to the letter. First, on Hombre Lobo, Everett got excited about love and every aspect of it – the chase or pursuit of it, the promise of it, the desire for it and [view more]

REVIEWS: JANE'S ADDICTION - [DVD]

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ARTIST: Jane's Addiction - [DVD]
DATE: 08-24-10
REVIEW BY: Bill Adams
Audio
When watching Live Voodoo, it will suddenly hit long-time fans that it really is just that good to have Jane's Addiction back. There are a few heretics who will say the band never left; after they reformed in 2001, the band maintained a reasonably consistent touring and release schedule – but those fans who maintain this [view more]

FEATURES: NOFX DISCOGRAPHY PART FOUR - [DISCOGRAPHY]

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ARTIST: NOFX Discography Part Four - [Discography]
Artists Doing It For Themselves - NOFX Enjoys The Freedom To Work However They Choose, 2004 - 2010
DATE: 08-22-10
WRITER: Bill Adams
Audio

Like another SoCal-based bass player (Mike Watt) once said, "You won't know where the wall is until you push off it" and, since moving back to Fat Wreck, that's exactly what NOFX has tried to do. Ironically, the band hasn't found the wall just yet; every endeavor that the band has undertaken has proven to have [view more]

FEATURES: NOFX DISCOGRAPHY PART THREE - [DISCOGRAPHY]

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ARTIST: NOFX Discography Part Three - [Discography]
Regaining Independence (NOFX' Return To Fat Wreck Chords) - 2000 - 2003
DATE: 08-22-10
WRITER: Bill Adams
Audio
After a certain amount of time, it's important to shake things up a bit in any job, if only to make them interesting again. Realistically, who doesn't want to change it up in their work and discover new possibilities? Most everyone does, and NOFX did too; by the turn of the millennium, the band had been working with Epitaph Records for [view more]

FEATURES: NOFX DISCOGRAPHY PART TWO - [DISCOGRAPHY]

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ARTIST: NOFX Discography Part Two - [Discography]
The Explosion: 1994 - 1999
DATE: 08-21-10
WRITER: Bill Adams
Audio
One of the constants in life is that there are always three points to any growth curve; over-simplified, there is a beginning, a middle and an end. The arc of NOFX' growth is a little more complicated than that though; there is a beginning of course – that's where the band came together, began writing and set the basic foundations [view more]

FEATURES: NOFX DISCOGRAPHY PART ONE - [DISCOGRAPHY]

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ARTIST: NOFX Discography Part One - [Discography]
The Beginning: 1983 - 1992
DATE: 08-20-10
WRITER: Bill Adams
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For about twenty years following its' first widespread notice in 1974, punk rock and the bands that made it were viewed by mainstream culture and media (network television, Top 40 radio, Hollywood movies) with equal amounts of disdain and mistrust at least, and flat-out disgust in some circles. The progression of public contempt for punk [view more]

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