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The Effigies with EDP - Maxwells (Hoboken, NJ) - Saturday, July 26, 2008
6 August 2008I don’t want to have to wait another 20 years to see them again!
X with The Detroit Cobras - The Paradise (Boston) - Tuesday, May 20, 2008
1 June 2008This is LA, not Boston – X shows us how the West Coast does it.
The Slits with Northern Liberties, Shellshag, Satanized and Rad Racket - Danger Danger Gallery (Philadelphia, PA) - March 22, 2008
27 March 2008My second trip to Danger Danger Gallery was quite unlike the first.
Bob Mould with Halou - The Paradise (Boston, MA) - Wednesday, March 12, 2008
16 March 2008Mould’s new material sits comfortably beside Sugar and Hüsker Dü classics in the live setting.
New York Dolls - The New Alhambra Arena (Philadelphia, PA) - February 14, 2008
18 February 2008The Dolls failed to take advantage of their brief momentum by dulling the temperament of the crowd with what seemed like an endless amount of songs from their last album.
Delayed News: Help John Stabb – It Could Be You / Rabid punk interviews in October issue of Spin -- Advertise in Big Takeover fall issue!
26 August 2007Five or six teenaged thugs beat him senseless on a Maryland street near his home, causing three facial fractures, two broken bones, and a broken nose which required four-and-a-half hours of surgery to repair, requiring the insertion of five metal plates in his face and braces for his teeth. Ouch. Needless to say, a liquid diet ensued. Please help with his expenses!
Melt-Banana - Bambi's Dilemma (A-Zap)
23 April 2007The band that almost makes Boredoms sound mellow by comparison returns with another aural assault, their first album of new material in four years – now with added theremin!
The Avengers with Hot One - Bowery Ballroom (New York) - Saturday, February 3, 2007
13 February 2007Opening with “We are the One”, they hurled one grenade after another in the forms of “Car Crash,” “I Believe in Me,” “Open Your Eyes” and others.
Exene Cervenka and The Original Sinners with Knuckel Drager and Live Not On Evil - Tritone (Philadelphia) - Saturday, December 9, 2006
14 December 2006They were hooting, hollering, singing along and even DANCING to all the songs. It was no mere pose and without pretension, but rather pure, unadulterated joy!
The Damned with The Epoxies and The Adored - House of Blues (Hollywood, CA) - Saturday, November 18, 2006
28 November 2006Thirty years after these British punk pioneers pressed a stun gun to rock’s sagging bottom, The Damned remain electric.
Jack Rabid’s Top 10
Week of August 17
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Billy Bragg – Mr. Love & Justice (Anti)
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Bad Religion – New Maps of Hell (deluxe edition) (Epitaph)
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Ray Davies – Working Man’s Cafe (New West)
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Ron Sexsmith – Exit Strategy of the Soul (Yep Roc)
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Billie Holiday – Beautiful Ballads & Love Songs (Columbia/Legacy/SonyBMG)
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Everest – Ghost Notes (Vapor)
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Rob Dickinson – Fresh Wine for the Horses (double CD) (Fontana/UNI)
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Secret Shine – All of the Stars (Clairecords/Tonevendor)
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The Effigies – Reside (Criminal IQ)
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For Against – Shade Side, Sunny Side (Words on Music)