POWERLINE A.D.

Bon Jovi an All-Star in NYC

Last week the All-Star game at Yankee Stadium was the main event, but as far as music is concerned, Bon Jovi owned New York City. <more>

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Blondie Superb in NYC

I’ve been a fan of Blondie since their late 1970s heyday but had never seen them live before Sunday night, June 22nd. It was worth the wait. Their show at the Nokia Theatre Times Square was superb. <more>

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Adele Takes The Highline

Her June 10th show at The Highline Ballroom on West 16th Street was packed. A second show, on June 11th, also sold out. <more>

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A Visit To Clinic in NYC

Live Liverpudlian Art Punk has never been this good! 

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LOVE PSYCHEDELICO Arrive!

Fred Verhoeven interviews the talented Japanese duo in San Francisco, CA. <read>

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Atkins Fantastic

Looking fantastic clad in black and wearing very striking red shoes, Nicole Atkins (pictured above in a photo by Jennifer Tzar) and her band, The Sea, delivered a stellar 70-minute performance at Blend in Ridgewood, NJ on Saturday night, May 10th.  <more>

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Still Got It

Eric Burdon showed no concession to age during his latest New York City show, which took place on Sunday night, May 4th, at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza. <more>

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America Loves Kate Nash

As Kate Nash’s popularity has increased, so has the size of the venues that she has to play... <more>

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Detroit7 Interview

by Fred Verhoeven 

Detroit7 is trio from Tokyo, Japan that I liked from the first time I heard them. I got a chance to see them live this past March in San Francisco during their stop at The Independent as part of the Japan Nite 2008 Tour. They rocked the house and were
easily the best band of the line-up and my level of liking them shot up to them being my favorite band right now.

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Only Schenker Can Really Rock Me, Rock Me...

UFO is not the same band they were in the 70s, 80s, or even 90s. But I was bitten by the nostalgia bug.

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ON OUR DAILY BLOG:
"My Blake" goes to jail...

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WHAT POWERLINE A.D. IS LISTENING TO:

Patrick Prince
1. Radiohead - "In Rainbows"
2. Ours - "Mercy" (above)
3. Judas Priest - "Nostradamus"
4. Clinic - "Do It!"
5. Nine Inch Nails - "The Slip"

John Curley
1. The Kills - "Midnight Boom"
2. The Whip - "X Marks Destination"
3. The Enemy - "We'll Live and Die in These Towns"
4. Adele - "19"
5. Audio Bullys - "Gimme That Punk" (single)

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EXCLUSIVE Q&A:                                  
Juanita Stein of Howling Bells

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POWERLINE EXCLUSIVE:
Hedrons Tour Diary

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DEMO REVIEW:

Project: Failing Flesh
The Conjoined
Got this from a friend who is close to the band for review. Most notable is the fact Eric Forrest (ex-Voivod) provides vocals here and while I wasn't a big fan of Voivod during his tenure I can't fault him at all as no one was ever gonna replace Snake in my eyes and ears. Add in the challenge of doing double duty as Blacky's replacement on bass and this was a no win situation
for anyone one daring to take on the task, so I will give at least credit where credit is due.

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LIVE REVIEWS

The Kills Killed

Alison Mosshart, a Floridian, and Jamie Hince, a London native, the duo that comprise The Kills, met by chance when staying at the same hotel.

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CD REVIEW

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Nine Inch Nails -
"The Slip"

Review by pprince

Free or not, the new NIN music is worth having. <MORE>

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FILM & DVD REVIEWS

 

 

DVD REVIEW 
This Is England
Written and directed
by Shane Meadows
Starring Thomas Turgoose, Jo Hartley, Joseph Gilgun, Stephen Graham, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure, Chanel Cresswell, and Rosamund Hanson

Review by John Curley

Set in Nottingham, England of 1983, This Is England tells the tale of a 12-year-old boy named Shaun (Thomas “Tommo” Turgoose). Devastated by the loss of his father the previous year in the Falklands War and bullied at school, Shaun is searching for both answers and a father figure. Shaun thinks he’s found both when he is befriended by a group of likable skinheads led by Woody (Joseph Gilgun). <MORE>