Video: The Hives vs. The Vines

First up this week, Neil Young performing "The Needle and Damage Done" on Johnny Cash's TV show back in the 70's. Judging by the quality of the performance I'd venture it was a pretty awesome show, though I haven't been able to find much else from it. This version sounds very similar to the one that appears on Young's "Harvest" album though I'm not sure if it is. If there are any die-hard Neil Young fans out there that can confirm or deny this for me then leave a message in the comments. [...]

On this date in the year of our lord 2002, I crossed the US/Canada border from Port Huron, Michigan, to Sarnia, Ontario, and filed my papers to legally work in the Great White North. Of course our good friends at Canadian Customs and Immigration listed me as a man, and I did not notice the error until I started my job on March 4, but that was a minor detail. About this time, what I like to refer to as the "The" bands were supposedly going to "save" rock and roll, as if it needed saving. [...]

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• Get Free.mp3 » The Vines - Get Free.mp3
• Hate to Say I Told You So.mp3 » The Hives - 6 - Hate To Say I Told You S....mp3
• Last Nite.mp3 » The Strokes - 7 - Last Nite.mp3

You've got the Hives from Sweden who recently played Webster Hall , and then announced a show at Terminal 5 with the Donnas on August 7th, and who then just went ahead and announced they're also playing Music Hall of Williamsburg one day earlier (on sale 2/5 at 12pm). And then you've got The Vines from Australia, who, like at the same moment, announced they were playing Bowery Ballroom on March 17th , and I always get them confused (their names at [...]