Progressive rock, perhaps above everything else, is a genre that most rewards subtlety and dynamics. For rising NYC-based prog luminaries Jolly, their 2011 opus, The Audio Guide To Happiness (Part I), released in March, is as complete as it gets.

Not only are the songs novel, imaginative and sincere,…

Dredg has been accused of almost every musical crime any band in any genre can be accused of. They’ve pissed fans off by being too heavy, too soft, too experimental, too alternative, too pop, too electronic and more. The indie rock collective from Los Matos, California has changed their…

Perhaps the greatest success of Thank You Scientist’s debut EP, The Perils Of Time Travel, is that it is accessible while also eluding the most pedestrian trappings of genre. The New Jersey-based seven-piece round out the typical rock quartet with violin, viola, saxophone, trumpet and keyboards, among other additional…

Between The Buried And Me is known throughout the metal world for being uncompromising in their creativity and unlimited in their imagination. They are prolific writers and their arrangements are unpredictable, so it should surprise no one that vocalist Thomas Giles used his time off after the last BTBAM…

On this, their second EP, Bergen County’s HMS Revenge provides another five-songs, not a moment of which is less than completely satisfying. I’ve subjected Voyage to innumerable listens since featuring the band in early January and the disc hasn’t lost a bit of freshness.

A draw to the band…

There isn’t another band quite like Murder By Death. Sure, they’re not the first to add cello and other classical instruments to otherwise basic rock tunes, however they might be the first to do so cohesively while still appearing unpretentious and genuine. They have unfailingly shirked indie and pop…

You may know comedian and actor Bill Burr from his HBO and Comedy Central specials, frequent appearances on The Late Show With David Letterman or his forays into acting on Chappelle’s Show or more recently in films like Date Night, with Tina Fey and Steve Carell. Bill took some…

City Lights Recording Studio

FARMINGDALE, NJ—For many years some of the world’s most renowned musical acts have done their recording right here in the Garden State. And until recently, you would be hard-pressed to know where. Indeed, rockers Bad Company, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones and Skid Row, rappers…

Being identified as a “local band” is stigma to some, but for Bergen County-based quartet HMS Revenge it is one of many x’s on a map, plotting the course of what they hope will be a lengthy and entertaining musical expedition. The band is among the most polished groups of…

Twain Recording

WEST MILFORD, NJ—Much like Luke Skywalker never expected to meet a Jedi Master in the swamps of the Dagobah system, I never expected to find a renowned funk producer and engineer in North Jersey.

Indeed, underneath a modest house on a hill, concealed in the woods of West…