SWEET CYANIDE—New York City

I was recently turned onto another great band out of New York City that really, really tickled my fancy! They’re also becoming very popular on the newly rejuvenated NYC music scene. The name of the band is Sweet Cyanide, and they totally rock. One of my…

SINK THE INK TATTOO—Willow Grove, PA
On a recent trip though Pennsylvania—just north of Philly to be exact, I happened to drive by a great little tattoo shop in a small town called Willow Grove. The shop was called Sink the Ink and it seemed pretty busy for…

SOCRATIC—Linden, NJ

I was recently asked to check out a band called Socratic from Linden, NJ. The band was not only very alternative, but they were also very good! I got to hear a few songs on their MySpace page, myspace.com/socratic. I heard a song called “May I Bum…

THE DOOMSDAY PROPHECY—East Rutherford, NJ

I recently stumbled across a great North Jersey metal band that I thought I featured, but it turns out that I never featured them, which makes me wonder how some of these bands slip through my fingers sometimes? Anyway, the band that I found is…

GENTLEMAN THIEVES—South Amboy, NJ

A few years back, I wrote about a band out of Central Jersey called Ecotone, because they were recording right next door to my former band at Tim Gilles’s Big Blue Meanie Recording studio in Jersey City. Well, the boys have grown up and changed their…

CASCADENCE—Freehold, NJ

I recently stumbled across a great band out of Freehold, NJ that goes by the name Cascadence. I found them accidentally on reverbnation.com, when I clicked on their song “The First Time.” The song was so catchy and full of rock energy, that I needed to hear a…

HANDS ON THE STEREO—Maywood, NJ

Now, you can’t get any more North Jersey than Maywood, NJ, and when I came across Hands On The Stereo on ReverbNation, I felt that they would be a perfect fit for this column. They’re music was modern and at times anthemic, especially their…

PHILADELPHIA, PA—On a recent visit to the City of Brotherly Love, I came across a beautiful storefront that stood out compared to the other shops on South Fourth Street in Philadelphia. The place had Hawaiian décor that can lure anybody in out of mere curiosity. And it sure as hell…

THE ZOMBIE MAFIA

Sayreville, NJ

One band that maybe I should’ve featured around Halloween was a band called The Zombie Mafia. I found out about these guys through Joe and Crystal Cattano down at Aarius Studios in Sayreville, NJ, when Joe and Crystal featured them on one of their reality…

Coming off of their incredibly successful Carnival of Madness summer tour with Sevendust, Chevelle, Puddle of Mudd and 10 Years, Shinedown will be embarking on their first ever, tell-all acoustic tour called Anything and Everything. The show will consist of a full acoustic set and a fan Q and A…