Early in the ‘90s, musical geniuses and masterminds congregated to establish what would become a pivotal time for rock and alternative music. In Calabasas, CA circa 1991, a handful of California dudes picked up their instruments and initiated Incubus, a now multi-platinum selling five-piece band that is co-headlining day…

The last time I spoke to Chris #2 of Anti-Flag, the band was working on a brand new record—a record that would have to be amazing and substantial to follow up the acclaimed The People Or The Gun (2009). Everything was still in its developmental stages; the guys logged…

Dancing on the Top 40 hit list with great singles like “Gives You Hell” and “Move Along,” The All-American Rejects have earned their keep in pop rock radio royalty.

Fronted by singer/bassist Tyson Ritter, along with guitarists Nick Wheeler and Mike Kennerty and drummer Chris Gaylor, the band will…

Action Item

Action Item is made up of Bergen County, NJ, natives Brian Cag on vocals and guitar, Anthony Li on guitar and cello, Mark Shami on piano, David Buczkowski on bass, and Dan Brozek on drums. Their debut, The World And I, came out in 2008 and through…

Aer

Aer is the Wayland, MA, combo of David von Mering and Carter Schultz. Together, they mix smooth guitars with solid raps to make one catchy sound. For the last couple of years, they’ve been busy performing at colleges and other sold out venues all over the East Coast…

Plucked from the midst of recording their next album, New Jersey’s own My Chemical Romance were announced last week as being the last-minute replacement for pop-punk forebears Blink-182 at this year’s Bamboozle. The two bands toured together last year, and as Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker was reportedly admitted for…

He died last year on March 21 just days after winning a Grammy—his third—for a duet album with Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Joined At The Hip. Yeah, he must have loved that. But Pinetop Perkins wasn’t one of those rural bluesmen who suffered in silence never to reap the benefits…

The Paper Jets are quite the entertaining band. Not only are they very talented musicians, but they exude good vibes and have an attitude that doesn’t take itself too seriously while still putting across a musical landscape that has brought them to some of the top venues in the…

Neatly reminiscent of a proper English pub, pine-timbered Country Inn-styled sports bar, Mews Tavern is rightly claimed Southern Rhode Island’s best and most popular watering hole. Hosting an astounding 69 microbrew taps in its original tree house-like tavern, this natural wood Colonial-style fort just a few miles west of historic…

As recently as 2005, gas prices were less than $2.00 per gallon. At this point they’ve almost doubled, and even a drop of ten or twenty cents has people ecstatic. We’ve gotten so used to the high prices that we don’t stop to think about why they are so high…