SAYREVILLE, NJ—NOFX hit the road this fall along with Anti-Flag and Old Man Markley. Their stop in New Jersey showed the trio bringing punk and a dash of current political matters to the Starland stage. I was running into the venue upon arrival and just made it for the…

Hard times. Economic crisis. Instability. Bailouts. High unemployment. People without adequate funds for survival, without health insurance. Making do with ramen for dinner and aspirin for chronic pain because prescriptions are too expensive. Things are tough, people are stressed and kids are being forced to face hard realities sooner…

SAYREVILLE. NJ—Winter tours are sure to have faced you with an important decision to make when snow is predicted – to go to a show or not.  That was the dilemma I had for the Starland Ballroom stop on Anti-Flag’s ‘The Economy Sucks, Let’s Party’ tour.  But, when snow hadn’t…

I haven’t had any life threatening experiences this week. Alive and well… and boring. I’m back into painting so that’s been taking up the majority of my personal time. I’m starting a journal that, instead of written entries, it’s daily drawings expressing what I’m experiencing.

Recap? The Number 12 had…

Imagine speaking with a young kid still excited from a day playing outside in the snow and an adult passionate and well-versed in political affairs—both at the same time. That was a bit how conversation felt with singer and guitarist Justin Sane of punk band Anti-Flag, who had just finished…

CAMDEN, NJ—Even amid all the controversy some of the smaller stage acts had been causing on this year’s Warped Tour, thanks to their lack of talent in making electronic music and landing on this tour known for its punk roots, all the action seemed to happen on the main stage.…

SideOneDummy are doing a neat contest/free sampler download over at sideonedummy.com. In addition to a 10-song sampler (tracklist and link below), you’re entered into a giveaway to win test pressings of a bunch of SideOneDummy releases, including Gaslight Anthem’s The ’59 Sound, a split 7-inch from Chuck Ragan and Brian…