SPOONFED—Cliffside Park, NJ

I recently received an email from former Apathy bassist John Titkamason asking me to give his new project, Spoonfed, a listen. I logged onto spoonfednj.com, where I heard some of the most brutal attacks on NJ metal that I’ve heard in a while. The songs “Choke”…

SKY PICNIC—New York City

I always find it funny how musicians or bands would drop into my life at the weirdest times. For instance, a couple of weeks ago, our floor guy introduced me to his nephew’s band, Metal Gate Mafia. Whenever I mention that I write this column,…

A CLEAN GETAWAY—Edison, NJ

I came across a pretty cool band out of Edison, NJ that really tickled my fancy. As I listened to each of the tracks from their EP, Grounded, I felt like I heard a hit with every song that I listened to. The name of the…

PASSING PLANETS—Nyack, NY

A young band from Nyack, NY recently came across my plate via theaquarian.com. Yes, we do actually read those! Anyway, the name of the band was Passing Planets, so I decided to log onto the band’s ReverbNation page, reverbnation.com/passingplanets, where I was able to hear a track…

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…

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…

Usually in this section of my column I feature a music artist who performs on the North Jersey music scene. Now, when I say music scene, I don’t only mean the music artists that we see performing week in and week out. The music scene also consists of different components…

Last year I wrote about a band from Long Island called Chiba-Ken, and it turns out, these guys ended up doing exactly what I’ve dreamed about doing—moving my band to Los Angeles and becoming part of their music scene! Well, they did it, and I didn’t! Along the way they’ve…

Tragically Yours bassist Doug Hoekstra recently sent me an email through the brand new Aquarian website and he wanted me to give his band a listen. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’m always a little leery when bands ask me to give them a listen because…

I recently got an email from Chris Broski, drummer from a band called Split Point. Chris wrote me after he read my piece on the band Blinded By Anger a couple of weeks back. Turns out, what caught his attention was the mention of Slide Bolt, which I said featured…