HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, Liam Gallagher, DIO, and Sepultura Vinny Cecolini Albums February 23, 2020
On The Record: The Crests’ ‘Sixteen Candles: The Definitive Collection’ plus Michael Weston King & My Darling Clementine Columns May 6, 2022 21
Queued Up: Exploring the World of Bong Joon-Ho (‘Parasite’), plus ‘Doctor Sleep,’ ‘The Siren,’ ‘Scandalous,’ ‘Untouchable,’ and more. Bryan Reesman Queued Up February 24, 2020
Makin Waves with Have a Good Season: “Kept the Spark Alive” Bob Makin Columns April 4, 2022 0The childhood friendships at the foundation of the fun, infectious, edgy, adventurous Eatontown-based trio Have a Good Season has helped vocalist-guitarist Nic...
Makin Waves with Reality Suite: Friends Throughout the World Bob Makin Columns March 14, 2022 0Few Jersey bands market themselves as well as Reality Suite. Their masterful efforts have built an international following on four continents....
Makin Waves with Dave Vargo: Good Tunes ‘n’ Hearts Bob Makin Columns February 11, 2022 0Late to the songwriting table, journeyman musician Dave Vargo, who once toured extensively as a sideman, has established a great local solo...
Makin Waves with Taylor Simon King: Sweet Celebration Bob Makin Columns January 7, 2022 0The latest production of the dynamic husband-and-wife team of Jersey Shore Broadway talent Lisa Sherman and Oscar-winning songwriter Franke Previte...
Makin’ Waves with Nefesh Mountain: Makin Waves Band of the Year 2021 Bob Makin Features December 8, 2021 0When the annual Makin Waves Awards are doled out around Christmas, the independent Montclair-based Jewish bluegrass ensemble Nefesh Mountain will...
Makin Waves with Little Hag: ‘Brutal Is Not a Phase’ Bob Makin Columns November 5, 2021 0Makin Waves’ 2018 Female Artist of the Year Avery Mandeville continues to thrive on Hoboken-based Bar/None Records as Little Hag,...
Makin Waves with Dogs in a Pile: Nothin’ Left to Do, But Smile… Bob Makin Columns October 12, 2021 0To the joy of their many fans up and down the East Coast, Asbury Park-based jam outfit Dogs in a Pile have...
Makin Waves with The Foes of Fern: ‘So Much Fun’ Bob Makin Columns September 16, 2021 0Holmdel-raised Matt “Fern” Fernicola and his creative partner in crime, Joe “Pom” Pomarico have been a fixture on the Asbury...
Makin Waves with Tom Kanach Bob Makin Columns August 9, 2021 0The only live music act on the bill for the DJ-centric “Welcome Home Matt Pinfield” on August 14 at The Saint in...
Makin Waves with Jerry Ryan: Talkin’ Elephants, Rockin’ Autism Bob Makin Columns July 28, 2021 0South Jersey indie rock impresario Jerry Ryan has been a tsunami of Makin Waves for more than a decade, and for that,...
