Spotlights: Squeeze, Crobot, Who’s Bad, Ess See Debra Kate Schafer August 21, 2019 Goings-On Squeeze Headlines Down The Shore Stopping by one of our favorite warm-weather venues, the Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park, is Squeeze. This U.K. hailing, new wave-meets-power pop-meets-classic rock s...
Spoon— Don’t We Know Each Other Somehow? Debra Kate Schafer August 14, 2019 Features, Interviews Spoon has always been that band that you love without actually knowing it. Not only has their music been an indie rock staple on the radio and included popular streaming playlists for the past two and a half d...
The Liza Colby Sound— Hot Rocks & Sensuous Shock Debra Kate Schafer August 14, 2019 Features, Interviews When I had the chance to talk to Liza Colby of The Liza Colby Sound, she was getting ready to leave for one of many trips to Europe this year—this one in between touring with two separate bands: her own and Br...
Spotlights: Azam Ali, Steve Katz, The Zombies, Sal Valentinetti Debra Kate Schafer August 14, 2019 Goings-On NYC Welcomes the Brilliant Azam Ali Phenomenal, visual, and flawlessly personal artist and storyteller, the Iranian born Azam Ali is releasing a charming, new, all-English record and will be premiering it w...
The Regrettes–Evolving, Changing, Storytelling Debra Kate Schafer August 7, 2019 Features, Interviews At only 18-years-old, The Regrettes’ front woman Lydia Night is a seasoned performer. In just the last decade she’s overcome stage fright, tackled open mics, mastered the guitar, honed in on her songwriting, p...
Spotlights: Black Flag, Stephen Marley, Max Frost, Chester Music Festival, Dark Star Orchestra Debra Kate Schafer August 7, 2019 Goings-On Bringing Original Punk Back California has been home to so many truly excellent bands over the years: The Beach Boys, Sublime, Green Day, the Doors, Creedence Clearwater Revival – just to name a few. An ico...
Spotlights: Work In Progress, Rebelution, Hi-Rez, and Bit Brigade Debra Kate Schafer July 30, 2019 Goings-On Work In Progress Heads Home Since they burst onto Jersey’s bustling music scene in 2017, this young, six-piece rock outfit has been making a name for themselves—and not just in and around the tri-state area...
The Regrettes: ‘How Do You Love?’ Debra Kate Schafer July 30, 2019 Albums, Reviews Evert since their angsty, feminism-driven first single, “A Living Human Girl,” there has been something about The Regrettes unforgiving attitude and their riot grrrl, pop, and classic rock musicianship that ha...
Spotlights: Corrosion of Conformity, ‘FELA! The Concert’, Nine Deez, and The Wallflowers Debra Kate Schafer July 24, 2019 Goings-On Your Chance to See COC Corrosion of Conformity, North Carolina’s premiere heavy metal band since its formation in 1982, is heading to The Chance Theatre in Poughkeepsie, NY for a stellar high energy concert...
Sleep On It—Hard But True Debra Kate Schafer July 24, 2019 Features, Interviews Sleep On It is a truly phenomenal Chicago-based band that really seems to take all of the best elements of the classic pop punk style, but also takes handfuls of components from other genres and mixes it in, c...
