New Dark Age: the Sanctuary Magazine Five-Year Anniversary Party, Necropolis at Windfall NYC, The Cure, and more! Doktor John February 20, 2019 Columns, New Dark Age Sanctuary Magazine Five-Year Anniversary Party — QXT’s, Newark On Jan. 12, QXT’s hosted the Sanctuary Magazine five-year anniversary with much festivity. Attended by models, including the magnificent As...
Shoreworld: A Preview of the Asbury Park Music & Film Festival 2019 John Pfeiffer February 20, 2019 Columns, Shoreworld The Asbury Park Music & Film Festival (APMFF), taking place from April 25-28, 2019 in Asbury Park, will return for the fifth consecutive year. Ticket information for musical performances, film screenings, a...
North Jersey Notes: Rory D’Lasnow Tim Louie February 20, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes RORY D’LASNOW—Englewood, NJ I first learned of Rory D’Lasnow back in September of last year from Resurge bassist, Roy Brunston, who was writing with Rory. I thought the songs he was writing were absolutely b...
Reality Check: National Emergency Fallout (Or, The Political Price For Betting On Fantasies) James Campion February 20, 2019 Columns, Reality Check NATIONAL EMERGENCY FALLOUT (Or, The Political Price For Betting On Fantasies) Let me reiterate what I wrote here nearly one month ago to the day: President Trump has every legal right to declare a national e...
Rant ‘n’ Roll Mike Greenblatt February 20, 2019 Albums, Columns, Rant 'N' Roll, Reviews Solo Piano Billy Joel once wrote “And the piano it sounds like a carnival....” Nowhere is that more applicable than on James Fernando’s solo piano debut, his self-released The Lonely Sailor, where he deconst...
Manhattan Beat: Rainbow Kitten Surprise, The Bakersfield Breakers, Dawes, and more! Everynight Charley Crespo February 20, 2019 Columns, Manhattan Beat Rainbow Kitten Surprise/The Hammerstein Ballroom/February 2, 2019 In the Blue Ridge Mountain college town of Boone, North Carolina, two guitar-playing and singing university students, Sam Melo and Darrick "B...
Kam on Film: “Black,” New Releases, plus Oscar Predictions! Kam Williams February 20, 2019 Columns, Kam On Film Black Traffic Stop Death Triggers Revolt in Black Lives Matter Drama Joseph Grant (Toussaint Morrison) was riding in a car with his brother Cole (Malick Ceesay) and BFF Derek (Geoff Briley) one afternoon wh...
Makin’ Waves Record of the Week: Matty Carlock’s “The Jailbirds” Bob Makin February 14, 2019 Columns, Makin' Waves Matty Carlock follows several hip-hop singles with a return to his punk and singer-songwriter roots on his debut full-length, The Jailbirds. My two favorite things about the New Jersey music scene are the mi...
Interview with Experiment 34: An Artist’s Duty Bob Makin February 13, 2019 Features, Interviews, Makin' Waves In age when the most daring bands seem afraid or indifferent about taking a stand against social injustice, environmental despair, and the nightmare remnant of the American Dream, Asbury Park-based Experiment 3...
North Jersey Notes: Vendetta Rose, Scarlet Carson Tim Louie February 13, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes VENDETTA ROSE – Oceanport, NJ I’ve been hearing much about this week’s featured band out of Oceanport, NJ. The name of the band is Vendetta Rose, and I had to check them out, especially since they will be pl...