Makin Waves Record of the Week: The Papers Jets’ “Everyday Forever” Bob Makin December 6, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves Veteran power-pop outfit The Paper Jets will celebrate the release of their long-awaited “Everyday Forever” LP on Dec. 7 at Asbury Lanes with a little help from their friends Bobby Mahoney and the Seventh Son, ...
Makin Waves Scene Report with Asbury Park Punk Rock Flea Market, Vextion, The Cryptkeeper Five & More Bob Makin December 6, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves Also featured this week are The Vansaders, The Burns’ What a Wonderful Year 2K18, New Brunswick Cultural Center, New Brunswick City Market, Arroyo Art Studio, Callout, Benefit for ARM, Cold Weather Company, Fir...
Shoreworld John Pfeiffer December 5, 2018 Columns, Shoreworld Rachael Zamstein - A Local Girl Comes Back To Her Hometown I can remember seeing Rachel Zamstein along with local luminaries such as Rick Barry and Val Emmich several years ago across town. It seemed that ju...
Rant’n’Roll Mike Greenblatt December 5, 2018 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll R.E.M. at the BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation always did love that little old band from Georgia, REM. Active from 1980 to 2011, you could make a convincing argument that Michael Stipe, Bill B...
Manhattan Beat – Billy Raffoul, Boz Scaggs, & More! Everynight Charley Crespo December 5, 2018 Columns, Manhattan Beat Billy Raffoul/Mercury Lounge/Nov. 13, 2018 Canadian singer Jody Raffoul gave his son Billy Raffoul a guitar for his 10th birthday. When Billy was in high school in his home town of Leamington, Ontario...
North Jersey Notes – Callout Tim Louie December 5, 2018 Columns, North Jersey Notes CALLOUT – Watchung, NJ A great young band has emerged out of Watchung, N.J. who call themselves Callout. They happen to have a CD release party this Saturday night (12/8) at Allstar Music Empire in Fl...
Queued Up – Holiday Gift Guide 2018: Part 2 Bryan Reesman December 5, 2018 Columns, Queued Up HERO WORSHIP Here are two high octane superhero films that benefit from propulsive action, witty wordplay, and charming characters, but they operate on different levels. One of the few...
Reality Check – THE RUSSIAN BANK PHASE – SUDDENLY WHITEWATER: Trump Scumbag Lawyer Spills Beans on Illegal Land Deals – Sound Familiar? James Campion December 5, 2018 Columns, Reality Check “It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.” &nb...
Kam On Film – “Green Book” Kam Williams December 5, 2018 Columns, Kam On Film Green Book Black Pianist Tours Segregated South with White Chauffeur in Road Trip Dramedy Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) was a promising prodigy whose formal training in classical piano began when h...
Makin Waves Record of the Week: School Drugs’ “Relative Suffering” Bob Makin November 29, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves 2 The Jersey Shore’s School Drugs channel ‘80s hardcore punk with “Relative Suffering,” their debut for the new Trenton-based indie Hell Minded Records. If you’re a fan of ‘80s hardcore, you’re going to...
