Makin' Waves | The Aquarian

MAKIN WAVES WITH THE HAPPY FITS

September 3, 2020

AQ's Bob Makin basks in the contagious joy of this Clinton, New Jersey trio. Throughout 40 years covering the local music scene, it’s always been fun to watch a band grow up and mature into a really gre... Read More...

MAKIN WAVES WITH FRANK LOMBARDI

Bob Makin

August 5, 2020

Columns, Interviews, Makin' Waves

The New Jersey native spoke earnestly about what Ocean County did for him, his perspective on life, and his musical journey – both before and after the COVID-19 outbreak. Like all artists trying to mo... Read More...

MAKIN WAVES WITH HOUSTON & THE DIRTY RATS

Bob Makin

July 1, 2020

Columns, Interviews, Makin' Waves

Even during a pandemic, this punk rock three-piece are 'Rockin’ the Dirty Jerz.' The Phillipsburg-based punk trio Houston & the Dirty Rats are the epitome of Makin Waves having played 100 shows in a... Read More...

MAKIN WAVES WITH STELLA MROWICKI’S CONTAGIOUS COURAGE

Bob Makin

June 9, 2020

Columns, Makin' Waves

YOUNG & DIY: 21-year-old Jersey Shore-raised Stella Mrowicki is a marvel who writes, performs, and records her songs on a variety of instruments, then produces, mixes, and masters them herself. Stelle M... Read More...

MAKIN WAVES KEEPS A ‘TIGHT LIP’ WITH SHORE SCENESTER JOY VAY

Arts Weekly

May 22, 2020

Columns, Goings-On, Makin' Waves

Jersey Shore outfit Tight Lipped make punk rock with as much attitude as it’s ever had. The four-piece punk group Tight Lipped, led by scene veteran Joy Vay—also of TV Tramps infamy—has a new seven-song EP,... Read More...

MAKIN’ WAVES WITH DAUGHTER VISION

Bob Makin

April 4, 2020

Columns, Makin' Waves

In an increasingly harrowing reality, Daughter Vision are a female-fronted synth-pop performance-art four-piece from Asbury Park whose audience and material has grown greatly singer a local singer-songwriter n... Read More...

Makin Waves with A Halo Called Fred: The Joys of Not Taking Life So Seriously

Bob Makin

March 3, 2020

Makin' Waves

A long, strange, quirky trip along the space-time continuum, the psycho-geek Tupperware-pop madness of New Brunswick-based indie-rock veterans A Halo Called Fred is back with a new album, Go Home Drama You're ... Read More...

Makin Waves with Solace

Bob Makin

February 4, 2020

Columns, Makin' Waves

When I was a young upstart in the New Jersey music scene during the alternative rock boom of the late eighties/mid-nineties, four bands rattled my spine a bit more than most others: Monster Magnet, Nudeswirl, ... Read More...

Makin’ Waves—The Makin’ Waves Dirty Jersey Dozen

Bob Makin

January 1, 2020

Columns, Makin' Waves

Makin Waves Dirty Jersey Dozen are left to right from top: Cold Weather Company, The Cryptkeeper Five, Katie Henry, Bobby Mahoney and the Seventh Son, Daughter Vision, Well Wisher, Dentist, Deal Casino, Lowlig... Read More...

Makin Waves with Dentist: Feeding the Beat

Bob Makin

December 4, 2019

Columns, Makin' Waves

Out of the many Jersey bands makin’ waves, Dentist seem to be surfing some of the largest. With a couple of national and several regional tours under the Asbury Park-based indie trio’s collective belt, as well... Read More...

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MAKIN WAVES WITH THE HAPPY FITS

MAKIN WAVES WITH FRANK LOMBARDI

MAKIN WAVES WITH HOUSTON & THE DIRTY RATS

MAKIN WAVES WITH STELLA MROWICKI’S CONTAGIOUS COURAGE

MAKIN WAVES KEEPS A ‘TIGHT LIP’ WITH SHORE SCENESTER JOY VAY

MAKIN’ WAVES WITH DAUGHTER VISION

Makin Waves with A Halo Called Fred: The Joys of Not Taking Life So Seriously

Makin’ Waves—The Makin’ Waves Dirty Jersey Dozen

Makin Waves with Dentist: Feeding the Beat

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