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MAKIN WAVES WITH STELLA MROWICKI’S CONTAGIOUS COURAGE

June 9, 2020

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...

Truth Hurts! Makin Waves with Brittney Dixon and Band of Hard Truths

Bob Makin

November 6, 2019

Columns, Makin' Waves

Brittney Dixon is the youngest person ever to win the Makin Waves Tsunami Award, this 31-year-old column’s annual nonperformer recognition of the behind-the-scenes scenester who moved and shook the scene the m... Read More...

Makin’ Waves with Levy & the Oaks: In Your Face!

Bob Makin

September 4, 2019

Columns, Makin' Waves

Levy & the Oaks are a relatively new band featuring four well-established veterans of the New Jersey music scene. Front man Levy Okun and bassist Lou Panico were in Drive-Thru recording act Socratic, and g... Read More...

Makin Waves with Little Vicious: Rappin’ Redemption with the Riff Witch!

Bob Makin

August 7, 2019

Columns, Makin' Waves

Asbury Park/Orlando-based Marguerite King’s tale of musical and personal redemption is as passionate as the pursuit of her dreams with her bad-ass band, Little Vicious. The Riff Witch is in the third chapter ... Read More...

The Allman Betts Band—Keep On Growing

LITTLE STEVEN REFLECTS ON GLORY DAYS OF HIS OWN [WATCH & LISTEN + FEATURE]

TANYA DONELLY TALKS COLLABORATING, COVERS, AND CREATIVITY [FEATURE + LISTENING PARTY]

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS MAKE MUSIC THEIR WAY (WATCH & LISTEN + FEATURE STORY)

HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, Liam Gallagher, DIO, and Sepultura

THE ALLMAN BETTS BAND REVEAL TRIPPY NEW VIDEO FOR “PALE HORSE RIDER” FROM SECOND LP, ‘BLESS YOUR HEART’ COMING AUG 28 [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

DAWES RELEASE NEW SINGLE “SAINT AUGUSTINE AT NIGHT.”

HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Danzig, Nine Inch Nails, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason, David J (Bauhaus/Love and Rockets), and Me and That Man

Queued Up: Exploring the World of Bong Joon-Ho ('Parasite'), plus 'Doctor Sleep,' 'The Siren,' 'Scandalous,' 'Untouchable,' and more.

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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

Truth Hurts! Makin Waves with Brittney Dixon and Band of Hard Truths

Makin’ Waves with Levy & the Oaks: In Your Face!

Makin Waves with Little Vicious: Rappin’ Redemption with the Riff Witch!

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LITTLE STEVEN REFLECTS ON GLORY DAYS OF HIS OWN [WATCH & LISTEN + FEATURE]

TANYA DONELLY TALKS COLLABORATING, COVERS, AND CREATIVITY [FEATURE + LISTENING PARTY]

THE ALLMAN BETTS BAND REVEAL TRIPPY NEW VIDEO FOR “PALE HORSE RIDER” FROM SECOND LP, ‘BLESS YOUR HEART’ COMING AUG 28 [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

DAWES RELEASE NEW SINGLE “SAINT AUGUSTINE AT NIGHT.”

REALITY CHECK: VOTE!

LITTLE STEVEN REFLECTS ON GLORY DAYS OF HIS OWN [WATCH & LISTEN + FEATURE]

TANYA DONELLY TALKS COLLABORATING, COVERS, AND CREATIVITY [FEATURE + LISTENING PARTY]

THE ALLMAN BETTS BAND REVEAL TRIPPY NEW VIDEO FOR “PALE HORSE RIDER” FROM SECOND LP, ‘BLESS YOUR HEART’ COMING AUG 28 [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

DAWES RELEASE NEW SINGLE “SAINT AUGUSTINE AT NIGHT.”