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...
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 ...
Makin’ Waves with Chalk and the Beige Americans Arts Weekly July 3, 2019 Columns, Makin' Waves On the eve of the Garden State Hip Hop and Makin Waves Summer Rap ‘n’ Rock Tour, Chalk and the Beige Americans talk about hitting the road and entering the studio, while sharing their soul-hop history. Base...
Makin’ Waves with Green Knuckle Material Bob Makin June 11, 2019 Columns, Makin' Waves “Never say die” is a motto few bands live up to as intensely and successfully as New Brunswick-based Green Knuckle Material. After nearly 40 years of covering the New Jersey music scene, I am convinced tha...
Makin Waves: The Carousers Bob Makin May 1, 2019 Columns, Makin' Waves In preview of the opening “Joey Nite” of the Makin Waves Fest on May 17 at the Brighton Bar in Long Branch, Joey Affatato chats about his deep relationship with each act on the bill: Christine Mitchell, The Car...
Makin Waves: Defiance Engine Bob Makin April 2, 2019 Columns, Makin' Waves Jim Hogan has been bassist in two legendary Jersey Shore bands: hardcore punk outfit Dirge, featuring front man Jacko Monahan, who was booking Brighton Bar at the time and long after, and Daisycutter, a stoner ...
Makin’ Waves: 30 Years of Crucial Moments with the Bouncing Souls Bob Makin March 6, 2019 Columns, Makin' Waves Asbury Park-based The Bouncing Souls chat about the year-long celebration of their 30th anniversary with a new EP, book and world tour. The Bouncing Souls are celebrating their 30th anniversary with the...
Makin’ Waves Interview of the Week: The Vansaders’ Doug Zambon Bob Makin February 22, 2019 Columns, Makin' Waves The Vansaders’ Doug Zambon talks about his adventures traveling in Cuba, Costa Rico, Mexico, Italy and more. Everybody in Asbury Park knows and loves the rootsy punk band The Vansaders, but did you know that...
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...
