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MAKIN WAVES WITH THE OUTCROPS: BAND OF THE YEAR

December 2, 2020

In this December 2020 edition of Makin Waves, Bob Makin himself crowns this groovy rock group the Band of the Year with an in-depth interview. The Northwest Jersey jam ‘n’ groove band The Outcrops are t... Read More...

Makin Waves: Top 10 NJ Indie Albums of the Year

Bob Makin

November 17, 2020

Columns, Makin' Waves

1. A Halo Called Fred, Go Home Drama You're Drunk and Other Tales of Going through Hell to Escape the Evil Monkeys (Lump’N’Loaf) 2. The Milwaukees, The Calling (Mint 400) 3. Stella Mrowicki, Pine Trees a... Read More...

Makin Waves with Well Wisher: Indie Intimacy

Bob Makin

October 1, 2020

Columns, Makin' Waves

Public Radio (NPR). When a Jersey band gets NPR exposure, it’s a big deal, and that happened this summer for the awesome Asbury Park outfit Well Wisher led by the multi-hyphenated talent of Natalie Newbold, fo... Read More...

MAKIN WAVES WITH THE HAPPY FITS

Bob Makin

September 3, 2020

Columns, Goings-On, Makin' Waves

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...

The Allman Betts Band—Keep On Growing

Steve Hackett: Finding Stillness In Complexity [Feature + Watch&Listen]

SHE ROCKS 2021: NANCY WILSON (HEART) & KATHY VALENTINE (GO-GO’S) TALK ICONS & LEGENDS

SEBASTIAN BACH WANTS TO GET RADICAL WITH YOU!

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

THE AQUARIAN’S 25 BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

The Five Star Read That Is “Do You Feel Like I Do?” [Review]

ROCK READS: A Holiday Gift Guide For the School of Rock Laureate

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

Reality Check: TO PURGE OR NOT TO PURGE

Reality Check: TREASON, MOB RULES & THE FINAL DAYS OF DONALD TRUMP

Reality Check: LEGAL WEED NEW JERSEY

MAKIN WAVES WITH THE OUTCROPS: BAND OF THE YEAR

Makin Waves: Top 10 NJ Indie Albums of the Year

Makin Waves with Well Wisher: Indie Intimacy

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

#THROWBACK: DECEMBER 17, 1980 — IN MEMORIAM JOHN LENNON

Steve Hackett: Finding Stillness In Complexity [Feature + Watch&Listen]

SHE ROCKS 2021: NANCY WILSON (HEART) & KATHY VALENTINE (GO-GO’S) TALK ICONS & LEGENDS

Reality Check: TO PURGE OR NOT TO PURGE

SEBASTIAN BACH WANTS TO GET RADICAL WITH YOU!

Good Bison On The Music He Was Always Meant to Make [Feature + Watch & Listen]

Steve Hackett: Finding Stillness In Complexity [Feature + Watch&Listen]

SHE ROCKS 2021: NANCY WILSON (HEART) & KATHY VALENTINE (GO-GO’S) TALK ICONS & LEGENDS

Reality Check: TO PURGE OR NOT TO PURGE

SEBASTIAN BACH WANTS TO GET RADICAL WITH YOU!

Good Bison On The Music He Was Always Meant to Make [Feature + Watch & Listen]