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

May 22, 2020

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...

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... Read More...

The Allman Betts Band—Keep On Growing

The Luka State’s New Video Allows Album Highlight To Shine

#THROWBACK: LINDA RONSTADT — JANUARY 12, 1977

Lizzie and the Makers: The Road to Authenticity

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

The Luka State’s New Video Allows Album Highlight To Shine

Alt Bloom’s Effortlessly Timeless New Single, “Tired”

Nightly’s “night, love you. (alt ep)”: Versatility Prevails

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

Reality Check: LET’S TALK FILIBUSTER

Makin Waves with David Ross Lawn: The Sounds of Solitude

Reality Check: ANDREW CUOMO ON THE BRINK

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!

Makin’ Waves with Chalk and the Beige Americans

#THROWBACK: LINDA RONSTADT — JANUARY 12, 1977

The Luka State’s New Video Allows Album Highlight To Shine

#THROWBACK: LINDA RONSTADT — JANUARY 12, 1977

Lizzie and the Makers: The Road to Authenticity

Reality Check: LET’S TALK FILIBUSTER

Alt Bloom’s Effortlessly Timeless New Single, “Tired”

The Luka State’s New Video Allows Album Highlight To Shine

#THROWBACK: LINDA RONSTADT — JANUARY 12, 1977

Lizzie and the Makers: The Road to Authenticity

Reality Check: LET’S TALK FILIBUSTER

Alt Bloom’s Effortlessly Timeless New Single, “Tired”