Makin Waves Record of the Week: Hidden Cabins’ “The Hidden Cabins Band” EP Bob Makin October 11, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves Hidden Cabins will celebrate the release of their new EP on North Jersey-based Pyrrhic Victory Records on Oct. 13 at The Harp ‘N’ Bard in Clifton. Hidden Cabins are a great alternative roots-r...
Makin Waves with Evangelia: “In the Digital Age’” Bob Makin October 11, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves Evangelia will celebrate the release of her next single, “Windowseat,” on Nov. 1 at Bowery Electric in New York City. Jersey City-based, Bridgewater-raised pop songstress Evangelia will drop “Windowse...
Makin Waves Scene Report with Asbury Park Punk Rock Flea Market, & Much More! Bob Makin October 4, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves Also featured this week areButch Pielka Memorial Concert, Rhyme & Reason Records, Live at the Fillmore, Taylor Tote Band, NJarts.net benefit, Blowup Radio’s “Banding Together,” Pattenburg House Breast Cance...
Makin Waves Record of the Week – Wetbrain: “Things You Think You Thought You Knew” Bob Makin October 4, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves Prolific progressive pop band Wetbrain are back with their second LP in as many years, “Things You Think You Thought You Knew”. Wetbrain are one of Asbury Park’s most underrated bands, but w...
Makin Waves with Des and the Swagmatics: Keep on the Sunny Side Bob Makin October 3, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves Whether playing super soulful funkified originals or making covers by Prince, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley and others their own, Des and the Swagmatics got it goin’ on, and they share it with Maki...
Makin Waves Scene Report with North Jersey Indie Rock Festival, Jersey City Rocks, Saturday Afternoon Song Swap & More Bob Makin September 27, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves Also featured this week are Parlor Mob, Night Birds, School Drugs, Randy Now’s Mancave, Jeff Rusnak, Backyard Superheroes, Vessel of Light and Bob Lanza Band. The North Jersey Indie Rock Festival re...
Makin Waves Record of the Week: Well Wisher’s “This Is Fine” Bob Makin September 27, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves Natalie Newbold returns with another batch of strong indie-pop songs on “This Is Fine”, the debut full-length of her latest band, Well Wisher. I was a big fan of dollys and, like thousands of o...
Makin Waves with Chris Rockwell: Jersey Shore Renaissance Man Bob Makin September 27, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves Jersey Shore Renaissance man has a book dropping soon that will be followed by a national tour with his longtime collaborator, fellow rapper Chill Smith. Asbury Park is a majority black town t...
Makin Waves Scene Report with Sniffling Indie Kids, “The Eleventh Hour”, The Foes of Fern & More Bob Makin September 20, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves Also featured this week are LKFFCT, Tru, The Beagles and Tigerman. North Jersey-based Sniffling Indie Kids have released some tasty records in the last few months, including LKFFCT, Tru, and Professor...
Makin Waves Record of the Week: Professor Caveman “Vol. 4” Bob Makin September 20, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves New Brunswick jam ‘n’ groovers Professor Caveman’s latest, “Vol. 4,” is a venture into a jazz-funk fusion for the indie rockers that sounds like a cross between the Latin jazz-rock of Santana, the groovedelic b...
