North Jersey Notes: This Year’s Comeback Tim Louie June 5, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes THIS YEAR’S COMEBACK – Toms River, NJ More young bands only means the music scene in Jersey is not dead! One of the acts opening the Scarlet Carson reunion show is a young band out of Toms River, NJ, who ca...
North Jersey Notes Tim Louie May 29, 2019 North Jersey Notes EMPIRE ON FIRE – Fairfield, NJ I found this cool new band from Fairfield, NJ, who happens to be playing Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ on June 6 with my buds Arc’d Angel. The name of the band is Empire On Fire and...
North Jersey Notes: Blue Vervain Tim Louie May 22, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes BLUE VERVAIN – Fort Lee, NJ Jon Khan, formerly of the band Morningside Lane, has a new project that he’s fronting called Blue Vervain. Jon sent me the link to the band’s debut album Wounds, which gets releas...
North Jersey Notes: Jernee Mill Tim Louie May 15, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes JERNEE MILL – Sayreville, NJ When I think of Jernee Mill, the road that leads to the Starland Ballroom immediately comes to mind. Now, there’s a band from Sayreville using that road as their band name. I’m n...
North Jersey Notes: Arc’d Angel Tim Louie May 8, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes ARC’D ANGEL – Maywood, NJ One band that I’ve shared the stage with on a few occasions for Jersey Campfire shows is a band out of Maywood who call themselves Arc’d Angel. Maywood is basically my home away fro...
North Jersey Notes: Jackie June Tim Louie May 1, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes JACKIE JUNE – South Amboy, NJ I’m sure by now, the secret is out that I work at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City as my day job. Through my job, I’ve met some very interesting people in the p...
North Jersey Notes: Dirty Black 7 Tim Louie April 24, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes I’ve never heard of these guys before, but it looks like they’ve been rocking New York City for quite some time. I’m talking about Dirty Black 7, and I only discovered them because they are opening for Enuff Z’...
North Jersey Notes: NYC’s Voices of Extreme Tim Louie April 17, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes As I’m sitting here looking at some of the upcoming shows in Jersey, I came across the Tesla show on April 20 at the Starland Ballroom. What caught my eye was one of the opening acts, Voices of Extreme. Did tha...
North Jersey Notes: Black Dawn Tim Louie April 10, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes My band, Rahway, will be rocking with fellow Jersey superstars, Skid Row, on May 4 at Starland Ballroom in Sayerville, NJ. I already featured one of the other bands on the bill that night, Another Days Armor, s...
North Jersey Notes: Sami Eldebs Tim Louie April 3, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes A couple of weeks ago, I met a talented singer-songwriter from West Orange, NJ, while I was at work at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. His name is Sami Eldebs, and he was supposed to perform in the...
