‘Gone for the Weekend’: Troy Burbank’s Raucous Indie Comedy Debuts at the Garden State Film Festival Vinny Cecolini March 27, 2019 Goings-On When Phil’s wife heads off on a “so-called” business trip, he gathers his friends for a no-holds-barred weekend. The problem: Phil’s middle-aged friends still think they’re teenagers and are culturally stuck in...
Spotlights: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Jo Schornikow, Simple Creatures, and Iron Butterfly Arts Weekly March 27, 2019 Goings-On The always-controversial Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will induct the “Class of 2019” at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on March 29. This year, the Hall of Fame will induct The Cure, Def Leppard, Janet Jackson...
Spotlights — Harley Flanagan’s Cro-Mags, We Banjo 3, “Paint the Point Purple” Epilepsy Awareness Event, Emo Night Brooklyn Arts Weekly March 20, 2019 Goings-On Harley Flanagan was born in San Francisco, but he grew up primarily on the rough and tumble streets of Manhattan’s Lower East Side in the 1980s. A regular within the early hardcore scene that revolved around CB...
Spotlights: Bob Weir & Wolf Bros., Cyrille Aimee, and “A Tribute to Van Morrison” Arts Weekly March 13, 2019 Goings-On BOBBY AND HIS DIRE WOLVES Bob Weir & Wolf Bros.—a trio that features Weir, legendary producer Don Was, and drummer Jay Lane, are coming to the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank for two shows next week on ...
Spotlights: Cass McCombs, The Fab Faux, Daddy Tapes Benefit, and Shifty & The Gears Arts Weekly March 6, 2019 Goings-On Cass McCoombs Circles Around NYC I’ve been unable to stop listening to Cass McCombs’ new LP, Tip of the Sphere. Infectious, psychedelic, and raw, McCoombs songs are rock ‘n’ roll gold, and Tip of the Sphere ...
Makin’ Waves Scene Report: Lowlight, Atom Driver, Kosha Dillz, Andy B., Steve Dadaian, plus updates to the Makin’ Waves 2019 Concert Series Bob Makin February 27, 2019 Goings-On Asbury Park-based Lowlight are on tour and will play a welcome-home show on March 3 at Danny Clinch Transparent Gallery preceding the release of a second single from an album expected in late spring. Hats of...
Spotlights: Cypress Hill, Marshall Crenshaw, Hazmat Modine & Falu, and First Fridays at Strong Rope Brewery Arts Weekly February 27, 2019 Concert Calendar, Goings-On CYPRESS HILL RETURN TO THE EAST COAST: DO YOU WANNA GET LOCO? Cypress Hill—hip-hop’s Cheech & Chong—are returning to the East Coast, and they’ll be bringing their “West Coast High” tour to the Wellmont T...
In Memoriam: Peter Tork of The Monkees (1942 – 2019) Debra Kate Schafer February 27, 2019 Goings-On I distinctly remember getting a call from my mom on my blue flip phone in the sixth grade telling me that Davy Jones had passed away. I also remember being the only sixth-grader in 2012 to have known—or cared—w...
Spotlights: You Me At Six, Amish Outlaws, Bruce-A-Like Contest in Asbury Park, and the Stereo Hideout Orchestra! Arts Weekly February 20, 2019 Goings-On YOU ME AT SIX: THE LATEST BRITISH INVASION U.K. rockers You Me At Six are bringing their powerful, indie-pop rock to North America, with tour stops at the Gramercy Theatre in NYC on Feb. 22, and Underground ...
Spotlights: Action Bronson, Doom Flamingo, and Peter Murphy Arts Weekly February 13, 2019 Concert Calendar, Goings-On Action Bronson Brings His White Bronco to NYC If you’re looking for something to do this Valentine’s Day, Action Bronson is bringing his White Bronco tour to NYC for two dates—Feb 13 at Irving Plaza, and Feb 1...
