North Jersey Notes: Going Dark, Apathy, Sturla and More! Tim Louie March 12, 2012 NJ/NY You have to love when you get a CD from a bunch of kids because you want to see how they measure up in talent as you did when you were their age. Well, Going Dark out of Livingston, NJ, really pushed my mea...
North Jersey Notes: Metal Gate Mafia, Apathy, D.R.I. And More! Tim Louie May 11, 2011 NJ/NY 2 METAL GATE MAFIA—Medford, NJ I recently had a guy come to my house to fix my hardwood floors. When I told him that I wrote for The Aquarian, he told me that his nephew was in a band and that I should giv...
North Jersey Notes: Flames Of Fury, Apathy, Ape Fight and more! Tim Louie November 10, 2010 NJ/NY 3 FLAMES OF FURY—NJ/NYC Charetta bassist Richard Mollo recently emailed me to let me know about a new project he’s been working with lately. The name of the band is Flames of Fury and they rock! After reading ...
North Jersey Notes: Shutterstone, Hammonton, NJ Tim Louie June 1, 2010 NJ/NY 1 Since I’ve been spending a lot of time down here in South Jersey, but write about North Jersey bands, it’s only appropriate for me to slip in a South Jersey band every now and then. A couple of weekends ago, I ...
North Jersey Notes: JPT, Caldwell, NJ Tim Louie February 16, 2010 NJ/NY 2 As I did some online searching for a band to feature this week in North Jersey Notes, I stumbled across a band called JPT, formerly known as JustPassingThru, on reverbnation.com. Just so it’s clear, I’m really ...
North Jersey Notes: Blinded By Anger Tim Louie June 16, 2009 NJ/NY Holy crap! I just got off of the MySpace page of Blinded By Anger and my ears are still scorching! My bass brother, Mikey "Driveby" Ferriera, has been working on this project ever since his band Trudge broke up...
North Jersey Notes: A True Story, Lyndhurst, NJ Tim Louie May 6, 2009 NJ/NY I recently got a message through The Aquarian website, theaquarian.com, from a band called A True Story asking me to give them a listen. I did, and though their music isn’t my thing, it didn’t suck! I’m sure th...
North Jersey Notes: Mean Venus Tim Louie April 16, 2009 NJ/NY My boy Adrian Freyre recently contacted me to tell me that he was playing in a new band. I’ve known Adrian since he played in the band Trimm and I’ve watched him play a few times with the band Jersey Gypsy. Adr...
North Jersey Notes: White Knuckle Battery Tim Louie January 20, 2009 NJ/NY This Friday night, Jan. 23, my band Hostel Inc. will be playing with a pretty cool band that seems to be based out of this area and Virginia. The name of the band is White Knuckle Battery, and from the sounds o...
North Jersey Notes Updates: Apathy/Evan Toth And The Excuses Tim Louie August 26, 2008 NJ/NY Ok, so I recently got a weird text message from Pete Wells of the band Apathy, and I wasn’t sure how to respond. The text read, “Apathy signs a distribution deal! Album goes worldwide in spring of 2009. A promi...
