North Jersey Notes – Brian Rigby Band Tim Louie December 12, 2018 Columns, North Jersey Notes BRIAN RIGBY BAND – Hoboken, NJ Brian Rigby Band is not the typical band that I would normally write about, but I really liked the music I heard from his Spotify page, and he’s a North Jersey guy...
Makin Waves Record of the Week: The Papers Jets’ “Everyday Forever” Bob Makin December 6, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves Veteran power-pop outfit The Paper Jets will celebrate the release of their long-awaited “Everyday Forever” LP on Dec. 7 at Asbury Lanes with a little help from their friends Bobby Mahoney and the Seventh Son, ...
Makin Waves Scene Report with Asbury Park Punk Rock Flea Market, Vextion, The Cryptkeeper Five & More Bob Makin December 6, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves Also featured this week are The Vansaders, The Burns’ What a Wonderful Year 2K18, New Brunswick Cultural Center, New Brunswick City Market, Arroyo Art Studio, Callout, Benefit for ARM, Cold Weather Company, Fir...
North Jersey Notes – Callout Tim Louie December 5, 2018 Columns, North Jersey Notes CALLOUT – Watchung, NJ A great young band has emerged out of Watchung, N.J. who call themselves Callout. They happen to have a CD release party this Saturday night (12/8) at Allstar Music Empire in Fl...
Shoreworld: Lost Boy? – Paranoid Fiction on Little Dickman Records John Pfeiffer November 28, 2018 Columns, Shoreworld Hailing from Long Island, N.Y., Davey Jones created Lost Boy? as a bedroom, 4-track experimental pop recording project. Jones is an exciting character born in Plainview, N.Y. He grew up in Suffolk County, Long ...
North Jersey Notes – The Neverends Tim Louie November 28, 2018 Columns, North Jersey Notes THE NEVERENDS – New Milford, NJ I thought that I might have written about these guys before, but it seems that I haven’t. The name of the band is The Neverends and I saw that they were performing at D...
Makin Waves Record of the Week: Deal Casino’s “LLC” Bob Makin November 15, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves Asbury Park’s Deal Casino have made not one but two great records this year with the forthcoming nine-song “LLC” LP dropping Nov. 16, just five months after the four-song “Isadora Duncan” EP. &nbs...
Makin Waves with Sonic Blume: “No One Should Have to be Hungry” Bob Makin November 15, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves Age-defying success of teenage Sonic Blume continues with shows Nov. 16 at Asbury Park Yacht Club, Dec. 22 at House of Independents, a forthcoming video, a slew of singles in the New Year to follow two well-rec...
North Jersey Notes – Sygnal To Noise Tim Louie November 14, 2018 Columns, North Jersey Notes SYGNAL TO NOISE—Biddeford, ME So, my singer Nick Hade from my band Rahway cannot stop talking about this band that he saw perform at our brother, Smitty’s son’s memorial show a couple of weeks ag...
North Jersey Notes – Titled Tim Louie November 7, 2018 Columns, North Jersey Notes TILTED—Brick, NJ A few weeks ago while I was working a Paul Stanley from Kiss event at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City, I ran into someone that I’ve run into many times, but now I’m not sure ...
