The Front Bottoms: The End of a Summer Rachel DeLouie December 12, 2018 Features, Interviews This December, Bergen County natives The Front Bottoms will be throwing their annual ‘Champagne Jam’ in Asbury Park's historic Convention Hall for the fifth year in a row after a successful co-headlining...
Shoreworld – Vextion: “Vindictive” John Pfeiffer December 12, 2018 Columns, Shoreworld Vextion makes their return to the scene with their much-anticipated sophomore release, Vindictive. The five-track EP encapsulates the power trio's live performance while covering an amalgamation of topic...
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...
Shoreworld John Pfeiffer December 5, 2018 Columns, Shoreworld Rachael Zamstein - A Local Girl Comes Back To Her Hometown I can remember seeing Rachel Zamstein along with local luminaries such as Rick Barry and Val Emmich several years ago across town. It seemed that ju...
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...
