North Jersey Notes – Little Vicious Tim Louie January 9, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes LITTLE VICIOUS – Asbury Park, NJ I found this amazing power trio out of Asbury Park, N.J. who call themselves Little Vicious. To be honest, I actually accidentally stumbled across them online and wish...
Makin Waves with Rachel Ana Dobken: Rad AF Bob Makin January 2, 2019 Features, Interviews Rachel Ana Dobken chats about her influential gig as curator of music at Danny Clinch Transparent Gallery in Asbury Park, as well as her new LP, “When It Happens To You.” Whether curating musi...
North Jersey Notes – The Mercury Brothers Tim Louie January 2, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes THE MERCURY BROTHERS – Red Bank, NJ The Mercury Brothers sounds like a duo, doesn’t it? Well, no one in the band is named Mercury, which kind of got me curious because they weren’t a duo and there was...
North Jersey Notes – Old Currents Tim Louie December 26, 2018 Columns, North Jersey Notes OLD CURRENTS – Glen Rock, NJ As I was looking for a band from North Jersey to feature this week and came across these young chaps from Glen Rock who call themselves Old Currents. I thought I might hav...
20th Annual Makin Waves Awards Bob Makin December 20, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves The Makin Waves Awards return for their 20thtrip around the sun to honor New Jersey’s best indie and unsigned music acts. For 20 of the past 30 years, Makin Waves has bestowed its Makin Wave...
Shoreworld – King Nectar: “You’re Welcome” John Pfeiffer December 19, 2018 Columns, Shoreworld King Nectar is a high octane, fun-loving, original rock group based in Hoboken, N.J. The members tell me that they met at an Alien Abduction Support Group (AASG) in 2013. Their bio lovingly states that, ...
North Jersey Notes – Updates Tim Louie December 19, 2018 Columns, North Jersey Notes NORTH JERSEY NOTES UPDATES: I love watching bands grow and my buds from Vextion are no different. I remember writing about them when they first came out and loving singer Kate Ortiz’s voice. Well, aft...
Makin Waves Record of the Week: Myles Nxbxdy’s “Free Bird for the Free World” Bob Makin December 13, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves Miles Nxbxdy of Black Suburbia Music Group has released a dope new album, “Free Bird for the Free World,” which offers a ride along through some deep, dark emotions. If as a music collective, Black ...
Makin Waves with Silent Knight and The Band Called FUSE: “Rise Together” Bob Makin December 13, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves New Brunswick rapper Silent Knight has been working in and out of The Band Called FUSE for than a decade. He chats about both the band and his solo stuff in the Makin Waves Interview. New Bruns...
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...