North Jersey Notes Tim Louie October 9, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes KINGS COUNTY – Orlando, FL Yes, I’m aware that this says Orlando, Florida, but let me explain. Bassist and singer Rob Dexter tried out for my band Smoke Star many moons ago. We always wanted him in the band...
North Jersey Notes Tim Louie October 2, 2019 North Jersey Notes NORTH JERSEY NOTES UPDATES: Tonal Crush has a new bass player. His name is Marc Dube and the band is excited to have Marc on board because according to their Facebook post, “Marc brings not only an amazing ...
North Jersey Notes Tim Louie September 25, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes DESPYRE – Shirley, NY Metal lives with these guys out of Shirley, NY. The name of the band is Despyre and man, are they heavy! I just got done listening to their latest record Rise Up, featuring the songs “...
North Jersey Notes Tim Louie September 18, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes THE HELL YEAH BABIES – Astoria, NY So, I came across this really nerdy band from my old stomping grounds of Astoria. They call themselves The Hell Yeah Babies and they remind me so much of Weezer. They have...
North Jersey Notes Tim Louie September 11, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes In Spite Of – Marlboro, NJ I could have sworn I wrote about these guys many, many years ago. And I know this because I believe this is how I came to know my bass brother Raj Narayanan, whom I’ve known for m...
North Jersey Notes Tim Louie September 4, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes CONCRETE DREAM – Hoboken, NJ I wrote about these guys back in April 2018, but I never gave them a proper feature. The name of the band is Concrete Dream and they recently released their self-titled record t...
North Jersey Notes Tim Louie August 28, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes RACHEL ANA DOBKEN – Asbury Park, NJ I came across an interesting artist a bit more south of our North Jersey parts, but she’s making some big noise on the music scene. Her name is Rachel Ana Dobken. After l...
North Jersey Notes Tim Louie August 21, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes ALL IN MOMENT – Staten Island, NY This week, I came across a pretty heavy band out of Staten Island who call themselves All In Moment. I had no idea that Staten Island could produce hard and heavy music lik...
North Jersey Notes Tim Louie August 14, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes KODIAK – Toms River, NJ I’m not really sure how I even stumbled across these guys, but I am so glad that I did. They have a retro eighties rock sound and I’m an eighties rock kind of guy, and no one is play...
North Jersey Notes Tim Louie August 7, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes STEPHANIE CHIN – West Windsor Township, NJ I’m always down for seeing a fellow Asian doing what they love in music. Am I being racist? Hell no! Most of us Asians are in finance or the medical field, so ther...
