North Jersey Notes: James Arlowe And The Ruffian Circus And More! Tim Louie April 27, 2011 NJ/NY JAMES ARLOWE AND THE RUFFIAN CIRCUS—Freehold, NJ I recently received an email asking me to give a listen to James Arlowe And The Ruffian Circus from Freehold, NJ. I did give them a listen and I have to s...
North Jersey Notes: Updates Tim Louie January 26, 2011 NJ/NY I haven’t heard from the boys of Killcode in a little while. Well, until now, that is! The boys rocked the Highline Ballroom in NYC last week for the first time, but most importantly, my bro and singer Tom ...
North Jersey Notes: Hands On The Stereo, The Compulsions, Piston Driven and more! Tim Louie December 1, 2010 NJ/NY HANDS ON THE STEREO—Maywood, NJ Now, you can’t get any more North Jersey than Maywood, NJ, and when I came across Hands On The Stereo on ReverbNation, I felt that they would be a perfect fit for this col...
North Jersey Notes: HMS Revenge, Rochelle Park, NJ Tim Louie May 25, 2010 NJ/NY 2 Dan Monda, drummer of the band HMS Revenge, recently emailed me saying that he would “really, really, really, really appreciate it” if I would check out his band. I did just that, like I always do when bands em...
North Jersey Notes: Ghost And The Big Sky, West Caldwell, NJ Tim Louie March 24, 2010 NJ/NY 1 I recently received an email from Ghost And The Big Sky guitarist, Patrick Bitbol, warning me about a CD package that he was mailing to me at The Aquarian offices. Unfortunately, I haven’t been up to the office...
North Jersey Notes: A Balance Between, Lyndhurst, NJ Tim Louie February 9, 2010 NJ/NY 1 I recently stumbled across a very cool band from Lyndhurst, NJ. They were filled with great vocals, heavy guitar riffs, intelligent songwriting, and memorable tracks like the rock radio friendly “Burn To Shine,...
North Jersey Notes: The Doughboys Tim Louie November 27, 2009 NJ/NY 1 If you play in a Jersey band, have you ever wondered where this New Jersey music scene evolved from? Well, my guess is that this scene evolved from bands like The Doughboys. I recently received an email to give...
North Jersey Notes: Progressive Dementia Tim Louie August 20, 2009 NJ/NY I thought that I’ve seen it all when it comes to live performances, but apparently I haven’t. A band called Progressive Dementia has recently risen its ugly head across my attention span, and just when I though...
North Jersey Notes: Daredevil Squadron Tim Louie June 24, 2009 NJ/NY 1 DAREDEVIL SQUADRON-Brooklyn, NY The Aquarian's own Patrick Slevin recently turned me onto this band out of Brooklyn, NY. The name of the band is Daredevil Squadron, and I think they are awesome! They only ha...
North Jersey Notes: Only Living Boy Tim Louie April 23, 2009 NJ/NY I was recently turned onto this band out of Hackettstown, NJ, called Only Living Boy through an email from a friend of mine. They’re a great band with some excellent songwriting skills. After listening to songs...
