Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...7/18/24

by Danny Coleman - published 2024-07-18
"Yes sir, "Beowulf" and it just came out on May 23; our last one was 2002," said Pangaea keyboardist Corey Schenck. "We halted in 2008 and took a break until 2021. So, we took a lengthy breather before we got back together to work again, we're still together and we have the five original members who started the band back in 1989, we've added a sixth person to help us because live we can't cover all of the parts we do on the record and we didn't want to do back tracks, so we have a sixth member now but all of the originals are back."

This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts July 16-23, 2024

Here is a look at upcoming shows taking place from July 16-23, 2024 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas.

Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Strange and Wonderful" by Whirling Dervishes

by Bob Makin - published 2024-07-12
The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "Strange and Wonderful," the title track of Whirling Dervishes' 1992 album, now available on all streaming platforms.

Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...7/11/24

by Danny Coleman - published 2024-07-11
"We have played The Lizzie Rose and that's why we're coming back," emphatically stated Mike Williamson of Beach Boys tribute band Sail On which will dock at The Tuckerton music venue on July 19 for a 7:30 p.m. show.  "We played there as what they call a "Routing date;" it's a very small, very intimate hall which caters to original music and regional local voices but it looked so cool. I don't handle that side of the business, I'm a little bit more on the musical tech side, my business partner Matt Thompson does all the booking stuff and I don't know how he came across it but he said, "What about this place? It looks like a cool thing; maybe we can do it as an acoustic show?" So, we took a shot at it because it was on route and we had some time in the tour schedule and so we took it. It was really fun, it was really great because normally we don't get to do anything that is that intimate or that close. Most of what we do is the Summer festival thing, small theaters, parks, community concerts but nothing that is like a music listening room. So, it was fun for us as a departure; you could tell we were very atypical for the venue but it was well received, we had a blast, it was really great, it was a cool, quirky place to play and we really enjoyed it. So, Matt just kind of bookmarked it in his mind, thinking hey, if we ever get back up in that region of the nation we might just come by there again and lo and behold it worked out for this summer that we're gonna be back by there on the coast and we get to go by again and we're looking forward to it."

This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts July 9-16, 2024

Here is a look at upcoming shows taking place from July 9-16, 2024 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas

Bon Scott Birthday Tribute July 9 at Arlene's Grocery

by Danny Coleman - published 2024-07-08
Based out of New York City, John Jackson, producer, musician, creative A & R executive and founder of "Jacksonic Sound & Vision LLC" lists Billy Joel and Roseanne Cash among his clients but it's his involvement with the Bon Scott Estate and a July 9 birthday tribute to the late, great singer of AC/DC that has his attention at the moment. 

BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 7/8/24

by Lazlo - published 2024-07-08
Lazlo, founder of BlowUpRadio.com (an online radio station based around New Jersey artists), shines a light on some of the many new releases from NJ based musicians each week with this column. This week Lazlo takes a look at new releases by Part-Time Custodian; Mellow Doubt; Loon Lord; Last Legs; Danello, The Sad Surfer & Possum In My Room; Mark Parker; and pheller . Plus a look back at "Brittle Boned" by Newfoundman.

Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Walt Frazier's Suit" by Silent Knight

by Bob Makin - published 2024-07-05
New Brunswick rapper Silent Knight re-teamed with producer Red Walrus (Action Bronson/Harry Fraud/Surf School) to release "Walt Frazier's Suit," a sequel to their acclaimed song, "Craig Sager's Suit."

Rock On! This Weeks Sound Bites....7/4/24

by Danny Coleman - published 2024-07-04
"We have John Anthony on lead guitar, Rick Deak on guitar as well, Brendan Burke on bass, Owen Davis on drums and Nathan Anthony on keys and we love to usually have our horn section with us but we're not able to take them on this tour this time around but we do have trumpet, trombone and saxophone as well; we call that the family size band and that's always fun to take them on the road as well," laughed Jackie Popovec, lead vocalist of Ohio based band The Vindys as they prepped for the first of 20 shows opening for Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo with the first two occurring July 6 at Atlantic City's Ovation Hall located at Oceans Casino Resort and July 7 at The Hackensack Meridian Theatre in Red Bank, NJ.