The Happy Fits release video for "Around and Around"

The lively alt/indie-pop New Jersey trio The Happy Fits have released a video for their latest single "Around And Around" ahead of their upcoming third studio album, Under The Shade of Green, available for pre-order now. In addition to new music, the band will hit the road this fall and winter across the EU and UK, with U.S. dates soon after.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers to receive prestigious Global Icon Award and perform live at 2022 "VMAs"

(NEWARK, NJ) -- Red Hot Chili Peppers will receive the prestigious Global Icon Award and perform live at the 2022 “VMAs,” airing Sunday, August 28 at 8:00pm from the Prudential Center in Newark. The 8x “VMAs” winners to make their highly-anticipated return to the iconic MTV stage for the first time in over two decades, last performing in 2000 when they received the coveted Video Vanguard Award.

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Luke LeBlanc to Release "Fugue State"

(MINNEAPOLIS, MN) -- Luke LeBlanc examines our current world on Fugue State, his fourth full-length studio album to be released October 28. Like all great singer-songwriters, LeBlanc crafts a batch of thoughtful tunes that explores the universal, then makes it personal. That’s because the Minneapolis-based LeBlanc takes an outwardly approach to search for inward solutions. That process renders Fugue State a more socially conscious effort than 2021’s Only Human, which centered on matters of the heart, particularly love, loss, and everything in between.

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Special Guests Help The Grass Roots Recreate Their Most Iconic Hits On New Collection

(LOS ANGELES, CA) -- The Grass Roots were one of the biggest American hit makers of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, crafting a sound that was both perfectly situated in its time and yet also somehow timeless. Songs such as “Let’s Live For Today,” “Sooner Or Later” and “Midnight Confessions” made the band a staple of AM radio and helped transition popular music from the psychedelic sounds of the ‘60s to the more muscular classic rock of the ‘70s.

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BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 8/10/26

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 with this column. This week Lazlo takes a look at new releases by Des & the Swagmatics, Bamberdost, Owen Lake and the Tragic Loves, Jonny Couch, Sean Henry Tonight!, and Ava LaMonte. Plus a look back at "Duluth" by Particle Zoo.

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The Soundtrack of Resilience: Explore Music's Role in Post-9/11 America at the Lacey Library

(FORKED RIVER, NJ) -- In honor of Patriot Day, the Lacey Branch of the Ocean County Library will host "The Soundtrack of Resilience: Music and 9/11" on Thursday, September 10, 2026. The event begins at 2:00pm.

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Albert Music Hall presents Pineystock on Sunday

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"Amazing!" Bruce Hornsby LIVE! at Ocean City Music Pier

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The Vogel presents Early Elton Trio on Saturday

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Scottish Rite Auditorium presents Hot Tuna on Friday