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Monday
Apr182011

Interview: Departures

Departures is a a four piece punk-rock outfit hailing from Bayonne, New Jersey. The band formed in January 2009 out of the necessity to make honest music in a scene so badly watered

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Monday
Apr042011

Folly sold out their reunion show at School of Rock on 4.2.11 (photos, review & videos)

Folly

People from near and far, flocked to the sold out show at the School of Rock on Saturday night to see Folly play their 3rd reunion show. This show is in a string of five total

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Monday
Mar072011

Hoboken's St. Patrick's Day 2011 Crime List

Hoboken's 2011 St. Patrick's Day took place this past Saturday. The annual celebration, which features a parade, tons of house parties and packed bars is also often associated with an obscene amount of petty (and not so petty) crime violations.

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Monday
Mar072011

6FO & E-9 release new video. Pay homage to NJ.

Illburn Records' 6FO & E-9 recently released a new music video for their track "Hometown". The song comes from the duo's collaboration album titled Flight 732.

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Tuesday
Mar012011

Interview: Folly

Last December, rumors went around that a possible Folly reunion was in the works. January came and we finally heard about their reunion show at the School of Rock.

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Tuesday
Mar012011

D.R.I., Mucky Pup & Razorblade Handgrenade @ Starland Ballroom 02.27.11

New Jersey’s Starland Ballroom hosted the legendary D.R.I. with NJ natives Mucky Pup, with opening acts Razorblade Handgrenade, Dirty Stayouts, & Dept. of Coreuption. It was throw-back Sunday with both young and old in attendance.

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Monday
Feb282011

Featured Artist: Socratic

Cranford's Socratic are set to make their first live appearance in sometime this Friday, March 4th at Hoboken's Maxwell's. The former Drive-thru group will be joined by NJ's Chocolate Bread, West The Defender and Elephant In The Room.

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Monday
Feb282011

Nostalgia: Penfold @ The Abdab 11.12.05

A new website dedicated strictly to an impromtu Penfold reunion show that happened in a New Brunswick basement in 2005 was launched last week. Video of the praised local NJ band's entire set can be found over at Elf Pond.

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Thursday
Feb242011

Reminder: Titus Andronicus, The So So Glos, Camden & The Front Bottoms @ Manville VFW this Saturday 2/26!

Don't forget there is a special benefit show taking place this Saturday, February 26th with NJ natives Titus Andronicus. Best part? It's only $8!!! No, wait, the best part is...

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Tuesday
Feb222011

The Escape Directors play Mexicali this Friday, released music video for "Car Crash", and met KickStarter Goal 

The Escape Directors are one of the hardest working bands in New Jersey at the moment. The band recently created a KickStarter page to raise some money for the recording and mastering of "The Crowded Room EP"

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Tuesday
Feb222011

The Strokes filmed music video in Jersey City last week.

The Strokes filmed a music video for their new song "Under Cover of Darkness" in Jersey City last Wednesday. The band shot the video at The Landmark's Lowes Jersey Theatre. The shoot took place from 6 in the morning to 11 at night.

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Monday
Feb212011

Max Bemis, River City Extension @ Maxwell's 2.20.11

River City Extension and Max Bemis of Say Anything were stripped down to their strings last night for a sold out acoustic performance at Maxwell’s in Hoboken.  River City Extension’s frontman Joe Michelini (guitar, vocals), was backed by only two of the usual seven members of his ensemble; multi-instrumentalist Jenn Fantaccione with only her cello and guitar in tow, (she’s known to pick up brass as well), and drummer Mike Costaney on a kit.

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Monday
Feb212011

Rye Coalition @ Maxwell's 2.19.11

Jersey City's Rye Coalition were a sonic force to be reckoned with Saturday night, at Maxwell's in Hoboken.  The sold-out crowd wasn't just warmed up, but rather fired up, when Louisiana's blues based, Guitar Lightnin Lee and his Thunder Band, smoked the stage.  By the time Rye Coalition hit their first note, Maxwell's was so packed that it was as hot as a show in July.  This was the first time the band has played live in 5 years, and it was clear to see they did not dissappoint.

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Friday
Feb182011

Titus Andronicus filming music video in NJ this Sunday. Be an extra!

Titus Andronicus have announced that they will be filming a music video for their song "No Future Part III". The shooting will take place in three different NJ locations. Guess what? You're invited to all of them!

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Friday
Feb182011

Ben Franklin sign with Killing Horse Records. Releasing 7".

NJ's Ben Franklin have signed with Kearny based Killing Horse Records. The pair will be working together to put out a new 7". The two track effort is titled Urgency and will see an official release on February 25th.

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Friday
Feb182011

These Branches released debut album. Playing a bunch of shows.

Jersey Shore's These Branches recently released their debut LP. Their new album is titled This One's On You and is available via the 'Name Your Price' method over at the group's bandcamp. Yes, that means you can technically pick it up for free if you're a cheap bastard.

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Wednesday
Feb162011

Bamboozle adds to 2011 NJ lineup

Bamboozle has added even more bands to it's 2011 NJ lineup. Last week it got out a little early that Thirty Seconds to Mars was joining the prestigious festival's lineup as one of the 2011 headliners.

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Wednesday
Feb162011

New GDP & Man Overboard songs for free download. Plus other free songs from Run For Cover.

You can now download a new song from NJ rapper, GDP over at Run For Cover Records bandcamp. If you're lazy, you can first stream it below. The track is titled "Quintuplets" and is available for free, but the only catch is you'll have to download the entire RFC compilation (which is a good thing!).

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Saturday
Feb052011

Black Kites vocalist featured in wrestling documentary.

Jeff "Cannonball" Guerriero, vocalist for NJ hardcore punk band Black Kites, has been featured in a short wrestling documentary produced by Steve Belmont. The documentary entitled Cannonball focuses on Jeff's professional wrestling career. You can check it out above. Black Kites have a few shows coming up including one with Folly at the School of Rock.

Upcoming Shows

2/13 - Brick, NJ @ Bricktown Moose Lodge (w/ Fleshtemple)
2/26 - New Brunswick, NJ @ The Aquarium
4/02 - South Hackensack, NJ @ School of Rock (w/Folly) (SOLD OUT)

Friday
Feb042011

The 2nd Annual Post Post Hardcore Weekend

NJ's Communication Redlight and CA's Your Favorite Trainwreck have teamed up to curate The 2nd Annual Post Post Hardcore Weekend. The round of shows will take place from Thursday, February 17th to Sunday, February 20th and hit Philadelphia's The Troc, New Brunswick's Court Tavern, Trenton's Mill Hill Basement and Clifton's Clash Bar. The shows are set to feature: Your Favorite Trainwreck (ex- Gameface & Farside), Detournement (members of Bigwig, Plan A Project, Ensign, Vision, Worthless United), The Fire Still Burns (members of Ex-Number Five, Nora, Vision, Ensign), Shades ApartThe Wait (ex-Endgame), (Damn) This Dessert Air (ex-Ex-Number 5, Instruction, Errortype: 11), and more! CR & YFT created a great website with show samplers, so you can easily check out music from all the bands playing each event. Show dates, venue info and lineups on each event can be found below.

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