Normally by the time August comes along, I start to find myself estranged in one of those, “I’m so over summer,” kind of moments. Then September comes along, the Bennys go home and I took a cruise down the shore-line [...]
My obsession with some indie-folk sounds continue and led me to Asbury Lanes. It was a bit of a diverse bill actually, and we had a tour kick off and some touring visitors come into town. Bone and Marrow started [...]
Hard at work on the follow up to stellar self titled debut, NJ indie-rockers Dentist are heading into the summer in style. With a number of gigs lined up, Emily and Justin Bornemann teamed up with Jim Appio AKA CoolDad [...]
This week’s edition of Happy Mondays went down in grand fashion. Three bands with the utmost grooves spoiled the ever growing crowd with an amazing night of music. Kicking things off were the psychedelic, alternative sounds of The Cold Seas. [...]
The Stone Pony, a Tuesday night. Snow, sleet, freezing rain, rain, slush and ice. These elements had no bearing on the outcome of the video premiere of Forty Five from Asbury Park stalworth Deal Casino. The first of the new [...]
Photo Credit: Jim Appio (CoolDad Music) Last Friday, the wonderfully executed Vinyl Heart project celebrated the release of the pressed EP at Asbury Lanes. The four bands involved, Dentist, Smalltalk, Seaside Caves, & Trans Charger Metropolis, all performed with flowers [...]
Neptune City’s own super-group of punk-rockers turned brit-pop-inspired auteurs, Smalltalk, have been churning out music this past year at a prolific rate to the tune of the three self-titled EPs (which landed on SIMGE’s Top EP’s of 2014 list)…and there’s [...]
Year End Lists 2014: Asbury Park Songwriter Rick Barry Shares His Top 10 Albums Curses, Maledictions and Harsh Reiterations by Rick Barry Alvvays – Alvvays Justin and Emily from Dentist (See below) turned me on to this record over the [...]
Little Dickman Records and CoolDad Music sponsored a holiday benefit show to benefit the Mercy Center of Asbury Park and the Food bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Held at SixTen Bangs in Asbury Park, the all ages event featured [...]
For longtime Dentist followers, you might know that “Bird In A Cage”, off of their self-titled debut LP, is one of their oldest songs dating back to their initial formation following the demise of No Wine For Kittens. Now the [...]
