Farewell Ember is Toms River artist Anthony Nastasi. On the Poet Season EP, which was recorded by Jason Portizio in Toms River’s own Ugly Door Studio Nastasi enlists the help of several area artists to create four songs that have a feel [...]
In what has become a happy tradition in Asbury Park, River City Extension has announced its plans for the 4th Annual Simple Gifts benefit show on Thanksgiving Eve this November 27th. This follows the band’s active summer and 2013 out [...]
Photos by Chris Rotolo The inaugural Jersey Shore Music Festival has come and gone but not without placing a cross section of the area’s finest musicians and collectives on display for the community to celebrate, while constructing a strong foundation to [...]
July 23, 2013
Live, Reviews
Despite the intense heat that’s turned the Jersey Shore area into a humid torrent of exhaustion, it’s been a prolifically busy week for River City Extension and frontman Joe Michelini. The songwriter sat down with SIMGE for a candid chat [...]
I recently caught up with River City Extension frontman Joe Michelini for what I thought was going to be a promotional piece to preface the Jersey Shore Music Festival, which is slated to kick off on July 20th at First Energy [...]
With their summer tour coming to an end on June 8th, River City Extension is already taking some nostalgic looks back at their nation spanning travels. One such stop included a collaborative, in-studio performance of the Merle Haggard classic “Momma [...]
Supporting a stacked bill including power pop-rockers The Hush Sound and dance punks Hockey, the powerful, poetic sounds of River City Extension echoed throughout the legendary Webster Hall in New York City last night as the band embarks on their [...]
May 15, 2013
Live, Reviews
Picture this: One lazy afternoon while you’re lounging on a dusty sofa, a knock at the door stirs you from a state of hypnogogia. You stumble to your feet as your leg muscles are shocked back to life and head [...]
Before extending out on an extensive US tour, which kicks off on May 14th at Webster Hall, River City Extension and its members are keeping prolifically busy instead of tapping their toes waiting for the bus to get moving. After [...]
We’re on the cusp of something big here people. NJ’s own River City Extension are set to take on 2013 in full stride behind last year’s tremendous Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Your Anger LP with their undeniably [...]
April 22, 2013
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