The size and enthusiasm of the crowds at day three of Boston Calling Music Festival did not dwindle, with Sunday delivering an impressive and varied final lineup at City Hall Plaza. First up was Boston-based emcee Michael Christmas, who lived [...]
June 1, 2016
Live, Reviews
Bridging the gap from basements to big outdoor venues, New Jersey’s prodigal party-punk sons The Front Bottoms are busy this summer break, hitting the festival scene hard for Boston Calling this weekend and several other stops in the coming months. [...]
Photo Credit: Andrew Miller We’ve been tracking the beloved NJ-based rockers The Front Bottoms for over four years now, and in that time, things just continue to get bigger and brighter for them. Established as a bonafide headliner both here [...]
New Jersey has produced many good things over the years like pork roll, Bruce Springsteen, the New Jersey Devils, and the Sopranos. On April 18, more good things emerged from the Garden State. On this year’s Record Store Day, New [...]
April 27, 2015
New Music, Reviews
If it seems like Monmouth County art-pop purveyors Julian Fulton & The Zombie Gospel have been away for a while, that’s because they have. Fulton and company returned to our humble music community at the recently passed Soulsational Music Festival in Bayville [...]
Though Max Bemis and his beloved schizo-emotional Rock project Say Anything topped the bill for Friday evening’s sold out Starland Ballroom showcase, it was obvious while witnessing a set by New Jersey’s own Front Bottoms, and the sudden elbow room [...]
June 30, 2014
Live, Reviews
As the summer on the shore quickly approaches, more and more exciting show announcements continue to roll out and today we have a doozy to share with you. On a Friday, so you’ll have ample opportunity to recover the next [...]
50. Diarrhea Planet – I’m Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams 49. Grouplove – Spreading Rumors 48. Night Birds – Born To Die In Suburubia 47. Tegan & Sara – Heartthrob 46. Chris Rockwell & The Stickball Social Club – Buildings Will Collapse [...]
December 30, 2013
New Music, Reviews
Orlando, FL’s emotive Punk purveyors You Blew It! are currently prepping the release of their forthcoming sophomore LP Keep Doing What You’re Doing, which is scheduled to tear open the new year on January 14th via Topshelf Records, and have prefaced the [...]
SIMGE recently introduced you to Cackhander Happy, the new project of Matt Lambert (The Creetons, Mercy! Mid Atlantic), through a four-way split EP released by the Toms River-based Broken Edge Records back in October. The band’s offering to that collection, “Nervous”, [...]