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WEBOn The Record: Frank Zappa’s Expanded ‘Apostrophe (’),’ plus Mike Montrey Band, Kevin Gordon, Rebecca Frazier, Guy Davis, & Mac Leaphart. Frank Zappa isn’t a name you’d ordinarily associate with hit-making, but this esoteric artist did occasionally flirt with commercial success, most...
Good Live Music for an October Weekend in the NYC Area
WEB16 hours ago · Saturday, October 5. Vampire Weekend, Mark Ronson, Turnstiles at Madison Square Garden. Gracie Abrams, Role Model at Radio City Music Hall. Kaytranada, Channel Tres, Sam Gellaitry at Forest Hills Stadium. The Psychedelic Furs, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Frankie Rose at the Brooklyn Paramount. BEAT at the Beacon Theatre.
On The Record: Continental Drifters, plus Phil Alvin, John Surge ...
WEB22 hours ago · Also Noteworthy. Phil Alvin, County Fair 2000.. This is a 30th anniversary edition of the sophomore solo album from Phil Alvin.The singer and guitarist, who is best known for co-founding the Blasters with his brother Dave, features that band on four tracks and garners additional support from such artists as Los Lobos’s Cesar Rosas and New Orleans’s Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
Makin Waves with The Nitro Blues Band: Sweet Victory
WEB17 hours ago · Bob Makin. Columns. October 4, 2024. The winner of the annual Carteret Battle of the Bands is The Nitro Blues Band, a young four-piece steeped in the roots of rock that also influenced The Rolling Stones, The Allman Brothers Band, Cream, and Led Zeppelin. The band’s prize was $1,500, which they …
PREMIERE: Northvale Comes Alive on ‘Already Dead’
WEB2 days ago · October 2, 2024. Northvale are coming up on their fifth anniversary of the four-piece we have gotten to know and grown to love. Since forming in late 2019, these alternative New Jerseyans have been ripping into semi-hardcore, usually melodic, and fairly memorable pop punk songs. The latest, “Already Dead,” is the pinnacle of what their ...
Hanson: “As Much About Music as Any Band Has Ever Been”
WEB19 hours ago · Hanson as a whole has never looked down on their ‘old’ catalog. You’re often revisiting songs and eras, sometimes even in a new light. Your album String Theory was such a beautiful way to revisit and reinterpret classic numbers within your catalog. Still, I can only imagine how it feels to be going back to Underneath in this deeper way and seeing its own history come to a head alongside ...
Event Listings - The Aquarian
WEBPhish’s Mike Gordon & Jon Fishman Perform at Bernie Sanders Super Tuesday Rally. Dan Alleva. Going On in NYC. March 4, 2020. Event Listings. Going On in NYC. Spotlights.
Albums – The Aquarian
WEBJune 7, 2024 0. The local, DIY community in New Jersey has been supporting each other (and thriving) for the last 30 years (at... Reflecting on ‘Born in the U.S.A.’. – Still Glorious at 40. Debra Kate Schafer. Albums. June 5, 2024 0. The year is 1975 and as Bruce Springsteen is taking off out of New Jersey, we are breaking down his...
On The Record – The Aquarian
WEBJerry Phillips, For the Universe. Jerry Phillips, the son of legendary Sun Records founder Sam Phillips, grew up rubbing shoulders with icons...
On The Record: An Interview with John Sebastian
WEBJan 28, 2022 · Sebastian talked with me via Zoom on January 11 from Woodstock, New York, where he lives with his wife of 50 years, photographer Catherine Sebastian. A condensed and lightly edited transcript of our conversation follows, along with excerpts from the video of our talk and some songs from the new album. Interview with John Sebastian (2022) Watch on.