by Jane Roser Asbury Park has become a mecca for great music within the past forty years. Artists such as Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and The Ramones frequently performed at local clubs here before they were a twinkle in a record label’s eye. Add to this impressive Read More

Mode Moderne Occult Delight Reviewed by: Stephen Krock     Mode Moderne opens their new Occult Delight with a reverb fueled marriage of The Smiths and The Velvet Underground, offering a beat that is dreamy, yet driving, and easygoing vocals that are just invested enough Read More

by Robert Brind Jimmy Faber has finally become a professional guitarist.  He’s paid his dues. He’s played in countless venues in Philly for free. Now, playing guitar is his only job. He puts in three hours of practice time outside of rehearsals, and rehearses with, well, a lot of Read More

Warpaint Reviewed by: Melissa Komar       Break out the incense and yoga mat.  Warpaint’s second full-length album offers ten tracks and an introduction that will hypnotize you into a disconnected state of mellowness where lyrics don’t matter and ten different Read More

Nir Felder Golden Age Reviewed by: Elizabeth Wagner     If you’re looking for a new album that not only showcases impressive jazz guitar instrumentation, but also shows composition skills which show what an art music can be, then Nir Felder’s Golden Age is for you. One Read More

I Break Horses Chiaroscuro Reviewed by: Sebastian Mackay     “You Burn” made me want lather on dark make up, pull on a shirt and trench coat and stalk the darkness of a circus on stealing children. It’s other worldly in its orchestration and the piano adds a layer of Read More