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by Geno Thackara Looking for some new tunes to kick off the season? Nothing says “summer” quite like the Jersey shore. As their name suggests, the Asbury Park quartet Deal Casino is all about providing a flashy, exciting good time. Their approach is rooted in the Read More

by Geno Thackara Everything is connected for Anna Spackman. Words are inseparable from poems, poems are inseparable from music, and music is inseparable from life. This past April’s album House on the Sea is the culmination of a few years that have taken her from the urban Read More

by Geno Thackara Jake and Pete Adams are the kind of guys who know how to learn from the past without living in it. There was simply hard rock and metal before things split into doom, death, thrash and more other shades than most of us can keep track of. The Virginia Read More

by Matt Kelchner Just as the summer season kicks off the 2015 season, one of New Jersey’s most popular beach towns is gearing up for the return of a new upstart and wildly successful festival. Jetty and their non profit arm Jetty Rock Foundation, Shore Point Distribution and Read More

by Matt Kelchner We know it’s been a little while since the last edition of drinking tunes but we’ve been a little preoccupied with some of the latest offerings from Victory Brewing Company. Sour beers have taken the spotlight as the go to refreshers this summer and the local Read More

by Jane Roser “Snake Farm, it’s just sounds nasty/snake farm, it pretty much is/snake farm, it’s a reptile house/snake farm…oooogh.” Drive-By Truckers artist Wes Freed sang this tune when his band The Mag Bats performed at Cary Street Cafe in Read More