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A Dream Of Life: Bruce Springsteen’s The Rising at 20

August 2, 2022 David Seville 4 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, 9/11, Amadou Diallo, America, American Skin (41 Shots), Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, E Street Band, New Jersey, Patriotism, The Boss, The Rising

Looking back on the album that helped heal a nation after 9/11

Indie Rock Rock

Ground Control To Aeon Station

March 4, 2022March 4, 2022 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Aeon Station, Greg Whelan, Jerry MacDonald, Kevin Whelan, New Jersey, Secaucus, Sub Pop, The Meadowlands, The Wrens

With The Wrens still in flux, the NJ band prepares for their first show under a new name and a new direction

Indie Rock New Wave

The Cucumbers Are Back!

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments Deena Shoshkes, Hoboken, John Fried, Maxwell's, MTV, My Boyfriend, New Jersey, The Cucumbers, The Desk Drawer Tapes

The recently reunited Hoboken New Wave greats dig into their vault (and desk drawer) for a killer new rarities set

Pop

That Time Joe Jackson and Todd Rundgren Toured With A String Quartet

July 19, 2021March 28, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2005, Ethel, Joe Jackson, New Jersey, Red Bank, State Theater, Todd Rundgren, While My Guitar Gently Weeps

The two pop genuises revisit a concert of special significance

Indie Rock

The Royal Arctic Institute: Leaders of the Anti-Dad Rock Movement

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 2021, Berlin, Das Damen, Jesse Malin, New Jersey, New York City, Sodium Light, The Royal Arctic Institute, Tim Foljahn, Tom Beaujour

The NJ/NYC all-instrumental outfit bring the chilled-out jazzy Americana goods—for a bunch of old dudes

Power Pop Rock

Catch North Jersey’s Best Rock Band Live This Week!

March 1, 2021March 2, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bowery Electric, Drew Eckmann, Ecks' Men, Jesse Malin, New Jersey, New York City, Rick Norman, Ringwood, The Feelies, Titus Andronicus, Tommy Stinson

Tickets are still available to see Ringwood’s Eck’s Men in their barn-burning concert at Bowery Electric, performing songs off their Tommy Stinson-produced debut LP

Rock

Courtney x Corgan: Together Again

August 3, 2018August 3, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments Billy Corgan, Courtney Love, Hole, Joy Division, New Jersey, New Order, Peter Hook, Smashing Pumpkins

Watch fan-shot footage from last night’s Love-fest

Rock

“Game Called Onaccounta Heat!”

July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 Billy Sternberg 0 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, David Letterman, Nassau Coliseum, New Jersey

Joyriding with Bruce Springsteen in the early 1980’s