Yearly Archives: 2011

Pop-Preview: The Road to the Royal Family Affair

bill bodkin previews the festival developed by Royal Family Records ... Festivals are all the rage these days. Big one-day or multi-day bills filled to...

Interview: Cicada Radio

bill bodkin interviews the new indie hotness, Cicada Radio ... Last winter, Pop-Break's Jason Kundrath shot me a text: "Hey, we should do something on...

Three Angry Nerds: The Misconception of Being a Nerd

daniel cohen, jason stives and michael dworkis nerd it up ... For this week, as you can see, we have added a third person to...

Brent Johnson’s Lost Songs: ‘Black Like Me’ by Spoon

brent johnson digs up another lost treasure, this week from Spoon ... It's one of the most popular terms in music criticism -- 'Beatles-esque.' Sometimes, all...

Review: ‘On The Ocean EP’ by Guster

brent johnson examines the musical evolution of alt-pop band Guster, as seen on their latest EP ... Guster could have been nothing but a gimmick. On...

M.A.D. Wednesday Interview Series: Michele Karmin

bill bodkin chats with the New Jersey singer ... I've Been Performing Since: Long past the point of memory ... very young. I'm Based Out Of:...

Interview: Reel Big Fish

bill bodkin continues to show his love for ska by 'selling out' ... The sound of ska music wasn't just a flash-in-the-pan phenomenon that happened...

Pop-Break Live Preview: Wakah Chan

jeanne crump previews the Asbury Park band's latest show ... With a scene that is so heavily dominated by punk and indie rock, Wakah Chan's...

Interview: Theory Of A Deadman

bill bodkin profiles one of the bands in the hard rock scene ... Since the early 2000s, the Canadian-born Theory of a Deadman have been...

Trailer Tuesday: The Amazing Spider-Man

bill bodkin and logan j. fowler look at the reboot of the Spider-Man series and wonder if a reboot can be good as the...

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