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A Not-So Silent Night: An Interview with Spyne!

Looking for a silent night? Not this season. December’s meant for turning the volume all the way up, and there is no better place to...

What a Wonderful Year Interview Series: Lilies of David

Pop music gets a bad rap. Often times we associate pop with disposable, empty calorie anthems that are here today, gone tomorrow. Then there's...

What a Wonderful Year Interview Series: Never the Name

Never the Name is a bonafide Asbury Park supergroup consisting of members of Matt Cook and The Heard, The Bryan Hansen Band, and The...

What a Wonderful Year Interview Series: Emma Engel

This interview with Emma Engel is one that reassures us old heads (like this writer) that the Asbury Park music scene will be good...

What a Wonderful Year Interview Series: Leah Voysey

Leah Voysey embodies the eternal springs of creativity that Asbury Park is renowned for. A musician, actor, producer, and artist of all trades, Leah...

Love the Players, Love the Game: Ripe on Their New Album, Self-Discovery & A Wild Neil Young Story

In 2019, a wild-haired man and his band rolled onto the stage at the Sea.Hear.Now Music Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Before their...

Chevy Chase Looks Back on ‘Christmas Vacation’ in New Jersey 

It’s been more than a few decades since it was first released, but National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation has lost none of its luster, remaining a...

Refused to Be Denied: John Bush on Revisiting Anthrax Classics on His New Tour

If you lived in the New York/New Jersey area, and were discovering metal, probably on 89.5 WSOU, there was one voice that grabbed you...

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong Discuss Feed the Fire, The Important of Their Fanbase & Staying True to Themselves

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong are not just the most perfectly named band in the history of modern music. With their 2025 album, Feed the...

What a Wonderful Year Interview Series: Des & The Swagmatics

Deseree Spinks, along with her band, Des and the Swagmatics represents the past, present and future of Asbury Park music. Des started her journey in...

What a Wonderful Year Interview Series: Izzy Miz

Asbury Park hums with music year-round, and the electricity of the holiday season is no exception. This season, the Wonder Bar will host its...

What a Wonderful Year Interview Series: Teen Idle

“I really just wanted to be a pop star, and like the idea of what it means to be a pop star, since I...