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Happy Mondays Interview Series: Dollys

When you think of bands performing in basements, particularly the New Brunswick basement scene, thoughts of sweaty, thrashabout bands screaming into poorly plugged in...

Pop-Break Live: Modest Mouse (Starland Ballroom)

Written By Bill Kolbenschlag It’s been a few years since I’ve been to a concert — especially a real rock 'n' roll show. Fittingly, the...

Podcast: News Over Brews – Shebeen Brewing Co. Turbo IPA

The latest News Over Brews podcast is up! This week we talk about the possibility of one of our favorite bands getting their own television...

Pop-Press: ZorziFest II

Pop-Break senior writer Joe Zorzi will be presenting the second annual ZorziFest (aptly named ZorziFest II) tonight at The Court Tavern in New Brunswick,...

#FridayReads: Eddie Trunk’s Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal

Heavy metal has been an essential part of Pop-Break since the beginning. It makes logical sense because, well, I'm the editor-in-chief of the site...

The Singles Party: Slipknot, ‘The Negative One’

Singles Party panelist Nick Porcaro dropped a note to us on Mondays saying, "Last week Slipknot dropped a new song, "The Negative One", their...

Pop-Preview: Sublime with Rome at The Wellmont Theater

Ask anyone born in the last 35 years for the top five bands that come to mind when they think of ska-punk music, and...

Interview: Queensryche

Written by Molly Boekenheide "Keep on keepin' on," seems to be the unofficial motto of the hard-rocking bandmates of Queensryche, who, after a tumultuous couple...

Album Review: Spoon, ‘They Want My Soul’

Written by Max Freedman Prior to the announcement of Spoon’s eighth album, They Want My Soul, the band posted a photo to their Facebook page...

Pop-Break Live: 2014 Rockstar Mayhem Festival 2014 (Camden, NJ)

No other concert experience combines soaking in the August humidity and listening to the finest sounds of heavy metal quite like my full-day excursion...

Interview: Skid Row

Written by Lucas P. Jones For those among us in the heavy metal fan club, Skid Row is a name that is synonymous with metal....

Album Review: Brandon Broderick, ‘Twelve by Twelve’

Written by Matt DeBenedetti Brandon Broderick is a phenomenal musician, songwriter, and lyricist. I was so shocked to hear this album front to back, and...