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Pop-Press: vh1 Classic’s That Metal Returns for Season 12

the newsdesk gets metal... It's hands down one of our favorite music programs ever. The brainchild of New Jersey-born heavy metal DJ Eddie Trunk and...

Pop-Preview: Summer at The Stone Pony

the newsdesk wants you to restore the shore ... We're stoked for Summer 2013, especially at the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park, N.J. Yes,...

Rocks Off Reader #1

bill bodkin debuts a new weekly series in conjunction with the awesome people over at the NYC concert promotion company, Rocks Off Welcome to Pop-Break's...

Album Review: Daft Punk, ‘Random Access Memories’

luke kalamar gets lucky ... There are very few artists with such a devout following as Daft Punk. Ever since their first album Homework dropped...

Singles Party: Stone Temple Pilots, ‘Out Of Time’

the singles party pilot through a new rock 'n' roll tune ... It's one of the more polarizing singles to be released in rock music...

Interview: Jason Newsted

bill bodkin gets metal ... Talking with Jason Newsted about his new musical endeavor, aptly and simply called Newsted, and you'd think you were talking...

Pop-Press: Skate & Surf Festival Preview

the news desk is ready for festival season ... Since Thanksgiving weekend we've been anxiously awaiting the return of The Skate & Surf Festival to...

Interview: Matt Portella

erica batchelor focuses in on newcomer Matt Portella... Lawyer by day, musician by heart -- South Jersey local Matt Portella releases his latest album...

Album Review: Phoenix, ‘Bankrupt!’

luke kalamar is bankrupt ... To say that 2009 was a groundbreaking year for Versailles, France based indie rock group Phoenix is a complete understatement....

Album Review: She & Him, ‘Volume 3’

jason stives ... still adorkable ... the joke never gets old ... It’s an understatement that actress/singer Zooey Deschanel has her share of critics in...

Album Review: Vampire Weekend, ‘Modern Vampires of the City’

luke kalamar is a night stalker ... When I first heard “Campus” by Vampire Weekend off their self-titled debut album in 2008, I became instantly hooked on this...

The Singles Party: Big B, ‘Here Comes the Lightning’

the gang has a killer flow ... What happens when you take an underground hip-hop/rock staple combine him a hot commodity rock producer and one...