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Album Review: ‘Don’t Stand Alone’ by Set it Free

lauren stern is never standing alone, she just sets it free...see what we did there... When I interviewed Set it Free back in March and...

Album Review: ‘Candy Coated Fury’ by Reel Big Fish

bill bodkin has turned the radio off... They say in life there are two things that are certain -- death and taxes. I'd like to add...

Lost Songs: ‘War Machine’ by KISS

bill bodkin goes deep with the demon and the starchild... First things, first...KISS rules. You might think that Kiss is nothing but a make-up covered gimmick...

Pop-Break Live: Owl City [Gramercy NYC]

words by kelly gonsalves | photos by stephanie nan Following this summer's release of his fourth full-length album, The Midsummer Station, Owl City took off on...

Pop-Break Live: Tremonti at The Highline Ballroom

words and photos by lisa pikaard... The journey of a musician is arduous and labyrinthine. It seems as though rock bands often have many ups...

Pop-Break Live: Metal Masters 4

words and photos by bill bodkin... The Event: On Friday September 7 some of the biggest and most talented icons in heavy metal and thrash...

Interview: The Menzingers

jeanne crump gets in the pit... If you haven’t discovered the Philly based punk act The Menzingers yet, open the interwebs and indulge. Their most...

Album Review: The Vaccines ‘The Vaccines Come of Age’

jason stives gets his new booster shot... Rule number 1 for rock music in the 21st century: You can’t please the masses AND the critics...

Album Review: “Tigerface” by Marco Benevento

bill bodkin reviews the latest from the top notch tickler of the ivories... When you think of a pianist images of aging men in a...

Pop-Break Live: The Aggrolites at The Wonder Bar

words and photos by maxwell barna... Following our interview with them in July, The Aggrolites came to Asbury Park’s The Wonder Bar for a one-night...

Interview: We Are the Ocean

kelly gonsalves goes across the pond... It has been an eventful summer for the United Kingdom’s Essex-based rock outfit We Are The Ocean, with the...

Interview: Eric Schackne

Erica Batchelor is schack-ing up with hammers and strings... Pop-rock newcomer Eric Schackne infiltrates the music scene with a new style of rockin’ piano riffs....