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Interview: River City Extension

bill bodkin speaks with a New Jersey band destined for great things ... "Hailing from Toms River, N.J., River City Extension is a high-energy folk...

Interview: Sevendust

bill bodkin speaks with Clint Lowery of Sevendust ... There's a beautiful sense of chaos in every Sevendust song. When I first heard them on...

‘Rath on Record: Hot Rod Circuit

jason kundrath looks at the reunited Hot Rod Circuit ... There was a time in the early 2000s when it seemed the most vital and...

Lost Songs: ‘Johnny Hit And Run Pauline’ by X

erin petrie looks at a forgotten track from one of the pioneers of L.A. alt-rock ... In 1977, X became much more than just a...

M.A.D. Wednesday Interview Series: The Amboys

jeanne crump looks at one of the top Jersey Shore bands as they head to The Downtown ... The Amboys Are: C.M. Smith, Manny Castanon,...

Pop-Preview: Uncomun 2011

bill bodkin previews the return of the festival to new york city ... Tonight, Uncomun returns to New York City. The event, which will take...

Pop-Break Live: Anthrax at Starland Ballroom

bill bodkin gets caught in a mosh ... literally ... Words and Photos by Bill Bodkin The Setting: Scott Ian put it perfectly -- this was...

11-11-11: National Heavy Metal Day Tribute

the staff of pop-break throws the horns up ... Today is the day you turn it up to 11. Today is the day you throw...

Album Review: The Fighting Jamesons

bill bodkin reviews the debut record from the virginia-based celtic rock band... Irish Christmas has come a little early this year in form of the...

Review: ‘Audio, Video, Disco’ by Justice

bill bodkin reviews the french duo's new album ... Since I came of age in the mid-'90s, the radio was a fertile crescent of musical...

Music Cities USA: San Francisco

erin petrie looks at the musical history of the city by the bay ... San Francisco is an iconic city -- the Golden Gate Bridge,...

Brent Johnson’s Lost Songs: ‘Andy’s Chest’ by Lou Reed

brent johnson digs up a lost treasure in response to pop-break's review of the new collaboration from Metallica and Lou Reed ... I've heard only...