Check out a Spotify playlist with Music Staff’s top picks for October here! Album Name: Always in Motion Album Artist: Mini Trees Similar Artists: Long Beard, Sun June, Squirrel Flower Favorite Song on the Album: Moments In Between Recommended by: Melissa Egan Album Name: Mercurial World Album Artist: Magdalena Bay Similar Artists: Charli XCX, Sky…
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Quick Starters: Start The Week Over returns to play first NYC show in months
By Zachary Rich, WTSR Events Director For so many emerging artists, performing live is the lifeline that provides them with exposure to new audiences. However, with the COVID pandemic rendering this an impossibility for the past 16 months, the opportunity to return to a routine so familiar yet foreign can be a major risk. However,…
The Front Bottoms are “Back On Top” with superb drive-in concert
Written by Zach Rich – August 27, 2020 For all of us, 2020 has been a rough year. But itʼs been especially rough fortouring acts, who in March had seen their 2020 plans disappear before theireyes. This certainly applies to Woodcliff Lake folk-punk legends The FrontBottoms, who were forced to call of a co-headlining tour…
Album of the Week 8/24-8/30: In Sickness & In Flames by The Front Bottoms
by Zach Rich New Jersey folk-punk duo The Front Bottoms continue to prove why they’re at the top of the New Jersey indie scene with a strong fifth studio outing, Standout tracks montgomery forever and leaf pile return the group to their strong suit, developing anthemic, fast-paced punk-laced tracks with irresistibly catchy hooks. new song…
Album of the Week 7/28-8/2: Fetch the Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple’s most recent release, Fetch the Bolt Cutters, is an experimental rock album that is a refreshingly unique sound in today’s music industry. In the song Heavy Balloon, Apple’s gritty, strong vocals in the chorus make the track memorable, along with the slow drum beat and instrumental keeping the track going. The funky piano…
Album of the Week 7/13-7/20: Future Teenage Cave Artists by Deerhoof
Review by Ben Spizuco Deerhoof have been pioneers of experimental noise pop since the mid-90s, and have put out about fifteen albums without repeating themselves. Throughout the 2010s, Deerhoof put out a series of increasingly polished and electronic albums that featured less of the untamed abandon of albums like 2002’s Reveille and 2003’s Apple O’,…
Album of the Week 7/6-7/13: Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Bridgers’ much anticipated sophomore album Punisher is easily one of my favorite albums of 2020 so far. With her 2017 debut Stranger in the Alps, Bridgers’ established herself as a strong songwriter, particularly through her way to express emotion through her words and soft yet powerful voice. This new album is the same case…
Album Review: Nella Vita by Grayscale
By: Jess Young With their first album, Adornment, becoming a staple of the 2010’s pop-punk scene their second full-length album had a lot to live up to. There’s a genuine emotional depth to this record that shines through brilliantly on songs like Asbury and Tommy’s Song. With this album, they make a pivot to the…
Starland Ballroom is right “Where I Belong”
Fall tour featuring Simple Plan, State Champs and We The Kings hit Sayreville, NJ on November 4th. By: Marissa Marchello This fall you do not want to miss this monster tour featuring pop punk favorites, Simple Plan, State Champs, We The Kings and Northbound. Simple Plan and State Champs cultivated their friendship while touring together…
How Sad Summer Festival Changed the Festival Game
by Marissa Marchello As the scene kids said goodbye to the Vans Warped Tour in 2019, they can happily say hello to what we can only hope is the first of many Sad Summer Festivals. 2019 welcomed the first ever U.S. run of Sad Summer Festival hitting big cities such as Dallas, Orlando, Baltimore, Philadelphia,…