Rye Coalition

Jersey City's historic White Eagle Hall reopening in May (with Rye Coalition)

Jersey City’s historic White Eagle Hall, which was built in 1910, has been undergoing restoration since 2011. Now it’s finally set to reopen this May…

Asbury Park Music In Film Fest happening w/ 'Salad Days,' Bouncing Souls doc, City Gardens doc, afterparties & more

The first annual Asbury Park Music In Film Fest is set to take place April 10-12 across a handful of venues in the New Jersey city. The event features screenings of a handful of music films, including Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo’s JACO, a documentary focusing on the life of the legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius; DC punk doc Salad Days; A Band Called Death, the story of Detroit proto-punk legends Death; Bouncing Souls doc Do You Remem……

Arcade Fire looking for stolen bobblehead mask!

Arcade Fire (more by Eric Kayne) Oh no! Arcade Fire reports that something (much more valuable than a basketball) went missing in CT:Richy’s bobblehead mask was taken from our show in Bridgeport, CT…

The Sonics & Rye Coalition played the Bell House (pics/setlist)

“The f***in’ SONICS! Tacoma’s gift to rock n’ roll, live at Brooklyn’s own Bell House. They did not disappoint.” – Tony Sachs “What can I hear…

Freshkills wave goodbye with NYC show at Union Pool

Freshkills on a Rocks Off Boat Cruise (more by Keith Marlowe) “See you in hell, world.” – Freshkills And with that statement, post-punk favorites and BV-SXSW veterans Freshkills are throwing in the towel…

'90s hardcore/emo band Merel reuniting, playing NYC show at Grand Victory

Add Merel to the growing list of hardcore bands that have risen from the grave…Featuring a rhythm section who went on to help form New Jersey’s brilliant Rye Coalition, Merel played chaotic, abrasive, and quite loud experimental hardcore that separated itself from the norm with its unlikely musical creativity…

Dig Deeper presenting Marva Whitney tribute w/ Renaldo Domino and Norton Records benefit with The Sonics

The Sonics @ Maxwell’s, Nov. 2011 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) The folks at Dig Deeper do an amazing job of shedding light on lost musical treasures from the ’60s and ’70s…

Cold Fur announce new LP (stream a new track)

Members of The Want and Rye Coalition have joined forces to become Cold Fur. The NJ quartet’s clean-tone guitar takes front-and-center, mixing angular math-rock, post-hardcore and spazzy punk on the band’s new LP Altamont Every Night…