New Brunswick

Gorilla Biscuits & Agnostic Front playing B&B Ball, Rival Schools kicking off tour (win vinyl & a lithograph)

Gorilla Biscuits at CBGB 2006 (more) Gorilla Biscuits will return from the dead to play the annual Black & Blue Bowl (previously the Superbowl of Hardcore) on May 28th at Webster Hall alongside Agnostic Front (playing a special set), Terror, Antidote, Absolution, Down to Nothing, Maximum Penalty, No Turning Back, Backtrack, Take Offense, Bottom Out, and a secret guest…

an interview w/ Screaming Females (who played Purchase Friday, play Music Hall Saturday)

Screaming Females @ Purchase – 2/11/2011 (photo) Screaming Females ripped through an amazing set at SUNY Purchase Friday night. Despite some unfortunate conditions, including a fickle PA speaker and an overly rowdy crowd breaking a cymbal stand, Screaming Females did not disappoint…

Cassie Ramone gone solo, Vivian girls playing a basement w/ Coasting, White Mystery on tour (NYC show tonight)

Cassie Ramone (the Babies) @ Death By Audio on 8/13 (more by Eric Rex)”My solo stuff is hard to describe, I haven’t been too active about it because I’m really shy, and it’s hard for me open up…

Patti Smith playing a Court Tavern benefit...

…at the State Theatre on April 30th with The Smithereens. Tickets are on sale (thx J!)

the Court Tavern was recently saved by donations

For nearly 50 years the Court Tavern has been a New Brunswick fixture. Since the early 1980s it also has been a vital part of the state’s rock scene, hosting up-and-coming bands such as the Smithereens, which later returned the favor by donating one of its platinum albums to the small club…

Walter Schreifels Band played BV-CMJ (pics & setlist) & a FFFFest afterparty, playing Court Tavern, Lolita Bar

The Walter Schreifels Band, led by Walter Schreifels of Quicksand, Gorilla Biscuits Civ, Rival Schools, and Youth of Today fame, performed at the BrooklynVegan CMJ showcase at Music Hall of Williamsburg on October 20th (with Fanfarlo, Laura Marling, The Antlers, Think About Life, and The Wheel…

Sisters, Screaming Females & JEFF the Brotherhood ---------- new records, NYC shows & other 2009 Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: Sisters – Accolades (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sisters – Street Cars (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Screaming Females – Bell (Mp3) Nashville’s hard-rockin’ duo JEFF the Brotherhood are invading the NYC-area for five shows in as many days, including two separate record-release shows at Death by Audio for their two new split-7″s…

Trap Them - pics from New Brunswick & more tour dates

DOWNLOAD: Victims – “Breaking Out” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Trap Them – “Flesh & Below” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Black Breath – “Razor To Oblivion” (MP3) Trap Them @ America in New Brunswick, NJ Trap Them played two area shows in the past few days, April 8th at a New Brunswick, NJ basement show, and April 11th at the much bigger Gramercy Theater supporting the mighty Napalm Death…

Vivian Girls - kids, M WARD, Titus Andronicus, the Court Tavern, Pissed jeans, Fucked Up & Market Hotel

DOWNLOAD: Vivian Girls – Blind Spot (Daisy Chain cover) (MP3) Vivian Girls @ the Court Tavern, New Brunswick, NJ (thepiratehat) Vivian Girls, NYC & NJ 2009 Dec 31 (NYE) – they opened for Yo La Tengo Jan 04 – they played the Court Tavern (see above) Jan 11 – they’re playing for kids @ the Living Room Jan 14 – they’re playing w/ Titus Andronicus @ Maxwell’s Jan 20 – they’re playing w/ Fucked Up & Pissed Jeans @ MARKET HOTEL * Feb 19 – they’re opening for M Ward @ Apollo Theater $ * the MH show was moved from Danbro Studios $ one of three shows they’re playing with M Ward…

The Gaslight Anthem - 2008/09 Tour Dates, Conan video

New Brunswick’s own The Gaslight Anthem announced a big tour for 2009 that includes a trip through Europe, a stop at Langerado, and a headlining show at Webster Hall in NYC (tix on sale Jan 7), BUT FIRST you can also catch them this Sunday, December 28th, when they open for The Bouncing Souls at Convention Hall in Asbury Park (tix on sale now)…
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