On this episode of the Jersey Beat podcast... Mikey Erg - Heartbreak No. 53 Venomous Pinks - We Do It Better Up For Nothing - Escape Route Human Adult Band - Peace To You Sister, The Young Rochelles - Interstellar Communication The Bleeding Hearts - Gone Permanent Mistakes - 35 Burnout The Happy Fits - Changes Spygenius - I Dig Your New Robes, Pier…

On this episode of the Jersey Beat Podcast... The Happy Fits - Dance Alone DEHD - Stars Future Girls - Defeat Repeat Near Beer - Yelling At A Dog Grave Danger - Specter Inspector GRIM DEEDS - Unreliable Narrator Brad Marino - Another Sad & Lonely Night The Clams - Crazy Boys Ben Vaughn - New Jersey Rock N Roll Deena Shoskes & Chasing Colours - Ever…

The Ergs! - "Ultimate Falsetto Book" Delay - Friends Band J Prozac - Won't Let Go Dentist - Spilled Coffee Weekend Recovery - No Guts, No Glory Vic Ruggiero & Kepi Ghoulie - "It Wasn't Me" Shonda & The Howlers - "Used To Call Me Baby" Stop Calling Me Frank - "Hard Lovin' Man" Miss Georgia Peach - "You Blow My Mind" Ricky Rochelle - "Yeti In The Sno…

Our guest for this episode is Al Crisafulli, whose Dromedary Records has supported local music in and around New Jersey for almost thirty years. Al's big news is that his radio show Signal To Noise has moved from its longtime home to WXIORadio.com, where it came be heard every other Tuesday night from 8 to 10 p.m. Al and I chatted about the radio s…

My guest for this episode is Dan Schafer, aka Dan Vapid of Screeching Weasel, the Queers, the Riverdales, the Methadones, Noise On Numbers, and most recently, Dan Vapid & The Cheats. Their 2021 album "Escape Velocity" was one of my favorite punk albums of the year, so in this interview we talk about how and when it was recorded, Dan's approach to s…

It's our annual Christmas podcast, with over an hour of indie, alternative, and punk holiday music. Enjoy whatever holiday you celebrate at this time of year, and thank you for listening. LCars - Wet Bandit's Lament Aquadolls - Christmas Wrapping Chutzpah - Chanukah's The Bomb Peachcake - What Happens When Santa's Sleigh Gets Lost Peppermint Kicks …

The Front Bottoms - Voodoo Magic The Great American Novel - This Will Not Be Our Year Rockstar Racecar - Created A Monster Precious Bones - All She Wants The Happy Fits - Another Try Dummy - Daffodils Emperor of Ice Cream - Weather Vane Dangereens - Streets Of Doom The Kowalskis - I Love You Parker Longbough - Fake Sinatra Namesake - I'm Sick Hippo…

Jack Skuller - Only Getting Older The Great American Novel - Grabbin' A Slice The Clydes - Modern Girl The Anderson Council - Girl Don't Tell Me Gregory McLoughlin - Liftoff Tom Barrett - Some Grow Wings Vista Blue - Back To The Summer Olympics Lauren Banjo - Hang In There The Cheats - Rock N Roll Loveletter Geoff Palmer - Tomorrow Lysa Mychols & S…

Rockstar Racecar - Rock N Roll In America Capitalist Kids - Real Americans The Credentials - I Killed 22 Iraquis And All I Got Was This Lousy Engineering Degree The Mr. T Experience - God Bless America Peter Stampfel & The Bottlecaps - Drink American The Stigmatics - American Dream The Steve Adamyk Band - I Fought For The USA Rick Barry - Stupid Am…

The Cucumbers - Do It Yourself Dentist - Let Me Let Go Last Minet - Don't Hold Back Lastwaves - Stroke of Luck Lost In Society - Say Anything NO ICE - Frequency Bathroom Of The Future - Watching Bill & Ted Outside Geoff Palmer - Many More Drugs Clowns - Does It Matter? French Girls - Summertime Beatnik Termites - Pet Shop Girl American Television -…

Editor Jim Testa interviews Ira Robbins on his new book Music In A Word, a combination anthology and memoir about his life and career as a music journalist.

Mike Chick - "Pine Lake Park" Keith Kenny - "Move Along" Little Hag - "Walk Of Shame" Darrin Bradbury - "Deanna, Deanna" Ruby Bones - "Tired Eyes" Oliver Ignatius - "Debris" Devon Kay & The Solutions - "Liver" Brad Marino - "Even The Score" Hayley & The Crushers - "Kiss Me So I Can" Hadda Be - Apathy The Planes - Decoder Ring Proper Nouns - Situati…

Anthony Walker - Stealin' Andy Bilinski - Do What You Want Annie Blackman - Why We Met Luke Faust - Don't Seem Right Laura Veira - The Panther GRIM DEEDS - Born To Be Odd Authority Zero - Ollie Ollie Oxen Free The Bitty - Kurt Kobain Chadd Derkins - Save The Whales Kelly Sullivan - When The Waves Are Low Rocky Rochelle - I Don't Wanna Fall In Love …

Anthony Walker - Wolves Can Wait Jon Klages - God Bless The Columbia House Record Club Lake Street Drive - Being A Woman Ruby Bones - Don't Lose Your Head Whiner - Fear The Challenged - Sleep On It The Blips - Walking Home Pale Lips - You're A Doll The Neighborhood Brats - Who Took The Rain? Classic Pat - Change Machine Half Past Two - Mean Green T…

Dan McLane - Sad All Over State Drugs - Rain King The Challenged - Exposed J Robbins - Automaticity Lo Talker - No Champagne Space Cadet - Bad Luck Fatrace - Fun Fun Fun The Right Here - Here We Go Again Horsegirl - Sea Life Sandwich Boy Brian Damage - Psycho Horny Future Selves - The Hell With It Proper Nouns - Known Unknowns Carpool Tunnel - Bett…

Mikey Erg - Hey Marissa Jennifer Blowdryer - Stole My Camera Devon Kay & The Solutions - Frustrated People Of The World, Unite Tiger's Jaw - New Detroit Arrows To Fire - I'm Supersonic The Authorities - Just An Excuse The Cheap Cassettes - See Her In Action The Clydes - The Fate of California Har Mar Superstar - Where We Began The Living Pins - Rav…

Jaake Margo - Rudy's Got The Roni LCars - Town Without Streets J Prozac - Number One State Drugs - Beautiful & Broke To The Helpless - Afraid Of Yourself NRCSSST - Sinking Trojan Warfare - Outlaw Wizard Brain - 4 AM EST Tri-State - Chapeaux stillhungry - Best Costume Wins Big Fang - Mondays Chiba Neko - Built For Speed Cold Expectations - Two Blueb…

Mikey Erg - Rumblestrip Brad Marino - What Do You Know? Haley & The Crushers - Jacaranda Dentist - Don't Let Me Catch You Indonesian Junk - One More Try FSHG - Love Is All That You Need Adrian Danon - Romance Is Dead Blue Vervain - North Carolina Smallpox - #10 (Under Acme) Terry McCarthy - Most Sorry Speed The Plough - Broken Glass Val Emmich - Ma…

Amy Rigby - Four years of u Blue Vervain - North Carolina Karen Haglof - Devastation Completed Jon Caspi - She Is Fine Val Emmich - Blue State Jason Didner - Salt & Sand Beeman & Bannon - Simple Twist of Fate George Wirth - Jackson Girl Mickey PG & The Overshare - Cardboard Box Worm Quartet - Pacman Is 40 & So Are You Cheekface - Emotional Rent Con…

Amanda Rose Riley - Better Luck Next Year Stuyvesant - Explorer Sal Cannestra - A Little Dumb, A Little Cruel Airport Dreaming - Seminar Prof Of The Year Oliver Ignatius - To Hell With Good Intentions Ritual Tension - I Can't Find The Party Chrissy Roberts & Ralph Capasso - Stand By Me The Great American Novel - Barstool Blues Eddie Skuller - Rock …

Amanda Rose Riley - Can You Still Remember December? Devon Kay & The Solutions - A Little Bit Modern Hut - I Don't Want To Get Adjusted To This World The Red Shift - Revolution Or Bust! Concrete City - Lulu Louise The Gentlemen Rogues - Do The Resurrection! Drunken Prayer - It's Christmastime Crush Limbo - All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front T…

JERSEY BEAT PODCAST #182 The Ergs - Linus Lucy The Dollyrots - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Fascinations Grand Chorus - Merry Merry Christmas Thee Volatiles - Oy Hanukkah! Jonathan Pushkar - Little St. Nick Dentist - Mele Kalimaka Diamond Rugs - Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant Cait & The Marrow - All I Want For Christmas Is You The Electric …

Editor Jim Testa first chats with Gary Van Miert of Jersey City's Sensational Country Blues Wonders about his new album, The World Will Break Your Heart. Then Jim chats with Chip Heuisler, the owner of Tunes Records in Hoboken, which is celebrating it's 25th anniversary. Chip talks about surviving the changing climate of the music industry as well …

Jersey Beat Podcast #180 Jeffrey Lewis - What A Party We're Gonna Have Deena - Dance The Night Away The False Positives - Closed Circuit TV Romance Grim Deeds - Ignorance Is Bliss Kurt Baker - I Like Her A Lot French Girls - No Morals Laura Jinn - I'm Driving To Target Mal Blum - Nobody Wants Ruthless Cosmopolitans - Make America Hate Again RebUke …

On this episode of the Jersey Beat Podcast, Editor Jim Testa chats with Larry Livermore, co-founder and former co-owner of Lookout Records, author, and frontman of The Potatomen. Don Giovanni Records has just released Toytown: Outtakes And Rarities, a collection of demos and other effluvia from the band that Livermore formed with his business partn…

JERSEY BEAT PODCAST #178 Jaded Azurites - "Break Up" The Jersey Beat Podcast Theme Song (by Jack Skuller) Bob Mould - "American Crisis" Dawn Oberg - "Mitch McConnell" The Dirty Knobs - "Lockdown Part II" Goodman - "Brave New World" Rachel Lark - "The World's Really Fucked" Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby - "Vote The Fucker Out" Ezra Caspi - "Mice In The…

Fairmont - "High Water Mark" Jay Della Valle - "The Van Song" Well Wisher - "Halfway Heart" MOD FUN - "Day After Day" The Pine Barons - "Sputter" Nick Rifken - "Disco Girl" Lunch Box - "Gary Of The Academy" The Lemon Drop Gang - "Georgie" The Cocktails - "Nobody's Going To The Movies" Kurt Baker - "Over You" dan bryk - "bigger than you" Blacks Beac…

The Bouncing Souls - Ghosts On The Boardwalk The Milwaukees - Burn And Shame Bloody Your Hands - Checked Out The Happy Fits - Hold Me Down Amy Rigby - Here It Is Saturday Geoff Palmer & Lucy Ellis - In Spite Of Ourselves Eels - Baby Let's Make It Real Harvey Gold - Song For Joanne Peter Stampfel & The Bottlecaps - Random Violence Richard Barone - S…

Sons Of Butcher - Quaranteen Logan X - Yours Sincerely The Lawrence Arms - Ghostwriter Stuyvesant - Miles On The Shoes Short-Haired Domestic - A Song In Spanish... The Yum Yums - Can I Come Over? Jackie June - Chasing Nightmares HelloImDylan - Keep You Around Andre Salvadore & the Von Kings - I Love You (Don't Laugh) Harvey Gold - In Consideration …

The Happy Fits - Go Dumb The Successful Failures - More Of The Same Peter Stampfel & The Bottlecaps - Random Violence The Special Pillow - I Woke Up Rich Girls - Born To Run Supermutt - Ain't So Kind Peter Stampfel & The Bottlecaps - Springtime In Alaska Ramblin' Deano & Jon Langford - Quarantine Rock Petey & The True Mongrel Hearts - Turning Of Th…

The Front Bottoms - "Camouflage" The Ukulele Sessions Mikey Erg - Hey Julie (Saving For A Custom Van compilation) The Milwaukees - No Way Out The Grahams - Kids Like Us Rockstar Racecar - Created A Monster Rick Barry - A Sincere Critique of 45 Odd Robot - Looking For America (Attention! A Black Lives Matter Comp) Jules Drucker - What To Say About T…

Bouncing Souls - World On Fire Dirty Knobs - Lockdown Grim Deeds - Crushing Realization Grip Weeds - For Pete's Sake (Stay At Home!) Hammell On Trial - Damn Pandemic Adrian Danon - The Lonesome One Amanda Rose Riley - Better Brian Erickson - An Unfinished Novel The Next Great American Novelist - Kubler The Roadside Graves - I Wasted My Life Lazaris…

Eddie Skuller - Trust The Rhythm Track 21 Kings - A Fire Spreads Murdock & Jack Blerry - Look At Me Now Cook Thugless - Pink Pilot Crazy & The Brains - Live Fast, Burn Cash Wyldlife - Sacre Bleu The Front Bottoms - Everyone Blooms Tall Juan - I Like to Stay At Home D.A. Stern - I Wanna Be Free Jacob Sunshine - Always On My Mind Jamie Frey (with Lil…

Drive By Truckers - Quarantine Together Bar Stool Preachers - When The World Ends GRIM DEEDS - Social Media Distancing The Challenged - Ken Doll Nick Cianci - Surrounded By Poets Jamie Frey - Never Let You Go Logan X - Settle Down Homeless Gospel Choir - Blind Faith Cimafunk - Lean On Me Mikey Erg - Bon Voyage Josie Cotton - Run Pussycat The Brains…

John Feuerbach - Isolation Blues Jenny O. - I Don't Want To Live Alone Anymore Sean Barna - God Save The Scene Randy Newman - Stay Away Stephen Clair - Welcome To The World Now Adrian Danon - Ready To Fall The Dollyrots - Teenage Kicks Eliza Neals - Don't Judge The Blues Debra Devi - The Needle & The Damage Done Deal Casino - Just A Cow (from Songs…

Grim Deeds - Behind The Mask Vista Blue - Emmaline Is Quarantined Crazy & The Brains - I Don't Deliver Pizzas Anymore Ric Gordon - Y'all Stay Home Drunken Prayer - Crazy Alone DADS - Let's Book A Live Jam Tonight Local H - Patrick Batement ex-mothers - The Fall Conway - Juliana, Take Me Home Answering Machine - Riverdale From Punk Rock Raduno Comp.…

WYLDLIFE - Automatic Answering Machines - Cherry Coke THICK - WHUB Logan X - Yours Sincerely Dropkick Murphys - Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding The Gungans - Punk Rock PhD The Parasites - No Sleep Tonight The Fur Coats - I Tumble Down A Deep Ravine Iceage - Lockdown Blues Bite Me Bambi - Hot Lava The Dents - Last Man Standing Deep Sea Diver - Stop Pre…

My guest is Frank Portman, the singer, guitarist, and songwriter of The Mr. T Experience. On the podcast, Dr. Frank (as he's affectionately known to fans) discusses the decades of work that went into the new best-of compilation, MTX Forever. We also talk about Frank's career as an author of Young Adult fiction, the death of the music industry, his …

JERSEY BEAT PODCAST #165 The Components - Last Caress (digital single) NO ICE - Dweeb (digital single) 21 Kings - Radio Days (digital single) The Holy Smokes - Lips Shut Tight Lowlight - Give It A Minute The Neverends - Party Boi The Front Bottoms - Camouflage (digital single) American Television -Wasteland The Flatmates - Punk Moth GRIM DEEDS - Mu…

The Skullers - She Denies Herself The Things She Loves Scoville Unit - Back Of My Mind Successful Failures - Everywhere She Goes It's Raining Defecting Grey - Make It Impossible Dinosaur Stampede - The Enabler Mal Blum - Things Still Left To Say She/Her/Hers - Kill The Boy Band Amanda Rose Riley - Millennials Are Getting Gray Frieda's Roses - Need …

A summertime playlist from Jersey Beat HQ The Dogmatics - Summertime The Dollyrots - Animal Cromm Fallon - East Bay Joy Cleaner - Easter Tuesday Kepi Ghoulie - Four Eyes The Pinheads - Feel It Now Johnathan Pushkar - The Girl Next Door Geoff Palmer - All The Hits The Defending Champions - Flow-Nace Ten Foot Pole - Everything Dies Scary Hours - The …

Geoff Palmer - This One's Gonna Be Hot Brad Marino - What Comes Naturally Fat Chance - Quit Bitchin' Tuffy - Everybody's Ex-Girlfriend Pboneboy- Acid Girl Bouncing Souls - Crucial Moments Mean Jeans - Hot Pockets The Murderburgers - Turning 30 Was An Eye Opener Teenage Bottlerocket - Stupid Song Urban Outfielders - The Wizard of Japan The Suck - Yo…

John and Toni Baumgartnet, Ed Seifer, Jon Fried, Deena Shoshkes, and Matthew Davis are the Campfire Flies, a group of veteran NJ musicians who came together to make rustic acoustic music drawing from their many strengths. We discuss their formation, their music, and their debut album, Sparks Like Little Stars.…

Deafening Colors - "Crash Course" Cold Weather Company - "Pocket" Sean Kiely - "Walter (Or The Wheel)" Kate Jacobs - "Every Single Time I Think Of You" Elevator Pitch - "Magnetism" Ezra Caspi - "Say Whatever" Lanier - "Tied (Ever My Eyes' Lover)" Dan Francia - "Planet In Transit" Peter Stampfel & The Atomic Meta-Pagans - "It Might As Well Be Spring…

In this episode, I interview Kate Jacobs - singer/songwriter, co-owner of Little City Books in Hoboken, part of the Radio Free Song Club collective, and mom. We discuss all her roles and especially her new album, Second Day Cake, her first release since 2011's Home Game. On the podcast, you'll hear the following tracks by Kate: "St. Mark's Bar, 198…

SOME FAVORITE NJ RELEASES FROM 2018: Rockstar Racecar - The Real Housewives of Pyong Yang Character Actor - 72 Paperbacks The LLC - I Don't Give A Butt The Components - Il Bandito 21 Kings - Photographs Sunshine & The Rain - It's All In Your Mind Sailor Boyfriend - Do You Like Sonic Youth? Turnpike Gates - Hiding In Plain Sight Well Wisher - Believ…

Antietam - I'm So Tired, Intimations of Immortality Lemuria - Best Extra, Generational Hate Downtown Boys - I Can't Wait, Cost Of Living Jigsaw Youth, Hawaii's Nice This Time of Year, America's Sweethearts RIPS, Damaged, RIPS Black Wail, Chromium Homes, "Chromium Homes" EP The Mr. T Experience - Cynthia With An "I", King Dork Approximately Potato R…

Tris McCall - Sybarite Mr. Flannery & His Feelings - Hymn Of The Isolated Artist My Teenage Stride - Living In The Straight World Los Campesinos! - Sad Suppers Sunshine & The Rain - Little Rag Doll Shanda & The Howlers - Keep Telling Me Hiccup - Lady MacBeth & Miss Havisham Jigsaw Youth - But You're Not Dave Grohl GRIM DEEDS - Human Waste Downtown …

Our special guest is lo-fi legend R. Stevie Moore, who talks about his new album with Jason Falkner, Make It Be, as well as his long career, his philosophy of music, and his mind-boggling back catalog, which includes hundreds of releases available for download at RStevieMoore.com On this episode, you'll hear... Stamps and I H8 Ppl from Make It Be C…