Photos by Matt Kleinschmidt

On Friday radio station RLC, better known to the world as 90.3FM The Core held a show at the Cook Campus Center at Rutgers University.

The show boasted a pretty awesome lineup of New Brunswick’s own The Gaslight Anthem, as well as Polar Bear Club, NYC’s The King Left, and another up and coming Brunswick band, Let Me Run. A last minute cancellation by Polar Bear Club (their van broke down) slimmed down the lineup for the night but didn’t change much of the good vibe atmosphere of the room.

After being thoroughly rocked, there was nothing left to do but head out into the rainy New Brunswick air and answer the debate of whether to eat either Fat Cats from the Grease Trucks or roll over to Stuff Yer Face for the Potachoes. (more…)

Oh snap! More MURDER BY DEATH music is coming our way! It’s virtually impossible for us to hate anything this band does so we’re officially excited.

The band is putting out a 7-inch with tourmate and longtime friend. William Elliot Whitmore. This isn’t the first collaboration between The Death and Whitmore. Back in 2003 Whitmore provided some sing-about-buckshot-through-a-telephone backing vocals for the band’s sophomore album, Who Will Survive, And What Will Be Left Of Them?

They are doing this release in the classic split 7-inch style, with the band’s covering each other’s songs. Murder By Death hopes to make this the first of many future splits done in this style.

The pressing will be limited and available through a pre-order on their website starting September 15th. The band also plans to sell copies on their national tour with Whitmore. The artwork for the split will be done by Drew James, the same artist who did the art for Who Will Survive…

The Death’s have also convinced former keyboardist, Vincent Edwards to sit in with them for one of their Chicago dates (11.20 at the Metro). The remaining Vincent-less tour dates can be seen after the jump. (more…)

LAURA WARSHAUER dropped by our offices this afternoon to perform a few songs for us in the laid back settings of our conference room. Considering how busy and noisey our office normally is, it was quite a site to see all 18 of us in a room listening intently and quietly as Laura performed. In fact I was the loudest one with the camera shutter click as I snapped pictures. (more…)

The first (annual?) All Points West festival took place in Jersey City this weekend. But it wasn’t really so much a festival, as just a big RADIOHEAD show with a lot of bands playing (at least from my point of view).

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The festivities kicked off Friday afternoon. Grizzly Bear delivered an awesome set on the side stage filled with brand new songs and favorites from Friend and Yellow House. Then Underworld got the crowd into a dancing mood before the highlight attraction took the stage. (more…)

J. Spaceman set up shop this past weekend playing one gig at the 9:30 Club in Washinton, DC and two gigs in New York City. Sporting a near identical set-lists on both NYC nights, SPIRITUALIZED played the uber-intimate Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday night and rocked out Terminal 5 on Sunday night. (more…)