NEW REVIEW:
@Camila_Cabello
is already too big for her current theater tour, but nails it anyway at
@FillmorePhilly
. Words + videos + photos + set list + ooh na na na:
NEW REVIEW: Everything from BLACKPINK at
@PruCenter
in Newark last night, a wild sold-out show, but one moment really made the night a winner for me. Videos, setlist in here, too, waiting for photos
@ygofficialblink
#BLACKPINK
The fact that every summer in the 90s,
@jackantonoff
was a kid in LBI and
@taylorswift13
was a kid in Stone Harbor and now they make music for the world is truly the greatest Jersey Shore story of all time.
A year ago today I woke up like "la la la pandemic summer la la"
Then
@taylorswift13
dropped
#Folklore
. I stayed up late, wrote my 1st review for
@SPIN
and it's been awesome ever since.
Happy
#folkloreanniversary
to all and freelance-iversary to me!
So, I got an advance copy of the new
@Camila_Cabello
album, the 1st BIG pop album of the year. Saving specifics for review but can say it's fun, w/ plenty of heart. Def worth a spin if you're a pop fiend.
I interviewed
@jadenhossler
, whose debut album, out today, is the best "new pop-punk" record I've heard so far. We talked abt his pivot from TikTok to becoming
@travisbarker
's 1st label signee, the pressures involved and how he's meant to be a rock star.
Ok, talked to the guy in this
@springsteen
photo - he and his wife were walking at Manasquan Inlet yesterday, noticed Bruce walking toward them, talked to him for a couple mins, said he "couldn’t have been any nicer or more genuine," posed for the photo. Story is updated.
“Featuring
@taylorswift13
” as if she isn’t the lead vocal for the entire song. Was not prepared for another excellent contribution to the
#Folklore
#Evermore
cinematic universe this morning. Gonna be a good day.
GUYS!!!! the reviews from the never be the same shows have made me feel so overwhelmed with happiness !!! thank you 💜thank you for all the sweet comments and thank you for coming to fly with me 🔮💜🔮
#neverbethesametour2018
I have the new
@springsteen
album. It’s terrific. Chills. It’s what you’ve been waiting for.
Can’t say anything else now, MUCH more coming next week.
#lettertoyou
Here's a tough one music Twitter: Can you name one band who you feel consistently gets BETTER with each studio album?
The larger the band's catalog = the harder this question becomes.
NEW REVIEW:
@brandicarlile
delivered the gig of her life at
@TheGarden
last night. Absolutely unreal, a titanic performance. Words, full body chills, photos, almost cried, videos,
@TheHighwomen
came out, setlist:
This new
@maggierogers
album, out next week, is an effing force, man. Several full-body chills moments, will be a beast on the live stage, full review on the horizon stay tuned.
NEW REVIEW:
@Camila_Cabello
's pulsating "Camila" is the first gotta-listen pop album of 2018. Playful, earnest, with touches of Cuban spice. Read it on
@PopCrush
:
Also love that Mikey and Evan from
@bleachersmusic
contributed the pedal steel, organ, sax, etc -- give me a combined tour where Bleachers is
@taylorswift13
's backing band and Taylor comes out to sing some of
@jackantonoff
's songs. A boy can dream.
New Jersey's Artist of the Decade is
@jackantonoff
and it's not even close. The pop-rock guru has done it all and reinvented himself several times in this decade alone. Here's my big profile with words from Jack,
@Pink
,
@st_vincent
, Jack's parents and sis:
When you wonder how much influence
@taylorswift13
still has on Nashville and then you see two different cover bands on different floors of the same (Luke Bryan) bar singing Love Story
A genuinely euphoric offering from
@jackantonoff
and
@bleachersmusic
last night as
@sotcfestival
returned to Asbury Park for the first time since 2018. I've seen just about all the rock bands, very few perform like this. Words + videos + photos:
Man
@ddlovato
sounds friggin amazing on this new album. Not sure all the rock stuff hits, but when it does it's a total wrecking ball. Her voice just lends itself so well to this big, bombastic sound. The tour should be wild.
NEW PROFILE: I talked to NJ pop fire starter
@findingfletcher
about her dazzling new album (out today!), playing
@seahearnow
tmrw, owning her identity, her devout fans,
@taylorswift13
's birthday party, what
@PaulMcCartney
told her + Surf Taco obsessions.
NEW REVIEW:
@findingfletcher
at
@thestonepony
- Jersey girl is killing it this year and this was a worthy, emotional victory lap on the home stage. W/ photos and videos.
#Fletcher
NEW REVIEW:
@pink
's mind-blowing
#BeautifulTraumaTour
is 2018's tour to beat - maybe the best arena pop show I've ever seen. Pure magic. Words/photos/videos/setlist here:
Hey
@taylorswift13
I know you've got a lot going on at the moment, but you've got a helluva two-page spread in the
@starledger
today. The Jersey takeover continues at
@MetLifeStadium
tonight.
NEW REVIEW:
@xtina
destroys at
@RadioCity
on her
#liberationtour
. Talk about a reaffirming show for someone who's been away awhile (from the live stage at least). Words + a TON of photos + videos + setlist:
Had a killer conversation with Shirley Manson of
@garbage
-- one of the most underrated rock front-persons of the last 25 years -- for
@SPIN
about the band's seminal debut, new album, the RNRHOF (they're eligible this yr) + how friggin hot Wisconsin gets.
I’ve been watching
@AmericanIdol
for the better part of 20 years. Tonight’s Top 20 showcase was one of the single best nights of music this show has even seen. Talent off the charts this season, WOW.
Ok NJ bands and artists, it's that time again: I'm putting together my list of NJ bands/artists to hear in 2023, to run online and in print.
Who had an awesome '22, who's got cool stuff coming out in '23? All genres welcome, send links and plead cases in the comments, DMs open!
NEW REVIEW: David Draiman talking abt how he misses his friends Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell & Scott Weiland & blasting through "Sound Of Silence" was almost too much to bear. Amazing show from
@Disturbed
at
@TheGarden
- words+photos+videos+setlist:
Dude
@springsteen
is JAMMMMING - so loose, the place is going nuts. He's slamming through blues standards. How on earth is
@portugaltheman
gonna follow this
listening to
@springsteen
on
@HowardStern
- on
@taylorswift13
#MidnightsTS
which his daughter LOVES and played it from Newark airport to Colts Neck. "It was good, she's super talented, a tremendous writer."
Says he knows TS a little bit, was excited to see daughter love it.
My delirious review of
@taylorswift13
#Folklore
for
@SPIN
— an album born from necessity, brilliantly cohesive, dark and poetic. One of the best things she’s ever done.
NEW REVIEW: Everything from a powerful, cathartic, deafening and plenty heavy night with My Chemical Romance at
@PruCenter
- their first NJ show in 10 years. Words, photos, videos, setlist.
@MCRofficial
Which NJ highway do you hate the most and why?
I'll go first.
I will take almost any detour NOT to drive on 280 at any waking human hour.
Also, pretty much all of Route 1, 18 from Rutgers to the Wawa in Old Bridge, and 287 can all burn.
NEW REVIEW:
@taylorswift13
storms
@MLStadium
with what's easily one of the grandest and most satisfying tours of 2018. Words + photos + videos + setlist from her record-setting night in NJ.
Tonight it's
@springsteen
at
@PruCenter
Newark, his and the E Street Band's first proper NJ concert in almost 7 years. If he doesn't reference at least 11 Monmouth County towns by name, it's a bust.
Full review up Sat AM w/ photos, videos, setlist.
Hey NJ bands and artists! Which local acts do I need to hear in 2021?! Who has new stuff coming, who just released something cool? New year means my annual “NJ bands you need to hear this year” is coming soon — help me out please!
~some personal news~ Thrilled to announce I'll be doing some freelance writing for
@AltPress
- one of the publications that hooked me on music journalism a million years ago. A very surreal moment. Thanks
@lanikaps
for having me!
NEW REVIEW: Everything from another exhilarating night with
@bleachersmusic
and
@jackantonoff
at
@RadioCity
where
@springsteen
showed up and New Jersey rightfully claimed Manhattan as its 22nd county. Words, photos, videos, setlist:
I like the idea of 4000 limp bizkit fans showing up to Asbury Park, finding out the show was canceled and then being forced to mingle with the trendy Friday dinner crowd on Cookman
@RyanSchocket
I also live this life. My problem is I explicitly wrote in a review that Evermore is better, so that must remain my front-facing opinion!