Month of April , 2007

It looks like 8 Park Underground in Montclair has sprung back to life, and I've seen the people hanging outside on the Jazz Jam night smokin' butts. I need to check that out soon. Figures something like this comes up just as I'm leaving town (I'm moving to the Ironbound tomorrow). Has anybody been to a show there yet?

Screaming Females report that their second record is near done and have set a release date of June 22nd. Go to their MySpace and listen to "Boyfriend" right now. Seriously. It totally kills.

Last weekend The Meltdowns and I got to share the stage with Up The Empire and Jupiter One. We broke in the crowd early on with a lot of dancing, and a lot more of it went down for Up The Empire who played a riveting set of fast crunchy power pop while rather inebriated. I couldn't believe how tight they were, and how freaking loud their drummer was, what a monster! Jupiter One were amazing, an American band that seems to have subsumed the notion of what it is to be a Japanese Pop Idol with a Big Show. Their single Count Down really should make them a lot of money. Their whole stage presence really sealed the deal on a great night down at 58 Gallery. Both of those bands really have quite a bit of potential, I'm sure we'll be hearing from them again.

There's an excellent indie film opening over at Redsaw Gallery in Newark this Saturday night, called Filmideo.