Jersey Beat Podcast #124: Brian Sella of The Front Bottoms

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On this episode of The Jersey Beat Podcast, Jim Testa interviews Brian Sella, lead singer of The Front Bottoms, about the band's major label debut Back On Top and what it feels like for this grassroots NJ band to be navigating the fast lane.

On this episode by The Front Bottoms:

Maps
Motorcycle
Jim Bogart
Handcuffs
Skeleton
The Beers

Jersey Beat Podcast #123: An interview with Brute Force ("King Of Fuh")

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On this episode of the Jersey Beat Podcast, we interview Stephen Friedland, better known as Brute Force and author of the legendary banned song "King Of Fuh."

"King of Fuh," "Tapeworm of Love," and "Tierra Del Fuego" appear on I, Brute Force: Confections Of Love, available on Bar-None Records.

We also play "Fantasy Of Nationality" from the album Planetwork, and "The World..." from the album Tour De Brute Force.

Brute Force and Daughter of Force will perform live at The Golden Door Film Festival at the Brightside Tavern in Jersey City on Saturday, September 26. For tickets and showtimes, visit www.goldendoorfilmfestival.org

Jersey Beat Podcast #122: New Music!

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Lots of new music!

Goodman - Strange Hold
Hong Kong Graffiti - Red
The Deafening Colors - Parkway South
The Paper Jets - Elizabeth Distressed
Lady - Chuta
The Planes - Keep You Safe
The Benjees - Hollywood
Bloody Your Hands! - Boys & Girls
The Clydes - Stay Away From The Doorman
Mini-Boone - I Don't Wanna Send An Email
Static Radio NJ - Worlds On Heroin
Doziac - Brick Wall
Tris McCall & The New Jack Trippers - An Ass of U And Me
Dirty Fences - Deep In Your Heart
Fox & the Law - Bad Motivator
Lost Boy? - Chew
Leaf Pile - When I'm Dead
The Front Bottoms - Cough It Out

Jersey Beat Podcast #121: Jon Fine, Author of Your Band Sucks

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On this episode of the Jersey Beat Podcast,  Jim Testa talks with writer/musician Jon Fine about his memoir YOUR BAND SUCKS: What I Saw At Indie Rock's Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear.)  In addition, we play a few songs from Jon's bands and a few of his contemporaries interviewed in the book:

Bitch Magnet - "Ducks Or Drakes"
Bitch Magnet - "Joan Of Arc"
Squirrel Bait - "Kid Dynamite"
Coptic Light - "Arson Guy"
Poster Children - "Zero Stars"
Black Flag - "TV Party"
Bitch Magnet - "Americruiser"

Jersey Beat Podcast #120: An interview with Justin Angelo Morey of Sunshine & The Rain, Black Hollies, and Rye Coalition

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On this episode of the Jersey Beat Podcast,  Jim Testa chats with Justin Angelo Morey,  about his new band (with his wife Ashley) Sunshine & The Rain, as well as growing up as a punk rock kid and some reflections on his hometown of Jersey City.












 Music On This Episode:
"Come On And Take A Ride" -  Sunshine & The Rain
"Benevolent Benediction" - Black Hollies
"Cocaine Werewolf" - Rye Coalition