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EDISON ALE HOUSE

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NEWARK’S EXQUISITELY DESIGNED EDISON ALE HOUSE ROCKS REVITALIZED DOWNTOWN

Residing across Newark’s sports and entertainment capital, the Prudential Center, in a formerly abandoned broken-down warehouse, the wholly exquisite EDISON ALE HOUSE has taken the downtown area by storm (but closed down a few years hence).

Due to Hurricane Irene, Edison Ale House had a ‘soft opening’ (instead of grand opening) on August 26th, but local politicians, businessmen, and families quickly regaled this seamlessly designed metropolitan hotspot. Part of …

THE FEELIES, JERSEY’S BEST KEPT SECRET, GO ‘HERE BEFORE’

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The Feelies: Finding Joy In The Same Old Sounds : The Record : NPR

Marking their latest unexpected comeback twenty years after their fourth studio album, the Feelies are like a cat with nine lives.

Originally from Haledon, the Velvet Underground-nurtured outfit, led by singer-guitarists Glenn Mercer and Bill Million, scored instant left-of-the-dial radio success with 1980’s soft rock masterstroke, Crazy Rhythms. Prefiguring the unaffected do-it-yourself lo-fi bedroom recordings that’d pop up in the early ‘90s, Mercer’s understated half-sung baritone, barely audible in the mix, juxtaposed delicately droned six-string dribbles and primal tribal …

PB&J GOOD ENOUGH TO ‘GIMME SOME’

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In a fair world, seasoned Swedish trio, Peter Bjorn & John, would’ve been big pop stars. An eclectic combo fashioning engagingly melodic hook lines with a keen eye looking towards rock and roll’s glorious past, these versatile Scandinavians bounce between various familiar contemporary styles while stuck just outside stardom’s short and narrow reach. In spite of it all, they don’t really care all that much about worldwide takeover.

Of course, PB&J did experience a modicum of international fame when their …

MOGWAI CLAIM ‘HARDCORE WILL NEVER DIE, BUT YOU WILL’

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Fertile Scottish combo, Mogwai, became a provocative ‘post-rock’ beacon in the mid-‘90s, extending upon the profound reverb-heavy shoegazing Jesus & Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine devised and the proverbial noise rock experimentalism Sonic Youth pillaged. Fronted by proficient guitarist Stuart Braithwaite, these artful punks established themselves as one of the most investigative post-grunge acts, marveling the coolest indie scenesters with frighteningly awesome distended live jams (captured best at Music Hall of Williamsburg for sensational 2010 Secret Moves disc).

Nearly …

BARE BONES GRILL & BREWERY

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ELLICOTT CITY, MARYLAND

Located at Ellicott City’s St. John’s Plaza mall on bustling Route 40 since 1996, I visited BARE BONES during two-day January 2011 jaunt to Baltimore vicinity. (Note: A second Bare Bones facility is in Stuart, Florida.)

Not necessarily a brewpub, since brewing operations ceased when tanks were removed circa 2008, but a clean blue-collar sportbar specializing in ribs and reasonably priced pub fare (if not diversified beers and ales).

Perched west of Baltimore City, its wood entry …

PORT 44 BREWERY

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Photo of Port 44 Brew Pub - Newark, NJ, United States. There you go. That's the sign.

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY

The city of Newark is currently undergoing its greatest revitalization. New entertainment spots have sprung up recently, including the Prudential Center Arena, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and Riverfront Stadium, allowing for increased cultural arts, sports, and restaurant revenue. In accordance, Port 44 Brew Pub opened May 2010, serving Newark’s first craft beers in nearly 100 years by July. Unfortunately, this worthy pub closed down in September 2011. Nevertheless, the following descriptions will enlighten those happy clients …

PRETTY THINGS JACK D’OR SAISON

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Ambitious farmhouse-styled saison retains bitter-hopped herbal-nosed floral-spiced tropicalia. Resilient black, white, and lemon peppered grapefruit rind bittering contrasts honey-malted peach-pear-tangerine juicing, tropical pineapple-mango-kiwi surge, and wild-flowered dandelion-daisy-sunflower influence to creamy vanilla stead. Zesty lemon-pledged Granny Smith apple souring secures backend. More enjoyable with each sip, peeling away layers of rounded flavors.

Pretty Things Jack D'Or Saison – CraftShack - Buy craft beer online.…

(SHIPYARD) VIRGIN ISLANDS TROPICAL MANGO PALE ALE

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Bottled by Shipyard for Virgin Islands-based St. John’s Brewery, refreshing tropical-fruited pale ale punctuates ripe mango sweetness with brisk lemon-hopped papaya, passion fruit and pineapple delectation. Peach-lacquered maraschino cherry, strawberry, blueberry, and tangerine illusions come and go above honeyed wheat spine. Unfortunately, quality has gone down. Phenol-hopped fizzing and perfumed tongue overwhelm soapy watermelon and mango illusions of light summery dessert treat.…

LIARS ANGUS ANDREW TRIES SURVIVING CITY OF ANGELS’ ‘SISTERWORLD’

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Rangy world-traveling Australian-reared vocalist-guitarist Angus Andrew came to America in the ‘90s, settling in New York City to form the Liars with a few aspiring local musicians. Now residing in the Los Angeles area betwixt Venice Beach native, Aaron Hemphill (guitar-synths), and Highland Park resident, Julian Gross (drums), Angus recently moved out of his second floor apartment (atop a medical marijuana dispensary) after a few dangerous crimes informed the Liars latest undertaking, Sisterworld. Yet these post-punk revivalists have always …

Favorite Pop Albums

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1. MEET THE BEATLES BEATLES
2. AROUND & AROUND ROLLING STONES
3. FREEWHEELIN’ BOB DYLAN BOB DYLAN
4. MODERN SOUNDS IN COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC RAY CHARLES
5. BOB DYLAN BOB DYLAN
6. LIVE & LOWDOWN  AT THE APOLLO JAMES BROWN
7. A HARD DAY’S NIGHT BEATLES
8. THE BEATLES’ SECOND ALBUM BEATLES
9. BALLAD BOOK JOAN BAEZ
10. ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN
11. HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS
12. FOLKSINGER/INSIDE DAVE VAN RONK DAVE VAN RONK

TYPE O NEGATIVE’S PETER STEELE MEMORIALIZED VIA ‘OCTOBER RUST’

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“When I find myself useless by my own standards, I’ll take my life. I will take a swan dive off the World Trade Center hopefully on top of someone I hate,” Type O Negative brainchild, Peter Steele, quipped while promoting his greatest commercial accomplishment, ‘96s October Rust. Coming on the heels of ‘93s fascinating Goth-metal breakout, Bloody Kisses, this gloomy rhapsodic follow-up gave the band an East Coast stronghold fortified by Steele’s naked Playgirl photos. But Steele never …

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE’S DEATH DEFYING ‘FORGIVENESS ROCK RECORD’

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See the source imageA utopian collection of Canadian friends and associates, whose side projects also draw attention, Toronto’s Broken Social Scene came into fruition under the tutelage of de facto leaders Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. Both singer-songwriters also scored big time indie rock points with their solo debuts while related projects by Feist, Stars, Land Of Talk, Do Make Say Think, and lead guitarist Andrew Whiteman’s Apostle Of Hustle have gained prominent underground attention.

Broken Social Scene’s formative ’01 debut, Feel Good …