Event Listings September 2014

Strand of Oaks

September 15th at Rough Trade

Saturday September 6th
Benefit for Cattus Island's Environmental Center featuring:
The Amboys
Moon Motel
No More Pain
The Porchistas
Candace Schur
Harper's Fellow
Bone & Marrow
The Creeptones
Mad Feather Group
Thomas Wesley Stern
The Shady Street Show Band
Chris Rockwell
The Stickball Social Club
12:00pm (Noon)
Jackson Moose Lodge 1459
1240 E Veterans Highway
Jackson, NJ

Friday September 12th
Streetlight Circus
10:30am
Soundwave Music Festival
Airlift Acres
11039 Worcester Highway
Berlin, MD

Monday September 15th
Strand of Oaks
Christopher Denny
8:00pm
Rough Trade
64 N 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY

Friday September 19th
Slaid Cleaves
8:00pm
Outpost in the Burbs
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation
67 Church Street
Montclair, NJ

Saturday September 20th
Sarah Donner
9:00pm
Early Bird & Night Owl Cafe
50A West 26th Street
Bayonne, NJ

Sunday September 21st
Accidental Seabirds
7:00pm
Pompeii Graffiti
169 West Street
Annapolis, MD

Wednesday September 24th
Shovels and Rope
John Fullbright
8:30pm
Union Transfer
1026 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA

Saturday September 27th
Spook Handy
7:00pm
Medford United Methodist Church
2 Hartford Road
Medford, NJ

Sunday September 28th
Augustines
8:00pm
Union Transfer
1026 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA

Event Listings August 2014

Pete Donnelly

August 22nd at The Spring Street Gallery

Thursday August 7th
Accidental Seabirds
Anjuli Josephine
Natalie Chapkis
The Dawn Drapes
CachaBacha
8:30pm
The Fire
412 W Girard Avenue
Philadelphia, PA

Thursday August 7th
Arts Council of Princeton presents:
Swingadelic
6:00pm
Princeton Shopping Center
301 North Harrison Street
Princeton, NJ

Friday August 8th
Tempest
8:00pm
The Record Collector
358 Farnsworth Avenue
Bordentown, NJ

Saturday August 9th
Outpost in the Burbs presents:
Ethan Lipkind
Honor Finnegan
Hannah & Maggie
The Once
Mya Byrne
Frank Lombardi
The End of America
5:00pm
Montclair Center Stage on Church Street
Montclair, NJ

Tuesday August 12th
Spook Handy
"Remembering Pete Seeger with the Spook Handy Band"
7:30pm
Paramus Bandshell
116 E Century Road
Paramus, NJ

Friday August 15th
Thomas Wesley Stern
The Infamous Stringdusters
5:00pm
The Stone Pony
913 Ocean Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ

Friday August 22nd
Jeanette Lynne
Pete Donnelly
Brett Newski
8:00pm
The Spring Street Gallery
110 Spring Street
Saratoga Springs, NY

Thursday August 28th
Sarah Donner
8:00pm
Mystery Brewing Public House
230 South Nash Street
Hillsborough, NC

Friday August 29th
Chris Hillman & Chris Pedersen
8:00pm
New Hope Winery
6123 Lower York Road
New Hope Winery
New Hope, PA

Friday August 29th
Perfect Pussy
Potty Mouth
8:00pm
Asbury Lanes
209 4th Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ

Event Listings July 2014

Sarah Donner: "That is A Pegasus" North America Tour

July 20th at Duffy's Tavern (Lincoln, NE)

Friday July 11th
The Amboys
10:00pm
Langosta Lounge
1000 Ocean Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ

Sunday July 13th
No More Pain
9:45pm
The Saint
601 Main Street
Asbury Park, NJ

Saturday July 19th
Accidental Seabirds
6:30pm
Espresso Joe's
50 W Front Street
Keyport, NJ

Sunday July 20th
Sarah Donner
9:00pm
Duffy's Tavern
1412 O Street
Lincoln, NE

Thursday July 24th
Spook Handy
6:00pm
Princeton Shopping Center
301 N. Harrison Street
Princeton, NJ

Friday July 25th
Thomas Wesley Stern
7:00pm
Barnegat Dock Concert Series
Barnegat Municipal Dock
427 E Bay Avenue
Barnegat, NJ

Saturday July 26th
Litlle Big Toe CD Release Party
7:30pm
The Saint
601 Main Street
Asbury Park, NJ

Open Mics:
Mondays
John and Peter's
9:00pm
96 South Main Street
New Hope, PA

Wednesdays
Alchemist & Barrister
10:00pm
28 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ

Event Listings June 2014

Spook Handy: A Year of Remembering Pete Seeger

June 29th at the Metuchen Folk Festival

A Year of Remembering Pete Seeger

"Having played alongside Pete over 50 times since 2003 he became my greatest mentor

of songwriting and sharing songs with audiences. To help carry on his legacy, I put

together a special "Remembering Pete Seeger" concert which I plan to present in all 21

New Jersey counties, all 50 U.S. states and as many other countries as possible."

(from Spook's website, more info at: www.SpookHandy.com)

Wednesday June 4th
Accidental Seabirds
Thomas Wesley Stern
8:30pm
The Fire
412 West Girard Avenue
Philadelphia, PA

Saturday June 7th
Groove in the Grove
4th Annual Songwriter Festival
Sarah Donner
also 13 other songwriters
1:00pm-8:00pm
Vasa Park
1 Wolfe Road
Budd Lake, NJ

Monday June 9th
First Aid Kit
Willy Mason
8:30pm
Union Transfer
1026 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA

Friday June 13th
Bad Apples
Surf Jerkz
Two Moon Band
9:00pm
Hi-Nella Bar & Grill
709 S Warwick Road
Hi-Nella, NJ

Saturday June 14th
Duncan Sheik
8:00pm
New Hope Winery
6123 Lower York Road
New Hope, PA

Sunday June 15th
Bog Iron Bloom
No More Pain
Thrashole
6:00pm
Brighton Bar
121 Brighton Avenue
Long Branch, NJ

Wednesday June 18th
Sharon Van Etten
Jana Hunter
8:30pm
Union Transfer
1026 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA

Saturday June 21st
Montclair Make Music Day
10:00am-6:00pm
Multiple Venues
Montclair, NJ

Saturday June 21st/22nd
Art All Night Trenton
3:00pm-3:00pm (24 hours)
Roebling Wire Works
675 South Clinton Avenue
Trenton, NJ

Sunday June 29th
Metuchen Folk Festival featuring:
Spook Handy: A Year of Remembering Pete Seeger
3:00pm
The Old Franklin Schoolhouse
491 Middlesex Avenue
Metuchen, NJ

Event Listings May 2014

Anvil !

May 15th at The Stanhope House



Sunday May 11th
Dwight Twilley Band
8:00pm
The Record Collector
358 Farnsworth Avenue
Bordentown NJ

Thursday May 15th
Anvil
7:00pm
The Stanhope House
145 Main Street
Stanhope, NJ

Friday May 16th
Jeanette Lynne
9:00pm
Lickety Split
401 South Street
Philadelphia, PA

Monday May 19th
Spook Handy
8:00pm
Brewer's Alley
124 North Market Street
Frederick, MD

Friday May 30th
Streetlight Circus
7:00pm
104 North 10th Street
Kenilworth, NJ

Saturday May 31st
Tierney's Tavern Music Festival
Noon to 1:00am
Tierney's Tavern
136 Valley Road
Montclair, NJ

Event Listings April 2014

Penn Counterparts

(will not be performing)

April 26th at Town Hall

(but they should be!)

 

Saturday April 12th
Streetlight Circus
9:30pm
Freddie's Tavern
1100 Green Lane
Bristol, PA

Saturday April 19th
Accidental Seabirds
10:00pm
Langosta Lounge
1000 Ocean Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ

Sunday April 20th
Thomas Wesley Stern
1:00pm
Langosta Lounge
1000 Ocean Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ

Tuesday April 22nd
Spook Handy
7:30pm
New Jersey Meadowlands Environment Center
1 Dekorte Park Plaza
Lyndhurst, NJ

Friday April 25th
Sarah Donner
8:00pm
Arts Quest Steel Stacks
101 Founders Way
Bethlehem, PA

Friday April 25th
Outpost in the Burbs featuring:
Carolann Solebello
Karyn Oliver
The Yayas
Lily Mae
8:00pm
Fletcher Hall
67 Church Street
Montclair, NJ

Saturday April 26th
International Championship of Collegiate a Cappella Finals
8:00pm
The Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street
New York, NY

Event Listings March 2014

 

The War on Drugs

March 18th at Union Transfer



 



 

Saturday March 1st
Thomas Wesley Stern
9:00pm
Albert Music Hall
131 Wells Mill Road
Ocean Township, NJ

Friday March 7th
Barnaby Bright
Lera Lynn Duo
The Sea The Sea
8:00pm
Outpost in the Burbs
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair
67 Church Street
Montclair, NJ

Saturday March 8th
Bog Iron Bloom
Scars on 45
Goldspot
Harper's Fellow
7:00pm
The Saint
601 Main Street
Asbury Park, NJ

Sunday March 9th
Spook Handy
2:00pm
Burlington County Library
5 Pioneer Boulevard
Westampton, NJ

Friday March 14th
The Porchistas
Accidental Seabirds
Adam and the Plants
9:00pm
Tierney's Tavern
136-138 Valley Road
Montclair, NJ

Tuesday March 18th
The War on Drugs
White Laces
A.M. Mills
8:30pm
Union Transfer
1026 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA

Saturday March 22nd
Liv Live Concert at Steel City Coffee House featuring:
Jeanette Lynne
Alex DiMattia
Nicole Zell
Cowmuddy
7:00pm
Steel City Coffee House
203 Bridge Street
Phoenixville, PA

Friday March 28th
Sarah Donner
Tommy Strazza
Xenia Sky
7:00pm
Espresso Joe's
50 West Front Street
Keyport, NJ

Event Listings February 2014

Vocal Synergy - Wagner College

A Cappella Mid Atlantic Quarter Finals

1st Place

Saturday February 8th
International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella
Mid Atlantic Quarter Finals
7:30pm
Hickman Hall
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ

Thursday February 13th
Brentano String Quartet
7:30pm
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ

Saturday February 15th
Bog Iron Bloom
Bow and Arrow
Chasing Kimberly
8:00pm
Belmar Arts Council
608 River Road
Belmar, NJ

Saturday February 15th
Emily Danger Band
8:00pm
The Record Collector
358 Farnsworth Avenue
Bordentown, NJ

Friday February 21st
Cabernet Cabaret featuring:
Sarah Donner
Rebecca Mullaney
Joanna Burns
Jason Beckett
7:30pm
Arts Council of Princeton
102 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ

Saturday February 22nd
Thomas Wesley Stern
Bern and the Brights
9:00pm
Tierney's
136-138 Valley Road
Montclair, NJ

Sunday February 23rd
The Porchistas
The Defending Champs
Reno's Men
APB
3:00pm
Wellmont Theater
5 Seymour Street
Montclair, NJ

Event Listings January 2014

Accidental Seabirds - Record Release Party

 January 10th at Asbury Lanes

 

Friday January 10th
Accidental Seabirds Record Release Party
also performing:
Thomas Wesley Stern
The Porchistas
Creeptones
8:00pm
Asbury Lanes
209 4th Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ

Saturday January 11th
World Music Ensemble: Atash
2:00pm
Princeton Shopping Center
301 N Harrison Street
Princeton, NJ

Saturday January 18th
Spook Handy
11:30am
South Florida Folk Festival
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Saturday January 18th
Jet Weston & his Atomic Ranch Hands
8:00pm
The Record Collector
358 Farnsworth Avenue
Bordentown, NJ

Tuesday January 21st
Phosphorescent
Caveman
8:30pm
Union Transfer
1026 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA

Sunday January 26th
Jeanette Lynne
7:00pm
Puck Live
1 Printer's Alley
Doylestown, PA

Wednesday January 29th
Jason Isbell
Holly Williams
8:00pm
Union Transfer
1026 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA

Saturday January 32nd (aka Feb 1)
Sarah Donner
8:00pm
Princeton Homebrew
208 Sanhican Drive
Trenton, NJ

Purple Alpaca's Top 20 Albums of 2013

1. Love by Cloud Cult

2. Wildewoman by Lucius

3. Holy Fire by Foals

4. Antiphon by Midlake

5. If You Leave by Daughter

6. Crimes of Passion by Crocodiles

7. Gone Away Backwards by Robbie Fulks

8. AM by Arctic Monkeys

9. Let's Be Still by The Head and the Heart

10. Rapid Reality by Radical Dads

11. Muchacho by Phosphorescent

12. Same Trailer Different Park by Kacey Musgraves

13. Amok by Atoms For Peace

14. Repave by Volcano Choir

15. You've Got Me by Jeanette Lynne

 

16. Magpie and the Dandelion by The Avett Brothers

17. The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas by Courtney Barnett

18. Hesitation Marks by Nine Inch Nails

19. Secondhand Rapture by MS MR

20. Southeastern by Jason Isbell

Event Listings December 2013

 Streetlight Circus

 December 7th at The Legendary Dobbs

 

Friday December 6th
Hugh Cornwell
Successful Failures
8:00pm
Record Collector
358 Farnsworth Avenue
Bordentown, NJ

Saturday December 7th
Streetlight Circus
9:00pm
The Legendary Dobbs
304 South Street
Philadelphia, PA

Sunday December 8th
A day of music to benefit the victims of Typhoon Haiyan
The Porchistas (and 8 other bands) 
1:00pm
Stanhope House
45 Main Street
Stanhope, NJ

Friday December 13th
Bog Iron Bloom
Karmic Juggernaut
We Used to Cut the Grass
Bow and Arrow
9:00pm
The Berkeley Bar
1401 Ocean Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ 

Saturday December 14th
A Rock-a-billy Holiday
Ultra Kings (and 6 other bands)
4:00pm
Roxie & Dukes Roadhouse
745 Bound Brook Road
Dunellen, NJ

Friday December 20th
Liz Longley
8:00pm
New Hope Winery
6123 Lower York Road
New Hope, PA

Thursday December 26th
Spook Handy
2:00pm
Highland Park Public Library
31 N 5th Avenue
Highland Park, NJ

Friday December 27th
Lustre Kings
3:00pm
Grizzly's at Stratton Mountain
5 Village Lodge Road
Stratton, VT

Event Listings November 2013

The Ultra Kings

November 22nd at The Record Collector

Tuesday November 5th
Polica
Marijuana Deathsquads
8:30pm
Union Transfer
1026 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA

Wednesday November 6th
Streetlight Circus
10:30pm
Arlene's Grocery
95 Stanton Street
New York, NY

Thursday November 7th
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
7:30pm
McCarter Theatre
91 University Place
Princeton, NJ

Friday November 15th
Bog Iron Bloom
Farewell Ember
9:00pm
The Berkeley Bar
1401 Ocean Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ

Saturday November 16th
Spook Handy
10:00am
Millburn Free Public Library
200 Glen Avenue
Millburn, NJ

Saturday November 16th
The Porchistas
The Defending Champions
The Big Takeover
7:00pm
The Grand Victory
245 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY

Friday November 22nd
The Ultra Kings
The Lustre Kings
8:00pm
The Record Collector
358 Farnsworth Avenue
Bordentown, NJ

Friday Nov 22nd
Thomas Wesley Stern
10:00pm
Langosta Lounge
1000 Ocean Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ

Saturday Nov 30th
Murali Coryell
8:00pm
New Hope Winery
6123 Lower York Road
New Hope, PA