Signal To Noise NJ

Last Week's Guest

It's Tuesday, which means you can tune into WFDU HD2 tonight at 10pm to hear our friend, Sugarblast Al C, assault your eardrums with some noisy rock and roll on his Signal To Noise radio show. Over the course of 3 hours, you'll get a healthy dose of tri-state area rock -- much of it brand new -- along with selections from the archives and around the country.

And Al has guests.

Tonight's show features NJ scene veteran, Karyn Kuhl, who will be performing live in-studio. Kuhl just released a great record, The Stars Will Bring You Home, and you should hear some selections from that as well as an interview tonight.

Last week, Al decided to bag the whole idea of having talented guests on his show and invited me. We had a great time catching up, messing up, and plugging shows -- including Looms / Roy Orbitron / Lowlight at The Carousel this Friday and Lyons / The Rock N Roll Hi-Fives at APYC this Saturday. That stream is now available for you to check out. I post it here for your listening pleasure.

Give that a listen, and make Signal To Noise a regular stop on your music discovery journey.

Video Premiere from Tenterhooks

Photo via Sugarblast Music Co.

"Helpless"

In addition to hosting the Signal to Noise NJ radio program on BlowupRadio.com, where he plays a wide variety of great NJ music, our friend Al Crisafulli also runs a couple of record labels. His newest, -- his baby, if you will -- The Sugarblast Music Co., recently put out the latest EP from Tenterhooks.

The New York City four-piece play hook-laden power pop "informed by years in the garage and glitter hi-tops." Today, Lenny Zenith, James Pertusi, Hiro Suzuki, and Scott Campbell give us the video for single "Helpless."

Interestingly, the song's title gives you a pretty good indication of what to expect as Tenterhooks draw from the same well of loud power pop as Bob Mould at his most Sugar-y. The clip also gives a glimpse at the band's high-energy live show; and what do you know? You can catch them, playing live and in the flesh tomorrow night, May 8th, at the Lower East Side's Hi-Fi bar. Synergies, man.

Check out the video below. Tenterhooks' Meanwhile... in another part of town. Is out now via The Sugarblast Music Co.

New Call-in Segment on Signal To Noise NJ Radio

Hear My Beautiful Voice

In my ongoing quest for total New Jersey domination, I've managed to secure a call-in spot on the Signal To Noise NJ radio program.

Well, what really happened is that the program's host and my friend, Al Crisafulli of Dromedary Records / Sugarblast Music Co., asked if I'd be interested in taking some highlights of my weekly listings to the (Internet) airwaves. I thought it was a great opportunity to spread the word about some New Jersey bands, so I overcame my aversion to public speaking and agreed.

The show is a great way to discover some new New Jersey sounds, and it airs at BlowUpRadio.com on Sunday evenings at 10 and, again, on Mondays at noon. Tune in each week to hear my melodious voice, and go give the Signal To Noise page a like to stay (relatively) up-to-date on the show and its playlists.

Stuyvesant's Latest Single Is the First for Sugarblast Music Company

"Alright"

Our good friends over at NJ-based Dromedary Records have a new member of the family. Sugarblast Music Company "will be like Dromedary's louder, snottier, more obnoxious younger brother." The new record company's Facebook page goes on: "With a goal of remaining small, the only real objective of the label is to continuously release interesting, noisy music with zero consideration to what people might actually be interested in buying." Nice.

That said, though, they've come out today with something that a few people will probably have an interest in buying. The label's first sounds come in the form of the latest single by NJ vets Stuyvesant. "Alright" premiered today over at PopMatters. It's some upbeat and, yes, noisy rock and roll featuring a big horn section and a confession that rock music "sort of saved my soul." It's the lead single from Stuyvesant's next full-length, Shmyvesant, which is due from Sugarblast on November 25th.

Have a listen to "Alright" and give a nice welcome to Sugarblast. Maybe give their Facebook page a like.

Mazel tov.