More punk rock than you can (proverbially) shake a stick at.
Completely stacked is the best way to describe the lineup of Asbury Park, NJ’s second day of Punk Rock Bowling. I got to The Stone Pony’s outdoor summer stage nice and early to catch New Jersey’s own Bigwig, and the place was pretty empty, but nowhere near as empty as one might expect for an […]
This past Friday, I headed up to Philadelphia’s new venue, The Foundry in order to two of my all-time favorite bands: Bigwig and Less Than Jake. I grew up listening to both of them and playing their music ad-nauseum, and the fact that Less Than Jake was playing Losing Streak in it’s entirety had me […]
Growing up in New Jersey, Bigwig has always been one of my favorite bands since I was just an angst filled teen. I thought I’d never get a chance seeing them as somehow every show they played when I was growing up, I couldn’t go to for one reason or another, and then they stopped […]
Growing up in NJ, I’m not sure how I never made it to New Brunswick’s Court Tavern, especially considering bands I love play their all time. It only seemed appropriate then that my first Court Tavern show would be to go see NJ’s own Bigwig. I just saw Bigwig last month at NateFest for the […]
Every now and then, something will happen in the punk and hardcore community that just reminds me what I love so much about it. This past Saturday was an excellent example of that. When Nate Gluck from NJ’s Ensign was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, a bunch of bands and friends decided to throw […]