The Skullers - She Denies Herself The Things She Loves
Scoville Unit - Back Of My Mind
Successful Failures - Everywhere She Goes It's Raining
Defecting Grey - Make It Impossible
Dinosaur Stampede - The Enabler
Mal Blum - Things Still Left To Say
She/Her/Hers - Kill The Boy Band
Amanda Rose Riley - Millennials Are Getting Gray
Frieda's Roses - Need To Be Free
Genya Ravan - Don't Go To The Bathroom
Sex Hogs II - Forever
Leland Sundries - Food Court Blues
Shayfer James - New York Doesn't Remind Me Of You
Wyuldlife - Neon Nightmare
Big Cheese - Golden
Brat Curse - Sweat Pants Lawyer
Grim Deeds - Past Your Prime
Philly Boy Roy - Punk Rock Girl
Mickey PG - White Guy Playing Guitar
GRLwood - I Hate My Mom
Rick Barry - Signing Off

A summertime playlist from Jersey Beat HQ

The Dogmatics - Summertime
The Dollyrots - Animal
Cromm Fallon - East Bay
Joy Cleaner - Easter Tuesday
Kepi Ghoulie - Four Eyes
The Pinheads - Feel It Now
Johnathan Pushkar - The Girl Next Door
Geoff Palmer - All The Hits
The Defending Champions - Flow-Nace
Ten Foot Pole - Everything Dies
Scary Hours - The Real Disease
Positive No - Teenage Waistline
The Great American Novel - Perpetual Emotion Machine
The Next Great American Novelist - American Queen
Cheap Gunslingers - Junky Friends
The Copyrights - Are You Passionate?
Karyn Kuhl Band - Hey Kid
The Last Bees - Saturday
Mikey Erg - Careless Or Cruel?

Geoff Palmer - This One's Gonna Be Hot

Brad Marino - What Comes Naturally

Fat Chance - Quit Bitchin'

Tuffy - Everybody's Ex-Girlfriend

Pboneboy- Acid Girl

Bouncing Souls - Crucial Moments

Mean Jeans - Hot Pockets

The Murderburgers - Turning 30 Was An Eye Opener

Teenage Bottlerocket - Stupid Song

Urban Outfielders - The Wizard of Japan

The Suck - You're Dead

Karen Haglof - Tobiano Twirl

R. Stevie Moore - Pop Music

Jeff Whalen - Goofing Around

Devo Spice - Gravity Is Stupid

Johnny Kosmo - Come Down To Get Down

Mykel Board & Clean Boys - Havin' Your Baby

The Weeklings - Friday On My Mind

John and Toni Baumgartnet, Ed Seifer, Jon Fried, Deena Shoshkes, and Matthew Davis are the Campfire Flies, a group of veteran NJ musicians who came together to make rustic acoustic music drawing from their many strengths.  We discuss their formation, their music, and their debut album, Sparks Like Little Stars.

Deafening Colors - "Crash Course"
Cold Weather Company - "Pocket"
Sean Kiely - "Walter (Or The Wheel)"
Kate Jacobs - "Every Single Time I Think Of You"
Elevator Pitch - "Magnetism"
Ezra Caspi - "Say Whatever"
Lanier - "Tied (Ever My Eyes' Lover)"
Dan Francia - "Planet In Transit"
Peter Stampfel & The Atomic Meta-Pagans - "It Might As Well Be Spring"
Bob Mould - "Camp Sunshine"
The Wag - "We Carry On"
William B. Simpson - "Feeling Better"
Shayfer James - "Day of Reckoning"
Cyclone Static - "Company Man"
The Carvels NYC - "Scarcity"
Smoke & Mirror Routine - "Millionaire's Son"
The Planes - "Now Hiring"
Grim Deeds - "Rock N Roll Will Die"

In this episode, I interview Kate Jacobs - singer/songwriter, co-owner of Little City Books in Hoboken, part of the Radio Free Song Club collective, and mom. We discuss all her roles and especially her new album, Second Day Cake, her first release since 2011's Home Game.

On the podcast, you'll hear the following tracks by Kate:

"St. Mark's Bar, 1984," "Slow Dancing To Aqualung," "Slacker Mom Summer Song" from Second Day Cake
"Jesus Has Been Drinking" and "$55 Motel" from Home Game.
"The Heart Of The Matter" (with Dave Schramm) from the "A Sister" EP

SOME FAVORITE NJ RELEASES FROM 2018:

Rockstar Racecar - The Real Housewives of Pyong Yang
Character Actor - 72 Paperbacks
The LLC - I Don't Give A Butt
The Components - Il Bandito
21 Kings - Photographs
Sunshine & The Rain - It's All In Your Mind
Sailor Boyfriend - Do You Like Sonic Youth?
Turnpike Gates - Hiding In Plain Sight
Well Wisher - Believe
The Porchistas - The Abe Vigoda Polka
Elevator Pitch - Eric
The Happy Fits - Hungry People
The Rock n Roll Hi-Fives - C'est La Vie
Forget The Whale - Halfway Home
Hit Like A Girl - Forget That You Have Me
Val Emmich - Cave
Glenn Morrow's Cry For Help - Yellowed Pages