{"id":1979221,"date":"2025-08-25T19:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T19:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1979221"},"modified":"2025-08-25T19:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T19:57:09","slug":"blowupradio-coms-new-notable-nj-music-8-25-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/blowupradio-coms-new-notable-nj-music-8-25-25\/","title":{"rendered":"BlowUpRadio.com&#8217;s New &#038; Notable NJ Music 8\/25\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n \t \ufeff\ufeff<center><i>By <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newjerseystage.com\/content\/author\/lazlo\/\">Lazlo<\/a><\/i><\/center><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><center>originally published: 08\/25\/2025<\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">Lazlo, founder of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blowupradio.com\/\"><u><strong>BlowUpRadio.com<\/strong><\/u><\/a>\u00a0(an online radio station based around New Jersey artists), shines a light on some of the many new releases from NJ based musicians each week with this column. This week Lazlo takes a look at new releases by\u00a0Awfully Good Times, PYNKIE, Greg Bullock, Countermoon, Wax Seal, Banquets, the dt&#8217;s, and Yawn Mower. Plus a look back at &#8220;Vacancy&#8221; by Skytop Motel.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/awfullygoodtimes.bandcamp.com\/album\/sound\"><strong>Awfully Good Times &#8211; &#8220;Sound&#8221;<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0A melding of alternative\/math\/emo rock, with a more acoustic feel on the first track, and some alternative rap on the final track, is the way I&#8217;d sum up Awfully Good Times&#8217; EP, &#8220;Sound&#8221;. I&#8217;d also say their band name is apt, as I had an awfully good time listening to it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><iframe seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3659086257\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width= 600px; height: 120px;\">Sound by Awfully Good Times<\/iframe><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pynkie.bandcamp.com\/album\/big-feeling\"><strong>PYNKIE &#8211; &#8220;Big Feeling&#8221;<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a014 minutes of blissful dream pop, that&#8217;s what I think of PYNKIE&#8217;s new EP, &#8220;Big Feeling&#8221;. It is fitting that among the tags for the EP on her Bandcamp page are, &#8220;cozy&#8221;, &#8220;dreamy&#8221;, &#8220;nostalgic&#8221;, and &#8220;warm&#8221;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><iframe seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4271000082\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width= 600px; height: 120px;\">Big Feeling by PYNKIE<\/iframe><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gregbullockmusic.bandcamp.com\/track\/everythings-fine\"><strong>Greg Bullock &#8211; &#8220;Everything&#8217;s Fine!&#8221;<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0Greg Bullock from Cyborg Amok, could have used the dog sitting int he burning cafe meme as the cover for his new single, &#8220;Everything&#8217;s Fine!&#8221;, but he didn&#8217;t. However, this dark-gothic-folk-rock song perfectly captures the way many of us feel about the state of the country, and the world right now.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=2478284751\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width= 600px; height: 120px;\">Everything&#8217;s Fine! by Greg Bullock<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countermoon.bandcamp.com\/track\/memories\"><strong>Countermoon &#8211; &#8220;Memories&#8221;<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0Countermoon&#8217;s bio is, &#8220;Too rock for the jazz people, too jazz for the rock people.&#8221;, which left me wondering what I was about to hear on their single, &#8220;Memories&#8221;. What I hear is the first Earworm Of The Week. This is some harmony laden pop-rock!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><iframe seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=2016287023\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width= 600px; height: 120px;\">Memories by Countermoon<\/iframe><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><center\/><center><\/p>\n<h4><b><i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newjerseystage.com\/advertise\">Advertise with NJ Stage for $50-$100 per month, <u>click here for info<\/u><\/a><\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/waxseal.bandcamp.com\/album\/confidential\"><strong>Wax Seal &#8211; &#8220;Confidential&#8221;<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0Wax Seal is Marcello Ramirez, and their new indie-folk-rock album, &#8220;Confidential&#8221;, is explained best by their liner notes:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">&#8220;Written over the course of seven years,<br \/>this body of work traces a path<br \/>between adolescence and adulthood.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">Like a long, fragmented journal entry,<br \/>Confidential is an intimate reflection<br \/>of the illusions we wake up from as we grow.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><iframe seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3040427739\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width= 600px; height: 120px;\">Confidential by Wax Seal<\/iframe><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blacknumbers.bandcamp.com\/track\/episodes\"><strong>Banquets &#8211; &#8220;Episodes&#8221;<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0When Banquets announced their first live concert in 9 years, happening Saturday at Crossroads, I figured this was a nice one-off reunion. Little did I know that the indie-rock\/punk band would follow that with the announcement of a new album, &#8220;Petty Relics&#8221; (out 10\/17), and the first single from it, &#8220;Episodes&#8221;. it is everything a Banquets fan could want from a new single!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><iframe seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2739900051\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=191907388\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width= 600px; height: 120px;\">Petty Relics by Banquets<\/iframe><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedts.bandcamp.com\/track\/sun-shines-down\"><strong>the dt&#8217;s &#8211; &#8220;Sun Shine Down&#8221;<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0the dt&#8217;s new single &#8220;Sun Shine Down&#8221; is not just a great power-pop song, it is the second &#8216;Earworm of the Week&#8217;! Nothing really goes my way either, but when this song is shining down it shines on me (this will make sense if you listen to the song), and shines so brightly it puts a smile on my face.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><iframe seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=134897763\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width= 600px; height: 120px;\">Sun Shines Down by the dt&#8217;s<\/iframe><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/yawnmower.bandcamp.com\/album\/i-just-cant-wait-to-die\"><strong>Yawn Mower &#8211; &#8220;I Just Can&#8217;t Wait To Die&#8221;<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0I can&#8217;t say I like the title of Yawn Mower&#8217;s new album, &#8220;I Just Can&#8217;t Wait To Die&#8221;, though I do understand the feeling with the world we are currently living in. However, the music is superb! Yawn Mower has always been an incredible alt-indie-rock band, and this album brings their talent to the next level.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><iframe seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3245676904\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width= 600px; height: 120px;\">I Just Can&#8217;t Wait To Die by Yawn Mower<\/iframe><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><strong><em>Not New, But Memorable Corner<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/skytopmotel.bandcamp.com\/track\/vacancy\"><strong>Skytop Motel &#8211; &#8220;Vacancy&#8221;<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0Skytop Motel&#8217;s parting album in 2020, &#8220;No Vacancy&#8221;, contained &#8220;Vacancy&#8221;, a masterpiece of a grungy-alt-power-pop tune.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">Both Dan Taggart and Ted Orbach from the band continue to put out incredible music, the former as Danello, The Sad Surfer, and the latter as Possum In My Room.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><iframe seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3358227711\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=1909164435\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width= 600px; height: 120px;\">No Vacancy by Skytop Motel<\/iframe><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">That&#8217;s all for this week.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">Remember <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/BlowUpRadio.com\"><u><strong>BlowUpRadio.com<\/strong><\/u><\/a>, plays these and many other New Jersey based artists on our internet radio station, so please check us out. #SupportGoodMusic &#8211; If you like any of the above artists, please purchase their music from their site. And if you would like to be part of BlowUpRadio.com&#8217;s New &amp; Notable, please send downloads or contact Lazlo at Lazlo-at-BlowUpRadio-dot-com. We&#8217;re also on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenstate.social\/@BlowUpRadio\"><u><strong>Mastodon<\/strong><\/u><\/a>\u00a0(and bridged on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/BlowUpRadio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy\"><u><strong>BlueSky<\/strong><\/u><\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.newjerseystage.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff\ufeffBy Lazlo originally published: 08\/25\/2025 Lazlo, founder of\u00a0BlowUpRadio.com\u00a0(an online radio station based around New Jersey artists), shines a light on some of the many new releases from NJ based musicians each week with this column. 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