59 upcoming concerts in New Jersey September 10 – September 17. Live music listings from Radio Garden State — Keep New Jersey Loud.

New music adds on THE DROP, Radio Garden State's daily new music show. This week: the dt's, Burntmill Ghosts, Sleep In., Marina DeMaio, Biggah Kai and more.

Bohler and Mancini Duffy's Battle of the Bands hits The Stone Pony on October 15, 2026, bringing NJ's AEC and real estate industries together for live music and a cause. Get the details.

The rotation just got refreshed. THE DROP, the daily new music show on Radio Garden State, has a fresh batch of tracks in play this week, and the range is wide: New Jersey singer-songwriters, punk, country, and hip hop with deep Garden State roots.

75 upcoming concerts in New Jersey August 26 – September 2. Live music listings from Radio Garden State — Keep New Jersey Loud.

Here's every live show on the radar for New Jersey this week — pulled from Ticketmaster and shows submitted directly by NJ artists.

This Week in NJ Live Music: August 18 – August 25 - Here's every live show on the radar for New Jersey this week — pulled from Ticketmaster and shows submitted directly by NJ artists.

This Week in NJ Live Music: August 11 – August 18

61 upcoming concerts in New Jersey August 11 – August 18. Live music listings from Radio Garden State — Keep New Jersey Loud.

90 upcoming concerts in New Jersey August 4 – August 11. Live music listings from Radio Garden State — Keep New Jersey Loud. Here's every live show on the radar for New Jersey this week.

Find live music across New Jersey. Updated daily with concerts, club shows, and local gigs from Asbury Park to Atlantic City. Keep New Jersey Loud.

More than anything, this record is a vibe. It's warm, unhurried, and built on deep grooves, the kind of album made for hanging on the patio with a turntable and a good speaker, or for a late-night drive when the roads are empty and nobody's waiting up.

Man Mountain, the Detroit post-rock quartet who've  spent years quietly building one of the Midwest's most compelling  catalogs, make the kind of music that makes surrender feel like the  only reasonable option. 

Kira Roessler has never needed volume to make an impact. As the bassist who helped steer Black Flag through its strangest, most exploratory years, and later as one half of the two-bass duo dos with Mike Watt, she built a career on the idea that space is an instrument. Enigma, her second solo album, takes that idea about as far as it can go, and the results are quietly devastating.

69 upcoming concerts in New Jersey July 20 – July 27. Live music listings from Radio Garden State — Keep New Jersey Loud.

Here's every live show on the radar for New Jersey this week — pulled from Ticketmaster and shows submitted directly by NJ artists. Something missing? Submit your show here.

Quiet Panic Records has been quietly — look, the name is right  there — doing some of the most interesting work in the shoegaze adjacent DIY space over the past few years, and BED's self-titled  debut is a prime example of why the label's taste should be trusted. 

What the  scene has been missing is someone to write the actual song. Milan based hardcore outfit Tornado Lobster Killer have written it.  

The EP is out now on Quiet Panic, and from the opening seconds of  "Socialism Ditty" it announces itself as music that has no interest in  being liked by everyone, which is, historically, the first sign that  something might actually deserve to be loved by the right people. 

77 upcoming concerts in New Jersey July 14 – July 21. Live music listings from Radio Garden State — Keep New Jersey Loud.

We're officially past the halfway point of 2026, and that means it's time for one of our favorite traditions here at Radio Garden State. We asked our hosts one simple question: what's your album of the year so far?

Some bands spend years plotting their arrival. Hold On Fire started with a text message sent in the middle of a video game.

"I just, mid play, heard a name that I thought sounded cool for a band," guitarist Jon told me when he and Joe sat down with me for an interview on Radio Garden State. "And I immediately texted Joe and was like, let's start a band.

"I think you even said, let's start a metal band," Joe added.

It did not stay a metal band. And it definitely did not stay the three-song side project it was supposed to be. This week the Montclair-based five piece released their debut EP, "Half Alive," a collection of soaring, heart-on-your-sleeve emo and post-hardcore that sounds like it could have been beamed in straight from 2004 while still feeling completely current. The record was produced by Fred Mascherino of Taking Back Sunday and The Color Fred alongside Stephen Angello at Diver Down Studios, and it features a guest vocal from Dan Marsala of Story of the Year.

Not bad for a band that, by their own admission, booked their first show before they had a singer or any songs.

This Week in NJ Live Music: July 6 – July 13

74 upcoming concerts in New Jersey July 6 – July 13. Live music listings from Radio Garden State — Keep New Jersey Loud.

Here's every live show on the radar for New Jersey this week — pulled from Ticketmaster and shows submitted directly by NJ artists. Something missing? Submit your show here.