NEWS
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Mint 400 Records and Fairmont Honor Andy Applegate; Launche Fundraiser for Asbury Park Music Foundation in His Name
Since 1997, Jersey City imprint Mint 400 Records has launched upward of 600 releases by more than 150 artists, but the label’s latest endeavor aims to honor a creative connected to its earliest days Mint 400 Records was founded nearly three decades ago by Neil Sabatino, initially as a label to house the prolific output of his Northern, New Jersey indie-punk outfit Fairmont. In 2023,…
REVIEWS
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UTB Essentials: “Die Hard” by Trust Fund Ozu
More than a decade ago, I rolled up to Asbury Lanes on a spring evening when the atmosphere was heavy with sea foam and a soupy fog tumbling west off the boardwalk. Near the prickly concrete steps, a frequent patron of our 10-pin refuge asked me how I was doing. I let him know about a tough night at work that followed the mangled chrome…
FEATURES
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UTB Podcast – Ep. 4 – Sean Tobin
Our flagship podcast features your host, Chris Rotolo, taking listeners under the boardwalk for conversations with artists from the independent underground of New Jersey and beyond. Episode 4 features a conversation with Sean Tobin. When my wife and I needed to get our Not St. Patrick’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day party started, we didn’t turn to the usual suspects like Dropkick Murphys, The Pogues or…
Under the Boardwalk 