NJ Bands cover Operation Ivy, Bad Brains, and Beastie Boys in Clifton, NJ on 10/23

Mixtape featuring ex-members of Folly, We're All Broken, and Kalimah will team up for a pre-Halloween cover show night on Oct. 23 at The Clash Bar in Clifton, New Jersey. Here's what the band had to say:

Hey dudes!
We're assembling with a bunch of friends to smash Clifton, NJ into small pieces. We've been gearing up for this show for the last month, scrambling to learn as many Operation Ivy songs as we can. That's right- we're covering one of the most influential bands/albums of our lifetime, Op Ivy's "Energy" (or most of it at least)!!!

Friday 10/23
@ Clash Bar
39 HARDING AVENUE
CLIFTON, NJ 07011
(973-772-6149)
21+

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS:

We're All Broken (BAD BRAINS)

Mix Tape (OPERATION IVY)

Kalimah (BEASTIE BOYS)

This is going to be really fun. It's a once in a lifetime chance to see these bands covered exclusively by a few of your favorite NJ acts!

Hope to see you there!
-Jon / MT

Weekly Artists Update

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Screaming Females
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* Jarret starts a conversation about booking and venue in New Brunswick here.

Exit She Calls
* Post 2nd studio video here.
* Two new songs on their myspace page this Friday.
* Playing Warped Tour Camden on July 17.

American Classic
* Win the Six Flags Great Adventure battle of the bands.
* Playing Fontana's NYC on July 30.
* New myspace layout.

We.re All Broken
* Playing July 16 @ Mexical Live, Teaneck NJ with Stop Motion Skyline, Delta Falling, Arlington Blvd. $10. 18+. 6pm
* Playing July 18 @ Moutain Creek, Vernon NJ with Hoover Flags
* Playing July 22 @ Europa, Brooklyn with the Briggs and Left Alone.

We’re All Broken to release 6-song EP in April + Tour Dates

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Letter from We're All Broken:

“Hello friends. We have some very exciting news to kick off 2009. We will be putting out an EP with our great friends at Devildance Records. It will come out in mid April and will be released on 12" vinyl as well as CD. This EP will feature 6 songs and we couldn't be more excited. The songs are recorded, cover art is coming in, and everything is sounding and looking amazing. We will have more info on this towards the end of the month, so stay tuned… We're All Broken is turning it up for 2009. The news does not end there…

We will be hitting the road again starting in May. It has been a while since we have gone on tour, and we are looking forward to getting back out, meeting new people and sharing our new musical visions. We have been writing a whole batch of new songs and we are so excited to share, we cannot keep them under wraps for too much longer. For this reason, 2009 will also see the release of 2 additional EP's from our band. These will come out shortly following our April release, and will be available for downloadable purchase online, anywhere music is sold digitally.

To add more fuel to the fire, we will be updating our Myspace page with new video footage from recent shows, as well as new songs!!! 2009 will be the official release of anything and everything We're All Broken, and we are so fortunate to be able to say that these are the best songs we've ever written as a band. We can't wait to share all of this with all of you. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting our band along our journey. 2009 will be an amazing ride.

We love all of you.

Frank, Joe, Casey, Jarett, and Joe”

We’re All Broken Tour Dates:

1/21 @ Lola’s Tattoo Shop Party at Lenora’s Bar and Grill, Hackensack, NJ
1/22 @ Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY
1/30 @ The Harmony Garage, Wilmington, DE w/ Paulson
1/31 @ Mill Hill, Trenton, NJ w/ Minnesota’s Calling, The Ruining + 1 TBA. 21+