On February 14th, 2023, we had our Valentine's Day Coffee House. There were heart-shaped donuts and coffee as our DJs lead games of "DJ Soulmate" in between acts. We filled the Livingston Cafe with live music and covered it in pink streamers for a perfect date with college radio. <3 The evening started with amazing original songs from Zoe, with beautiful vocals and heartfelt lyrics. Find them through their linktree! Following was The Core's very own DJ Jim, host of Mind Games with James 5:00-7:00pm on...

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I attended a wonderful concert on Saturday, February 25th and here I am with a review! The 100-year-old Dunellen Theatre is a wonderful, smaller venue making it an intimate kind of gathering there on Saturday night. Plus, connected to the theatre is Zupcos Bar and Grill with great bar food that they served at tables in the theatre. Every row had tables. Don't you want to go...   Now for the music: Completely new to me, the band Resurrextion aka ResX was very very excellent. They rocked...

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I can't think of any other band I'd travel 6 hours and back for with no hesitation. Having missed the NYC show due to being abroad, I spent much of my time wallowing over the lost opportunity. Then the wallowing transfigured into anticipation once the idea to see Alvvays (pronounced "always") perform in Montréal sprung. Oh, how indescribably glad I am that my partner suggested this trip up North, so I could cry, sing, and dance to my all-time favorite songs. Alvvays is an indie-rock/power pop band originating from Prince Edward...

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