Who are the local bands?

Post your band and website. I just want to know as I am often asked to recommend local bands for community events like 4th of July, First Night and other seasonal festivals.

I guess the qualification for "local" means at least one of the members lives in Maplewood/South Orange. With that in mind, I'll start with:

Mood Ring
http://www.whatstheproject.com

the[sma]project
http://www.whatstheproject.com

Carnival Dogs
http://www.whatstheproject.com

Dollar Store Riot
http://dollarstoreriot.com/

(Not mine but a neighbor's)

3rd Gear
https://facebook.com/3rdGearNJ

Big Radio
https://facebook.com/bigradiomusic

not mine, but great local bands :

Julie's Party
Thursday Habit

Julie's Party
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Julies-Party/674825195923979?fref=ts

Thursday Habit
https://www.facebook.com/ThursdayHabit?fref=ts

Thursday Habit loves you all.

Shakey Ground
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shakey-Ground/194221963939142?fref=ts

The Baby Please
https://www.facebook.com/TheBabyPlease?fref=ts

Stuff Bros.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stuff-Bros/778165265590745?fref=ts

Five Cent Philosophers
https://www.facebook.com/FiveCentPhilosophers?fref=ts

Emotional Rex
https://www.facebook.com/EmotionalRex?fref=ts

Who am I missing?

FELT....

FELT
https://www.facebook.com/feltband?fref=ts

Any non-rock musical acts out there?

Enough Said

Enough Said
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Enough-Said/61682991364?fref=ts

Isn't there a band that plays for kids? Something like Starfish?

The Insomniacs (their guitarist lives in South Orange).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7EIdxE6BkQ

noo2wood said:

FELT
https://www.facebook.com/feltband?fref=ts

Any non-rock musical acts out there?

Lauryn Hill

New Day Dawn.

http://www.newdaydawn.info/

ictulips02 said:

Isn't there a band that plays for kids? Something like Starfish?

Starfish
https://www.facebook.com/starfishrocks?fref=ts

Victor Jones Trio

Tom Petrycha Trio

Russ Kaplan + 7
http://www.reverbnation.com/russkaplanplus7
http://russkaplanmusic.com/

The drummer for Zombies of the Stratosphere is from Maplewood and they play the Rent Parties and Maplewoodstock.

https://www.facebook.com/zombiesofthestratosphere?fref=ts

Www.stephanewrembel.com

NxStage

http://www.nxstagemusic.com
http://www.facebook.com/nxstagemusic

new song from Big Radio for your listening and dancing pleasure:
https://soundcloud.com/bigradiomusic/vincents-song

The Kludge. 4 of us are from Tuxedo Park. We're not your typical bar band. We focus on classic rock, new wave, punk, and modern rock. We don't play Mustang Sally, and we definitely don't play the Blues. We also write our own songs, which have influences from all of the above.

https://www.facebook.com/kludgeband

ictulips02 said:

Isn't there a band that plays for kids? Something like Starfish?

Wilma and the Wingers, a side project of Wilma from The Kludge, along with whoever else is free that day, and some other local musicians including the guys who play banjo music on Monday nights at the SO train station. They can be seen at both local libraries, schools, etc.

https://www.facebook.com/WilmaWingers

https://www.facebook.com/TriStateTheBand

http://www.biginchina.net

Thanks for starting this. Cool to watch it grow.

http://www.reverbnation.com/sadaboutgirls

Hi Guys...I saw this thread, and thought, I might as well ask. We always have 2 bands at our fundraiser (this is the 5th year), but this year, Lofi Hifi can't play, so I only have 1 band committed to play. I was wondering if anyone here would want to play. If you are interested, please PM me or write to: megemarlowe@gmail.com, or call: 973-821-5484. I will answer any questions and send you anything you need to prove the legitimacy of this fundraising effort. If you look on past threads, you will see that we have raised thousands of dollars every year through this fundraiser. It's a great time for all (including the bands) and for such a worthy cause (my Mom died from ALS). Here is a link to my ALS page: http://web.alsa.org/goto/megmarlowe1

As I said, I wil follow this up with any other information you need. If you are not interested, I understand...just thought it was worth a shot. Fingers crossed!

My band - The Wild Shots - plays country & western/Americana. We don't have a website yet, but if you want to reach us, just shoot me a private message. Thank you kindly.

Who are the groups that I used to see play jazz and standards at Highland Place?