Best New Bands » Court Tavern http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Ball of Flame Shoot Fire’s New Album, “Pots and Knives,” Is Beautiful http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/ball-of-flame-shoot-fires-new-album-pots-and-knives-is-beautiful/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/ball-of-flame-shoot-fires-new-album-pots-and-knives-is-beautiful/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:00:00 +0000 If you read my review of the Court Tavern show last week, you might remember that one of the opening bands was the oddly named Ball of Flame Shoot Fire (from here on out known as BoFSF), from Brooklyn. I said that they were weird, but in a creative way, and that they eventually won

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/root-glen-back-home-at-court-tavern/feed/ 0 Verity in Stereo and Root Glen Rock an Old School House of Rock http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/verity-in-stereo-and-root-glen-rock-an-old-school-house-of-rock/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/verity-in-stereo-and-root-glen-rock-an-old-school-house-of-rock/#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 20:00:00 +0000 The Stage Mural @ The Court Tavern The Court Tavern used to be just one of a slew of rock venues in New Brunswick, NJ. Pavement played their first live show there. The Smithereens once considered it their second home. Punk and Garage acts like The Butthole Surfers, Bad Karma, and Loaded Poets thrived in

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