NEW JERSEY: CoolDad Music To Celebrate 5 Years At Convention Hall

Look over to our right rail and you’ll see one of our brother/sister music sites, the NY/NJ-based Speak Into My Good Eye. Part of the joy in running GroundSounds is hearing new voices from all over the world and in the New Jersey scene, few people are as well regarded as SIMGE’s brother/sister music site (which I guess makes him our cousin?) CoolDad Music run by Jim Appio.

Fresh off of a busy SXSW, Appio is set to celebrate 5 years of CoolDad Music with a big show at Asbury Park’s Convention Hall with Shellshag, dollys, Smalltalk and the RocknRoll HiFives.

“I’ve never worked harder on anything than I have on CoolDad Music,” shared Appio. “And not one, single moment of it in five years has ever felt like work. I’ve become that cliché about following your passion. In that way, I feel like I can identify with many of the bands I cover.

dollys, Smalltalk, The Rock N Roll Hi-Fives, and Shellshag are all close friends of the site and continue to inspire me. dollys are students of classic pop music and, simply, one of my favorite bands. Smalltalk take me back to those days of tooling around the Jersey Shore and listening to WHTG. The Rock N Roll Hi-Fives are a shining example of how the family who rocks together, stays together. And Shellshag exemplifies staying true to your passion and doing things on your own terms.

I’m honored that the Asbury Lanes Family have agreed to co-present the show. There would be no CoolDad Music without Asbury Lanes, and I hope we can achieve a little bit of the vibe of that place at the anniversary show.”

GroundSounds congratulates Appio on 5 years of CoolDad Music and if you’re in the Asbury Park area this Saturday, March 25th head on down to Convention Hall.