ChicpeaJC had the privilege of attending the press conference for Mana Contemporary’s newest exhibition, Marilyn: Character Not Image, curated by Whoopi Goldberg. In a room with walls completely covered in a golden color, said to represent what we all think of Marilyn and the idea that she is the golden standard, the exhibition features various distorted […]
JCTC – Vanity Gallery Opening
Once a vice, now a virtue, we live in a new era of vanity, born at the crossroads of technology, narcissism, and celebrity. The public glorification of self has never been so easy, so colorful, and so acceptable, but what does this very public obsession with what used to be considered personal and private mean […]
Dance No More by PeteyxKraze
PeteyxKraze just released a new song called Dance No More and we love it! We had the opportunity to listen to it on Music Friday last week at HQ and I’m excited to share it with everyone. To describe their new song and video, PeteyxKraze said, “We just want people to dance again, so we made a song […]
Nothing But The Locals V. 3
We received a large amount of submissions throughout the month, so thanks to everyone who reached out to us with their music! This month has been filled with new music in HQ and we’re excited to share our favorites with everyone. Let us put you on to something new. 1. i95 & Wifi by Kärma Released […]
Aqua Land: JC Summer Works Arts Program
The students of the Jersey City Summer Works Arts Program created an underwater-themed mural named “Aqua Land” on Grand Street and Johnston Avenue in Jersey City. We were invited by Catherine Hart, an amazing artist who works for the JC Mural Program and mentors/teaches these wonderful artists during the summer program, to check out the mural […]
ChicpeaJC Exclusive: King TJay We Those Kids
Excited to be the first to share King TJay’s new music video for his track “We Those Kids.” One of my favorite songs of the summer! Super proud of this local young emerging talent who has been performing all over JC. He is on our list of young emerging artists! Can’t wait to see what […]
Fredo
Fredo are a 3-piece rock band that have expertly applied their scholarly musical abilities, light-hearted personalities, and all-around love for music into some truly epic jams. These dudes are taking the Jersey City scene by storm by taking their unique style and positive vibes to The Citizen, one of my favorite venues, as well as […]
LiveAtheHudson
Friend and party partner HayOner put me on to LiveAtheHudson, an artist he currently manages. LATH technically does not live in Jersey City, he lives in Union City… so when I heard about him, I was like, “I can’t interview him”. A week later, he dropped a single “Wildfire” and after listening to it for about […]
Victory Jones
I’ve been following Victory Jones for a few months now and she is a quintessential superstar; A singer, dancer, entertainer, yogi, and all around amazing human being. Victory is made to be on the cover of magazines and selling out stadiums… it’s only a matter of time before that happens. I had to interview her […]
Nothing But The Locals V. 2
Here at ChicpeajcHQ, we meet a lot of talented people and always have new music coming our way. From submissions to songs we’ve randomly come across, here’s this month’s playlist for Nothing But The Locals! There may be some familiar names, especially if you were at the Forever Young Festival on Saturday.We have a full playlist […]
LIL STEEZ
Jersey City rapper Lil Steez has developed quite an online fanbase of raps new generation of turnt-up youngins with his ultra-catchy hooks and laid back verses. The 19-year-old Jersey City native has over 100k listens between the six songs he’s uploaded to Soundcloud in the past three months including a collab with Houston’s own Ugly God. […]
Forever Young Festival
Chicpea and HayOner have teamed up to bring the Forever Young Festival to Jersey City! It’s an outdoor party meant to celebrate arts and culture by bringing the community together to have fun. It’ll be the perfect place to sit back and relax, or dance around and meet new people! The Forever Young festival is […]
Bodega Dream
I first heard about Bodega Dream through Dancing Tony aka The Mayor of Fun when we collaborated on a special Hip Hop does Groove on Grove night a few months ago. When they went on stage, I couldn’t do anything else but dance. They brought a huge smile on my face. I just loved their […]
Nothing But The Locals
What’s better than discovering new music? Every month, we’ll be sharing the best to come from local artists. With June coming to a close, we’ve made a playlist of songs that we think you’ll love. Check out some local music and you might find something you like! King TJay – We Those Kids A JC […]
Desir Decir
I’ve heard about Desir Decir a lot lately. Whether it’s seeing them on show flyers around Jersey City or hearing about them going on tour with a mutual friend, I decided to check them out. These dudes write some seriously ballsy, no frills rock n roll with catchy hooks and straightforward riffs this was exactly […]
Chrissi Poland
Chrissi Poland is one of those people that you know you’re going to love even before meeting them, she is an amazing singer/songwriter who currently lives in the heights. Chrissi invited me over along with friend and photog Andy Mac to chat and also hear her sing. Chrissi has the most amazing voice, she is […]
Cloudy Visions
Cloudy Visions is a really dope local Jersey City artist when I first saw his work it gave me a huge smile. You can tell by his pieces that he is a really happy and positive person, so of course I had to meet him! We met up for coffee one day at the Warehouse […]
King TJay-We those kids
Starting today, we will be posting our favorite new songs from Jersey City artists on our new soundcloud @chicpeajc ! We want to put you on to the amazing talent that comes from our city! Every month we will be sharing all the latest and greatest coming out of Jersey City from all genres of […]
Bryan Beninghove
Today is the big Riverview Jazz Festival, an amazing event featuring the most talented musicians from in and around Jersey City. I first heard Bryan Beninghove last year at the Festival, and took a mental note that I needed to interview him. Bryan is actually now one of the organizers of the Riverview Jazz Fest and […]
Ed Harbison
I always loved going into other people’s spaces especially into creative people’s so when Ed told me to meet him at his place, I was excited. I jumped on the jumbo cruiser and headed up the hill to The Heights after grabbing an iced coffee for the road. Soon as I arrived Ed was smiling […]
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