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Last updated: Tue Nov 04 2025 08:05:51 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

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The "new jersey" tag represents the diverse musical output from the Garden State, reflecting its position between New York City's urban energy and Philadelphia's working-class grit. Artists from this region often blend raw authenticity with polished ambition, spanning from heartland rock and hardcore punk to golden-age hip-hop and indie experimentation. The tag captures New Jersey's scrappy, unpretentious spirit and its role as a cultural crossroads where multiple American music traditions intersect.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
44		1973	Various Artists	La Haine & Lazy Boy Recordz Present: Music2Die2	canada hardcore rap horrorcore new jersey
45		1985	Mischief	Only Losers Left Alive	new jersey
96		1993	Poor Righteous Teachers	Black Business	east coast rap new jersey
81		1993-09-23	Hater	HaTeRtainment (Last.fm MIX)	new jersey new york pop rap rnb rock
93		1994-11-22	Redman	Dare Iz A Darkside	hip-hop east coast rap	east coast rap # 27
78		1996	Pollyanna	Sugar Coat	alternative female vocalists new jersey pop punk queercore
97		1996-02-27	The Wrens	Secaucus	rock alternative power pop
99		1996-11-26	Fugees	Bootleg Versions	hip-hop new jersey rap
64		1999-10-23	Trustfall	Help!	emo new jersey post-hardcore
75		2000	Pharoah	Pharoah	glam metal new jersey new wave sleaze rock
80		2000-01-12	Vision	The Kids Still Have A Lot To Say	hardcore punk melodic hardcore new jersey punk rock
22		2001	PDM	for the soul y'all	beat hip-hop instrumental new jersey rap
35		2001	Paid In Full	Waiting For The Sound...	emo new jersey pop punk
48		2001	Headrush	A Longer Distance	hardcore new jersey nu metal rapcore
54		2002-06	Knuckle Sandwich	Nice	new jersey punk rock
59		2003	Penny Lane	Anthology 1991-1998	glam metal glam punk new jersey	glam punk # 3
34		2003	Pharoah	Singles & B-Sides - EP	glam metal new jersey new wave sleaze rock
49		2003	The Holiday	Demo 2007	emo new jersey rock
91		2003	The Oval Portrait	Life in Death	metalcore new jersey post-hardcore
32		2004	BING	Max Blood	new jersey new york rap trap
72		2004	Hit Squad	Zero Tolerance	new jersey
16		2005	P-Rob	The Green	new jersey rap
12		2005-09-00	John Robinson	The Leak Edition Volume 2	hip-hop
98		2005-09-20	Anthrax	Alive 2	live recording new jersey	live recording # 95
66		2006	Hasan Salaam	Tales of the Lost Tribe: Hidden Jewels	east coast rap new jersey underground rap
83		2007	Fat City Reprise	Fat City Reprise	alternative alternative rock california new jersey philadelphia	philadelphia # 68
62		2007-05-05	Spiro Agnew	The Greatest Story Ever Wrought	ambient hardcore instrumental metal new jersey sludge
65		2007-10-04	The Painful Leg Injuries	If The Devil's In The Details Then How Many Details Can You Fit Upon A Match?	brooklyn california electronic electronica industrial lo-fi los angeles musique concrete new jersey new york science fiction sound collage	science fiction # 53
60		2007-11-21	Predator Dub Assassins	The Hardest	new jersey reggae roots reggae
56		2008	Titus Andronicus	Titus Andronicus s/t 7"	folk garage lo-fi new jersey pop
57		2008-01-01	Essex County Kings	Essex County Kings	east coast east coast rap gangsta rap hardcore rap hip-hop new jersey rap underground hip-hop underground rap
95		2008-11-14	John Robinson	Who Is This Man?	hip-hop jazz hop new jersey	jazz hop # 22
67		2009-02-25	Halestorm	Halestorm	hard rock
68		2010	The Only Ghost In Town	The Summer was Over Before it Began	indie rock new jersey rock
47		2010-05-11	Dive	Picture Perfect	post-grunge
69		2010-07-08	These Branches	This One's On You	alternative diy new jersey rock
74		2010-08-31	Cymarshall Law & The Beatnikz	Freedom Express Line	new jersey
77		2011	Johnny Sansone	The Lord Is Waiting the Devil Is Too	blues blues rock harmonica new jersey
100		2011	Ducktails	Mirror Image	new jersey
41		2011-03-29	Doc Deem	Tight Tight	america american american underground dark pop ebm electro new jersey noise techno usa
27		2011-04-05	Erin Bowman	Problem	american new jersey new york pop
94		2011-06-20	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Brick City Ghosts	america american american underground experimental rock instrumental instrumental rock new jersey organic electronica piano post-rock usa	instrumental rock # 18 america # 83 american underground # 84 organic electronica # 97
63		2012	Coming Clean	Sing Loud	new jersey pop punk punk rock rock
70		2012	Coming Clean	Drive Safe	new jersey pop punk punk rock rock
13		2013-04-29	Ikenna	92N'Me	hip-hop new jersey rap
43		2013-05-27	Toxicology	Shellshock From Birth	crust d-beat hardcore hardcore punk metal new jersey
86		2013-06-07	Black Dirty	Dirty Water EP	alternative art rock dance experimental rock indie rock math rock new jersey new york philadelphia	philadelphia # 76
25		2015	The Stolen	Grand Slam For The Home Team	alternative new jersey pop punk pop rock
89		2015	Casual	Casual	new jersey pop punk punk rock usa
90		2018	Bruce Springsteen	We Shall Overcome the Seeger Sessions	americana classic rock folk folk rock new jersey roots singer-songwriter	roots # 57
73		2018-02-02	Secret Sound	Secret Sound	funk jam jam band new jersey rock
87		2018-03-16	Rat Kid Cool	Year of the Rat	new jersey pop rock
29		2018-10-18	Free-Based Martyrdom	Free-Based Martyrdom	grindcore harsh noise new jersey noise noise rock powerviolence
21		2019-12-01	Tell 'Em Steve-Dave	TESD X​-​Mas 2017: The Space Monkeys Save Christmas	humour new jersey
92		2020	The Happy Fits	What Could Be Better	garage rock rock pop	garage rock # 45
79		2020-08-28	Gold	We Are Wandering	new jersey post-hardcore
51		2020-11-27	The Happy Fits	Go Dumb	garage rock rock alternative
6		2021	A-Ron	a-Tunes	new jersey
88		2021-11-05	Pollyanna	Sugar Coat (Deluxe)	alternative female vocalists new jersey pop punk queercore	queercore # 8
85		2021-12-11	Trustfall	Untying The Giant Knot	diy emo new jersey philadelphia	diy # 33 philadelphia # 74
24		2021-12-11	Trustfall	Untying the Giant Knot - EP	diy emo new jersey philadelphia post-hardcore
84		2023-05-02	Classic Traffic	You Want It? We Got It!	alternative indie rock new jersey power pop rock
1			Mike Herz	Overgrown	acoustic americana folk harmonica new jersey poetry
2			Siggy 808er	Some Girls	edm new jersey
3			Aaron Elite	#12TwelvE12	new jersey rap
4			Nachtmutter	Mutter Museum	electronic neo-soul new jersey
5			Wiseboy Jeremy	falu	hip-hop lo-fi new jersey rap
7			Luke Goddiess	Fictitious Vindications	hardcore heavy metal metal metalcore new jersey
8			Gay Al	CITRUS SOUNDWAVE MMXX	alternative chiptune new jersey no wave plunderphonics
9			Gabriel Coia	The Pines of My Past	americana celtic folk indie folk new jersey singer-songwriter
10			DEIPHIX	Old Dreams	electronic new jersey new york city plunderphonics pop vaporwave
11			Christine Dixon	Dr. Death EP	folk new jersey
14			Hyybridd	Hearts	alternative new jersey trap
15			TKO_	Step 7	new jersey
18			Isaiah Parrish	Paranoid	new jersey
19			The Aquatic Ruin	Aquatic Ruin	alternative alternative rock college rock emo emocore indie pop indie rock new jersey pop pop punk pop rock post-punk progressive rock punk rock rock
20			Manny Soundz	VAN A ENAMORARTE	latin latin pop new jersey
23			Complex Eternal	Dreams Become Nightmares	electronic hip-hop new jersey new york rap
26			Pazz Kluger	Insides	alternative goth rock new jersey new wave new york
28			Snowball 37	Declasse	new jersey
30			DEIPHIX	The Pulser	new jersey plunderphonics vaporwave
31			Brooder	Evil Eye EP	ireland irish new jersey pop rock texas
33			Christine Dixon	Old Crimes And Great Letdowns	new jersey
37			Complex Eternal	The Floor Plan	hip-hop new jersey poetry rap spoken word
38			Ron Solemn	Existential Eve	new jersey rap
39			Drum and a Tantrum	The End	bluegrass drum folk new jersey rock
40			Chevonne and The Fuzz	Fire at Will	alternative alternative rock hard rock new jersey pop rock rock
42			DiveUSA	The Forgotten EP	alternative alternative rock california hard rock new jersey new york philadelphia piano pop pop rock rock
50			Ztrench	Grab da Spliff	new jersey
52			Lyriqs	Welcome To My Creative MInd	alternative hip hop conscious hip hop jazz new jersey soul spoken word underground rap
55			Illoheem	Looking Back at the Future	hip-hop new jersey
58			Complex Eternal	Destroy & Rebuild	hip-hop new jersey poetry rap
61			The Static Sea	The Static Sea	alternative new jersey pop rock
71			Tragically Yours	Tragically Yours	alternative alternative rock hard rock metal rock heavy metal
76			Tragically Yours	Redemption Of The Damned	grunge rock
82			Mason Lindroth & Chuck Salamone	Hylics 2 Original Soundtrack	new jersey soundtrack
17			Friends, Romans, Counyrymen	I Am Spartacus
36			Raymond Strife	I'm Sorry, I'm Broken
46			Hyybridd	You Might Think This Tape Is Ass, Depending on Your Taste of Music
53			Route Canal	Nothing, Not Even Anything

Related genres

• rock
• alternative
• rap
• pop
• hip-hop
• new york
• pop punk
• folk
• emo
• philadelphia