For now, all is right with the rock
‘n’ roll universe because
Asbury Park-based indie-rock
trio latewaves are playing the
final Warped Tour on July 14 at
PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel,
with fellow Jersey act The Stolen,
as well as Mayday Parade, Every
Time I Die, Hatebreed and more.
Drummer Shawna Grabowski,
vocalist-guitarist Mikey Pellegri-
no and bassist-vocalist Howie
Cohen recently raised funds with
a car wash and benefit concert
at Asbury Park Brewery to record
a follow-up to last year’s “Partied
Out,” on New Brunswick-based
Panic State Records. That label’s
Jersey acts have included The
Scandals, Lost in Society, The
Moms and Sammy Kay. Produc-
er-engineer Erik Kase Romero
(The Front Bottoms, The Bounc-
ing Souls, Deal Casino) is helm-
ing latewaves’ next outing.
Constantly on the road in sup-
port of the six-song “Partied Out,”
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the trio’s tour
schedule is
winding down,
but Crossroads
in Garwood
also will host
them on June
21, along with Spice Weasel,
Champ, Old Currents, and Map
Of Rome. While writing and re-
cording, latewaves also will be
home playing some of AP’s hot-
test shows. They include Asbury
Park Football Club’s World Cup
Clubhouse, July 1, Asbury Park
Yacht Club, with Secret Mountain;
Asbury Park Live, July 11, First
Avenue Boardwalk Green, with
Have a Good Season; Aug. 19,
Asbury Lanes, opening for love-
lytheband, and Indian Summer
during the first weekend of Fall at
Convention Hall.
The following is a chat with Pel-
legrino about where the band
has been, where they’re going
and what they’re up to right now.
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