A sense of community lives in nooks and crannies of the local music scene. It’s our goal to bring it to light.

Through the Monitor is a NYC-based music blog designed to connect and uplift local artists, bands, creatives and music lovers with their finger on the pulse of new music locally and abroad. The publication is a branch of Wrong Choice Records, a music booking, marketing, management company founded by Max Mena. 

On a tour in July 2023 with their band Blanket Approval, bassist Max had a proposition for his drummer and long-time journalist, Joey Hadden: what if we made a blog highlighting the hard work that goes into the local music scene, from the venues to the musicians that make it possible?

Instantly hooked, Joey took it upon herself to spearhead the publication aptly named "Through the Monitor," in reference to the sounds musicians themselves can hear on stage.