LIVE: Death Kings debut Tour Visits Syracuse’s Westcott
With a name like Death Kings, you’d better bring the heat. This new band surely did just that Friday night at Syracuse’s Westcott Theater as the official Umphrey’s McGee post-show. What’s the connection to UM? Ryan Stasik is the missing link. He is both the bassist in Umphrey’s McGee and Death Kings. This new band […]
LIVE: Umphrey’s McGee Celebrates 24 Years at the Landmark Theatre
I’ll be honest. I’m a bit naive when it comes to Umphrey’s McGee. I don’t know the lyrics. I don’t know the titles. Hell (and this is embarrassing), I don’t even know their names. What I do know is that every time I’ve ever seen them – whether as an opening act for The New […]
LIVE: The War Lovers, Sideline, The Kicks and Chops At the Town Shop 12/17/21
Friday night the quiet little town of Camillus was anything but that when the Town Shop @ 67 Main Street hosted A Festivus For The Rest of Us featuring some of the Syracuse area’s veteran and upcoming punk bands. Located in the heart of Camillus, The Town Shop is a small but really unique venue […]
LIVE: Vended Concludes Tour at Buffalo’s Rec Room 11/23/21
Photos and Review: Chris Besaw This past Tuesday, November 23, with seasonally cold temperatures in full effect, the Rec Room in downtown Buffalo was a hot spot to check out some up-and-coming metal and hardcore bands. The bill featured the Iowa-based metal band, Vended, with support from Omerta, Hazing Over, and Pale Hell. The first […]
Live: Eileen Ivers wows Packed House at Earlville Opera House
This past Saturday evening, under a beautiful fall sky, the Earlville Opera House welcomed multiple award-winning, Eileen Ivers and her band to a packed crowd. This was one of the few shows at the historic opera house this year since reopening from the pandemic. Attendees were treated to an evening full of happy, uplifting music. […]
LIVE: Country Legend Ronnie Milsap Performs at the Turning Stone Showroom
Legendary country musician Ronnie Milsap performed for a packed crowd at the newly renovated Turning Casino Showroom Sunday night. Milsap, known to be one of the all-time great crossover musicians of his time, effortlessly churned out number one songs throughout the ’70s and ’80s and through the years has earned six Grammys, eight CMA Awards, […]
LIVE: Old Dominion at Turning Stone
Thursday’s concert at Turning Stone Resort and Casino by Nashville’s Old Dominion was the first of a two-night stay in Verona. Dubbed “The Band Behind the Curtain,” Old Dominion brought abundant hits to the stage in the event center. These songs were not only hits that they have written as a band but hits that […]
Rabbit in the Rye Rocks The Dock in Hamilton
Alex Lavon, Brendan O’Connor, and Joseph Mettler, who comprise the folk-rock trio Rabbit In The Rye played a special show on Lake Moraine in Hamilton for a captive audience on October 2. It felt almost like a summer day with spectacular weather, though the Upstate fall was captured in the reflection of the changing leaves […]
EDITORIAL: Inaugural Suburbs Fest Proves that Not All Bad Came from the Pandemic
This is a story about friendship. Actually, several friendships. On the weekend of October 1-3, 2021, a group of friends gathered in the nation’s capital, most of whom were meeting for the first time in person. These people come from all walks of life and from all parts of the U.S. What brought all of them […]
Flogging Molly with special guests Violent Femmes, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and Thick bring punk rock at its finest to Rochester’s Main Street Armory
Show Review by Kelly Besaw The all-female punk band, Thick, kicked off the evening right at 7 o’clock. The band had a ’90s punk feel to it and fit right in with the rest of the night’s lineup. Thick is on tour in support of their current EP release 5 Years Behind. The album confronts […]