montage music hall

On Thursday May 14, Hatebreed managed to get away from their tour with Slipknot and headline their own show at the Montage Music Hall. This gave them the opportunity to play in a much smaller venue and play songs over their entire catalog…

This Thursday, May 14 Connecticut hardcore veterans Hatebreed break away from their current tour with Slipknot to headline the Montage Music Hall in Rochester.  Hatebreed have been touring relentlessly the past couple of years in support of…

The Blind Owl Band is back from a six month break from touring, and they are back in full force. With a 2015 winter tour schedule that will cover NY, VT, NH and PA this February, the band is excited to be back. The tour will kick off with…

Bluegrass has been taking on different personas these last few years and a genre that encompasses all that is bluegrass has grown to include the old-timey tunes of Bill Monroe and Del McCoury to the jamgrass of YMSB and Greensky Bluegrass,…

Metalcore as a genre has seen better days; the peak has come and gone, leaving cornerstones in evolution's wake. From one of the foundational areas for the genre in Massachusetts, Unearth came up during the New Wave of American Heavy…

Turkuaz and Playonbrother kicked off their co-headlining tour together just a few weeks back with an atypical album release party for both bands in Saratoga Springs.  Turkuaz released Future 86, while Playonbrother, fresh off of a name…

Protest the Hero has had a wild ride in the past year. I had the chance to speak with guitarist Luke Hoskin about the band's experience ,being without a label's support, their new album, and how the past year has shaped the band. From…

The Montage Music Hall was rockin’ Saturday January 11, with a performance kicked off at 10pm by an up-and-coming band from Syracuse, The New Daze. The band’s set was started with a medley, beginning with “Uncle Stremnf,” merging into a…

Very rare now a days that a metal act sells out a show weeks in advanced; however, it should come to no surprise that Clutch sold out Rochester's Montage Hall on the 29th. Clutch may not have always been as big as acts like Metallica or…

"That guy, you see that guy? He gets it. He knows how to support live music", said Filter front man Richard Patrick as he was pointing right at me. "And wearing a Tool shirt,  that band is awesome!". People are slapping me on the back and…