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On Friday, January 27th, indie-pop band Juice delivered a heartfelt and lively performance to their adoring fans at Lark Hall in Albany. This was their last show from their rescheduled Fall Tour. Ben Stevens, Lead Vocalist of Juice -…

On December 10th, 2022 State Champs brought Frozen Fest back to Albany, NY with a packed lineup of pop-punk and alternative rock bands. For 5+ hours, Save Face, Between You & Me, Young Culture, Hunny, and headliner State Champs kept…

This past Friday, October 14 ZZ Top brought 50 years of Rock to Albany's The Palace Theatre for the first time. /* In-Read - Nysmusic.com */ (function() { var opts = { artist: "", song: "", adunit_id:…

On Sept. 28 Jimmy Eat World came to Albany to say "Something Loud" to the people at Empire Live Albany. /* In-Read - Nysmusic.com */ (function() { var opts = { artist: "", song: "", adunit_id: 100005083, detect_artist:…

On Friday, September 23rd, 2022, Josiah Johnson gave a heart-felt performance at the Takk House in Troy. Josiah Johnson was originally part of the indie-folk band, The Head and The Heart band from 2009-2016. He left after his…

After a 2 year hiatus due to COVID, Afropunk made its return home to Brooklyn at Commodore Barry Park. The long-awaited festival took place the weekend of Sept. 10-11 and featured headliners The Roots and Burna Boy. Keeping up with the…

On Thursday, July 21, 2022, Albany's 6th installment of Alive at 5 kicked off with The E-Block and Souly Had, opening up for headliners, Ballyhoo!. Facing an intense heat wave throughout the week in Albany, the show was moved to the…

Real hip-hop was on display at the latest Alive at 5 in Albany on Thursday, July 7. Talib Kweli, one-half of hip-hop duo Black Star, was greeted to a warm reception on Thursday. Kweli's large audience consisted of many who probably grew up…

On Friday, June 24th, a rock themed night kicked off with Battleaxxx and closed out with cover band Black Sabbitch at Empire Live. Battleaxxx is an all female rock band originally from the Capital Region. They are a fairly new band…

On Thursday, June 9th, 2022, Albany's first Alive at 5 show of the year opened with Alternative/Indie rock band Young Culture and closed out with Pop-punk band State Champs. The show was moved to the rain location at Corning Perserve Boat…