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Profiles

TURN THE TIDE is ready to bring their crushing sound to the world

NYS Music Staff Dec 23, 2012

For those of you who are enthralled in the underground metal scene like me, you’ve previously heard, or have begun to hear the name Turn the Tide. I remember the first time I booked them at a little venue called Trace’s in Rome NY. I…

Metal/Hard Rock/Punk

Trace’s: Rome NY’s Hardcore Little Secret

NYS Music Staff Dec 23, 2012

For those who don’t know about Trace’s in Rome, NY. You either A: live under a rock, or B: don’t get out and support your scene. But regardless, I sat down to get the 411 with the owner and operator Phil Price to get the inside “hardcore…

Metal/Hard Rock/Punk

FEATURED BAND: AUTUMN FIRE

NYS Music Staff Dec 23, 2012

Formed in August 2006, with founding members Josh Brondou, Nate Keida (both formally of Intrinzik) Ryan Parr, and Josh Crossman all set and writing songs they started to throw around some names. With fall season being their favorite season,…

Review: Sunken Ships – Sorry Is Just Five Letters Put Together

NYS Music Staff Dec 22, 2012

Here at Upstate Metal, we pride ourselves in knowing that we recommend great bands with great musicians. Unfortunately, Sunken Ships is not one of those. Sunken Ships is a four-piece grindcore band from New Hampshire. The earliest record…

Ra Ra Riot at UCH, December 11th

NYS Music Staff Dec 14, 2012

If you walked into Upstate Concert Hall on December 11th, you would have found something special. Love was in the air that night, love from the fans, love from Ra Ra Riot and songs from Beta Love, the band's new album coming out January…

Albany

As I Lay Dying at Upstate Concert Hall, December 6th

NYS Music Staff Dec 10, 2012

When most bands go out on a big national tour they usually welcome the scheduled night off. Fortunately for the packed house at Upstate Concert Hall on December 6th, As I Lay Dying and Memphis May Fire didn't feel like they needed the…

Woe Is Me at Upstate Concert Hall, December 2nd

NYS Music Staff Dec 5, 2012

It was an early Sunday show for Upstate Concert Hall (formally Northern Lights). The first of five opening bands started at 6PM with headliner, "Woe, Is Me", took the stage shortly after 9. There were two crowds at the show. The first…

Lake George

Autumation Festival Night 1 gets off on the Right Foot, November 8th

NYS Music Staff Nov 26, 2012

It's not often that, in my home town of Lake George, we are fortunate enough to stay at home and see some of the best bands in the live music scene. Thankfully, the wonderful people who put together Autumation Festival saw the potential of…

Show Reviews

Rubblebucket At The Westcott Theater, November 14th

NYS Music Staff Nov 20, 2012

Around the educated-listener music scene, there has been quite a buzz about the Boston-based band Rubblebucket. At the Westcott Theater November 14th, I finally got to check out what all the hipster hubbub was all about. The lead vocalist,…

Interviews

Interview: INNER DAM

NYS Music Staff Nov 20, 2012

I went to my first hardcore show in 1994. The landscape was completely different. Shows were far more dangerous. Local bands were almost always at least decent. There were more fans than bands. Touring bands often came to town for a few…

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