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Pat is a music photographer and journalist based in Albany, NY, with a lifelong passion for photography. Living his life through a lens, he captures the energy and emotion of live performances, telling stories that words can’t. His camera is the tool he uses to freeze the essence of music.
Pat’s goal is simple: to make music look as good as it sounds. Believing the visual side of music is just as powerful, he creates images that elevate the experience for both fans and artists. Each shot captures the soul of the music, preserving its impact long after the last note fades.
Punk rock didn’t just visit Albany on Sunday, September 28. It tore the basement wide open, stomped on it, spit in its face, and left it grinning. Empire Underground hosted The Dwarves, and if you weren’t there, you flat-out missed the…
Back To The Palace: ZZ Top Proves 50 Years Can’t Tame The Groove
On Wednesday, September 24, Albany’s Palace Theater hosted a night destined for the Rock and Roll history books. ZZ Top - that Little ol' Band from Texas - returned 50 years later to the Palace stage they first played on September 27,…
Bold, Heartfelt, Unmissable: Rachael Sage’s “Belong To You”
Rachael Sage isn’t playing it safe. On her new single “Belong To You,” the New York folk-pop veteran cranks intimacy up to eleven and delivers a song that feels both massive and personal. It’s gospel, it’s pop and it’s all heart. It is the…
Between Fragility and Fire: Compass & Moon’s Striking Debut
There’s a soft-spoken urgency to Compass & Moon’s self-titled debut that makes it impossible to treat as background music. From Upstate New York, Jason Pariseau and Joel Boyer craft a folkgrass/indie folk sound that recalls the…
Jim Keller Faces Down the Darkness on ‘Black Dog’
More than forty years after penning one of the most unforgettable choruses in pop history with Tommy Tutone’s “867-5309/Jenny.” Jim Keller is still writing music that sticks with you, though these days, his hooks cut deeper than a phone…
Only Happy In The End: Garbage Bid Farewell to New York
Brooklyn’s Paramount Theater has been many things in its near century of existence: a church, a jazz palace, a boxing ring, a neglected relic. On Saturday, September 20th, it became something else entirely—a living, breathing witness.
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Life Moves Fast: The Endless Mountain Derelicts At Full Throttle
The Endless Mountain Derelicts’ new EP Life Moves Fast doesn’t arrive quietly. It tears out of the gate with blood on its boots and whiskey on its breath, spitting out six tracks that don't ask permission and sure as hell doesn't…
Rain, Riffs and Revelation: Whiskey Myers and Tedeschi Trucks Band Take Over Syracuse
On Thursday, August 28, Syracuse felt like a powder keg waiting to blow. The New York State Fair raged across the street. The neon glow of rides spun under electric skies. Lynyrd Skynyrd was ready to fire off their own southern anthems…
Blue Öyster Cult Turn Rainout into Rock Ritual
Storms have two modes: ruin your day or make it unforgettable. On August 13th, the New York State Food Festival gambled on sunshine and music under the wide-open sky of the Empire State Plaza. Mother Nature laughed in their face.
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Everclear at UPH – Dad Rock Under Stained Glass
Saturday night, August 9th in Saratoga Springs brought a strange sight to Universal Preservation Hall: a tour bus parked in front of a church.
UPH, a beautifully restored house of worship turned concert venue, still feels every bit…