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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.
On October 16, The Haunt rolled in to take over Empire Underground in Albany. Vocalist Anastasia Haunt's siren song cutting through the dark as the room locked in around her.
Touring behind New Addiction, their debut album, the…
Buckcherry Preach It Loud: The Gospel Of Rock
So many things in life, especially these days, are wrapped in uncertainty. The world keeps shifting, the soundscape keeps changing, and nothing seems to stick around long enough to trust. On Wednesday, October 15, at Empire Live, there was…
Hearing Aide: The Barr Brothers “Let It Hiss”
Life and love are worth the inevitability of loss. Loneliness and regret make a lousy insurance policy against not truly living. Let It Hiss turns that reality into sound: the ache, the mending, and the static between two brothers who had…
Mushroomhead Takes Albany: Brutal, Brilliant, Unstoppable
On Saturday, October 11, Empire Live shook like it was trying to break free from its own foundation. A four-band bill, led by Mushroomhead, built for beautiful disorder. No openers. No headliners. Just waves of sound, each one crashing…
Marianas Trench’s ‘Force Of Nature’ Tour Hits Albany, Senses Steal Storm
Albany’s Empire Live doesn’t usually host weather systems, but on Tuesday, September 30, Marianas Trench tried anyway. The Force of Nature Tour rolled in with fake grass, fake snow, and a vibe that at times felt more like an Ace Hardware…
Devo De-Evolves the Future at Jones Beach
Devo invaded Long Island on Sunday, October 5, under a near-full moon at the Northwell at Jones Beach Theater, where the band turned a picture-perfect October evening into a pop-cultural sermon; half concert, half art installation, all…
No Pop, No Gloss: The Dwarves Bring Real Punk to Empire Underground
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…