Restless Streets, a post-metalcore band from Albany, NY, released a brand new single along with a corresponding lyric video, titled “In Vogue,” via YouTube on February 9, 2017. The song features an overhauled version of Restless Streets’ distinctive sound, now with more melodic elements found in pop and rock music as opposed to harsh vocals […]
Formula 5’s Albany Jaunt a Hometown Throwdown
On February 4 at the Hollow Bar and Kitchen in Albany, two area bands brought the popular venue to its knees with twists, turns, jams and family. Opening for Formula 5 was Ampevene, which brought a progressive feel to open the show. Led by guitarist and songwriter Gabe Stallman, Ampevene led the growing crowd through […]
Hearing Aide: Eastern Electric ‘Suburban Daydreams’
Eastern Electric, alternative indie rock from Guilderland, NY, put out their latest album, Suburban Daydreams, on December 9, 2016. The album opens up with the title track, led by Will Burger’s dream-like voice, and sets the listener up for the rest of the album which can be characterized as emotional and dynamic. With a balanced […]
Hearing Aide: The Black Clouds ‘After All’
The Black Clouds, rock from Monmouth County, New Jersey, just finished recording their newest album, After All, set to hit shelves January 6, 2017. With influences such as Soundgarden and Alice in Chains, I appreciate the enthusiasm present from the beginning to the end of the album. Like many music lovers, I spend a lot […]
Hearing Aide: Coheed and Cambria ‘The Color Before the Sun Deconstructed’
Progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria launched their newest album, The Color Before the Sun, on October 16th, 2015; but recently released a deluxe edition of the album, Deconstructed on August 19. The Color Before the Sun Deconstructed is a companion deluxe edition to Coheed and Cambria’s newest album, under the same title (minus Deconstructed). The new title is ironic, because Deconstructed puts on bleeding […]
Bogie’s to Close its Doors
Legendary underground music venue, Bogie’s, in Albany, will be shutting its doors for business at the end of May. Upstate Black N Blue – who partly run and hold shows through multiple venues in the Capital Region – announced via Facebook that they are no longer able to able to keep the place running. Bogie’s […]
Joey Eppard Streams Live Album
Joey Eppard – Woodstock, NY singer/songwriter, front man and guitarist of progressive band 3 – made his 2013 live album Joey Eppard: Live in Concert available in full on Bandcamp nearly two years after release. Previously only four songs had been available for play. Eppard said that the goal of recording the set was to give far […]
Hearing Aide: Murder by Death ‘Big Dark Love’
My roommate introduced me to the band Murder by Death. I found myself instantly impressed by their blend of soulful, Johnny Cash’esque blues and hard rock leanings. Some might simply call this Americana, but the Indiana born quintet is quite obviously deeper than the title of a genre. Their latest release, Big Dark Love, is […]
Davenport Cabinet Releases Lyric Video, “Sorry for Me”
Davenport Cabinet, the Warwick, NY – based rock band, released a lyric video for “Sorry for Me,” a song off of their newest album, Damned Renegades, via YouTube on January 14th. The band features Coheed and Cambria guitarist Travis Stever on lead vocals and guitar, Tyler Close on co – lead vocals and guitar, Tom Farkas […]
St. Vincent Announces Reissue of ‘St. Vincent’
Manhattan based experimental musician Annie Clark, more commonly known by her stage name, St. Vincent, announced that she plans to reissue her newest LP, St. Vincent, as a deluxe edition with five new songs, set to launch on Feb. 10. St. Vincent said that alongside the unreleased songs, the reissue will contain remixes as well as digitized versions […]