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The NYS Music Guide to the 2017 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival
Starting June 23, and up until July 1, 2017, Rochester will once again become one of the hottest destinations for…
Getting Weird at the 15th Strangecreek Campout
Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend bookend the festival season, meaning many northeasterners start and end…
So Last Year Embarks on Summer Tour, with a Little Help from Their Friends
So Last Year celebrated the first night of their summer tour with a hometown show at The California Brew Haus on…
Metallica Hits Nassau Coliseum for the Only Hardwired Tour Arena Show
Metallica brought their Hardwired World Tour for the second of two stops in the New York Metro area on May 17 at…
Hearing Aide: Midnight North “Under the Lights”
On the third album from Midnight North, the band captures their growth on the road, the trials and errors, the good…
Coheed & Cambria Energize the Crowd at Terminal 5
There are not too many rock bands anymore that pursue the art of the concept album. There are even fewer that have…
Throwdown at moe.down: A look back at the Festival’s Origins
This week we begin a three-part series looking at the history of moe.down, one of the longest running music…
Hearing Aide: Andy Hall & Roosevelt Collier ‘Let the Steel Play’
Roosevelt Collier, the pedal steel player from the Lee Boys, and Andy Hall, the dobroist for The Infamous…
Photo Gallery: Tool Thrills in Rochester
It was an incredible night on Tuesday, May 30, at the Blue Cross Arena. Tool made a stop in Rochester and was…
Mountain of Youth: The 5th Annual Susquehanna Breakdown Recap
“And they’re off!” On Friday, May 19 the gates lifted in Scranton, Pennsylvania and campers raced to grab the…
Mayfest 2017: “One. Two. Three… Ascend!”
This past Memorial Day weekend, I returned to Surprise Lake Camp in Cold Spring, NY for the annual music, art, and…
Hearing Aide: Cycles ‘Vacation’
Cycles is a three-piece band from Denver, CO that performs “psychedelic rock fusion” with a blend of other genres…
Pink Talking Fish Jazz Up Sold Out Boston Show with Giant Country Horns
Fusion tribute band, Pink Talking Fish, offered a special treat for fans during their sold out Boston performance…
Hearing Aide: The Mountain Carol EP
There’s not much information to be found about The Mountain Carol aside from their origin and what their intentions…
Listen to the Exclusive Premiere of Wurliday’s Debut EP ‘Bedtime…
NYS Music is proud to present the exclusive premiere of Wurliday's new EP Bedtime Blazer! Co-written by frontman…
Hearing Aide: St. Phillip’s Escalator ‘The Derelict Sound’
Come on out to the garage, it's hot in here. Rochester's St. Phillip's Escalator released its latest batch of…
The Record Company Rocks the Westcott
"We're the Record Company, and we play rock and roll." This is how the Record Company's lead…
Biters and Frankie + The Studs Rock Rochester on their Unleashed on the East Coast…
Fans of the glam rock resurgence were in their glory on Friday, May 26 in Rochester as Frankie and The Studs and…
Kevin Morby Provides a Preview of Things to Come in Philadelphia
Kevin Morby is releasing his new album in just a couple weeks (out June 16), but you'd forgive those in attendance…
Photo Gallery: Mihali Savoulidis at the Hollow
Mihali Savoulidis of Twiddle rocked a capacity crowd at The Hollow Bar and Kitchen in Albany, NY on May 17.
This…