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Hearing Aide: Arcade Fire ‘Reflektor’
After releasing the Grammy Award winning The Suburbs in 2010, Arcade Fire traveled to multi-instrumentalist,…
Album Review: The Chronicles ‘Spanning the Gap’
The Chronicles, a progressive jazz band from Albany have released their second studio album this month, Spanning…
Hearing Aide: Paul McCartney ‘New’
In some sense, Paul McCartney, on his 16th solo studio album, New, is appropriately named. By titling the album…
Hearing Aide: Toad The Wet Sprocket “New Constellation”
When "All I Want" hit the airwaves in 1992, it railed delightfully against the timbre of the dominate alternate…
Gusto’s got somethin’ for you in “Packin Heat”
I pride myself on being an objective critic. This admirable characteristic of mine enables me to review metalcore…
Pale Green Stars “The Honky Tonk Years”
Syracuse natives Jeff Jones, Brian Coyne and Jeff Tripoli, collectively known as The Pale Green Stars, celebrate…
Album Review: HAIM – ‘Days Are Gone’
The Haim sisters make music that represents a time period that has never happened. On their debut album, Days Are…
Hearing Aide: “Spark: A Burning Man Story” Soundtrack
Since the first bonfire at Burning Man in 1986, the festival has grown and attracted world-wide attention. Burning…
Voice of Gen-X Pearl Jam rings out with Lightning Bolt
Pearl Jam to tour, release tenth studio album Lightning Bolt Oct. 15th
Twenty-two years have come and passed since…
Album Review: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue’s “Say That to Say…
Say That to Say This, the newest studio offering by Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews & Orleans Avenue and…
Hearing Aide: Floodwood “This is Life”
From their endless touring with nationally-acclaimed jam favorite moe. to recording and playing together as the…
Album Review: MGMT’s New Self-Titled Release
2007’s Oracular Spectacular landed MGMT in a strange place. The duo’s psych pop sounds, originally meant for dorm…
The Last Conspirators Album Review: A Celebration of Fury
Upstate New York’s bad boys, The Last Conspirators have released their third album A Celebration of Fury, a follow…
TURN THE TIDE Stir Quite a Storm With New EP
After months of delays, Turn the Tide's breakthrough EP, Black & White, is finally here. This Rome/Syracuse…
Album Review: Natalie Cressman jazzes it up on “Turn The Sea”
Natalie Cressman on her new album Turn The Sea opens boldly with the title track and an intro featuring a riff…
“User Correction” by Jeff Bujak is an Electronic Innovation
User Correction by Jeff Bujak finds itself at the corner of fun and innovative. Like a well rounded student, his…
Hearing Aide: Robert Randolph & The Family Band “Lickety Split”
Robert Randolph and the Family Band have been around since the days of The Wetlands in New York City. The bands…
Album Review: Head for the Hills “Blue Ruin”
Head For The Hills is not your typical bluegrass band. In their third record, Blue Ruin, the Colorado based quartet…
Album Review: CONNECT by SICK PUPPIES
The Australian trio, Sick Puppies, released their fourth record on July 16, Connect, a record that really defines…
Hey Man, Nice Comeback: 1990’s Alt-Rock Legends Filter Release New Album and…
"That guy, you see that guy? He gets it. He knows how to support live music", said Filter front man Richard Patrick…