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The archives of UpstateLIVE, 2010-2014
Resonance 2014 to Keep Festival Season Rolling
Not quite ready to admit 2014’s music festival season is over yet? It does not have to be. The first annual…
Twenty One Pilots Flying Straight with no Faulty Parts
If Twenty One Pilots is not flying onto your bucket list of a “must see” in concert, add it. Wednesday, Sept. 10,…
Closing out the Great NY State Fair in Style
As I prepared for Day 11 at the Great NY State Fair, I looked forward to the closing out the day of music, some…
Disco Biscuits to Host City Bisco in Philadephia
The Disco Biscuits are gearing up for the third installment of City Bisco this weekend in their home town of…
Interview: Vintage Trouble, Set to Take Over The Hollow and the World
This Sunday, Sept. 28 Vintage Trouble will be coming to The Hollow Bar in Albany, N.Y. This four piece rock n' roll…
The Black Keys Rock The Blue Cross Arena in Rochester
The Black Keys came to Rochester and the Blue Cross Arena ready to rock their fans. The Turn Blue tour has been…
Burn It Down Tour Takes Over Grandstands at the Great NY State Fair
As day ten of The Great New York State Fair rolled in, it was destined to be a huge day. Skies were blue,…
Rochester Prepares for ROCtober Show Onslaught
Naysayers about the Rochester music scene will need to clam it up this October. End to end, the month is loaded…
95x Birthday Bash with Jackyl
The Oswego County Event Center in Pennellville, N.Y. hosted 95x's Birthday Bash with local bands Loose Cannon,…
The End Men get the tour send off they need from The Low Beat in Albany
For a thursday night in Albany, New York, there sure was a good amount of rock and roll to be had. On Central…
Utica Music and Arts Festival 2014 – Photo Gallery
The Utica Music & Arts Festival is becoming what is considered a tradition to those in and around the Utica, NY…
Hearing Aide: Medeski, Scofield, Martin, and Wood ‘Juice’
"You want me to start it like that" is the first sounds one hears on the great new album Juice by Medeski,…
Rob Caggiano of Volbeat talks tour with Five Finger Death Punch and coming back to…
The massive success of Volbeat and Five Finger Death Punch in the last year has led to a co-headlining tour that is…
Pink Floyd Reveals Details For ‘The Endless River’
Pink Floyd has unveiled the cover art and track-listings for their upcoming double-album The Endless River which is…
Phish Big Cypress Midnight Set
The largest concert to celebrate ringing in the year 2000 was held just west of Miami at Big Cypress Seminole…
Fall Night In Brings The Fray, Great Big World and Andy Grammer to Albany
Fall Night In, sponsored by 99.5 The River, at Albany’s Palace Theatre brought Pop to Upstate on Sept. 9. The Fray,…
Dan Maines, bassist of Clutch, talks Upstate NY, a new record, and The Walking…
When Clutch came to Upstate Concert Hall in September, I was lucky enough to sit down with the bassist, Dan Maines.…
Musical Mix on Days 7 and 8 of The Great NY State Fair
Days 7 and 8 brought a smorgasbord of musical sounds to The Great NY State Fair this year. Although country music…
Film Review: ‘No Cameras Allowed’
Sneaking into music festivals is a dick move. Artists and patrons pay to attend while vendors, staff and volunteers…
Rubblebucket Brings the Ruckus to the Hollow
Rubblebucket came to downtown Albany’s The Hollow Sunday night, infusing a typically low-key evening with high…