There seems to be a growing trend in metal music of rap-metal making a comeback since Prophets Of Rage emerged last year. You could argue that bands like Bod Count have been around for a long time, but now the genre seems to be in the spotlight again. And with any sub-genre of metal, you get the […]
Hip Hop/Rap
Naughty By Nature Brings a High Energy Show to Alive at 5
This week’s featured artist at Alive at 5 was the grammy award winning hip-hop group Naughty By Nature. The weather was perfect on Thursday, June 22, and the energy was a max. The group got the crowd on their feet right from the start with one of their hit’s “O.P.P.” They performed for about an […]
Albany’s Alive at 5 Series Features Diverse Array of Artists
This summer’s hottest free concert series will feature a diverse range of music including performances by Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Average White Band, Naughty By Nature, the Outlaws, the Funky Meters, Lindsay Ell, Marian Hill, and King Yellowman and the Sagittarius Band. Support for the headliners will be provided by regional favorites Let’s Be Leonard, […]
Hearing Aide: Doug G The Nightchild ‘Nightchild’
New York hip hop is often thought of as music with a classic “boom-bap” style beat, intricate rhyme schemes, vivid lyrical content, grittiness and smooth flow. When people think of NY hip-hop, the five boroughs and their respective legends come to mind…But everyone always forgets about the suburb attached to the City’s hip; Long Island. […]
Everyone Orchestra Brings Fire to Syracuse and Buffalo
Matt Butler’s Everyone Orchestra provided high-energy, improvised music to fans this weekend. The improv based show featured members of moe., Twiddle, Dopapod, Piegons Playing Ping, Tauk, Sophistafunk and vocalist Hayley Jane. The three-night venture stopped in Syracuse on Friday to the Westcott Theater and closed out in Buffalo on Saturday at Buffalo Iron Works. Both […]
Hearing Aide: Matisyahu ‘Undercurrent’
Matisyahu may have found a unique niche in the Jewish reggae and hip hop scenes, and with the 2017 release of his sixth studio album Undercurrent, his religious convictions are woven into a stream of consciousness that flows between genres throughout the album. The album was described in a recent press release stating, “The vulnerability felt […]
Summer Camp Music Festival Schedule Now Available
This Memorial Day Weekend marks the 17th year of Summer Camp Music Festival. More than a hundred musicians will play across nine stages over the course of four days. The stellar line-up of performers include New York-based bands moe., Run The Jewels, Aqueous, Turquaz, and Intrepid Travelers. Organizers have just released the schedule so that attendees […]
Summer Stage 2017 Includes Umphrey’s McGee with Aqueous, Gov’t Mule, Mavis Staples
The 32nd year of the New York Summer Stage Series has been confirmed and promises to host more than 100 different groups thoroughout the five boroughs. As always, most shows are free with the exception of a few benefit concerts that help fund the remaining performances. Dates and locations are scattered but the first performance […]
Latest Metal Couch Cast Reviews New Mastodon and Body Count Albums, Talk Return of Dirge Within.
Syracuse -based metal talk show Metal Couch Cast on YouTube this week review the latest albums from Mastodon and Body Count, as well as their excitement for Chicago based metallers Dirge Within. Co-Host Jay Saint G, Moshpit Fardo, and Black Metal Steve with the help of Steve Lorsurdo Productions also debate who the better frontman […]
Hearing Aide: Body Count ‘Bloodlust’
Body Count have returned with a vengeance. For the first time since 1994’s Born Dead, the band has finally put out two consecutive albums with the same line-up. And this is clearly Body Count’s best line up since the original lineup. So what does Bloodlust bring to the table? The album starts off with “Civil […]