Fall in Upstate New York is quickly approaching and the Capital Region’s Formula 5 will hit the Northeast and Colorado with 28 shows full of brisk jams and crisp improvisation that has become a staple of their touring machine. September finds Formula 5 supporting Pigeons Playing Ping Pong in Syracuse and Buffalo before returning home […]
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ARISE Has Risen
ARISE Music Festival was held at Sunrise Ranch in Loveland, Colorado, on a jovial weekend August 4-6, surrounded by rock formations, pleasant lakes, and mysterious meadows. This land was indeed filled with love, so its name holds true to its essence. It was a glorious gathering of all walks of life – an open, family […]
Nietzsche’s in Buffalo to Host Intrepid Travelers Residency in September
Intrepid Travelers have announced a residency at Nietzsche’s in their hometown of Buffalo throughout the month of September. This marks the progressive band’s debut residency at the local musical hotspot. Head down to Allentown every Thursday at 8pm to be part of the experience as Intrepid Travelers jams with the support of other local bands. […]
Nights Of Fire: A Conscious Evolution Festival Preview
It is officially time to prepare for this year’s Nights Of Fire: A Conscious Evolution. Hosted by Spun Out Productions, the annual music festival kicks off on Thursday, August 17, and runs through the morning of Monday, August 21. Located at The Woods at Bear Creek, a “glamping”–glamorous camping–ground in Franklinville, NY, Nights of Fire […]
It was Still Lawnboy: Phish Glazed the Crowd on the Final Night of Baker’s Dozen
It took 13 consecutive shows for Phish to perform 237 songs at Madison Square Garden, with not a single repeat among them. It will take far longer than those 13 shows to fully grasp the historic nature of this run of shows by Vermont’s famous quartet. On the final night of Phish’s Baker’s Dozen of […]
Hearing Aide: The Southern Belles ‘In the Middle of the Night’
The sort of plasmic, shape-shifting rock and roll spawned by The Southern Belles of Richmond, VA, has been released to humans everywhere for their listening and dancing pleasure on August 5. Their third album, In the Middle of the Night, is oddly akin to Willie Wonka’s three course dinner chewing gum, in that, through the consumption […]
Boston Dream Pie: Phish’s Baker’s Dozen hits Night 12
With 11 nights down and only 4 sets left, Phish still had not repeated a song at their Baker’s Dozen run of 13 shows at Madison Square Garden. 198 songs in 11 nights is no small feat but Phish stepped up to the plate for the penultimate show of their residency. Saturday proved to […]
Lemon Yellow Fun: Night 11 of the Baker’s Dozen
The final weekend of Phish’s historic run of 13 shows at Madison Square Garden kicked off on Friday to much fanfare and a lot of fingers in the air, with Friday being lemon donut night. These shows sold out in advance and were a hot and dwindling commodity throughout the week. On Friday, Phish came […]
McLovins 2017 Fall Tour Stops in NYC, Rochester, Hannibal
The McLovins dropped some initial tour dates for this fall, including three stops in New York this month including a stop at New York City’s Mercury Lounge for a Phish Baker’s Dozen after party. Hailing from Hartford, Connecticut, the McLovins have been making waves since their start in 2009 playing alongside big names in music […]
Funk Night Returns to Albany August 17 at The Hollow
Albany is getting the funk back. On Aug. 17 at The Hollow Bar and Kitchen, NYS Music is proud to present the return of Funk Night in Albany, hosted by Justin Henricks. Wurliday guitarist and frontman Henricks is bringing out a crew of Worcester, MA and Hartford, CT Funk Night alumni to celebrate his birthday […]