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Rochester Set for a Frightfully Good Weekend of Music
Halloween is on October 31 this year, same as every other. Though isn't it more convenient to celebrate over the…
Premiere: Animal Sounds debut ‘Antelope’ off upcoming album…
Indie psych rockers Animal Sounds from Rochester, NY will release their debut LP Ennui on Friday, October 26th and…
Younger Then Performs to Hometown Crowd for Album Release
Autumn has finally put summer to rest in Buffalo. The trees are a muted mixture of red, orange, and yellow and…
Hearing Aide: Younger Then ‘Bad Life’
For a band that doesn’t have unlimited funds, recording in a studio can be nerve wracking. Every minute that passes…
Turkuaz Goes Big In Buffalo
Turkuaz, hot off the heels of their new album release Life In the City, stormed into Buffalo on October 5th, making…
Cory Wong announces winter tour dates, with support from Emily Browning
It's been a busy couple years for Cory Wong. On top of playing with Midwestern funk ensemble Vulfpeck and assorted…
Interview: Getting to Know Carpool
This summer, NYS Music premiered the song "Idaho" from Carpool's debut album. I Think Everyone's A Cop came out on…
Funktional Flow Launches Search for Drummer
Interested musicians should inquire via e-mail to funktionalflow@yahoo.com. The band requests inquiries include a…
Rob Compa joins Empire State Music Podcast for Episode 11
Guitarist Rob Compa joins Empire State Music Podcast host Andy Hogan to discuss time away from Dopapod, life in…
NYS Music Presents: Music All October Long
As Upstate New York has officially welcomed fall and we prepare ourselves for the cold months ahead, NYS Music is…
Mike Powell set to release new solo EP, ‘Shelter Without Walls’
Mike Powell has had a prolific few years, performing throughout the northeast with his solo act, his duo, and his…
Rochester’s The Dirty Pennies premiere video for “A Prisoner’s…
"A Prisoner's Passage," a new song with accompanying music video from Rochester's The Dirty Pennies premieres today…
Premiere: Get Up and Dance to Redbeard Samurai’s ‘Turn It Up’…
Redbeard Samurai has just released a new music video that's going to make you want to get your groove on. The video…
Autumn is the new Summer at first Borderland Festival
On the equinox, the border between summer and autumn, just outside Buffalo, NY at the border between the US and…
Episode 10 of Empire State Music Podcast features Buffalo Witty Tarbox
Buffalo homies Witty Tarbox are a "jam-based ensemble of considerable versatility and dexterity, Witty Tarbox's…
Rochester Fringe Goes ‘Instrumental’
Dave Chisholm has a knack for writing and illustrating comics and a gift for making music. Last year, he released…
Funktional Flow Turns Up the Heat in Buffalo at Iron Works
It was a hot night in Buffalo, the same night that Elton John was playing at Key Bank Center for his Farewell…
West End Blend announces expansive fall 2018 tour plus ‘Live at the…
The soulful funk group, West End Blend, shared this week that their impressive Fall 2018 tour will be expanding…
moe. announces New Year’s run
moe. announced its New Year's plans Monday. Rochester's Kodak Center will host the veteran upstate jamband for two…
Rochester Fringe Festival Weekday Music Preview
We have reached the halfway mark of the 11-day-long KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival, and there's still a lot in…