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Buffalo and Rochester won’t be short of something amazing to see this holiday season as Borg Party invades both cities just days before the Christmas Holiday. The super group spearheaded by Dopapod’s Rob Compa (guitar) also features Mike…

As Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits theaters this weekend, NYS Music wanted to take a look back at how the epic space opera has found its way into music. Here’s a look at some of the most famous, talked about, and overlooked moments where…

The Arkells performed an extensive high energy set to a sold out crowd at Town Ballroom this past Friday. Not before vocalist Max Kerman and guitarist Mike DeAngelis played an intimate acoustic set to fans who brought a toy valued at 10…

Gowanus is a New York City canal. Gowanus is a New York City neighborhood. And, Gowanus is a New York City band. Gowanus, the band, recently released their 2nd album, Before the Devil Knows Your Dead. Members Duke Kurick (guitar), Alan…

American pop-punk superstars Paramore announced through their Facebook page that bassist Jeremy Davis is leaving the band. The departure leaves singer Hayley Williams as the only remaining original member. The band said they will continue…

Guilderland native Chris Duffy, former bassist for Dirty Paris, will be move to Colorado from Los Angeles to join The Magic Beans as its bassist. From magicbeansmusic.com: The Magic Beans are a traveling band from Nederland,…

Brian Wilson will perform Pet Sounds in its entirety at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts on June 19. Founding member of The Beach Boys Brian Wilson will perform the band's iconic 1966 album Pet Sounds. While dates for the tour,…

Space Carnival recently wrapped up their first extensive tour, taking them down to North Carolina and West Virginia, and back to the Northeast to Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut. While on the road they kept a tour log of each city…

Tom Hamilton's American Babies closed out a lengthy fall tour at Rochester's Flour City Station. The 31-date tour lasted seven weeks and visited 29 cities spanning 17 states. That's a lot of miles logged and a lot of notes played. They…

Mark Jan. 30, 2016, on your concert calendar. That's the date Oneonta's Space Carnival has set for CarnEvil 3. The bi-annual event was created as a way for Space Carnival to give back to its fans. Featuring carnival and space-themed…