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Beck, who just released the critically acclaimed Morning Phase, will be coming to the Northeast and tri-state area in June, after his appearance at Firefly, Beck will make his way to the beautiful site MASS MoCA on June 24th. MASS MoCA…

The Osheaga Music Festival has announced its 2014 lineup that is going to take over Parc Jean Drapeau in Montreal on August 1st-3rd this summer. The headliners  include Jack White, Arctic Monkeys, and Outkast. Other major acts set to…

In an unlucky turn of events, the 13th annual Camp Bisco festival has been canceled. Since its inception in 1999, this EDM centered festival has taken place annually in Mariaville, NY and featured hosts The Disco Biscuits every night…

Not a ticket was left to be had on this cold wintry Tuesday evening in Buffalo.  Legendary Shea's Performing Arts Center was sold out for the return of Ratdog, the first since Bob Weir's emotionally charged performance on August 20, 1995…

Skrillex is bringing "The Mothership Tour" to New York for three dates in June. The New York leg starts at The CMAC Peforming Arts Center in Canandaigua on June 2nd, and the next evening at  The Washington Avenue Armory in Albany. On June…

"We just wanted to play metal in the boys' club,” said Leather Leone, of Chastain, in the new book by Jill Hughes Kirtland, Not Just Tits in a Corset: Celebrating Women in Metal. “We were metal. And the music represented us.   I remember…

Lockport, NY group Pants and the Family has recently released their debut recording Lost In the Wash. They will be celebrating the CD’s release with a record release party at the Tuscarora Inn in Lockport, NY on March 21, 2014. The trio is…

James Taylor announces five additional shows to the US summer tour, including one in Upstate New York, with a July date in Buffalo, NY at the First Niagara Center. The five additional shows will be in the months of July and August. James…

Buffalo seems to be going through a revival as of late with new buildings going up downtown and old ones being restored all around the city. One in particular has made some big news this week and that is the reopening of one of Buffalo’s…