empire underground

On October 16, The Haunt rolled in to take over Empire Underground in Albany. Vocalist Anastasia Haunt's siren song cutting through the dark as the room locked in around her. Touring behind New Addiction, their debut album, the…

Punk rock didn’t just visit Albany on Sunday, September 28. It tore the basement wide open, stomped on it, spit in its face, and left it grinning. Empire Underground hosted The Dwarves, and if you weren’t there, you flat-out missed the…

Wednesday, June 18 at Empire Underground with Fishbone felt less like a concert and more like a full-body exorcism. If you were there, you didn’t just hear it, you were possessed by it. Albany’s own Girth Control kicked things off…

In a city not exactly known for metal pilgrimages, May 13, 2025 in downtown Albany was a revelation. While the larger Empire Live space upstairs echoed with the fervent chants of a sold-out Fountains D.C. crowd, below street level,…

Get the scoop on what to do before and after Phish during their three-night run in Albany over October 25-27! photo by Dave DeCrescente Formed in 1983 through flyers across the University of Vermont’s campus, Phish has had a career…

If you’re searching for the eternal sound of summer, the alternative indie punk-pop outfit the Wrecks might be just the thing you need to remember the season is here. The Wellsville, NY band’s sophomore full-length album Sonder drops…

Performing under the pseudonym Monkeys On Ecstasy, moe. treated 350 lucky fans to a performance at Empire Underground on Thursday, May 12. With guitarist Chuck Garvey on the mend, Suke Cerulo (Schleigho, Lynch) and Nate Wilson (Ghosts of…

Albany will have two new music venues on North Pearl Street very soon. Empire Live an Empire Underground will open this fall as the first downtown premier club in Albany in 30 years. Formed from a partnership between Stan…