the heavy pets

This is the first article in the series "Made in New York," a historical examination of the music history of each of New York's 62 counties. First up - Orange County. Welcome to Orange County, New York! This stretch of land is the first…

Aqueous just announced their most extensive headlining tour to date. The tour starts this September, ends in December, and will hit 27 cities. Aqueous is a Buffalo-based groove-rock quartet and has three studio albums under their belt.…

Good Nature Farms Brewery in Hamilton has announced its first Summer Concert Series. In collaboration with Creative Concerts the “homegrown family-owned,” brewery will be home to seven upcoming concerts, starting in May through August.…

The Heavy Pets and Backup Planet will co-headline their spring 2017 tour, which will kick off March 17 at High Dive in Gainesville, Florida, and run until the end of April, right before festival season kicks off. The tour will have a few…

Catskill Chill rounded out the New York summer festival season September 24-26 with a stacked line-up and a new location.   Moving just a few miles from its former location in Hancock, NY, the Catskill Chill found a new home this year in…

If you’re not quite ready for the summer to end, the Catskill Chill offers many music lovers one last chance to spend a weekend immersed in sights and sounds at the festival's new location. Just a mere ten miles southwest from its former…

Once a year families and friends gather at Sterling Stage Kampitheater, located in Sterling, New York to celebrate American freedom. This freedom was celebrated through music, art and dance. The three-day festival was held June 30 - July 3…

NYS Music is once again proud to host Thursday nights at Funk n Waffles in April. A stellar lineup of music is on tap across multiple genres. Thursday April 7 MISTER F and THE HEAVY PETS Formed in 2013 from members of Northeast regional…

The Heavy Pets have released Stolen Smile, the third in a series of self-produced EPs the band has been working on amidst their rigorous tour schedule, which recently surpassed 1,000 performances after their show at Hulaween in Live Oak,…

The Revivalists are a mixed-genre band of 7 members that have been touring since 2007 with 75% less hype than they deserve. The meek crowd that surrounded me, casually chatting and chasing beers, had no clue what they were in for. With Zack…