Rich Howells

PHOTOS: NEPA Scene Open Mic Night, 01/20/15

PHOTOS: NEPA Scene Open Mic Night, 01/20/15

With all the great musicians who have come through the NEPA Scene Open Mic Nights at The Woodlands Inn in Wilkes-Barre, it’s surprising that it took eight weeks for a musical act to win the audience vote, but it’s easy to see why Skip Monday was the first to do so on Tuesday, Jan. 20. […]

 Rich Howells

VIDEO: Watch Title Fight create a reflective mural in downtown Wilkes-Barre

Last month, Kingston punk rockers Title Fight posted a short video documenting the process behind the creation of a mural in downtown Wilkes-Barre that would become the band’s album cover for “Hyperview,” due to be released on Tuesday, Feb. 3 via Anti- Records. Filmed in black and white with a GoPro Hero 3+, the video […]

 Rich Howells

EXCLUSIVE: Scranton acoustic indie pop duo Skip Monday stream debut EP ‘Wildfire’

EXCLUSIVE: Scranton acoustic indie pop duo Skip Monday stream debut EP ‘Wildfire’

Scranton acoustic indie pop duo Skip Monday just released their debut EP, “Wildfire,” and NEPA Scene has the exclusive first stream of the album. Vocalist/guitarist Kaylin Karr, originally from Alaska, relocated to Tunkhannock and met drummer Nathan Montella at her show at Duffy’s Coffee House in Clarks Summit. They started jamming soon after and immediately […]

 Rich Howells

Scranton’s Motionless In White to tour with Slipknot, Lamb of God, and Bullet for My Valentine this summer

Scranton’s Motionless In White to tour with Slipknot, Lamb of God, and Bullet for My Valentine this summer

After Slipknot just announced last week that they would be playing at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton on May 13 with Hatebreed, the band revealed today that they’ll be taking Electric City goth rockers Motionless In White on tour over the summer. “If you search Motionless In White interview on YouTube, you’ll see […]

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NEPA SCENE PODCAST: Episode 11 – Getting to know the podcast team and finding your passion

NEPA SCENE PODCAST: Episode 11 – Getting to know the podcast team and finding your passion

Professionally recorded every Monday at The Stude in TwentyFiveEight Studios in Scranton and released exclusively on nepascene.com every Tuesday, the NEPA Scene Podcast is a free supplement to the website, expanding on the arts and entertainment stories covered on the site and going beyond them to discuss other news and entertainment topics. Each week, the […]

 Rich Howells

Title Fight to play stripped-down record release show in Wilkes-Barre before world tour

Title Fight to play stripped-down record release show in Wilkes-Barre before world tour

The hype for Title Fight‘s new album “Hyperview” has been steadily increasing, as the Kingston punk rockers signed with Anti- Records, received coverage from major outlets like Vogue and Pitchfork, released film-quality music videos for “Chlorine” and “Rose of Sharon” that revealed a more shoegazey sound, and announced a world tour that includes dates across […]

 Rich Howells

PHOTOS: Louisa, Chris Castillo, Spur, Black Diamond, Esta Coda, and Backslashes and Bad Ideas, 01/18/15

PHOTOS: Louisa, Chris Castillo, Spur, Black Diamond, Esta Coda, and Backslashes and Bad Ideas, 01/18/15

Local indie rock band Louisa performed their first full live set at the Courtdale United Methodist Church in Courtdale surrounded by friends and Time Table Records Collective labelmates on Sunday, Jan. 18. The trio’s 20-minute set of heartfelt songs with a punk rock attitude were well-received by the small but dedicated crowd, and Chris Castillo […]

 Rich Howells

PHOTOS: NEPA Scene Open Mic Night, 01/13/15

PHOTOS: NEPA Scene Open Mic Night, 01/13/15

It was another night of hilarious and outrageous comedy at the NEPA Scene Open Mic Night on Tuesday, Jan. 13 at The Woodlands Inn in Wilkes-Barre. Fiddy Shades, Joel Bonn, Chris Zawatsky, and C-Rock performed acoustic music, and regular comedians Sergio Marzitelli, Alan Dudeck, Kevin Lepka, Delmer Von W, Zack Hammond, Russell Austin, Elliott Elliott, […]

 Rich Howells

NEPA SCENE PODCAST: Episode 10 – Stand-up comedy, dark humor, and the local comedy scene

NEPA SCENE PODCAST: Episode 10 – Stand-up comedy, dark humor, and the local comedy scene

Professionally recorded every Monday at The Stude in TwentyFiveEight Studios in Scranton and released exclusively on nepascene.com every Tuesday, the NEPA Scene Podcast is a free supplement to the website, expanding on the arts and entertainment stories covered on the site and going beyond them to discuss other news and entertainment topics. Each week, the […]

 Rich Howells

VIDEO PREMIERE: Watch one-man reggae band George Wesley play ‘Sittin’ and Watchin” as the Small Axe Orchestra

When Wilkes-Barre reggae musician George Wesley isn’t playing with his three-piece jam band, he performs as George Wesley’s Small Axe Orchestra, a solo act that sounds just like a full band thanks to some live looping and pure talent. Local television station ECTV will be airing a full one-hour program next week that was shot […]