NEPA SCENE PODCAST: Scranton alternative folk pop band A Season Underground
Professionally recorded on Mondays at The Stude in TwentyFiveEight Studios in Scranton and released exclusively on nepascene.com on Tuesdays, 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 […]
VIDEO: Tween brothers in Brotality perform metal cover of ‘Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)’ in Scranton
The two young brothers in hard rock band Breach the Barrier have formed a brutal new side project aptly named Brotality, but instead of covering another metal band for their first music video, they’ve done something quite different. Putting their own aggressive spin on “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” the 2015 debut single from another young […]
EXCLUSIVE: Stream ‘Appalling,’ the new album by comedian Zack Hammond, and watch a video preview
A lot of people think they’re funny on April Fool’s Day, but Zack Hammond is hilarious year-round, as his brand new album, “Appalling,” proves on track after track. Originally from Maryland and currently living in Luzerne, Hammond is one of the hardest working comedians in Northeastern Pennsylvania, performing practically every week around the area, as […]
STREAMING: Bobby Barnett of Captain, We’re Sinking releases surprise live solo album
When NEPA Scene last talked to Bobby Barnett, the vocalist/guitarist of Scranton/Philadelphia punk band Captain, We’re Sinking, back in December, he told us how excited he was to embark on his first-ever acoustic tour in the United Kingdom with his brother Greg Barnett, vocalist/guitarist of The Menzingers, in early 2016. Now his fans back in […]
PHOTOS: NEPA Scene’s Got Talent, Week 4, 03/22/16
Another comedian who has performed several times at NEPA Scene’s Got Talent was given his due on Tuesday, March 22, winning the audience vote at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant with a solid set of angry but funny jokes about himself as well as those watching. Bryan Walsh was on-point with his cynical […]
NEPA SCENE PODCAST: Fighting the Keystone Sanitary Landfill expansion with Friends of Lackawanna
Professionally recorded on Mondays at The Stude in TwentyFiveEight Studios in Scranton and released exclusively on nepascene.com on Tuesdays, 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 […]
NEPA Scene’s Got Talent spotlight: Musicians Nicholas DeSouza and Elonda ‘Vibez’ Crowell
Every week of NEPA Scene’s Got Talent, our free open mic and talent competition at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant, we feature a quick Q&A with the latest audience vote winner, which was Nicholas DeSouza from Stroudsburg and Elonda “Vibez” Crowell from Paterson, New Jersey on March 15. Their victory was particularly special […]
PHOTOS: NEPA Scene’s Got Talent, Week 3, 03/15/16
For the first time in the history of NEPA Scene’s Got Talent at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant, the audience vote was tied between two acts, so rather than break the deadlock and choose one ourselves, we decided to declare both the winners of Week 3 on Tuesday, March 15, so while they […]
7 NEPA pizzerias featured in new book about the world’s best pizza
Anyone from Northeastern Pennsylvania can tell you that the pizza made here is special. From Old Forge claiming to be the “Pizza Capital of the World” to a recent study declaring Scranton the pizza capital of the country due to its high density of pizzerias to an upcoming documentary about local pizza called “Tray,” the […]
STREAMING: Menzingers release surprise St. Patrick’s Day EP of Irish songs
The Menzingers may have moved from Scranton to Philadelphia, but even without the Scranton St. Patrick’s Parade, they still know how to celebrate the holiday. The punk rockers are hard at work on their new album, a follow-up to 2014’s “Rented World,” but they “bought a case of beer, bottle of whiskey, and recorded two […]
