PHOTOS: 2019 Steamtown Music Awards ceremony in Scranton (with winners list), 09/12/19
The three-day Electric City Music Conference began its sixth annual weekend with the Steamtown Music Awards on Thursday, Sept. 12, matching last year’s massive turnout with even more local musicians and industry professionals packing into The V-Spot in Scranton and filling the front parking lot with support and love for the exceptional music scene of […]
VIDEO PREMIERE: Exeter heavy metal band Royal Hell summons a ‘Higher Court’
Exeter heavy metal band Royal Hell has been writing original songs and playing shows for three years, but they haven’t released an album of their hard work yet. That changes this fall starting with “Higher Court,” a new song accompanied by a dark music video premiering locally today on NEPA Scene. Living and breathing classic […]
MUSIC VIDEO: Scranton’s Menzingers follow alien’s road trip in ‘America (You’re Freaking Me Out)’
From a press release: Today, Scranton/Philadelphia punk band The Menzingers unveiled a new track from their forthcoming album, “Hello Exile,” that releases some pent-up frustration with the state of our union. “America (You’re Freaking Me Out)” starts the new record off with restless urgency; it’s pounding rhythms and furious guitar riffs provide a much-needed release […]
After Peach Fest debut, folk funk band Goose jams at River Street Jazz Cafe in Plains on Oct. 25
From a press release: Following an impressive debut at the 2019 Peach Music Festival in Scranton, Connecticut folk funk band Goose will come back to Northeastern Pennsylvania to perform at the River Street Jazz Cafe in Plains on Friday, Oct. 25 as part of their fall tour. Doors at the Jazz Cafe (667 N. River […]
EXCLUSIVE: Scranton alternative rockers University Drive join Cold on national tour
While they’ve received a lot of positive feedback and reviews recently from their new album, “Clear,” Scranton alternative rock band University Drive never expected to impress a national act so much that they would be invited to tour with them. Last month, gold-selling alternative rock band Cold released the first single from their first studio […]
Cold debuts new song with Berwick musician Nick Coyle of Lifer, will release new album Sept. 13
In early 2017, NEPA Scene broke the news that Berwick native Nick Coyle, a singer/songwriter who fronted various local bands over the years like Lifer, The Drama Club, Stardog Champion, and Death Valley Dreams, had joined alternative rock band Cold as their new guitarist. Now, the gold-selling national act has released the first single from […]
PHOTOS/VIDEO: Coheed and Cambria acoustic at Gallery of Sound in Wilkes-Barre, 05/16/19
Once the word was out that Coheed and Cambria was playing a free “secret” acoustic show at the Gallery of Sound in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, May 16, it was the worst kept secret in Northeastern Pennsylvania. With just a few days notice after the news broke, over 300 people piled into the small indie record […]
