Two of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s most successful bands, Wilkes-Barre’s Breaking Benjamin and Scranton’s Motionless In White, are finally on tour together, playing with Korn and Silver Snakes throughout September and October, though none of the stops are in their hometown area. Luckily, Andy Peck of Wilkes-Barre video company Feet First Productions happened to be on hand […]
Beyond Fallen City: Wilkes-Barre Genre(s): Metal, heavy metal, hard rock Years active: 2003-present Sounds like: If you wish more modern bands had the same epic feel of the classic metal rockers you grew up with, Beyond Fallen creates badass, mosh-ready music just for you. Sounding more like they came from Europe than Wilkes-Barre, their rebellious, […]
From a press release: Kingston punk/shoegaze band Title Fight, who have only played a handful of shows this year, will embark on a short Northeast tour in January with fellow Kingston rockers Westpoint and Washington, D.C., hardcore punk band GIVE, playing intimate venues with limited capacity, including the Knockdown Center in Maspeth, New York on […]
As the local jam-grass band continues their 10-year anniversary tour, packing venues and selling out dates all over the country, Cabinet has officially released a live recording of their set at the Peach Music Festival at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain on Aug. 13 as a free or pay-what-you-want download. Released on Friday, Oct. 14, […]
What a week, right? With all eyes on the election and current events, I feel strange sitting down to write about music, but I won’t get into any of the trending topics out there. Today, I am going to pull things in close and talk about something that matters very much to me – songwriting. […]
Boz Scaggs brought his patented blend of blue-eyed soul, rock, blues, and jazz to the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday, Oct. 12. The now 72-year-old singer/songwriter is aging gracefully, his voice still silky smooth and his guitar playing better than you might have remembered. Backed by a fine six-piece […]
From a press release: The SMG-managed Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre Township was ranked No. 138 in the Top 200 arenas in the world in event ticket sales according to Pollstar Magazine’s “2016 Third Quarter Year to Date Worldwide Ticket Sales: Top 200 Arena Venues” report in a recent issue of Pollstar, […]
From a press release: English rock legends UFO have announced a U.S. tour with very special guests Saxon starting March 9, 2017 in Houston, Texas and continuing into early April. The tour, which also features Jared James Nichols, comes to Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Saturday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, which are […]
From a press release: The Par Glass House in Shickshinny, home to the biggest and best house shows in Northeastern Pennsylvania, will be hosting a Halloween Extravaganza with a diverse lineup of local bands on Friday, Oct. 21. Doors are at 6 p.m., and the show begins at 7 p.m. Costumes are encouraged, and there […]
From a press release: Previously held in Pittston, Wilkes-Barre metal band Beyond Fallen will bring their annual Heavy Halloween concert to the Irish Wolf Pub in downtown Scranton this year on Friday, Oct. 28 at 9 p.m. with Shallow Ground and Wrath of Typhon. The show is 21+, and the cover is $5 at the […]