PUTTING IN WORK: Put up or shut up – NEPA is home
As you might have seen, we just launched the logo contest for the Culture Shock! Free Music and Art Fest. For those of you who don’t know, Culture Shock is a day-long festival at Nay Aug Park in Scranton. It’s has two stages of music, an art show, food and merch vendors, and my favorite […]
PHOTOS: Slipknot and Hatebreed at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain, 05/13/15
Two heavy metal heavyweights, Slipknot and Hatebreed, warmed up a cold night on Montage Mountain in Scranton with mosh pits and pyrotechnics on Wednesday, May 13, just a few days after the Susquehanna Breakdown music festival kicked off the concert season at The Pavilion. With no other opening act needed, Hatebreed easily riled the crowd […]
CONCERT REVIEW: I survived Muse in NYC and all you get is this lousy review
I’ve been to plenty of concerts, certainly ones with much more menacing crowds. But not even two minutes after Muse began playing, I was afraid I wasn’t going to make it out of this one alive. The band opened with one of their newest singles, the chunky riff-rocker “Psycho” and, appropriately enough, the crowd went […]
PHOTOS: NEPA Scene’s Got Talent, Week 8, 05/12/15
Peckville singer/songwriter Katie Evans has been attending the NEPA Scene’s Got Talent open mic and talent competition since Week 1, and as she performed better and better each time, her persistence paid off. After several weeks of coming close, she won the audience vote with her original and cover songs on acoustic guitar on May […]
NEPA Scene’s Got Talent spotlight: Singer/songwriter Katie Evans
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 singer/songwriter Katie Evans on May 12. The weekly winner receives $50 in cash and the headlining slot for the following […]
10 questions with Sean Danielsen of Smile Empty Soul
Solo acoustic tour stops in Olyphant on May 21
In the early 2000s, songs like “Bottom of a Bottle,” “Nowhere Kids,” and “Silhouettes” stood out from other singles played across the airwaves, bringing back a grungy alternative sound that hadn’t been heard in years with the addition of those catchy hooks that Smile Empty Soul became known for. Since their 2003 self-titled debut, the […]
VIDEO: Skip Monday covers slow, stripped down ‘House of the Rising Sun’
Scranton indie pop duo Skip Monday just launched their new YouTube channel with a fresh and unexpected take on the traditional folk song “The House of the Rising Sun,” made popular in 1964 by The Animals. Filmed by Imattie Films at Mountain Sky in Jermyn, they were joined on bass by Frankie Polumbo, a.k.a. Your […]
PHOTOS: Susquehanna Breakdown at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain, 05/08-09/15
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre bluegrass outfit Cabinet released their latest album, “Celebration,” in March, and by May, they held their biggest celebration yet. In conjunction with Live Nation, the third annual Susquehanna Breakdown took over The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton on May 8-9 and turned it into a family-friendly festival camping ground with Americana, roots, bluegrass, […]
