PHOTOS: Fife & Drom, Joe Dierolf, and Robb Brown, 12/27/14
NEPA music blog Highway 81 Revisited hosted an after-Christmas concert dubbed “Miracle on 667 River Street” on Saturday, Dec. 27 at the River Street Jazz Cafe in Plains, featuring Brooklyn Americana group King Radio, Scranton rockers Heavy Blonde, and New York blues band Fife & Drom. The show also included a dinner of unique dishes […]
PHOTOS/VIDEO: Millions March NYC, 12/13/14
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered at Washington Square Park in New York City and marched to NYPD Headquarters on Saturday, Dec. 13 to demonstrate against police violence and excessive force, sparked by the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and the chokehold of Eric Garner in Staten Island that also led to […]
After years of hard work, Kore Rozzik is a ‘Rockstar’ of his own making
The band rocks Ole Tyme Charley’s in Plains on Friday
“It was a lot of trial and error,” says Queens, New York-based vocalist Kore Rozzik of the stage persona that has become the identifiable face of his band bearing the same name. “Kore Rozzik has been an idea for many years. As I found myself through my young adult years, the character developed.” Rozzik and […]
PHOTOS: RetroGameCon, 11/08/14
New Yorkers with an affinity for retro video games gathered at The Oncenter in Syracuse and plugged in for the second annual RetroGameCon on Saturday, Nov. 8. The day was filled with various gaming panels, vendors, console and “Magic: The Gathering” tournaments, remixed game music by DJ Silenze, arts and crafts for children, and basket […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Last date of Samhain 30-year reunion tour was a bloody good holiday
What better night to see Samhain than on the pagan holiday the band is named after? Samhain was joined by Goatwhore, Midnight, and YDi at the Best Buy Theater in Manhattan, New York on Nov. 1 as part of the “30 Bloody Years” reunion tour that began in September. Here’s a breakdown of each band […]
PHOTOS: NYC Village Halloween Parade, 10/31/14
New York City’s Greenwich Village held its 41st annual Village Halloween Parade on Friday, Oct. 31, the largest parade of its kind worldwide. Started in 1974 by mask maker and puppeteer Ralph Lee as a simple walk from house to house, the parade now stretches over a mile with over 60,000 participants in costume and […]
Linkin Park 2015 tour with Rise Against and Of Mice & Men comes to Hershey
Named after their sixth studio album, Linkin Park has announced “The Hunting Party Tour,” an early 2015 winter trek with Rise Against and Of Mice & Men. The California nu metal band is still going strong, releasing one of the year’s bestselling albums on June 13. Rise Against and Of Mice & Men also have […]
PHOTOS: ‘Evil Dead’ 35mm film print marathon, 10/24/14
The Syracuse, New York chapter of the Zombie Research Society and the Palace Theater in Syracuse hosted the grooviest horror marathon imaginable on Friday, Oct. 24, playing 35mm prints of Sam Raimi‘s “The Evil Dead,” “Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn,” “Army of Darkness,” and the 2013 “Evil Dead” remake, but that wasn’t all these […]
PHOTOS: Lila Ignite CD release show, 10/24/14
Lila Ignite, a Binghamton, New York-based punk rock group that often plays in NEPA, released their third studio album, “Not Punk Rock,” on Friday, Oct. 24 at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, a show that garnered plenty of area support. “Not Punk Rock” is an ambitious double record produced by former drummer Scott Rasmussen and […]
NYC’s IKILLYA take relentless touring to Pittston to support Threatpoint
Megaforce Records metalheads befriend NEPA band, open CD release show Friday
ere’s the scenario. NEPA’s own groove metal mavens Threatpoint play a couple of out-of-town gigs opening for an international touring act, the New York City-based IKILLYA. The two like-minded heavies bond like brothers on the road, leading to IKILLYA – a band currently in a potentially career-making distribution deal with the legendary Megaforce Records and […]
