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
[H]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 […]
Getting to know singer/songwriter Jack Woodbridge and his multiple musical personalities
Scranton artist opens up on new album 'You Don’t Know Jack'
[E]ven after about three decades in the business, three solo albums, and countless performances from here to New York City, we’re still getting to know Jack Woodbridge. Actually, he’s still figuring out who he is as well. Releasing a new album called “You Don’t Know Jack” last Sunday at Duffy’s Coffee House in Clarks Summit, […]
The String Cheese Incident touring through tri-state area this November
From a press release: The String Cheese Incident announced the first leg of their national headlining tour today, which will take the progressive jam band through Philadelphia, New Jersey, and New York in November. Tickets are available Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 1 p.m. through the band’s website. Coming up, they’ll perform in September at the […]
Rise Against hit Upper Darby and NYC on tour with Touché Amoré and Radkey
From a press release: Rise Against are set to play their first North American dates since the release of their seventh studio album, “The Black Market,” on July 15 on Interscope Records. Highlighted by their marquee slots at all three of the 2014 Riot Fest dates, the tour will touch 22 cities starting Aug. 31 […]
Bayside coming back to Pennsylvania after Warped Tour stop
From a press release: In support of their most recent album “Cult,” which debuted at No. 24 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart, pop punk powerhouse and Hopeless Records recording artist Bayside is gearing up for a short headlining tour that will take the band through Pennsylvania and New York in October. Bayside recently performed […]