Wilkes-Barre melodic hardcore band One Step Closer jumps forward with ‘Leap Years’
From a press release: Today, Wilkes-Barre melodic hardcore group One Step Closer will play the first of several sold-out shows on their triple headlining tour with Koyo and Anxious. For local fans, the month-long national run stops at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia on Tuesday, March 26; a limited amount of tickets are still […]
Title Fight’s Ned Russin turns solo project Glitterer into full band on new album ‘Rationale’
From a press release: Glitterer is a band from Washington, D.C. Initially, and for some time, it was a solo project – a man and his laptop, with occasional in-studio and onstage assistance from other human beings. Four albums, including two full-lengths on Anti- Records, were released in that one-guy period. But now Glitterer is […]
Jam band The Disco Biscuits show ‘Why We Dance’ at F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on March 28
From a press release: While Camp Bisco seems to have had its last dance, Philadelphia jam band and festival founders The Disco Biscuits will be back in Northeastern Pennsylvania to perform at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, March 28 as part of their 2024 Why We Dance Tour. Doors open at 6:30 […]
Wilkes-Barre melodic hardcore band One Step Closer supports Knuckle Puck and Real Friends on national tour
From a press release: Today, Wilkes-Barre melodic hardcore group One Step Closer begins a month-long North American tour supporting Chicago pop punk bands Knuckle Puck and Real Friends with Arm’s Length, playing all 28 dates, plus their own headlining shows in Chicago and Albany in between. Starting in Cleveland, they will travel coast to coast […]
Scranton punk band The Menzingers admit ‘Some of It Was True’ on 7th album
From a press release: At this point, The Menzingers are an absolute institution. The Scranton natives’ multi-decade reputation as punk rock road warriors with an unbeatable catalog is cemented as hard truth, despite the title of their seventh album, “Some of It Was True.” The follow-up to 2019’s well-received “Hello Exile” accomplishes the daunting task […]
Pa. country/folk singer Zandi Holup signs with Big Loud Records, picks ‘Gas Station Flowers’ as new single
From a press release: With an unmistakable voice and evocative songwriting prowess, Zandi Holup is a wildflower – unique, free as the wind, and blossoming in Music City. Born and raised in the Philadelphia suburb of Fort Washington, she drifted from city to city until she found her home in Nashville six years ago. Influenced […]
Scranton indie rock artist Petal headlines Good Things Are Happening Fest on Aug. 12
From a press release: Indie rock band Petal, the nom de plume of singer/songwriter Kiley Lotz, is set to return to their hometown of Scranton this Saturday, Aug. 12 to headline the second annual Good Things Are Happening Fest. The Run for Cover Records artist independently released their first new song in five years, “You […]
REVIEW/PHOTOS: Willie Nelson’s Outlaw friends fire up festival fans at Bethel Woods
Willie Nelson and his annual Outlaw Music Festival came to the beautiful grounds of the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in New York on Saturday, July 29. The 2023 tour is the largest iteration of the longtime festival that celebrates the legendary American icon. The festival originally debuted in Scranton as a one-off event […]
10 years later, NEPA music scene reflects on Captain, We’re Sinking album ‘The Future Is Cancelled’
When a band makes emotional music that is as deeply personal as it is universal to anyone who has loved, lost, and lived to tell the tale of heartache, confusion, and existential dread, it stands the test of time. 10 years after Captain, We’re Sinking released “The Future Is Cancelled,” the Scranton punk quartet will […]
Orwell’s ‘1984’ play adaptation premieres in Pa. with Scranton Fringe at Lackawanna College July 27-29
From a press release: Big Brother is watching, and all of Northeastern Pennsylvania will soon be watching too. This summer, the Scranton Fringe Festival is producing the Pennsylvania premiere of Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s gripping adaptation of the George Orwell classic “1984.” This dark dystopian masterpiece will be presented at the Peoples Security Bank […]
