Added on 03/14/2022
NEPA Scene Staff
Easton , Harrisburg , metal , Philadelphia , Reading , Scranton , Sinking Spring , Warrendale

From a press release: Last week, one of modern metal’s most explosive and unbridled forces, Pennsylvania nu-core band Tallah, announced their sophomore full-length album, “The Generation of Danger.” It will be released on Friday, Sept. 9 via Earache Records and, much like their 2020 debut album “Matriphagy,” will revolve around around an elaborate and horrific […]
Added on 03/11/2022
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metal , Motionless In White , Philadelphia , Scranton , Spring City

From a press release: Today, Scranton metal band Motionless In White announced their anxiously awaited new full-length album, “Scoring the End of the World,” set for release on Friday, June 10 via Roadrunner Records, the home of Slipknot, Korn, Coheed and Cambria, and other major artists. It is now available to pre-save on all major […]
Added on 03/01/2022
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New Jersey , New York , Pavilion at Montage Mountain , Philadelphia , Scranton , Waterfront Music Pavilion

From a press release: Today, Live Nation announced that its Lawn Passes will return for the 2022 summer concert season and be available at 30 different venues. With this limited edition pass, fans can attend concerts at their local amphitheater all summer long, including select sold-out shows. First introduced in 2018, the Lawn Pass can […]
Added on 02/21/2022
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Luzerne County , New Jersey , New York , Philadelphia , railroad , Wilkes-Barre

From a press release: A 154-year-old building on the outskirts of downtown Wilkes-Barre that spent time as a historic train station and even a nightclub has reopened after more than a decade, welcoming residents and visitors alike as the new home of Visit Luzerne County. Opening to the public on Feb. 14, the remodeled office […]
Added on 02/18/2022
Rich Howells
Archbald , Clifford , Drums , Lake Ariel , Lehigh Valley , Motionless In White , Olyphant , Philadelphia , punk , Scranton , Thirst T's , Weatherly , West Chester

The music of Anytime Soon often captures the sound of growing up on early 2000s punk and emo tunes, Vans Warped Tour, MTV, CKY DVDs, “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater,” “Jackass,” and “Viva La Bam,” so when it came time for the Scranton band to search for shooting locations for their next music video, what better […]
Added on 02/18/2022
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Philadelphia , punk , Scranton , The Menzingers

From a press release: “It was this perfect storm,” Menzingers co-vocalist/guitarist Greg Barnett said. “The band couldn’t tour, I was going through a really difficult time, and I was stuck at home watching my family struggle with illness and death and hardship. The only thing I could do was write my way through it.” And […]
Added on 02/11/2022
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Karl Hall , Philadelphia , Scranton , Tigers Jaw , Wilkes-Barre

From a press release: In just two days, Tigers Jaw sold out their all-ages hometown show at Karl Hall on Friday, Feb. 18, so today the Scranton indie rockers added a second full band performance at the downtown Wilkes-Barre venue on Thursday, Feb. 17. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the music starts at 7:30 […]
Added on 02/08/2022
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Karl Hall , Philadelphia , Scranton , Tigers Jaw , Wilkes-Barre

From a press release: Last week, Philadelphia-based psychedelic post-hardcore group Circa Survive canceled their highly anticipated Blue Sky Noise 10 Year Anniversary Tour, citing “multiple factors,” including vocalist Anthony Green “struggling with a mental health crisis and unable to be on tour at this time.” “A focus on self and family is of the utmost […]
Added on 01/25/2022
Rich Howells
Karl Hall , Philadelphia , Plains , punk , Wilkes-Barre

After nearly two years, Karl Hall is finally ready to bring concerts back inside. COVID-19 closed the intimate all-ages venue in March of 2020, and while it hosted online shows as well as a massive drive-in concert with the Mohegan Sun Arena, the downtown Wilkes-Barre building remained closed into 2021, instead opting to hold a […]
Added on 01/20/2022
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Carbondale , Finnegan's , metal , New York , Philadelphia , Scranton

From a press release: In 2019, Carbondale-based drummer Carl Canedy, best known as a founding member of classic heavy metal band The Rods, played his first show with a new band formed around his solo project, simply called Canedy. Following their live debut in New York, they released an album together in 2020 called “Warrior” […]