VIDEO PREMIERE: Scranton pop punks Anytime Soon visit Castle Bam before ‘Holding My Breath Through the Lehigh Tunnel’
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 […]
Lehigh Valley punk trio Blind Choice shows ‘Mental Scars’ on new EP, debuts songs at Octoberfest on Oct. 13
From a press release: Pen Argyl punk rock trio Blind Choice will officially release their new EP, “Mental Scars,” this Friday, Oct. 12 and debut some of their new songs live at Octoberfest at Electric City Harley-Davidson in Dickson City on Saturday, Oct. 13 with Another Day Dawns and The Holtzmann Effect. The young rockers […]
EXCLUSIVE: 2018 Steamtown Music Award nominees announced in 37 categories
Last night, the Electric City Music Conference held an announcement party at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant for the third year, revealing all the nominees for the 2018 Steamtown Music Awards, including those in new categories added this year. ECMC producers Joe Caviston and Ken Norton read off all the nominees between live […]
PHOTOS: Electric City Music Conference announcement party at Thirst T’s in Olyphant, 07/15/18
Last night, the Electric City Music Conference held an announcement party at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant for the third year, revealing all the nominees for the 2018 Steamtown Music Awards, including those in new categories added this year. ECMC producers Joe Caviston and Ken Norton read off all the nominees between live […]
EXCLUSIVE: Electric City Music Conference announcement party returns to Thirst T’s in Olyphant on July 15
From a press release: The Electric City Music Conference and Steamtown Music Awards will host a free announcement event at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill on Sunday, July 15 from 5 p.m.-8 p.m., returning to the Olyphant venue for the third year. “We’ve found that people look forward to the announcement party almost as much […]
BowieLive tribute brings ‘Ziggy Stardust’ and David Bowie hits to life at Thirst T’s in Olyphant on April 19
From a press release: Meat and Potato Entertainment and Thirst T’s Bar & Grill have teamed up to bring “BowieLive” to Olyphant on Thursday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. The David Bowie tribute concert has been added as a compliment to the current year-long tribute series the pair is producing, which was announced last year […]
Lehighton band Another Day Dawns wins local competition, advances to neXt2rock finals in Los Angeles
From a press release: Cumulus Media and Hazleton radio station 97.9X have announced the names of the five rock artists selected as finalists in neXt2rock, a one-of-a-kind national grassroots talent search and artist development program for rock music. Another Day Dawns from Lehighton has been chosen to represent the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area as one of the […]
Monthly tribute band series with local opening acts comes to Thirst T’s in Olyphant in 2018
From a press release: Meat and Potato Entertainment has exclusively announced through NEPA Scene that they will organize a series of tribute shows that will span throughout 2018. The events will take place at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant and cost just $5. Each concert will feature one of the East Coast’s best […]
Local punk rockers Blind Choice release new ‘Firing Squad’ EP at Thirst T’s in Olyphant on Dec. 8
From a press release: Local punk rock band Blind Choice has announced that they will be throwing a release party for their new EP, “Firing Squad,” at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant on Friday, Dec. 8 at 9 p.m. Blind Choice will play some covers and debut their new original songs, and fellow […]
Former Hinder vocalist Austin John Winkler sings at Thirst T’s in Olyphant on Oct. 24
From a press release: First announced exclusively on the NEPA Scene Podcast last week, Austin John Winkler, a founding member and the original frontman of multi-platinum-selling rock band Hinder, will play his Hinder hits along with his new solo material with a full band at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant on Tuesday, Oct. […]
