YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO: Scranton alternative punk rock band Emberá
Emberá City: Scranton Genre(s): Alternative rock, punk rock, indie rock Years active: 2014-present Sounds like: Whether you’re leaving a relationship behind or deeply contemplating the one you’re in, this is the music that will get you through it – and haunt you as much as those painful memories do, though in a much more positive […]
YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO: Scranton progressive alt rock band Family Animals
Family Animals City: Scranton Genre(s): Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, alternative rock Years active: 2008-present Sounds like: This music sets the stage for an epic journey, telling a winding story that you don’t quite realize you’re following until you’re already immersed in it. These tunes take the sometimes overindulgent elements of progressive rock and replaces them […]
YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO: Wilkes-Barre alternative rock band Down to Six
Down to Six City: Wilkes-Barre Genre(s): Alternative rock, indie rock, post-hardcore Years active: 2010-present Sounds like: Remember when the best rock music in the ’90s was kind of heavy, melodic, and catchy all at once? Down to Six encapsulates that balance perfectly with a little modern indie rock thrown in, sending crashing waves of sound […]
YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO: Scranton pop punk band GlowNovember
GlowNovember City: Scranton Genre(s): Pop punk, easycore Years active: 2014-present Sounds like: For those who remember the early 2000s explosion of pop punk, sweating in the midday sun in a Vans Warped Tour mosh pit as you bounced in unison with the crowd screaming lyrics of youthful heartbreak, the songs of GlowNovember will bring all […]
YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO: Scranton hard rock/metal band Behind the Grey
Behind the Grey City: Scranton Genre(s): Hard rock, metal Years active: 2012-present Sounds like: As the artwork on the cover of their debut album implies, this is hard rock that will rip your heart out and haunt the hollow cavity inside. With heavy, driving riffs pulling the soaring vocal melodies into the depths of despair, […]
YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO: Scranton electronic musician Quoth
Quoth City: Scranton Genre(s): Electronica, industrial, drum and bass, breakbeat, ambient Years active: 2008-present Sounds like: Combining several electronic sub-genres, these are storied soundscapes painted with a deep, dark brush, mixing in hip-hop and goth influences to make your head bob, your feet move, and your mind lost into the early hours of the morning. […]
YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre bluegrass folk rock band Cabinet
Cabinet City: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Genre(s): Bluegrass, Americana, folk rock Years active: 2006-present Sounds like: This is bluegrass for people who didn’t know they loved bluegrass and for longtime fans of the genre who want to experience something more organic and experimental live, like a jam band with country roots. It’s the kind of music that makes […]
YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO: Wilkes-Barre new wave alternative rock band Death Valley Dreams
Death Valley Dreams City: Wilkes-Barre Genre(s): Indie new wave alternative rock Years active: November 2015-present Sounds like: At a recent show, a new fan told the band, “You guys sound like The Cars got David Bowie to sing and played something that could have been on ‘The Lost Boys’ soundtrack.” It’s an accurate description, with […]
YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO: Lancaster indie punk rock band Worries
Worries City: Lancaster, Pennsylvania; originally from the Brodheadsville area in the Poconos Genre(s): Indie punk rock Years active: 2009-present Sounds like: A mix of mid-tempo and upbeat indie tunes that draw from folk and punk rock with lots of harmonies that encourage sing-alongs. It’s the kind of memory-evoking music that keeps the heartbroken going in […]
YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO: Scranton alternative punk band Black Hole Heart
Black Hole Heart City: Scranton, Pennsylvania Genre(s): Alternative punk rock Years active: Newly formed in 2016 Sounds like: A ’90s alternative rock band raised on 21st century Scranton punk music. Emotionally raw and forthright, these songs, recorded in The Menzingers’ practice space in South Philadelphia, have the familiarity of the pop punk and grunge playing […]
