Matt Smith – An Xperience Interview – by Rob Smittix. Matt Smith: First of all, I want to thank you for doing this. Obviously, I grew up there (Capital Region), and that’s my home. That’s where I came up, and it’s beautiful to get some love. RRX: I heard that you’re originally from the area. […]

It was a full house at the Palace Theatre on Wednesday, as Lake Street Dive returned to the area. Carrtoons opened the show. Photography by Timothy Reidy. More from the Palace Theatre here …

Tommy Stinson – An Xperience Interview – by Rob Smittix. RRX: Alright, so right before we started recording, you said that you got a deer whistle in the mail. What’s that? Tommy Stinson: Oh yeah, my daughter … the kiddo has been driving home in rural Columbia County late at night and hit a deer […]

Aerosmith tribute act Toys in the Attic were back in the saddle again at a packed Cohoes Music Hall Saturday night. Stones Alive started it up. Photography by Timothy Reidy. More from Cohoes Music Hall here …  

Bone Smashing for Beauty – The Weird Side of the internet – by Liam Sweeny. I don’t get the incel thing. No commentary; really, I don’t get it. Probably because I don’t try, because I got hugged enough as a kid, who knows? But out of the world of incelia, comes this neat thing called […]

Jim Florentine – An Xperience Interview – by Skye Rickman. RRX: You’ve been a comedian for many years. How do you come up with new material? Jim Florentine: I just talk about everything. Day-to-day life, stuff like that. Sometimes I share old stories. That’s the fun of it. You see what works and try to […]

A conversation with the bassist navigating the creative and technical challenges of Contrarian and Flotsam and Jetsam  By I Am Lorelei!. Some musicians find their lane. Bill Bodily builds entire highways.  William “Bill” Bodily thrives in complexity. As the bassist for Flotsam and Jetsam and Contrarian – and formerly for Toxik – he moves between thrash metal, progressive death metal, and technical extremity with a kind of musical athleticism. Talking to […]