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Empire Live in Albany, NY hosted Vertical Horizon last night.  It was a super warm welcoming audience that came to hear the band celebrate the 25th anniversary of their hit album ‘Everything You Want’.  I personally have an interesting history with this band.  First of all, my band ‘The Velmas’, opened for them at a […]

Art Along the Aether, Final Chapter – Xperience Fiction – by Liam Sweeny. And so art died, and the funeral, though sparsely attended, was glorious. The flow and the aesthetic left in its wake were used to fashion the most outstanding arrangement of floral displays in the known universe, and in fifty percent of the […]

TROY, NEW YORK:     The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall is excited to announce Almost Queen on Saturday, January 18th!  Pre-sale for the show starts Tuesday, November 12th at 10am and tickets will go on-sale to the public on Friday, November 15th at 10am.  Learn more below about Almost Queen! They don’t just pay tribute to […]

Monkeys Love Shakespeare – The Weird Side of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny. Have you ever heard the phrase “if a million monkeys sat at a million typewriters with enough time, one of them would inadvertently write the complete works of Skakespeare”? I kind of keep that as a mantra to say that with […]

The Jagaloons – An Xperience Interview – by Rob Smittix. RRX: All right, so we got the Jagaloons on the line, very excited about this. If you can just let us know who you are and what you do in the band. KS: Sure, this is Kurt (Stegemann), guitars. GK: Geoff (Kelley), drums. JW: Josh […]

Photography by Timothy Reidy.   More from Timothy Reidy …  

Words and Photography by Stephanie J Bartik. On November 3, 2024, a lively and generous crowd gathered at the Rustic Barn on Speigletown Road in Troy, NY, for the twelfth annual Foodstock charity event. Organized by Bob Gamache, Foodstock 12 brought together a remarkable group of musicians and community members, all united by a mission […]

Mike Trash – Xperience History – by Liam Sweeny. Mike Trash interview. Originally published August 2023. Some sounds are iconic. I don’t use that word lightly, because the word is played out, and there aren’t enough words that give you the same feel. Iconic. Like hair metal. Like Motley Crue, WASP, Poison. The clothes, the […]

The Open Flames – Interview – Thanks for Asking! – by Liam Sweeny. RRX: Every artist’s first song is a milestone. But so is the latest song. Describe the first song/album you recorded, and also the latest song/album you recorded; what are the differences? TOF: The first song that The Open Flames recorded was called […]

Prog Digest – An Xperience Column – by Klyde Kadiddlehumper. New York. London. Paris. Munich. Everybody Loves….M – Pop Muzik. How many of you actually recall that song? A particular time and a particular sound. Very synth and strangely prog for its’ time. Some think it is the precursor to Let’s Dance – but who […]


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