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THE VINYL SOUNDS OF THE RISING SUN: GO DREAM ‘ANDWELLA’ Who is this Dave Lewis guy, anyway? – by Tony Mastrianni. ANDWELLA: Go Dream (NUMERO GROUP RECORDS) may be the most underrated psychedelic rock LP boxed set to be issued in the US and abroad during past year or so. Fronted by Belfast-born precocious phenom David Lewis, ANDWELLA […]
Grandstand Jockeys – An Xperience Interview – by Liam Sweeny. Originally published January 2024. We reached out to RA Burris of the band Grandstand Jockeys for a few words. RRX: I got your CD from Rob Smittix, and I’ve been jamming it out in my car for weeks. Love the sound, love it. Because it’s […]
Jukebox. Carlos Santana Iconic guitarist Carlos Santana was hospitalized for dehydration during a sound check for a concert on April 22nd. The concert was being put on at San Antonio’s Majestic Theatre, and it was canceled, but the tour in which it was a stop will go on. “Out of an abundance of caution and […]
Whassup in the 518. Friday, April 25th Chris Distefano, The Egg, Albany, 7:30pm Chris Distefano is one of today’s biggest and most beloved names in comedy. He became the first stand-up comedian to sell out both the world-famous Radio City Music Hall and the Theater at Madison Square Garden on consecutive nights in 2023, but […]
The Turd: An American Journey, Chptr 3 – Xperience Fiction – by Liam Sweeny. The Beringer Free Clinic smelled like a three-day-old bandage soaked in Mercurochrome. He’d never been there, having had good health and a primary care doctor with a ‘57 Chevy he was restoring. Doctor Wyatt. Nice guy, healed everything with a pep […]
The Sacred Cover Tune – by Penny Piper. Here’s a little brain science for the band scene: when we hear music—especially a song we love—our brains start recognizing patterns. Even before the big drop or that one part that gives you chills, the brain’s already flooding with dopamine in anticipation. That’s the high. That’s the […]
Todd Nelson – Xperience History – by Liam Sweeny. Originally published in September 2021. RRX: One of the early bands you were a part of when you first arrived in the Capital Region was called “Noonward Race,” inspired by a song of the same name by Mahavishnu Orchestra. We were fortunate to have drummer Billy […]
Jukebox. The Darkness The Darkness is kicking off a 2025 North American tour to support their album Dreams on Toast. The tour will set off in Pryor, North Carolina on August 29th and conclude the eastern leg in Cleveland on September 21st. After a month off, they’ll pick up November 7th in Houston, with the […]
Show Detective. Friday, April 18th Sound+Vision: Music at the Movies – Love and Mercy, The Linda, Albany, 7pm-9pm Sound + Vision: Music at The Movies presents the greatest in soundtrack cinema. On the first Tuesday of every month, we curate a film screening where the music fuels the engine of the cinema experience, with a […]
The Turd: An American Journey, Chptr. 2 – Xperience Fiction – by Liam Sweeny. When Ernest was barely old enough to pull up his pants, his father took him to junkyards. He was a mechanic, and if he could pick up a part from the lovechild of a two-car pileup, he could charge MSRP and […]
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