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Before – Video – Stephanie J Bartik. “BEFORE” Before the fans, before the music, before the ushers, before the show…there are hours of magic happening in the theater. Stage set up, sound check, make-up, costumes, camaraderie, hustle and bustle. Many fans just go to the show and see the magic of it all…here, shows just […]
Cherubs – Short Of Popular – Album Review by Joshua Reedy. (1996) My copy: 2018 remastered reissue on yellow, pink and blue vinyl by Sonic Surgery Records. Released two years after the eyebrow raising Heroin Man comes Short Of Popular: a compilation of singles and demos made to cap off the band’s initial run in […]
Observations and Ramblings from a Cranky Old Guy – an Xperience Column – by Jeff Spaulding. Here’s a question to those who made New Year’s resolutions, in particular to lose weight/get in shape/new year new you crap? It’s now March, if you haven’t been sticking to the routine go back to Five Guys and ditch […]
Jukebox. Wolfgang Van Halen Wolfgang Van Halen has a lot to live up to. The son of legendary rock guitar god Eddie Van Halen, he has to deal with being a celebrity from birth, also, at times, a target. But it’s hard to believe that one of the people who’ve targeted Wolfgang Van Halen is […]
Show Detective. Friday, March 8th, Dead Letter Office – A Tribute to R.E.M., The Linda, Albany, 8pm-10pm Dead Letter Office have dedicated themselves to faithfully reproducing the music and energy of a live R.E.M. show. Since 2014, Dead Letter Office has been thrilling audiences throughout the U.S. & Canada, providing a show that’s been sorely […]
Prog Digest – An Xperience Column – by Klyde Kadiddlehumper. This month we attack the sublime and the ridiculous. Each, in its own way a bit of both. At the time of this writing, 2 momentous occurrences shook the classical (or perhaps more correctly – the Neo Classical) world. The first was the passing of […]
Avey Tare – Cows On Hourglass Pond – Album Review by Joshua Reedy. (2019) My copy: 2019 deluxe pressing with bonus 10” by Domino. If Dave Portner (AKA Avery Tare) has proven anything across his now lengthy musical career, it is that he is a firm proponent of contrast. Where the instrumentally warm and inviting […]
Mui Zyu Hong Kong and London artist Mui Zyu will be releasing a new album, her second, “Nothing or Something to Die For.” It will be hit the shelves on May 24th, from Father/Daughter Records. Her single, “Everything to Die For” is there, along with guest appearances by Miss Grit, lei,e, and Pickle Darling. Her […]
Show Detective. Friday, March 1st Embe Esti – Julia Alsarraff – Sydney Worthley, The Linda, Albany, 7:30pm-10:30pm Exciting news for local music fans! WAMC, and WEXT are teaming up to launch “Live and Local at The Linda,” a new monthly concert series with a mission to showcase the up-and-coming standout local bands in the Capital […]
Jukebox. Dave Mustaine Megadeth’s latest album, “The Sick, the Dying, and the Dead!” has been it’s highest charting album from a worldwide perspective, and has brought it a Grammy nomination for “Best Metal Performance.” Singer Dave Mustaine, in discussing the relative successes of the band’s repertoire with music site Blabbermouth, noted that global success is […]
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