Liam Sweeny
By Liam Sweeny. No Fun is the life of Monument Square in Troy on any given night. Its walls are tagged in band stickers, and its checkerboard floor offers patrons the dull gleam of a surface that embraces foot traffic. It’s got a bar and a foosball table and a big screen calling out future […]
Bike Night returned to JJ’s Cycle last night, with Harmony Rocks providing the music. Photos by Liam Sweeny. More from Bike Night here …
Open Mic every Tuesday at the Black Bear Inn in Watervliet. Photos by Liam Sweeny.
Brooklyn’s Killing Connor is an unapologetic metalcore band visibly on the rise. They delivered a blistering set this past March at Empire Live, kicking the night off for Overkill. Killing Connor comprises Matt Rosenthal (guitar), Connor Shann (bass), Brian Thompson (vocals), and Dan Schleicher (drums). RRX: Tell me about your most recent song, album, or […]
By Liam Sweeny. Little Feat is an iconic band that formed in 1969, and it would be rare to find someone who hasn’t heard a Little Feat song. With a sound uniquely their own, the band has refused over the years to do anything not authentic to their principles and vision. We talk to keyboardist […]
Image: Delaney Hafener of the Belle Curves at No Fun, August 7, 2025 – photo by Timothy Reidy By Liam Sweeny. If one voice can lead a group of people, then what can be said of a voice that can lead a group of musicians? Delaney Hafener has not only found a sound that belongs […]
Year of Storms, Chptr. 8 – Xperience Fiction – by Liam Sweeny. The paper crinkled in straight slashes, triangles meeting each other, three dimensions to the surface of the paper. It was an anachronism on the brushed steel counter. It was the light of the world when she was three; its extinguisher by age four. […]
Seed and Soul Band – Thanks for Asking! – by Liam Sweeny. RRX: It’s a lot of fun living in the present, but we all collect memories and give birth to dreams. We’re talking dreams here. Where you see yourself next year? In the next five years? SSB: In the next year we as a duo […]
Lil Joisey – Thanks for Asking! – by Liam Sweeny. RRX: Is there a favorite time of year? What time of year does the band have the most shows? Is there a recurring thing in the year that’s particularly memorable? LJ: Yo, Lil Josiey here! For RRX, **Summer** is the peak. It’s when the schedule […]
Jake Shimabukuro – An Xperience Interview – by Liam Sweeny. He won’t call himself a virtuoso out of respect for his heroes, but the world doesn’t have that problem. His work on the ukelele brings the instrument to the inner sanctum of rock music. Welcome Jake Shimabukuro. RRX: You were an amazing musician just playing […]
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