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No Fun presented “A Night of Country Music” featuring Portland, Oregon’s First Rodeo, along with Dan Carr and the Cure for Asthma and Billy and the Great Western Postal Service on May 29. Lots of twang for a Wednesday night. Photography by Timothy Reidy. More from No Fun …
Greetings – When is the last time you saw Wal-Mart promote a sale at Target? Or Nike suggest you try Hoka’s new running shoes? You didn’t—because in most industries, guarding your turf is job #1. In the arts it’s different. You’ve probably seen “We Recommend!” messages, like the two at the bottom of this email, letting you know […]
TROY, NEW YORK: The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall’s free Summer Square series returns with an expanded season! The series kicks off Saturday, June 21st and runs through September 20th! A summer favorite, the free outdoor concert series will be held Saturday evenings at 6pm. Located in front of the Troy Savings Bank Music […]
Side-B kicked off the Lunchtime at the Plaza free concert series underneath the Egg on Wednesday. They may have to be renamed “Side-AJ,” with all the running around guitarist AJ Horton did. The series continues on June 11 with global/fusion band Embe Esti. Photography by Timothy Reidy. More from the Lunchtime at the Plaza series …
Reborn Dolls – The Weird Side of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny. “Reborn” dolls. Have you ever seen them? If you saw a reborn doll in a crib straddling the railroad tracks with a train coming, you might just risk your life to save one of these things. They’re so real, they cause problems, […]
Rocking the Family Bond: Julia & Dave Wojcik Turn Up the Volume – by Jeff Moore. In a world where father-daughter duos often bond over softball games or Sunday pancakes, 12-year-old Julia Wojcik and her dad Dave have taken a decidedly louder path—through the world of rock music. Their recent collaboration, an earworm sort of […]
Last Sunday was the season finale of the Open Mic Series. This month’s featured performers Shannon Tehya & Hunter Frost kicked things off, followed by Niki Kaos, John Cehowski & Arya Chowdhury, Warren Sieme, Peggy of Troy, Rooftop Park, and Dark Cartoon. The series will resume in September after a short summer break. Photography by […]
Sarah Petrucci – Xperience History – by Liam Sweeny. Originally published in September 2020. Reality can be bleached by the news tickers and the 9-to-5s and the endless pile of pills that cry out to be juggled. And then you see it: that flash of color. The shapes, stroke and gloriously blended gradients that soak […]
Dark Ballet – An Xperience Interview – by Rob Smittix. RRX: We’re interviewing Jeff and Crystal Moore of Dark Ballet. Your website says you are an unconventional band that fuses hard rock, metal, movement, and mystery. Where did the name Dark Ballet come from? JM: Dark Ballet was originally formed in Yorkshire, England, in 2011. […]
Edna St. Vincent Millay – An Xperience Interview – by Neoptolemus. She rocked the poetry establishment at the tender age of nineteen with “Renascence” (the British spelling), a neo-epic poem about nature, death, and rebirth that still resonates today. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1923 ($1000) for a collection of her works: “The Ballad […]
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