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Drew Wardle is a writer and an active musician in the area. In addition to Nippertown, he has also written extensively on his favorite rock bands for the British music mag, Far-Out Magazine. He has also worked as a journalist for The Post-Star and Glens Falls Today. He sometimes publishes on his blog at https://drewwardle.medium.com/

Music

Karl Bertrand releases new album, Holdin On/Tappin Out

Drew Wardle Apr 28, 2023

Karl Bertrand thinks back about his days in his popular band, Let’s Be Leonard, who have toured the country and regularly packed festivals in the Capital Region.“It…

Concert Review

Concert Review: Odanak First Nation’s Mali Obamsawin @ Caffe Lena, 03/26/2023

Drew Wardle Mar 30, 2023

SARATOGA SPRINGS – With a steady roll of percussion that rumbled through the delicate audience at Caffe Lena Sunday night, award-winning musician, Mali Obomsawin held the…

First Listen

House of Saturn continues to explore their musical DNA with new single, “Waster”

Drew Wardle Mar 25, 2023

House of Saturn’s latest single, ‘Waster’, reveals a band coming to grips with its identity or musical DNA in a “post-ironic” world.The song's beginning coaxes the…

Interviews

Safety Meeting goes full garage-rock on new album, LICK IT UP

Drew Wardle Mar 20, 2023

“One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you’re into jazz." - Lou Reed.Sean Paul’s 'Temperature' is playing in the background while we’re sat…

Concert Review

Concert Review: SunSquabi / lespecial @ Putnam Place, 12/8/2022

Drew Wardle Dec 12, 2022

SARATOGA SPRINGS - A deep vibration defibrillated me in 5-minute increments. After being bulldozed by an intimidating electric wall, I felt myself released from life’s stress…

Interviews

A Few Minutes with… Lucas Garrett; “Reaching Through Dreams”

Drew Wardle Nov 20, 2022

Lucas Garrett speaks about finding support from the 518 community, his latest album and an upcoming show.

Features

Drew Benton of Haunted Cat: “I’ll be recording until I’m dead”

Drew Wardle Nov 17, 2022

ALBANY - Albany musician, Drew Benton, speaks of a creative compulsion he has which has kept him writing and playing music long enough to see the comings and goings of…

Features

House of Saturn Breaks Down Walls of Genres

Drew Wardle Nov 13, 2022

The sound of "Taps" erupting through a feedback-laden microphone to be greeted by a "fuck the government," reminds me of why the SUPER DARK Collective shows are…

Concert Review

LIVE: Jocelyn and Chris / Sly Fox & the Hustlers @ Putnam Place, 08/13/2022

Drew Wardle Aug 18, 2022

SARATOGA SPRINGS - At the nucleus of the well-oiled machine of the band is the deadly sibling chemistry of Jocelyn and Chris Arndt.Punctuated with the powerful…

Upcoming Shows

Singer-songwriter Stephen Clair to play The Linda Tonight

Drew Wardle May 27, 2022

Singer-songwriter Stephen Clair wasn't planning on recording his latest album with the band who had previously backed Donald Fagen, but as someone who has come to trust his…

Concert Review

LIVE: Richard Lloyd of Television @ Putnam Place, 05/14/2022

Drew Wardle May 17, 2022

It's towards the end of the night, and most of the people who saw the show had left Putnam Place in Saratoga Springs. I was standing near the bathroom waiting on my partner,…

Events

MLK Saratoga kicks off this weekend, in honor of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

Drew Wardle Jan 14, 2022

MLK Saratoga, a celebration in honor of Martin Luther King Jr., will kick off a weekend of community events: from Friday, January 14th till the 17th. Thanks to overwhelming…

Album Reviews

Album Review: Pete Donnelly’s ‘Anthem of the Time’

Drew Wardle Jan 10, 2022

Pete Donnelly’s (The Figgs) latest solo effort is an emotional time machine of sorts. Innocence and naivety are painted all over it, which when done right, is pure and…

Album Reviews

William Hale announces upcoming new album, ‘The Wait’

Drew Wardle Dec 29, 2021

"It's honestly disgusting. I don't live well, I'm one of the most disorganized people you would ever meet," the creative songwriter behind the Glens Falls band, William Hale,…

Interviews

A Few Minutes With… El Modernist

Drew Wardle Dec 7, 2021

During the pandemic, Albany indie rockers, El Modernist, explored the relationship between their live show and their current album in the works. So much that recent…

Interviews

A Few Minutes with… Sly Fox and the Hustlers

Drew Wardle Nov 17, 2021

Sly Fox and the Hustlers is a band equally informed by Chicago blues and Bob Dylan's socially-conscious songwriting. "I think songwriting - the way I prefer it to be done is…

Interviews

Interview: Sam Evian to play The Hangar on the Hudson in Troy on Nov 20th

Drew Wardle Nov 14, 2021

Sam Evian has been known to impose creative limitations on his process in the recording studio. In a world of convenience and incredible technology, it is easy to get…

Album Reviews

Album Review: Mike Hotter Vintage Head’s ‘Autumn Aura’

Drew Wardle Nov 5, 2021

Complete with Autumnal spirits

Interviews

Interview: Zakk Wylde & Black Label Society to play Empire Live This Friday

Drew Wardle Nov 3, 2021

Heavy blues rockers, Black Label Society, are coming to Empire Live in Albany this Friday, November 5th. I asked the group's fearless leader, Zakk Wylde, what the audience…

Concert Review

LIVE: The NoLaNauts infected Saratoga Springs with New Orleans

Drew Wardle Oct 25, 2021

Tradition of New Orleans music

Interviews

A Few Minutes with… Lucas Garrett “Performing live is the purest form of…

Drew Wardle Oct 22, 2021

Desolation is the name of the game. Ask any performing musician, and they'll probably tell you that performing live is like dancing in the fire, occasionally you'll get a…