Upstate Beat: Weird … and vital: No Fun celebrates two years
“There’s always going to be an inherent weird vibe to anything we do here,” said August Rosa, standing behind the bar at the No Fun music venue on a recent…
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Upstate Beat: 20 years later, the River Street Beat goes on
A group of vinyl record afficionados and rock ‘n’ roll fans gathered at River Street Beat Shop in downtown Troy last Sunday to celebrate the store’s 20th…
Upstate Beat: Coming home to Nippertown
An emotional and well-attended memorial service for longtime Capital Region arts and music writer Greg Haymes in May of 2019 concluded with a second-line…
Upstate Beat: Local Band Saucer Finds Family in Music; Releases New Album “Not Until Four”
Many of the world’s most famous bands contain siblings or other close family members, from The Beach Boys and AC/DC to Devo and The Kinks. There’s something…
“Weirdos Up Front” No Fun Opens in Troy
“Weirdos up front,” said guitarist Eric Boomhower of Boston’s Dyr Faser, as he urged crowd members to move closer to the No Fun stage during the duo’s set of…
LIVE: Sam Evian @ The Hangar on the Hudson, 11/20/2021
“This is our last show of the tour, and it’s Saturday night,” announced shaggy-haired singer-songwriter Sam Evian onstage at the Hangar over the weekend. The…
Christopher Peifer captures the essence of COVID times with his latest album, “The Social Distance”
New York musician Christopher Peifer wrote much of his last two records – “Suicide Mission” and the newly released “The Social Distance” – while sequestered in…
“A More Perfect Union” Exhibit Features New Works by Street Artist Scout
He’s an artist for the Resistance. In the aptly titled “A More Perfect Union,” an exhibit of new works at Thompson Giroux Gallery in Chatham, New…