The Low Beat

NAME: Mike Trash BAND AFFILIATION: The Erotics INSTRUMENT: Vocals, guitar and sometimes bass1. THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT WAS ... First album I…

Photographs by Timothy ReidyWEXT-FM's annual birthday bash was a tad belated this year - actually, by about a month - but when you're talking about a…

Photographs by Martin Benjamin, Timothy ReidyBlotto - those merry pranksters of '80s pop culture - slipped into the Low Beat in Albany last week,…

Photographs by Timothy ReidyWHO: Home Body WITH Slowshine WITH Eternal Crimes WHERE: The Low Beat, Albany WHEN: Thursday, July 9

Photographs by Timothy ReidyLocal 518 musicians came together once again to help those in need. The Low Beat in Albany hosted the Rebuild Nepal Benefit…

​NAME: Renée DaVink BAND AFFILIATION: The Magdalens INSTRUMENT: Lead Vocals & Guitar1. THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT ... with my own money - the…

Photographs by Tom Lindsay"You Can't Forget" was the title of their contribution to the seminal 1982 Local 518 compilation album, Hudson Rock. And they…

Photograph by Timothy RaabWhen the Charlie Watts Riots released their sophomore album, A Break in the Weather, back in September of 2013, it looked like…

Photographs by Timothy ReidyAfter zipping up the Thruway from their Kingston hometown, guitarist-vocalist Shana Falana and drummer Mike Amari landed at…

Review by Fred Rudofsky Photographs by Ed ConwayHamell on Trial, the one-man dynamo, brought his arsenal of brilliant songs, disarmingly funny jokes…

Singer-songwriter Dan Johnson - former Nippertonian, host of the late, much lamented Tuesday night Americana Music Club sessions at Valentine's Music Hall…

Pete Francis - of Dispatch and formerly of Hermit Thrush and Woodriver Bandits - roars into the Low Beat in Albany on Friday night. The Funky Dawgz Brass…