Hair band legends Quiet Riot headlined the city of Albany, NY’s Alive at 5 concert series at Jennings Landing. The past two Alive at 5 shows were held at the rain location, but the sun was shining and concert goers filled up the Jennings Landing Amphitheater to bang their heads to some classic rock. Opening for Quiet Riot was Bad
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(Writer: Frankie Cavone) At this week’s Alive at 5 Concert Series in Albany, NY, it was Hip-Hop night and the headliner Slick Rick “The Ruler.” Due to possibility of a rain storm, this weeks performance was held at the rain location located under a bridge in downtown Albany. Opening up for Slick Rick was DJ T.G.I.F and Giant Gorilla Dog
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(Writer: Frankie Cavone) Albany, NY based rock group Timbre Coup has just released a brand new live album from their reunion performance at The Hollow Bar + Kitchen in Albany, NY back in March. The album titled Live on 03.02.2019 is now available on Spotify and Apple Music. Since their reunion performance in the Capital Region, Timbre Coup has been fully
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(Writer: Frankie Cavone) The city of Albany, NY has announced the lineup for their annual summer concert series Alive at 5. Each year, Alive at 5 brings a mix of different national and local acts to the stage each week for citizens of the city to enjoy. There is also plenty of vendors that line the Hudson River. This year’s
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(Photos: Adri Culnan) A tribute show for Greg Dubin of BassBullets was held Saturday, March 23rd at Jupiter Hall in Albany, NY. Dubin was a talented DJ in the Capital Region and made an impact on many people. According to Tommy Charles, over $16,000 was raised to help take stress off of his family’s shoulders. View photos from the night
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(Writer/Photos: Billy Francis LeRoux) The 69th annual St. Patrick’s day parade took place Saturday on a typical blustery March day in Albany. Despite 68 degree weather the day before, keeping with tradition the temperatures dropped to the mid 30’s for the parade with intermittent snow squalls. This didn’t keep revelers from coming out to enjoy one of the longest running
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(Writer: Doug Quimby) Formula 5 has announced that they will be going on hiatus. For the past seven years they’ve been touring, and have established a great fanbase and made themselves at home in the jam scene. It’s sad to see these guys stop playing when they all have so much talent and they put on such amazing shows. Whether
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(Photos: Frankie Cavone) On a cold Monday night New Orleans funk band Galactic brought fun and excitement to Jupiter Hall at Lucky Strike located in Crossgates Mall in Albany, NY. Galactic is currently on tour supporting their brand new 8-track album called Already Ready Already. The album was released on their own record company called Tchuop-Zilla Records. With this album, Galactic
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We travelled to the Abandoned Tobin’s First Prize factory in Albany, NY to photograph parts of its beautifully creepy remains. The factory closed in 1981 and has been left there to sit ever since. Vinny Otto brought along his lighting gear to experiment with some off-camera flash. We ended our journey off by heading north to the Thaddeus Kosciuszko Bridge
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Capital Region concert goers were treated this week to Rubblebucket on a Thursday night. The Brooklyn based indie band, played Jupiter Hall in Albany, NY located inside Lucky Strike Social. The event was put on by beloved alternative music radio station, 102.7 WEQX. The opening band was alternative rock group, And The Kids. The band was only made up of a guitarist/singer
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