Writer: Doug Quimby The year is coming to an end and Thrasher Magazine has announced that the Skater of the Year for 2018 is Tyshawn Jones! This year has been a great year for skateboarding and I’ve really noticed how much the sport has progressed. Ledge and rail tricks have been getting more technical, and people keep throwing themselves down
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Pigeons Playing Ping Pong’s Music Festival Domefest has released its 2019 initial lineup which happens May 16-18th, 2018. This years lineup features five sets from Pigeons, Aqueous, Goose, West End Blend, Mungion and much more. The festival is being held at Marvin’s Mountaintop in Masontown, West Virginia. This will be their 10th annual festival. Read below for the full list
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Trey Anastasio broke the news today that he is forming a new band called Ghosts of the Forest. Over recent years, Trey has not only been involved with his main band Phish and TAB(Trey Anastasio Band) but has also been doing solo acoustic shows during his off time. Ghosts of the Forest will feature Jon Fishman of Phish on drums,
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Miahli Savoulidis of the Vermont based jam-band Twiddle, made a stop during his solo tour at the Putnam Place in Saratoga, NY. Opening for him was local musician Rich Ortiz, who was able to get the crowd moving and singing along during his set. Rich is unique in his performing style, in which he uses his feet to play bass
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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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Dave Matthews Band has been on extensive Fall Tour this year making stops all across the United States. The band is sounding tighter than ever and brought an incredible show to The Times Union Center in Albany, NY on December 5th. Usually the band makes their way to the Albany area in the summer for their legendary SPAC runs in
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Writer: Doug Quimby On December 17, Tumblr will be banning all the adult content on its website. They are going after photos, videos, GIFS, and illustrations of any type of sexual content. The content that is already on Tumblr will be set to private mode and can’t be reblogged or shared elsewhere on the site. There are exceptions to the
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Electric Forest Music Festival located Rothbury, Michigan is has announced their 2019 linuep. Unlike recent years, the festival is now jam packed into one weekend instead of over a span of 2 weeks. The lineup features acts like String Cheese Incident, STS9, Lettuce, Twiddle, Spafford, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Ghost Light and much much more. Ticketing sales start on Friday
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For this holiday season, we wanted to put together our list of what we think photographers and film makers should purchase this holiday season! We included everything from cameras to art and much more. For links to the products, please see below: Panasonic G7: https://amzn.to/2FVsmd4 Sony A7iii: https://amzn.to/2U7TTem DJI Mavic Air: https://amzn.to/2DZuApk Mirth Films Tee-Shirts: https://etsy.me/2SrIYKD F.Cavone Photos: https://bit.ly/2DUQx8S
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Hootie & The Blowfish have announced that they will be going back on tour celebrating the 25th Anniversary of their debut album. The group will be playing over 40 dates and are bringing Barenaked Ladies on the road with them. This will be the first time Hootie & The Blowfish will be going on an extensive tour in quite some
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