NYS Music 20​14

Tag: Music News

  • Saratoga Springs’ Newest Music Venue: Newberry Music Hall

    ‘Toga’s got a brand new space opening very soon. The Newberry Music Hall, located at 388 Broadway in Saratoga Springs, is planning for a rather aggressive lineup with live music on Fridays and Saturdays and regular music events  such as a Latin Night, College Night, EDM Night and a Country Music night.NewberryMusicHall

    The venue’s initial calendar will be announced on January 1, 2015 here. In the meantime, this new live music venue will be hosting a launch party on New Year’s Eve with soul artist Garland Nelson.The event is family friendly 8-10pm and 21+ from 10-1am.

    Newberry Music Hall hosted an exclusive show with The Airborne Toxic Event on Wednesday.

  • Just In Time for Christmas – Announcment of Garth Brooks’ Return to New York State

    The highly anticipated announcement of where and when Garth Brooks will return in Upstate New York has finally been announced. Four shows will be help March 6 and 7, 2015 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo. Together with his wife, Trisha Yearwood, Garth will perform a 6pm and 10:30pm each day.

    garth brooksFans have eagerly been awaiting this announcement since his press conference on July 9, 2014. Rather than announcing all cities at once, Garth has kept his fans on the edge of their seats with announcements of each city one at a time. His absence certainly is apparent as his shows have been selling out in each city so far.

    Tickets go on sale this week, December 5th at 10am. The total price of $66.25 will include taxes, facility fees and service charge. Garth prides himself and promised his fans to keep it affordable so that everyone could come to the shows. What a perfect Christmas gift! His shows do not disappoint.

    Update: Due to the amazing response to Garth Brooks’ return to Buffalo, New York, two more dates have been added to accommodate fans. Tickets will now be available for Thursday March 5 at 7:30pm and Sunday March 8 at 8pm. Please make sure once you have purchased your tickets to take note of special instructions to make your experience the best possible for all.

  • Albany Native Dani Moz to Launch New LP This Month

    Dani MozDani Moz, a fan favorite of last year’s installment of NBC’s music talent show The Voice, took to social media to announce her latest EP, When It Comes To Love, will drop on November 18.

    “I’ll be posting some other goodies for sale in addition to the digital EP,” stated Moz, “so be sure to stay locked into my website and all of my social media channels for all the scoop – I can’t WAIT for you to finally get your hands these tunes!”

    Moz, born Danielle Mozeleski, was an aspiring musician from Albany, New York when her career took off with her appearance on NBC’s hit television show. She is best known for performing Lady Gaga’s “Edge of Glory” during the playoff round. She was ultimately eliminated in the first round of live shows.

    In an interview, Dani Moz talked about her preparations for this EP.

    She already has one EP, titled Untamed, under her belt.

  • Wayne Static Dead at 48

    Photo via wikipedia
    Photo via wikipedia

    Nineties industrial metal band Static-X’s front man, Wayne Static recently passed away in his sleep suddenly at the age of 48. Despite many reports to the contrary, a direct representative of the Static family yesterday said, that the death was not drug related and that Wayne and his wife have been drug free since 2009. Despite that, a specific cause of death has not yet been reported.

    | Read More: Wayne Static’s Death Not Drug-Related According to Statement |

    Static-X thrashed its way onto the scene in 1994 with the fan favorite Wisconsin Death Trip and has maintained an underground popularity since. Static-X took a three-year hiatus from 2009-2012 while Wayne worked on his solo effort Pighammer. In 2012 he restarted the band with all new members. In 2013 they hung it up for good and with Wayne’s passing any future reformation seems highly unlikely.   sends our condolences to his family, friends and fans.

  • Heads Up for HeadCount on Election Day

    If you attended a concert or music festival this summer, chances are you most likely saw the HeadCount tent set up with volunteerrs eager to happily hand out information on the importance of voting. Turns out they were doing more than just giving you a chance to win an autographed poster or VIP tickets. HeadCount is a non-partisan organization that uses the power of music to register voters and promote participation in democracy. Today over 300 musicians, comics and actors have all partnered with HeadCount to urge fans to get-out-the-vote (GOTV) on Election Day.

    The hundreds of entertainers who will flood social media with tweets and posts encouraging fans to make their voice heard include such stars as Stephen Colbert, Dave Matthews, Linkin Park, Sarah Silverman, Fergie, George Lopez, Jason Mraz, T.I., Lewis Black, Chaka Chan, Weird Al Yankovic, Ms. Lauryn Hill, all the living members of The Grateful Dead, Andy Richkter and Conan O’Brian. The diverse group of people continues with each averaging over one million social media followers, totaling more than 350 million followers altogether making it the largest Election Day social media push ever.

    Each entertainer’s tweet, photo and post will include a link to headcount.org/govote where votes can easily find general election information such as polling place finder, ID requirement and what’s on each ballot. Through the timeless effort and setting up voter registration drives at 705 live music events, HeadCount registered over 25,000 voters for this election. “The incumbent Congress is the least popular in history, so we can’t leave it to the candidates alone to inspire people,” said Marc Brownstein, HeadCount’s co-founder and bass player for The Disco Biscuits. “We’re trying to get the message across that being dissatisfied is a bad reason not to vote – it’s the exact reason why participation is so important.”

    We are taught the struggles of those who fought for our right to vote, how fortunate we are for the opportunity to have our voices heard and that every vote matters. It’s easy to feel discouraged in the world of politics but music has always proved to be a comforting and powerful tool. Our favorite musicians are looking to us to come together and rage the poll booth.Today’s the day to prove how strong we are and that we want change for a better tomorrow. Go get your vote on! Check out HeadCount on Facebook, Twitter #GoVote and Instagram.

  • Furthur takes their final bow and says Goodbye to Furthur.net

    Furthur fans who visited the band’s website this morning were met with a message from the band –

    To our loyal Furthur fans and members of the Furthur community at furthur.net, we’d like to thank you for a terrific ride. We’ll be closing up shop at furthur.net, and heading onward. Thanks for making the Furthur community a great place to hang out, and for coming out to the shows. We’ll all be keeping very busy over the foreseeable future, and it’s time to let Furthur take a bow. We enjoyed the ride more than we can possibly express. You can keep tabs on Phil’s activities at www.terrapincrossroads.net, Bob’s activities at www.bobweir.net and all Grateful Dead news at www.dead.net ”

    It looks like the band that was the most recent and arguably its most successful incarnation of remaining Grateful Dead members has decided to call it a day and will be shutting down the website with no intentions of playing again. This news comes in the wake of the cancelled tour dates for Bob Weir and a recent collection of highly successful runs with Phil and Friends appearances at the Capitol Theatre in Portchester.

    furthurSince their start in 2009 when remaining Grateful Dead members, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh formed the band with the original lineup also including – John Kadlecik, Jeff Chimenti, Jay Lane and  Joe Russo; they have enjoyed massively successful  tours and headlined the cream of the crop festivals like All Good and Gathering of the Vibes; all well retaining the Grateful Dead scene that had been slowly dissipating after Jerry’s death in 1995. The band was named for the famous touring bus used by Ken Kesey in the ’60s. While Furthur played a large portion of the Grateful Dead catalogue, they did also put their own spin on things by covering songs from bands like the Beatles and Pink Floyd.

    As sad as we are to see this band take its final bow, many feel blessed to have had the opportunity to see Weir and Lesh come together with new members to re-create the music of the Dead. They will be missed.

  • Soundgarden release new single ‘Storm’

    Soundgarden dropped a new track, “Storm,” on YouTube. Twenty years after their most well-known album, Superunknown, which features Grammy award-winning singles “Spoonman” and “Black Hole Sun,” Soundgarden plans to release Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path on November 24.

    According to the band’s website, Echo of Miles will be a 3-CD collection of demos, covers, B-sides, instrumentals, and unreleased tracks chosen by lead guitarist Kim Thayil. “Storm” opens up with a catchy riff from Thayil before he delves into heavier shredding.  Matt Cameron throws in an assault of tight drum fills while Ben Shepherd lays the bass line.

    Chris Cornell‘s voice, one of the most recognizable in the grunge world, is also featured on the newly dropped track produced by Jack Endino. One of seven previously unreleased songs to be featured on the new set of discs, Soundgarden recorded “Storm” this past May in Seattle. The first album of the set—Originals—includes “Storm,” fellow new track “Kristi” and 16 other Soundgarden jams. Covers, the second disc, also will have 2 new tracks while disc three, Rarities, features 5 previously unreleased jams out of 15 instrumentals, remixes and demos.

    Click here to purchase the prerelease of Echo of Miles. More information can be found on Soundgarden’s website.

  • TU Center to get $13.1M Upgrade

    Albany’s Times Union Center (TUCenter) is set to undergo a major renovation after a plan was announced by Albany County Executive Dan McCoy today that would potentially bring national sporting events back to the area, as reported by The Times Union.

    TUCenterSynthesis Architects proposal would take away the open-air terraces in the entrance area facing South Pearl Street and enclose them to create a gathering space for concertgoers, sports fans and area workers during the winter.

    McCoy said in a statement, “This is going to be a transformative project that will change the face of the Times Union Center and will perfectly complement the new Civic Center, which will be an integral part of revitalization downtown.”

    Much of the reason for the renovation plans stems from the shift in the Albany Convention Center to the area behind the Times Union Center, and the need for more space to attract, in particular, NCAA basketball events. Included in the renovations are LED screens that would face out onto South Pearl Street, streaming images of events inside the arena, potentially.

    Enclosing the TUCenter atrium could potentially change the environment before and after events at the Times Union Center, giving fans a reason to mingle in the venue’s open space, rather than hustling inside to avoid the elements and unwelcoming nature of the staircase-laden entrance way, as it stands now.

  • Neil Young’s ‘Storytone’ Hits on November 4

    Neil Young’s latest release Storytone (Reprise Records), his thirty-fifth, is scheduled for release early next month. He’s sending it in two drastically different forms: one, his traditional acoustic, the other with full orchestration or an elaborate big band, some even with a choir. Both will be available as a two-disc deluxe edition. While Neil is known to radically head off in an unpredictable direction, this might hold a few surprises for his most ardent fans.

    Photo Credit: Pegi Young
    Photo Credit: Pegi Young

    Topically it’s all Neil, hard-hitting environmental stances mixed with real-life experiences, channeled in “Who’s Gonna Stand Up”, “I’m Glad I Found You” and “When I Watch You Sleeping”. Either way, there are another ten new Neil tunes here that follow-up his earlier lo-fi offering in 2014, A Letter Home, which he produced with Jack White.

    Track List:
    1. Plastic Flowers
    2. Who’s Gonna Stand Up?
    3. I Want To Drive My Car
    4. Glimmer
    5. Say Hello To Chicago
    6. Tumbleweed
    7. Like You Used To Do
    8. I’m Glad I Found You
    9. When I Watch You Sleeping
    10. All Those Dreams

    Storytone is available to stream in its entirety on NPR ahead of its release on November 4th. A vinyl format will come December 16th. Pre-sales are available at the usual outlets and Neil’s website. Much like the mahogany laminated sound board from a Story & Clark ‘Storytone’ piano, Neil seems guaranteed against manufacturer defects for fifty years.

  • Phish Announces LivePhish+ an all Inclusive Subscription Service

    LPBIGGERFollowing the lead of the always innovating Umphrey’s McGee – who announced a similar service earlier this year – Phish today revealed a new upgrade for their LivePhish app called LivePhish+. Fans will be able to sign up for a free ten-day trial which they can continue for $9.99 a month or $99.99 for a full year. Subscribers will get unlimited access to the entire LivePhish catalog including archived shows, new shows, studio albums and side projects.

    Along with the subscription offering the app has gotten several upgrades such as playlist creation, gap-less playback and the ability to rewind and fast forward tracks. Phans can sign up now at plus.livephish.com. Those that do not wish to sign up will still be able to stream their own collection the same as before along with the app upgrades.