NYS Music 20​15

Category: Special

  • Festy News: First Annual Moondance Meltdown Announces Lineup feat. Aqueous

    A new festival is in town to usher in the summer music season with some hearty acts. Moondance Meltdown is coming your way May 9th for a night of music at the Greeks in Newton, NJ and camping at The Great Divide campground.

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    Headlining the festival is Buffalo’s Aqueous joined by NYC’s Dorsia, Inner Vision, One Day Waning, Mike Mcbride & the Family Band, Sprocket, and K-Diggs & the Telepathic Funk.

    A late night show for those 21+ will feature Horseshoe Throwin’ Freaks (moe. tribute band), and Albany’s Mister F.

    Grab a ticket for Moondance Meltdown at a pre-sale price here (or a little more at the door).  Information on camping at The Great Divide can be found here.

  • NYS Music March Madness 2016 – Round 2

    Welcome to Round 2 of NYS Music’s March Madness 2016! This tournament-style competition includes the remaining 32 bands and artists who call Upstate New York their home.

    This year’s 4 regions are based on genres of music – Funk/Jam/Reggae, Metal/Rock, Bluegrass/Folk/Americana and Indie/EDM. Each region has 16 Upstate New York bands in their respective region, battling it out to reach the Final Four and claim this year’s title. Bands were chosen based upon their origins in Upstate and popularity in their respective genres.

    In the first round, nearly all Metal/Rock underdogs beat the top seeds, while reigning champ Lucid fell to Mister F in the Jam/Funk/Reggae region. Almost every top seed moves on in the Indie/EDM region while a very competitive Folk/Bluegrass/Americana/Country region has a mix of underdogs and favorites alike.

    Round 2 voting begins March 20 at Noon and ends at midnight on Monday March 23. Round three begins March 24, with additional rounds announced on the NYS Music Facebook page.

  • Metal Monthly Fix: Top Ten Metal Festivals To Go See In 2015

    As the weather (finally) starts to clear up for all of New York State, we are gearing closer to festival season.  However, for all you metal heads, there is PLENTY of great festivals in and outside New York State that one must go check out at least once in their lifetime.  So we hope this list will help you make plans if you have time this summer to see a metal festival. So without further ado, here are the top ten most anticipated metal festivals that you need to check out in 2015.

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    Honorable Mention: GWAR-B-Q

    With no official announcement for this year as of yet, GWAR-B-Q is GWAR’s hometown party in Richmond, VA that has been running five years strong every August, even post Dave Brockie. Last year’s featured Body Count, Hatebreed, Misfits, and more. But with nothing announced, we can only anticipate at the moment.

    1. Maryland Deathfest

    For those who love nothing but death metal,  Maryland Deathfest is a wet dream come true for you. With 80 bands over four days (May 21-24) on three stages in Baltimore, MD, makes it the premiere death metal event. Some of the bands are Obituary, Napalm Death, Coke Bust, Suffocation, Amorphous, Skinless and much, much more.

    1. Southeast Beach

    If you plan on making a trip to Jacksonville, FL next month, be sure to catch Southeast Beast on April 4 and 5, which will be loaded with local CNY favorites such as Earth Crisis and GhostxShip, along with NYC veterans Cro-Mags, Biohazard, and Life Of Agony and more. So hardcore and nice Florida weather? Sounds like a no brainer!

    1. This Is Hardcore

    Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love will be the city of bloody knuckles from July 23-26 when This Is Hardcore brutally takes over the Electric Factory in downtown Philly.  With no lineup announced yet, look for it to be announced early summer. And for your own safety, DO NOT WEAR ANY NEW YORK SPORTS GEAR OF ANY KIND IF YOU GO.

    1. Carolina Rebellion

    Rapidly growing bigger every year, Carolina Rebellion has become one of the premiere music festivals in the United States. With Slipknot, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, In This Moment, and many more hard rock and metal bands filling the bill, it’s worth taking the weekend of May 2 and 3 down to Charlotte, NC.

    1. Black N Blue Bowl

    Brooklyn, NY is the perfect and ideal spot for Black N Blue Bowl, which features the best metal and hardcore in and outside of NYC. Webster Hall for two days, May 16 and 17 will be slaughtered by the likes of Madball, Earth Crisis, The Regulators, Crumbsuckers, Sick Of It All, Candiria, and many more.

    1. **NEW FESTIVAL** Full Terror Assault

    Recently announced, the United States FINALLY has an OPEN AIR FESTIVAL in Rock-In-Cave, Indiana called Full Terror Assault. The first annual festival will be running for 3 Days, September 10-12 and will feature 75 Bands including Fear Factory, Terrorizer, Broken Hope, Misery Index, and many more.  And the kicker to this show…..BYOB.

    1. Rockstar Mayhem Tour

    Growing strong since 2008, Rockstar Mayhem Tour essentially replaced Ozzfest as the premiere traveling metal festival.  Although no lineup officially announced, rumor has it Slayer and King Diamond will be headlining along with Thy Art Is Murder and Whitechappel. Look for the official announcement on April 13.  It’s a safe bet plenty of venues across New York State will get stops including, SPAC and Darien Lake.

    1. Rock On The Range

    Since being founded in 2007, Rock On The Range has been rapidly growing, with bands of all kind just BEGGING to play in any slot. Always held a couple of weekends before memorial day, this year,  they offer a very diverse lineup, Slipknot, Judas Priest, and Linkin Park lead to what will be guaranteed to be sold out like it has been every year.  It has become easily a top 3 music festival in the United States.

    1. New England Metal and Hardcore Festival

    Always a steady landmark for all types of metal each year, this year’s New England Metal and Hardcore Festival in Worcester, MA is held April 17-19, with bands like Testament, Motionless In White, Cavalera Conspiracy, Between The Buried And Me, Corrosion Of Conformity, Exodus and much more. Easy to travel from just about anywhere in New York State, it is definitely a must go every year.

    1. Heavy Montreal

    It was hard to choose, but this festival every year has been just way to hard to ignore. But this year’s Heavy Montreal has Slipknot, Faith No More, Korn, Lamb Of God, Meshuggah, and Mastodon headlining over a heavy and diverse lineup. If you have a passport, you have to make the trip over the border this August 7-9.

    What festivals on this list are you excited about?  What festivals would you include on this list that is not mentioned?  Sound off on the comments below.

  • Summer Camp Third Round of Artists Includes Widespread Panic, Krewella and more

    Joining an already stacked lineup of artists at Summer Camp Music Festival at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois May 21-24 will be Krewella, Widespread Panic, Violent Femmes, A-Track, Greensky Bluegrass and more! Tickets are on sale now at the festival’s website with a price increase tomorrow, so don’t delay in picking up your ticket!

    The full announcement of third round artists includes: Krewella, Widespread Panic (two sets), Violent Femmes, A-Trak, Greensky Bluegrass, Kill The Noise, Nahko And Medicine For The People, Paper Diamond, Victor Wooten, Black Tiger Sex Machine, Break Science, Dumpstaphunk, Hermitude, Liquid Stranger, Louis Futon, Protohype, Sound Remedy, 28 North, The Accidendentals, American Babies, Citizun, Consider The Source, Daniel Bambaaata Marley, Jon Wayne And The Pain, Old Shoe, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Positive Vibr8ions, and Soap.

    Check out the first and second round of artist announcements, as well as the Red Barn sets!

  • NYS Music March Madness 2016 – Round 1

    ROUND one is complete! Congrats to all the winners and thanks to all bands for participating. ROUND two is now live, go vote for your favorites here. All the round one results can still be reviewed below. 

    Welcome to NYS Music’s March Madness 2016! This tournament-style competition includes 64 bands and artists who call Upstate New York their home.

    This year’s 4 regions are based on genres of music – Funk/Jam/Reggae, Metal/Rock, Bluegrass/Folk/Americana and Indie/EDM. Each region has 16 Upstate New York bands in their respective region, battling it out to reach the Final Four and claim this year’s title. Bands were chosen based upon their origins in Upstate and popularity in their respective genres.

    Voting begins March 16 at Noon and ends at midnight on Thursday March 19. Round two begins March 20, with additional rounds announced on the NYS Music Facebook page.

  • Mister F Releases Second Anniversary Video

    For the second of a three video set to celebrate the second anniversary of their formation – NYSMusic is elated to give fans a first look at Mister F’s “Answer the Dog.” The Snow Day Sessions will be a three song EP and will be released on the F’s Bandcamp page following the third video release which drops next Sunday. “Answer the Dog” features a special guest sit in from saxophonist Matty Carl of Shwizz. The F’s Scott Hannay provided us with some background:

     “Once upon a time, on the road in Chicago, we had some friends of ours go wait in line for a whole bunch of legendary Hot Doug’s hot dogs. We were all pretty amped. However, Matt fell asleep before they could return with the dogs, phone-in-hand. We went all Indiana Jones on him and carefully switched the phone for his hot dog, and put his phone by his ear. We called the phone to see if he would answer the hot dog. He didn’t ‘answer the dog’, but we suddenly had a title for the brand new untitled song we’d played just the night before.”

    Catch Mister F next in NY on April 4 at Upstate Concert Hall supporting Twiddle and Kung Fu, and now, let’s watch the video for “Answer the Dog.”

  • Festy News: Wilco’s 2015 Solid Sound lineup includes eclectic mix

    Alternative jam band Wilco announced the lineup for 2015 Solid Sound – the band’s annual music and arts festival held at MASS MoCA.

    Wilco will headline Friday and Saturday. Also at the festival will be comedian John Hodgman, who has performed at the last few Solid Sound festivals, and he’ll bring with him comedians Tig Notaro, Paul F. Tomkins, Jessica Williams and Superego, an absurdest comedy podcast hosted by Jeremy Carter and Matt Gourley.

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    Other performers include Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy’s side project called Tweedy, Mac DeMarco, Luluc, Parquet Courts, Taj Mahal, Richard Thompson Trio, Shabazz Palaces, the Felice Brothers, Cibo Matto, and King Sunny Ade and his African Beats, among others.

    Wilco has set up a so attendees can get familiar with the music before going to the festival.

    MASS MoCA is in North Adams, Massachusetts, right over the New York border. Solid Sound is set for Jun 26-28 2015 and tickets are on sale now.

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  • EXCLUSIVE: Ocular Panther Premiere Obtuse Snoot and Add Drummer

    A few months back the band nicknamed as Ocupanther reverted to their full name Ocular Panther and started touring as a three piece with multi-instrumentalist Collin Jones handling guitar and keys. The all instrumental electro-prog-space-funk band has been gathering larger and larger crowds regionally and writing tons of new material. NYSMusic is elated to offer fans the first look at “Obtuse Snoot” from Ocu’s 2014 release Data Stretching. Ocupanther is the aforementioned Jones, Jason Gilly on Bass, and Mikey Pantano on guitar.

    Ocu fans will also be psyched to know the band has expanded their lineup to include the mega-talented Jimmy Grillo on the skins. Grillo played for years on the NY scene in the now defunct Roots Collider and will debut as drummer March 26 at Flour City Station in Rochester with NYC’s hottest also-instrumental trio – Consider the Source. Grillo is also currently in The Younger Gang. Obtuse Snoot.

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  • Festy News: Disc Jam 2015 Lineup is Loaded

    Disc Jam 2015 announced a funk heavy lineup today that’s perhaps the best ever for the central Massachusetts located festival.

    “I feel this year’s line up is by far our best yet. We pride ourselves on the quality of music we put out each year which has gained Disc Jam the reputation of being one of the more sought after festivals to play in the Northeast.”

    The 2015 edition – June 12-14 in Barre, Ma – will feature headliners Lettuce, The Heavy Pets, two sets of Twiddle, Kung Fu, Pink Talking Fish, Dopapod, and Consider the Source. Coming along for the ride are the red hot Tauk, Cabinet, Soul De Monde, Albany’s Mister F and Formula 5, and many more.

    This atypical festival also includes a lot more than music for attendees – 2 Disc Golf tournaments, a silent disco, flow and hula hoop workshops, and lots of vending. Music runs continuously on two side by side stages allowing fans to catch every band if they so choose.

    The Camp Coldbrook location is also loaded with amenities such as hot indoor showers, two swimming pools, an arcade, and a fully stocked bar that will no doubt get a lot of traffic over the three day festival.

    Check out our review of last years Jam here.

  • Big What? Lineup Includes Plenty of Funk

    Big Something has announced the lineup for their The Big What? festival in North Carolina, and it includes popular funk bands Vulfpeck, Kung Fu and the Mantras.

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    Other acts include Barefoot Manner, Big Daddy Love, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Cabinet, Dangermuffin, Spiritual Rez, The Fritz, Electric Soul Pandemic, Imperial Blend, The Family, Fat Cheek Kat and Broccoli Samurai.

    Big Something is a six-piece alternative funk rock band based in Burlington, North Carolina.

    This is the fourth year of The Big What? It was originally held at Possum Holler in Prospect Hill, North Carolina, but this year will take place at at 300-acre farm in Mebane, North Carolina. The festival, which runs June 25-27, is billed as “3 days and nights of music, art, camping, love and mystery.”

    Early bird tickets are on sale now.

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