NYS Music 20​16

Author: Thomas Sgroi

  • Lotus Completes Halloween Weekend in Buffalo

    Lotus completed a two night run in Buffalo October 29-30 with a Space Disco Theme on Halloween, complete with the Town Ballroom’s giant Disco Ball shining on a crowd who were dressed to impress.

    The room filled in shortly after Jimkata took the stage to a sold out show. Lotus followed and absolutely crushed the room and blew the roof off the place.

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    October 29 Setlist
    Set 1: Middle Road, I’ve Been a Fool (Toy Guns), Uffi, Destroyer, Bubonic Tonic>In the Bliss>Bellwether
    Set 2: Fearless, Ashcon, 128>Philly Hit>Did Fatt>128, Turquoise, Greet the Mind
    Encore: Sodium Vapor, Age of Inexperience

    October 30 Setlist
    Set 1: Nematode, Opo, Arupa>Sift>Mikesnack>Hammerstrike, Eats the Light
    Space Disco Set: Space Disco Intro Story>Snooze 4 Love>Stellar Triangulation*>Bizarre Love Triangle>Giffards Airship*, Sextant*, Ra Ako St>Life on Mars>Like a Prayer>Get Lucky
    Encore: Jump Off, Disappear in a Blood-Red Sky
    *original music written for Space Disco Set

    Check out live download here for night 1 and night 2.

  • Night Lights Music Festival to Take Place This Weekend in Sherman, NY

    The lights and sounds will come alive next weekend as the busy festival season begins to hit the final stretch in the Western New York town of Sherman with Night Lights Music Festival. The August festival has become the go-to festival in the late  summer as it continues to grow and heat up. The event and  place this coming weekend in Sherman, NY.

    The event begins Thursday, August 25 and runs through Saturday, August 27. It was moved up a few weeks from its normal September occupancy in hopes of having a little better weather.

    This festival serves as a great bookend to what has been a spectacular concert season on this side of the state along with the very successful Great Blue Heron Festival and Buffalove Music Festival . This year’s festival has some great returning acts with Aqueous, Jimkata, Funktional Flow and Lazlo Hollyfeld to name a few and newcomers Beats Antique, Eric Krasno Band, Moon Hooch and London Souls joining in. There are plenty of other fan favorites such as Smackdab and Spinners, Flomentum out of Cleveland, with one of the most epic drum circles to date, you have to be there to understand the unique experience.

    There will be plenty of vending, including Community Beer Works, one of the main sponsors of  the event. They will be in attendance serving local craft beer selections at affordable prices. Camping is included in the ticket price which adds incredible value to the experience.

    One of the highlights of the festival has always been the lights.  The woods throughout the site come alive with lights as soon as the sun sets. When not at the stage, one can wander through lit up trails that bring you back without worry, a definite plus to an already fun night. Tickets are on sale now at participating retail outlets and can also be purchased at the gates.

  • So Right on a Friday Night in Saratoga with Dave Matthews

    Saratoga Performing Arts Center has been a staple for Dave Matthews Band for so many years and the band busted open the two night run with So Right, fitting perfectly and setting the tone for the weekend. The band is celebrating their 25th year this tour and with their upcoming break next year the band is putting it all on the table as they poured through their catalog with favorites as well as mixing in a few newer tunes. Fan favorites Recently and Crash followed and kept the energy flowing through, it seemed like the band was having an incredible time on stage and continued to pour it on throughout the evening. The Crowd was mixed with younger and older fans alike and was great to see families enjoying the great lawn together.

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    Setlist: So Right, Recently, Crash, Raven, Warehouse, Bob Law, Proudest Monkey>Satellite, One Sweet World , Crush, Samurai Cop , Seek up , Idea of the you, Grey Street*, Death on the High Seas , Typical Situation , Too Much , Pantala Naga Pampa>Rapunzel Encore: Sister, Granny, Tripping Billies

    *w/ Dave Pietro

  • Breaking News: 50th Anniversary Woodstock Festival Being Planned

    Michael Lang, best known as co-creator of the most famous music festival in history, is at it again with plans for a 50th anniversary Woodstock music festival.

    50th Anniversary Woodstock Festival The original Woodstock took place in 1969 in Bethel and became one of the most famous music festivals of all time. There have been two other Woodstock anniversary festivals in the past, Woodstock ’94 in Saugerties and Woodstock ’99, held in Rome, N.Y., which came to a rather disastrous end with rioting, fires and police lines.

    Since then, promoters have taken a break from using a festival to commemorate the most epic of all festivals, though the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts regularly hosts concerts at its amphitheater on the original festival grounds.

    Lang told the Poughkeepsie Journal that with all the attention music festivals are seeing these days, it seems time for a Woodstock anniversary. He said there is a possibility of not only a U.S. event but one overseas as well, and he would like to see something done on an annual basis that uses the Woodstock name after the 50th anniversary. This is not the first time Lang has alluded to a 50th anniversary concert.

    There are no details yet on locations or bands but stay tuned to see updates as they become available. Stay tuned for more info on the 50th Anniversary Woodstock Festival.