NYS Music 20​18

Category: News Desk

  • Avenged Sevenfold Cancel Dates Due to Illness

    Longtime Central New York festival, K-Rockathon is back to a one-day affair after Avenged Sevenfold decided to cancel their upcoming Saturday date due to an ongoing illness within the band.

    Back in March, Central New York radio station K-Rock announced that the 22nd edition of the annual festival would expand to two days at the St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview (formerly Lakeview Amphitheater) in Syracuse. The July 22 date of the festival was to feature Avenged Sevenfold as the headliner with support from Rise Against, Three Days Grace and Ho99o9. The Sunday, July 23 show is still happening and features Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie.

    A statement issued by Avenged Sevenfold said:

    Due to a continued illness, we unfortunately have to cancel our performances this week in Rimouski at Les Grandes Fetes TELUS and at Syracuse’s KROCKATHON. To our fans, we’re just as let down about this as you are and we look forward to seeing you next time.

    The band did not provide any information on the illness. In addition to the Syracuse show, shows in Quebec City, Saint John, New Brunswick and Rimouski, Quebec were also scrapped.

    Tickets for the festival were available as single-day or two-day passes. Those who purchased two-day passes will be receive a 50% refund while those who purchased Saturday only will receive a full refund. Live Nation stated that online purchases will be automatically refunded. Physical tickets will be refunded at the point of purchase.

    K-Rock issued the following via Facebook, “Listen, it SUPER bums us out & we completely understand that everyone will be upset (and have their own opinion to voice), but we can’t control sickness so, we’re here for questions & hope you still come party with us on Sunday for Rob Zombie & Marilyn Manson”

  • Aqueous Announces Most Extensive Headlining Tour to Date

    Aqueous just announced their most extensive headlining tour to date. The tour starts this September, ends in December, and will hit 27 cities.

    Photo courtesy of Aqueous’s press release.

    Aqueous is a Buffalo-based groove-rock quartet and has three studio albums under their belt. They have a reputation for their improvisational skills and are considered one of the most promising improvisational rock acts in the country.

    During their tour Aqueous will be receiving support from the likes of Mungion, ELM, The Heavy Pets, EGI and Goose. They will be stopping in five New York cities: Buffalo, Sherman, Utica, Albany, and Brooklyn. The Buffalo, Sherman, and Utica stops are technically before the tour starts but are part of Aqueous’ already existing shows.

    The band is made up of guitarist Mike Gantzer, guitarist/keyboardist David Loss, bassist Evan McPhaden, and drummer Rob Houk. Tickets are on sale this coming Friday, July 20th at 10 AM ET.

    To purchase tickets or for more information on specific dates, please head to the band’s website.

    Tour date listed bellow:

    July 21 – The Peach Music Festival – Scranton, PA
    July 27 & 28 – Cobblestone Live – Buffalo, NY
    Aug. 23 – Night Lights Music Festival – Sherman, NY
    Sept. 7 – Saranac Brewery – Utica, NY **
    Sept. 20 – Resonance Music and Arts Festival – Thornville, OH
    Sept. 21 – Rex Theater – Pittsburgh, PA *
    Oct. 24 – Space Ballroom – Hamden, CT ^
    Oct. 25 – Higher Ground Showcase Lounge – South Burlington, VT ^
    Oct. 26 – The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA ^
    Oct. 27 – The Hollow – Albany, NY ^
    Oct. 31 – Knitting Factory – Brooklyn, NY ^
    Nov. 1 – Wionder Bar – Asbury Park, NJ ^
    Nov. 2 – Union Stage – Washington D.C.^
    Nov. 3 – The Foundry at the Fillmore – Philadelphia, PA ^
    Nov. 4 – The Broadberry – Richmond, VA #
    Nov. 6 – The Pour House Music Hall – Raleigh, NC #
    Nov. 7 – Charleston Pour House – Charleston, SC #
    Nov. 8 – The Social – Orlando, FL #
    Nov. 9 – Jack Rabbits – Jacksonville, FL #
    Nov. 10 – The Crowbar – Tampa, FL #
    Nov. 14 – Zydeco – Birmingham, AL #
    Nov. 15 – Aisle 5 – Atlanta, GA #
    Nov. 16 – Asheville Music Hall – Asheville, NC #
    Nov. 17 – Exit In – Nashville, TN #
    Nov. 28 – Blind Pig – Ann Arbor, MI +
    Nov. 29 – Chop Shop – Chicago, IL
    Nov. 30 – The Miramar Theatre – Milwaukee, WI +
    Dec. 5 – Hodi’s Halfnote – Ft. Collins, CO ^
    Dec. 7 – Old Town Pub – Steamboat Springs, CO ^
    Dec. 8 – Fox Theatre – Boulder, CO ^
    Dec. 11 – The Waiting Room – Omaha, NE $
    Dec. 12 – The Bootleg at Atomic Cowboy – St. Louis, MO $
    Dec. 13 – The Hi-Fi – Indianapolis, IN $

    ** w/ moe.
    * w/ ELM
    ^ w/ Mungion
    # w/ The Heavy Pets
    + w/ EGI
    $ w/ Goose

  • Benefit Show for Albany’s Sirsy at The Bitter End in NYC July 18

    Albany’s powerful indie-rock duo Sirsy (Melanie Krahmer/Rich Libutti) has been a workhorse of the local music scene since the early 2000s, bringing their music on tour nation-wide.

    This Wednesday, July 19, The Bitter End in downtown Manhattan is hosting a benefit show for Sirsy, whose singer/drummer Melanie Krahmer is currently undergoing cancer treatment.sirsy

    The benefit show will feature a reunion set with former members of Lez Zeppelin – Lisa Brigantino, Gus aka Destroy and Sarah McLellan with Tomi Millioto for a set of Zeppelin tunes. The show will also include an acoustic set from Lisa & Lori Brigantino as well as raffles and prizes.

    As regular touring is Sirsy’s livelihood and the band had to take a break from a west coast tour, 100% of the proceeds will go to help the band. Tickets are $30 in advance/$35 at the door. Doors are at 6:30, show runs from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. The show is an all ages show, with those under 18 attending with a parent or guardian. Advance tickets can be purchased here: https://sirsymusicbenefit.brownpapertickets.com/

    Anyone who has seen Sirsy at either an outdoor family-friendly concert or in clubs knows the energy and enthusiasm the band put in each and every show.

  • Sister Sparrow Announces New Album and Supporting Tour

    Brooklyn’s Sister Sparrow has announced the release of the new album GOLD. The album arrives at all music retailers and streaming services via Thirty Tigers on Friday, Oct. 12th.

    Sister Sparrow New Album
    Photo courtesy of Sister Sparrow’s website.

    The album’s first single, “Ghost,” is set to release Friday, Aug. 3. In addition to this, Sister Sparrow will also be celebrating the new LP with a major U.S. tour, joined as always by her extraordinary brass-fueled combo, the Dirty Birds.

    GOLD is produced and co-written in collaboration with Carter Matschullat (Chef’Special, Secret Weapons) at Brooklyn’s DØØM Studio. The LP takes the classic Dirty Birds sound and turns it into something altogether new, a soul-blasted contemporary pop approach supremely suited for Kincheloe’s immense voice.

    “The GOLD Tour” begins August 30 in Athens, then travels the country through early December. The tour will include a performance with Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats on Sept. 15 at Thompson’s Point in Portland, Maine. Additional dates will be unveiled soon.

    For more information please visit Sister Sparrow’s website.

    The GOLD Tour:

    Aug. 30 – Athens Summer Concert Series – Athens, NY
    Aug. 31 – Levitt Pavilion Steelstacks – Bethlehem, PA
    Sept. 1 – Blues, Views And BBQ – Westport, CT
    Sept. 14 – Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival – Fredericton, NB
    Sept. 15 – Thompson’s Point (w/ Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats) – Portland, ME
    Sept. 16 – Grand Point North Festival – Burlington, VT
    Sept. 21 – Westcott Theater – Syracuse, NY
    Sept. 22 – Borderland Music and Arts Festival – East Aurora, NY
    Oct. 31 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
    Nov. 1 – Founders Brewing Co.Grand – Rapids, MI
    Nov. 2 – Otus Supply – Parliament Room- Ferndale, MI
    Nov. 3 – Mr. Small’s Theatre – Millvale, PA
    Nov. 8 – Infinity Music Hall Hartford – Hartford, CT
    Nov. 9 – Theatre Of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
    Nov. 10 – Swyer Theatre, Empire Center At The Egg – Albany, NY
    Nov. 15 – Brighton Music Hall – Allston, MA
    Nov. 29 – 9:30 Club – Washington DC
    Dec. 1 – Irving Plaza – New York, NY
    Dec. 5 – Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA
    Dec. 6 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA

  • New York’s City Winery Forced to Vacate Location by Disney

    New York’s City Winery, which is located currently at Varick Street in Manhattan, is being forced to relocate by none other than Disney itself. The City Winery is known for putting on well-attended shows by a variety of artists. Disney has bought out the building where the winery has been located for the past decade and plans to make room for the company’s new NYC headquarters by demolishing it and the surrounding city block.

    Photo of Radnor & Lee (Josh Radnor & Ben Lee) performing courtesy of City Winery’s social media taken by Ehud Lazin.

    According to Gothamist, Disney signed a $650 million, 99-year lease with Trinity Church for the entire city block, with all the buildings to be demolished. “This is not unanticipated,” City Winery CEO Michael Dorf tells Gothamist. “When we signed our lease ten years ago there was a discussion and a clause about what would happen if they were to demolish the building. It foretold of the future. Trinity Church has been a good landlord and communicating with me about what was happening over the last couple of years. It was not a surprise at all. No one anticipated Disney to consummate the deal so quickly.”

    The Winery hopes to be able to move on to “bigger, better and improved space,” according to their press release, in attempts to try to find the bright side in their forced relocation. Their hope is to reopen the new space on January 1, 2020 with a main venue with a 300 capacity and have a secondary venue with a 150- capacity performance space. They are also hoping to be able to update their kitchens and add a wine making facility.

  • Phish Releases Compilation Album, ‘Live Bait Vol. 14’

    After dropping the news of an exclusive, first-ever vinyl pressing of the 1997 live album Slip Stitch and Pass,” Phish followed up fast by releasing an entirely free edition to their Live Bait compilation series. Live Bait Vol. 14 includes a total of seven carefully hand-picked jams by Phish archivist, Kevin Shapiro.

    The chosen few span from an 8/7/97 “Harry Hood” to a well-loved “Tweezer”> “Prince Caspian” from 2015’s Magnaball festival in Watkins Glen, NY. This year’s Curveball Festival will round the phans back up to the same watering hole from August 17-19.Live Bait Vol. 14

    The innovative compilation is entirely free and can be downloaded at LivePhish.com or streamed on the LivePhish app.

    Full track list:

    Live Bait Vol. 14

    Harry Hood (8/2/97 Gorge Amphitheatre – George, WA) 18:11

    McGrupp And The Watchful Hosemasters (10/29/98 Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA) 11:45

    Wolfman’s Brother (9/24/99 South Park Meadows – Austin, TX) 18:55

    Gotta Jibboo > Saw It Again > Magilla (7/4/00 E Centre – Camden, NJ) 39:28

    What’s The Use? (6/25/00 Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek – Raleigh, NC) 9:52

    Runaway Jim (7/9/99 Merriweather Post Pavilion – Columbia, MD) 12:21

    Tweezer > Prince Caspian (8/22/15 Magnaball, Watkins Glen International – Watkins Glen, NY) 34:17

  • Phish Reveal Exclusive ‘Slip Stitch and Pass’ Vinyl Release at Curveball

    As the masses are prepping their festival checklists for August in the gorges of Western NY, Phish announced that their own JEMP Records will reveal the first vinyl release of Slip Stitch and Pass exclusively at this summer’s Curveball Festival.

    As noted by Phish Dry Goods, the exclusive, festival-ready release will be “pressed on two-color splatter (blue and purple), foil numbered LPs.” A celebratory, limited edition Drew Millard screen print will also be tossed in for purchasers during the August 17-19 weekend in the woods. Slip Stitch and Pass is Phish’s second live album and is compromised of highlights from their March 1, 1997 performance at the Markthalle in Hamburg. Originally, it was released on October 28, 1997.

    Slip Stitch and Pass

    For collectors immediately alarmed by the issue of safely protecting a vinyl in the dead summer heat, the JEMP Record store will provide an air conditioned merch-check so the records can Cool it Down all Curveball weekend long. Be sure to check out the vinyl listening station, where festival goers can get an all senses, in-person feel for the album. Alongside the new LP will be pressings of Billy Breathes, A Live One, The White Tape, Junta, Lawn Boy, Rift, A Picture of Nectar and a variety of side projects.

    If you have to skip out on Phish’s 11th festival and wait for your next show during Fall tour, a non-colored Slip Stitch and Pass vinyl will be available later in the year on Phish Dry Goods.

  • Circles Around the Sun Announces East Coast Tour Dates

    Circles Around The Sun just announced five East Coast shows in August to support their upcoming double album, Let It Wander, available Aug. 17 on Rhino Records. The run begins in Asbury Park, NJ, followed by dates in Brooklyn, Ardmore, PA and Burlington, VT before concluding at Huichica East Festival in New York’s Hudson Valley.

    Photo courtesy of Circles Around The Sun’s press release.

    Circles Around the Sun (CATS) was originally only supposed to record a handful of Grateful Dead-influenced instrumentals to be played during the set breaks at the Dead’s “Fare Thee Well” concerts in 2015. But between the positive response to the tracks and the band’s enjoyment in making music together they decided to keep the band going.

    Their new album, Let It Wander, is a new beginning for the band as they move beyond their original music which was trying to evoke the spirit of the Dead and allows them to fully embrace their own personality. The album’s first single is called “Immovable Object” and shows just how the band in moving away from their Dead inspired sound to music with filled with musical turns leaving the listener not knowing what to expect next.

    http://https://open.spotify.com/album/4PjynBO0yIh05aGBVVQlKc

    Among the album’s highlights is “One For Chuck,” which features a surprise cameo by Chuck D himself. The leader of legendary hip-hop pioneers Public Enemy just happened to stop by the studio while the band was listening to a song they’d just recorded and ended up creating an intro for the track.

    The band is comprised of guitarist Neal Casal and keyboardist Adam MacDougall (bandmates in the Chris Robinson Brotherhood) along with bassist Dan Horne (Jonathan Wilson, Grateful Shred) and drummer Mark Levy (We Dream Dawn, Bonfire Dub). Let It Wander will be released on limited edition vinyl, CD and digital formats. Pre-Order is available now.

    For more information on Circles Around The Sun visit their website.

  • Twenty One Pilots Release Two Songs, Music Video, and Tour Dates

    Fans of Twenty One Pilots are finally privy to information about what’s on the horizon for the iconic pop duo. Two songs, a music video, and tour details have just been unveiled – “Jumpsuit” and “Nico and The Niners” are the first singles from the the long-anticipated new LP from Twenty One PIlots, Trench, which is due out on Oct. 5.

    twenty one pilots
    Twenty One Pilots, Photo by Cathy Bechle

    The ensuing Bandito Tour kicks off this fall in the U.S. Over the winter they travel to Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. Dates in New York State include NYCB Live in Uniondale on Oct. 27 and Madison Square Garden in NYC on Oct. 30. Visit twentyonepilots.com for more information.

  • The New York City Ballet is Coming to SPAC

    The annual tradition of the New York City Ballet taking up their summer residency in Saratoga, NY at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) is upon us. Earlier this week seven tractor trailers began arriving carrying costumes, shoes, lights, sets, and anything else a world class ballet company would require on tour. Crews are working hard to ready the stage for the dancers including hanging the beautiful backdrops, and running over 3 miles of cable. Dancer’s have an entire truck load of costumes for this year’s one week run of performances along with over 1000 pairs of toe shoes.

    This year’s run begins on Tuesday, July 17 with a production of All Balanchine. George Balanchine was a world renown choreographer, who also had a hand in designing SPAC’s stage and acoustics. There will also be performances of Romeo + Juliet, and 21st Century Choreographers, The closing performance will be on Saturday, July 21 with the 2018 Gala featuring a celebration of Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein. Details can be found at spac.org

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