NYS Music 202​2

Category: Upcoming Shows

  • On The Radar – New Orleans BUKU Music and Art Project

    BUKU Music and Art Project returns to New Orleans for the 10th edition on the banks of the Mississippi River later this month. Taking place in the shadow of a 100 year old power plant, the festival boasts industrial art installations mixed with traditional New Orleans subculture to create a “playground with an edge.”

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    NYS Music will be covering the 2-day festival which takes place on March 25th and 26th. Headliners include Tame Impala (Friday) and Tyler, the Creator (Saturday) but the lineup also features a deep mix of underground and experimental bass, techno, rap, and hip-hop artists. Head over to the festival’s website for the full lineup and ticket information.

    With a 2-day general admission ticket coming in at $120 before fees and a lineup full of up and coming artists, BUKU created a modern music festival focused on growing the underground music culture. Of course there are headliners and big names on the bill to grow the festival to a certain size, but even these artists fit the vibe of BUKU. A founding member of the underground rap group Odd Future, Tyler, the Creator has been on the cutting edge of rap with every bit of new music he releases, including his incredibly successful two album run of Igor and Call Me If You Get Lost. Tame Impala’s fresh take on classic 1960’s psychedelia inspired a massive new scene of Australian bands that are creating the best psych-rock in a generation. Every aspect of the 2022 BUKU lineup stays true to the mission of the festival.

    BUKU has now released the daily schedules, creating some tough conflicts. Porter Robinson or Dom Dolla? Tame Impala or Liquid Stranger? Glass Animals or Maxo Kream? There are odd standouts on every festival lineup, and for BUKU 2022 it has to be Taking Back Sunday. We will certainly be front and center for their set, but the classic emo rock band from the early aughts certainly is the black sheep of the festival. In our experience however, these legacy bands with mid-day sets can sometimes draw the largest crowd and loudest sing-alongs of the weekend.

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    buku new orleans

    BUKU has also just announced the BUKU Late series of after parties taking place at various New Orleans venues. The night before the festival there is a kickoff party featuring GG Magree B2B Mija taking place at Republic NOLA. Friday night parties include Troyboi and Tokimonsta at Republic NOLA as well as a BUKU x Wakaan show headlined by Liquid Stranger at The Orpheum Theater. Saturday night has three options with Alison Wonderland (house set) at Republic NOLA, BUKU x BASSIK featuring Svdden Death B2B Sullivan King at Joy Theater, and a BUKU x Lab Group party featuring a “special closing Lab Group family B2B” at The Orpheum Theater. Tickets for all of the BUKU Late parties range from $25-$35 and are currently on presale for festival ticket holders.

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    NYS Music photographer Joseph Buscarello will be down in New Orleans covering the festival. Stay tuned for our daily recap and artist photo galleries from BUKU.

  • Phoebe Bridgers Reunion Tour 2022 to stop at BRIC in June

    The infamous Phoebe Bridgers has announced her Reunion Tour for 2022, making a stop at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival at Prospect Park Bandshell. Known for her folk-adjacent and edgy music, her aesthetics, and her female strength, Bridgers is one of the most exciting new talents to have emerged within recent years.

    Phoebe Bridgers
    Photo by Mike Miller

    Bridgers has bad a busy 2021, with 4 GRAMMY nominations, multiple late night TV performances including a smashing debut on Saturday Night Live. Additionally, she had a sold out Fall tour, two songs for charity (“That Funny Feeling” and “Day After Tomorrow”) and collaborations with Taylor Swift, The Killers, Paul McCartney, Metallica and more.

    Most recently, Bridgers revealed plans for her own monthly radio show titled Saddest Factory Radio on Sirius XMU. Currently, she is getting ready to go back on the road taking her newest album, Punisher, to her fans across the United States and Canada, as well as to the UK and Europe.

    Additionally, the Phoebe Bridgers North American run of the Reunion Tour includes a slew of dates April to August – and makes stops in Atlanta, Washington D.C., Brooklyn, Seattle.

    phoebe bridgers tour
    photo by David Michael Reichmann

    Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan Registration is open now here and closes Tuesday, March 8 at 12 pm EST. Similarly, verified Fan Presale begins Thursday, March 10th at 12 pm. $1 of every headline show ticket sold will be donated to The Mariposa Fund, fiscally sponsored by The West Fund. 

    Tour dates:

    4/13: Arizona Federal Theatre – Phoenix, AZ 

    4/15: Coachella – Indio, CA 

    4/22: Coachella – Indio, CA 

    5/13: The Amp at Craig Ranch – Las Vegas, NV 

    5/14: Kilby Block Party – Salt Lake City, UT 

    5/17: Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO  

    5/19: The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory – Dallas, TX  

    5/20: Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park – Austin, TX 

    5/21: The Lawn at White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX 

    5/22: Hangout Fest – Gulf Shores, AL 

    5/24: The Cuban Club – Tampa, FL 

    5/25: St Augustine Amphitheatre – St Augustine, FL 

    5/27: Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park – Atlanta, GA 

    5/28: Forecastle Festival – Louisville, KY 

    5/31: Starlight Theatre – Kansas City, MO 

    6/1: The Waiting Room Outdoors – Omaha, NE 

    6/3: BMO Harris Pavilion – Milwaukee, WI 

    6/4: Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island – Chicago, IL 

    6/7: RBC Echo Beach – Toronto, ON 

    6/8: MTelus – Montreal, QC 

    6/9: Thompson’s Point – Portland, ME 

    6/11: The Anthem – Washington, DC  

    6/12: The Anthem – Washington, DC  

    6/13: Stone Pony Summer Stage – Asbury Park, NJ 

    6/14: BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival at Prospect Park Bandshell – Brooklyn, NY  

    6/15: BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival at Prospect Park Bandshell – Brooklyn, NY  

    6/20: Fairview Park – Dublin, Ireland 

    6/22: Barrowland – Glasgow, UK 

    6/24-25: Glastonbury – Somerset, UK 

    6/26: O2 Academy – Birmingham, UK  

    6/30: Roskilde Festival – Roskilde, Denmark 

    7/2: Rock Werchter Festival – Werchter, Belgium 

    7/3: Down The Rabbit Hole Festival – Ewijk, Netherlands 

    7/5: Carroponte – Milan, Italy 

    7/7: Bilbao BBK Festival – Bilbao, Spain 

    7/8: Mad Cool Festival – Madrid, Spain 

    7/9: NOS Alive Festival – Lisbon, Portugal 

    7/14: Colours of Ostrava – Ostrava, Czech Republic 

    7/17: Lollapalooza Paris – Paris, France 

    7/22: Latitude Festival – Suffolk, UK 

    7/23: O2 Apollo – Manchester, UK 

    7/26: O2 Academy Brixton – London, UK 

    8/7: Hinterland – Saint Charles,  IA 

    8/18: Spokane Pavilion – Spokane, WA 

    8/20: Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, BC 

    8/23: Marymoor Park – Redmond, WA 

    8/25: Edgefield Amphitheater – Troudale, OR 

    8/27: Vina Robles Amphitheatre – Paso Robles, CA 

    8/28: This Ain’t No Picnic – Los Angeles, CA 

  • Saturday Night at the Waterhole Returns March 19

    The long running concert series Saturday Night at the Waterhole returns to Saranac Lake this month. Starting March 19 and running until May 14, the Upstairs Music Lounge in Saranac Lake will hold special performances every Saturday night (except on 4/16).

    the waterhole
    photo by Neil Sedlak

    Several notable acts will be making their Saturday Night at the Waterhole performances.

    Toubab Krewe w/s/g The Pickle Mafia – March 26th

    Toubab Krewe, a band from North Carolina that mixes jam band rock and international folk music, will perform on March 26. They are joined by The Pickle Mafia, featuring Charlie Lindner (Keys), Ben Chilbert (Bass), and Marco Cirigliano (Drums) performing original, cutting edge, high energy jazz music, with influences from modern and latin jazz as well. To truly experience the Mafia, you MUST attend a live show, where they will create a unique, interactive show, and leave you with a one of a kind Pickle Mafia experience! Get tickets here.

    The Asheville, NC based group Toubab Krewe is known for fusing rock and world music.

    Blue Star Radiation – April 2

    Later on in the series, newly formed group Blue Star Radiation will perform. The group consists of Vinnie Amico on drums (Moe.), Rob Derhak (Moe.) on bass, Tim Palmieri on guitar (Lotus, Kung Fu) and Nate Wilson (Assembly of Dust) on B3 Hammond keys and flute. Blue Star Radiation’s show will feature both original compositions and covers.

    The newly formed super group is comprised of Vinnie Amico on drums (Moe.), Rob Derhak (Moe.) on bass, Tim Palmieri on guitar (Lotus, Kung Fu, The Breakfast) and Nate Wilson (Assembly of Dust, Percy Hill, Ghosts of Jupiter) on B3 Hammond keys and flute.

    The show will feature songs from all of the members’ primary projects in addition to original compositions and select covers. 

    When renowned keyboardist Nate Wilson came to Rob Derhak with the idea to form a band on those principles, the band Blue Star took its first breath. Enlisting the drumming prowess of Vinnie Amico, and legendary guitarist/vocalist Tim Palmieri, the genesis of Blue Star came to be.

    A band of improvisational, jam band musicians that all share an affinity for the classic rock we all love and know. The ditties, the anthems, and the deep cuts that remind us of a different time. They simply write the songs and play the covers that give the audience goosebumps.

    Pretend Collective – April 9

    One of the more admirable newcomers is Pretend Collective. The band recently released a self-titled LP with indie label The Giving Groove, which donates half of all album proceeds to Nuci’s Space, an organization that helps musicians struggling with mental health.

    Tickets for each show can be found at the Waterhole’s website.

    Series Schedule

    March 19 – Raisinhead

    March 26 – Toubab Krewe and Pickle Mafia

    April 2 – Blue Star Radiation featuring members of Moe, Lotus, Kung Fu and Assembly of Dust

    April 9 – Pretend Collective and Sean Hoots

    April 23 – Bella’s Bartok and Organ Transplant featuring Bella’s Horns

    April 30 – Shira Elias

    May 7 – Annie in the Water and One Time Weekend

    May 14 – Gratefully Yours (Grateful Dead Tribute)

    Saturday Night at the Waterhole 2022 Lineup

  • The Indie Collaborative To Celebrate Earth Day With Performances From 20 Award-Winning IC Artists At Carnegie Hall This Spring

    On April 25th the Indie Collaborative (IC) will host an Earth Day Celebration, a night of blended music including jazz, rock, classical, Americana, and theatrical, at the Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall.

    The Indie Collaborative

    This show was to first take place in April of 2020, but unfortunately it has been rescheduled twice to accommodate the safety and health requirements during an ongoing pandemic. Therefore, the performers are truly excited to show off their talents and make this Earth Day Celebration an unforgettable one.

    This performance will be broken down into two acts, the first presents the possibilities and newness of “The Beginning” and the second follows with the “Reality” of the situations. There’s only one way to discover what happens in the end, which is why The Indie Collaborative have worked hard to establish such an event with amazing artists.

    This show is produced by Eileen Sherman, along with emcee Grant Maloy Smith. Lastly these are the following performers: Alan Storeygard, Alex Otey, Amy Otey, The Bluestone Sisters, Benjamin Lerner, David S. Goldman, Elaine Romanelli, Helen O’Shea, Grant Maloy Smith, Jerome Brooks Jr., Leti Garza, Mike Greenly, Mowgli Giannitti, Noshir Mody (with his band, Benjamin Hankle, Campbell Charshee, Yuka Tadano, Ronen Itzik), Ricky Persaud, Jr. (with his brother, LilNicky Persaud), Ryan VanDenBoom, Sophia Agranovich, Thomas Hutchings, and Yocontalie Jackson.

    The Earth Day Celebration will be at 8PM come the day of the performance, but the doors will open at 7;30PM. Standard tickets are $60, student/senior tickets are $40, and Indie Collaborative members are $36 each. The IC discount code can be found in the members chat upon request for it. Additionally, full vaccination and masking is required, including at least one booster shot. For more information and to acquire tickets visit the Carnegie Hall website.

  • Sea.Hear.Now Festival Announced, With Headliners Stevie Nicks And Green Day

    This September, the Sea.Hear.Now Music and Surf festival will be coming to Asbury Park, NJ. There will be over 25 performances on three stages, and a unique surfing experience to coincide with the festival.

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    Sea.Hear.Now Festival Logo.

    Stevie Nicks and Green Day will be headlining the two-day long festival, as well as performances by Cage The Elephant, Billy Strings, Gary Clark Jr., The Head and the Heart, and more. Festival-goers will be able to view the best women and men on the Eastern Seaboard compete in “The North Beach Rumble” surf contest. Returning champions Cassidy McClain and Eric Geiselman  will be competing along with others for the prize purse and bragging rights awarded for the best overall style and creativity.

    SeaHearNow
    The full lineup of the Sea.Hear.Now festival.

    There will also be a gallery celebrating art, featuring local legend and world-renowned photographer Danny Clinch. The Transparent Gallery will feature artwork from musicians on the lineup and impromptu performances and talks by the artists themselves. All proceeds will go to the Wooden Walls Project, which helps bring public art to Asbury Park.

    From September 17-18, the Sea.Hear.Now festival will be stopping in Asbury Park, NJ, and all tickets and VIP packages can be found here.

  • American Symphony Orchestra will host tribute to Duke Ellington on March 24 at Carnegie Hall

    The American Symphony Orchestra will be lead by music director Leon Botstein on March 24 in a tribute to the great Duke Ellington. The Duke Ellington tribute will be an all-Ellington symphonic concert at Carnegie Hall. The event will also feature American jazz pianist, Marcus Roberts and Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist Catherine Russell.

    The performance was originally scheduled for March of 2020 but had to be cancelled due to the pandemic. In response to the pandemic, Marcus Roberts collaborated with the ASO on the short film titled United We Play which released in December of 2020. The film features three world premieres commissioned by the ASO and composed by Roberts.

    Duke Ellington employs a unique blend of classical and jazz compositional techniques that also combine improvisation with written works. As a result, this makes him one of the most influential jazz composers of all time.

    Featured acts for the March 24th tribute concert include Leon Botstein, conductor Marcus Roberts Trio Marcus Roberts, Pianist, Rodney Jordan, Bassist, Jason Marsalis, Drummer, Catherine Russell, singer All-Ellington program Black, Brown, and Beige Suite (Arr. Maurice Peress) Satin Doll (Arr. Chuck Israels) Harlem (Arr. Luther Henderson & Maurice Peress) Sophisticated Lady (Arr. Morton Gould) Night Creature for Jazz Band and Orchestra (Arr. Luther Henderson, Ed. Gunther Schuller) New World A Comin’ (Arr. Maurice Peress) Three Black Kings (Completed by Mercer Ellington, Arr. Luther Henderson)

    Tickets are available at carnegiehall.org. You can also visit the box office at 57th St & 7th Ave. 

  • See Plus Shines On New Single “The Sun”

    See Plus, an indie-pop band from Rutherford, NJ, shines through on their new release, “The Sun.” For some people, despite the warm days, sunny skies, and perfect beach days, summer can be a depressing time filled with heartache and desolation.

    See Plus

    See Plus highlights this feeling with immaculate precision. Containing sunny vibrant chords, intimate lyrics on heartbreak, and charming percussion, the four-piece band shows that they can create indie bangers on the level of their contemporaries. “The Sun” is a must-have for any indie beach playlist this summer.

    The band is no stranger to the New York scene. Before the pandemic, the band played in city venues like Arlene’s Grocery, The Bitter End, and The Knitting Factory. With live music returning, they will be playing two shows in New Jersey. The first of these shows will be Debonair Music Hall on March 13th and the second of which will be at Ramapo College of New Jersey on March 22nd.

    With over 150,000 streams on Spotify, 2500 followers on Instagram, and a growing discography, See Plus is an indie quartet to keep an eye on. “The Sun” is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and Youtube. For more information on the band, visit the band’s website.

  • Savak, A Brooklyn Post-Punk Quartet, Release “Empathy”

    SAVAK have shared their newest track “Empathy” from their upcoming fifth album, Human Error / Human Delight, which releases on April 15, 2022. “Empathy” debuted via New Noise Magazine, who contemplated “SAVAK’s fascination with the balanced, and sometimes polarizing, nature of being alive.” 

    Human Error / Human Delight By Savak Empathy
    Human Error / Human Delight

    The Brooklyn Post-Punk Quartet have also added to their upcoming run of U.S. 2022 tour dates, visiting places in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC and more. In addition, performing with the band Jawbox, see below for the full list of currently announced dates. The band wrote and recorded Human Error / Human Delight completely over Zoom, having crafted an honest album on living in our present moment.

    Savak
    Photo credit: Taylor Sesselman

    SAVAK consists of Sohrab Habibion and Michael Jaworski, with Matt Schulz on drums. Additionally, Habibion and Jaworrski both share singing and songwriting duties since the band’s creation in 2015. Though SAVAK’s members have done time in bands like Obits, Edsel, Holy Fuck and more, their current position is the best in which they have been. 

    Upcoming Tour Dates:

    Fri. Mar. 4 – Providence, RI – Union Station Brewery – with Jets Can’t Land & DJ Ted Leo 

    Sat. Mar. 5 – Northampton, MA – Bishop’s Lounge – with Zwei Null Zwei 

    Wed. Mar. 16 – SXSW – The Side Bar – 1:55PM (Outdoor Stage) 

    Thu. Mar. 17 – SXSW – Breakaway Records – 3:15PM 

    Thu. Mar. 17 – SXSW – Austin Beer Garden Brewing Company – 6PM 

    Thu. Mar. 17 – SXSW – The Green Jay – 10PM 

    Fri. Mar. 18 – SXSW – The Side Bar – 2:30PM 

    Fri. Mar. 18 – SXSW – Soundspace at Captain Quack’s – 9:15PM 

    Thu. Apr. 7 – Brooklyn, NY – Littlefield – with Chris Brokaw & Upper Wilds 

    Fri. Apr. 8 – Kingston, NY – Tubby’s – with Chris Brokaw & Cathedral Ceilings 

    Sat. Apr. 9 (early show) – Lowell, MA – The Town and the City Festival – The Worthen House – with Colleen Green 

    Sat. Apr. 9 (late show) – Boston, MA – Midway Cafe – with Chris Brokaw & Lupa Citta 

    Fri. May 13 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Government Center – with Upper Wilds & Gotobeds 

    Sat. May 14 – Washington, DC – Quarry House Tavern – with Upper Wilds & Bed Maker 

    Wed. Jul. 20 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge – with Jawbox 

    Fri. Oct. 21 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge – with June of 44 

  • All That Remains to stop in Niagara Falls on March 14

    All That Remains will be bringing their “Fall of Ideals” 15th anniversary tour to The Rapids Theater in Niagara Falls on Monday, March 14. The other bands that have joined the tour as supporting acts are: Miss May I, Varials, and Tallah (with Max Portnoy, son of drummer Mike Portnoy). The tour will end on May 19th in Huntington NY at the Paramount. The last time All That Remains were in Western New York was opening for In Flames in 2015.

    2022 tour poster

    Since their formation in Massachusetts during 1998, All That Remains have built an undeniable legacy upheld by airtight song craft, knifepoint precise metallic instrumentation, and stadium-size hard rock hooks. As a result, they’ve outlasted trials, tribulations, and trends to stand tall as as one of this century’s most consistent purveyors of heavy music with a bulletproof canon of arena-worthy anthems. 

    In addition to packing houses as a headliner, they’ve practically burned down festival stages everywhere from Rock on the Range to Welcome to Rockville. In 2018, the quintet—Philip Labonte [lead vocals], Jason Richardson [lead guitar], Mike Martin [rhythm guitar], Jason Costa [drums], and Matt Deis [bass, backing vocals]— perfect their patented pummeling by wasting no time or energy at all on their ninth full-length album, Victim of the New Disease [Fearless Records]. Visit here for tickets

  • Oteil and Friends Arrive at the Capitol Theater March 11-12

    Dead & Company and Allman Brothers Band bassist Oteil Burbridge will be joined by numerous Friends this weekend at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, playing songs from the Grateful Dead and Allman Brothers Band catalogs, and much more.

    Oteil and Friends

    The pair of shows are scheduled for March 11-12 and will feature Eric Krasno (guitar, Lettuce, Eric Krasno Band), Jason Crosby (keys, Assembly of Dust, Robert Randolph and the Family Band), Jennifer Hartswick (trumpet/vocals, Trey Anastasio Band), Natalie Cressman (trombone/vocals, Trey Anastasio Band), James Casey (saxophone/vocals, Trey Anastasio Band, Lettuce), Tom Guarna (NYC guitarist), and Pete Lavezzoli (drums/percussion, Melvin Seals and JGB).

    The show also marks James Casey’s return to the stage after undergoing treatment for colon cancer.

    Burbridge, a two-time Grammy winning bassist has been in the music business touring and recording for over three decades. His first step into the national spotlight came in 1991 when he became a founding member of the Aquarium Rescue Unit featuring Col. Bruce Hampton, a cult classic that has stood the test of time. That led to his membership in the classic rock group The Allman Brothers Band. In 2012, Oteil received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his 15 year contribution to the Allman Brothers Band as the longest running bassist in the band’s history.

    The Capitol Theatre run will be the first set of shows taking place in 2022 for Oteil & Friends, with more dates to be announced.

    Tickets are on sale now.