Category: News Desk

  • Chris Stapleton All American Road Show to stop in Syracuse, Bethel and Elmont

    Chris Stapleton will perform at three New York amphitheaters this summer on his “All American Road Show.” The country singer will perform at St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheatre in Syracuse on June 8, the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on July 6, and the UBS Arena in Elmont on Oct. 7. Stapleton will be joined by special guests Margo Price and Nikki Lane for his UBS Arena performance.

    Chris Stapleton
    Credit: ChrisStapleton.com

    Kentucky-born country singer Chris Stapleton has won eight Grammys, 15 Country Music Association, and 10 Academy of Country Music Awards over the span of fewer than 10 years. He has released four studio albums, the first being 2015’s Traveller, proceeded by a debut single of the same name.

    Stapleton’s latest album, released in 2020, Starting Over, won Best Country Album at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on top of earning Album of the Year honors at both the 54th Annual Country Music Association Awards and 56th Academy of Country Music Awards. The country singer also supports a variety of causes with his wife, Morgane, founding the Outlaw State of Kind charitable fund together. Significantly, their recent “Kentucky Rising” concert last fall raised over $2.8 million to support flood relief in Eastern Kentucky.

    Chris Stapleton at SPAC, August 2022 – photo by Erin Reid Coker

    Tickets to see Chris Stapleton perform at his three New York venues, as well as other venues on his All American Road Show, go on sale March 31 at 10 a.m., and presales with early access and VIP packaging start at 10 a.m. March 28, for members of Stapleton’s fan club.

    Chris Stapleton All American Road Show Tour Dates

    April 26—El Paso, TX—UTEP Don Haskins Center*

    April 27—Albuquerque, NM—Isleta Amphitheater*

    April 29—Los Angeles, CA—Hollywood Bowl – Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday

    April 30—Indio, CA—Stagecoach

    May 6—Glendale, AZ—State Farm Stadium†

    May 27—Columbus, OH—Buckeye Country Superfest

    June 1—Moline, IL—Vibrant Arena at The MARK‡

    June 2—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena‡

    June 3—Milwaukee, WI—American Family Field†

    June 8—Syracuse, NY—St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview+

    June 9—Mansfield, MA—Xfinity Center+

    June 10—Mansfield, MA—Xfinity Center+

    June 15—Spokane, WA—Spokane Arena§

    June 16—Bend, OR—Hayden Homes Amphitheater§

    June 17—Seattle, WA—Lumen Field†

    June 22—Des Moines, IA—Wells Fargo Arena§

    June 23—Wichita, KS—INTRUST Bank Arena§

    June 24—Denver, CO—Empower Field at Mile High†

    July 6 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts§

    July 7—Bangor, ME—Maine Savings Amphitheater§

    July 8—Cavendish, PEI—Cavendish Beach Music Festival

    July 13—Charleston, SC—Credit One Stadium#

    July 14—Virginia Beach, VA—Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater#

    July 15—Baltimore, MD—CFG Bank Arena#

    July 19—Omaha, NE—CHI Health Center**

    July 20—St. Louis, MO—Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre**

    July 21-22—Cullman, AL—Rock the South

    July 28—Nashville, TN—Nissan Stadium†

    July 29—Nashville, TN—Nissan Stadium†

    August 5—Tampa, FL—Raymond James Stadium†

    August 10—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion**

    August 11—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion**

    August 12—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion**

    August 17—Toronto, ON—Budweiser Stage‡

    August 18—Toronto, ON—Budweiser Stage‡

    August 19—Montreal, QC—Lasso Festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau

    August 24 – Memphis, TN – FedExForum††

    August 25—Alpharetta, GA—Ameris Bank Amphitheatre††

    August 26—Alpharetta, GA—Ameris Bank Amphitheatre††

    October 5 – Charlottesville, VA – John Paul Jones Arena*

    October 6 – State College, PA – Bryce Jordan Center*

    October 7 – UBS Arena – Belmont Park, NY*

    October 12 – Corpus Christi, TX – AmericanBank Center Arena+

    October 19 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center+

    October 20 – Austin, TX – Moody Center+

    October 21 – Austin, TX – Moody Center+

    October 26 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center+

    October 27 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion+

    *with special guests Margo Price and Nikki Lane

    †with George Strait and special guests Little Big Town

    ‡with special guests Marcus King and The War and Treaty

    +with special guests Charley Crockett and The War and Treaty

    §with special guests Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives and Allen Stone

    #with special guests Margo Price and Allen Stone

    **with special guests Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives and The War and Treaty

    ††with special guests Marcus King and Allen Stone

    +with special guests Charley Crockett and Nikki Lane

  • Måneskin Announces World Tour, Stop at Madison Square Garden

    The exhilarating rock band, Måneskin announced their world tour, RUSH! The rockstars will perform across North America, South America, Japan, Europe, UK & Ireland, and Australia, and appear at Madison Square Garden on September 21.

    Last year while touring the United States, Måneskin sold out 100,00 tickets across 25 shows. In Rome, the group took over the historic Circo Massimo with 70,000 tickets sold. The band has also dominated other festival stages around the world including Coachella, Rock in Rio, Lollapalooza.

    After an incredible experience in South America, the band will return, visiting Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia for the first time. After the star’s remarkable exclusive show and stand-out set at Summer Sonic in 2022, Måneskin is bringing RUSH! To Japan. Additionally, for the first time ever, the vibrant musicians will visit Australia, holding shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Lastly, fans can rock out to Måneskin in Germany, France, Ireland, UK, Manchester and Dublin.

    Prior to RUSH! Måneskin will play five special stadium shows in Italy with more than 220.000 tickets already sold. Alongside both tours, Måneskin will command stages at Glastonbury and Primavera Sound this summer.

    RUSH! shares the name of the band’s latest album released in January 2023. The chart dominating album reached #1 in fifteen countries and top five in twenty countries. It also garnered over 800 million global album streams, in addition to the band’s impressive 7.3 billion global artist streams. This abundance of success led to the band’s first Grammy award in 2023.

    The general sale for RUSH! will start on Thursday, March 23. Tickets can be purchased here.

    Måneskin RUSH! World Tour

    February 23, 2023 – Pesaro, Italy – Vitrifrigo Arena SOLD OUT

    February 25, 2023 – Turin, Italy – Pala Alpitour SOLD OUT

    February 27, 2023 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome (previously at: AFAS LIVE) SOLD OUT

    March 2, 2023 – Brussels, Belgium – Forest National SOLD OUT

    March 3, 2023 – Brussels, Belgium – Forest National SOLD OUT

    March 6, 2023 – Berlin, Germany – Mercedes Benz Arena SOLD OUT

    March 10, 2023 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena SOLD OUT

    March 13, 2023 – Paris, France – Accor Arena (previously at: Zenith) SOLD OUT

    March 16, 2023 – Bologna, Italy – Unipol Arena SOLD OUT

    March 17, 2023 – Bologna, Italy – Unipol Arena SOLD OUT

    March 20, 2023 – Florence, Italy – Nelson Mandela Forum SOLD OUT

    March 21, 2023 – Florence, Italy – Nelson Mandela Forum SOLD OUT

    March 24, 2023 – Rome, Italy – Palazzo dello Sport SOLD OUT

    March 25, 2023 – Rome, Italy – Palazzo dello Sport SOLD OUT

    March 28, 2023 – Naples, Italy – Palapartenope SOLD OUT

    March 29, 2023 – Naples, Italy – Palapartenope SOLD OUT

    March 31, 2023 – Bari, Italy – Palaflorio SOLD OUT

    April 3, 2023 – Milan, Italy – Mediolanum Forum SOLD OUT

    April 4, 2023 – Milan, Italy – Mediolanum Forum SOLD OUT

    April 6, 2023 – Milan, Italy – Mediolanum Forum SOLD OUT

    April 11, 2023 – Barcelona, Spain – Palau Saint Jordi SOLD OUT

    April 26 2023 – Zurigo, Svizzera – Hallenstadion (previously at: Halle 622) SOLD OUT

    April 28, 2023 – Vienna, Austria – Wiener Stadthalle SOLD OUT

    April 30 2023 – Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg – Rockhal SOLD OUT

    May 2, 2023 – Copenhagen, Denmark – The Royal Arena

    May 5, 2023 – Milan, Italy – Mediolanum Forum SOLD OUT

    May 8, 2023 – London, UK – The O2 Arena (previously at: O2 Academy Brixton) SOLD OUT

    May 12, 2023 – Warsaw, Poland – Torwar Hall SOLD OUT

    May 14, 2023 – Prague, Czech Republic – O2 Arena (previously at: Malá Sportovní Hala) SOLD OUT

    May 16, 2023 – Budapest, Hungary – Budapest Arena (previously at: Barba Negra) SOLD OUT

    May 18, 2023 – Riga, Latvia – Mežaparks Grand Stage (previously at Arena Riga) VENUE UPGRADE

    May 19 2023 – Tallinn, Estonia – Saku Suurhall SOLD OUT

    16 July 2023 – Trieste, Italy – Stadio Nereo Rocco

    20 July 2023 – Rome, Italy – Stadio Olimpico SOLD OUT

    21 July 2023 – Rome, Italy – Stadio Olimpico 

    24 July 2023 – Milan, Italy – Stadio San Siro SOLD OUT

    25 July 2023 – Milan, Italy – Stadio San Siro

    September 3, 2023 – Hanover, Germany – EXPO Plaza

    September 6, 2023  – Nancy, France – Nancy Open Air

    September 21, 2023 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden 

    September 23, 2023 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion 

    September 25, 2023 – Boston, MA – TD Garden

    September 27, 2023 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena  

    September 29, 2023 – Chicago, IL – Allstate Arena 

    October 1, 2023 – Detroit, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill

    October 3, 2023 – Nashville, TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium 

    October 6, 2023 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory

    October 10, 2023 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum 

    October 13, 2023 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena 

    October 15, 2023 – Vancouver, BC – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre

    October 20, 2023 – Mexico City, Mexico – Palacio De Los Deportes 

    October 24, 2023 – Bogotá, Colombia – Movistar Arena 

    October 27, 2023 – Santiago, Chile – Estadio Bicentenario La Florida 

    October 29, 2023 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Movistar Arena 

    November 1, 2023 -Rio de Janeiro,  Brazil – Qualistage 

    November 3, 2023 – San Paulo, Brazil – Espaço Unimed 

    November 20, 2023 – Brisbane, QLD – BCEC

    November 22, 2023 – Sydney, NSW – Hordern Pavilion 

    November 23, 2023 – Melbourne, VIC – Margaret Court Arena 

    November 25, 2023 – Adelaide, SA – AEC Theatre 

    November 27, 2023 – Singapore 

    December 2, 2023 –  Tokyo, Japan

    December 3, 2023 –  Tokyo, Japan

    December 7, 2023 – Kobe, Japan

    December 14, 2023 – Dublin, Ireland –  3 Arena

    December 19, 2023 – Manchester, UK – AO Arena

  • The Furious Bongos To Bring Music of Frank Zappa to Upstate New York

    Frank Zappa fans unite! The Furious Bongos are bringing their spring tour to Upstate New York this weekend. The band has shows scheduled for Saturday, March 25 at The Linda in Albany and Sunday, March 26 at The Westcott Theater in Syracuse. 

    furious bongos frank zappa
    Photo Credit – Colleen Brady

    Billed as “A bunch of professional musicians with pretty diverse backgrounds…” the band boasts an impressive and talented nine member lineup.  Originally hailing from Southern Wisconsin, the band is embarking on a nine date tour spanning the northeast.  While the band’s primary focus is to deliver musical renditions from the Frank Zappa catalog, the band promises to deliver “a show that pays respect to Zappa’s legacy, but is still new and different and dangerous and FUN, with lots of eyebrows”.

    Tickets for each show start at $20.  Don’t hesitate to grab your tickets for what promises to be a fun filled musical evening.  

  • Tower Records Unveils Tower Labs in Downtown Brooklyn

    Tower Records, the iconic music-retail chain that was synonymous with the music business in the pre-digital era has unveiled a new creative space. Located on Kent Avenue in Brooklyn‘s Williamsburg neighborhood, Tower Labs, has been designed to engage and stimulate music fans with a range of offerings. Tower Records’ latest venture will including live music events, album listening parties, and a new speakeasy style ‘vinyl drop’ window for limited edition music and merchandise releases.

    “With the relaunch of Tower Records, our goal has been to bring fans a new music discovery experience while preserving the brand’s legacy and storied past,” says Danny Zeijdel, President of Tower Records.

    tower records labs

    The opening of Tower Labs in Williamsburg, Brooklyn marks a new era as the neighborhood has become a music and cultural hub. Our new space will not be a traditional retail store, rather a hybrid center for performances, pop-ups, listening parties, and content creation. Fundamentally, the intention here is to develop a blueprint for future Tower Records locations.

    – Danny Zeijdel

    Tower Labs

    With this intention, the first events at Tower Labs include an intimate performance followed by a meet-and-greet with singer/songwriter Caroline Rose (March 24), with another fan-focused event with R&B/Pop star Lolo Zouaï scheduled on April 27 before her sold-out NYC show. This will coincide the relaunch of Pulse!, Tower Records’ classic in-house magazine. This new iteration will be digital, consisting of filmed interviews, performances, podcasts and events at Tower Labs. Pulse! will once again aim to chronicle music history and current events, while spotlighting both established and emerging acts.

    In essence, Tower Records has been a mainstay of the music buying experience for the better part of five decades since being founded in 1960. Moreover, since the company’s relaunch in 2020, the iconic music brand has been trying to bring back the spirit of the creative and inspiring space that is the record store. Tower Records’ official website states that their intentions are “for artists and bands to host a more personal gathering with core members of their community. This may consist of listening parties, jam sessions, podcast interviews, gear demos, and more.” Accordingly, the rebuild has begun as the famous retail chain has been offering music and art fans exclusive merchandise drops, including limited edition vinyl releases and branded products.

    Although Tower Records has refurbished their business model, the essence remains. As such, music buyers all over the globe have responded. Tower.com quickly rose to be a top online store for physical music in North America and the brand recently opened another online store in Europe. At its peak, Tower Records had nearly 200 stores across 15 countries, now they’re at every music lover’s fingers.

  • Broadway Cast of Back to the Future: The Musical Revealed and 2024 North American Tour at Proctors

    The Broadway cast of Back to the Future: The Musical, based on the 1985 film of the same name, has been revealed. The main cast includes Casey Likes, Roger Bart, Liana Hunt, Hugh Coles, Nathaniel Hackmann, and Jelani Remy, supported by a large ensemble. Performances start on Friday, June 30, with the show officially opening on Thursday, Aug. 3, at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre.

    Broadway back to the future musical
    Roger Bart as Doc Brown in Back to the Future: The Musical. Credit: Sean Ebsworth Barnes

    Directed by Tony Award winner John Rando, the 2022 Oliver Award-winning musical has a book by Bob Gale, co-creator and co-writer of the Back to the Future film trilogy, and new music and lyrics from Emmy and Grammy-winning Alan Silvestri, and Grammy-winning Glen Ballard. The musical will additionally feature music from the original film, including “The Power of Love,” and the cover of Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode.”

    The cast of Broadway’s Back to the Future: The Musical has an extensive background in Theatre. Roger Bart (Doc Brown) is best known for originating the role of ‘Carmen Ghia’ in Mel Brooks’ Broadway musical, The Producers, for which he received Tony and Drama Desk nominations, and has ventured into television, with supporting roles in ABC’s Desperate Housewives and Freeform’s Good Trouble. Casey Likes (Marty McFly) recently made his Broadway debut in Almost Famous: The Musical as William Miller, an adaption of the 2000 film of the same name starring Kate Hudson in her breakthrough role. Hugh Coles (George McFly) most recently appeared in the third season of FX Network’s Atlanta. Liana Hunt (Lorraine Baines) has performed on stages all across North America, making her Broadway debut as Sophie in Mamma Mia, an adaption of the 2008 film of the same name starring Amanda Seyfried. Jelani Remy (Goldie Wilson/Marvin Berry) has appeared in the Broadway adaptions of Disney’s High School Musical and High School Musical 2! and Nathaniel Hackmann (Biff Tannen) (he/him) is an internationally renowned actor, portraying Jean Valjean and Javert on Broadway in Les Misérables, as well as the titular roles in Jekyll and Hyde and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

    The multi-Tony and Oliver Award-winning design team include Tim Hatley, Tim Lutkin, Hugh Vanstone, Gareth Owen, and Finn Ross, with Chris Bailey as the choreographer, Nick Finlow on musical supervision and arrangements, illusions by Chris Fisher, orchestrations by Ethan Popp and Bryan Crook, dance arrangements by David Chase, Ted Artur on music direction and casting by Tara Rubin. West End’s production of Back to the Future: The Musical has been seen by an audience of more than 800,000 people, and broken box office records at the Adelphi Theatre. On March 11, 2020, the musical had its world premiere at the Manchester Opera House and opened in London on Sept. 13, 2021.

    Back to the Future: The Musical is produced by Colin Ingram, Donovan Mannato, Tom Viertel/ Steven Baruch/ Marc Routh/ Richard Frankel, Hunter Arnold, Playing Field, Robert L. Hutt, Ivy Herman/Hallee Adelman, Teresa Tsai, Bob, McLynn, Gavin Kalin, Kimberly Magarro, Crush Music, Universal Theatrical Group, Sony Masterworks, Augury, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, in association with Neil Gooding Productions, Ricardo Marques, James L. Nederlander. Bespoke Theatricals serves as General Manager.

    Less than a year after the show opens this August, Back to the Future: The Musical will begin a 2024 tour with four preview performances at Proctors in Schenectady from June 4-6, 2024, before opening its tour at the KeyBank State Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. Additional tour locations will be announced at a later date, and tickets will be available as a subscription exclusive to 2023-2024 KeyBank Subscription Series subscribers and the REP 2023-2024 subscribers starting Wednesday, May 31. Individual tickets will be available at a later time.

    Listen to the original Back to the Future: The Musical cast album, from Sony Masterworks Broadway, here.

    Tickets for Back to the Future: The Musical can be purchased by phone at 212-239-6200 or by visiting telecharge.com.

  • Wabanaki Musician Mali Obomsawin Announces Three NY Shows Supporting Debut Album “Sweet Tooth”

    Wabanaki bassist, composer, and songwriter Mali Obomsawin has announced three shows across New York State, celebrating their newest album, Sweet Tooth.

    On March 26th Mali Obomsawin will be playing Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs, followed by a performance at National Jazz Museum in Harlem, as part of the Jazz and Social Justice Event on March 28th, ending with a performance at Public Records on March 29th.

    Wabanaki Mali Obomsawin

    Sweet Tooth, the debut album from Obomsawin, highlights centuries of clever adaptation and resistance that have fueled the art and culture of Wabanaki people. Written as a compositional suite, the album blends Wabanaki stories and songs passed down in Obomsawin’s own family with tunes addressing contemporary Indigenous life, colonization, continuity, love and rage. It’s at once intimately personal, featuring field recordings of relatives at Odanak First Nation, but also conveys a larger story of the Wabanaki people, stretching across the domain of their confederacy from Eastern Canada to Southern New England.

    Obomsawin’s show at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem will be followed by an in-depth conversation with series host Larry Blumenfeld, NJMH Executive Director and Co-chief Marten Band/Ramapo Munsee Lenape Nation Tracy Hyter-Suffern, and other panelists about connections between jazz and Indigenous cultures, and the issues surrounding Indigenous resistance movements.

    In three movements, Obomsawin’s powerful compositions honor the Indigenous ability to shape great art from the harshest fires of colonialism. The compositions reveal threads that bind together blues, jazz, hymns, folk songs, and Native cultures, and foreground the breadth and continuity of Indigenous contributions to these genres. “​​Telling Indigenous stories through the language of jazz is not a new phenomenon,” Obomsawin explains. “My people have had to innovate endlessly to get our stories heard – learning to express ourselves in French, English, Abenaki… but sometimes words fail us, and we must use sound”.

    Tickets are availible now at Mali’s website.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpR7mswGwPg
  • Fotografiska New York Presents Second Annual Unfiltered Music Festival in April

    Fotografiska New York is presenting its annual Unfiltered Music Festival this spring. The second of the annual series, the festival is scheduled for April 17-19, featuring some of the most accomplished performers in contemporary classical music in one of the most breathtaking music venues in New York City.

    Scheduled guests include four-time Grammy-winning, Chicago-based sextet Eighth Blackbird, three-time Grammy-nominated violinist and composer Curtis Stewart, and renowned pianist Jenny Lin. The festival follows a 2022 inaugural event that featured classical superstars including Caroline Shaw and Anthony McGill.

    Fotografiska  unfiltered music festival
    Fotografiska Museum in New York. Credit: The Museum of Photography – Fotografiska New York

    Four-time Grammy-winning sextet Eighth Blackbird, from Chicago, will perform on night one of the Fotografisca Unlimited Music Festival. The ensemble, consisting of Lisa Kaplan, Matthew Duvall, Lina Andonovska, Zachary Good, Maiani da Silva, and Laura Metcalf, will share music by some of the most exciting voices in contemporary music including Viet Cuong, Valerie Coleman, Julius Eastman, and Andy Akiho. Violinist, improviser, composer, arts leader, and multimedia artist Curtis Stewart will follow on night two. Among his many accolades, Stewart is the Artistic Director of the American Composers Orchestra. Acclaimed pianist Jenny Lin, named by the Washington Post as “surely one of the most interesting pianists in America right now” will conclude the festival.

    Fotografiska was founded in Stockholm in 2010. The museum lets visitors discover world-class photography, eclectic programming, elevated dining, and surprising new perspectives. A core mission of Fotografiska is to inspire a more conscious world. The museum does this through photography, producing dynamic and unparalleled rotating exhibitions, spanning various photographic genres, in inclusive and immersive environments. With locations in Stockholm, New York City, and Tallinn, and coming soon to Berlin, Fotografiska is the premier global gathering place for photography and culture.

    Click here for more information on Unfiltered Music Festival.

    Fotografiska Musuem in New York City
  • Atmosphere US Tour to Stop at Jones Beach

    Hip-hop duo Atmosphere has announced a 2023 North American tour that is scheduled to run throughout the summer, with a stop at Jones Beach. Atmosphere is scheduled to stop at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theatre in Wantagh on Aug. 26. The tour, dubbed Summertime 2023, starts in July and runs until the beginning of September.

    atmosphere jones beach
    Atmosphere members Slug and Ant

    Atmosphere will be joined on their tour by Slightly Stoopid, Sublime with Rome, and The Movement. Summertime 2023 is in support of the duo’s latest album, So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously, out on May 5 through Rhymesayers Entertainment.

    Rapper Slug and DJ/producer Ant are the voices of Atmosphere, originating in Minneapolis. Their career as a duo spans more than 25 years, with their debut studio album, Overcast! being released in 1997. In more than a decade since the release of their debut album, Atmosphere has released over two dozen studio albums, EPs, and collaborative side projects. Their success can be attributed to the honesty, humility, and vulnerability, of their music. In the early 2000s, Slug inadvertently coined the phrase “emo rap” in an interview, and publications now run with that tag when describing the band and similar groups.

    Atmosphere’s latest work can arguably be called some of their most personal material to date. The opening track “Okay” is seemingly focused on comforting their listeners, a departure from their previous work. As such, So Many Other Realities marks one of the duo’s most innovative albums to date. While their previous work has focused on the parts of life that carry the most meaning, their new album highlights the fear and paranoia of a pandemic-ridden society. However, the darkness of the album is undercut with songs like “Still Life” which offers a more hopeful outlook.

    Tickets for Atmosphere’s summer 2023 are now available. Pre-order / pre-save So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously here.

    Listen to the “Okay” by Atmosphere official music video on YouTube.

    Atmosphere The Con Tour Dates
    5/11 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
    5/12 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
    5/13 – Cologne, DE @ Gebäude 9
    5/15 – Paris, FR @ La Bellevilloise
    5/17 – Berlin, DE @ Hole44
    5/19 – Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset
    5/20 – Stockholm, SE @ Kägelbanan
    5/21 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret

    Festival Performance Dates
    5/25 – Monterey, CA @ Cali Roots
    6/16 – Greenwood Village, CO @ Fiddler’s Green with Dirty Heads and Stick Figure

    Summertime 2023 Tour Dates
    7/6 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
    7/7 – Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater
    7/8 – Nampa, ID @ Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater
    7/9 – West Valley City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre
    7/14 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
    7/15 – Irvine, CA @ FivePoint Amphitheater *
    7/16 – San Diego, CA @ Petco Park
    7/21 – The Woodlands, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion
    7/22 – Del Valle, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheatre
    7/23 – Irving, TX @ The Pavillion at Toyota Music Factory
    7/27 – Somerset, WI @ Somerset Amphitheatre
    7/28 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavillion at Northerly Island
    7/29 – Sterling Heights, MI @ Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
    7/30 – Indianapolis, IN @ TCU Amphitheatre at White River State Park
    8/3 – North Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Coliseum (Indoors)
    8/4 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veteran’s United Home Loans Amphitheatre
    8/5 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
    8/6 – Wilmington, NC @ Live Oak Bank Pavillion
    8/17 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
    8/18 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavillion
    8/20 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavillion
    8/24 – Gilford, NH @ Bank of New Hampshire
    8/25 – Mansfield, MA @ XFINITY Center
    8/26 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theatre
    9/1 – Jacksonville, FL @ Daily’s Place
    9/3 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre

    *without Sublime with Rome

    New Headlining Tour Dates:

    6/2 – Anchorage, AK @ Williwaw Social w/ DJ Abilities, Sa-Roc, HEBL

    6/3- Anchorage, AK @ Williwaw Social w/ DJ Abilities, Sa-Roc, HEBL

    9/17 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre w/ Danny Brown, Souls of Mischief, The Grouch & Eligh w/ DJ Fresh, Mr. Dibbs and Breakbeat Lou Ultimate Breaks & Beats

  • Second Annual Follow The Arrow Festival at Arrowood Farms Lineup Announced

    The second annual edition of the Hudson Valley Follow The Arrow festival presented by Marco Benevento at Arrowood Farms in Accord lineup has been announced for June 17.

    Follow The Arrow Festival

    Follow The Arrow Festival was created by Marco Benevento along with his record label Royal Potato Family and Impact Concerts in 2022. The festival featured performances by Antibalas, The Slip, and Mikaela Davis, among others. It is centered around the importance of self-expression and maintaining one’s values, all while listening to great music and enjoying a sense of joy and positivity.

    Woodstock-based artist Benevento has toured the world for his eight studio albums, amassing a devoted fanbase, while drawing praise from tastemakers far and wide. The Los Angeles Times said, “it’s safe to say that no one sees the keyboard quite like Marco Benevento’s genre-blind mashup of indie rock, jazz, and skewed improvisation.” His songwriting is infectious and earthy, yet at the same time is pumped full of dance-rock energy. On his latest album Benevento, he dives deep down a psych funk rabbit hole, reimagining the negative times we are living in with optimistic groove tracks like “At The End Or The Beginning,” “Winter Rose” and “Do You Want Some Magic?”

    We’re so excited to invite everyone back to Follow The Arrow this summer. As anyone who attended last year will tell you, it was a magical day. Everyone partied and had an amazing experience, but it was also family friendly vibes where you could bring your kiddos and relax because they were having as much fun as everyone else. This year’s line-up includes some of my all-time favorite musicians and we’ll be revealing a few exciting additional artists and plans for the day in the coming weeks. We’re still feeling it from last year, so you know we’re only gonna build on it and have ourselves an absolute blast.

    Marco Benevento

    This year’s festival features Marco Benevento and his band as well as indie rock groups Rubblebucket, The Barr Brothers, and Scott Metzger, with a second round of artists and special guests to be announced in early April. Rubblebucket is a spunky art-pop and indie-rock band from Brooklyn, featuring members Kalmia Traver and Alex Toth. Their performances are high-energy, with an engaged crowd that sings every note, grooving back and forth to their music. The duo’s sixth record Earth Worship explores love songs for and from the natural world, featuring infectious melodic complexity, hooky vocals, and shimmering beats.

    The Barr Brothers is an indie folk band founded in Montreal in 2006, consisting of brothers Andrew and Brad Barr, as well as bassist Morgan Moore, pedal steel guitarist Brett Lanier, and harpist Eveline Gregoire-Rousseau. Scott Metzger has performed extensively all over the United States, Europe, Japan, and Australia and has recorded projects of all styles. He is a full-time member of the critically acclaimed, increasingly popular Joe Russo’s Almost Dead.

    The second round of artists includes heavy groove trio LaMP featuring guitarist Scott Metzger with keyboardist Ray Paczkowski and drummer Russ Lawton who are best known for their work with the Trey Anastasio Band, Beacon, NY-based indie folk band Upstate, and jam rock meets indie pop dynamo Karina Rykman and her band. In addition, Marco Benevento and friends will cap the night off with Let’s Dance: A Tribute To David Bowie, with special guests Duane Betts, Stuart Bogie, Mikaela Davis, and Sister Sparrow.

    Tickets go on sale on March 24 at 10 a.m., including an allotment of discounted early bird tickets. For more information about Follow The Arrow Festival and to purchase tickets, visit here.

  • Catch Brooklyn Indie Rockers Blanket Approval at Berlin Under A on March 25

    Blanket Approval will throw a bit of a shebang this weekend at Berlin (Under A) in the heart of the East Village. They’ll be joined by Strange Neighbors and Golden Alphabet, and will have a one-of-a-kind show poster and t-shirt auction benefiting the Achilles International Queens Chapter.

    Blanket Approval, Golden Alphabet and Strange Neighbors will throw a shebang this weekend at Berlin (Under A) in the East Village.

    Blanket Approval is a groovy indie pop rock band from New York City. Born out of the ashes of the pandemic, singer/guitarist Jack Matteucci moved to Brooklyn in August of 2021 after hopping around the country for 8 months, searching for a music scene he wanted to grow with. He soon met drummer Joey Hadden through mutual friends and they founded the band. While the two were gigging together, Jack met bassist Max Mena at a DIY punk show in Queens and thankfully found guitarist/keyboardist Rahul Chakraborty online.

    With the new recruits, Blanket Approval began rehearsing and recording in January 2022, before making their live debut at Union Pool in Brooklyn that spring. Since then, the band has played throughout NYC, most recently at the acclaimed Mercury Lounge in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The band has built an impressive following thanks to strong social media promo, has garnered nearly 200,000 streams on Spotify in less than 8 months, and a feature in Spotify’s Fresh Finds Indie. 2023 will see a string of new releases, including a summer EP, as well as tour dates throughout the East Coast.

    Strange Neighbors first unleashed their jangly power pop onto the New York scene in 2018. Founded by vocalist Aidan and drummer Tracey, they soon brought guitarist Zach into the mix through a Facebook ad. It remains one of the three all-time positive outcomes of social media.

    After a few early singles and some lineup changes, the band brought along bassist Dana to record their debut album How to Human in early 2019. Taking influence from the power pop and pop punk of the band’s youth, the album’s eight songs are characterized by sparkling guitars, intricate bass lines, rock solid beats and impassioned vocals, a mix of the old and new.

    The band followed up with the Illuminasti EP in 2020 and marked their live comeback as a live act with the single “Mystic Piers” in July of 2021. They have continued recording, writing and performing into 2023 with the release of the “Party of None” EP.

    Since their formation, Strange Neighbors have played at popular New York City haunts like Piano’s, The Bitter End, Bowery Electric, Cobra Club, Arlene’s Grocery, Mercury Lounge, Knitting Factory, Sultan Room, Rubulad, and more.

    Originally formed in the cactus country of Tucson, Arizona, in 2003, Golden Alphabet found their final form in a place that couldn’t be more different than Southern Arizona: Brooklyn. Along the road there have been many members and iterations from solo project, to large form collective, to the current 5-piece (since 2014). All the shapes Golden Alphabet have taken have left their mark and played their part in what the group is in this moment.

    Their desert roots are not hard to pinpoint. With the country western radio station blasting from his father’s workshop, primary writer and singer Tommy Cormier couldn’t escape the simple structures and emotive delivery of the music he grew up with. Though their music might not be technically categorized as country or folk, Golden Alphabet delivers an aesthetic of contemporary indie-psych, sometimes baroque pop, with a varnish of desert dust; from melodic whispers to heavy riffs and soaring choruses, inspiration takes many forms in their music. 

    Golden Alphabet is Tommy Cormier, Kendra Kovarik, Nate Jasensky, Derek Smith, and Timmy Minker. Removable Baby Jesus was recorded, produced, and mixed entirely by the band at Greenpoint Recording Collective, where Cormier and Jasensky are producers for local musicians and bands.

    Berlin (Under A) is located at Avenue A & 2nd Street in Alphabet City. Tickets are $10 advance, $15 Day of Show.