Upstate Metal’s top 10 music videos of 2011
Posted by Christine Palmer on December 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Mastodon – Curl Of The Burl This video may just be the best video by any band of any genre this year. As many of you already know, Brann Dailor and Bill Kelliher have ties in the Rochester music scene. I could not compile a list of best video clips without this being number one. … Read more
“A Black Light Valentine” to return to The Dungeon
Posted by Christine Palmer on December 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Check this out. An incredible line up of upstate bands, raging the stage in a black light encompassed room. I don’t know about you guys, but I’m in! Tickets are available from all the bands. Event can be seen here: http://www.facebook.com/events/223596467718070/ -Christine Palmer
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FEATURED BAND: The Nightlife
Posted by Christine Palmer on December 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment
When does all of this great music that I was not familiar with, come to an end? The answer seems to be never…as of today! I just listened to The Nightlife’s latest release, Among Safe Secrets. It is so mature and advanced, that I started questioning how the hell I could have overlooked these gentlemen … Read more
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FEATURED BAND: Come Honor
Posted by Christine Palmer on December 28, 2011 · 1 Comment
Buffalo is the home of many different musical scenes that all share in a blue collar approach to the songwriting process. You can hear it in the lyrics, the sound, and in the way they promote their projects. Come Honor can be added to a long list of names that share this incredible ethics based … Read more
JUST A MEMORY releases new video, Leila Dean discusses plans for 2012
Posted by Christine Palmer on December 28, 2011 · 1 Comment
One of the things that excited me as I continue writing about music is seeing and hearing a local band grow right before my eyes. In the last two years I have watched many bands come, go, come back, and some just disappear. Many had or have a ton of potential. Some realize it and … Read more
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FEATURED BAND: Divot
Posted by Christine Palmer on December 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Golly, I miss the over abundance of melodically great alternative metal bands that used to fill the airwaves. Over the last ten years, most of that scene has morphed into the forsaken ground of emulated mathematics. Often at times, the result is dreadful. When I hear a band like Elmira’s Divot, it gives me hope … Read more
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FEATURED BAND: Sadgiqacea (sad-juh-kay-sha)
Posted by Christine Palmer on December 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Being in a power duo can be a tough task when yearning for the addition of constructive and creational depth. The great ones all share some pretty common traits. When listening to bands like The White Stripes, No Age, and The Black Keys; you notice that the ruckus being created sounds much larger than the … Read more
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THEY WERE ALL GOLIATHS’ EP is energetic, recomended
Posted by Christine Palmer on December 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment
They were all Goliaths is an experimental progressive metal band from Bald Knob, Arkansas. They are a group of friends who strive to make original music that has deep tones and riveting breakdowns. They draw inspiration from such bands as Born of Osiris, The Plot In You, The Word Alive, The Browning and more. They … Read more
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VAN HALEN to tour in 2012
Posted by Christine Palmer on December 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Van Halen diehards just received a belated Christmas gift: the 80s rock icons are roaring back with a 2012 tour, which was announced through a series of video messages on the group’s official web site on Monday (Dec. 26).The collection of 30-second clips finds the reunited group goofing around during onstage rehearsals, with frontman David … Read more
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THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT’s Box Set is now available
Posted by Christine Palmer on December 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment
THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT’s “Contain Us” box-set for their epic quadrology ( Ki, Addicted, Deconstruction, and Ghost) is now available for purchase at CM Distro here ! The creator of this special tribute box-set, Man Alive’s Tom Bejgrowicz (who also conceived the classic and must-have Misfits Coffin box-set), has also posted a new stop-motion video … Read more
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