Spotlights: 10,000 Maniacs, Southern Culture on the Skids, and more! Debra Kate Schafer May 22, 2019 Goings-On Double the Chance to See 10,000 Maniacs Heading to City Winery on May 24 and May 25 is 10,000 Maniacs, one of the first (and greatest) alternative rock bands of our time. Their endearing approach to the earl...
Aly & AJ: Now Is As Good of a Time As Any Debra Kate Schafer May 15, 2019 Features, Interviews Growing up, very few teenybopper artists appealed to me. Maybe I was always just an old soul, but in my opinion, good music is always just that: good music. You had your boy bands and your girl groups—real ones...
Rob Halford Reflects on Fifty Years of Judas Priest Debra Kate Schafer May 15, 2019 Features, Interviews 1 When Rob Halford, one of the world’s most notable voices in heavy metal says, “You and I may be seeing Wicked together,” you might be just a little bit confused and a little bit star struck. I had the privilege...
Spotlights: Stryper, Electric Avenue, The Head and The Heart, Japanese House Debra Kate Schafer May 15, 2019 Goings-On Welcoming Stryper Back to Upstate NY Coming to The Chance in Poughkeepsie, NY on May 18 is the multi-platinum, critically acclaimed Stryper, California’s legendary Christian heavy metal band. Over 35 years o...
Spotlights: Aly and AJ, Chromeo, Nita Strauss, and Fang Gang Debra Kate Schafer May 8, 2019 Goings-On Aly and AJ are more than just the blonde girls you know and love from their teenage acting roles and youthful singles like “Potential Breakup Song.” The sister duo have been killing the acting game for over a d...
MUSE at the Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, April 7, 2019 Debra Kate Schafer May 8, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Muse truly did all they could to bring to life as many aspects of their career and music as possible on their current tour stop at the Wells Fargo Center. The set list for the Simulation Theory tour featured a ...
Meat Puppets: Creating Art, Then and Now Debra Kate Schafer May 1, 2019 Buzz Less than two years ago, the original Phoenix, Arizona trio that grew up with an adoration for music, art, and the psychedelics of the nineteen-seventies reunited for the first time since 1995. Brothers Curt an...
Spotlights: Anoushka Shankar, Love Train, and more! Debra Kate Schafer May 1, 2019 Goings-On After 20 years of making music, 24 tour dates this year alone, and an extensive discography, Anoushka Shankar is landing herself back in New York City for a celebratory night of cross cultural music and career ...
SWMRS: Diligence, Deep Roots, and Dancing Debra Kate Schafer April 3, 2019 Features, Interviews Coming in stronger and better than ever on their sophomore record was the goal of Oakland, California’s always evolving, yet still true to the core, beat-driven punk band, SWMRS. Their debut album, Drive North,...
Album Review: Upstate — ‘Healing’ Debra Kate Schafer March 13, 2019 Albums, Reviews If you have a weakness for harmonies and down to earth instrumentals, this New York-based six-piece is the band for you. In a way, the aptly named Upstate is a mix of Hanson, Dawes, and Lake Street Drive, makin...
