It was an era when New Wave was still new, punks couldn't get a gig, and kids who could drink - legally - at 18 were hungry for live music. Scorgie's filled that void. The Andrews Street club brought...
He may be new to the scene, but not to the game. Rochester rapper Reece Q (Reece Baskin) has a...
He isn't asking for much, really. Shit, he just wants to play the guitar. MS is robbing Dave...
Does anyone remember Icicle Works? "A Whisper To A Scream"? Anybody? No? How about The Jam or...
So last night I bashed up my knees after a fall in an alleyway, six-pack in hand (heels are a hazard), and everything hurt when I headed over to the WXXI studios to see the Chesterfield Kings perform for the last installment of the OnStage...
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Kings of Leon "Only by the Night"
Blazing no new trails in the well-worn field of Southern rock, there was nonetheless something arrogant and primal about the first two recordings from the Followill boys, and last year's ambitious "Because of the Times" allowed the Tennessee sons...
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Sitting in a jazz club I sometimes wish I could go back half a century to witness the all-time greats in their prime. With excellent sound quality and footage lovingly filmed in European venues, Jazz Icons DVDs come close to making my wish come...
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Ahh, that sweet soul music. What is it about it that sends us? There's something burning way below that gives soul its soul. Nouveau soul sensation Jesse Dee sings it, plays it, knows it.
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New Kids on the Block "The Block"
The Kids are back, with both a more mature look and sound. Gone is the bubblegum pop (aside from hit single "Summertime"), in favor of more sexually explicit/R. Kelly fare, like "Click, Click, Click," "Dirty Dancing," and "Full Service." "The...
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First the good news: "Death Magnetic" contains Metallica's most sophisticated, energized, and - yes - heavy material since its 1988 classic "...And Justice for All." If you were hoping for a return to form, it's hard to deny the ways that "Death...
Dave Goebel knows when it all went bad. It was after the pick-up band had charmed the party...
You'd be tempted to just close your eyes and let the atmospheric instrumentals whirl around you,...
You can get into artist Albert Paley's head this week through the documentary "Albert Paley: In...
What if there a way to have some of the most fun you've ever had with your kids, engage them in...
Ho ho ho: the economy is in the crapper. Wall Street might be getting billion-dollar bailouts,...
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