DREW KELLY EMERGES ‘FROM A DEEP ABYSS’ AFTER LONG TIME AWAY FROM MUSIC
Here's how far removed Drew Kelly, who had relased an album and toured just a few years prior, was from music: When he was first dating the woman he would marry, she asked him to sing to her. He had t...
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BRIAN LANGAN: LIFE IMITATES ART AND VICE VERSA (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
It's been 10 years since Brian Langan moved from his hometown of Scranton to Philadelphia. Known around NEPA for fronting The Sw!ms, his unique visual art and events like the beloved Panked! dance par...
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DJ WILLIAMS, GUITARIST FOR KARL DENSON, SOUNDTRACKS A PODCAST ROOTED IN NEPA
It's a big world for Tiny Universe guitarist DJ Williams. A long-time member of Karl Denson's Tiny Universe (fronted by its namesake sax and flute player and Rolling Stones sideman), Williams leads hi...
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SONG PREMIERE: AMERICAN BUFFALO GHOST, ‘THE DEVIL’S FINGERS’
"So wipe away those tears now, pour a glass of wine, and tonight we're livin' just like we're dyin'," Sean Flynn sings on the chorus of the new American Buffalo Ghost song "The Devil's Fingers." With ...
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JAY LUKE LAMENTS THE TYRANNY OF TECHNOLOGY ON NEW SINGLE
Scranton-area hard rock musician Jay Luke finds himself in a rather ironic position. The very thing he's railing against in his new single -- social media and people being tethered to their phones -- ...
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DAS BLACK MILK MINES ‘JEWELS AND ELEMENTS’ ON NEW ALBUM (SONG PREMIERE)
By Eric Schlittler Since the mid-aughts, the Scranton-based group known as Das Black Milk has made its presence known both in the Electric City the members call home and points beyond. The band's u...
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SLIPKNOT, VOLBEAT, GOJIRA & BEHEMOTH DESCEND ON MONTAGE MOUNTAIN
Photos by Alex Seeley The Knotfest Roadshow brought a day of extreme metal from the US and Europe to Montage Mountain in Scranton on Aug. 24. Headlined by Iowa masked metallers Slipknot, the festiv...
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JAMES BARRETT CHANNELS ‘CRAZY EMOTIONS’ ON NEW SONG AHEAD OF ALBUM RELEASE (PREMIERE)
Singer and guitarist James Barrett had been playing your typical solo gigs around the Scranton area, but he wanted more. "I always wanted to be in a band," he says. "I always listened to heavier st...
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LA FILMMAKER PENS TWISTED LOVE LETTER TO SCRANTON IN ‘HOMETOWN BOYS’
Filmmaker Jamie Sutor lives in Los Angeles, the film capital of the world, but when it came time to make his next movie, he chose a much less glamorous setting: Scranton. "Right off the bat, I alwa...
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TIGERS JAW ARE HOMECOMING HEROES AT RITZ THEATRE SHOW
Photos by Alex Seeley Scranton's Tigers Jaw thrilled a packed hometown crowd in the Northeastern Pennsylvania city's Ritz Theatre at a highly anticipated stop of the band's tour celebrating the 10t...
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