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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VANS WARPED TOUR FAREWELL: MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, FRANK TURNER AND MORE
Photos by Alex Seeley An annual tradition for 24 summers, the Vans Warped Tour made its finally trek across the country this summer, including a recent stop at Montage Mountain in Scranton. The ico...
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MIZ’S COMEBACK STORY UNFOLDS ON ‘A YEAR AGO TODAY’ (SONG PREMIERE)
Mike Mizwinski — the singer, songwriter and guitarist who performs as Miz — opens his soon-to-be-released new studio album, “A Year Ago Today,” with an introspective, country-flavored tune called “Bei...
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NEAL CASAL ON CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD, PLAYING JERRY GARCIA’S ‘WOLF’ & BEING A GOOD LIEUTENANT
Guitarist-photographer Neal Casal is one of a handful of musicians who can lay a legitimate claim to having played one of the late Jerry Garcia’s treasured guitars in the decades since Garcia’s 1995 d...
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OUTLAW MUSIC FESTIVAL: SCHEDULE, TICKET INFO FOR WILLIE NELSON, NEIL YOUNG EVENT IN SCRANTON
Photo by Jim Gavenus The inaugural Outlaw Music Festival, featuring Willie Nelson, Neil Young + Promise of the Real, Sheryl Crow, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Lee Ann Womack, and latest main stage a...
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