Artist Profile: Kipani
The Binghamton music scene has a lot of forward momentum right now. It’s honestly been a bit difficult to keep up with at times. Which makes it all the more impressive that the indie pop trio Kipani are blasting toward…
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Artists and repertoire. News, profiles, reviews, and more focused on artists and acts, especially in (but not limited to) Greater Binghamton and the various scenes that make up Upstate NY.
Zach Rouhana’s New LP ‘Inverted Fantasy’ is an Epic Debut
In the music world, especially in any given local music scene, there’s a well-known order of operations for most emerging acts. You gig your butt off, you establish a name for yourself and then, eventually, you release an album. But…
Artist Profile: Zach Rouhana
At Parlor City Sound we’re always keen on promoting emerging artists. Though it’s a rare treat to write an artist profile on a music act that became official a week ago. We like to wait until an act has at…
Artist Profile: Tom Jolu
To me, the Binghamton music scene stands out for how so many music acts hailing from the 607 meld genres with the sort of fluidity you can only cull from a melting pot. So I’ve really been looking forward to…
Artist Profile: Damn the Kid
I first heard about Damn the Kid in 2022, when my sister told me I should check them out at Binghamton Porchfest. They were the first band my wife and I saw at Porchfest that year. Which means Damn the…
Artist Profile: Buttercup Chins
If you know me personally, there’s a good chance you’re aware that I’m a huge Radiohead fan. So when my friend Maggie recently posted about her love for the Apalachin, New York band Buttercup Chins, and I spotted their moving…
Revisiting Yolk: Their Stunning Debut Album is 30 Now
It’s difficult to believe that Yolk’s self-titled debut album is now thirty years old. My recollection of hearing their music for the first time is as vivid to me as another Yolk-related memory from just three years ago: sitting in…
Last Christmas: Winnie Covers Wham! Classic in New Single
There are some Christmas songs that people either love or loathe. A lot of people famously dislike Santa Baby. There’s one infamous Mariah Carey song that will turn me green within a note or two, and that’s only halfway meant…
Artist Profile: Peaches and Crime
Few bands within the ecosphere of the Binghamton music scene strike as unique a chord as Peaches and Crime. This talented ensemble dresses to the nines in vintage kit and puts on a theatrical, vaudevillian live show of old-timey jazz,…
Artist Profile: Caviar & Grits
Founded in Binghamton, New York in 2019, Caviar & Grits is an original soul/ R&B group consisting of Binghamton music scene veterans Michaela Clark, Jim Lomonaco, Moses Valle, Tyson Alston, and Joe Kollar. Their music is feel-good and funky, soulful…