There’s an unexpected and entirely wonderful perk to starting a music magazine that I truly wasn’t expecting. Bands send me their upcoming releases early. I know, I know. I should have anticipated that, right? But I went into this fully…
A couple of weeks back, I wrote an artist profile on the band Front & Main, and one of my many takeaways from their sound was the outrageously talented Samuel B. Lupowitz, whom I’d rank up there with Tyson Alston…
Last October, I interviewed local music legend Benny Fiacco of Music City. I asked him if there were any music acts locally that stood out to him in a big way. And one of the music acts he replied with…
This week has been pretty exciting around here. I spent last weekend over-indulging in The C&G Spot from Caviar & Grits, and then I had the absolute pleasure of reviewing Driftwood’s new LP December Last Call. And I really thought…
December Last Call, the latest LP from Binghamton’s storied Americana band Driftwood, is a prime example of what makes the Binghamton music scene stand out. And to explain why, I first need to state that as a teenager in the…
There’s a rather beautiful juxtaposition between the hectic, nonstop week I’ve had, and now sitting down to review The C&G Spot, the upcoming release from Caviar & Grits. This new five-track EP is as stunning as it is soulful. An…
I’ve always been a sucker for modern music acts that capitalize on retro sounds. Monophonics, Curtis Harding, Sloan, White Denim, Midlake, Vulfpeck, the Datsuns … I could list these performers I adore all day. But I’d much rather talk about…
We put a lot of energy into promoting the Parlor City Sound—music that defies the boundaries of genres and breaks as many molds as possible. But there’s also a strong history of bands in our area that stick to and…
From the get-go, we wanted Parlor City Sound to not just cover Greater Binghamton, but pretty much everywhere with a 607 area code. And few bands are as synonymous with the Central New York and Southern Tier music scenes as…
