The last time Maroon 5 guitarist James Valentine and I talked was between mouthfuls of late-night breakfast. Maroon 5 had played a show at Water Street Music Hall, and we somehow found ourselves crowded in the...
It was rather blustery outside last Tuesday night, and I was feeling rather un-blustery inside,...
MUSIC PREVIEW: The Dan Eaton Band
"You play for years and years and years and you start to learn what's rare," says The Dan Eaton...
Warped Tour ain't nearly as warped as it once was. The annual rock 'n' roll circus rolls...
Tranquilatwist tranquilatwisted the dressed-up-to-get-messed-up crowd for the Devil's Night Fetish Masquerade at Water Street Music Hall Friday. Singer Karlie Cary Lanni seduced and we succumbed as she wailed bitter and sweet beneath a pillbox...
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MUSIC PROFILE: Michael Feinstein
Singer Michael Feinstein says, "When I choose a song, I go with my gut. It's hard to do because there are so many brilliant songs to choose from." Although he includes current songwriters in his performances and recordings, and has recently...
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Aqua Island's Startist and Bacchanal have an incredibly languid lyrical flow. It's a fluid cadence that flies solo as easily as it rolls with the band's samples and music. The duo is aggressive, proactive, and questioning in the spirit of the...
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MUSIC PROFILE: These Arms Are Snakes
Since it was first coined about 30 years ago to describe a faster, grittier brand of punk exemplified by the likes of Bad Brains and Black Flag, the term "hardcore" has come to suggest an ever-widening range of music. As more and more bands...
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MUSIC INTERVIEW: Bitter Flesh Thing
Bitter Flesh Thing was an angry spectacle of grinding industrial-leaning heavy rock. It seethed, it raged, it antagonized. It brilliantly created solace within its agony, and a solid release within its apocalyptic tone. But like the...
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MUSIC PROFILE: The Chinchillas
It's Thursday night in the heart of Pittsford village. And like every Thursday night, The Chinchillas are piled into a basement that resembles a bomb shelter. There are no rations or provisions - except for beer. It's decorated in what you...
My wife Deb and I have this get-out-of-jail free policy for affairs outside the marriage; each...
Local restaurants will square off to see who can stir up the best chili in town at this year's...
What child hasn't dreamed of flying, battling bad guys, and saving the world? Role-playing as...
Thank goodness summer is over. It's not that we're glad to see the sun, the beaches, or the...
OUR MONSTER ISSUE! The results are in! This year THOUSANDS of Rochesterians voted in our annual...
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