more by Christopher John Treacy
[PUNK] In true punk rock glory, Laura Jane Grace’s very natural, cards-on-the-table transition from Against Me!’s front man to front woman has come off with understated simplicity, and the band has attracted a new faction to its fan ba
[ROCK] For anyone familiar with the Bay Area bands that provided the late 1960’s countercultural soundtrack, Commander Cody, a.k.a. George Frayne, is an institution.
[JAM] Masterminded by Moog synth whiz Steve Molitz, Particle got a promising start in the early 2000s as a key player in the livetronica scene, straddling the lines between improv-fueled jam bands and the then-emerging EDM sound.
[ROCK] It takes big balls to say ‘let’s form a band’ with no prior experience playing music, and even bigger ones to actually land a career doing it.
[PUNK] PUP brings fresh energy from Toronto’s punk scene, fusing the rawness the genre has always celebrated and the modern “melodic hardcore” sound with a nerdy, underdog mentality.
[ROCK] Named after a 1970 sci-fi-horror flick with Leslie Nielsen and Lee Grant where aliens enslave zombies, Night Slaves is a dark, electro-industrial collaboration between David Kane and John Toohill, who’ve just released a six-song cassette.
[CELEBRATION] It’s “The Big Easy in Buffalo,” for the 9th annual Mardi Gras Jam, one of the premiere annual New Orleans musical events here in New York State.