By Thomas S. Orwat Jr. Goth/pop, soon to be superstar, NYXX, is one of the most promising, talented and visionary new artists in music today. Her uniquely dark and heavy music style mixes elements of industrial, alternative and pop, combined with catchy chorus lines and infectious mesmerizing hooks. You can hear this on her brilliantly... Continue Reading →
Photos by Thomas S. Orwat Jr. Buffalo, NY – It was a beautiful, summer like afternoon in Buffalo, and thousands decided to enjoy the warm weather by attending the 4th annual Buffalo Cherry Blossom Festival- Music Day, located on the grounds of The Buffalo History Museum. This event was established to draw awareness to the... Continue Reading →
By Thomas S. Orwat Jr. The Minneapolis, MN-based Alternative hard rockers, City of the Weak, are a band unwilling to compromise and destined to make it big. Fronted by lead singer/songwriter, Stef w/ an F, along with Brent Lindblad - guitars, and Cody Hoffman - bass, this powerhouse trio is building up quite the reputation... Continue Reading →
By Thomas S. Orwat Jr. Buffalo, NY – Shadowside, a brilliant, power-metal band from Brazil, played its first show in the USA in over nine years last night. The band, which consists of: Dani Nolden -vocals Raphael Mattos -guitars, Magnus Rosén (formerly of Hammerfall )-bass and Fabio Buitvidas -drums, is currently on tour with Canadian... Continue Reading →
"For the longest time, people were like, 'You wear skinny ties and new wave haircuts.' It’s like, 'No, man. We wear leather jackets and we like AC/DC. We just have synthesizers.'" - Mark Brooks of Night Club describing the band's innovative, unique and heavy sound. By Thomas S. Orwat Jr. Night Club is a Los... Continue Reading →
Former teen pop sensation, Skye Sweetnam transforms into hot Metal star with her ground breaking band, SUMO CYCO. By Thomas S. Orwat Jr. / Top Photo - by Francesca Ludikar SUMO CYCO is an innovative, infectious- metal, punk, alternative influenced quartet from Hamilton, Ont. The band, who formed in 2011, is fronted by former teen pop... Continue Reading →
By Thomas S. Orwat Jr. Knee High Fox is an uncompromising, hard-hitting, musically diverse band, fronted by the lovely actress and songwriter, Krsy Fox. In addition to Krsy Fox, Knee High Fox consist of: Simon Nagel on bass, Sam Bam Koltun on guitar and Harley Dewinter on drums. This Hollywood, California-based band, who formed in 2012, have... Continue Reading →
By Thomas S. Orwat Jr. Lewiston, NY - Lewiston, NY - The legendary, Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame inducted band, Blondie, along with multi-million selling alternative rockers, Garbage, and upcoming female duo, Deap Vally, performed an incredibly satisfying, girls rock, triple-bill show at the scenic Artpark amphitheater on this sunny summer evening. The tour,... Continue Reading →
By Thomas S. Orwat Jr. Shock rock legend, Alice Cooper is notorious for always having some of the most talented musicians play in his band. Recently, when Cooper needed a bright new star to replace (ex-Michael Jackson) guitarist Orianthi, who was leaving to join Richie Sambora’s band, he picked the most talented - and... Continue Reading →
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