Artist Profile: Pocket Bandits
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…
Artist Profile: Grown Ups
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…
Loved So Bad: New Alyssa Crosby and Grown Ups EP a Gift
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: Driftwood’s New LP Needs to be Savored
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…
The C&G Spot: Caviar & Grits’ Soulful New EP is Stunning
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…
Artist Profile: Front & Main
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…
Artist Profile: Revenants
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…
Artist Profile: Gunpoets
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…
Artist Profile: Floodlands
For those of our readers who only recently moved to Greater Binghamton, or those who haven’t been here (we have 422 monthly readers in Poland and we’re not sure why), you may not recognize why the band Floodlands has such…