Sputnik's Down
While punk rock and emo are all the rage on Long Island, Sputnik's Down, with its roots in rock, jazz and funk - and even opera - are appealing to all different types of fans across Long Island. In fact...
Janis Ian
Grammy-winning singer/songwriter, Janis Ian, might be best known for her depressing, but beautiful, ballad about teen angst, At Seventeen, released in 1975, but she's written and performed a wealth of...
From Autumn to Ashes
Long Island's well-known metalcore group, From Autumn to Ashes, nearly broke up this past spring, but instead, they worked out their problems. Instead of breaking up, this summer the foursome found...
Peter Dugan - Poet and Political Activist
Is poetry dead? Its reputation is challenged daily by angry teenage girls reading rhyming rants from their diaries during open mic nights. Does poetry exist outside of the classroom or coffeehouse...
Tauk
The music world is no stranger to hype, with bands making it and breaking it every day, many not lasting any long than their 15 minutes of fame. One could easily see this happening to recent Oyster Bay...
Thursday
After Thursday's fourth album, War All the Time, which was released in 2003, peaked at number seven on the Billboard charts, the band knew there would be a lot of pressure on them for their follow-up...
The Sounds
After all the hype surrounding their 2003 debut, Living in America, Sweden's The Sounds were able to prove they were the real deal despite the pressure it put on them. Their sophomore release, Dying to...
Joan Jett
Armed with her first new album in 10 years, Sinner, punk rock's long reigning queen is hitting the road once again. This time, Joan Jett is headlining the Warped Tour, which, over the years, has become...
I Am the Avalanche
Forming out of the ashes of Merrick's pop-punk quintet, The Movielife, I Am the Avalanche has already established itself as a force to be reckoned with in the indie rock world. Having released their...
Grace Potter - A Powerhouse in a Small Package
Everywhere Grace Potter goes she wows audiences. It is obvious that she has crafted her voice to wail or whisper whatever the song requires, but she has taken that skill one giant step further...
The Slack Pack
Despite what their name might imply, the Slack Pack are busier than your average twenty-somethings. This filmmaking troupe, which began as a Cable Access television show called Slacker TV while...
Umphrey's McGee - A Smorgasbord of Musical Genres
An Umphrey's McGee show is a musical extravaganza as the band members trip in and out of musical genres. The band is unique even in the jam scene because of their musical diversity, not only...
Patent Pending
Mt. Sinai funny punks Patent Pending are certainly on their way up with a new album and a summer full of stints on the Warped Tour. Their latest album, Save Each Other, the Whales Are Doing Fine...
Nightcrawler 1947
From the farthest reaches of the uncivilized tribes of Earth to the farthest reaches of the outer Galaxies comes the sound of Nightcrawler 1947. This Connecticut, four-piece, electronica band...
Kevin Devine
With his latest album, tentatively called Put Your Ghost to Rest, mixed and mastered and being prepared for release on Capitol Records this summer, Kevin Devine seems ready to come into his own...
Scott Goldberg: Creating Horror From a Realistic Point of View
It's just like a writer/director to shroud his life in mystery from birth. Scott Goldberg emerged from the unknown, leaving Texas with his adapted parents to live in Glen Cove, NY...
P.J. Tepe From Lux Courageous
Beloved indie rockers Lux Courageous might have called it quits last fall, but the band's founder, P.J. Tepe, hasn't turned his back on music yet; he's just taking a little vacation...
Neurotic Decay
Formed in 2004, Neurotic Decay is a death metal band that adds the vibe of techno beats and sampling to their repertoire to create a new kind of music. With sound and vocals akin to Cannibal Corpse...
Miles to Dayton
Long Island folkies Miles to Dayton are swimming like mad to stay afloat in a sea of hardcore, emo and pop-punk - and they're ready to rock out a little bit more themselves...
Metric
Toronto indie stalwart Metric is coming down from a stellar high in the month of March. Not only did they open for the Rolling Stones, arguably the biggest rock band in the world
Wired
Long Island's Wired is poised to take over the world. And they're going to brainwash everyone they can into becoming a fan of their catchy pop-punk along the way, said Wired lead guitarist...
The Anabolics
Brooklyn's The Anabolics are ready to take power pop to a whole new level. The band, which formed in the summer of 2003, recently went through a line-up change in January...
The Blue Scene
Looking rather dapper and youthful in their matching suits, with their moppish hair, The Blue Scene garners comparisons to The Beatles even before they start playing the melodic pop-rock...
Recording Engineer Don Casale
No account of the rich musical history of Long Island (or America, for that matter) would be complete without mention of Westbury-based recording engineer Don Casale...
Risus Ex Mortuus
Although influenced by common themes such as Winter, Grief and Skepticism, Rigor Sardonicous' sound is truly unique to the genre of doom. Mixing very low-end bass and vocals that sound...
Jillian Santella
After a brief respite from music, Jillian Santella has picked up her guitar again and is currently penning the tunes for the follow-up album to her 2004 debut, The July EP...
Rainer Maria
Literary indie rockers Rainer Maria are getting set to release Catastrophe Keeps Us Together, their first studio album since 2003s Long Knives Drawn...
Theo and the Skyscrapers
Former lead singer of the Lunachicks, the iconic, all-female, punk band from New York City, is back on the road with both a new album and a new band. Theo Kogan has put together Theo and the Skyscrapers...
The You
New York City got a fresh taste of the new lineup of up-and-coming, Pittsburgh, indie rockers The You. The group came to town to play at Sin-e on April 10...
