Shannon Tehya performed with The Troupe under a tent awning at the Troy Farmer’s Market in downtown Troy on Saturday, May 4th. Photography by Liam Sweeny.       More from Liam Sweeny…

High Rise II – High Rise – Album Review – by Joshua Reedy. High Rise – High Rise II (1986) My copy: 2018 reissue by Black Editions. Following the aptly titled Psychedelic Speed Freaks for which they were once named, Japanese psych/hard-rock band High Rise doubled down on their maniacal, unyielding sound with this 30-minute […]

Prog Digest – An Xperience Column – by Klyde Kadiddlehumper. What a long strange trip it’s been. No, this is not another Grateful Dead article. While I like the Dead and have a ’72 VW bus with a custom plate, that is not where we are headed this month. We are going to be visiting […]

Az Iz – Interview – Thanks for Asking! – by Liam Sweeny. RRX: We all get a little support from those around us. And we also can be impressed by our fellow performers. Who do you admire in your community, and why? AI: Having just attended the EDDIES Awards, it struck me how much our […]

PapaSweenBean’s Friday Night – Seltzer Review – by Liam Sweeny. It’s seven at night and I’m in Troy, the one and only, the Collar City, only no one’s wearing collars ‘cause it’s sweet as fuck outside right now. Also, it’s Friday. I am in search of an effervescent bliss that only comes spiked with a […]

Sunday, April 29th brought us a Indie Music Cavalcade to No Fun. Blue Ranger from around Troy, Merce Lemon from Pittsburgh PA and Gregg Freeman from Burlington VT with the latter two bands adding the other’s singer. Photography by Timothy Reidy. More from Timothy Reidy…

  Jukebox. TikTok In a win for songwriters and artists, Universal Music Publishing Group, the world’s largest record label, has reached a deal with social media platform TikTok over three major issues after pulling their music from TikTok on January 31st. The issues were monetary compensation, the use of AI, and protections for songwriters, artists, […]