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The Local 518 Music (and More) Report 2017 – Quarter 1

The report covers the time period of January 1st to Male Patterns - "Depression / Headaches" [punk] March 31st, 2017. We inadvertently missed a few before Albany that time period, which were brought to our attention by fans, bands and others. They’re listed at the end. Restless Streets - "In Vogue" (single) [melodic ] Albany RECORDINGS: Scavengers - "Progress To Oblivion" [hardcore crust] Hard Rock / Metal / Punk Albany Above The Flood - "Already Won" (single track) [post alt rock] Gloversville Self Defense Family - "Bastard Form / Maybe You Could Explain It To Me" (7-inch) [ post ] Cohoes Animal Math - "The Ballad of Bloodbath McGrath" [progressive ] Wynantskill Skeptic - "Worship The End" [extreme death metal] Albany Asa Morris and the Mess – “A Little F*ckin Dead” [heavy garage lo-fi post-] Glens Falls Sobgoblin - "I Can Not Stop This" [punk grunge rock] Glens Falls Bad Mothers - "Why Bother" (EP) [alt grunge rock] Albany Sun Voyager - "Trip" (single) [heavy ] Albany/BK Blackcat Elliot - "Wanna Be You" (single track) [garage power rock] Albany The Erotics - "20 Yrs of Nothing to Show for It" (Picture Disc) [sleaze trash rock] Albany Blind Threat - "Fissure" (single version) [hardcore metal] Albany The Final Sleep - "I" [progressive death metal] Troy

Boy Go Fast – “Little Things" [alt rock] Albany Rock / Pop Caramel Snow - "Something That I Said" to "Miracle" Broken Field Runner – "Heavy Hanging Fruit" (EP) | (single tracks) [ dreampop] Delmar "Expecting" (single) [emo pop punk] Albany / LA Jocelyn & Chris Arndt - "30,000 Miles" [soul ] Capitle - "Melodies Of" (EP) [hardcore] Albany Fort Plain/Cambridge MA

Doöojj - "Zooid" [alternative post-rock] Charlton Melli & The Sparks - "The Thief" [alt pop rock] Albany

Frank Palangi - "I Am Ready - Acoustic" [hard rock] Rough-n-Real Band - "Drama" (single) [] Queensbury Mayfield

Galaxy Overdrive - "Out of View" [melodic hard rock] Sydney Schizzano - "Felt" (EP) [pop hop rap] Albany Saratoga Springs The Snaz - "Sensitive Man" [grunge pop rock] Hundreds of AU - "Demo 2017" [hardcore screamo Brattleboro VT punk] Albany Watch Reggie Run - "A Little Faster" [pop punk rock] iüdica - "Brain Carvings" (EP) [alt grunge rock] Lake Albany George Wild Adriatic - "Feel" [rock pop soul] Saratoga Springs

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Americana / Folk / Country / 'grass / Singer- Songwriter Sean Madden - "The Whale" (single track) [folk] Albany A Judgmental Swarm Of Bees - "Something To Be Proud Of" [acoustic folk punk] Albany Sean Rowe - "Gas Station Rose" (single) [americana blues soul s/s] Troy Andy Campolieto - "Old Glory" (single) [americana folk] Schenectady/ Stories Told - "Stories Told" (EP) [acoustic folk s/s] Saratoga Springs Bill Ackerbauer - "Discovery" [upstate folk americana] Johnstown The Gibson Brothers - "In The Ground" [bluegrass] Ellenburg Depot C.K. Flach - "Empty Mansions" [folk rock] Ravena The Maloy Brothers - "Good Old Days" | “Your Move” Colin Moran - "I Got Problems / American Dreams" (2- (singles) [pop country] Valatie tracks) [americana folk punk] Adams MA TJ Foster - "Fauxtest Songs: Volume One" [damn right, Deb Cavanaugh - "Revolution 2017" (single) [political it's protest music] Albany folk pop] Petersburg Jazz / International / Classical / World Dustin Sawyer - "From One Comes Many" (EP) [acoustic Barry Hyman – “The Gift (I Free You)" (single track) s/s] Gloversville [world fusion] Johnsonville

Heather & Dee - "Phases Of The Heart" [acoustic Darryl Kniffen - "The Creep Walk" (single track) [jazz country folk] Schoharie ] Saratoga Springs

Henry's Rifle - "Arkansas" (EP) [acoustic country blues] Joe Barna and Sketches Of Influence - "Suite Lee" [jazz Albany piano] Albany

Horse Apples - "Dirty Birds" (single track) [electronic KoriSoron - "Triad" [acoustic fusion] Schenectady atmospheric folk] Albany Le Rubb - "03/06/2017" |"Le Rubb Trio" [jazz Jesse O'Neill - "Green and Blue" (single track) [folk electronica fusion] Saratoga Springs blues] Albany/NYC This Lives Here - "This Lives Here" [r&b soul jazz] Albany Karen Caruso - "Moonlight in Your Martini" (single) [country pop] Fort Plain Instrumental / Electronic / EDM Apostrophe S - "Firebal [MIDI]" (single track) | "Happy Keanen Stark and Olivia Keenan - "Ramblings Recalled" 20Saxen7een: a Few More Beats" [electronic [traditional folk] Whitehall beats] Albany

Lucas Garrett - "Evening's Come, But It's Not Dark" (EP) Burnt Hills - "Twin Turbines" [experimental full band [folk rock] Queensbury noise] Albany

Mike Grutka - "Fallen" | "Find It Out" (single tracks) Century Plants - "Dissolvers" (2 extra remixes) [improv [acoustic folk rock] Guilderland drone noise] Albany

Rocky Velvet - "Too Much Fun" (7-inch + download) Chris Bassett - "No More" (single track) [ambient [] Cropseyville industrial lofi noise] Troy

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Super Awkward - "the racist" to "concertoformorons" DComposeuЯ - "DEFMUSIKFORDEFPEOPLE - (single tracks) [pop groove] Albany DCOMPOSED" | "MYMINDSPLAYINGTRICKSONME - DCOMPOSED" [electronic deconstruction assemblages] The Neighbors - "The Children" (2-tracks) [experimental STEAL CITY guitar voices] Albany

Elbowdrop - "His Name Is John Cena" | "Hacksaw the The Vinylcologist - "Flipside Beat Tape" [hip hop beats Hero" (single tracks) [chipthrash] Albany instrumental] Albany

Germy Cats - "A Few Dead Deer In The Middle Of A R&B / Soul / Hip-Hop / Rap / Funk Lake" | "Kill It Before It Lays Eggs" [electronic art] Airline Jay - "Old Bitch New Bitch" (single) [hip hop rap] Saratoga Springs Albany

Kazufro – “Kikideliv" (single track) [hip hop chill beats] Big Malk & Sime Gezus - "Livin' Young" (single track) Troy [hip hop instrumental] Albany

Lord Electro - "Business" | "8X10 Baltimore, MD 11.23. Bryan Thomas - "Songs About Books About Writers" | "I 16" [jamtronica] Albany Am Not Your Negro" (single) [r&b soul pop] Albany

Olson/Case/Hardiman - "March of the Mutilated, Vol. 1" Cryptic One & Alaska - "Orange is the New Wack" [experimental drone psyjazz] Albany (single) [political hip hop rap] Brooklyn/Hudson

Optimus Chad – "Tempered and True (Classics Theme)" Devin B & Osmel - "Niche" [alternative dark synth-hop] | "If Stranger Things Was A Love Story" | "High Octane Albany Victory (Deonna Purrazzo's Theme)" (single tracks) [8- bit chiptune] Cybertron/Clifton Park Dezmatic - "Sir Yes Sir" (single) [hip hop rap] Albany

Plupen - "This Is Not A Drill" [midi instrumental] DJ Dragon Smasher - "Freddie Pendergrass" (single Schoharie track) [hip hop rap] Albany

Rambutan - "Dormant Volcanoes" | "A Plausible Elsphinx - "Mouth Fulla Teeth" | "Daddy Dangerous" Reality" | "Guitar Improvisation Number 1" (single (single tracks) [hip hop rap] Albany tracks) - "Erasing the Past (lathe-cut 7-inch)" (2-tracks) [experimental drone noise] Albany Masai - "The Life And Times Of Barry Allen" (EP) [hip hop rap] Albany Rhakim Ali - "cruisin'" | "La Flamant" [electronic hip hop instrumental] Albany Marko/Cavs - "Very Exotic Very Rare" [hip hop rap] Troy

Rrarebear - "All Attention" to "gleam" [chill electronic MIRK - "Satisfied" (single) [r&b soul rock] Albany beats] Albany Mr. Pigz - "Is It All As It Seems" | "Loser" (single tracks) specksnyder - "Live @ UAG 10.15.16" [atmospheric [hip hop rap] Albany guitar] nippertown Noah Ibrahim - "Birth" to "St. Patrick" (single tracks) | Stew - "MirrorShade [RMX]" | "Echelons." | "Fortune "Valentine" - "Martin Luther King" - "New Year" (singles) Cookies [RMX]" [hip hop sample instrumentals] Albany [hip hop rap] Albany

Pony Boy 518 - "Mk1 | River: EP" [trip hop rap] Troy

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Inch - "Chief" [depressed alt acoustic rock] Albany Shyste & Deejay Tone -"Thee Unusual" (single track) [hip hop rap] Boston/Albany Izzy Heltai – “Not Eden” (single) [emo folk rock] North Adams, MA Souly Had - "Déjà Vu" (single) [hip hop rap] Schenectady John Powhida International Airport - "Melania" (single) Stew - "MirrorShade [RMX]" | "Fortune Cookies [RMX]" [ soul] Boston / Albany [hip hop sample instrumentals] Albany Justin Friello – “Jack & Jill Demos" [acoustic chamber Wavy Cunningham – “NarkoWave” (EP) [hip hop rap] pop folk] Schenectady Albany Kyle Miller - "Little Nothing" [indie pop rock] Albany / Young Paris - "Afrobeats" [R&B dance hip hop] New Paltz Hudson/NYC Matt Krahula - "All I Want" (single) [indie electro folk Blues / Gospel / Christian pop] Bronx/Colonie One Voice Anthem - "At the Altar" (EP) [] Albany Owen Nied - "Sparkle" [indie jazz pop rap blues] Cobleskill Alternative / Indie / Other Banshee Tree - "In the Company of Crows" [gypsy jazz Patrick Porter - "Porter In Froota EP" [indie outlaw folk swing] Albany/Boulder CO ] Albany/???

Better Pills - "So What If I Do? (Nuggets Version)" | Pinesheets - "Parade" [ emo pop] Albany "Valium (Chuck Berry Version)" (single tracks) [post punk mope-core] Albany Plupen - "lost / found" [indie electronic folk rock] Schoharie Bird Streets - "Born With A Broken Heart" (single) [indie pop rock] NYC/Albany Positive Mental Trip - "The Road" (single) [psychedelic reggae alt rock] Catskill Broken Field Runner - "Heavy Hanging Fruit" [] Albany Russel the Leaf – “Janitor Boy” [indie pop] Scotia/Philly

Canvas - "Covers / B-Sides / Unfinished Demos" | Slowshine - "slowshine" [emo new wave slowcore] "Anchor" [alt post-rock] Albany Albany

Citizen's Treasure - "Ignite" (single track) [alt rock] Smittix - "The Battle of Today" (single) [ska punk rock] Whitehall Albany

Death Vacation - "There's Nothing Else Out There For Stockade Kids - "Victory" (single) [acoustic hip pop rock] You" [] Albany Schenectady

Desafinado - "Hymns" (single track) [ Stoker - "Demo '16" [depressed alt rock] Albany alternative post-rock] Schenectady Tambourelli & Her SuperTrips - "Melancholy Misfits" Hand Habits - "Wildly Idle (Humble Before The Void)" (EP) [indie rock] Saratoga Springs [indie emo pop] Albany/LA

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The Parlor – “Pocket Full of Sunshine” (limited time Leah Woods - "Fork Island" release EP) [trance folk pop demos] Albany Matt Jared - "Where The Heart Is" (Lyric Video) The Strange Neighbors – “Oddibles” [alt rock] Troy Nightmare River Band - "Jeffrey Dahmer" (Official) Underwater Cartographers – “Padded Room Becomes Thy Home” [indie concept pop rock] Albany Restless Streets - "In Vogue"

RiverJack Z - "Let's Love Eachother" COLLECTIONS / COMPILATIONS Sean Rowe - "Newton's Cradle" |"Gas Station Rose" Formula 5 Live recordings from the soundboard, for this report Smittix - "Battle of Today" Official Video from January 1st up to March 31st. Taina Asili - "No Es Mi Presidente" Magnetic Eye Records | 2017 Label Sampler 16 tracks give you a flavor of this Albany based The Hanslick Rebellion - "Who'll Apologize For This company. Disaster Of A Life?"

Mister F Under The Den - "This Moment" A whole slew of live recordings of the band's funky proggy shows. For this report, we include the one's recorded from January 1st up to March 31st. FILM / DOCUMENTARY

Dust Bowl Faeries - International Polar Bear Day 2017 VIDEOS: A piece made for educational and artistic expression purposes in order to promote Polar Bear Day through AirlineJay - "Never Been To Calabasas" (Official Video) Dust Bowl Faeries "The Great Whitish Bear" to raise awareness for plight of the Polar Bear. Ashley Sofia - "Old Soul"

Broken Field Runner - "Expecting" MISC / OTHER:

Cole King - "Let My Heart Break" 518 Sessions - Exit 97.7 WEXT Live performances and conversations with Local 518 Cosby Gibson - "Blessing in Disguise" musicians. Each week highlights a different Local 518 artist or band with a brief interview as an introduction. Darling Valley - "Written On My Bones" (Official Music Airdates are Thursday 11:30pm, same session airs again Video) Saturday at 6:30pm.

Girl Blue - "Call Me Home (Live)" | "Drunk" (Official joelpattersondotus Music Video) Live performance videos of singers, musicians & inspired virtuosos from and coming through the Albany Haley Moley - "Parallel Executions" area. Some recent uploads include videos from Musicians of Ma'alwyck. Hand Habits - "Book on How to Change" (Official Music Video)

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Local 518 Show - Exit 97.7 WEXT TRAX: The Local 518 Show showcases original music from A local music tv/video program, aired on LOOKtv, with bands and musicians based in, or have strong ties to, music and talk in front of a small audience (sometimes) the Capital District. Each show features a classic or on location. Recent episodes have featured: song/band from generally a decade or more ago. It's Band of Ghosts WEXT’s original half hour show dedicated to new and Ryan Clark significant music from the Local 518's diverse music Ramblers Home . James Gascoyne Sheen The NPR Tiny Desk Concert Contest - Local Entrants Galaxy Overdrive NPR Music has hosted hundreds of musicians at their Tiny Desk. This video contest was a way to find another for NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series. INADVERTANTLY OVERLOOKED: These were some of the local entries. Winner (not a RECORDINGS: local) tours the U.S. with NPR and Lagunitas Brewing Company. Hard Rock / Metal / Punk After the Fall - "Recollection (2000 - 2010)" [melodic Daisycutter - "High Tension Wire" ] Albany The Nightmare River Band - "Arkansas to NYC" Last Daze - "Alabaster Stone" Crator - "The Ones Who Create: The Ones Who Destroy" The Eastern Highs - "unkown title" [technical death metal] Cap Dist/NYC Dust Bowl Faeries - "Lady Mamba" Leah and Andrew - "Angel Eyes" More Than Human - "Love. Lust. Loathe." [metal B. Lev - "Will We Split" grunge] Saratoga Springs Backseat Driver - "The Failure of Words" John Scarpulla - "The Kitchen" Nothing Girl - "Nothing Girl" (single track) [hard rock] Bobby Davis - "The Thistle and The Plow" Pittsfield MA Reliant Tom - "Flying Ships" Mike Grutka - "Escape" Rock / Pop J.K. Vanderbilt - "American Cars" Marcus Ruggiero - "Trapped In Her Garden" (EP) | Darling Valley - "Written On My Bones" "Another Cold Day in June" [ r&b] Another Michael - "Football" Schenectady Oakes and Smith - "After Winter" The New Renaissance - "Listen" Phillips Head - "8-Day Weekend" (EP) [] Glens Bill Ackerbauer - "Discovery" Falls The Sigma Sound Project - "Lessons in Alchemy" Becca Frame and The Tall Boys - "Enable" Americana / Folk / Country / 'grass / Singer- Ryan Leddick - "Wine" Songwriter Hudson Dusters - "Roller Coaster" Born Thirsty - "Born Thirsty" (EP) [americana roots Gail Sparlin - "I Am A River" blues] Amsterdam Asa Morris and the Mess - "These are All Just Things"

Beard and Glasses - "Missing The Point" Breaking the Fast - "Coffee" (single track) [alt folk pop] The Further Unsound - "Wisdom Window" Albany Rhiannon's Lark - "When Night Walks"

Anna Portillo - "Hot Mess" Colin Moran - "Rock Bottom Choir" [folk punk] Adams Francesca Shanks - "Animals Brushing Around" MA

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J.K. Vanderbilt - "Shine a Light" (single) [americana rock] Saugerties Prince Daddy & The Hyena - "I Forgot To Take My Meds Today" (Official Video) Instrumental / Electronic / EDM Dad Djokes - "Ask Your Mother" (EP) [progressive hard Scientific Maps - "In The Right Kind Of Light" | "My rock] Albany Nightmare" | "Casket Division"

Grab Ass Cowboys | Parashi - "Cosmic Microwave The Snaz - "Strung Out On Candy Bars" Background" [electronic noise] Albany VERN - "Durtbag Friends" (Official Video) Horse Apples - "Is the Soup in the Sky Getting Thicker?" (single track) [electronic atmospheric midi] Albany # # #

John Comitale - "Helderberg High/Live" [atmospheric guitar and vox] Albany There's an amazing amount of original music recorded and videos produced by Capital Region musicians, R&B / Soul / Hip Hop / Rap / Funk bands, and artists every year. entrèband - "BEST OF" [electronic hip hop rap] NY-LA-TX By no means is these listings all-inclusive. If you know of Miss This - "Hanky Panky" (EP) [groove ] a release or video you loved but was inadvertently Albany overlooked, leave a comment on the CRUMBS blog.

Souly Had - "Souly Had" (EP) [hip hop rap] Schenectady If you or your band have an upcoming release planned, please visit The Local 518 Show for airplay submission Alternative / Indie / Other guidelines. You can also reach me at apgregory65 at Eastern Electric - "Suburban Daydreams" [emo rock] gmail dot com Albany

Floods on Mars - "Jera" [acoustic folk rock] Hudson

Germy Cats - "Pop Songz Vol. I" (EP) [psychedelic ] Saratoga Springs

Owen Nied - "Hand & Heart" [indie jazz pop rap blues] Cobleskill

Reliant Tom - "Reliant Tom's EP" [avant ] Hudson

The Color Glass - "The Brothers Industrial" [progressive indie rock conceptual] Schenectady

VIDEOS

Justin Friello - "Why Won't You Talk?" (Remix)

Matt Jared - "Something About You" (Lyric Video)

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