Man oh man, what a Halloween! Thanks for dressing up and partying down with Built4BBQ! Hammer Hawk shredded, Kimono Dragons pulled off a righteous Pixies impression, Henry’s Rifle went full-on hootenany, and Rival Galaxies kept us dancing well past the witching hour.…

The highly anticipated Henry’s Rifle full-length Barroom Weather hits the streets at Built4BBQ’s Whole Hog Halloween on October 31, and we’ve got your first taste! Check out two tracks from the record, album art and the tracklist at the brand-new…

Rad shot of the End Men in action by JTG Photo for Upstate Live! We keep saying it! Don’t we keep saying it? Albany is a goddamn embarrassment of rock ‘n’ roll riches, and one of the major parties responsible…

The leaves are falling, the mercury’s dropping, the wind is howling through the trees… and that can mean only one thing: Whole Hog Halloween rapidly approaches. We’re tearing the roof off the thing this year, and the big news in…

Today’s a big day, friends. Built4BBQ’s favorite band in all things brutal, Maggot Brain, unleashes their first shards of new noise in over two years tonight at the Low Beat! Pick up two brand new ragers on CASSETTE (with download card, of course),…

Syracuse rockers Bridge Under Fire hit Albany on Saturday, September 27 on a weekend long celebratory release of their new EP, I’ve Got a Guy for That, available in classic L.R.S. Records style on glorious 7″ vinyl. The crowning jewel of L.R.S.’s first 10 albums released…

Our favorite NYC rock ‘n’ rollers, The End Men, kick off their fall U.S. tour  right here in little ol’ Albany this Thursday, sharing a heck of a bill with Charmboy, Henry’s Rifle and Sun Voyager at the Low Beat! Come on…

Built4BBQ’s own Henry’s Rifle recently put some serious miles on, heading to Cookeville, Tennessee to slay the crowd at the venerable Muddy Roots Music Festival, where he shared a bill with everyone from The Sonics to the Legendary Shack Shakers. Roots-goers got a monster…

  Summer is giving way to fall, but it’s always barroom weather for Henry’s Rifle. Built4BBQ’s one-man wrecking crew has been working round the clock to finish up his long-awaited debut album, and the time is nearly upon us. Barroom Weather…

Well, Rest Fest ruled. Enjoy this moment of supreme rock ‘n’ roll righteousness from the Kimono Dragons‘ Friday night closing set. Miraculously, no equipment was (seriously) harmed in the making of this video.