Foxy Shazam melting faces. The night Foxy Shazam came to town it was a wall to wall rock spectacle. It may have been a Wednesday, and the doors to The Song and Dance opened at 6:30, just as people would be heading home from work, but nevertheless there was already a line of fans waiting to get in. The house was full by showtime. Moondough Moondough was first to take the stage and proved to be the perfect kindling to the bonfire of energy to come. Boasting a laidback funk infused sound sound...

Jamison Coon of Defense Mechanism brought down the house with his version of The Killers' "All These Things That I've Done" It was standing room only at this years edition of the Rockin' the Redhouse fundraiser which helps the Redhouse Arts Center make ends meet and continue in its mission of bringing theater and educational programs to the community. Five corporate bands were on tap to play their hearts out and hopefully woo the favor of the judges; lawyers, and engineers, and manufacturers,...

While rainbows would have been on the nose for a band calling itself Rainbow Kitten Surprise (aka RKS), thankfully the rain that drenched the first half of the day was long gone by the time the crowds arrived at Beak & Skiff . Thank god it had, because had it not, the sellout crowd would have churned that place into a mud pit to rival Woodstock. Sadly, the early rains seemingly also did nothing to temper the heat. It was hot, and the sun was still very much up when Petey USA took the stage....