Friday, June 19th at 6 pm, J&R Music World will be rocked by Shadows Fall.

Before the so-called “New Wave of American Heavy Metal” was even a ripple, Shadows Fall were there. Emerging from Springfield, Massachusetts in 1995, this D.I.Y. band ultimately found legions of fans, worldwide fame, two Grammy nominations, and even a song on Guitar Hero. Of course, none of this came from luck. Instead, hard work and musical innovation have been the forces propelling Shadows Fall, continually revealing ever more of this band’s Continue Reading »

Abnormally Attracted to Sin is the tenth studio album by Tori Amos. Tori began writing the album while still on tour in support of the album before, American Doll Posse.

The title of the album title is from a line said by the character Sarah Brown in the musical Guys and Dolls.

It’s a solid album that any Tori fan can appreciate. She has evolved a lot over the years, but what artist remains stagnant? Evolution is part of the artistic process.

Saturday, April 18th at 3 pm J&R’s “Next Great Metal Band” winner, Misery will top off the live performances at J&R’s celebration of Record Store Day.

On February 21st, in J&R, Misery was chosen by the crowd at a live instore performance that pitted them against three other great metal bands. A hard hitting metal band from Long Island, Misery was formed in the early 90’s and in August 2008 released their album “Fifteen Years Of Aggression” and supported Life Of Agony on an East Coast run in December of 2008 and January of 2009. Misery reached as high as 12 on the FMQB Metal Radio Charts and can currently be heard on Sirius-XM satellite radio station Liquid Metal. Misery can also, be heard on cable shows such as Music Choice and DMX. Misery has played an end-less amount of shows on the East Coast of North America and with their unique sound and style have supported bands such as Biohazard, Pro-Pain, Overkill, Death Angel, Testament and Spoiler NYC.

“This is the new breed of heavy.” - Joey Z of Life of Agony

Misery “Low Life” @ Sundance 2/13/09