Rafer Guzman

Rafer Guzman 10/24/07 WITH THE BAND

Don't feel bad if you weren't listening to The New Rivals ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 10/10/07 WITH THE BAND

John-Flor Sisante is a mysterious fellow: He releases one ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 10/3/07 WITH THE BAND: Looney's bringing the music back

CD sales are down, record companies are shrinking and music ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 9/26/07 WITH THE BAND

It sounds like a civic nightmare: A large group of hobos ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 9/19/07 WITH THE BAND: It�s hip-hop to make your little baby go goo-goo ga-ga

Who says hip-hop isn't educational? ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 6/27/07 WITH THE BAND: Storyteller Little Vic�s a rap rarity

Rap seems to be at its most popular when used to make a ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 6/20/07 WITH THE BAND

You may be slacking off this summer, but Show Me Action is ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 6/13/07 WITH THE BAND

The first-round lineup of the Long Island Music Festival, ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 6/6/07 COOL@NIGHT: WITH THE BAND

What's happening with Action Action? They're still active. ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 3/28/07 WITH THE BAND

It must be every musician's dream: While working your day ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 3/21/07 COOL @ NIGHT: WITH THE BAND

The Lord giveth alternative radio, but now He taketh away. ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 10/30/06 DROPS

Why won't anyone take Kevin Federline's rap career ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 9/27/06 WITH THE BAND

Ryan Star hoped his stint on the CBS show "Rock Star: ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 9/23/06 FAST FORWARD

Like Alan Lomax recording unknown bluesmen in the Deep ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 9/20/06 WITH THE BAND

While this column went on hiatus for a few weeks, Long ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 8/26/06 FAST FORWARD

Quick: Name a song by the critically acclaimed British ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 8/23/06 WITH THE BAND

With an absurdist sense of humor and a jam-band ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 8/16/06 WITH THE BAND

Smithtown native Jill Gioia was voted off the CBS show ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 8/9/06 WITH THE BAND

It may not be a Hamptons nightclub, but The Crazy Donkey in ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 8/2/06 WITH THE BAND

Whether or not you believe there's a "second wave" of Long ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 7/26/06 WITH THE BAND

The Web site YouTube .com is doing for videos what MySpace ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 7/19/06 WITH THE BAND

V ision of Disorder, the band that inspired so many others ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 7/12/06 COOL@NIGHT: WITH THE BAND

The band comes from Oyster Bay, but its name, Tauk, is ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 7/5/06 WITH THE BAND

'Matter in Time," the new CD from Ultra High Frequency, ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 6/28/06 WITH THE BAND

People like to say Long Island is musically stuck in the ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 6/28/06 Disco Queen

Madonna turned Madison Square Garden last night into a ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 6/21/06 WITH THE BAND

Tall Hands, led by Justin Raisen, are still flexing their ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 6/14/06 WITH THE BAND

"Seems like Long Island is to Victory Records as Alaska is ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 6/7/06 WITH THE BAND

Head Automatica has moved from sleazy dance-rock to ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 6/3/06 FAST FORWARD

Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of a new arrival ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 5/31/06 WITH THE BAND

The band started off as New Atlantic, changed its name to ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 3/29/06 WITH THE BAND

You may remember Edison, a Coram-based four-piece that ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 3/22/06 WITH THE BAND

A living testimonial to the power of the Web, the North ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 3/8/06 WITH THE BAND

Elm Records may have a South Carolina address, but the ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 3/1/06 WITH THE BAND

Undaunted by an early start time of 7 p.m. on a slow ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 2/22/06 WITH THE BAND

You want this the old-fashioned, three-dot way, or in ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 2/15/06 WITH THE BAND

F or your consideration: A local compilation disc with only ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 2/11/06 FAST FORWARD

In the video a man holds court at a nightclub table, ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 2/8/06 WITH THE BAND

Straight-ahead rock doesn't find its way into this ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 2/1/06 WITH THE BAND

Aeroplane Pageant sounds like it ought to come from ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 1/18/06 WITH THE BAND

With so many Long Island bands breaking up, it's nice to ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 1/14/06 Roth�s classy jump to radio

The strangest thing happened to New York radio earlier this ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 1/11/06 WITH THE BAND

You might remember him as Ryan Stahr, but a few things ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 11/2/05 WITH THE BAND

Earlier this week came the awful news of the death of ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 10/26/05 WITH THE BAND

Why would a band saddle itself with a goofy name like Sonic ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 10/22/05 FAST FORWARD

Last week brought good news for radio listeners who hate ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 10/12/05 WITH THE BAND

Need more proof that screamo and its various strains are ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 10/5/05 WITH THE BAND

The local scene giveth - and, if the rumors are true, it ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 9/24/05 FAST FORWARD

The CMJ Music Marathon, the four-day festival that ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 9/21/05 WITH THE BAND

Benefit concerts for Hurricane Katrina relief are still ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 9/7/05 WITH THE BAND

Last week's local music calendar was packed, beginning with ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 8/31/05 WITH THE BAND

You don't see many independent record stores these days, ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 7/6/05 WITH THE BAND

Music scenes, like people, often give birth to anomalies. ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 7/2/05 REPORT FROM PHILADELPHIA

As the Live 8 concerts around the globe yesterday used ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 7/2/05 FAST FORWARD

If you're still puzzling over Jack-FM, the seemingly random ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 6/22/05 WITH THE BAND

In Memphis, it was Sun Records studios. In San Francisco, ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 6/8/05 WITH THE BAND

The debut album by Rekon is a terrific sampler of ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 6/4/05 FAST FORWARD

When you buy something, you own it, right? It's a concept ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 6/1/05 WITH THE BAND

Ever feel like Long Island isn't so much a place but a ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 4/6/05 WITH THE BAND

Long Island is still producing its share of emo, but a new ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 3/30/05 WITH THE BAND

When Lux Courageous released its self-titled EP back in ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 3/23/05 WITH THE BAND

We don't have The Stooges, MC5 or The Germs anymore, ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 1/5/05 WITH THE BAND

What do the Nasdaq and local band Greener have in common? ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 11/11/04 WITH THE BAND

It's finally happened - Amityville's Prince Paul has made ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 11/4/04 WITH THE BAND

The Long Island Music Festival always gets its share of ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 10/28/04 WITH THE BAND

Ever wish your favorite emo bands had a sense of humor? ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 10/21/04 WITH THE BAND

Call them anything, except Easy Tiger. ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 10/14/04 WITH THE BAND

Let's just take a moment and imagine Halloween at the Dee ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 10/7/04 WITH THE BAND

It's been a long time since a band has thrown anything at ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 9/30/04 WITH THE BAND

They started in 1997 with lots of ideas and little money - ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 9/23/04 WITH THE BAND

What do you get when you mix grunge, '70s rock, pop-punk ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 9/16/04 WITH THE BAND

Even in a post-Eminem world, it's not easy being a white ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 9/9/04 Looking back on life at ripe old age of 18

They play melancholy, piano-based songs about drinking, ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 9/2/04 WITH THE BAND

If you've lost track of Mark Thomas Kluepfel, onetime front ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 8/19/04 WITH THE BAND

'Got a small apartment in the town I was born in," Jason ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 8/12/04 WITH THE BAND

Everybody wants to be the first to use a new musical term ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 8/5/04 WITH THE BAND

Fans of the old television show "The Saint," starring Roger ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 7/29/04 WITH THE BAND

What do Carson Daly, the hamlet of Uniondale and The UN ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 7/22/04 WITH THE BAND

If you attended the final day of the sixth annual Riverhead ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 7/15/04 WITH THE BAND

Long Island's rap scene isn't dead, it's just gone ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 7/8/04 Two solo songsmiths emerge from Queens

Two singer-songwriters with strong ties to Queens - one was ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 7/1/04 WITH THE BAND

In the battle of the bands at The Crazy Donkey in ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 6/17/04 Now playing: The battle over (not of) the bands

Everyone loves a battle of the bands. But these days, it's ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 6/10/04 Turning up the amps and the anger

You can usually find John-Flor Sisante at one of Long ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 6/3/04 An Action!- packed Rock for the Cure

There are a couple reasons to show up to Rock for the Cure, ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 4/15/04 Stages goes back to its roots as an indie band

If you thought this winter was brutal, talk to Stage. ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 4/8/04 Last Week sounds like a winner - so far

It's business as usual for the Lawrence-based pop band Last ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 4/1/04 Feeling the effect of '70s dirty punk rock

If New York bands such as Stellastarr* and The Rapture are ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 3/25/04 Reunion Show's got a whole new sound

Excellent news for fans of The Reunion Show: You can start ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 3/18/04 Satellite Lost finds its way, beautifully

When you play "Bows And Arrows Against Lightning," the ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 3/11/04 Crunching rock riffs and some melody, too

It starts with a strange metallic rattle, builds to a peak ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 3/4/04 A higher wisdom behind The Kites

Dear God: ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 2/19/04 Lux Courageous Goes Beyond Its Emo Roots

You've heard the slogan "Evolve or die?" It's a favorite ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 2/12/04 The Downtown Shines a Spotlight on LI Groups

Sure, they charge $4.50 for a bottle of Budweiser, but The ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 2/5/04 The Psychology Behind a One-Man Punk Band

He's not your average Long Island punk rocker, hammering ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 1/29/04 Bayside Packs Some Heat Into a Frigid Night

Maybe it was the bitter cold that kept more people from ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 1/22/04 A Musician Brings Howlin' Wolf to the Screen

You may have seen Joe Lauro playing bass for Long Island's ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 1/15/04 Fund-Raiser's Aim: An LI Rock Hall of Fame

What do John Tesh, Louis Armstrong and Life of Agony have ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 1/8/04 This Music Documentary Lives Up to Its Name

The bands featured in the new documentary "Bellmore: The ... Read more »

Rafer Guzman 1/1/04 A Hole in the Wall, a Lively Music Scene

It doesn't have a stage or even a decent sound system, but ... Read more »