Marc Ferris reports in the Times Union that a healthy do-it-yourself music scene has emerged in the Hudson Valley with shows at a derelict community center in Newburgh, a bowling alley in Middletown, the basement of a martial arts studio in New Hampton called the Dojo Dungeon, a warehouse in Troy, and private houses in Albany, Kingston, Cairo, and New Paltz. Ash, the guitarist for Albany-based doom band Carnwennan, said, “Rock lives — you just have to know where to find it.... It’s a deeply ingrained part of our culture that isn’t going away.” Phil Bartsch, the drummer for RBNX and Flowers for Burial, said, “We’ve booked shows from Albany to Beacon and played a boxing ring, a pizzeria kitchen, a bowling alley and in a field.” Liam Singer, co-owner of The Avalon Lounge in Catskill, is impressed with the do-it-yourselves shows, and sees their link to the hardcore and indie music past. Singer said, “They set up an incredible blueprint that is still followed." The DIY shows are not all hardcaore. Two weeks ago there was a noise show at a house in Cairo, and a folk music performance at an art gallery on Main St. there. Read more about this story in the Times Union.