Alliteration has been rocking in the Hudson Valley for ten years, and are clebrating their ten year anniversary at the end of April. Specializing in melodic hardcore, their songs orbit a variety of subjects– death, love, hate, depression. With one album under their belt and another coming out, it’s safe to say they represent one of the most important aspects of a community: the elders. Located squarely in the Hudson Valley, Poughkeepsie serves as a central nexus for the hardcore scene. The scene was dead for a few years, rotting in the quagmire of COVID and high cost of living. Bars sprung up and quickly took over the place of the Chance Theater, the main venue for hardcore and punk shows in the area. They began hosting shows of all kinds, giving life to a local scene that was ...