Mise en Scene – “Burn Out”

by | May 27, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

It's been a minute since we've heard from Winnipeg-based act Mise en Scene (ICYMI, we covered them all the way back in 2017). Don't be fooled by their Canadian roots - this duo pumps out sugary surf-pop that blends vintage Beach Boys roots with a modern day sassiness...
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The Rocket Summer – “M4U”

by | May 27, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

If you're a millennial of a certain age like me, you might remember the mid-00s... More specifically, the sun-soaked emo-pop coming from Bryce Avery, aka The Rocket Summer. Those were good times, but like any good artist, Avery refuses to sit still, and that's evident...
Read More

Jake Minch – “Handgun”

by | May 26, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

20-year-old Connecticut native Jake Minch embodies our misspent youth here on latest single, "handgun." With nothing more than a voice, an acoustic guitar, and some atmospherics, Jake brings us back to our college days (not that we're too OLD to relate... or...
Read More

Thavoron – “Why”

by | May 26, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Get ready to be inexplicably crushed by Seattle-based artist Thavoron - the 22-year-old has crafted a slice of indie/folk/emo called "Why" that is goosebump-inducing. Reminiscent of emo acts like The Hotelier or indie-folksters like Alex G, "Why" pairs a spiraling...
Read More

Salarymen – “Echoes”

by | May 26, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Sydney's Salarymen strike a perfect balance between retro and contemporary on their latest dream-pop track, "Echoes." At the forefront is vocalist Renee de la Motte's beautiful vocal delivery - it lays overtop a bed of warbly guitar energy and otherwise reverbed-out...
Read More

The Jürgen Clubs – “Rare Candy”

by | May 26, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

"Rare Candy" is the follow-up single to an earlier track, "Soft" from The Jürgen Clubs that we actually covered back in March - check it out here in case you missed it. While not singing about the Pokémon leveling item, rare candy, this song still doesn't disappoint....
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Buck St. Thomas- “Quiet Thrills”

by | May 26, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Hailing from Rhode Island, Buck St. Thomas brings us a crispy indie ditty of a track in "Quiet Thrills." With just the right mix between melancholy and hopeful; his voice croons betwixt a nice sliding acoustic guitar and simple piano chords. As the track goes on, you...
Read More

Dawn Park – “What It Was”

by | May 21, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

New York based duo Dawn Park started off, as told on the band's Instagram "origin story", something like this: *video of rough version of melody* "basically just making real estate loops" "I love it" "Yeah yeah. Loop deez" "colin i'd be down to record this tn if you...
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Gold Spectacles – “Man or Machine”

by | May 21, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

buffaBLOG and Gold Spectacles have a long, storied history - in case you've missed all of our previous articles, you can find them here and here and here and... here. They've certainly caught our ears a number of times, so it's no surprise that they've nailed it yet...
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Sarah Coolidge – “Ice Pack”

by | May 21, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

"Ice Pack" is the lead single from Bay Area Sarah Coolidge's upcoming debut album, Call Me When You Get There. Currently residing in the Bay Area, this is Sarah's second song written about an injury, the first being her 2020 single "Nosebleed." The ostensibly injury...
Read More

The Landing – “This Way”

by | May 21, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Looking for an out of this world trippy soundscape? Look no further than The Landing's "This Way" off of their upcoming debut album Beautiful Human, Beautifully Human. Bringing a pop-forward track with some hip hop beats snuck in for extra flavor, The Landing shows up...
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CatchTwentyTwo – “Heartbreak Dance”

by | May 20, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Up and coming Florida native CatchTwentyTwo has released a celebration of slick soulful disco and neon synths with his new single "Heartbreak Dance." Smooth, dulcet vocals layered and electrified deliver emotional lyrics that originate from his heart while he is lost...
Read More

Blondes – “Beautiful World”

by | May 20, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Nottingham's Blondes are on a bit of a hot streak lately (ICYMI, here's our writeup of their previous single, "The Basement"). The quartet strikes again with their warm and luscious take on dream-pop, this time in a song called "Beautiful World." A bouncing bassline...
Read More

Born Twins – “Tiger”

by | May 20, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

"Tiger" is the lead track and second single from Texas based duo Born Twins' album Novelas Cortas (May 5). In it, bandmates Singer Mayberry and David Lujan have crafted a beautifully put together track that somehow ignores space and time. I think five minute songs are...
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Dreamhouse. – violencewave

by | May 17, 2023 | Album of the Week | 0 Comments

The latest release from local electronic artist, Dreamhouse. is titled violencewave. The album is a forlorn stare into the causes and effects of violence in light of the racially motivated 2022 Buffalo shooting. Regarding the tragedy, Jordan Walker, the beatmaker...
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Declan McKenna w/ The Big Return

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The Burkharts w/ Elemantra, Amateur Hockey Club, and The Wave Pilots

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Cloud Nothings w/ WAVVES, Ultra Q

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Joseph

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Mise en Scene – “Burn Out”

by | May 27, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

It's been a minute since we've heard from Winnipeg-based act Mise en Scene (ICYMI, we covered them all the way back in 2017). Don't be fooled by their Canadian roots - this duo pumps out sugary surf-pop that blends vintage Beach Boys roots with a modern day sassiness...
NEW MUSIC

The Rocket Summer – “M4U”

by | May 27, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

If you're a millennial of a certain age like me, you might remember the mid-00s... More specifically, the sun-soaked emo-pop coming from Bryce Avery, aka The Rocket Summer. Those were good times, but like any good artist, Avery refuses to sit still, and that's evident...
NEW MUSIC

Jake Minch – “Handgun”

by | May 26, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

20-year-old Connecticut native Jake Minch embodies our misspent youth here on latest single, "handgun." With nothing more than a voice, an acoustic guitar, and some atmospherics, Jake brings us back to our college days (not that we're too OLD to relate... or...
NEW MUSIC

Thavoron – “Why”

by | May 26, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Get ready to be inexplicably crushed by Seattle-based artist Thavoron - the 22-year-old has crafted a slice of indie/folk/emo called "Why" that is goosebump-inducing. Reminiscent of emo acts like The Hotelier or indie-folksters like Alex G, "Why" pairs a spiraling...
NEW MUSIC

Salarymen – “Echoes”

by | May 26, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Sydney's Salarymen strike a perfect balance between retro and contemporary on their latest dream-pop track, "Echoes." At the forefront is vocalist Renee de la Motte's beautiful vocal delivery - it lays overtop a bed of warbly guitar energy and otherwise reverbed-out...
NEW MUSIC

The Jürgen Clubs – “Rare Candy”

by | May 26, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

"Rare Candy" is the follow-up single to an earlier track, "Soft" from The Jürgen Clubs that we actually covered back in March - check it out here in case you missed it. While not singing about the Pokémon leveling item, rare candy, this song still doesn't disappoint....
NEW MUSIC

Buck St. Thomas- “Quiet Thrills”

by | May 26, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Hailing from Rhode Island, Buck St. Thomas brings us a crispy indie ditty of a track in "Quiet Thrills." With just the right mix between melancholy and hopeful; his voice croons betwixt a nice sliding acoustic guitar and simple piano chords. As the track goes on, you...
NEW MUSIC

Dawn Park – “What It Was”

by | May 21, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

New York based duo Dawn Park started off, as told on the band's Instagram "origin story", something like this: *video of rough version of melody* "basically just making real estate loops" "I love it" "Yeah yeah. Loop deez" "colin i'd be down to record this tn if you...
NEW MUSIC

Gold Spectacles – “Man or Machine”

by | May 21, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

buffaBLOG and Gold Spectacles have a long, storied history - in case you've missed all of our previous articles, you can find them here and here and here and... here. They've certainly caught our ears a number of times, so it's no surprise that they've nailed it yet...
NEW MUSIC

Sarah Coolidge – “Ice Pack”

by | May 21, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

"Ice Pack" is the lead single from Bay Area Sarah Coolidge's upcoming debut album, Call Me When You Get There. Currently residing in the Bay Area, this is Sarah's second song written about an injury, the first being her 2020 single "Nosebleed." The ostensibly injury...
NEW MUSIC

The Landing – “This Way”

by | May 21, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Looking for an out of this world trippy soundscape? Look no further than The Landing's "This Way" off of their upcoming debut album Beautiful Human, Beautifully Human. Bringing a pop-forward track with some hip hop beats snuck in for extra flavor, The Landing shows up...
NEW MUSIC

CatchTwentyTwo – “Heartbreak Dance”

by | May 20, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Up and coming Florida native CatchTwentyTwo has released a celebration of slick soulful disco and neon synths with his new single "Heartbreak Dance." Smooth, dulcet vocals layered and electrified deliver emotional lyrics that originate from his heart while he is lost...
NEW MUSIC

Blondes – “Beautiful World”

by | May 20, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Nottingham's Blondes are on a bit of a hot streak lately (ICYMI, here's our writeup of their previous single, "The Basement"). The quartet strikes again with their warm and luscious take on dream-pop, this time in a song called "Beautiful World." A bouncing bassline...
NEW MUSIC

Born Twins – “Tiger”

by | May 20, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

"Tiger" is the lead track and second single from Texas based duo Born Twins' album Novelas Cortas (May 5). In it, bandmates Singer Mayberry and David Lujan have crafted a beautifully put together track that somehow ignores space and time. I think five minute songs are...
NEW MUSIC

Dreamhouse. – violencewave

by | May 17, 2023 | Album of the Week | 0 Comments

The latest release from local electronic artist, Dreamhouse. is titled violencewave. The album is a forlorn stare into the causes and effects of violence in light of the racially motivated 2022 Buffalo shooting. Regarding the tragedy, Jordan Walker, the beatmaker...
NEW MUSIC

Nick Kivlen of Sunflower Bean

by | April 29, 2016 | Interview | 0 Comments

You probably wouldn't wholly believe me if I told you that Sunflower Bean, based out of Brooklyn, NY, has existed for a measly two-years-and-some-change and that all three members have either just broken into their 20's or are about to cross that landmark threshold...
SHOW PREVIEWS

The Naturalists

by | February 12, 2016 | buffaBLOG Sessions | 0 Comments

And to start your weekend off in a good way, we present to you the next installment of buffaBLOG Sessions. This time around, with the Naturalists. Craig Perno heads the band with twin brother Travis on the drums, accompanied by bassist Zach Russel. They’ve amassed a...
SHOW PREVIEWS

Intrepid Travelers

by | December 11, 2015 | Interview | 0 Comments

If you’re familiar with Intrepid Travelers, you probably know Jerry or have at least unknowingly been exposed to his presence. Jerry, a stuffed rainbow-striped monkey, functions as an unofficial mascot and source of spirited inspiration for the band. When I ask them...
SHOW PREVIEWS

The Wombats

by | November 25, 2015 | Interview | 0 Comments

It was eight years ago the Wombats burst onto the scene, just fresh-faced youngsters at the time armed with roaring guitars, hooks galore, and a cheeky sense of humor to them. Since then, the band's sound and popularity have only grown, with the group experimenting...
SHOW PREVIEWS

John Paul Pitts of Surfer Blood

by | November 21, 2015 | Interview | 0 Comments

Surfer Blood's career kind of seems like a one giant surfing metaphor. They hit the ground running in 2010 with the help of the CMJ Music Marathon and have continued to tour and consistently release quality material since then. From playing huge bills like the ATP...
SHOW PREVIEWS