LOCAL MUSIC
- Tough Old Bird – “Wednesday’s Child”
Brothers Matthew and Nathan Corrigan, perhaps known best around Buffalo as Tough Old Bird, are back, this time with a few extra musicians in tow. They’re joined by Ricky Bechard on drums and Brendan O’Shea on bass for a refreshing new take on their already storied catalog. “Wednesday’s Child” is a full-bodied jam making use… Read more: Tough Old Bird – “Wednesday’s Child”
COLUMNS
- The Ten Best Songs from Buffalo in 2025
As we start getting back to into the swing of things at the blog in 2026, it’s necessary to reflect and share what our favorite songs from 2025 were. It was a great year for the Buffalo music scene, and we can’t wait to see where 2026 brings us. Here’s our favorite ten songs out… Read more: The Ten Best Songs from Buffalo in 2025
ALBUM OF THE WEEK
- Chores, Comfy, Bad Bloom & Big Nobody – Spit Takes and Split Tapes, Vol. II
Back in 2024, Rochester-based label Raincoated Records, renowned for releasing some of the best music to come out of the area in both the recent and not-so-recent past, released spit takes and split tapes, an eight-song compilation from four great Rochester bands, all recorded on a four-track cassette tape over the course of one year.… Read more: Chores, Comfy, Bad Bloom & Big Nobody – <i>Spit Takes and Split Tapes, Vol. II</i>
NEW MUSIC
- Vinnie Hoover & Hommy DeVito – “Missed Call”
Take a little bit of New York gritty hip hop and mix in brash Australian lines and you’ll land on Aus rhymesayer/beatmaker combo Vinnie Hoover and Hommy DeVito, Record fuzz and increasingly menacing piano set a particularly ominously scene in the opening seconds of “Missed Call.” Once Vinnie steps to the mic though, his dialect,… Read more: Vinnie Hoover & Hommy DeVito – “Missed Call”
