LOCAL MUSIC
- West Ferry – Watching the World Run By
West Ferry have been not-so-quietly building an oeuvre of passionate, emo-tinged indie punk for 15 years. They’re back with another three-song EP, Watching the World Run By, which finds the band pushing their sound even further, playing around with Midwest emo riffing, folk-tinged punk, and raw emotive passion. Opening track “Ralph” is as Midwest… Read more: West Ferry – <i>Watching the World Run By</i>
COLUMNS
- The Ten Best Songs from Rochester in 2025
2025 felt like a landmark year for Rochester indie music, rivaling any era since buffaBLOG’s inception. We’ve dug through hundreds of songs to hand-pick our absolute favorites of the year. Did we miss that critically acclaimed jam band album or a classical musician’s final bow? Probably. But that’s not really our bag. We chose to… Read more: The Ten Best Songs from Rochester in 2025
ALBUM OF THE WEEK
- Passed Out – I just don’t feel like myself anymore & Do you miss anything at all?
Buffalo’s own Passed Out has been a fixture of our local basement shows and bar stages for a decade now, but December 12th marks a massive shift for the five-piece. Instead of a standard release cycle, they dropped a massive double-feature on Buffalo mainstay label Harvest Sum: their first full-length LP, I just don’t feel… Read more: Passed Out – <i>I just don’t feel like myself anymore & Do you miss anything at all?</i>
NEW MUSIC
- Cape Francis – “Catapult”
“Catapult” is the newest release from Cape Francis, aka Kevin Henthorn. CF begun as a solo project to realign with his own musical wants and needs; definitely still going strong since 2017, so a tenure that’s certainly nothing to sneeze at! I was frankly enthralled by Henthorn’s vocals – he showcases an impressive vocal… Read more: Cape Francis – “Catapult”
