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Pros and Cons: Noiseyard vs. Traditional Website Builders

April 8, 2025

Some musicians are turning to Noiseyard as a simpler alternative to traditional website builders, but how does it actually compare? Musicians already juggle a lot – recording, rehearsing, promoting, and playing shows – so when it comes to building a website, spending hours tweaking design settings can feel like a non starter. That’s why the comparison between Noiseyard and the usual site builders matters. Both help you create a home base for your music, but they take very different routes to get you there.   This post walks through the real differences, what helps, what slows you down, and what might just surprise you.   Noiseyard: Music-Ready Without the Extra Steps Noiseyard isn’t trying to be a blank canvas. It’s more like a layout that already understands what musicians typically need. Instead of building every page from scratch, you’re answering a few simple prompts – what kind of artist you[...]

Five Buffalo Acts We Want to Reunite in 2025

January 7, 2025

We’ve taken the office Christmas tree down and it’s back to business over here at blog headquarters. 2024 had its ups and downs with the local scene. We launched buffaBLOG version 4.0, witnessed the usual band break-ups/venue closings, but also saw the emergence of new artists that we are excited to listen to and share. With that, we’ve brainstormed Buffalo musicians that we would like to see reunite in 2025. We understand some of these may be a pipe dream, but think of this as more of a fantasy draft rather than an open letter.  Don’t get us wrong however, if any of these acts return in 2025, we are taking full credit. (photo via Unlisted Projects)  Jack Toft / Jack Topht Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh don’t you miss Jack Toft? A wishlist for acts we would like to see reunited in 2025 would not be complete without the kookiest rapper of the[...]

How Much Does a Vape Cost? A Look at the Factors that Determine the Price

December 4, 2024

Due to the unprecedented growth in the number and variety of devices available on the market, catering to all kinds of different tastes and budgets, the vaping market has been growing faster than anticipated. You will not be the only person who has ever wondered how much a vape costs. Several factors will influence the cost of a vape. Having a good understanding of these points will help you in making an informed decision. In this article, we look at factors that influence the price of vapes.   Here are some things to consider as you ask yourself, “How much does a vape cost?”   Technology and Features A modern vaping device with advanced features such as adjustable wattage, temperature control, and app connectivity will cost more. A high-level vape with advanced features might sell for anything between $100 to $ 300 whereas a simple disposable vape will fall in[...]

From Flavor to Feel: How to Find the Best Pre-Rolls for You

November 4, 2024

If you want to smoke weed without having to deal with rolling your own tokes, then pre-rolls are a popular option that could work for you. Still, the choices thrown your way might be difficult to navigate before you find the perfect pre-rolls for your needs and preferences. Knowing what makes a pre-roll high grade can help ensure you are getting an amazing joint and fun experience. In this article, we discuss some tips to use when on the lookout for the best pre-rolls.   Here are some tips for finding the best pre-rolled joints in the market that are ideal for you:   Familiarize yourself with Different Types of Strain The first step in choosing the best pre-rolls is understanding the strain types. The three main types are hybrid, sativa, and indica. India is frequently suggested for use at night or when you want to destress. Sativa, on the[...]

Spiria

September 19, 2024

Indie-pop duo Spiria has been blowing us away over the past couple years after we discovered them on Nickel City B-Sides. The band is a sibling act, performing fairly stripped down sets with a lineup of just keyboard and drums. Lead singer Mikayla Manke’s dreamy delivery is both enchanting and mesmerizing, so if you’re a fan of Regina Spektor or Laura Marling, then make sure you catch Spiria.

Kaycie Satterfield – “Jetsam”

February 28, 2024

New York musician Kaycie Satterfield’s new single “Jetsam” is an angular, melodious indie-rock ode to misfits and marginalized women. Satterfield sings to all the girls that have lived in a world cut in a shape other than their own, inviting them to join her in excising implicit shame. Kaycie’s new track leads with warm juicy guitar lines that she contrasts with underlying chilly anxious drum rhythms and glimmery cascading synths. She plays with tempo and sonic temperatures and folds that song craft into her writing to great effect. Fans of Angel Olsen, Julia Jacklin, and Phoebe Bridgers will find lots to love on Kaycie’s new cut. Here she is talking about the new release; “Jetsam is for the girls. Specifically, the girls who always stay a little messy, who could never quite get their hair to fall neat, who could never really pull a nice outfit together. Who never got[...]

The Empty Page – “Cock of the Fifth Year”

February 25, 2024

Manchester based alt-punk band The Empty Page just hit us with their new single “Cock of the Fifth Year,” a fat punk cut filled with piss and swagger. The new song slaps the double standards and hypocrisies served up by the patriarchy and posits you to think about the everyday threat of violence and who unjustly bears the societal burden. Thick rock chords punctuate stanzas of hollered proclamations that are delivered with teeth-gnashing determination and shouted to reach the back of every barroom. As each verse takes aim at the archetypal toxic male, the song builds a tension with every instrumental pause and ambiance. That tension releases with a snarling scream as the spring-loaded guitar deployed in the verses steps off the cliff it has been stepping towards and releases a canyon, filling wail the whirls and unwinds with thrashing violence. Fans of Black Country New Road, IDLES, and Pissed[...]

Famous Friend – “Nora”

February 21, 2024

Los Angeles based writer/producer/artist Zachariah Carlson a.k.a Famous Friend (check our previous feature on them here) returned to the spotlight last year with the viral sensation “Tanlines.” Carlson has tapped into his indie pop muse again for the new single “Nora,” a brooding, sun-bleached surf pop track. The new song is a pink-hued heat haze, featuring bubbling bass that pairs with programmed drum beats that staccato with a aerosol chill. Carlson wields atmosphere masterfully as he hooks you with washed out guitar melodies and a chorus that is eerie and romantic. You’ll easily find yourself bobbing along with “Nora’s” chorus belting out the line “Been trying to ignore Nora, put your hands my neck but I can’t help but adore ya…”. Fans of Wallows, The Drums, Dayglow, Chromatics, or Magnetic Fields can find lots to love on this track. Listen to the new single “Nora” from Famous Friend on Youtube[...]

Divorce Culture – “FM”

February 21, 2024

Jacksonville’s alternative rockers Divorce Culture have just released the incendiary new lead single for their upcoming EP. Their new alt-rock cut “FM” features lead guitar that scorches as it cleaves through the melodious track, reminiscent of the wicked riffs from Dinosaur Jr. That lead guitar wails on top of a bed of rock solid mids and lows created by rhythm, bass and drum all working together to create a cavernous thunder melody that fills your chest while lead guitar crackles and arcs above it. Their lead vocals hold a satisfying weight, each lyric plotted and delivered with mellow menace that expands with harmonized goodness during the chorus. Divorce Culture show strong songcraft chops throughout the whole track, verses link seamlessly into catchy, impactful choruses that you want to hear over and over, each building to a breakdown that opens into deeply rewarding final chorus. Listen to the new single “FM”[...]

Mary Middlefield – “Heart’s Desire”

February 13, 2024

Switzerland based artist Mary Middlefield is a burgeoning singer-songwriter who reshaped herself during the pandemic after being a classically trained violinist for most of her life. She released her debut LP last year and is already releasing more new music, the most recent being “Heart’s Desire,” an indie cut filled with sharp daggers of unrequited love. The new single’s clean guitar melody intertwines with a hushed backbeat with seamless fluidity that feels like the quickened pulse you get in the orb of influence of your infatuation. This musicality matches Middlefield’s writing perfectly, her stanzas are filled with yearning for a crush that’s doomed because of their age difference. The new song has atmosphere and effortless flow that will sweep you into its current. Fans of Jeff Buckley, Phoebe Bridgers/boygenius, or Lucy Dacus will find lots to love on Middlefield’s new single. Listen to “Heart’s Desire” the new release from Mary[...]

Landon Conrath – “Replay”

February 13, 2024

Landon Conrath is a young artist but has quickly built both his catalog and a passionate fan base that has branched well beyond his home of Minneapolis. Since his debut in 2022, Conrath has continued gaining momentum with new single “Replay,” a livewire electropop track soaked in messy entanglements. Layered and processed vocals dance hand in hand with a romantic guitar melody as Conrath starts a fall into the memories of a past love, every reminisce causing a wince deeper than the last. He has a undeniable talent for textures, which you’ll hear as the track shifts from crooning guitar to breathy verses, perfectly placed between an electro glitch rhythm that matches the untethered torrent of jealousy, loathing, love, and lust that flood you as you run into a messy ex-love, IRL or digitally. “Replay” hits strongest as Conrath belts out the chorus “Alcohol and mental arrest, when I saw[...]

False Corners – “Where Is My Blood (feat. Emily Backus)”

February 8, 2024

Atlanta based False Corners is the culmination of mutual love and admiration, their debut EP Shoobie shows that in each cut. The group is centered on the duo of songwriter Jack Shaw and artist-producer Damon Moon, then each of their songs features a different guest singer. The first single of the project has just released – it is the stunningly beautiful “Where Is My Blood” that features Emily Backus’ mellifluous singing which pierces the heart with radiant clarity. The songcraft on the new song is apparent and Backus’ dynamic vocal performance highlights the songwriting gift that Shaw has. The song opens with an arresting couplet from Backus with only acoustic backing, reminiscent of Neutral Milk Hotel, then lets Backus’s voice soar like a lark’s song. After the opening grips you, the verse’s sound thickens by bringing in organ, bass, and a backbeat drum rhythm. Then, Shaw seamlessly drops into the[...]

Cameron Sonnier – “Burning To Death”

February 5, 2024

“Burning To Death” is a dense, rich, rhythmic exploration of the inner self, and it marks the second single from promising Houston-based artist Cameron Sonnier‘s sophomore album Synchronicity.  Sonnier creates a reflective space with layers of textures that lay over one other, all following a rhythmic pulse that pushes its meditative beat into your subconscious. The new song’s use of guitar dynamics is irrestible – high-toned picked melodies shift into strummed percussive rhythms that create a hypnotic space that swirls into the song’s production. Thick synths buzz and burn creating an incendiary quality that seems to ignite the next slow burning tone as Sonnier’s singing echoes into the chasm of your mind, which is now unfurling in a blossoming shape due to Sonnier’s wizardry. Fans of Boards of Canada, Emeralds, Animal Collective, and Aphex Twin will find lots to love on this new track. Listen to Cameron Sonnier’s new single[...]

Pretty Bitter – “Roadkill”

February 5, 2024

Grab those ear huggers and let the D.C. based Pretty Bitter catapult you into a joyous scorcher of a new song they are calling “Roadkill.” The new indie-rock single is an ecstatic blend of break neck rock a la Charly Bliss and Marnie Stern mixed with the pop sensibilities of Hole or The Cranberries. Drummer Jason Hayes will make your chest sweat with a frenetic rock beat jammed with tongue wagging fills while Chris Hayes bites into that ceaseless rhythm like a pitbull with fraying guitar work that ignites and sizzles as it flies by. The lead songwriters Em Bleker and Miriam Tyler harness that electric impressionist energy and bend it to their wills, creating verses that flip the sonics from contrasting gut punches to a sumptuous neon tangerine that carry their joyous spirit and feminist-bent lyrics. Fans of Julia Jacklin, Sylvan Esso, and Passion Pit should let these indie[...]

Joyer – “Star”

February 3, 2024

NYC/Boston based Joyer is the combined talents of brothers Nick & Shane Sullivan, and they just released their new indie/slowcore single, “Star.” The new cut has a wash of layered guitars that shift the tint of the track, each wash feeling like a filter that the song is passing through to get to your ears. Those layers work like sliding wave forms that align for a moment of clarity before passing back into dissonant relation with one another, creating that dispersed guitar sound that feels like wandering in a memory. “Star” uses that slowcore sound adeptly, with the Sullivan brothers pairing their sound with nostalgic daydreams. Here is Joyer talking about their new song; “Star is kind of a slice of life of the summer I was having when I wrote it. It has small fragments of different days. Some boring days at home mixed with bits about camping on[...]