by Ailsa Forlenza | Jun 17, 2014 | Preview
Folk-punk duo Andrew Jackson Jihad, consisting of Sean Bonnette and Ben Gallaty, surely have a way with words. The first line that struck me from the group was “There’s a rapist and a Nazi living in our tiny hearts.” Even though the initial reaction is to sit back and...
by Ailsa Forlenza | Jun 12, 2014 | Preview
Weazildust. The name sounds like a fictional character from the tales of The Brothers Grimm stories that eats little children and turns hay barrels into piles of gold. Weazildust is not a fictional character, though. It is the stage name of Jimkata drummer Packy Lunn,...
by Ailsa Forlenza | Jun 11, 2014 | Album Review
First Aid Kit, composed of the elven-queens Klara and Johanna Soderberg, hit an Internet nerve after they placed their cover of hit Fleet Foxes song “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song” on YouTube back in the year of 2008. Shortly before that, they had already re-recorded...
by Ailsa Forlenza | Jun 6, 2014 | Preview
With the recent revival of Sugar City’s new space on Niagara St., things are up and running again for the do-it-yourself Buffalo group. Tonight, they invite you to shake up your hips and let loose to the tunes of the soul movement. Talk with your groove and...
by Ailsa Forlenza | Jun 4, 2014 | Album Review
SBTRKT had the right idea when he split his latest LP, Transitions, into three phases. Each two track pairing plays off the thematic tones of the one before. The latest of the three came out today and it signals a darker, ominous twist from this formerly upbeat and...
