by Nick Sessanna | Apr 14, 2014 | Album of the Week
I am treated to the best of the best of local music from week to week. Over the past few years, I have had an opportunity to objectively review and appreciate a wide variety of music that comes my way. That being said, nothing ever seems to grip me like a release from...
by Nick Sessanna | Apr 7, 2014 | Album of the Week
Mapmaker is probably one of the more underrated bands in Buffalo’s catalog. Their new release is called Critical Path and, while putting the finishing touches on this review on this fine Sunday evening, I realize what a real barnburner it is. The production is lo-fi,...
by Mac McGuire | Mar 31, 2014 | Album of the Week
When I mentioned to people that I’d be writing up the new Failures’ Union release, Tethering, I generally got one of two responses. The first was that these guys were staples over at Mohawk Place. The association makes sense: that’s where the band...
by Mac McGuire | Mar 24, 2014 | Album of the Week
“Play ‘Soul Night’!” There are maybe twenty or thirty people crammed into Damian Weber’s living room. The request came from a guy standing in the doorway, but all over the room, people begin to signal their approval. Up front, Damian...
by Katie Africano | Mar 20, 2014 | Album of the Week
Scrolling back through our past posts on local favorites Unwelcome Guests, it’s hard not to notice a recurring theme: nobody is quite sure how to place them. On the surface, it seems like it shouldn’t be so hard. Guitars, bass, drums, vocals: this is the...
