by Cliff Parks | May 5, 2014 | Album of the Week
There’s definitely something going on down the 90 in Fredonia. The proximity of Dave Fridmann’s Tarbox Road Studios in nearby Cassadaga, NY has contaminated the water or affected the electromagnetic fields emanating in that area in a way that wildness and...
by Steven Knapp | Apr 28, 2014 | Album of the Week
Rochester producer Pluto Brady balances hazy, melodic textures with sinister elements of trap, bass, and hip-hop on his self-titled debut beat tape. The 18-year-old artist has been previously credited for tracks on rapper Donzelly’s DMS mixtape as well as Black...
by Nick Sessanna | Apr 21, 2014 | Album of the Week
Nelson-Type is just one of “those” bands. Ever since the duo released 2011’s excellent Grow Homeless, Grow Unbound, we buffaBLOGGERs have been waiting anxiously for their next release. It’s been three long years and, yes… we admit (at...
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...
