Must See Shows (12/17/25-12/23/15)
Saturday, December 20th @ 7pm
buffaBLOG Holiday Show @ Milkies
Since the blog has re-emerged in fall 2024, we have re-worked many of our operations to better fit the music landscape in 2025. One tradition we needed to continue was our annual holiday party, where we feature some of our favorite local/regional bands emerging from the scene and showcase them on one bill. We like to market this as a catch-all for all for some of the best bands in the scene currently and local scene supports to attend and semi-curious home-for-the-holidays Buffalonians to get a sense of what the Western NY indie scene is all about.
The holiday party’s past lineups had always tried to feature one out-of-town regional band, and this year’s performer comes by way of Rochester slacker-rock outfit kitchen. The band emerged into the blogosphere in 2025 with their highly acclaimed album Blue Heeler in Ugly Snowlight, Grey on Gray on Gray on White, which led to a kitchen feature on Stereogum and their pivotal spot as Album of the Week last April.
The local line-up includes some of the most buzzed about local acts in the current scene, with performances from surf-tinged Johnny & the Man Kids *, shoegaze extraordinaires Elemantra *, and buzzing power-pop act The Mookies.
If you want to support local music, see a snippet of the talented musicians making WNY their home, and what we do over here at the blog, this is where to be. Save room for the jalapeño poppers. Doors open at 7pm with a $13 cover at the door.
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This post was written by Michael Moretti