Joywave – How Do You Feel Now?
Since the band’s inception, Joywave has been somewhat of a buoyant hot air balloon, steadily gaining altitude with every move they make. These Rochester natives can more-than-safely say that they’ve stepped beyond the realm of the local music scene, and even the...
The Soft Love Drops Debut Track “ALL OF IT”
Over the last couple months, the Soft Love has been making the rounds around Buffalo clubs, with each band mate dipping their toes back into the live scene after a couple prolonged absences. Made up of former members of the Thermidors, Fairweathers, and Son of the...
The Wayouts Record Exclusive Record Store Day 7″ for WAYO FM
With all this talk of Record Store Day in Buffalo, there is a pretty cool RSD related project coming out of Rochester for Saturday's big day. Featuring members of SPORTS, No Glitter, Howlo, Faux Leather Jacket, and Pleistocene, the Wayouts recorded a two track...
Dean Chatham Drops “Walk On, Bye”
Buffalo hip hop artist and Black Sol member Dean Chatham seemed polished from the get-go. A few months back, he dropped the Dean's List EP, an impressive debut project about decision-making and behavior as a dude in a coming-of-age situation at college, featuring...
Mario Bee and Mike Gerbino Announce Point of No Concern EP
Two former Rochester-based artists, DJ Mario Bee and rapper Mike Gerbino, are set to release their debut collaborative EP, Point of No Concern on April 20th. Featuring an assortment of hip-hop, electronic, and grime beats, the five-track record abrasively touches on...
Del Paxton Releases Split on Topshelf Records
At long last, Del Paxton's split with Gulfer is out on Topshelf Records. Anyone who follows buffaBLOG has surely seen our coverage of Del Paxton (starting when the group clinched the award for #1 local song of 2013 with "Motion Sick"). With only an EP to its name thus...
Tyler, The Creator – Cherry Bomb
Say what you will about Tyler, The Creator - his puerile public persona; his real-life destructive stage antics; his stoic, perennially grumpy-sounding delivery - but the dude's nothing if not eclectic. Much like the sophomore records of fellow Odd Future emcee Earl...
American Low Premieres Black & White Music Video for “Cloud”
A few weeks ago, Buffalo-based trio American Low debuted their video for the single "Cloud." The black and white video features the trio in an abandoned studio belting about how a love interest is putting up a wall. What's most impressive is lead singer Mike Brady's...
Amateur Radio Club – The Laughing Vulcan and Her Dog
Rochester’s got some new digs. Ian Egling, formerly of the band SPORTS, and now performing solo under the moniker Amateur Radio Club, just released his debut late last March. The eight track album, titled The Laughing Vulcan and Her Dog, is heavy on the electro pop...
Waxahatchee – Ivy Tripp
If there’s anything I’ve learned from listening to Waxahatchee's music, it is that less is more. The acoustic, lo-fi sound that frontwoman Katie Crutchfield brought on her first record, American Weekend, was something very special. Recorded solo by Crutchfield in her...
Toro Y Moi – What For?
Often characterized as the father of chillwave, Chazwick Bundick, or Toro Y Moi, has released his fourth album, What For? this past Tuesday. With music that’s just as strange as his name, Bundick has pushed all boundaries concerning genre. Since 2008, Bundick has...
The Hamiltones Release Self-Titled, Debut Tape
Last Friday evening, another chapter in an ongoing surf rock rivalry was written as the Hamiltones, the foil to fellow Rust Belt surf trio, Aaron & the Burrs, released its debut, self-titled tape. Currently available through More Power Tapes, home to fellow surf...
Fort Romeau – Insides
Since the release of his 2012 debut album Kingdoms, London producer Fort Romeau has continued to develop a highly textured, slow-burning house sound that lends itself to both economical dance cuts as well as airy, warm introspective tracks. After putting out a series...
jacebeats Runs Through Creative Process in “Inspiration” Video
Buffalo beatmaker jacebeats is an artist with a pension for jazzy beats delicately sampled from the wax. In his new video for "Inspiration," Jace chronicles the steps he takes when concocting a beat, and it all starts with drawing off of the culture of his city and...
Cadaver Country Drops New Track “Not Sleeping (you don’t know)”
Yesterday morning, Jacob Verghese, mulit-instrumental of crust folk act Pine Fever, quietly dropped a new song from his on-going solo project, Cadaver Country. Titled "Not Sleeping (you don't know)," the track finds Verghese once again playing jack of all trades role,...
Maybird Releases Music Video For “Two Horizons”
In the midst of recording new material, the Rochester bred psych folk act, Maybird, released the music video for "Two Horizons," a track found on the group's debut release Down and Under. The band currently splits time between Brooklyn and WNY, and for the clip,...
slackjaw – friendly pestering
You’ve got a friend in slackjaw, and not just because their bandcamp URL says so. The Geneseo quartet’s catchy blend of garage punk and slacker rock has a pleasantly affable vibe to it, an air of innate approachability. Their self-appointed description is “weekend...
Dr. Ooo Releases Music Video For “Fuq Dr. Ooo”
Equality Knowledge and Light has been on a tear of late. The culture firm's artists have released two great music videos in the last couple of weeks, and before that dropped an important love song to a couple of their favorite foods. The latest vid comes from EKL...
Death Grips – The Powers That B
There are very few bands that have as strong of a cult following as the controversial, experimental hip hop trio, Death Grips. Over its five year life span, DG has put out some incredibly genre defying music, even attracting the ears of one of the biggest names in the...
Breach, The Beloved Releases Debut Album
Buffalo-based instrumental hip-hop and experimental electronic producer, Romello, recently revealed a new side-project under the name Breach, The Beloved, which features a more lyrical, rock-oriented sound from the young artist. So Far From Parkside begins with a hazy...
Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
Loss can alter a person. Whether it’s reinvention, recollection, or flat-out despair that hits the hardest, the death of a loved one often times has a profound effect on an individual. In the case of Sufjan Stevens, the feelings resulting from his mother’s death in...
Death Cab for Cutie – Kintsugi
“I don’t know where to begin,” croons perennially plaintive vocalist Benjamin Gibbard on Kintsugi, the eighth studio album from indie-rock vets Death Cab for Cutie. Indeed, with its synth flourishes and electronic left-turns, it does ring of a band that’s struggling...
Steak & Cake Releases SAMPLER 6 Compilation
I remember the first time I met Brandon Schlia, the founder and operator of Steak & Cake Records. We were throwing our first birthday party at Nietzsche's and he gave me the label's first sampler compilation, featuring a collection of Fredonia and Buffalo musician...
JOHNS – Grift Marks
The melodic dissonance of JOHNS’ new album, Grift Marks (released this past Saturday via Peterwalkee Records), comes from a dark, post-industrialized corner of the world. Imagine Joy Division’s Ian Curtis growing up in the rust belt. Still, every track, every note on...
EKL’s Wza Releases New Video For “I Need That”
Do you know what you need? Wza of Buffalo's Equality, Knowledge and Light (and Radarada) crew sure knows his short list. It includes money, weed, food, music, and basketball, but a pretty cool chick is working her way into the picture, as described on his latest...
Tobias Jesso Jr. – Goon
The narrative of heartbreak and desperation that runs through the debut album of Canadian artist Tobias Jesso Jr. has been countlessly explored by numerous singer-songwriter types who strive to craft a universal sentiment from their internal struggles. It's worth...
YLXR Drops Visuals for “BOI”
On-the-rise Buffalo producer YLXR dropped a video this week accompanying his latest single "BOI." The trip hop track begins slow and dreamy, with an ambient voice and some clinking drums guiding us over reserved synths. Around the midway point YLXR switches up the...
Earl Sweatshirt – I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside
Could Earl Sweatshirt make it any clearer that he has no interest in being a chart-topping rap-star? With the release of his sophomore album, I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside, it’s pretty obvious the only right answer is no. An entirely self-produced effort -...
The Televisionaries Drop Latest Track “AGAVE”
Despite this last blast of winter, summer is coming (we think), and with that, we have a seasonable new song from Rochester surf trio, the Televisionaries. Titled, "AGAVE," the track is set to be included on the band's forthcoming sophomore album sometime in the near...
Lesionread – Lesionread’s Greatest Hits! Vol. 1
Just a little shy of two years ago, Lesionread exploded onto the scene opening for Wild Nothing at the Tralf with an experience high on avant-garde mischief and mayhem, and Buffalo frankly hasn't been the same since. The performing moniker of ever ambitious artist...