Joe Mason – Joe Mason
As technology has gotten more sophisticated and more accessible, it's become harder to to nail down a bedroom record. I mean that in the sense that it sounds like it was recorded in someone's bedroom, not in the sense that you could throw it on and screw. Excepting...
Anteek Recipes Release B-Sides Collection From Upcoming Debut
Self-described "jazzy hip hop heads," Anteek Recipes, have released The EP, a collection of 11 B-sides that did not make the cut for their forthcoming debut album. The album stays true to the group's namesake, as the project is littered with the components of...
Willie Watson – Folk Singer Vol. 1
In the summer of 2012, my family traveled two and a half hours to see a musician named Willie Watson play at an anti-fracking festival in his hometown of Hector, NY. The festival was free, in a grass lot, and Willie was one of maybe eight other musicians on the day’s...
The Horrors – Luminous
Names can be deceiving. In spite of their moniker, The Horrors are about as terrifying-sounding as a hot bath or a warm shower (which post-Psycho still might be scary for some). The band also isn't light and effervescent enough to be described as Luminous, the title...
Orations Debut Two-Track EP
While you await the next installment of Transmission Dance Party, give a listen to the new project from Jason Draper, one half of Transmission (and bass player for Failures' Union), called Orations. The four piece outfit dropped a short, two track EP full of driving...
Le Printemps Readies New Album, Shares Tracks
It's been a while since we last heard from Buffalo expat/Portland transplant Jon Riggie and his project Le Printemps. For those unaware, Riggie was the drummer of 2011 Buffalo buzz band, the birD Day. Le Printemps is probably as opposite of the birD Day as it can get,...
SLPCLSDTH Shows Off Potential On “Brains”
Tucked away on a relatively small soundcloud page, Buffalo hip-hop artist SLPCLSDTH (pronounced Sleep Close Death), has been releasing a stream of music over the last two years, and his newest track "Brains," is probably his best. It's one of those songs with lyrics...
Andrew Jackson Jihad – Christmas Island
Andrew Jackson Jihad is the type of group that can make you want to laugh and cry at the same time. Their lyrics are undeniably witty and hit you with a punch, and after settle in with a pinch of reality. Christmas Island, their latest album-length release, is both...
The Observers Release Self-Titled Debut Album
A lot can happen when a bunch of local songwriters and musicians happen across each other’s paths and subsequently decide to make some music. Sounds come together, voices fall into harmony, and direction begins to take form. Coming off their self-titled debut release,...
Brother Keep Releases To You and Yours
Brother Keep are some angry mo-fos! Their new EP, To You & Yours, listens like a middle finger to the “empty girl” who ran off with guitarist/vocalist Nick Sessanna’s former best friend. The four track release opens up with the pop punk “Windy City” and ends with...
Lykke Li – I Never Learn
The Swedish-bred Lykke Li has an incomparable way of conveying her self-reflecting lyrics on I Never Learn, her third and final installment in what she describes as a trilogy about the whirlwind emotions of a young woman. As was the case for her previous two albums, I...
Dr. Ooo Premieres New Malt Disney Directed Clip
One of the blog's favorite Buffalo MCs, the now Brooklyn residing Dr. Ooo (or Drew Aintworriedboutnuthin Hartman to his friends), has released the new music video for his track "Comfy." Directed by Malt Disney, frequent collaborator of the Toats Orig Crew and Jact...
Mooses – Tales From The Elephant’s Nest
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 psychedelia...
New Visuals from Local Rap Trio Nameless
Coming off of the Walking on Water EP that dropped back in March is Niagara Falls trio Nameless' hard hitting track "Milli." After an intro from the EP's opening track, the dreamier "In The Air," the mood switches to the hard-hitting "Milli." With a backdrop of some...
Admirers Remaster Night Night EP, Premiere Title Track
Ever since Mike James' former band, Longwave, dropped its wonderful The Strangest Things LP, which included this all time great WNY jam (that's James in the left rear) way back in 2003, the ever busy Rochester musician has been floating around my, and now the blog's,...
Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
Damon Albarn, of Blur and Gorillaz fame, has always been a maverick, pushing pop music into fairly atypical, frequently imaginative territory. On his first full-length solo album, the legendary alt-rocker, working from a slower, more subdued, sonic position, has...
Billy Drease Williams Drops The Long Awaited EDREYS MMIV
Billy Drease Williams is a veteran of the Buffalo hip-hop scene. If you're not familiar with his work you might recognize one of his five songs (as a part of the duo Raw Intel) that made it onto the ESPN NFL 2k5 video game, the ultimate sign of success in the music...
Mystic Braves – Desert Island
Mystic Braves is one of those groups that tend to ramble on. Since their last, self titled album, they haven't quite figured out how to stray from their original sound, which is a western-influenced, rawhide feel. For starters, I'm not asking that a group create...
Ben Morey Releases Howlo Project EP
Rochester's Ben Morey appears to be trying to rival Buffalo's Sonny Baker for busiest musician in WNY. Between his inviting solo work, including this solid live session with Genesee Live, and being a featured member of fellow 585 acts like Dumb Angel, New Socks (we...
tUnE-yArDs – Nikki Nack
If ARTPOP was a small trip into Lady Gaga’s creative mind that tried to combine art and pop culture into one musical form, then tUnE-yArDs' new album, Nikki Nack, is a full on exploration of pop culture sweetly crafted into an unorthodox collection of rhythms and...
Pluto Brady- The Beat Tape
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...
Secret Pizza Releases Debut EP
We've been reading about Secret Pizza for the past six months or so, but could only attribute their sound to grainy facebook videos. Needless to say, we were delighted to stumble upon their debut EP, Self Titled E.P.. The Rochester post-rock outfit sounds like a more...
Gucci Mane and Young Thug – Young Thugga Mane La Flare
With the release of Young Thugga Mane La Flare, two of the biggest trap stars in the game in Young Thug and Gucci Mane take on a project full of banging club tracks. Young Thug is the up and coming Atlanta artist that has been making waves with hit club singles like...
Stepfriends Premiere New Song From Forthcoming LP
Lucky day! We here at buffaBLOG have recently stumbled upon an exclusive track from the new Stepfriends LP, set to drop by early summer. Stepfriends, of course, is a collective of sorts, featuring all sorts of musicians from the WNY area, but mainly focuses around the...
Chad VanGaalen – Shrink Dust
As a newcomer to the land of Chad VanGaalen, Shrink Dust is quite the brazen introduction to the Albertan singer-songwriter's musical ethos. Known for his imaginative lyrics, full of sci-fi world-building, offbeat preoccupations, and demented wordplay, VanGaalen is on...
The Afterbirth Tycoon Releases The Filthy Late Bloom
The ground is finally thawing and Buffalo is alive and well. To celebrate our survival of old man winter, several bands released new music this past weekend. The Afterbirth Tycoon is one of the bands which decided to get in on the celebration of spring with the...
Del Paxton Announces Signing to Secret Audio Club
This week, Del Paxton, one of our favorite neighborhood indiemo revival acts, made public its signing with Rochester-based label, Secret Audio Club. The label is set to release one of Buffalo's strongest albums of 2013, Del Paxton's Worst. Summer. Ever., on vinyl this...
Pizza Pizza Comes Through With Some Fresh Slices On Pie I
Airy synths, lead bass rhythms, and a variance of drum noises help form an impressive first album for Buffalo electronic hip hop artist DJ Pizza Pizza. A pitched down "Pizza Pizza" DJ drop spatters throughout the songs, and they are probably the only words that...
Network Releases New “Winter” Single
Buffalo experimental hip hop project Network have been hard at work on their latest album, expected out sometime early this summer. In the meantime, the group, who recently added former New York producer/songwriter Jon Bap as a full-time member, has shared a new track...
Sexist Releases Updated Demos
Since Record Store Day, everyone has been talking about Jack White’s new song, "Lazaretto," the world's fastest record. Seriously who cares about Jack White? Yes, he’s a genius, and he’s going to be making great records for years to come. Rather, let’s talk about...