Just Announced: Cursive
Omaha heavyweights and indiemo staple, Cursive, is set to play Mohawk Place next year on Sunday, March 15th. The cult band will be touring in support of the expanded and deluxe reissue of its seminal, Saddle Creek released album, The Ugly Organ, a record that goes...
Mallwalkers
The only Buffalo band on the bill for this week's roadtrip/showcase, Mallwalkers, may have to be airdropped into Rochester. Luckily blog editor, Mac McGuire, is a licensed pilot* and master of the skies.* That said, Mallwalkers will be rounding out this lineup by...
Hussalonia Releases Well Timed Holiday Benefit Tune, “Soft Drink”
Those hoping to catch Hussalonia's the Founder in the flesh tonight will have to make other plans as the Lannie Flowers/Nude Beach show he was set to open for was the latest local show lost to #snowvember. Luckily for us, the Founder has a way of giving to those in...
Buffalo Sex Change
I like Rochester. It's a nice place. There's a bunch of bands from there that I really, really like. I've been to a lot of really good shows in and around Rochacha, a term I say with love. Being in Western New York, their food is good (once you get further east on the...
Jackson Cavalier & The Fevertones Drop Devil’s Undertow EP
Quietly last night, rollicking Rochester folk outfit, Jackson Cavalier & The Fevertones, dropped its latest, two song EP, Devil's Undertow, its first new material in nearly a year. The band has been pretty low key over the last year, working on new songs while...
Column 18: Pulp Returns to Spotlight on Life, Death, & Supermarkets
There's been a recent surge of classic Britpop bands resurfacing, from the Verve to Suede to Blur, and Pulp appears to be the latest. That said, Pulp's reunion seems a weirdly appropriate time to reunite. While other Britpop acts had a wide array of influential...
The Absolutes
It may come to no surprise that buffaBLOG has a show this Saturday in Rochester due to the all-encompassing Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram teases. If this is the first post you've ever read on this website and have never visited our social media accounts, Hi. We put...
Quintron and Miss Pussycat
Hopefully they grabbed a couple parkas before hitting the road because New Orleans based act, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, will be dropping down on the winter wonderland that is Buffalo tonight. Made up of long time electronic musician, Quintron, and puppeteer (yep),...
Ariel Pink – pom pom
For all the thinkpieces, accusations of misogyny, and clickbait-facilitated outrage his words have inspired this year, LA rocker Ariel Pink’s message is quite simple. It’s not trolling or mean-spirited publicity-hounding so much as a deeply-felt need to tow the line...
Orations Releases Music Video for “Anhedonic Moan”
Brooding post-punkers, Orations, released the music video for the rather dark "Anhedonic Moan" this afternoon. The video plays like one of those B-Horror intruder flicks, where the masked strangers eerily gaze upon the band until something really bad happens. Orations...
Mountains and Valleys – Mountains and Valleys
This week’s AOTW feature comes at us all the way from Syracuse. We here at buffaBLOG are finding it increasingly difficult to ignore such compelling music from artists in WNY’s surrounding areas, and thusly, are expanding our reach. This week, neo-folk troubadour...
Just Announced: The Decemberists
Hyper literate folk outfit, the Decemberists, will make a return appearance to the Center for the Arts' Mainstage Theatre at the UB North Campus on Wednesday, April 1st. The band is prepping the release of its latest album, What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful...
Tonight: Attack of the Vinyl Mondays
Essex St. Pub has become my go to winter bar in town. During last year's Polar Vortex, a small crew and I trekked down Richmond and found comfort in the establishment, donating as many quarters as we had to Essex's legendary juke box. With the snow falling outside of...
Tonight: WSADA 14
It's mid November, and right on schedule, the Bills' season is pretty much over. Thankfully, this should clear up your Sundays to do something a bit more productive, something like attending the latest WSADA series installment at the WASH Project on Massachusetts....
Tonight: Dr. Ooo
Buffalo garage based outfitter, Day After Day Supply, will be celebrating its one year anniversary later at Hardware, and Queen City MC elite, Dr. Ooo, will be on hand to help ring in the festivities. Formerly of Kinda Like Dreamin, the good doctor (AKA Drew...
Tonight: Mooses
Fredonia psych rockers, Mooses, are set to touch down at Mohawk Place later this evening. Born in 2012 and landing on our radar earlier this year, the soaring four piece has one EP to its name, Tales From the Elephant's Nest, containing the exhilarating song of the...
EVC’s Cove Releases New Track
Multifaceted producer Cove is always reliable for dope new material. His latest track, "It's the jawn!!!," is a high energy instrumental that keeps the head rocking. Stuttering organ synths and a distant voice encourage you to "Come on!" throughout the length of the...
Molitor – “lonelypeople_Music”
Niagara Falls, CAN (the nice side for those not from the area) bred artist, Molitor, is prepping the release of his new EP, #lonelypeople_Music, set to drop on November 25th. Now based out of Toronto, the 20-year-old musician is making a big synth/disco rock in the...
Tonight: JoyCut
It's not often that a band out of Italy plays Buffalo. It's even rarer an Italian electronic band plays Broadway Joe's, a venue usually associated with Punk'n Tots showcases and nu-metal. Tonight, Joycut is set to make their Buffalo debut as part of the last leg of...
Tonight: BoBo, Johnny Revolting, and more
Things are pretty much back to business as usual in the Queen City. It’s getting cold, the amateur street theater on Allen Street is in a recession, and Mohawk Place is once again live and well. Since reopening late this summer, the Mohawk (under new ownership) has...
Column 17: How the Music of Guardians of the Galaxy Created Our Most Human of Heroes
With Oscar season now in full-effect, its worth pointing out that there has been a recent absence of popular music in nominated films. Whether it's the period, tone, or just an effort to pick up additional nominations, Oscar contenders seem to shun the use of pop...
Just Announced: Cherub
Nashville electro pop duo, Cherub, have just announced a stop at the Waiting Room early next year. Currently on tour with Capital Cities, the pair will headline the freshest Delaware Ave venue on Wednesday, February 4th in support of its latest album, Year of the...
The New Basement Tapes – Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes
It seems like it’s every artist’s dream to get his or her hands on anything that came out of the mind of Bob Dylan. Whether it’s covering a beloved song or playing with the man himself, most artists name Dylan as an inspiration and graciously gush over the opportunity...
Tonight: Dream Journal
Punk rock attack, thick, dirgy riffs, a lot of yelling. These are the trademark sounds of the Hoyt House and they are welcome in my earholes any day of the week. In todays age of processed nonsense sometimes you need a hit to the gut, and this place provides in...
Undergroud Electronic Producer, Davor, Drops “City Nights” Single
With the 2014 emergence of acts like Darksleep and FOTISPORN, Buffalo seems to have quite a few underground electronic producers lurking in it's shadows, mostly releasing sultry bedroom compositions. Another name to add to the club is home-studio act, Davor aka Davor...
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist at Town Ballroom (11/11/14)
On Tuesday night, those in attendance at the Town Ballroom were taken on a journey through nearly 40 years of the rich musical history that laid the groundwork for hip hop culture. DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist surgically moved through their set comprised of six...
Tonight: Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band
If you're looking for a solid mid-weeknight blast of brilliant psychedelic rock, you're definitely reading the right preview. Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band will be bringing their eclectic and sonically diverse set of classic rock-tinged psychedelia to...
Tonight: Modern Baseball
The clever dudes in Modern Baseball seem to be riding high on a wave of interest in their awkward anti-pop musings about post-adolescence blues. It's nothing short of endearing and relatable - see the startlingly frank acoustic musings about Twitter on "@chl03k" or...
Azizi Gibson – “Smoking With The Gods”
Maryland-turned-LA rapper, Azizi Gibson, is on the rise, and it seems to be his fate. Leaving family and college behind in his home state, Gibson headed west with the hopes of making it big. By chance, he ran into mega-producer Flying Lotus at a gym while he was couch...
Tonight: Terror Pigeon
Tonight, Buffalo's newest arts space, Dreamland, is going to be pulsating with weirdness and wildness when local art electronica giant Lesionread and ambient rockers Humble Braggers collide with Nashville's Terror Pigeon and Halifax Nova Scotia's Rich Aucion. The...
Slight – “Run”
Rochester's music scene has had an amazing 2014. From breakout national hits like Joywave's "Tongues" to strong tracks by local staples like Mikaela Davis, Harmonica Lewinski, and Secret Pizza, to name a few. Some good things must come to an end, though, as the city...
Royal Tongues’ “The Balance” Remixed by Ra Ra Riot
Buffalo synth pop duo, Royal Tongues (Like A Parrot's Aaron Bonus and Justin Gammella), is prepping the release of The Balance EP, a seven song release containing the title track and a whole lot of remixes of the single. The most notable reworking of "The Balance"...
Tonight: DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist
Once upon a time too long ago DJ's used turntables to maximize flow, records were heard and no one stood; dancing was better and the music was good. There was a young DJ who was misled; he thought a laptop playlist could make him bread. When DJ's stop creating and...
Genesee Live Releases Latest Session feat. Attic Abasement
Thank goodness for area live video session series on slow blog days like this. Our favorite series out of Rochester, Genesee Live, continues its blistering pace with the release of its latest installment, #18 overall, featuring Attic Abasement. The elusive basement...
Red Heat
Red Heat sounds like some kind of STD that possibly ran rampant through US Soldiers stationed in the South Pacific during World War II. Rather, Red Heat is a thinking man's punk trio consisting of Jordan Jones (drums), Nick Randall (guitar), and Brandon Schlia (bass/...
Foo Fighters – Sonic Highways
Indisputably so, the Foo Fighters have steadily led at the forefront of rock music, and after twenty years of making music, it is safe—if not necessary—to characterize this band as an American classic. To what I’m sure is everyone’s delight, the band decided to...
Crying
What do you get when you mix a Gameboy, three musicians with a penchant for writing endearing indie music, and a heaping pile of dream-worthy nostalgia? This is not a rhetorical question. You get Crying. The indie-electronic outfit out of Harrison, NY is raising...
Big Noble – “Peg”
The words "new music from Interpol" used to not send cringes down my spine. There was a time when this band was still good and that time is long up. Save for the throw-back opening track, El Pintor is another album that lacks the swagger Carlos D used to bring to the...
Bryan Johnson and Family – Cool Your Jets
Local cult leader, Bryan Johnson (that is why he calls his band 'Family,' right?) is one of the hardest working musicians in the city. His band has been a mainstay at local shows for years and with good reason, they are jittery, poppy crowd pleasers. And with the...
Tonight: Home Body
According to the Facebook event page, this will be good. Not exactly the ringing-est of endorsements, but modesty is always appreciated in the music world. With sets from five different acts, it's not a stretch to assume there will be something for everybody, and the...
Tonight: Sloan
Sloan are no strangers to Buffalo. Returning for their fourth show in the past five years, the Canadian power-pop legends make their way back to The Tralf again tonight in support of their latest album, Commonwealth. The four-piece is famous for their shared...
Tonight: RL Grime
Well, the show sold out a few days prior to tonight and people were in a frenzy trying to find tickets. Waiting Room will be packed to the legal capacity brim for three heavy-hitting DJs. RL Grime is headlining the evening. With the WEDIDIT Collective, he kick started...
Tonight: (New England) Patriots
Spiral Scratch's basement may feature the tonight's best bill with Boston's (New England) Patriots performing. The four piece plays an eclectic form of punk, with songs that range from raucous 3 minute put-up or shut-ups to avant garde experimental noise. Along for...
November 7th
XXXY - "TPW" Manchester, UK producer XXXY's latest track is set to appear on house duo Waze & Odyssey's upcoming compilation for their Street Tracks imprint. "TPW" features a prominent acidic bass line and energetic drums along with colorful synths that make for...
T-Pain’s Return to Relevancy
What a week it's been for T-Pain. The premiere hook-man of the late 2000s was the face of the auto-tune era in pop-rap music, but few people knew that there was so much more to this artist. When T-Pain began using auto-tune, it was innovative and creative. As with any...
Tonight: Organic James Brown Series Featuring Bernard “Pretty” Perdie
Tonight Duke's Bohemian Groove Bar kicks off a series of shows dedicated to the sheer awesomeness of the late but still great Godfather of Soul, James Brown. A joint effort featuring the Allen Town bar, Alien Life Form Entertainment, and Critt's Juke Joint, Organic...
Tonight: J.Phlip and Monty Luke
Dirtybird is not just a record label. The people that comprise dirtybird are your friends. Whether it is one of the dirtybird players performing solo, or all of them at their touring dirtybird BBQ, there is no doubt that you will have an experience. J.Phlip, the...
Tonight: Pleistocene
Take a night off from Allen and hang out with area co-eds at Mr. Goodbar tonight as the college bar welcomes Rochester's Pleistocene. Fronted by Katie Preston, a former member of Fredonia based act Giving Up The Otter and old school Steak & Cake alumni, the four...
Father John Misty’s “Bored in the U.S.A.”
Earlier this week, former Fleet Foxes drummer (and former Batavia, New York resident) Josh Tillman, continuing to work under his most recent nom de plume, Father John Misty, released the first single from his upcoming album, I Love You, Honeybear. The song is called...
Nick Zammuto
Leaves cover the ground in a rural area of Vermont, where musician Nick Zammuto—known for the wildly collaged pop music he made with indie rock band The Books in the early 2000s, and for his heart-achingly beautiful and weird solo material—wakes up and feeds his kids....