crontab -u john Releases GIRLS EP

crontab -u john Releases GIRLS EP

Not really sure who crontab -u john is, other than that it's a producer who just relocated to Buffalo from the small island-nation of Canada, but I am super high on his recently released Girls EP. Perhaps knowing that I'm wildly desensitized to boring regular indie...

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Pizza Pizza Drops His 25th Slice

Pizza Pizza Drops His 25th Slice

Continuing his stretch of high quality free releases, Buffalo trap artist, Pizza Pizza, has dropped his latest in "Slice 25." Its uplifting, summer-y synths make this track a great instrumental for the season. In fact, Yung Zza himself has declared the song to be the...

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Hussalonia Debuts Live Web Series

Hussalonia Debuts Live Web Series

Reclusive indie-pop maestro, Hussalonia, recently debuted the first installment of his Live from the Subterranean Hussalonia Headquarters (Vol. 1), a new web series of live cuts from the Founder's deep catalog spliced with odd PSAs and videos. If you follow Hussalonia...

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Sparklebomb Releases “Moldavite”

Sparklebomb Releases “Moldavite”

Buffalo electronic act Sparklebomb (aka Angie Conte) just dropped a fresh new song on her soundcloud page yesterday, titled "Moldavite." Backed by soothing synths, the song feels like communication from distant planets that Conte managed to catch on tape. Sometimes...

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I Can See Mountains Has Gone Beachy

I Can See Mountains Has Gone Beachy

I thought I had viewed the last moments of I Can See Mountains last year. It was a bittersweet show full of catchy riffs, half sung/half spoken vocals, and even a display of acrobatics when Matt Cox jumped onto the rafters of the Waiting Room and swung himself around...

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Lesionread Releases The Groovy “Open”

Lesionread Releases The Groovy “Open”

Buffalo artist/savant/ L'enfant terrible Lesionread has been busily toiling away working on new concepts and music, and has let slip this tasty new morsel to whet our appetites. "Open" is atmospheric and groovy with some extremely tasty synth lines, and being a...

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Low Prospects Release Discovery Zone EP

Low Prospects Release Discovery Zone EP

Low Prospects, a noise-partnership formed by Kevin Cain (the Vault/Silo Sessions) and Bobby Griffiths of VWLS and Every Time I Die music video fame, recently released a three song EP titled Discovery Zone via Bad Drone Media. Discovery Zone, much like the childhood...

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Five Acts To See At Buffalo Porchfest

Five Acts To See At Buffalo Porchfest

The Elmwood Village's Buffalo Porchfest is back for its second installment tomorrow from 12pm to 6pm. After debuting in early October, the one-day festival has grown bigger and better, boasting an impressive collection of local talent performing on porches and...

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Radarada Drops Music Video For “Topanga”

Radarada Drops Music Video For “Topanga”

With countless live crowd shots on Youtube, it seemed to be about time that Radarada sat down to release something proper. And just as the hip-hop collective is set to drop its debut EP, First Edition, in early June, an EP tease in the form of the music video for...

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Pizza Pizza Dishes Out a New Slice

Pizza Pizza Dishes Out a New Slice

Slice 19 is the latest track from versatile Buffalo electronic artist Pizza Pizza. In the past we've heard a fusion of trap, electronic, and moombahton from Yung Zza. Here, he takes the route of a trap banger. It's got the air-horn synths, the hard-hitting snares, and...

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Zealot Shares “Blanket Fort” Demo

Zealot Shares “Blanket Fort” Demo

For all of the talk this blog has give to Fredonia fuzz trio, Zealot, over the last few months, the band only has one track to its name, the very good debut single "Magic Eye." The band doubled its catalog size today by releasing a fresh demo titled "Blanket Fort."...

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Frigid Giant Drops From My Cold Dead Hands

Frigid Giant Drops From My Cold Dead Hands

This past weekend, Buffalo rapper Frigid Giant held the release party for his excellent new album From My Cold Dead Hands. Those who attended that show have a vital recording of one of the freshest voices to emerge on the Buffalo hip-hop scene. Throughout its...

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Orations Debut Two-Track EP

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...

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Le Printemps Readies New Album, Shares Tracks

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,...

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SLPCLSDTH Shows Off Potential On “Brains”

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...

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Brother Keep Releases To You and Yours

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...

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New Visuals from Local Rap Trio Nameless

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...

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Network Releases New “Winter” Single

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...

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Sexist Releases Updated Demos

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...

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Well Worn Boot Returns With BOOT IN SPACE

Well Worn Boot Returns With BOOT IN SPACE

Returning from the outer reaches of the universe with a shitload of space weed, Well Worn Boot recounts their star cruising exploits in the new comic book/EP titled BOOT IN SPACE. The Boot jams out harder than ever before, and if these tracks don't make you party your...

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Kristachuwan Releases Beachers Cassette

Kristachuwan Releases Beachers Cassette

Kristachuwan's latest release Beachers ranks, in my books, as the best ambient album I've heard while living in Buffalo. It's not pushing any heavy beats in my face, forcing my hand when it comes to dancing. "Dill's Pick" is a good example. Kristachuwan arranges the...

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Create The Next Tins Logo

Create The Next Tins Logo

We like to help our some of our blog buddies when we can. And The Tins, well, they have been blog friends since the beginning, back when "The Green Room" was blaring out of our blog offices, back when they were headlining our first bday party back in 2011 at...

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Watch Lesionread Perform At The WBNY Studios

Watch Lesionread Perform At The WBNY Studios

Buffalo's art student turned performance artist Shawn Lewis, aka Lesionread, recently invaded the WBNY studios over at Buff State College. Complete with Red Boy, Lewis delivered a manic set which included blog fav "Neutronbomb" and "I Want To Fall In Love" the latter...

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Figurehead Releases Wordy Single

Figurehead Releases Wordy Single

Over the weekend, Figurehead released their new single "a song about the sea, a song about sex, a song about using both to drown yourself." You may remember Figurehead from their fall 2013 release which first put them on our radar, No One Wants to Be Your Friend. The...

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Only Comrades Drop Spring Mixtape

Only Comrades Drop Spring Mixtape

Buffalo streetwear fashionista duo, Only Comrades, have released the second installment of their seasonal mixtape series. Following the winter cut from local DJ duo Buzz Trillington, the OC crew reached out to buzzing NYC DJ Tanner Caldwell this time around, which can...

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Like A Parrot Debut “Awkward Arm”

Like A Parrot Debut “Awkward Arm”

I just want to dance! Maybe it’s because it’s Tuesday or maybe it’s because Like a Parrot has just released the brand new track, “Awkward Arm.” Consisting of Aaron Bonus and Justin Gammella, Like a Parrot have been making music together for the past year, creating...

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Rackmastas Release Return of the Rack LP

Rackmastas Release Return of the Rack LP

Rackmastas, a long time duo born out of the basement of Gates Circle Wine & Liquor, recently released its long awaited LP, Return of the Rack. Spanning 17 tracks, the record has a lot going on, although don't be misled by the long tracklist as a handful of those...

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