Boy Jr. – No Hard Feelings
No Hard Feelings is the debut EP from Boy Jr., musical brainchild of SUNY Purchase student Erica Allen-Lubman. Released just days before Christmas, Boy Jr.’s first effort is a solid collection of tunes. Written, performed, produced and recorded almost completely by...
Northern Spies Share Christmas Single
Christmas is, among other things, the look of joy on children's faces, spending time with loved ones, and a primal religious observance. It's also Christmas shopping after doing a few shots, office party ragers, and going to mass with a rampaging buzz to get through...
High Drags Side Project, SLUGS, Release New Single
SLUGS are a fairly new project for long-time collaborators (and siblings) Marissa and James Longstreet. We have covered the pair in the past under their high-energy electro-pop moniker High Drags. With roots in Rochester, SLUGS is now Los Angeles-based, and probably...
common rituals Release Debut EP, form
The wistful melodies pervading the music of Rochester Lo-fi/indie pop artist common rituals offer a warm, understated pop sound with alluring instrumentation. form, the musician's debut EP, includes hazy synth work on tracks like "Spring Break" and "October" which...
Mr. Will Shares Debut EP Motel Pools
Look out Rochester, a new force is on the radar. Multi-instrumentalist / producer / all-around music man Mr. Will (born Will Smillie) released his impressive debut EP Motel Pools, a sprawling easy-rider of a record blending elements of indie pop and psyche rock, late...
Genesee Live Releases Latest Installment feat. Drippers
We haven't checked in with Rochester's Genesee Live for a minute, so we were happy to see the live session series released its latest installment this morning, this time featuring the psych-rock trio, Drippers. The act may be new to some of our blog readers because as...
Howlo & Pleistocene Team Up for Halloween Split
Halloween is always a fun time to track new music out of Western New York as bands get into the holiday spirit and share some new spooky flavored tunes. And right on cue, early this week, two of our favorite Rochester acts, Howlo and Pleistocene, teamed up to release...
Mikaela Davis Performs on Consequence of Sound’s Treehouse Sessions
Rising Rochester singer-songwriter/harpist Mikaela Davis was recently featured in an episode of Treehouse Sessions, a live studio session performed in Chicago's Treehouse Studios. The clip is the latest installment in an on going series featured on Rock It Out! Blog...
Damp Child Releases Debut Album Artism
Rochester trio Damp Child create lush, contemplative tracks with a stream-of consciousness-style that places emphasis on texture and atmosphere above conventional structure. Their debut release, Artism, features reverb-laden vocals, abstract guitar tones, and a...
Hawker M. James Shares Latest Track, “Here’s A Love Song”
Hawker M. James, the solo moniker of Demos' drummer Mike James, is prepping to drop his new, self-titled cassette, set to be a part of this weekend's Cassette Store Day batch of special edition releases. And to whet the whistle of Hawker fans, the long time Rochester...
Passive Aggressives Anonymous Release “Ninja” Music Video
Rochester tongue-in-cheek crooners Passive Aggressives Anonymous have premiered the music video to the previously unreleased song, "Ninja." A heartbreaking tail of a ninja who can't take a hint, the PAA front man John Valenti and crew deliver the slightly...
midnight Drops XII Labors EP
Rochester singer midnight (or mdnt) has been dazzling of late, feeding his listeners spectacular electronic r&b tracks for much of the past year. Singles like "Adonis" and "Baptize" drew expansive acclaim for midnight, building hype up to his release of debut...
Total Yuppies Drops First Single
Freshly-formed Rochester unit Total Yuppies, featuring members of Skirts, Jon Lewis Band, and Full Body, dropped its first single over the weekend. The garage pop quartet channels the dreary vibes of Neva Dinova with an accessibility akin to The Front Bottoms on the...
The Fox Sisters Release New Album Under The Stars
Ever wish you could get away with doing the mashed potato or the hitch hike at a show nowadays? The Fox Sisters provide the perfect musical backdrop for some old-timey jivin’ of that variety. The Fox Sisters are a big band with a big sound. This seven piece group out...
Buffalo Sex Change Shares Video for “Gender Unknown”
Over a year after dropping their self titled, debut LP via Dadstache Records, Rochester post-punk garage duo Buffalo Sex Change has shared the music video for one of the record's stand out tracks, "Gender Unknown." The lo-fi, VHS-esque clip, which was directed by...
The Young Couples Release Debut Single
Rochester is always bringing us tasty tunes these days. From the neighboring land of indie gems comes the Young Couples, a hodge-podge super group of sorts led by former SPORTS front man Ian Proper which features contributions from members of Howlo, Pleistocene,...
Buffalo Sex Change’s Phil Pierce Releases KDNYLUV Compilation
Musicians from Rochester and beyond are coming together to help a family member of one of their own. Glori Alexandar, the sister of Buffalo Sex Change guitarist/co-vocalist Phil Pierce, recently underwent a successful kidney transplant this past weekend. While she is...
Cantelope Drops 2-Track for ours
Lo-fi Rochester act Cantelope, which features Doorway Talkers' Hannah Weidner on drums, released a couple new tunes onto bandcamp earlier this week. The fuzzy for ours is a short, two song EP that joins a small but growing digital catalog from young trio. The EP's...
Genesee Live Premieres Latest Session feat. Secret Pizza
After teasing a full fall of new session clips, Rochester's Genesee Live made good on its promise yesterday with the release of its 26th installment, this time featuring the grungy post-rock quartet, Secret Pizza. After a summer that saw the group take a short tour of...
Full Body Releases Debut EP
Full Body is the new project from Skirts drummer Dylan Vaisey, couretsy of Rochester-based label Bangkok Blend. Skirts is one of our favorite Rochester acts here at buffaBLOG, so naturally our interest was piqued by this particular side project. Full Body is...
KOPPS Drop Latest Single “My Gold”
I had been hearing the buzz for awhile, especially after the group's much hyped Joywave collaboration "Tongues," but it wasn't till seeing KOPPS earlier this year that they made an impression on me, and what an impression they made. Taking the stage before !!!, the...
Alberto Alaska Debuts First Full Length Album, Possession
Alberto Alaska is a band with creative intention and control, and those qualities manifest themselves pretty apparently in both their recorded material and live performances. They don’t shy away from investing in their sound and there’s something laudable to be said...
Dumb Angel Readies Antenna, Shares “In Sun”
About four years ago, members of Rochester act the Instruments Band began recording the debut album for their new project, Dumb Angel, a trio featuring now Howlo band mates Justin Pulver (Europa & the Great Red Spot) and Ben Morey, in addition indie pop artist...
1809 Studios Releases Latest Session feat. MD Woods
The 1809 Sessions series has been quietly building up an eclectic collection of installments featuring bands from in and out of the Rochester area for nearly a year now. Next up to bat for the Macedon based studio is sister city folk act MD Woods, the ongoing project...
Hawker M. James Debuts “Pleasure Part”
After rejoining the Demos following a short absence, the ever busy Rochester musician Mike James (Longwave, Mikey Jukebox, the Mercies) has released a new track today under his Hawker M. James moniker, the first single from his upcoming solo LP. Titled "Pleasure...