Reel Time Records Drops Split 7″ from the Televisionaries & the Fox Sisters
Rochester's the Televisionaries and the Fox Sisters have unleashed a split 7' EP of garage punk and psych soul jams on the appropriately named Reel Time Records that is seven minutes of pure reckless, demented bliss. This is real John Waters soundtrack music: classic,...
Maybird Debuts Second Single from Turning Into Water
The Rochester/Brooklyn based psych rockers in Maybird have debuted the second single from their upcoming EP Turning Into Water, which is set for release in September. The song, titled "Big Sun Explosion," is both lyrically and musically tight. Starting with a catchy...
Genesee Live Premieres Latest Session feat. Hannah Weidner & the Doorway Talkers
If you didn't make it to the first installment of our Rochester Invasion shows (yes there will be more), then you missed not one but two sets from the Doorway Talkers, the full band project from singer/songwriter Hannah Weidner, on Nietzsche's front room stage. Backed...
OHS Releases Video for Alternate Take of “Coma”
Maybird and Thunder Body's Overhand Sam Snyder, or OHS, just released the music video to his song "Coma," a track from his Album of the Week selected EP Long Legs. The video is actually soundtracked by the tape version of the slow burner, which is a touch more organic...
Hieronymus Bogs Releases First Single from The Angel
Man what is in the water in the Genesee River lately? We have been doing this blog for over five years now, and over last couple, expanding our focus past just Buffalo and into other areas of WNY. With that said, I have never seen such a run of quality new music than...
Dadstache Releases House Majority EP
It’s easy to play off garage rock as “easy.” Just get a couple of guitars, some loud shitty amps, your friend the drummer, and a buddy’s basement, and boom, you have a band. However it’s not that easy -- try and tell that to John Dwyer or Ty Segall. Today, we have a...
Animal Sounds Releases New EP
Animal Sounds is an instrumental quartet out of Rochester. The foursome's new EP, Fling Mingus, is a three-song, funk-tinged adventure through twinkly guitars and interesting rhythms. Since releasing a debut demo last summer, Animal Sounds seems to have ditched some...
The Ginger Faye Bakers Drop Latest LP Smoke Signals
Smoke Signals, the second album from Rochester power trio the Ginger Faye Bakers, is a sinful and ridiculously enjoyable slab of instant classic rock that's ideal for late night reckless driving, going camping with a case of Genny Cream and [redacted], and cutting...
The Huckleberry Fins Return with New Single and Video
We got pretty hyped back at the end of 2013 when we came across the Rochester surf trio, The Huckleberry Fins. The group's French Kiss flavored "Wild Blue Yonder" was like fire over at the blog office (ranking #10 on our favorite Rochester songs of the year), and we...
Passive Aggressives Anonymous Releases New Single “Many at Once”
Tongue-in-cheek, Rochester crooner John Valenti and his band Passive Aggressives Anonymous have released a new single this morning, titled "Many at Once," the follow up to the group's late 2014 EP, Not so long songs of longing. If this is your first introduction to...
MD Woods Drops Volume Two of Young & Vain Series
“Folk” has gotten a bad rap lately. It’s easy to blame bands like Mumford and Sons and Of Monsters and Men—some of the so-called pioneers of the neo-folk movement—for saturating the genre with their pseudo-inspirational pop-folk tedium, formulaic songs custom-tailored...
1809 Studios Releases Latest Session feat. Skirts
Though its gritty garage punk sound is poppy enough to dance to, Skirts also have this old-fashioned, summer heartbreak sound that’s hard to get out of your head. The Rochester-based band released an 1809 Session for the track “Swimming” late last week, making it the...
Jon Lewis Drops Music Video for “Let It Slide”
Rochester singer/songwriter Jon Lewis has released the music video for his new song "Let It Slide." The highlight of the three shared tracks (so far) from his upcoming album, Panic Rock, "Let It Slide" finds the musician sounding rather Gibbard-esque on the mid-tempo...
Skirts Premieres First Single from Upcoming Comfy Split EP
After another week already full of relentless show announcements (now Built to Spill?!), it seems fitting that we near the end of our day with a post about something else that just won’t quit—Rochester’s 2015 music scene. With excellent and promising releases from...
Howlo Announces Debut LP, Shares “Bleary”
We awoke this morning to the pleasant news that one of our favorite Rochester foursomes, Howlo, is prepping the release of its debut, self-titled LP for late July. Comprised of busy songwriter/producer Ben Morey, Justin Pulver (Europa and the Great Red Spot), Jane...
1809 Studios Premieres Latest Session feat. Hannah Weidner and the Doorway Talkers
We haven't checked in with 1809 Sessions, the live video series from the Macedon, NY studio, for a few weeks, so it was very convenient timing (more on that below) to see that the studio's latest session features Hannah Weidner and the Doorway Talkers. You may...
Embers Release New Recordings
Last winter, Rochester's Embers submitted a demo to our inbox that left an impression strong enough for me to listen to over and over again on a flight to Chicago. Embers had some bangers, but seemed to have a lot of different directions it was heading, still...
mdnt and YLXR Team Up for “Baptize”
The pairing of Rochester electronic R&B artist mdnt and Buffalo bass artist YLXR is almost too perfect. The two have a knack for creating music that evokes or comes from a place of darkness, and YLXR"s past production hints that he'd be a great compliment to...
Jon Lewis Releases Lead Single for Panic Rock LP
Rochester singer/songwriter Jon Lewis (or Mr. Loops to our young readers) has announced his latest album, titled Panic Rock ( a nod to Watertown's Black River), set to be released on July 14th. The album was recorded with Lewis' 1809 Sessions partner, Dave Drago, at...
Pleistocene Premieres First Track from Forthcoming 7″ Space Trap
Rochester's fuzzy, female fronted indie rock act, Pleistocene, is prepping the release of its forthcoming 7" Space Trap, released a music video "Pulp," one of the four tracks featured on the record. The band plans to release a music video for each of the the concept...
Maybird Releases New Single, Music Video For “Turning Into Water”
Rochester/Brooklyn psych rockers, Maybird, have released its first single in nearly two years and an accompanying music video to go long with it. The track, "Turning Into Water," has some Tame Impala freak outs mixed with just a touch of early 90's Brit Pop (think...
Faux Leather Jacket’s Trevor Courneen Launches Audible Handshake Podcast
Late last month, Trevor Courneen, member of Rochester's alt-country outfit, Faux Leather Jacket, launched a new podcast series titled Audible Handshake. The first two episodes featured interviews/chats with fellow Rochester musicians Katie Preston of...
Genesee Live Premieres Latest Installment feat. Amateur Radio Club
Keeping with its recently steady pace, Rochester's live session series, Genesee Live, released its latest installment yesterday, this time starring Amateur Radio Club, the solo project from former SPORTS keyboardist, Ian Egling. Featuring track's from Egling's debut...
Pink Elephant Releases Video for “Employment”
We've been listening to Pink Elephant for the past couple of years, even naming their 2014 self titled full-length our album of the week last summer as well as their song "Architect" our eighth favorite Rochester track of 2014. Suffice to say, we are fans over at...
KOPPS Premiere Music Video for Single “Dumb”
Yesterday morning, Joywave BFFs, KOPPS, saw the music video for the electropop quartet's new single, "Dumb," premiere via All Things Go. The song has passed one million listens on Spotify so a video was most certainly in order. The Cultco Music presented clip, which...