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Edgefest 2016 (07/31/16)

Brendan O'Connor — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 16:56:22 +0000

Local radio station 103.3 the Edge came back this year with another stacked lineup for their annual one day festival, Edgefest. This year, the fest took place in Canalside opposed to the outer harbor, which I’m sure was a welcome change to many. With rain in the forecast, the crowd still showed up in huge numbers, and lucky for them, there wasn’t a drop of rain in sight all day. With blistering sets from Detones, Joywave, Tokyo Police Club, and more, this is sure to stand up as one of Edgefest’s best showings to date. Check out some photos from the show below, and click HERE for a full gallery

The Joy Formidable

Tokyo Police Club

Joywave

Sam Roberts Band

City and Colour

Deftones

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EdgeFest 2015 at the Outer Harbor (9/12/15)

Nick Muldoon — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 19:25:46 +0000

In 2011, I went to the notoriously rainy UK festival, Glastonbury. In what was one of the festivals worst years yet, rain poured for five days straight creating flash floods and leaving 12 foot piles of boots littering the fields. It was deemed “The Year of Mud.” Never did I think I would experience anything like it again, but as I stare at the mud caked jeans in my laundry hamper, I think Edgefest 2015 might come close.

That being said, if there’s one thing that both festivals have proven, it’s that as bad as weather gets, it’s nothing that a few beers and some good bands can’t solve. Opening the proceedings were the rising hometown heroes of Made Violent. After continuing to grow over the past year, the band even caught the attention of UK indie rocks Wolf Alice, who asked the trio to open their UK tour. It’s hard not to be excited everytime the band play town, as each performance feels like it’s right on the precipice of the band’s big break. Their UK style ladrock sound completely won over the now drenched crowd which was much needed at this point to pick the mood up.

Next was 90s Canadian alt-rockers, Our Lady Peace. I can’t pretend to be too excited about this act as it’s decidedly not my taste but OLP did put an admirable amount of effort into winning over the crowd and sounded like a tight well-oiled machine. Plus, growing up in Buffalo, it’s hard not to know all the words to mega hits like “Superman’s Dead.” So kudos to them for making the show fun.

At this point I would’ve loved to stay and catch all of Coheed and Cambria, but the elements were slowly making it unbearable, so me and my friend decided to refill our drinks and get momentary cover. Luckily we did return in time to hear classics like “A Favor House Atlantic” and epics built for mega rock fest like “Welcome Home.” The band absolutely blistered through the end of its set to a massive ovation from the crowd.

The easy highlight of the night was Modest Mouse, who probably should have been the headliner judging by the massive crowd assembled. Issac Brock as always greeted the crowd with his weird observations and sarcastic one-liners making him hard not to love. The band tore through hit after hit from “Float On” to “Dashboard” and sounded terrific. That being said, if there was one disappointment, it’d be MM’s complete disregard for older tunes. While I realize the band adjusts set lists for festivals, it was hard to find a single song on the setlist that wasn’t written after 2004. However, the band is always reliable whatever it may performing, and the soaked crowd completely ate it up.

While I’d love to have coverage of the actual headliner, Rise Against, here, I’d be lying if I didn’t admit the elements finally won out. As temps dipped into the 40s and the rain continue pummeling us, my friend and me decided to trek back to the car. While it may not have happened at the world’s largest music festival, Buffalo’s own “Year of Mud” proved to be another amazing event in it’s own right, leaving behind a night full of spilled beer, soaked Chucks, and a ton of great memories

Photo by Shayna Kiblin

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EdgeFest 2015 at the Outer Harbor (9/12/15)

Shayna Kiblin — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:30:14 +0000

In spite of Saturday’s less than ideal weather, 103.3’s annual Edgefest was hugely successful. Thousands turned out on a dreary day to see the likes of Rise Against, Coheed &
Cambria, Modest Mouse, and many other groups as the rain ceased to let up. Local band Made Violent has created quite a fan base over the last couple years and put on a show that seems to ensure its continued success. The trio, who leave for a two week tour of the UK today, managed to set the tone of the show and the other acts followed suit. Edgefest was a show not to be missed, downpour and all.

For a full gallery of EdgeFest 2015, click here.

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Just Announced: Modest Mouse

Michael Moretti — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 21:17:42 +0000

One thing that has been happening more and more is that we are getting concert announcements for bands that are totally out of left field. We usually know ahead of time the majority of bands that are going to come through before they are publicly announced based on our network of Buffalo music industry insiders, but not today’s announcement.

After a fairly quiet summer at the outer harbor, it was announced at 5pm on the dot that on Saturday, September 12th, 103.3 the Edge would be hosting an evening co-headlined by Modest Mouse and Rise Against, with support by Coheed and Cambria, Highly Suspect, Boots, Made Violent and MORE. Isaac Brock must have had some great wings when he came last spring.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 10th, at noon via TicketMaster for $31.03 (only as an early bird special). Yeehaw.

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