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Thursday, December 5th @ 8pm Bad Bloom @ Mohawk Place Rochester shoegaze band Bad Bloom return to Buffalo on Thursday in support of the project’s latest two singles “subatomic” and “onion.” Fronted by bassist/vocalist, Kate Rogerswith guitarist Jay Trovato co-writing the tracks, Bad Bloom have become a staple of the Rochester indie scene in short time period. Rogers and Trovato relocated from Brooklyn to Rochester as COVID-19 settlers, leaving the hectic and unpredictable NYC landscape during the very uncertain times in the early 2020s. Fans of From Indian Lakes, Gleemer, or Alvvways would be into this. Joining the night will be local dreamo act Cooler, as well as prog-rock newcomers Sailing Stones.  $10 cover. Bad Bloom · subatomic   Friday, December 6th @ 8pm The Baker’s Basement @ Milkies Cleveland-based alt-folk duo The Baker’s Basement (tBB) makes their Buffalo debut this Thursday with an eclectic line-up showcasing some of Buffalo’s[...]

Bad Bloom – “onion”

Rochester’s Bad Bloom has been on our radar for years – frankly, it would be impossible not to hear them. The husband-and-wife duo specialize in huge, fuzzed-out shoegaze (or grungegaze, as they’ve affectionately and aptly called it), and their latest single, “onion,” continues that trend. Like it’s many-layered namesake, “onion” sounds like dozens of tiers of guitars and basses layered thick with Smashing Pumpkins-esque intensity. Singer Kate Rogers’ glassy-eyed delivery is soaked in the perfect amount of reverb in that classic, gazey way – lucky for us, it’s a bit more in the forefront mix-wise than your archetypal shoegaze tune, giving it a poppier, more accessible feel. A closer contemporary comparison would be a band like Pity Sex (especially on a more upbeat number – “Acid Reflex” comes to mind), or something more along the lines of Gleemer or Launder. You can find “onion” on all your favorite streaming sites,[...]

Bad Bloom – “Automatic”

The spacious vocals bellowed throughout Bad Bloom‘s latest single “Automatic” are hypnotically intoxicating… Which only makes sense, seeing as it was released just two days prior to Halloween, the spookiest day of the year.  On the shoegaze-meets-dream-pop flavors of “Automatic,” Jay Trovato smoothly shreds his guitar while Kate Rogers floats along the track with elegance on both bass and vocals. This originally Queens, now Rochester-based husband-and-wife duo shed beautiful darkness onto a sugarcoated world.  Preview “Automatic” via Soundcloud below – be sure to add it to your Spotify or Apple Music playlists too. Bad Bloom · AUTOMATIC