by Cliff Parks | Nov 19, 2014 | Rochester Showcase Artist Spotlight
I like Rochester. It’s a nice place. There’s a bunch of bands from there that I really, really like. I’ve been to a lot of really good shows in and around Rochacha, a term I say with love. Being in Western New York, their food is good (once you get...
by Cliff Parks | Nov 12, 2014 | Preview
Tonight, Buffalo’s newest arts space, Dreamland, is going to be pulsating with weirdness and wildness when local art electronica giant Lesionread and ambient rockers Humble Braggers collide with Nashville’s Terror Pigeon and Halifax Nova Scotia’s...
by Cliff Parks | Nov 7, 2014 | Preview
Tonight Duke’s Bohemian Groove Bar kicks off a series of shows dedicated to the sheer awesomeness of the late but still great Godfather of Soul, James Brown. A joint effort featuring the Allen Town bar, Alien Life Form Entertainment, and Critt’s Juke...
by Cliff Parks | Nov 6, 2014 | Listen Up
Glasgow electronica wunderkinds, CHVRCHES, continue their rapid conquest of Planet Earth with the release of “Dead Air,” their contribution to the penultimate Hunger Games movie soundtrack. With the have-nots gearing up for war with the fascistic haves of...
by Cliff Parks | Nov 5, 2014 | News
David Bowie transcended the term musician a long time ago. Folkie and pop singer gave way to terms like icon, rock god, actor, and philosophical touchstone. His life became art. Sometimes it was great and sometimes it wasn’t, but Bowie was always trying, growing...
by Cliff Parks | Oct 31, 2014 | Preview
All Hallow’s Eve in Allentown… when the weird go pro and Halloween gets back to it’s primal roots, and there’s no better place to let your freak run wild than at the Nietzsche’s Halloween Party featuring local freaks The Irving Klaws,...
by Cliff Parks | Oct 29, 2014 | Opinion
To say that there was a collective groan accompanied the shrieks of tweener and stunted teenage girls when it was announced that British boy band juggernaut, One Direction, would be playing the Ralph next September would be an understatement. From music bloggers to...
by Cliff Parks | Oct 22, 2014 | Watch This
Early aughts NYC post-punk darlings Interpol released a video for “My Desire,” the latest single off their underrated 2014 release El Pintor, and it’s a doozy. Directed by Markus Lundqvist, the atmospheric and mildly disturbing clip features the band...
by Cliff Parks | Oct 16, 2014 | Preview
It’s going to get hella weird tonight at Nietzsche’s when some of Buffalo’s (and beyond) more out there bands – Soul Butchers, Bike Cops, and Supergoner – unleash some high octane pre Halloween wildness. There’s something...
by Cliff Parks | Oct 13, 2014 | Preview
Big night of indie rock tonight at the Buffalo Iron Works when Tampa post punkers, Merchandise, and Copenhagen’s Lower play that excellent Cobblestone district stage. 4AD Records buzz band are on tour in support of the well received After The End, an ambitious...
by Cliff Parks | Oct 10, 2014 | News
Dreams do come true occasionally, like they did yesterday when it was announced that 70’s and 80’s stalwarts (and Pitchfork, NME, and Brooklyn Vegan* favorites), Fleetwood Mac, would be making a surprise return to the Queen City on January 31st, 2015....
by Cliff Parks | Oct 8, 2014 | Watch This
Yesterday, the BBC released the video for their tribute to The Beach Boys legendary 1966 single “God Only Knows” featuring Brian Wilson and a tremendous all star cast of musicians, and it is beyond sublime. The Pet Sounds classic and “teenage...
by Cliff Parks | Oct 3, 2014 | News
One of the most exciting development in Buffalo this year has been the rebirth of the venerable North Park Theatre on Hertel Avenue. Beyond the wonderful ongoing renovation efforts restoring the theater to a condition minter than in our wildest dreams, it’s the...
by Cliff Parks | Sep 25, 2014 | Opinion
Last week was a bummer for a lot of U2 fans when the Irish band gave away their latest album, Songs Of Innocence, by heavy-handedly and shamelessly jamming it into everybody’s iTunes accounts. Listening to the dud, talking to other U2 fans and finding out that...
by Cliff Parks | Sep 15, 2014 | Buffalo
“Glass Ceilings,” the debut track from mysterious new local act Wild Bear, is a tempting morsel that fuses chilled out minimalist electronica with soulful spoken word vocals reminiscent of Bill Withers and Grizzly Bear. Throw in some inspirational pro...
