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Tonight: Attack of the Vinyl Mondays – Malarchuk Edition

In what should be the start of a very busy couple weeks here in town, ease the month gently as Buffalo’s best vinyl night, Attack of the Vinyl  Mondays, is back in action at Essex St. Pub later this evening. Tonight, stoner rock trio, Malarchuk, will be setting up behind the tables to spin some of their favorite records. Vinyl Mondays’ ringmaster, Eric Kendall, will also be on hand as usual to play the best in garage, rock, punk, and more. The vinyl starts spinning tonight at 10pm. Cover is, as always, free.

Tonight: Attack of the Vinyl Mondays

Essex St. Pub has become my go to winter bar in town. During last year’s Polar Vortex, a small crew and I trekked down Richmond and found comfort in the establishment, donating as many quarters as we had to Essex’s legendary juke box. With the snow falling outside of my window as I type, tonight would be as good of a night as any to get comfy at the Rhode Island dive and hear some choice records as the bar’s Attack of the Vinyl Mondays is back tonight. The crew from Record Theatre will be behind the tables tonight, throwing a bizarro wrench into the normal programing. Except a variety of oddball selections this evening, covering everything from creepshow country to psyched out world music. The records start spinning around 10pm tonight. Entry is, as always, free.

Essex St. Pub

Jukebox Heroes is a new feature, highlighting the best Jukeboxes Western New York has to offer. The focus here is pre-digital, pre-touch screen. In other words, jukeboxes that play vinyl or compact discs. It is the 21st century. The world, as we know it, is changing. Culture is progressing. People are  branching out. Music is evolving. We can choose to embrace this change, or fight it. One truth remains evident regardless. It will change, whether we like it or not. (Cue lyrics to “Fly like an Eagle”… Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping, into the future.) I have always been an advocate for change. I think it’s healthy and it’s how we advance as people; physically, spiritually and emotionally. Unfortunately, we sometimes discard our past as we grow and adapt. And that’s a shame because it’s our past that makes us who we are. We learn from the past. Our identity[...]