Healer - buffaBLOG https://buffablog.com Buffalo's Local Music Blog Sat, 17 Jan 2015 14:32:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://buffablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BUFFABLOG-ICON-L.png Healer - buffaBLOG https://buffablog.com 32 32 Today: Cold Blood MMXV https://buffablog.com/today-cold-blood-mmxv/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=today-cold-blood-mmxv Sat, 17 Jan 2015 14:32:00 +0000 http://www.buffablog.com/?p=21227 Good fests come along once in a blue moon, and, with respect to our lovely little wintry wonderland, are somewhat of a anomaly here in the Queen City. Oh sure, […]

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]]> Good fests come along once in a blue moon, and, with respect to our lovely little wintry wonderland, are somewhat of a anomaly here in the Queen City. Oh sure, you have your Veggie Fests and Decency Rallies, but Buffalo is a “what have you done for me lately” kinda place.

We are blessed in that sense.

Buffalo breeds the toughest and the most dedicated. Not quick to rest on their laurels, the movers and shakers of the scene embody the DIY ethic that has made punk and hardcore the most significant form of underground music in the last 30 years. Case in point: Cold Blood MMXV, a 17 band first-run fest featuring some of the best and most rippingest (fuck a vocab) in local punk and hardcore (and a bunch of out of towers too) brought to you by Josh Smith, owner of Black Dots and Melody Seymour from Mayday!.

Rather than give you a full description of each of the bands (listed below) I’m going to make some suggestions based on bands I like.

Rotten (UK) has been building a lot of steam lately, what with their “bat shit crazy” EP release and some much-deserved national recognition. One of the few bands to embrace UK-82 in the city, they’re nasty, wild and a pleasant treat, if you like your treats filthy and covered in spit.

Gas Chamber is another local fave. A combination of unsettling vibes, and discordant hardcore, they are a uniquely fresh live and recorded presence.

Born Wrong is just plain heavy…and awesome

And Alpha Hopper, a new project featuring Toohill from JOHNS is awesome too.

This is an all-day kinda thing, and you’d be a fool to miss any of the bands so get there when it starts at 2pm. Saturdays are perfect for day drinking and the Polish Library is perfect for drinking, period, so you have no excuse.

ALPHA HOPPER (Buffalo, NY)
BLOOD PRESSURE (Pittsburgh, PA)
BORN WRONG (Hamilton, ON)
THE BRAIN (Toronto, ON)
CHUD (Bloomington, IN)
DREAM JOURNAL (Buffalo, NY)
FLIP SHIT (Rochester, NY)
GAS CHAMBER (Buffalo, NY)
GAY MAYOR (Holyoke, MA)
HEALER (Buffalo, NY)
JUNK DRAWER (Buffalo, NY)
LAUGHING GAS (Bloomington, IN)
MORON (Northampton, MA)
ROTTEN UK (Rochester, NY)
TAPEHEAD (Rochester, NY)
WET BRAIN (Cleveland, OH)

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]]> Tonight: Dream Journal https://buffablog.com/tonight-dream-journal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tonight-dream-journal Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:04:23 +0000 http://www.buffablog.com/?p=19416 Punk rock attack, thick, dirgy riffs, a lot of yelling. These are the trademark sounds of the Hoyt House and they are welcome in my earholes any day of the […]

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]]> Punk rock attack, thick, dirgy riffs, a lot of yelling. These are the trademark sounds of the Hoyt House and they are welcome in my earholes any day of the week. In todays age of processed nonsense sometimes you need a hit to the gut, and this place provides in spades. Hoyt’s played mark to some of 2014’s finest loud hours. Remember Who Killed Spikey Jacket? That show was off the richter.

So tonight at 7pm you got Pittsburgh destroyers, Edhochuli, along with a fast-rising staple of our scene, Dream Journal, Cal Dripken and newbz Healer. It’s gonna be heavy and fast but you already knew that. $5 won’t break your bank so go or something.

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