buffaBLOG’s Songs of the Summer
Labor Day has passed us, football has begun, and pumpkin ales are steadily flowing. All of those are signs that fall has pretty much arrived and summer will soon be a distant memory. While fall in Buffalo is a thing of beauty, its never fun to think about what will be awaiting us in a few months. So, while we still can, lets look back at summer and the music that helped shape our staff’s sunny season. Nick Sessanna Alvvays – “Archie, Marry Me” Imagine my surprise to learn that my pick for song of the summer was from a band whose roots lie further north than us. Toronto’s Alvvays hit blissed-out gold this summer with “Archie, Marry Me,” a charming love song that somehow succeeds at rhyming “matrimony” and “alimony” without even being a little pretentious. With a video full of nautical scenes and sunny weddings (doused in grainy vintage filters[...]