by Cliff Parks | Jun 7, 2019 | Preview
The state of the world got you down? Are all of the trendlines pointing to a big honking anxiety attack? Well get ready to dance away all of your mounting apocalyptic fears away by celebrating and commemorating the last time we all thought the world was going to end,...
by Cliff Parks | Aug 20, 2018 | Rochester
Beloved blog favorites KOPPS are back with a deliciously evil video for “Hott” that lives up to it’s name and the trashy and sexy aesthetic you know and love from them. Yes, our friends from down the 90 have gone Hollywood on us… and it is...
by Brendan O'Connor | Mar 12, 2018 | Photos
This past Wednesday, our neighbors down the 90, Joywave, finished up a very lengthy full US tour with a stacked show at the Town Ballroom. Buffalo’s own Humble Braggers opened things up, followed by Joywave collaborators and boisterous Rochester natives Kopps. ...
by Matt Burgerhoff | Mar 7, 2018 | Preview
Tonight Joywave blows the roof off Buffalo’s historic Town Ballroom for the final date of their ‘Thanks. Thanks for Coming’ tour. In case you’ve been living under a rock, Joywave are Rochester indie rockers fronted by multi-hyphenate Daniel Armbruster....
by Brendan O'Connor | Oct 18, 2017 | Photos
Last Saturday, local radio station, 103.3 The Edge partnered with After Dark Presents to threw their inaugural HRVST Festival. While the show was original slated to take place at the Cumulus Festival Grounds, it was moved to an outdoor festival stage at Riverworks due...
by Sean Lynch | May 30, 2017 | Rochester
Rochester indie powerhouse Joywave dropped their second single “It’s a Trip!” earlier this month from their new album Content due out July 28th via Hollywood Records/Cultco Music. The album will be a major followup to the band’s 2015 breakout release How Do You...
by Brendan O'Connor | Dec 6, 2016 | Photos
This past Friday, Buffalo’s alternative radio station, 107.7, packed the Key Bank Center for their annual one day music festival, The Kerfuffle Before Christmas. This years lineup featured artists such as Judah and the Lion, Atlas Genius, Joywave, Capital...
by Brendan O'Connor | Aug 3, 2016 | Photos
Local radio station 103.3 the Edge came back this year with another stacked lineup for their annual one day festival, Edgefest. This year, the fest took place in Canalside opposed to the outer harbor, which I’m sure was a welcome change to many. With rain in...
by Cliff Parks | Jun 29, 2016 | Rochester
Rochester-raised psych-rockers Maybird have released the first single and title track off their debut EP, Turning Into Water, in late February. The song recently underwent a facelift by getting remixed by fellow breakout Rochester synth-rockers Joywave. “Turning...
by Shauna Presto | Mar 14, 2016 | Album of the Week
One straight half hour listen through later and I can totally see why after only a few days of availability, Swish has taken the world by storm. There’s no doubt that Joywave’s newest 10 song release will take you on a ride. Not necessarily a roller coaster ride, more...
by Shayna Kiblin | Oct 12, 2015 | Photos
A sweltering Waiting Room paid host to the local homecoming of hot as fire electro pop outfit Joywave, making the first of its back-to-back WNY appearances before heading home to Rochester the night after for a rapturous home town gig. Joining the five piece was pop...
by Nick Muldoon | Oct 9, 2015 | Preview
The series of great shows making their way to Buffalo this fall continues tonight as local heroes return for another glorious homecoming. It was just a little over a year ago that Rochester’s Joywave were just starting to make small waves outside of the Western...
by Cliff Parks | Sep 27, 2015 | Album of the Week
One of my favorite shows this year was easily !!! with Rochester’s KOPPS downstairs in the Ninth Ward at Babeville this past May. If the acoustics in Asbury Hall are dodgy, the acoustics in that brick basement are downright sublime, and that was a show you felt...
by Nick Muldoon | Sep 1, 2015 | Rochester
I had been hearing the buzz for awhile, especially after the group’s much hyped Joywave collaboration “Tongues,” but it wasn’t till seeing KOPPS earlier this year that they made an impression on me, and what an impression they made. Taking the...
by Mac McGuire | Jun 24, 2015 | News
After opening up for the Kooks last night at the Rapids Theater in Niagara Falls, Rochester’s next great hope, Joywave, will return to Buffalo in a headlining role set for Friday, October 9th at Waiting Room. The band has been on absolute fire this year,...