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Tonight: Dr. Ooo

November 15, 2014

Buffalo garage based outfitter, Day After Day Supply, will be celebrating its one year anniversary later at Hardware, and Queen City MC elite, Dr. Ooo, will be on hand to help ring in the festivities. Formerly of Kinda Like Dreamin, the good doctor (AKA Drew Aintworriedboutnuthin Hartman) recently returned home from NYC, bringing his culturally aware references and clever rhythms back to Buffalo with him. Manning the tables tonight will Spooky Stephen, one of half of the busiest DJ party duo in Buffalo, Spooky Business. The party goes down tonight at 10pm. $5 is all it takes to get in.

Tonight: Mooses

November 15, 2014

Fredonia psych rockers, Mooses, are set to touch down at Mohawk Place later this evening. Born in 2012 and landing on our radar earlier this year, the soaring four piece has one EP to its name, Tales From the Elephant’s Nest, containing the exhilarating song of the year contender, “Bette Davis.” Mooses is the latest act to come out of the college town, which previously birthed acts like Well Worn Boot, Zealot, and Mr. Boneless Rounding out the bill are whacked out country-folk outfit, Pants and the Family, jammy funk trio Luanjie. Music kicks off at 10pm tonight. Cover is $5.

Molitor – “lonelypeople_Music”

November 14, 2014

Niagara Falls, CAN (the nice side for those not from the area) bred artist, Molitor, is prepping the release of his new EP, #lonelypeople_Music, set to drop on November 25th. Now based out of Toronto, the 20-year-old musician is making a big synth/disco rock in the vein Walk the Moon, Owl City, or newer Passion Pit. For local fans, think a more driving version of the birD day. Check out the EP’s stand out title track, “lonelypeople_Music,” below.

Royal Tongues’ “The Balance” Remixed by Ra Ra Riot

November 11, 2014

Buffalo synth pop duo, Royal Tongues (Like A Parrot’s Aaron Bonus and Justin Gammella), is prepping the release of The Balance EP, a seven song release containing the title track and a whole lot of remixes of the single. The most notable reworking of “The Balance” comes from Sycracuse based chamber pop act, Ra Ra Riot. The central New Yorkers turned the original, which would have fit nicely along side Grouplove and Passion Pit, into a mid tempo, Discovery-esque number. The full EP is set for release on December 2nd. In the mean time, listen to Ra Ra Riot’s remix of “The Balance” below.

Genesee Live Releases Latest Session feat. Attic Abasement

November 11, 2014

Thank goodness for area live video session series on slow blog days like this. Our favorite series out of Rochester, Genesee Live, continues its blistering pace with the release of its latest installment, #18 overall, featuring Attic Abasement. The elusive basement rockers originally caught our attention with a split release with Nod this past spring. For its GL session, the band was filmed at Rochester’s WITR studio at the Rochester Institute of Technology Watch the full session with Attic Abasement below and as always, visit Genesee Live’s tumblr page to catch up on any missed installments.

Tonight: (New England) Patriots

November 8, 2014

Spiral Scratch’s basement may feature the tonight’s best bill with Boston’s (New England) Patriots performing. The four piece plays an eclectic form of punk,  with songs that range from raucous 3 minute put-up or shut-ups to avant garde experimental noise. Along for the ride with the Pats will be PA power pop group, Glamour Girls. Local support comes from basements regulars, punk super-group Hot Tip, West Side surf kings Aaron & the Burrs, and the unknown Worse. Doors are at 5pm. Bring $5 for the touring bands and a little extra to grab a record or two. P.S. While this bill is great, this did seem like a missed opportunity to pair the Pats with Utah Jazz and Alex Berkley & the Atlanta Falcons. P.S.S. This show is also a celebration of Spiral Scratch’s 5 year anniversary. In a time where record stores have become a dying breed, the shop[...]

Tonight: Pleistocene

November 7, 2014

Take a night off from Allen and hang out with area co-eds at Mr. Goodbar tonight as the college bar welcomes Rochester’s Pleistocene. Fronted by Katie Preston, a former member of Fredonia based act Giving Up The Otter and old school Steak & Cake alumni, the four piece specializes in fuzzy, female fronted indie-rock that should fit in well with fans of Bleached, Best Coast, or even Metric. Their early 2014 releases, Ontario Girls, is still one of our favorite albums out of the 585 area code this year. Check it out at their bandcamp page if you want to hear for yourself. Rounding out the local bill are West Side basement regulars Supergoner, Cross Stitch, and Hot Tip. All of this talent can be head tonight for the low price of $3. Music kicks off at 11pm.

Lesionread Shares Video For “So Lonely Without,” Preps Greatest Hits Album

November 6, 2014

The always busy performance artist, Lesionread (aka Shawn Lewis), recently released his latest music video for the track, “So Lonely Without.” The song will appear on the young performer’s Greatest Hits! Vol. 1 (Live God/Polygraph Records), a collection pf new tracks from Lewis in addition to remixes from Steak & Cake Records, the Get Money Squad’s Jon Bap, Young Stalin, Charles Bordeaux, Chauncey Tails, Ay Fast, and more. Keep an eye out for the album to drop sometime this winter. While currently on tour with fellow electro act, Kristachuwan, those looking to catch Lesionread’s next local gig should head down to Dreamland on Wednesday, November 12th as Lewis is set to open for Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt!. In the mean time, watch the video for “So Lonely Without,” which was directed by former Buffalo resident Tom Dennis, below.

1809 Studios Releases New Live Session feat. Secret Pizza

November 6, 2014

WNY is starting to become a hot bed for great live video sessions. If you follow this blog on a regular basis, you should already know about Buffalo’s Silo Sessions and Rochester’s Genesee Live, but how about 1809 Studios? Located just 20 mins outside of Rochester in Macedon, NY, the recording space has just begun to release its own installments of live clips, debuting just a couple months ago with Roz & the Rice Cakes. For its third installment, 1809 invited our favorite new 585-based act, Secret Pizza, in to film a live performance of the band’s fantastic, driving post-punk track, “Oh My My.” The clip was filmed/edited by studio engineer, Dave Drago, and Rochester singer/songwriter, Jon Lewis. Check it out below. For past installments of 1809 Sessions, visit the studio’s Youtube page.

Tiny Rhymes Perfoms “Arrows” at Buffalo’s Unitarian Universalist Church

November 5, 2014

Sometimes we miss out on material that we stumble across later and are shocked as to how it was not on our radar before. See Applennium’s amazing track we discovered 7 months after it was initially released. Same goes to say for this next one. Back in September, orchestral folk group, Tiny Rhymes, released a live clip of the song “Arrow” filmed in Buffalo’s Unitarian Universalist Church. The lush instrumentation and layered harmonies recall San Fermin, and may give Buffalo an answer to fellow WNYer Mikaela Davis. You can catch Tiny Rhymes at Mohawk Place this Friday, and in the mean time, watch the live performance of  “Arrows” below.

Lemuria Shares New Comic Book Paired Track

November 5, 2014

This week, one of Buffalo’s major music exports, Lemuria, debuted their new single titled “Foggy Smoke,” the B-side off a forthcoming 7-inch. The track is set to be paired with its own 40 page comic, Turnstile Comix #3: Lemuria, documenting the band’s eventful tour through Russia years back. With the band set to hit the road with Into It. Over It. later this month, this should be a nice to morsel to tide over Lemuria fans until the trio’s next proper release. Turnstile Comix #3: Lemuria, and the accompanying 7-inch, is set to be released on December 9th. In the mean time, listen to “Foggy Smoke” below.

Father John Misty – “Bored in the USA”

November 4, 2014

Ever since John Tillman stole the show while opening for Youth Lagoon a couple years ago at the Town Ballroom, I have been pining for some new music, and a proper follow up to 2012’s Fear Fun, from the former drummer of Fleet Foxes. Last night, Tillman’s alter ego of Father John Misty took over the Late Show with David Letterman stage with a massive string section to play the ballad, “Bored in the USA,” a cut from his forthcoming new album, I Love You, Honeybear. Tillman once again proves he is one of indie-rock’s best showman, frequently making himself comfortable on his piano as he casually laments on the dejected states of many of today’s post-grads and millennials, something the crowd seemed to eat up by the sounds of the laughter and applause. I Love You, Honeybear is set to drop on Tuesday, February 12th. FJM also announced some tour dates to[...]

Silo Sessions Debuts Latest Clip feat. Bryan Johnson

November 3, 2014

We like to check in with local video blog, Silo Sessions, every so often. Since mid summer, the site has been premiering a new session, filmed within the grain elevator walls, of mostly local musicians delivering stripped down performances on a weekly basis. The last few weeks have featured some great clips from Andrew Biggie, T.J. Borden, and Mink, to name a few. For the 20th installment of the series, Bryan Johnson, lead singer of Bryan Johnson & Family, performed selections from his band’s forthcoming EP, Cool Your Jets, set to drop next week via Admirable Traits. Watch the Bryan Johnson session below, and for past installments of the series, click here.

Nevergreens Releases Latest Cinematic EP, it’s already paradise

November 3, 2014

Local chillwave producer, Matthew Reilly aka Nevergreens, released his latest EP, it’s already paradise, this past weekend. The musician has been quietly dropping cinematic, instrumental scores on bandcamp since early summer. EP opener, “graduation,” is a jubilant track backed by warm synths and live drums, recalling some of M83’s more uplifting pieces from Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. Stream the entire EP here, and check out “graduation” below.

Dreamers – “My Little Match”

October 31, 2014

No thanks to our current spooky season, I have been on a major found footage kick as of late with films like Afflicted, Wolf Creek, and in particular, the V/H/S series. The stories within a story, sort-of-anthology horror films have featured some truly disturbing video tapes of found footage hysteria, ranging alien abductions to zombie mountain bikers to the most fucked up cult I have ever seen. With a genre that is becoming increasingly played out, the films (a third was just released) have been a fun, and genuinely scary, watch. So I was happy to find the V/H/S inspired music video from surfy-grunge trio, Dreamers, in our inbox this morning. “My Little Match” is full of grainy clips of murders and other unexplained occurrences, plus a pretty clever use of a TV remote in the very V/H/S-type twist to finish. Its a fun watch right on time for Halloween. Watch the[...]