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Pizza Pizza Comes Through With Some Fresh Slices On Pie I

April 23, 2014

Airy synths, lead bass rhythms, and a variance of drum noises help form an impressive first album for Buffalo electronic hip hop artist DJ Pizza Pizza.  A pitched down “Pizza Pizza” DJ drop spatters throughout the songs, and they are probably the only words that matter on the whole project. The rest of the vocals heard serve as instruments as Pizza Pizza crafts a debut full  of different head-bobbing trip-hop/trap instrumentals.  Pizza Pizza is probably worth looking into due to his image alone. Every picture on his social media accounts is pizza related, and  his logo is of Little Caesar’s mascot holding an MPC and rocking a gold grill in his teeth with some gold on his wrist.  The format of the album, titled Pie 1, is that each song is a numbered slice that makes up the whole pie. The first song, “Slice 1,” is a really hard hitting trap beat[...]

Network Releases New “Winter” Single

April 23, 2014

Buffalo experimental hip hop project Network have been hard at work on their latest album, expected out sometime early this summer. In the meantime, the group, who recently added former New York producer/songwriter Jon Bap as a full-time member, has shared a new track titled “Winter.” The wavy instrumental moves with a creeping pace, with sharp percussion and washes of feedback, providing a surreal soundtrack to lyricist Quinton Brock’s stream-of-consciousness delivery. The track is available as a free download and hint’s at more genre-defying, ambitious material from the group in the future. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/144872404″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]

Sexist Releases Updated Demos

April 23, 2014

Since Record Store Day, everyone has been talking about Jack White’s new song, “Lazaretto,” the world’s fastest record. Seriously who cares about Jack White? Yes, he’s a genius, and he’s going to be making great records for years to come. Rather, let’s talk about Buffalo’s feminist riot grrrl outfit, Sexist, instead. Sexist not only played at Spiral Scratch for Record Store Day, but the trio also released some much anticipated demos. Now I know I have said in the past that you shouldn’t ever judge a band based on its demos, but after having a few conversations with these girls, I feel it is perfectly acceptable for Sexist Sexist Demo represents the Queen City girls perfectly. It’s chocked full of  fast, aggressive ammunition loaded ADD feminist anthems, from the opening audio clip of the right wing puppet Rush Limbaugh on “Respect” to the closing “I am Woman.” Still, the real[...]

Wild Cub – “Colour”

April 23, 2014

Wild Cub dropped the video for it’s second single, “Colour,’ off the band’s debut album, Youth (Mom + Pop). “Colour” is the follow-up to the band’s winter sleeper jam, “Thunder Clatter” and is already making moves to outshine their introduction. The video features groups of early 20somethings tripling up in the backseat, skateboarding, and practicing in empty rooms. It is almost as if this is the 2014 daytime follow-up to Smashing Pumpkin’s “1979.” The song is both circular and hypnotic, with TV on the Radio-like chanting, Foals-y guitars, and a Twin Shadow-esque delivery. Currently on tour with Vampire Weekend, this Nashville quintet is sure to make a spot on your summer playlist. Check out the video below.

Well Worn Boot Returns With BOOT IN SPACE

April 22, 2014

Returning from the outer reaches of the universe with a shitload of space weed, Well Worn Boot recounts their star cruising exploits in the new comic book/EP titled BOOT IN SPACE. The Boot jams out harder than ever before, and if these tracks don’t make you party your ass off you should take your pulse or check yourself into a nursing home. Wildly heavy, funky, and of course accentuated by soaring flute melodies, the band experiments with inter-species erotica by way of alien chicks, terrorizes hot tubs, and gives an ultimatum with “Riverbottom Nightmare Band.” Intoxicated and speeding into the future, the band is being pursued by a highway patrolman when they are abducted by aliens and launch into the crowd favorite, “Drunk on the Highway.” A run in with space jail isn’t enough for the dudes, as they party on and try to repopulate the universe before their inevitable[...]

Ancients Of Earth Releases Valley of the Suns LP

April 22, 2014

Ancients Of Earth is a grungy, psychedelic, blues stoner rock band from the Queen City. There isn’t anything like them in Buffalo right now. They are writing nine minute songs and are refusing to apologize for it. Formed in 2011 by Thomas Oliver Daulton (guitar/ vocals), Ryan Tomaka (bass) and Tyler Kurtz (drums), they first started out as a shoegaze outfit, an endeavor that was quickly scrapped. Ancients Of Earth’s first full length, Valley of the Suns, is everything that Queens of the Stone Age should have been after Kyuss disbanded in 1995. Equal parts, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Kyuss and Clutch, Valley of the Suns listens like an open letter. It’s full of sludge, peyote dreams, bareback horse rides through the Mojave desert and goblins, lots and lots of goblins. Don’t worry these are the nice kind of goblins, not the evil, soul engulfing goblins, but the ones who[...]

Neon Trees – Pop Psychology

April 22, 2014

It was just four short years ago that Utah-bred quartet Neon Trees scored its first hit on the mainstream pop charts with “Animal,” and only two years since the group followed that smash with the irresistibly catchy “Everybody Talks.” The new wave pop group consisting of Chris Allen, Elaine Bradley, Branden Campbell, and Tyler Glenn, who are all decidedly of the Mormon faith, have thrown out some of their religion’s strict ordinances against drinking and sex when creating their latest album Pop Psychology. Lead singer Tyler Glenn’s recent revelation that he is gay, should also go against some of his religious teachings, but promises for an evermore-personal collection of songs lyrically. Pop Psychology‘s first single, the very charming “Sleeping With A Friend,” maintains the group’s sonic presence of peppy pop tracks with a slight retro feel. Even the lyrics serve as the definition of the perfect “friends with benefits” type[...]

Nelson-Type – Cycles

April 21, 2014

Nelson-Type is just one of “those” bands. Ever since the duo released 2011’s excellent Grow Homeless, Grow Unbound, we buffaBLOGGERs have been waiting anxiously for their next release. It’s been three long years and, yes… we admit (at times), we believed the rumors that grad school and the comforts of a full-time job had claimed Nelson-Type for good. But for a couple of yes-men who took their name from a man whose trademark is a long, exaggerated “yeeeeeeesssss,” it was hard to imagine a batch of songs going unfinished. Luckily for us, Cycles came out this week. Six songs of pure, unadulterated Nelson-Type glory, ripe for the listening. “Games” kicks off this EP, making use of swirly guitars, high gentle tenor vocals, and about just as much reverb as anyone could stomach. With no accompaniment from any percussion, Nelson-Type opted instead to fill out this song with just a touch of[...]

Routine Involvements, "Future Days"

Check Out Routine Involvements’ Future Days

April 21, 2014

We don’t always cover music out of Rochester, but when we do, it’s because it’s that good. And Routine Involvements new tape, Future Days, is some of the best stuff we’ve heard out of Buffalo’s neighbor to the Northeast in quite some time. RI take cues from all kinds of guitar-rock greats over the six songs on Future Days. Fan of Weezer? Television? Sunny Day Real Estate? Big Star? You’ll find something to like. The last track, “Strange Dynasty,” even gave me some Beatles vibes at points. That said, Future Days is definitely situated in the loud-quiet-loud dynamic that I guess society has decided to attribute to the Pixies. The noise never feels aimless, though, and beneath all the fuzz, RI is always moving forward to the next new idea. Check Future Days out on Bandcamp, and if it appeals to you, give the band some of your money. If you’re[...]

Kristachuwan Releases Beachers Cassette

April 18, 2014

Kristachuwan’s latest release Beachers ranks, in my books, as the best ambient album I’ve heard while living in Buffalo. It’s not pushing any heavy beats in my face, forcing my hand when it comes to dancing. “Dill’s Pick” is a good example. Kristachuwan arranges the elements in a light manner that when added up, equal a strong groove with pumping shakers and an angelic bell egging the track onward.  When adding accessories, such as a saxophone or heavier synth, it’s used tastefully. In the EP’s title track  and “Shimotahitubo,” the saxophone is broken up and tossed in with a static sound and occasional synth tones.  Kristachuwan is no stranger to creating down time. “Pump” gives the listener a quieter break, as the music explores downtempo clicks and varied electronic synths. Bleachers caps off at a little less than a half hour, which is the perfect length to listen to before you start the[...]

Mooses Debut “In Case They’re Wonderin'” Single

April 17, 2014

Mooses have been on our radar for a little while now. The Fredonia based four-piece has only released a couple tracks over at their bandcamp page, but it wasn’t until they dropped the single “In Case They’re Wonderin’,” that we really stopped and took note. The track is a cut of 90s psychedelia, with a dash of Brit Rock thrown in for good measure. The reverb heavy song is a loose sprawling mess in the best use of those terms. Fans of Blind Melon, early Verve, the Black Angels, and Ty Segall should give the track a spin. The track can be found on the band’s upcoming EP, set to drop May 1st. In the mean time, listen to “In Case They’re Wonderin'” below.

David Lee Rad & Pa_triot Drop “Spring Fever” Mixtape

April 17, 2014

Embracing “spring” so far in WNY hasn’t exactly been the easiest of tasks. The weather has been mixed with constant tease and torture over the last couple weeks, capped off by Tuesday’s absolutely deflating snow. So, getting into a spring mixtape has been equally difficult, but now that the weather seems to be pointing up for good now, lets share the new collaborative mix from Rochester DJ David Lee Rad, one half of CRUSHES (which is still active I think) and current member of 585 DJ collective CULTR CLUB, and fellow Rochester producer Pat_triot. Listen to the “Spring Fever” in full below, and visit the pair’s soundcloud page to get the full track listing. Those living in the Rochester area can catch DLR every Thursday night a the Bug Jar as part of CULTR CLUB’s residency.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – “Eurydice”

April 15, 2014

Shimmering pop perfection from melancholy NYC indie quartet. The soaring “Eurydice” can be found on the Pains of Being Pure at Heart’s upcoming LP, Days of Abandon, due out on May 13th. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/144201135″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]

Figurehead Releases Wordy Single

April 15, 2014

Over the weekend, Figurehead released their new single “a song about the sea, a song about sex, a song about using both to drown yourself.” You may remember Figurehead from their fall 2013 release which first put them on our radar, No One Wants to Be Your Friend. The band’s new material is a little harder than their previous EP,  sounding more aggressive, like a Thursday-ier Comeback Kid distancing themselves from previous Bayside-leanings. “a song about the sea , a song about sex, a song about using both to drown yourself” starts with a driving drumbeat that evolves into fiery guitar riffs but immediately turns down to a calming verse. This doesn’t last for long though (spoiler alert). Listen downunder.  [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/144296622″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]

Delplato & Kujawski – Strings & Chords

April 14, 2014

I am treated to the best of the best of local music from week to week. Over the past few years, I have had an opportunity to objectively review and appreciate a wide variety of music that comes my way. That being said, nothing ever seems to grip me like a release from Anthony Delplato. This time he has a partner, Brad Kujawski. Together, Delplato & Kujawski have put together Strings & Chords. I might have already had a biased opinion going into this review… but let’s just say Deplato & Kujawski didn’t let me down. “We Sail” starts off sounding like We Have The Facts And We’re Voting Yes-era Death Cab For Cutie. Two clean guitars with a slight warble play in sync through most of this song – I was actually expecting nothing more than a pretty instrumental opening track… Not that there would have been anything wrong with that[...]