the smiths - buffaBLOG https://buffablog.com Buffalo's Local Music Blog Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:05:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://buffablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BUFFABLOG-ICON-L.png the smiths - buffaBLOG https://buffablog.com 32 32 Johnny Marr at Town Ballroom (10/20/18) https://buffablog.com/johnny-marr-town-ballroom-102018/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=johnny-marr-town-ballroom-102018 Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:05:08 +0000 http://www.buffablog.com/?p=49477 Legendary Smiths guitarist and songwriter Johnny Marr made a much-anticipated appearance in Buffalo with a sold-out show at Town Ballroom on October 20, 2018. A dynamic and lively performer, the Britpop […]

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]]> Legendary Smiths guitarist and songwriter Johnny Marr made a much-anticipated appearance in Buffalo with a sold-out show at Town Ballroom on October 20, 2018. A dynamic and lively performer, the Britpop icon treated the rapturous crowd with a indelible setlist of masterful jangle-pop, swaggering indie-rock, and choice covers of classic Smiths cuts (“Bigmouth Strikes Again,” “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out,” among others). One of the most inventive and influential guitarists today, Johnny Marr and his band demonstrated the enduring power and emotional resonance of rock and roll. Marr was supported by Vancouver, British Columbia’s Belle Game, whose ethereal crush-pop anthems set the stage for a night of euphoric bliss.

Belle Game

Johnny Marr

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]]> Tonight: 12th Annual Cure vs Smiths Dance Party https://buffablog.com/tonight-12th-annual-cure-vs-smiths-dance-party/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tonight-12th-annual-cure-vs-smiths-dance-party Sat, 07 Feb 2015 15:11:40 +0000 http://www.buffablog.com/?p=21951 Tonight is the latest in an ongoing battle, a war stretching back to 80’s Britannia before finding a contemporary home in Buffalo. This is The Cure vs The Smiths Dance […]

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]]> Tonight is the latest in an ongoing battle, a war stretching back to 80’s Britannia before finding a contemporary home in Buffalo. This is The Cure vs The Smiths Dance Party.

Originally stemming out of the indie/new wave-centric Transmission Dance parties, the Cure/Smiths’ night, which began at Mohawk Place over a decade ago, has become an annual Buffalo tradition. With the temporary closing of Mohawk and the event’s growing popularity, the clash has found many different homes in recent years, the latest at Buffalo Iron Works.

Tonight, as he has for years, DJs Bill Page and Jason Draper will spin nothing, but the biggest hits to the most obscure deep cuts from the two iconic 80s bands. And while to some an entire night of wall to wall Smiths and Cure may sound like a cause for “Panic,” I can assure you, it’s “Just Like Heaven.”

The undercard begins at 9:30pm with the main event kicking off at 10:30pm. $5 will get you a ring side seat.

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