by Ian McCuen | Mar 25, 2018 | Preview, Uncategorized
Tonight, Wild Child makes their return to Buffalo. The Austin-based group will be hitting Buffalo Iron Works, in a performance presented by Sunbeam Entertainment. Touring in support of their fourth full-length record Expectations, the indie-pop veterans will be...
by Ian McCuen | Mar 11, 2018 | Preview
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Joe Pug makes a stop in Buffalo tonight. Hitting the 9th Ward @ Babeville, the folk crooner is still touring off the strength of his 2015 release, Windfall. Pug’s journey has taken him across the country, from Maryland to North...
by Ian McCuen | Feb 24, 2018 | Preview
Multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird makes his long-awaited return to Buffalo tonight. The genre-bending singer-songwriter will be stopping by UB’s Center for the Performing Arts, for what’s sure to be an awe-inspiring performance. The show is presented as An...
by Ian McCuen | Jan 22, 2018 | Album of the Week
Local indie folk singer-songwriter Eric Beeny’s latest project is part three in a series of albums under the moniker Glass, the Wall’s Ghost. The self-titled record (Glass, the Wall’s Ghost III) is his most unified piece yet, with a cohesive and...
by Ian McCuen | Dec 20, 2017 | Album Review
Rochester indie pop rock act Tart Vandelay have released their second EP. Aptly titled Flow, it is a jazzy and tranquil four song trip. Originally a duo, the now four-piece group is building off of their 2016 debut, which featured more of a loop-based pop inflection....
by Ian McCuen | Dec 4, 2017 | Album of the Week
The byline for Jacob Peter’s debut EP simple states the definition of the phenomena for which this release is named; Echolalia [ek-oh-ley-lee-uh]: the uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by another person. Throughout the EP, the Buffalo-based...
by Ian McCuen | Nov 20, 2017 | Album of the Week
Indie folk singer-songwriter Mark Longolucco is back with his third full length record. Recording under the name A Relative Term, the Buffalo-based multi-instrumentalist is known for his exploration of varying genres. On The Bleak, he further expands his sonic...
by Ian McCuen | Nov 16, 2017 | Buffalo
Buffalo’s own Rust Belt Brigade have released a new single from their forthcoming release Rhythm & Roll. This track is their take on the classic regional folk tune “Low Bridge (Erie Canal),” a song familiar to many of those who’ve attended...
by Ian McCuen | Nov 10, 2017 | Preview
The Buffalo-bred, Brooklyn based indie act Bethlehem Steel will be celebrating the release of their new record tonight at Mohawk Place. Out today via Exploding In Sounds Records, this is the band’s first full length record. Titled Party Naked Forever, it...
by Ian McCuen | Oct 10, 2017 | Preview
Indie rock veteran Frankie Rose will be swinging through Buffalo tonight. Performing at the Town Ballroom’s intimate Leopard Lounge space, Rose is coming off the release of her fourth full length solo record, Cage Tropical. Having been on the scene for years,...
by Ian McCuen | Oct 6, 2017 | Buffalo
Buffalo musician Emily Finlan has released her first EP via bandcamp. Recording under the name heave, the self-titled EP is a quick three-song debut. Here, she acts as lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, with accompaniment from Jake Galenski on drums, slide...
by Ian McCuen | Sep 29, 2017 | Album Review
It has been a bit a journey for singer-songwriter Zan Strumfeld to get to her latest release. The new effort, Book of Belonging, was written after the dissolving of a long term relationship this past winter. The Troy-based artist had been on a hiatus from music since...
by Ian McCuen | Sep 24, 2017 | Preview
Post-hardcore veterans Quicksand make a stop at the Town Ballroom tonight. In 1995, the group broke up while at the height of their success, and after only two albums. Now over 20 years later, they are gearing up for the November release of their long-awaited third...
by Ian McCuen | Sep 18, 2017 | Album of the Week
“It don’t fuckin matter / it’s so fuckin absurd.” This line repeats several times on the track “To Never Get Back Home Again,” the second track from Damian Weber’s new album, Back When I Was Marc Bolan. It is a sentiment that...
by Ian McCuen | Sep 1, 2017 | Album Review
On his sixth studio album, Sam Beam feels like he’s come full circle. When he first started out, Iron & Wine was a solo acoustic vehicle, defined by his DIY lo-fi home recordings. With each subsequent release, his sound evolved and his band expanded, all the while...
