by Nick Sessanna | Feb 29, 2024 | Album Review
There’s something intangible about the latest album from country act Jared Bill… Or maybe the word I’m looking for is tongue-in-cheek? Either way, the rock-tinged country of his sophomore album, Mystery Man, is a compelling journey of flavorful...
by Nick Sessanna | Jan 24, 2024 | Album Review
Winters in the Northeast are no joke – I surely don’t need to tell any of our Buffalonian readers that. Our neighbors across Lake Erie in Cleveland might know a thing or two about how to get through a brutal winter, too… Something like: watch your...
by Nick Sessanna | Jan 15, 2024 | Album Review
Jenny Rubicon (JR) is a fresh-faced indie rock act hailing from NYC composed of James Bannon and Max Chomet – the duo’s evolution from collegiate friends with differing musical opinions to co-songwriters in a band is a wild one, but it’s these...
by Nick Sessanna | Jan 6, 2024 | New Music
SAVAK just released the first single from their upcoming LP, Flavors Of Paradise. Notably, they’ve indicated that FoP has “no guests, no edits, no country, and definitely no funk—the record is lean, spacious and lively.” Brilliant. “Leash...
by Nick Sessanna | Jan 6, 2024 | New Music
Dublin-born London-based singer/songwriter Lucy McWilliams knows how to tell a great story, as evidenced by her latest single, “Follow Me.” With her sweet, cooing vocal stylings and nebulous grasp on genre (falling somewhere between indie pop, adult...
by Nick Sessanna | Jan 6, 2024 | New Music
Bushwick-formed, Brooklyn-based trio Balloon Snake turn up the fuzz angst on latest single, “Warsaw.” With ripsaw guitar tones and impassioned vocals, “Warsaw” takes influence from late 90s luminaries like Sunny Day Real Estate or Hum and pairs...
by Nick Sessanna | Jan 6, 2024 | New Music
For their third song ever (!), Suburban Queens turn up the post-punky quirkiness for latest single, “U & I.” With energy that would make both Clairo and New Order eat their hearts out simultaneously (somehow), “U & I” pairs neurotic...
by Nick Sessanna | Jan 6, 2024 | New Music
Philly’s Garden Station don’t care much for the trappings of adulthood, as evidenced by the bratty, blown-out punk rock of latest single, “Losing My Head.” With a sense of humor and a much-needed ebullient approach, “Losing My Head”...
by Nick Sessanna | Dec 27, 2023 | Album Review, Rochester
Rochester-based act Into The Light formed in 2022 and boasts an impressive pedigree of Rochester talent – think members of Bad Bloom, Union, Hard To Know, The Silence Broken, and Achilles. This particular crew is influenced by shoegaze, indie rock, and...
by Nick Sessanna | Dec 27, 2023 | Album Review
You might not believe him when he tells you, but despite having almost no social media presence, newly-minted act Kramer won a Grammy in 2023 (!). Having worked as a record producer and as a “behind the scenes guy” for years, social media was never a...
by Nick Sessanna | Dec 26, 2023 | New Music
Sun Wave Mountain Cave hail from Minneapolis and their sound is a mixture of surfy goodness with a hint of both Midwest emo and Midwest twang. “Bones” is their latest single, a guitar-soaked romp in front of a grain silo… And as Buffalonians, you...
by Nick Sessanna | Dec 26, 2023 | New Music
Crab is a brand new Brooklyn-based band whose interesting collab with RXKNephew caught our ears. “On My Way To The Bronx” evokes Superheaven and/or Lil Peep with it’s swimmy, shoegazy instrumentation – the twist here, of course, comes from...
by Nick Sessanna | Dec 26, 2023 | Album Review
Swedish act Backstrom is gearing up to release their latest batch of songs – The Carousel, due out January 18th, 2024. The Carousel is a potent mix of folk, rock, and country tunes composed by songwriter/project mastermind Backstrom and sung by vocalist Bart...
by Nick Sessanna | Dec 20, 2023 | New Music
Swedish duo Club 8 are back with a string of new singles, starting with “Sunny.” Their particular brand of lo-fi seems to be influenced by cold and mathematical post-punk, with its jittery percussive presence and driven basslines. Overall however, the song...
by Nick Sessanna | Dec 20, 2023 | New Music
The enigmatic Elijah Cruise is back with another electrifying single, “Suicide in Her Head.” After the streaming success of previous single, “Poem of a Killer” (it amassed over a million Spotify streams!), “Suicide in Her Head”...
