by Cliff Parks | Jul 25, 2019 | Preview
Tonight California beach goth rockers The Growlers grace the Asbury Hall stage at Babeville with genre and gender defying Diane Coffee. Busting straight out of the OC, The Growlers channel classic surf punk with a beguilingly dark sensibility that’s earned them...
by Cliff Parks | Dec 5, 2018 | Preview
Make sure your Fitbit is charged up and your footwear rated for dancing tonight when Brooklyn art funk duo Rubblebucket bring their thoughtful, intense, and very groove heavy show to Babeville’s Asbury Hall with And The Kids. The longtime indie darlings will be...
by Ian McCuen | Jul 25, 2018 | Preview
Celebrated singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis is making a stop in Buffalo tonight. Gracing the stage at Babeville (Asbury Hall), she’ll be bringing along two decades worth of influential music. Initially starting out as a member of indie rock favorites Rilo Kiley,...
by Cliff Parks | Mar 17, 2018 | Preview
Double bass wunderkind, vocalist and pride of Idyllwood, California’s Casey Abrams rolls through the Ninth Ward tonight to lay down some non St. Patrick’s Day grooves with local soul man Vin DeRosa. The 2012 American Idol contestant is on tour behind his...
by Brendan O'Connor | May 19, 2017 | Preview
Buffalo is in store for a very special treat tonight. Kevin Devine is making his way back to our city for his first show here in a couple years, but is leaving his band behind and playing a solo set in the basement of Asbury Hall, the 9th Ward. This treat of a solo...
by Brendan O'Connor | Apr 26, 2017 | Preview
of Montreal will be making their what seems to be their yearly stop in Buffalo tonight. Since their inception, of Montreal has basically been dropping a project a year, all having their own unique feel. The band is currently on tour for their 2016 full length,...
by Cliff Parks | Apr 5, 2017 | Preview
Tonight one of the best fundraisers in Buffalo returns as Babeville once again hosts the 3rd Annual Rock A Mile In Her Shoes show featuring The Slums, Morbs, Erica Wolfing, Del Paxton, and M.A.G.S.. The show benefits the Crisis Services Advocate Program which provides...
by Cliff Parks | Feb 18, 2017 | Preview
Tonight Buffalo ghost rockers The Leones will be headlining a tight lineup of local bands at the 9th Ward at Babeville including Sonny Baker and Chevron Bloom that looks like a can’t miss show in the making. Fresh off their excellent album Ghost In The City,...
by Nick Muldoon | Apr 6, 2016 | Preview
Officially celebrating 25 years together as a band, 2016 marks an important landmark for The Mountain Goats. The band originally arrived with a wave of similar mid-90s lo-fi folk rock bands but became bonafied legends for John Darnielle’s unique gift as a...
by Mac McGuire | Dec 17, 2015 | News
After a rain soaked Lafeyette Square washed out her last last area show, alt-country queen Neko Case will finally be back in town on Saturday, February 27th at Babeville’s Asbury Hall. Last month, the long time spit fire and New Porngraphers member released a...
by Brendan O'Connor | Dec 14, 2015 | Photos
If anyone tries telling you that Sleater-Kinney wasn’t one of the best reunions of 2015, they are wrong. The front runner riot grrrl trio had been on hiatus since 2006 after the release of The Woods in 2005 after deciding to peruse other projects. To almost...
by Cliff Parks | Dec 10, 2015 | Preview
Asbury Hall at Babeville plays host to one of the biggest shows of the year when the Sleater-Kinney reunion tour swings through Buffalo tonight with indie folk darling Waxahatchee. Hard charging from Olympia, Washington, Sleater-Kinney – Corin Tucker, Carrie...
by Michael Moretti | Dec 8, 2015 | News
At this point last week, we were a little worried about our event calendar going into 2016. It was looking pretty sparse heading into the new year with less than ten events on our radar. This is rapidly changing this week with the announcements of some real heavy...
by Brendan O'Connor | Dec 3, 2015 | Preview
The 9th Ward at Babeville will be hosting yet another under the radar show, this time featuring Western Mass’ And the Kids and Upstate New York’s PWR BTTM. And The Kids released a new record this year, titled Turn to Each Other, and with grand...
by Sarah Machajewski | Nov 5, 2015 | Preview
Dave Rawlings Machine takes over Babeville’s Asbury Hall tonight to support the band’s new release, Nashville Obsolete. The album is the latest entry in the impressive repertoire of Rawlings and his longtime collaborator and partner, Gillian Welch. Their seventh...
