by Cliff Parks | Apr 28, 2018 | Preview
Local devotees of Baltimore dreampop legends Beach House fans are in for a genuine treat this evening when the fantastic people at Black Dots on Grant Street host a special listening party for the band’s latest release 7, two weeks before it arrives in stores....
by Cliff Parks | Apr 21, 2017 | Record Store Day
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Record Store Day, the international celebration of vinyl, physical media and the indie record stores that sell returns tomorrow with celebrations happening locally at Buffalo’s surviving record shops. Whether you brave the...
by Michael Moretti | Apr 16, 2016 | Preview
Today is the ninth annual Record Store Day, a holiday created in 2007 to celebrate Mom and Pop record stores and the stagnant vinyl industry. In the past nine years, much has changed in the music industry, and vinyl is HOT again (thanks millenials). Over 700...
by Cliff Parks | Nov 25, 2015 | Record Store Day
Ah… the filthy capitalists! In their unquenchable thirst for more dollars they finally managed to thoroughly bungle Black Friday last year, with ludicrous early AM opening times and worse, some retailers even opened on Thanksgiving Day. Consumers amazingly said...
by Brendan O'Connor | Aug 29, 2015 | Preview
What is better than a tape release show? A dual tape release show! Tonight, rock and roll kings the Utah Jazz, along with local hardcore freakers Love Canal, are both dropping new tapes on the Black Dots record label. To celebrate, the bands are setting it off at the...
by Mac McGuire | Jun 26, 2015 | Photos
Day 3 of Herd Fest proved to be the young festival’s biggest day yet (so big, in fact, that we made the photo galleries two parts), featuring five loaded showcases spread all over town. The afternoon saw local record shops Record Theatre (along with Steak &...
by Brendan O'Connor | Jun 20, 2015 | Herd Fest
Continuing with this weekend’s Herd Fest festivities, local record shop Black Dots will be hosting another rooftop show this evening. The show will feature all local acts. Kicking off the showcase will be fem punk outfit Boy Scouts, followed by fresh local act Alien...
by Brendan O'Connor | Apr 17, 2015 | Preview
In case you’ve been ignoring our Still Diggin’ posts, today is Record Store Day. As a sort of celebration, local independent record boutique Black Dots will be holding a show at the shop. Unlink every other show at Black Dots, instead of being held inside, the bands...
by Cliff Parks | Apr 15, 2015 | Record Store Day
What began as an effort to save independent record stores has evolved into an almost full-fledged international holiday for music lovers, and 2015’s year’s Record Store Day this Saturday promises to be the biggest yet at our local record shops. Seldom does...
by Brendan O'Connor | Apr 14, 2015 | Record Store Day
I remember beginning to buy and collect vinyl about four years ago. Sure, since then, my taste has changed vastly, but the reasoning for buying is still the same. There’s just something weird about owning a record, something that I can’t easily put into words, and...
by Ronald Walczyk | Mar 5, 2015 | Preview
Our friends over at at Black Dots are hosting a raging good bill at their Lafayette Avenue record shop tonight. Emo punks Posture & The Grizzly (East Haven, CT) will be headlining the shop’s basement back room tonight, slinging their gravelly melodic punk...
by Dan Bauer | Jan 15, 2015 | Buffalo
Technically, much of Facility Men’s new cassette, Futility Men, has been available for months. So forgive me if you’ve heard this one before: Facility Men trace their lineage back to Plates, who called it quits a few years ago. They recorded most of these...
by Dan Bauer | Jan 10, 2015 | Preview
“Vivipary” is the name of both CAGES’ new album and a biological condition. Vivipary, because I am sure you wondering, means “development of the embryo inside the body of the mother, eventually leading to live birth.” Thanks, Wikipedia. I...
by Justin Amidon | Jan 4, 2015 | Interview
“Have you heard Cages?” Josh Smith asks. I shake my head no. “Oh they’re awesome. They are this weird…I don’t even know how to describe it. It’s this avant-garde noise, neo-folk fusion of sorts. The first time I saw them was at the Sugar City Metro...
by Dan Bauer | Dec 29, 2014 | Preview
There are so many different kinds of ghosts. You’ve got your vengeful spirits, your floating sheets, your ancestral phantoms, your Caspers. So when I describe Rabbit Rabbit’s music as kind of spectral, I should clarify that I am thinking of a playful...
