by Shauna Presto | Mar 26, 2016 | Preview
There’s something great to be said about the camaraderie that has formed between buffaBLOG, Buffalo musicians and honest music lovers over the past six years. We’re celebrating the all-around enthusiasm for the local music scene as well as the DIY essence...
by Mac McGuire | Mar 30, 2015 | Photos
The blog crew ringed in our 5th birthday this Saturday night with a packed house and a bill full of Buffalo’s (and one of Utica’s) very best acts. On hand to shoot the evening was blog friend and local photographer, Nate Peracciny, capturing sets from Zak...
by Mac McGuire | Mar 28, 2015 | Preview
Later tonight at Nietzsche’s, we return to the seen of the crime: our first birthday party. Looking back at the bill from that night, a lot has changed since then. Love Scenes and Arctic Death are no longer active. The birD day moved out to Portland, and the...
by Michael Moretti | Mar 27, 2015 | buffaBLOG 5th Birthday Artist Spotlight
I’ve seen a lot different ways to describe Wooden Waves. Some may consider them surf rock, others electro-pop. The band was even nominated as one of the best ska bands in all of Western New York by the highly regarded All WNY Music Awards. I’m the kind of...
by Nick Sessanna | Mar 27, 2015 | buffaBLOG 5th Birthday Artist Spotlight
You might have noticed that we’re throwing a 5th birthday party for ourselves tomorrow evening at Nietzsche’s. You might also have noticed that Applennium is one of the bands playing. The oft-revered but rarely-spotted band only plays one or two shows a...
by Ronald Walczyk | Mar 26, 2015 | buffaBLOG 5th Birthday Artist Spotlight
What would a birthday party be without some out-of-town charm? Well in the case of our fifth birthday party, it would be without Comfy, Utica’s buzzing indie-rock (and roll) sweethearts. We’ve had our ears on Comfy for a while now; their early 2014 debut...
by Dan Bauer | Mar 26, 2015 | buffaBLOG 5th Birthday Artist Spotlight
Difficult Night sits at the intersection of a handful of disparate influences. There’s the Malkmus vibe in the lyrics, the vocals and the music, but not quite so wacky. It’s a bit more conversational, if you you imagine you’re having a conversation...
by Cliff Parks | Mar 25, 2015 | buffaBLOG 5th Birthday Artist Spotlight
That Made Violent homecoming show the other week at Waiting Room was great for a variety of reasons, but one of my favorites was watching the crowd meet M.A.G.S., who played second at the show. It’s always enjoyable watching a crowd get introduced to an new act, but...
by Shauna Presto | Mar 25, 2015 | buffaBLOG 5th Birthday Artist Spotlight
Birthday parties for people are overrated. Birthday parties for music blogs guarantee a jam packed night with kick-ass bands. If you haven’t already caught wind, buffaBLOG is celebrating its 5th year this Saturday at Nietzsche’s. Kicking off the merriment is Zak Ward,...
by Admin | Mar 23, 2015 | List
Since the blog debuted on March 28th, 2010, with a truly horrible post about a Passion Pit show (sorry Bill), our ever revolving staff of writers and contributors have spun hundreds of albums and songs, and attended more shows in and out of Buffalo than I dare to...
by Admin | Mar 21, 2015 | List
Since the blog debuted on March 28th, 2010, with a truly horrible post about a Passion Pit show (sorry Bill), our ever revolving staff of writers and contributors have spun hundreds of albums and songs, and attended more shows in and out of Buffalo than I dare to...
by Mac McGuire | Feb 16, 2015 | News
Just about four years ago, we threw our first birthday party at Nietzsche’s. We only had about six regular writers at the time, and none of us knew the first thing about putting on a show. Half of the musicians we asked to play were underage (something Curt...
by Mac McGuire | Apr 30, 2014 | buffaBLOG Video
Our final installment of buffaBLOG Video from our recent 4th birthday party at Duke’s comes from Real People, the long time, ever evolving emo/punk four piece who closed out our party. One last thank you to Dan Bauer and Tom Etu for capturing and editing the...
by Mac McGuire | Apr 23, 2014 | buffaBLOG Video
Next up for this week’s video installment from our 4th birthday party at Duke’s last month is a clip from Alex Berkley & the Atlanta Falcons. Reuniting after a five year “off season” (because football), The Falcons, which features past and...
by Mac McGuire | Apr 16, 2014 | buffaBLOG Video
The second installment in our 4th birthday party video series comes from Harmonica Lewinski. The Rochester based surf-garage act barely made it to our party as the snow had better ideas that evening. But luckily for us, and everyone in attendance, the band made it and...