by Matt Burgerhoff | Apr 19, 2019 | Preview
Garage rock supervillain Science Man lays waste to Buffalo’s Mohawk Place tonight and lights the fuse for his destructive new tour with the help of local minions. Science Man, the solo project and alter ego of Buffalo multihyphenate John Toohill, has been busy in and...
by Brendan O'Connor | May 13, 2016 | Photos
After my introduction to Protomartyr last year at Pitchfork Festival, I was immediately hooked. The dark, churning, yet insanely catchy style of post punk that the band boasted caught my ears, and after buying their commercial debut, Under the Color of Light, I had...
by Brendan O'Connor | May 10, 2016 | Preview
Following Sunday’s stellar Sunflower Bean show, the Mohawk Place is once again the place to be tonight. Detroit post punk act Protomartyr will be headlining a stacked bill, still on tour in support of their well received 2015 album, The Agent Intellect. Also...
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 Christopher Winter | Apr 30, 2015 | Preview
Difficult Night will headline Sugar City tonight with special guests Newish Star and Facility Men. If you haven’t heard the slacker vibes of Difficult Night, tonight is probably the night to see them. The line up is tight, and Difficult Night is easy on the ear...
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 Jon Krol | Dec 4, 2014 | Preview
Facility Men are messy in the best kinda way. Loose and gravelly, discordant rock, with a rough-around-the-edges approach…probably one of the coolest current bands in the Buffalo crop. Plus Teo’s a madman live so you should probably check em out....
by Ronald Walczyk | Jul 31, 2014 | Buffalo
It really goes without saying that Buffalo’s punk / hardcore scene has been, and still is, one of the best around. From hardcore vets Snapcase and trailblazers Every Time I Die to the raw sounds of newer bands like Pentimento and The Traditional, B-town is home to...
by Dan Bauer | Apr 9, 2014 | Preview
If you caught last Friday’s Cloud Nothings show, then you also had the pleasure of catching opener Pleasure Leftists. If you didn’t, don’t sweat: they’re coming back. After a few dates supporting Cloud Nothings, they’ll be swinging back...
