Here's some bands we've recently discovered and encourage you to explore. We hope you’ll find something you like and further support these artists on bandcamp or at a live show. Thanks for listening friends! Turbo Nut - "Turbo Nut Forever" LP - Louisville, Kentucky - released January 14, 2023 K-HOLE - "Discordant" EP - Buffalo, … Continue reading New Music Discoveries : Jan – March 2024
These were (are?) strange times. Like many of us, Buffalo-based brothers Matthew and Nathan Corrigan spent the winter of 2020-2021 isolated. Unlike some of us, they did not spend their time in isolation doing jigsaw puzzles, discovering birds, or barely concealing their alcoholism by convincing themselves they were interested in the science of mixology. The … Continue reading New Single from Tough Old Bird – Remembrance
"And I'm Waiting For Something To Leave Me A Sign, But Each Time I Get Close It Won't Leave Me Alone"JɆ₴₴Ɇ&₮ⱧɆ₴₱łⱤł₮ Peculiar Living, a highly ambitious science-fiction literary and musical project created by Jesse James (Jesse & The Spirit), follows the investigative journey of an eccentric journalist named P. Fermi into a local billionaire and … Continue reading Premiere: JESSE & THE SPIRIT – “PECULIAR LIVING”
All the new music we love and encourage you to explore. We hope you’ll find something you like and further support these artists on bandcamp. Thanks for listening friends! Son of Chi & Radboud Mens - AI-25: The Transition Recordings, released September 10, 2021 Maya LaMacchia - All The Broken Parts, released September 4, 2021 … Continue reading New Music Discoveries : July – September
We were able to catch up with Douglas Tewksbury, a Buffalo music veteran based out of Hamilton, Ontario, about his beautiful new album Paths. The album was inspired by Tewksbury's travels to remote parts of our planet and his reflections on climate change. Check out our conversation below - and be sure to check out … Continue reading Douglas Tewksbury – Paths
RA Washington writer, composer, drum machines, electronicsJames Longs vocalistKyle Kidd vocalist, songwriterLatoya Kent vocalist, songwriterPete Saudek guitar, keysDante Foley drumsTheresa May trumpetWilliam Washington trombone Years Active 5 years Latest LP Release The Cycle (May 15, 2020) Favorite Local Artists? Muamin Collective - JL Crazy eight - WW The Katy - DF The Katy, Fresh Produce, Oregon … Continue reading Mourning [A] BLKstar
Nathan-Paul Sax/Flute/ComposerTommy Lehman TrumpetZaire Darden DrumsMatthew Derubertis BassLucas Kadish Guitar (Current guitar player, but the chordal chair rotates throughout the year) Ghost Members: Chris Coles (sax), Russ G (Guitar), Mike Ode (Drums) Years Active 7 Latest / Upcoming Release New Single ‘Funk Me’ To Promote Our upcoming album ‘Funk Me’ Favorite Local Artists I’m More … Continue reading Nathan-Paul & The Admirables
Members Anthony LaMarca Years Active 2017 Latest Release Indianola Pizza Dough, released 4/23 Favorite Local Artists Sam Goodwill, Angela White, Del Sinchak Current Album on Repeat Various mixtapes friends have been making/sharing during the pandemic. Also, lots of Glass Harp. Currently Reading “Our Band Could Be Your Life” by Michael Azerrad Favorite Venue to Perform Westside … Continue reading The Building
Holy Smokes! After breaking up last year, Buffalo, NY punk-rock outfit Mallwalkers are releasing their final recordings on August 6th. Today we are pleased to present to you the Premiere of the first single "Get Yr Cake". This track is probably Mallwalkers at their poppiest with playful vocals by Jaz Frazier and a very catchy … Continue reading Music Premiere: Mallwalkers “Get Yr Cake”
Members / Instruments Matthew Gallagher: Samplers, Sequencers, Synthesizers, Field Recording Years Active 2014 - present Latest Release Headfooter released on Unifactor Tapes Favorite Local Artists In my opinion you can’t really discuss Cleveland without talking about Akron, Kent, Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati, Athens, and Oberlin. Ohio is one of the richest states for experimental and underground … Continue reading Machine Listener
Jessica Lauren Sikon Songwriter, Vocals, Rhythm GuitarJon Chips Bass Guitar, Vocals, Lead GuitarClyde Maruna Keyboard, VocalsMatt Childers Drums Years Active 5 Latest / Upcoming Release Latest Release: The Night Is Still Young (2020) / Upcoming Release: EP in July 2021, Full Length Fall/Winter 2021 Favorite Local Artists I’m not just biased, but my favorite local … Continue reading John’s Little Sister
Years Active 4 Latest Release Lost Flowers, released June 3, 2021 & In Spite of Everything, released April 3, 2021 Current Album on Repeat Discolicht by Tilly Electronics Currently Reading I’m reading a book of Greek myths and America by Baudrillard (at the recommendation of a friend). Favorite Venue to Perform Now That’s Class - … Continue reading Our Unseen Guest
Members / Instruments All featured instruments Years Active 6 Latest Release Terra Firma, released April 1, 2021 Current Album on Repeat In Rainbows by Radiohead Currently Reading Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Favorite Quote Less is More Favorite Albums of Lately In Summer by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin, … Continue reading Røsha
Michael Marefka Vocals, Synth, GuitarStephen Ovak Guitar, Bass, Drums, Synth Years Active 2018 - Present Latest Release Pennsylvania (single), June 4, 2021 & Lowlands, April 2021 Current Album on Repeat Modern English - After the Snow (Michael) Deerhunter - Weird Era Cont. (Stephen) Currently Reading 2666 - Roberto Bolano (Stephen) Oxford History of Medieval Europe … Continue reading Jaite
Years Active 6 as a solo artist Latest Release Right Now (single) & King Vitamin (single) Favorite Local Artists Kipp Stone, Smith Taylor, Tae Miles, Nuke Franklin, Blokhead Johnny, Will Cherry, Weswill Current Album on Repeat Even In Darkness by Dungeon Family Currently Reading Disney Animation: The Illusion Of Life Words of Wisdom Don’t wait on people or … Continue reading Peachcurls
Chris Corsi instrumentation and productionEmma Shepard vocals and lyrics Years Active 1 year Latest / Upcoming Release "How Do I Know You're There" (single) released January 8, 2021 & Communion (Expanded Release) - Release Date TBD Favorite Local Artists Pleasure Leftists, Red Devil Ryders, Edwin Augustin, Jaite, Nature, Cruelster Current Album on Repeat Chris - The … Continue reading Suitor
Marty Brass Drums / PercussionCarter Luckfield Guitar / VoxAdam Spektor Bass /Vox Years Active Almost 3 Latest Release Pour Me Another One on Just Because Records Current Album on Repeat Clube Da Esquina - Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges Favorite Venue to Perform We’re a bit biased since we all work at The Happy Dog, but … Continue reading Red Devil Ryders
James Harker vocals, guitar, productionDanny Svenson synths/keys, productionEthan Schwendeman synthsJamie Vitullo drumsMike Perorazio bass Years Active 5 with our current lineup Latest Release Just released a self-titled LP in January! Favorite Local Artists our fave Ohio bands are Harbour and Sylmar (both from Cincinnati), who we were planning a big tour with before COVID cancelled … Continue reading Spirit Of The Bear
Cathalyn Singer/ Songwriter/ BassistAshanti Allison DrumsEli Hanley Keys, Synths Years Active 5 Upcoming Release We have a new Self Titled Album on the way! Current Album on Repeat The Adverts “ Anthology” and City Girls “City on Lock” Currently Reading Just As I Am by Cicely Tyson Favorite Venue to Perform I really loved Euclid … Continue reading The Katy
Members / Instruments Graham Rosen / producer and composer Years Active started these sounds eight years ago! Latest Release Juicebox, released April 26th 2021 Favorite Local Artists Mourning [A] BLKstar, Nathan-Paul & The Admirables, Stephan Haluska, Les Delices Current Album on Repeat Genuinely: Yasuke by Flying Lotus and EP2! by JPEGMaifa The Best Kept Secret … Continue reading Elephant Ornament
Austyn Benyak Guitar, VocalsZac Breitbach Guitar, VocalsCaleb Lacy BassLiam Fernandez Drums Years Active almost 4 Latest / Upcoming Release “No Smiles + Only in Name” 7” Favorite Local Artists Brain Cave, Two Hands, I Hate It Too, Pearly, Biitchseat and Stalemate! Currently Reading Mirror Sound. It’s a bunch of artists talking about recording their own music. Pretty … Continue reading Honeymoon
Members / Instruments Producer, Bassist Years Active 2007 - present Latest Release 'Everest' single by FT, ‘Fairy Light’ by Free Black Currently Reading Kurt Vonnegut Bluebeard Favorite Quote Not #1 but it came to mind: “Don’t get emotional about the stock, it clouds your judgement.” - Gordon Gekko Favorite Album of 2020 Black Thought Streams … Continue reading Floco Torres
Members / Instruments Mike Tolan (Guitar, singing, production) Recently featuring- Sommer Tolan- Vocals; Jacob Trombetta- Lapsteel, Telecaster; Keith Freund- Piano, Sax, Cello, Clarinet, Synth; John Kolodij- Guitar, Organ, Synth, Loops, Piano Years Active 2003-present Latest Release new nightmares released February 21, 2021 Favorite Local Artist Akron- The Last Resort bands: GS Schray, Aqueduct Ensemble, Lemon … Continue reading Talons’
Sam - Vocals, Keys, GuitarsBob - DrumsSeth - GuitarRyan - Bass Years Active 16 Recent Release Phthalo (Album) release date: 9/27/19, Land of The Grand (Single) release date: 3/5/21 Favorite Local Bands or Artists The Building, Third Class, Spirit of The Bear, The Got it Got it Need it Current Album on repeat Cate Le Bon … Continue reading Sam Goodwill
Live band Jason Kaminski Vocals, GuitarAnthony Bilancini Guitar, VocalsEddy Marflak BassBen Wolgamuth/Eric Sandt Drums Years Active 9 with this project Latest Release Until Tomorrow LP released 11/20 via Head2Wall Records Favorite Local Artists Sure, Machine - Method - Biitchseat - Honeymoon - Joseph Maxwell Current Album on Repeat Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers Local Artists we … Continue reading Jason Kaminski
Osi Okoro guitar, vocalsRyan Gongaware drumsTJ Parker bass Years Active 3 Latest Release goin thru it (single) Current Album on Repeat Worm by Haunter Currently Reading Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Favorite Venue to Perform Mahall’s has such a cool vibe and every show we’ve played there has been special. Local Artists We Should Know More … Continue reading Teamonade
Members / Instruments G.S. Schray and the occasional friend Years Active 199X-present Latest Release The Changing Account on Last Resort The best kept secret in the city John Brown memorial Favorite albums of 2020 Snoopy by CS + Kreme, Dream Tech compilation on Mana Records, Comet Meta by David Grubbs & Taku Unami Words of … Continue reading G.S. Schray
Members / Instruments Christa Ebert, vocals and whatever I bang together for percussion Years Active 2006 - present Latest GROUNDED - released January 12, 2021 Favorite Local Artists Mourning [A] BLKstar Current Album on Repeat Monster Rally - Castaways, Vol. 1 Currently Reading Real Love, The Art of a Mindful Connection, by Sharon Salzberg Favorite Venue to Perform … Continue reading Uno Lady
Jake Tisdale drumsJD Cupple bass & vocalsJohn Armour guitar Years Active 2018 - present Latest Release Owney - released July, 10 2020 Favorite Local Artists Jason Kaminski, Sweater Curse, Teamonade, Nature, Leaking, Sure Machine, and pretty much everything that comes off of Flower Pot Records. Favorite Venue to Perform Happy Dog is always fun, and … Continue reading Owney The Postal Dog
Members / Instruments It’s just me. I play guitar, electronic effects, turntables, samplers, drums, bass and recording devices. Imperial Emporium is a cassette label. Years Active 1995 - now Latest Release For Friends and Loved Ones - out today! Favorite Local Bands / Artists Uno Lady, Actual Form, Free Black (The producer in the band … Continue reading Fej (Imperial Emporium Sound Options)
All the new music we love and encourage you to explore. We hope you'll find something you like and further support the artists on bandcamp. Thanks for listening! cover illustration by Frenchpressley
So I knew I wanted to write this review immediately upon hearing it. I love it and I’m just going to get right into it. Starting in an uplifting tone (“watering the garden, so it grows from the sunshine, watch it pull the earth up with colors from my sunrise”), but immediately dropping into some … Continue reading Blue Tomorrow – Short Moscato
Fendoap is a Japanese artist who combines programming and a love for calm places to masterfully create vast landscapes of gentle and glowing sounds. Their new record Passing Scenery was recently released through Buffer Zone, an independent label founded by Onokio. Can you tell us about your new album Passing Scenery and how you connected … Continue reading Finding a calm place with Fendoap
Koko Neetz - I.T.T.I.P (mestep remix), released March 19, 2021 Mike Polizze -"Dizzy Demos: 2 Tickets to Cheeseburger in Paradise", released March 5, 2021 Somni - Somni Presents "Up Too Early Volume 2", released March 12, 2021 The Hamiltones - "Dracula Invitational, 1791", released March 12, 2021 Oats Holy Roller - "Problematic Racehorse: Vol. 1", … Continue reading March Music Discoveries
Just Milk (Tara Rook) is a versatile artist, musician and meditation practitioner living in Portland, Maine. For her new track, "Carry Your Weight", Rook asks for the listener to consider the question, "How often do we push through life gripping our emotions, thoughts, and feelings?" Acting as a powerful accumulation of Rook's passions and knowledge, … Continue reading Video Feature: Just Milk “Carry Your Weight”
Twin Child is the moniker of Buffalo, NY based rapper Trav Perno. You may know him as the drummer of the Indie Punk band SMUG, a group we featured last year in our 3030 Buffalo series. Check that article out here... SMUG Interview In 2019, Perno took his rhythm repertoire to new territories to form … Continue reading Twin Child releases debut EP “Wish I Was Joking”
Some things in my listenings that tickle my lo-fi folk heart strings. Features Turkish and Iranian psych folk, Americana, and Experimental sounds. Supporting Into Fruition Collaborative, January 2021. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1FPojXOVc85dQToM9bNly3 Connect with Suzanne https://www.instagram.com/suzanne.bonifacio/
Zach Williams is an experimental storyteller who has spent the last six years recording and performing under the moniker Zooanzoo. His new album 'Entity Upload Entry' marks a new chapter for the artist with his first record as Onokio. ‘Entity Upload Entry’ will be your first release as Onokio. Before we get into the new … Continue reading The birth of Onokio
STCLVR (pronounced streetcleaver) is the harsh industrial pop act of non-binary visual and recording artist g. mor, an active force in the noise and industrial scene. We had the great pleasure of chatting with them about their recent release 'Lovers' an album that deals with grieving a significant loss of love in isolation, and rebuilding … Continue reading Through Darkness and Through Light with STCLVR
A soundtrack for watching the last of the leaves. Artwork and curation by Frenchpressley, November 2020. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5F5Ndry0bN4pld1QD8XvYl Connect with Frenchpressley https://www.instagram.com/frenchpressley/
Years Active 6 Members Patrick Weil Latest Release My last release was a two song EP called "Sweet Baby Wifi" that came out in February of 2019 but I kinda just did that so people would stop asking if my song Wifi was streaming. In my eyes the only release I've really had was my 2017 album "Does Life". … Continue reading Ex-Pat
A hidden gem amongst the Buffalo, NY music scene, Maya LaMacchia is a truly refreshing voice, carrying forth songs that evoke the spirit of songwriters of past generations. If you've never heard of her before there's no better time then now. The 16-year-old singer-songwriter has written and recorded four records in her bedroom studio in … Continue reading A CONVERSATION WITH Maya LaMacchia
While awaiting the release of the LP "SM II" via Big Neck Records, Science Man opened the device known as "The Cube" and disappeared for 72hrs. He has returned with a gift and it is MATCH GAME. Let the games begin! Upon first entering Match Game you find yourself at "Tiny Tower" and the energy … Continue reading Science Man returns from “The Cube”
SadhuGold - "Golden Joe Season Two" - released 6/19/2020 Humble Braggers - "I'll Try" - released 6/19/2020 All proceeds will be donated to NAACP Legal Defense Fund Rust Belt Brigade - "Roll Call / Love is a House" - released 6/19/2020 ALL proceeds from the sale of this single will be donated to Black Love … Continue reading June 2020 releases in Support of Juneteenth
The National Independent Venue Association launched in April in efforts to secure financial support to preserve the national ecosystem of independent venues and promoters. What is NIVA? We are a group of nearly 2,000 independent venues in 50 states that are banding together to ask Washington for targeted legislation to help us survive. We were … Continue reading NIVA
The Midnight Vein has unleashed two new tracks as a Limited edition 7" available through Swimming Faith Records. Side A hosts "Till it Explodes", a laid-back acoustic driven track reminiscent of the great English rock anthems of the 90's. The lyrics "Slowly it Grows, Till it Explodes" are repeated throughout and nourish a state of contemplation. We … Continue reading Blend into the only sun with The Midnight Vein
After nearly 2 years of silence Slow Mutants have released their long awaited self-titled debut album. It also happens to be their last. The Buffalo, NY based band consisting of members Emma LaQue (Bass/Vocals/Harmonium), Stephen Schmitt (Guitars/Vocals) and Stephen Floyd (Drums) went separate ways in 2018 shortly after recording a 12 song album with J. Robbins … Continue reading Slow Mutants say So Long as We say Salute
Chris Lombardi (formerly of Sex Positions) John Crook (Ugly Sun, Arctic Death) Matt Zych (The Slums, Scales) Ryan Schlia (sings in his car sometimes) Years Active 2019 until we all die. Upcoming Release "Emotionally Exhausted // Morally Bankrupt" EP Currently Reading Currently living in a mashup of "1984" by George Orwell and "Eight O’Clock in the Morning" … Continue reading Scumfire
Corey Bzibziak Vocals / Guitar Jacob Galenski Bass / Vocals Andrew Kothen Guitar / Vocals Gabriel Wells Drums Years Active 5 Latest Release "Disappearing Act" EP Current Album on Repeat Been listening to Nina’s - "Nina Simone and Piano!" quite a bit. The spirit she conjures throughout is beautiful and inspiring. João Gilberto’s - "Chega de Saudade" has been in pretty heavy … Continue reading dreambeaches
Years Active 16 Latest / Upcoming Release "Steady Hands, Dead Tired" (2017). A collection of demos “Outlive vol. 1” (2018). New album in the works. Hopefully this year. Current Album on Repeat Nathanial Rateliff “And It’s Still Alright”, Fiona Apple “When the Pawn...”, Jeff Parker “Suite for Max Brown”, Pearl Jam “Gigaton” Favorite Venue to Perform … Continue reading Sonny Baker
Into Fruition collaborative 