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All Time Low and Dashboard Confessional

[EMO] A one-two punch of pop-punk and emo is coming in the form of a double headlining show from All Time Low and Dashboard Confessional. Both bands formed during the height of the pop-punk/emo movement, building their solid fanbases through genuinely emotional rock music. Where All Time Low drew influences from late 1990s bands like Blink 182 and The Get Up Kids, Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba has cited 1980s bands as various as The Cure, the Descendents, and R.E.M. Carrabba.

A Night of Music & Burlesque

[BURLESQUE] Moxy Cleaveland Cabaret returns with another unique burlesque and music performance this Saturday, August 11 at Milkie’s on Elmwood. The folk-punk acoustic duo will perform pop hits along side singer/songwriter Robin Bank$, and folk guitarist Kerry Fey. Burlesque comes from Sugatush, Honey Jazel, Fiona Fatale, Sapphire, SeaQueen, and Duchess Harding. The show’s organizer, Sugatush, A.K.A.

Roomful of Blues

For 50 years, Rhode Island-born jump-blues outfit Roomful of Blues has remained the most active and well known band of its kind. Through the decades, they’ve backed many fellow blues artists that’d gotten famous before their time like Earl King, Jimmy Witherspoon, Jimmy McCracklin, Roy Brown, Joe Turner and Eddie Vinson, while expanding the blues template by sharing the stage with more contemporary rockers like Carlos Santana and the late Stevie Ray Vaughn.

Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson

[ROCK] Remember back in 2012 when Zombie and Manson toured and there was a big nasty verbal smackdown between them? Yeah, well, neither do they. Or maybe it was a publicity stunt. Either way, the ghoulish divas have set aside whatever became of their she-said/she-said bickering to head out on the road again this summer, and they cut a chunky, joint cover of The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter” to give it some additional framework.

Slightly Stoopid

[JAM] Maybe you have one of those friends that’s always good to go, upbeat, looking on the bright side, etc. Even in dark times, they seem unfazed. Call it blissful ignorance. Sometimes folks like that make me angry, but they’re a necessary reminder that we can all break from the dead seriousness of modern living and wear life like a loose fitting garment if we choose to—easier said than done, I know.

Lindsey Stirling

[POP] As one of Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30 In Music: The Class of 2015,” (though she’s 31 now) with a few million records sold and some impressive Billboard chart action, Arizona-raised violin prodigy and former America’s Got Talent contestant Lindsey Stirling’s got it going on.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

[POST ROCK] If there’s an intersection to be found between neo-classical, prog, and punk, this revolving-door Canadian collective exists at that unlikely spot, though “post-rock” is the more often utilized descriptor. Either way, God Speed You! Black Emperor isn’t the stuff of passive listening but, rather, is made for people who are gifted with an ability to focus on music. (Otherwise, this’ll just give you a headache.) Complex, demanding instrumental pieces that project a dystopian mood with dark skies are buoyed (in a live setting) by carefully chosen film loops.

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

[JAZZ] There’s a lot going on with this one. The brains behind this show is Trombone Shorty, who has curated a line up of acts and musicians from his hometown of New Orleans. The whole idea is to celebrate the tricentennial anniversary of the city by touring around the country, bringing the New Orleans experience wherever they go. The headliners of the show are Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue—the band that Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews formed in 2009.

Photos: Cobblestone Live 2018

The 2nd annual Cobblestone Live music festival in downtown Buffalo went off without a visible hitch last weekend. The lineup, which featured headliners like Broken Social Scene, Turkuaz, Aqueous, The Sheepdogs, and Golf Clap more than satisfied attendees who packed the cobblestone streets in front of the outdoor stages situated outside of Lockhouse Distillery and Buffalo Iron Works, which also featured live entertainment.

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