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[HIP HOP] A whole bunch of local hip hop acts come together at Mohawk Place for a showcase this Saturday, February 18. The show, titled Gradient$ features OG Sole, Short Moscato, L-Biz, Rich $lave, Bill Saber & AtDenn, Yek, and music by DJ Jett.

[ELECTRONIC/DANCE] If you’ve got any love for the house sounds of the early 1990s then Chocolate Puma’s got some love for you. The Holland-born duo burst on the scene in 1992 with an inescapable house hit called “Give It Up” (released under the moniker of The Good Men) that lit a fire under club floors all over the world, featuring a marching band beat on steroids and a dismissive chant, “Give it up, Girl!” that kept the gay boys bouncing for two years solid.

[INDIE] If you’ve ever found yourself wishing that My Morning Jacket had more of a spaced-out (strung-out?) Twin Peaks-y feel, sorta like Jim James’ solo work, The Leones might just be the answer to your prayers. Together, guitarist Dustin Lau and songwriter/vocalist Justin Leone Bachulak weave trippy, cinematic textures that play on the listeners imagination in unexpected ways.

[ROCK] Parking Lot Tuna is an unfortunately named reggae-rock cover band from Buffalo. Despite their unsavory name (look it up on Urban Dictionary if you’re curious), the band sure does have the licks to take on the reggae-rock bands which they cover—the list includes Sublime, Slightly Stoopid, The Dirty Heads and more. Parking Lot Tuna comes to the Tralf Music Hall for a special show this Friday, February 17 with support from Max Muscato. 

[CLASSICAL] Described as a program designed to both “comfort and inspire,” the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus with singers Deborah Selig and Darren Stokes will perform the music of Brahms and Kodaly on Saturday, February 18 at Kleinhans Music Hall. The Chorus, lead by conductor JoAnna Falletta will perform the 20th century Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly’s “Dances of Marosszek” and “Peacock,” as well as Johannes Brahms’ “A German Requiem” as part of their “Musically Speaking” series sponsored by Uniland Development.

[INDIE] Indie pop band Coin unapologetically declare that they’re a product of the 1990s. In fact an early release from the band was titled 1992 and featured the kind of poppy indie rock that you might expect to hear from a 1990s one hit wonder. But of course, Coin are hoping not to be one hit wonders, though their latest single, “Talk Too Much” could certainly end up turning into a mainstream hit. For now, the Nashville, Tennessee band remains percolating in the underground, waiting for their opportunity to shine bright.