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Pucker Up

[NOISE ROCK] Pucker Up from Boston has a sound that has been described as “distorted vocals sing bizarre tales of loneliness and going to sleep crying to Michael Hurley.”

Wild Adriatic

[ROCK] Saratoga Springs’ Wild Adriatic emulates the edgy British blues rock of bands like Humble Pie and Free, and they’re good enough at it that they earned themselves a six-week residency in Austin earlier this year, leading up to SXSW, where they played no less than 11 sets. Promoting a new five-song EP, Never Enough, the hard working power trio pulls into Buffalo Iron Works with special guests the Grace Strumberg Band on Thursday, October 29.

buffaBLOG presents: Soul Patch

[TRIBUTE] For those of us into our 40s, it’s almost hard to believe that 1990s tribute bands are now “a thing,” but they are, and Buffalo is home to one with a particularly impressive pedigree. Soul Patch features our very own advice columnist Keith Buckley on vocals and bassist Steve Micciche from Every Time I Die alongside members of Quintana for an avalanche of 1990s nostalgia with a heavy edge.

The New Deal

[ELECTRONICA] Three piece Toronto outfit, the New Deal made a splash into the music scene in the late 1990s with their dazzling hybrid of IDM and raw improvisational energy, razor tight break beat drums, jazzy key melodies, and soulful geometric basslines. Delivering a creative maelstrom of funk infused acid-jazz, they went on to permeate the sphere of livetronica, playing  thousands of shows and headlining notable festivals. Acid house with a human touch was the general consensus of fans and critics alike.

Kim Simmonds & Savoy Brown

[BLUES] Born from the same British blues scene that eventually yielded the Peter Green version of Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Savoy Brown and bandleader Kim Simmonds (vocals, harmonica, guitars) are celebrating a huge milestone: 50 years of music together. That’s 50 years of continuous output, yielding 44 albums, including The Devil to Pay—the release of which is the other cause for celebration that brings the band, now a trio, to Sportsmen’s Tavern on Saturday, October 31.

The Public Presents: Devil's Night

[HALLOWEEN] I’ll be honest, the spookiest thing about our upcoming edition of The Public Presents is not that it’s on Devil’s Night or how great costumes one is likely to see are, but how scary-good our lineup of bands is. Headlining the night are Buffalo three-piece grunge band, the Naturalists, who will debut their new record Home Honey, I’m Hi. Pop-rock band Lovey will make their debut sandwiched in between sets by Johnny Nobody, the Soft Love, and Handsome Jack.

Robert DeLong

[HOUSE] Robert DeLong is a drummer, producer, programmer and singer-songwriter with a penchant for gadgets and poetic self-expression. From “Long Way Down” to “Don’t Wait Up,” he boasts a funky fusion of introspective, club-ready beats. Folding in genuine instruments with MIDI interfaces, keyboards, drum pads, laptops, and even gaming controllers—his showmanship is nothing short of ambitious.

Halloween with Aqueous & Funktional Flow

[JAM] Aqueous is one of the must-see improvisation bands on tour nowadays. With a sharp sense of harmony, the four-piece jumps from beat to beat, shifting from hard-fought coordination to all out duels that seethe with red-hot energy. Funktional Flow serves up freaky funky jams and killer covers. Both bands hail from Buffalo and both are scary-good on stage. Catch Aqueous and Funktional Flow at Buffalo Iron Works on Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31.

Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad

[REGGAE] Earlier this year, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad released a new album entitled Bright Days. A swampy bluegrass-Americana blend, it continues in the same vein as their 2012 release, Country, and further proves that GPGDS’s genre identity is as obscure and awesome as their name. Hailing from Rochester, GPGDS has gained a considerable East Coast following since their 2004 inception by way of nonstop touring.

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