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Patty Parks & Bridget Kelly Band

[BLUES] Two of the area’s most well-known blues belters come together for a night of music that will traverse the lines between classic Texan blues and Southern boogie with a modern, riff-driven, urban sensibility. Bridget Kelly exudes sass and sensuality with her note-bending delivery, while Patty Parks tends to serve it up straight, often with the help of a brass section… for blues lovers, there’s something for everyone. And in this case, there’s also a good cause: proceeds go to Kids Escaping Drugs.

DJ Craze

[ELECTRONIC/DANCE] There is a weird thing in the DJ world where DJs “compete” with each other—art is usually the opposite of competition. As far as DJ competitors go, however, DJ Craze is one of the best. He’s won the DMC (or Disco Mix Club) World Championship three times. In a row. That puts him up there with names like Mix Master Mike and Q-Bert, which is nothing to snort at. You can hear this world champion DJ when he comes to SkyBar on Friday, August 14 as part of their rooftop summer EDM series.

Iris Lune

[INDIE] Near structure-less song-poems flow from this Brooklyn-by-way-of-Boston quartet, Iris Lune, is at Dreamland this Wednesday.

Jaguar Club

[INDIE] A five year hiatus and some lineup shifts seem only to have expanded Jaguar Club’s musical palette. The new EP, Close, takes the band’s new wave foundation and builds on it, creating additional degrees of tension between the organic, guitar-driven rhythms and playful, synth-pop melodies. The results clearly recall 1980s crooner-noir bands like Echo & the Bunnymen, as evident on the new single, “Stringer.” Now a five-piece, with South Buffalo’s own Patrick Eager on drums, Jaguar Club plays the middle set upstairs at Mr.

Thrift Store Day

[CELEBRATION] A deal is a deal, but if you are looking for a smokin’ deal you may want to make haste and get to Amvets on Thrift Store Day, August 17. From 9am until 9pm Amvets will offer a 25% discount by simply mentioning Thrift Store Day at checkout at any of their three locations: 1833 Elmwood Avenue, 2900 Walden Avenue, or 1900 Ridge Road. The focus of AMVETS and their thrift stores has seen some change in recent years.

Pale Green Stars

[AMERICANA] A refreshing change from the dead-serious alt-country/Americana trend ala Ryan Adams and Jason Isbell, Syracuse’s Pale Green Stars merges a skilled, twang-informed, self-coined “swampy” approach to the genre, turning out tunes that smack of canned-beer irreverence and “Man Show” humor. Honky-tonk swagger merges with blues, rockabilly and elements of southern-fried classic rock to create something gritty and fun for those that aren’t easily offended.

Elmwood Village Summer Concert Series: The Tins

[ROCK] From their ramshackle beginnings in Binghamton to a refurbished loft space right here in town, the Tins have come a long way…and so has their progressive indie-pop. The brilliantly titled new Young Blame EP showcases basic rhythm tracks that sound as if they were cut live with flourishes of electronica artfully layered over the top. The resulting four tunes are both heady and smart, informed by a penchant for psychedelia but firmly rooted in catchy pop. Did you have fun seeing the Albrights at Bidwell?

Intune Music and Lifestyle Festival

[FESTIVAL] Inspired by the loss of a loved one, Intune debuted last year and was enough of a hit to continue moving forward—a ”music and lifestyle” festival promoting the idea of pursuing dreams while making healthy choices and the relationship between the two. This year’s event is on Saturday, August 15 (Woodstock anniversary!) at Buffalo Iron Works from noon until 4am. From noon until 8pm, the parking lot of Iron Works will turn into a pop up market full of merch, food and drink vendors, and live art.

Mac DeMarco

[ROCK] At 25, Mac DeMarco is the perfect storm: a laid-back, slacker with a stoned musical presence that recalls the exposed nuts-and-bolts, homemade feel of Shuggie Otis’s Information Inspiration or even McCartney’s solo debut, topped with just a sprinkling of early Beck. It’s pop music for sure, but it draws from honorable influences that hipsters can abide while giving younger kids some new names to look up.

The Both

[INDIE] “It’s always slightly frustrating,” says Ted Leo, frontman of Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Chisel, and most recently one half of the Both with singer/songwriter Aimee Mann. “People will say like, ‘You’re the punk guy!’ and [Aimee] ‘You’re the singer and songwriter.’ And Aimee is punk in her own way. She has a history of playing crappy clubs in Boston in her new wave art punk band before ‘Til Tuesday and starting her own record label.”

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