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Head North

[PUNK] Buffalo-based band Head North is just three years old, and while their first, pop-punkish EP was solid, their most recent, Bloodlines, shows a band that’s rapidly maturing.

Robbie Fulks

[AMERICANA] Robbie Fulks brought a neo-traditional country sound to the early 1980’s New York City folk stable that was keeping Gerde’s Folk City alive, but he left New York for Chicago to teach at the famed Old Town School of Folk Music. There, he spent time in successful bluegrass outfits before releasing his first solo album in 1996. Since then, he’s shifted between sparse acoustic recordings, edgier full-band projects and—lo and behold—a tribute to Michael Jackson. Somehow, it’s still Americana at the base.

DrFameus

[ELECTRONICA] With a Roland e-drum/midi controller positioned in the center of his kit and a laptop to the side, Disco Biscuits drummer Allen Aucoin takes things into heady percussive territory with his one-man DrFameus project. Fans of the Biscuits don’t have too far to stretch to embrace what Aucoin is up to here, provided the electro-organic blend doesn’t offend their jamband sensibilities.

Scott Ellison Band

[BLUES] Tulsa-based blues guitarist and songwriter Scott Ellison cut his teeth backing 1980s revival versions of groups like the Shirelles, the Marvelettes, the Drifters and the Coasters before forming his own band that went on to open for Leon Russell, Buddy Guy, and the late Joe Cocker. In 2009 he had the privilege of opening for (and playing with) B. B. King. His most recent disc, the self-released Walkin Through the Fire, was produced by frequent Clapton-collaborator Walt Richmond.

Selwyn Birchwood

[BLUES] The blues is not dead. It may not get the radio play it once did, but new artists and innovators are keeping the music alive. Selwyn Birchwood is one of those artists. The 30-year-old Tampa-based guitarist/singer has been winning many awards in his journey to making the genre relevant once again. This Tuesday, June 9, Selwyn will be taking the stage at Buffalo Iron Works with openers Grace Lougen & the Leftover Pancakes.

Armcannon

[INDIE] Millenials grew up on video games. The soundtracks to many classic video games are the soundtracks to our youth; even hearing a segment of those classics can bring someone right back. Armcannon, one of Buffalo’s best kept secrets, is a band that has played many of those video game classics all over the country, even sitting in with the BPO.

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