[JAM] Celebrate Pi Day this Saturday, March 14 with an evening of slinky rhythms and mind-bending melodies brought to you by four local instrumental outfits who like to push the boundaries of genre fusion: Ish Kabbible, Ould Pound,
[ROCK] Hailing from Vermont, Gang of Thieves, plays with the mantra that they’re “stealing back the spirit of rock n’ roll”, and I’ll be damned if that isn’t the case.
[PUNK] The rudimentary punk at the core of what Mallwalkers get up to sounds like it could’ve easily emerged from the Bowery some 40 years ago: think a scrappy Talking Heads with less art-school pretense, blending its early new-wave and later funk motifs while maintaining plenty of lo-fi appeal.
[ROCK] Surviving Friday has become a staple on Buffalo’s bar circuit as a covers collective of between three and five people, emerging from the embers of frontman Justin Marcheson’s previous outfit, Monkey Missile, which also specialized in covers.
[ROCK] Hey Mavis’s Akron-based Americana stew just got more flavorful with the completion of What I Did—out this spring—which will surely comprise some of the set at Sportsmen’s Tavern this Friday, March 13. The new collection pushes the trio—which expands into a five-piece for this northeastern excursion—further into genre-defying hybrids while keeping Laura Michele Caner’s supple pipes and dexterous banjo playing front and center.
[INDIE ROCK] In a few days the Tins will get into their white 2005 Ford Freestar minivan and drive approximately 1,600 miles to Austin, Texas—with a couple of videographers in tow—to play their first official SXSW showcase. This’ll happen after they put in a few more hours of studio time at GCR on their next full length record, which they’ve been recording with producer Robby Takac at the helm.
Illusions are hot right now. Like Hansel hot. If you were impressed or fascinated by #TheDress, then wow perfect luck for you, Shea’s has a whole line up of illusionists ready to take the stage this weekend as part of the roving magic show known as The Illusionists: Meet The Impossible.
Photo series by Brendan Bannon focusing on The Public’s profile “A Life, Translated”.
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