[ROCK] What better way to ring in the New Year, than by getting down to Rusted Root’s highly instrumental grooves? The Rapids Theatre’s New Years Eve Bash will feature Rusted Root with fellow genre mixologists, Hypnotic Clambake. Rusted Root is living proof that different is awesome. The Pittsburgh based band tends to incorporate sounds and styles from all over the globe, most prominently Africa and the Middle East, into American folk.
[ELECTRONIC/DANCE] Maybe those expensive, fancy New Year’s Eve parties aren’t your thing. Maybe you don’t need bottle service. Maybe what you care about most is hearing some bass heavy music and dancing your way into 2015. If that’s your vibe, then the Igloo Music guys have you covered.
[PARTY] This is your all-out New Year’s Eve party. This is your top shelf liquor party; your gourmet Hors D’oeuvres party; your Champagne Toast at midnight party. This is the New Year’s Eve party you think of when you think of New Year’s Eve parties. After taking a year off, the Afterdark New Year’s Eve Masquerade Ball is back, and this year it’s at the newly renovated Foundry Suites on Elmwood near Hertel. So bust out that new suit and shine up those fancy shoes because you’re going to want to be dressed to impress.
[ELECTRONIC/DANCE] The life expectancy of parties, not just in Buffalo, are tough to maintain. Mike Marshall of MNM Presents has been throwing The Christmas Party for 10 years. Throughout the years, the music has evolved. Faces, both familiar and new to the party, gather to dance, drink and laugh into the night. Join the festivities this year on Thursday, December 25 at Pearl Street Grill & Brewery.
[PARTY] If you can picture your father screaming things like “I’ve got a lot of problems with you people!” or your boss remarking that he finds your holiday traditions “fascinating,” then you are in fact George Costanza.
[ELECTRONIC/DANCE] Transmission Dance Party is finally back at Mohawk Place, and just in time to ring in the new year. Expect plenty of music by the likes of Depeche Mode, the Smiths, and Billy Idol, and maybe even some new stuff too.
[ROCK] The year is 1995 and three new albums sit under your Christmas tree: Definitely Maybe by Oasis, Weezer’s blue album, and Dookie by Greenday. Now I can’t guarantee that when Kurt and the Loders take the stage on Friday at Nietzsche’s for their Ugly Xmas Sweater Show: 1994 Edition they’ll play any songs by the three bands listed, but let’s just say it was a good year for music.
Sara M. Zak is a Buffalo artist. These works are part of her Daily December Paintings project, which you can follow at saramzak.blogspot.com.
Evan Hawkins is a former Buffalonian now pursuing an MFA at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
Read our article about his show at Nichols School Gallery here.
You can find his work at evan-hawkins.com.
How many of us are faced, each December, with the tired and exasperating question of what to get for the proverbial person who has everything? If you’re anything like me, holiday giving is about gifting something that’s both practical and special: an item that can offer a moment of enjoyment apart from the banalities of the everyday. And nothing makes a moment unique quite like great food or drink. So here’s a gift guide for the things you can find locally that can bring pleasure to anyone on your shopping list—that is, unless they don’t eat or drink.
There’s a certain tone you’d expect from an album recorded in a liquor store basement. Brimstone Blondes’ AGE OF CONSENT harnesses the productive buzz portion of a bender; when ideas flow freely and chemistry magically manifests. Hear for yourself at Sugar City’s Chanukah Bonanza blowout on at 8pm on Monday, December 22, which also kicks off the band’s Red, White and Blonde Xmas Tour.