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According to its description on last.fm, Canadian alt-rock outfit Big Wreck is “a neo-progressive hard rock band of the late 1990s.” While many artists are quick to distance themselves from the “progressive” paradigm in 2013, Ian Thornley and Co. have…
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On any given Tuesday throughout the summer, the imperial backdrop of the Niagara Gorge is converted into a musical agora of sorts for Western New Yorkers hungry to summon a taste of what their lives were like in the days…
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Author/psychedelic aesthete Ken Kesey once described the effects of LSD as “an orgasm behind the eyeballs” and anyone who attended last night’s Sully Erna concert at the Riviera Theatre may have had a similar experience. Unlike other shows you’ll attend…
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If you found yourself at the Erie Canal Harbor Central Wharf on Thursday night to see hip hop masters Arrested Development in action, you were also able to get a healthy glimpse of how diverse Buffalo really is. People of…
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If Tuesday nights at Artpark is the place where baby boomers go to reminisce about the days of old, the vibe at Buffalo’s Canalside on Thursdays is more akin to an afterschool play date for infantile millennials who can’t stomach…
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After earning 18 Grammy awards, a Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the moniker of “Greatest Singer of All Time” from Rolling Stone, what does Aretha Franklin have left to prove? Well, to those of us lucky enough to be…
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If you can picture someone trying to stuff a hyena into a shoe box, you’ll begin to ascertain just how harried the atmosphere was inside the Town Ballroom on Tuesday for Anthrax and Testament. The thrash giants injected their heavy…
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2011 is a year in which I’ve seen bands such as Volbeat, Alter Bridge, Puddle of Mudd, and Clutch, but last Thursday’s “Evening with Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman” could easily be considered the heaviest of the bunch. Not in…
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When Creed called it quits in 2004, the public’s reaction was anything but typical. Rather than millions of fans crying foul and expressing their undying affection for all things Scott Stapp, we heard nothing but jubilation from pundits who had…
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As a music journalist, I’m often confronted with the contention that quality music just isn’t being written or performed anymore, that any composition worth its salt has already been chewed up and spit back out into the public sphere by…
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