Gang of Four was formed in Leeds in 1976 by bassist Dave Allen, drummer Hugo Burnham, guitarist Andy Gill, and singer Jon King. The band pioneered a style of music that inverted punk’s blunt and explosive energies — favoring tense rhythms, percussive guitars, and lyrics that traded in Marxist theory and situationism. They put every […]
Waxahatchee What do we hold on to from our past? What must we let go of to truly move forward? Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield, a lyricist who has always let her listeners know exactly where she is at a given moment, spent much of 2018 reckoning with these questions and revisiting her roots to look for […]
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Formal Prom Attire Encouraged! All Proceeds Benefit Autism Services Join us for an adult Valentine’s Prom featuring DJ Hogan, Geezer (Green Day & Weezer cover band) and more (to be announced) Cash Bar Passed Appetizers […]
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Brian Fallon’s rockstar days are firmly behind him. And no one is more accepting of that fact than Brian Fallon. Having recently turned 40, the New Jersey legend has left more than his youth in his rearview. His former outfit, The Gaslight Anthem, reunited for a string of reunion shows in 2018 but now only […]
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Tig Notaro is an Emmy and Grammy nominated stand-up comedian, writer, radio contributor, and actor as well as a favorite on numerous talk shows, including “Ellen,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” and “Conan.” Rolling Stone named her one of the “50 best stand-up comics of all time.” Notaro currently appears in Zack Snyder’s “Army […]
Cult-hit podcast Chapo Trap House are bringing their live tour to everyone who feels orphaned and alienated—politically, culturally, and economically—by the bloodless Wall Street centrism of the Democrats and the lizard-brained atavism of the right: there is a better way, the Chapo Way. These self-described “assholes from the internet” offer a fully ironic ideology for all who […]
“These dreams are more than paper things,” sings Matt Quinn on Mt. Joy’s infectious folk-rocker “Astrovan,” a warm, yearning bit of road-trip philosophy that posits the existence of a Deadhead Jesus cruising the dusty highways of the countryside, nursing a roach on his way to only He knows where. It’s an auspicious line from a […]
Buffalo Chamber Players present Bach and Brews live in Asbury Hall Converge/Diverge: Richard Strauss Metamorphosen John Cage String Quartet in Four Parts Jessie Montgomery Voodoo Dolls Grace Ann Lee On the Echoing Green In addition to in-person attendance, we also offer a live streaming option. Purchase streaming tickets at https://www.buffalochamberplayers.org/tickets/ […]
One of the country’s pre-eminent singer-songwriters, Rosanne Cash has released 15 albums of extraordinary songs that have earned four Grammy Awards and 12 nominations, as well as 21 top-40 hits, including 11 chart- topping singles. She Remembers Everything—her latest release—is a poetic, lush, and soulful collection of songs that reckon with a flawed and intricate […]