FATHER IGNORANT

I saw 10 bands during a 24 hour stretch Thursday and Friday, and strangely all of them were at least good. Some of them were really outstand...

MALLWALKERS

Laid back and ultra infectious punk from upstate New York. Early '80s So Cal a la THE PLUGZ collides with BIG BOYS' affinity for fun...

BROWN SUGAR

After dropping one of 2011's sneakiest full length platters, it should come as no surprise to my ears that Buffalo's BROWN SUGAR ha...

CONSPIRACY OF GIANT NOIZE WOODPECKER MUTANT FROM OUTER SPACE (Vol. 1)

Averaging well under one minute per song, seven international bands blast through 27 fastcore gems on this comp. New York's I OBJECT sta...

UNCONSCIOUSNESS

For about a year, John and I hosted a Mix Tape Exchange in Milwaukee. Interest began to wane after a few months, but on those first couple o...

FERAL KID MIX TAPE Vol. 1

Continuing in the tradition of mix tapes used simultaneously as promotion, celebration and hype, Buffalo's Feral Kid Records dish out th...

CAGES

I am going to Milwaukee today for my annual exercise in consumption and self abuse under the guise of volunteering at a bicycle race, and I ...

IRON LUNG MIXTAPE

Other bands have dabbled with collecting the music of their friends and associates in the form of a familial mix tape, but it should come as...

BROWN SUGAR

One of the things I miss about living in the Midwest is being able to hit the Eastern Seaboard and the Rust Belt on quick, no bullshit touri...

GAS CHAMBER

My friend  Dave is from Buffalo, and has done time in some of that cities finer musical acts, and a little over a year ago when he told me ...

CAGES

Nothing sounds like CAGES.  This two person project manages to capture frustration and reproduce that emotion in the form of sounds that are...