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Best of Rochester 2014: Critic Picks
City’s critics weigh in with some of their favorites from around town
Posted inCulture
Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: An Evening with Dave Barry
It’s a man’s world. What else could explain how the unaffected faces of headliners Marc Maron and Dave Barry could be plastered on billboards all over the city? Could you even imagine if they were, instead, talented women just smiling away without the least bit of sexiness? Call it my bad-attitude carryover from Jazz Festivals […]
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Music Interview: China Crisis
New wave pop and its underground counterparts from the 1970s and 80s have attained vintage status by now, but their influence remains, decades later, in today’s indie cutting edge. The UK’s China Crisis is of this original vintage period, infusing the mood and effect of the new wave aesthetic with a post-punk lyrical sensibility.
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POP/ROCK | China Crisis
UK’s canonical new-wave band China Crisis makes an ultra-rare appearance in the United States. China Crisis is best known stateside for “Arizona Sky” and the melancholy “Wishful Thinking.” The band shares attributes with fellow post-punk Liverpudlians Teardrop Explodes and OMD — namely smart lyrics and a moody, dancey, multi-dimensional synth aesthetic. The band’s genre-busting evolution […]
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The stuff of Rochester
There is no shortage of affection for Rochester. Despite the heartbreaks this city has endured — lost landmarks, miscarried projects, fallen corporate keystones — hope is still the holdout. Relics remain and invoke certain nostalgia for our storied past. But more than that, Rochester souvenirs and their many collectors bespeak a belief in this city’s […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’12: Rochester Monuments
Rochester’s history is a fascinating study, only partly told by our standing monuments. As permanent dedications, these structures are anything but motionless — they have a tendency to move with our changing city, unlike our dedicated grand spaces, such as MountHope and Holy Sepulchre cemeteries. Just within city limits, discovering the stories behind the sites […]
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There’s a party going on right here
Kool & The Gang? Open for Van Halen? They sure did, Friday night at Buffalo’s First Niagara Center, and why not? They both bring on the party. Kool and The Gang’s set was prompt and full of hits from their 40-year career, ending with a “Ladies Night” / “Get Down On It” combo capped with […]
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Oh Manchester, so much you answer for
Kudos to bands who open a show with their biggest hit. They spare us a predictable encore and make the rest of the show an exciting mystery. Such was the case Monday night when ChameleonsVox, hit the Club at Water Street with “Swamp Thing,” a tune more typically signaling curfew at the goth club than […]
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MUSIC REVIEW: Break out the hats and hooters
The heat was on Saturday, and Steely Dan sure kept it that way at CMAC in Canandaigua. Opener Sam Yahel proved a true companion to the jazz-rock band, playing jovial jazz organ to the gorgeous sunset, setting just the right mood to stroll the lawn and meet some folks. Hammond sounds pulsed through the thickness […]
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ROCK/JAZZ: Steely Dan (with Sam Yahel)
Saturday, July 23 CMAC, 3355 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua 8 p.m. | $30.50-$96 | 758-5300 For decades, Steely Dan has skated the line between sleazy and sublime, a balance they’ve maintained through their sharpness in both humor and unrelenting perfectionism. Dan fans aren’t easily identified by appearance – all walks love these guys—so watch out […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’11: Historical Museums in Rochester
The North Star. Smugtown. Rochesterville. Bygone names – and some names that have stuck – conjure a rich heritage of Rochester that is not always apparent at first glance of our city. While our daily lives keep us moving forward, who walked this same ground before us, and what happened here? Answers and artifacts of […]
