TREVOR LEWIS

Supporting local music is a good cause, but when you make the show a tribute to a slain local police officer it becomes a great one. Five bands — four of which are based in Rochester or have Rochester roots — will come together to raise money for the family of Officer Daryl Pierson, who […]

A Japanese reggae group may make you do a double take, but rest assured, Mighty Crown is no joke. Known as “The Far East rulers of dancehall,” the band has gained a reputation in the reggae community as one of the better acts around, performing frequently at huge reggae events around the globe. The group […]

Often when I’m driving in my car I will sing Jimmy Page’s guitar solos a capella, but it sounds god-awful probably, and I’m guessing I would lose friends if I ever busted it out with them in the car. Eight Beat Measure, RIT’s all-male a capella group, is worlds above my car singing when it […]

Waka Flocka Flame has recently made news, but not with his music. The rapper put the word out he was looking for a personal blunt roller, a job he would pay $50,000 a year for, and apparently received over 60,000 applications. It’s unclear if anybody has been hired, so if it sounds like a dream […]

The early 2000’s pop-punk movement has gone by the wayside but the music still holds up. The Ataris were in the forefront of that movement with the album “So Long Astoria,” and started touring last year to recognize the 10th anniversary of its certified gold claim-to-fame. Lyrics from one of the band’s hits, “In This […]

The days of playing the old gaming systems like Atari and Gameboy are behind us — for most of us anyway — but there is still plenty of use to get out of vintage systems. Just ask makers of chiptune music. The systems get used as instruments and 8-bit musical goodness pours out. It’s kind […]

Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez might sometimes forget which moniker they are performing under. The two have gone through tenures with At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta together, and their latest project, Antemasque, proves the third band’s the charm. The prog-rock sound is still in full force, with Bixler’s Geddy Lee-esque vocals and Rodriguez’s […]

Indie rock has gained a ton of steam in the 2000’s, and now there are even indie rock bands for kids. Lucky Diaz and the Family Band is one of them, but the Latin Grammy award-winning group is definitely in a different echelon than other kids bands. It has easily accessible topics for the kids […]

Blending electronic music with heavy guitar and drums, Jimkata produces a cross-genre sound that is hard to label. If you had to label it though, the closest thing would be electronic-indie-jam-rock — elements from those genres stand out the most. The group does a great job mixing sounds, resulting in some seriously spacey grooves. On […]

It’s safe to say that after playing together for more than 40 years, Rex Fowler and Neal Shulman of Aztec Two-Step have this acoustic folk duo thing down pat. Boasting impressive Simon and Garfunkel-esque harmonies and an even more impressive dual acoustic lead, Aztec Two-Step has successfully carried the sound of 60’s folk into this […]