TYLER PEARCE

Milk and honey smooth with generous servings of life metaphors, Cosy Sheridan is a folk force. Nearing her third decade on the festival circuit, Sheridan carries 12 albums, the wisdom of her age, and little sign of letting up. Her voice dances a delicate falsetto to a throaty gravity and she’s been writing songs longer […]

Ambient trances encircle punk wails and surf rock noodles in The Routine Involvements’ music. The band dances a few genres, but seem to sit comfortably in the shoegaze subgenre. The duo, Ben Corey and Atom Mac, stays nimble in its guitar and drums arrangement, while not sounding slim. Searching vocals, synth effects, and distortion give […]

Break the winter blahs with a musical extravaganza. Hochstein’s annual mid-winter family affair includes movement, musical exploration, and putting on your sleuth hat. Kids of all ages can pound away in a drum circle, explore new instruments, or get their hands into a host of arts and craft activities. It all revolves around a mystery […]

This local 4-piece rock troupe has a lot of gumption and youth. Barely out of high school, the members have been driving guitars and punchy lyrics since they got together in 2011. Drums are propulsive, guitars are heavy and the lyrics clamor for attention. The band’s irony, subversion, and drive are palpable. With so many […]

Still silk shirt smooth and buzz cut fresh, throwback R&B is poppin’ into town with a few 90’s icons. From 1988-1992, on opposite sides of the country, Guy (Harlem, New York) along with Tony Toni Tone (Oakland, California) and Troop (Pasadena, California) were laying down singles that would all see the No. 1 spot on […]

Rising Lion is a four-piece roots-rock reggae troupe bringing the good vibes up from Orlando. The band is touring off the high of its fourth album, “Changes,” released last year. A revolutionary spirit, along with uplifting messages, plants Rising Lion with classic anthems and familiar progressions that nod to the legend, Bob — while a […]

Sea Planes, a Rochester-based trio project is echoing into the indie-pop-synth scene. Two years together and four singles on Bandcamp later, it’s starting to pulse. Listening through the band’s tracks, you might hear allusions to French electronic phenom M83. Well-layered harmonies, gunshot crash drums and reverberating-everything exalt Sea Planes’s sound into auditorium grandeur. Lyrics of […]

When you think of the Pacific Northwest, Celtic music may not be your first thought, but then again there are more striking contrasts: like reggae bands from Virginia. While this five-piece “West Coast Celtic” band hails from Vancouver, its brogue accents root them across the pond. The band’s dual lead vocals bolster its boisterous conviviality. […]

Bobby Henrie and the Goners came together in 1985 and have been shakin’ Rockabilly and roots rock ‘n’ roll ever since. The members of the trio — Bobby Henrie, Brian Williams, and James Symonds — all experienced solo musicians, coalesced over the zeal for the tradition of musicians that defined much of the musical 50’s, […]