Double bassist and Ithaca College alumnus Jordan Sand will bring her distinctive approach to songwriting back to Upstate New York when she plays The Spirit Room on Thursday. Vocally, Sand stretches an airy, jazz-crooning tone over elongated phrases, with plenty of playful rhythms. The result is an idiosyncratic singer-songwriter sound that is simultaneously abstract and […]
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JAZZ FUSION | Swimmer
Based in Burlington, Vermont, Swimmer is an experimental jazz-rock quintet of precocious young musicians working on the same sonic jigsaw puzzle. Featuring drummer Cotter Ellis, guitarist Joe Agnello, keyboardist and sax player Matt Dolliver, bassist Jack Vignone, and guitarist Paul Klein, Swimmer has released multiple live albums since 2014, in addition to its debut studio […]
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SOUL | Gedeon Luke and the People
Just as sly as Sly and twice as funky, Gedeon Luke and the People bring it from the soul…the Memphis soul. And there’s some church in there, as joyously exemplified by the breakneck breakdowns they frequently cop to, adding some old-time religion to the band’s R&B. Gedeon Luke and the People and Josh Shapiro open […]
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EXPERIMENTAL ROCK | The Messthetics
Former members of 90’s prog-punk band Fugazi — drummer Brendan Canty and bassist Joe Lally — teamed up with experimental guitarist Anthony Pirog (half of the duo Janel & Anthony) in 2016. Based out of Washington, D.C. and signed to Dischord Records after its first show, the band released its self-titled debut album in 2018. […]
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BLUES | George Thorogood with Cedric Burnside
George Thorogood and his band, The Delaware Destroyers, have been laying it down thick and mean since 1975. George Thorogood is an 11th-hour bluesman, riding on the coattails of legends like Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, and Hound Dog Taylor — the musician who is most influential on Thorogood’s rough ‘n’ tumble gutbucket guitar sound. […]
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OLD-TIME FOLK | Chatham Rabbits
An acoustic husband-wife duo, Chatham Rabbits takes you down a country road of mellow folk music pulsing with familiarity. Banjo player and vocalist Sarah Osborne McCombie and singer-guitarist Austin McCombie pay homage to old-time folk music in its recently released debut studio album, “All I Want from You.” Chatham Rabbits churns out quaint, rustic vibes […]
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The F Word: Corn Hill can-can and Pentecostal caterwaulin’
It was a gorgeous day this past Saturday at the Corn Hill Arts Festival, as I made my way through the throng to catch some bands at the Gazebo Stage. Vanishing Sun was onstage challenging the real sun as it dappled the crowd beneath the shade. Lead singer Zahyia — dressed like a steampunk can-can girl — had the […]
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Album review: ‘Intelligence Is Rising’
Chaz Hearne & The Dazzlers ‘Intelligence Is Rising’ Self-released chazhearne.bandcamp.com Rochester singer-songwriter Chaz Hearne’s paper-thin, pitch-perfect tenor casts a dreamy haze over the music. At times it’s akin to Paul Simon, and at others, it’s more like Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear. With the homey, backwoods feel of the banjo and acoustic guitar, Hearne’s music […]
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Album review: ‘Die Alone’
Great Red ‘Die Alone’ Self-released greatred.bandcamp.com Seemingly out of an astute nothingness comes the clever buildup. It’s a buildup that sits patiently with the listeners hanging around Great Red’s bullpen. The new EP, “Die Alone” exemplifies restraint, with the promise of a rather stark psychedelia right around the corner and in your face. Though the […]
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Fresh Cut: ‘Please Carolina’ by Teagan and the Tweeds
On the new single, “Please Carolina,” Teagan and the Tweeds delve into a tender yet upbeat country sensibility that feels particularly earnest.
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Ryan Flynn releases new electro-pop EP
He calls it “space pop.” Ryan Cullinane is a Rochester-based electronic artist who soaks his sound in ethereal, new-wavey gravy and effervescent possibilities. It’s inescapable, it’s catchy. And a July 19 show at Radio Social will celebrate the release of a new EP under the moniker Ryan Flynn.
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SOUL | St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Gospel was Paul Janeway’s ticket to rock history. The front man of St. Paul & The Broken Bones grew up as a preacher’s son in rural Alabama, and he brings to mind artists like Otis Redding and Sam Cook. He exudes the persona of a banker or accountant who never made it back to the […]
