Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace has emerged from the quarantine with new music and a small-club tour bound for Photo City Music Hall on Nov. 9.
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Album review: ‘Absense’
Absense ‘Absense’ Self-released absenserock.bandcamp.com Absense’s eponymous debut EP brings to mind the perils of youth, confronting the listener with the uncertainty of a young person’s place in the world. The lyrics deal with heavy issues that give the songs moments of occasional discomfort. Lead vocalist and guitarist Tristan Harvey and drummer Kyle Hunter co-wrote the […]
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Album review: ‘Beautiful Disease’
A Vintage Year “Beautiful Disease” Self-released avintageyear.bandcamp.com A Vintage Year’s sophomore EP, “Beautiful Disease,” resonates with some juxtaposition: influenced by grunge, the band blends in elements of prog- and alt-rock for a more contemporary sound. It roars like an engine. “Beautiful Disease” opens up with “Lot to Say” and wastes no time launching into a […]
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Sweet dreams
When Peter Griffin announced on “Family Guy” that Guster is the sweetest band of all time, those weren’t empty words. Guster — Ryan Miller, vocals and guitar; Adam Gardner, vocals and guitar; Brian Rosenworcel, drums and percussion; and multi-instrumentalist Luke Reynolds — makes music that appeals to the masses. And the band itself is one […]
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MUSIC: Twelve for ’12
When autumn leaves begin to fall, it’s not just back to school — it’s back to the clubs, where all kinds of music will be reverberating off the walls, and in your skull. There’s almost too much talent calling Rochester home lately. (That’s a good problem to have, to be sure.) And to compound this […]
