Rochester musician Benton Sillick has been clean and sober from drugs and alcohol for six years, and has just released his debut album. So why has he given up on “making it” in music?
Benton Sillick
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HomeStage: Benton Sillick of The Heavy Love Trust
Benton Sillick of the alt-country project The Heavy Love Trust plays the only song he’s written during the quarantine for HomeStage.
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Album review: ‘Gold Koa’
Gold Koa ‘Gold Koa’ Self-released goldkoa.bandcamp.com Drummer Matt Battle and bassist Kamara Robideau may have moved from Rochester to pursue their careers in Los Angeles, but really, they haven’t gone anywhere. After the cross-country move and the subsequent disbanding of their indie rock band Oh Manitou, Battle and Robideau teamed up with Rochester singer-songwriter Cammy […]
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Anamon’s music finds chaos in the quiet
The band stopped into CITY to discuss chaos, maintaining its edge, and
feeling alone
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Album review: ‘Stubborn Comfort’
Anamon “Stubborn Comfort” Self-released anamon.bandcamp.com It used to take a minimum of two notes to make a minor chord. It’s just simple theory; it’s the rules: a single note is neutral. That is, until it’s part of a scale or chord pattern — or until Anamon came along with “Stubborn Comfort,” its brand new, 12-song […]
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Ghosts in the machine
Born partly out of necessity and a willingness to embrace the unconventional, Matt O’Brian and the Great Blue Herons is rapidly turning into an actual band. I know, I know; it happens all the time: musicians get together, have a concept, figure out who will play what, and get a gig to ride the lightning […]
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Space Grazer shouts at the universe
When you’re in a hard rock band and the holy trinity of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll has lost its glitter and appeal, what do you do? What do you sing about? The name of this heavy outfit is Space Grazer, and the band has solved that problem by writing songs about space and […]
