As vital as the Rochester music scene is, it’s all too easy to stay in our respective lanes stylistically. We don’t often venture beyond the niche communities of musicians and venues our preferred genres have carved out for us. But the local scene’s a varied one. In every thriving local venue regularly hosting concerts, there’s […]
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Creed Bratton talks about more than ‘The Office’
Actor and musician Creed Bratton has led an eclectic life, and has the varied career — spanning music, movies, and television — to prove it. Best known as a founding member of 60’s rock band The Grass Roots, and later as the lovably psychotic paper salesman Creed on “The Office,” Bratton has maintained a successful […]
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Envious Disguise
Not too long ago, in a galaxy not too far away, guitarist Kyle Jennejohn and bassist Nick Gilboe were killing time writing goofy songs and laughing beer through their noses. “It all started a few years back,” says Jennejohn. “Me and Gilboe were hanging out dinking a case of Genesee beer. I had my acoustic […]
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Concert Review: Greener Grass Band, Bordertown, Extended Family
You can always tell when Giant Panda Guerrilla Dub Squad is off the road, because there are multiple Dan Keller sightings as the GPGDS guitarist sits in with various bands around town. On Friday night I caught the cat tickling the ivories beneath a porkpie hat with the Greener Grass Bandat the Firehouse Saloon. This […]
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Concert Review: Fox Sisters, 5Head, Minds Wide Open
Out of the oblivion of Memphis low-fi rockers’ The Oblivions emerged The Reigning Sound, a raw and low-down outfit full of Muscle Shoals muscle and stacks of Stax. The band rocked unpretentiously and unparalleled. Nobody did it better. Nobody, that is, until the advent of Rochester’s The Fox Sisters. This band of brothers is a […]
