Singer-songwriter DM Stith is back in Rochester, and he’s got a cryptic new album blending ambient pop and alt-folk to show for it.
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Mentalist Steven Nicholas twists reality and blows minds at Rochester Fringe
In “ExperiMENTALISM,” Steven Nicolas uses mind games and plenty of audience participation to entertain unsuspecting Fringe audiences.
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Wren Cove’s ‘Trees’ is a mysterious blend of cello, electronics, and grooves
Wren Cove is the unexpected collaboration of multi-instrumentalist Andrew Cloninger, formerly of the Daniel Bennett Group, and cellist Melissa Davies of the band Cottage Street. What’s more unexpected is that “Trees,” Wren Cove’s five-song EP released by Basement Factory Music on Aug. 1, was improvised. Most of the spontaneous compositions on “Trees” are lush vignettes, […]
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Clibbus’s ‘Horsesatelite’ is a madcap punk adventure
The Rochester-based trio Clibbus is back with “Horsesatelite,” another eccentric album of avant-punk and noise rock.
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Rochester Fringe Festival, Day 12: ‘FringeTalk,’ ‘Worlds Collide,’ and ‘Pop Go the Bells’
Producer Erica Fee reflects on virtual Rochester Fringe, Worlds Collide” for musicians Dave Rivello and Shawn Drogan, and more.
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An Eastman voice alum’s transition, in music and life
Lyra Pramuk grew up male and studied voice at Eastman, before making vivid, vocal-centric music and realizing her identity as a trans woman.
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Album review: ‘Queen Shade & etc’
Beef Gordon ‘Queen Shade & etc’ Self-released beefgordon.bandcamp.com If you dig the late Wesley Willis, then you’ll love Beef Gordon’s debut “Queen Shade & etc,” which comes out on Friday, June 14. This album took guts to record, making haunting electronic tunes with the help of a Casio MT-68 keyboard. The clear, overtly smooth tone […]
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Tom Kohn and Bop Shop Records celebrate 30 years of concerts
Tom Kohn is the proprietor of Bop Shop Records, but over the last 30 years he’s also put on hundreds of concerts and, in the process, gotten close to the artists he loves.
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Willfully weird
Joe Tunis certainly has the look of an RIT alum, computer software developer, and family man who’s played his fair share of Frisbee golf. But it’s also the look of a DIY entrepreneur who still operates the same fledgling record company for indie rock and experimental music that he started in April 1994.
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Album review: ‘Strange Paradise”
“Strange Paradise” takes the idea of the repeated phrase to its limits. But the music is far from monotonous. Tigue has created trance music that is accessible and complex, danceable and contemplative
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CONCERT REVIEW: Gogol Bordello
Ukraine-born front man Eugene Hütz and his multicultural crew played to a crowded Main Street Armory, Saturday night, when Gogol Bordello made its Rochester debut — and the Gypsy punk band proved why it is one of the most celebrated concert experiences in all the land. Opening act Man Man started the festivities. Lead singer-pianist […]
