Rocco, the cat who let’s me live in his house, talks a lot for a cat. And I respond, which leads to a cross-phylum kind of conversation of his meowing and my matter-of-fact patter.
Hot Mayonnaise
Hot Mayonnaise slathers on the rock โnโ roll
Rochester band Hot Mayonnaise is reverential in its handling of rock ‘n’ roll. But the quartet also knows that rock ‘n’ roll, the beloved icon, is itself iconoclast: It’s a snake that sometimes needs a little help shedding its skin. So for the last two years the band has taken music from an era that […]
Eight bands to watch in 2016
Fortunately, Rochester’s fertile music scene is diverse and doesn’t lean in one direction. Some bands have lofty aspirations of hitting the road and hitting it big; others are into it for the beer and a chance to get out of the house once a week. All of those bands are spread out over a broad […]






