Dream Float ‘Dream Float EP Vol. 1’ Self-released dreamfloat.bandcamp.com Rochester piano trio Dream Float performs with little to no written material, allowing compositions to flow from improvisations focused around a theme. Drummer Chris Palace and keyboardist Thomas Mariano originally formed the group in 2018, adding bassist Jordan Rabinowitz later that year. In September, the instrumental […]
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Beef Gordon: making pop music weird again
Beef Gordon is different than most Rochester musicians. He’s technically a singer-songwriter, but you won’t find him strumming a guitar. Instead, Gordon is more of an offbeat crooner, accompanied on the stage only by a microphone and prerecorded keyboard tracks.
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Album review: ‘Lanterna Blu’
The Beaumonts ‘LanternaBlu’ Self-released facebook.com/THEBEAUMONTS The Beaumonts kick off “Lanterna Blu” with a quasi-bossa nova backbeat, reminiscent of Paul Weller’s postmodern lounge outfit The Style Council. But it isn’t a ploy to simply reel the listener into their comfort zone, because they do it again with the second track…and the third. The Beaumonts’ frontman Steve […]
