The Philadelphia-based punk band Mannequin Pussy plays alongside Angel Du$t and Pinkshift for a high-energy show at Bug Jar on Oct. 23.
Punk Rock
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Zero Level’s ‘Toledo Will’ is a three-pronged punk rock attack
The Rochester punk rock band Zero Level released its EP “Toledo Will” back in July, but its musical variety makes it worth revisiting.
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Album review: ‘Revolutions’
“Revolutions” — the fourth recording from Rochester band 1916 — is a perfect example of loud and fast Celtic punk, done louder and faster.
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Album review: ‘There Still Punk’
Released under the moniker Danny’s Favorites, Trevor Lake’s new album “There Still Punk” is both savage and sweet, with a dash of cool pop.
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1916 plays Celtic punk, no punches pulled
The Rochester band 1916 still plays Celtic-infused rock, albeit with a slightly heavier punk sound. The quartet will play a live album and DVD taping at Iron Smoke Distillery on March 14.
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Breaking rules to help the homeless
James Jackson, aka Kaiser Solzie, wants to use his story to inspire others going through some of the same struggles he has.
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Album review: ‘No, Really’
The Results “No, Really” Self-released facebook.com/theresults One of the jobs of a music critic, as I see it, is to rein in some of the hyperbole while letting fly with some of their own. However, in the case of Rochester’s The Results’ new album, “No, Really,” the band is way better than the hype. A […]
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Forty years on, The Dead Boys still loud and snotty
The late-1970’s was huge for punk as it raged against corporate rock and its own conception, and was blasted into the mainstream. Bands like Iggy and the Stooges, the New York Dolls, and the Ramones were getting picked up by major record labels, and the media began to notice. Amid a year of seminal album […]
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If this tour doesn’t kill you
Writer-director Jeremy Saulnier gives his secret to building the perfect, violent tension in his new film, “Green Room.”
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“They Came Together”
Thus far, it’s been an exceptional summer at the movies. We’ve been lucky enough to have week after week of crowd-pleasing, smart blockbusters of every variety, from family films (“How to Train Your Dragon 2”) to sci-fi (“Edge of Tomorrow”) to superhero (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”) and comedy (“22 Jump Street”), but that non-stop […]
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“We Are the Best!”
There’s an exclamation point added to the title of Swedish auteur Lukas Moodysson’s exuberant coming-of-age comedy, “We Are the Best!” — about three adolescent girls who decide to start a punk rock band — and the signifier couldn’t be more deserved. Set in Stockholm in the early 80’s, the film follows best friends Bobo (Mira […]
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MUSIC: Twelve for ’12
When autumn leaves begin to fall, it’s not just back to school — it’s back to the clubs, where all kinds of music will be reverberating off the walls, and in your skull. There’s almost too much talent calling Rochester home lately. (That’s a good problem to have, to be sure.) And to compound this […]
