Soviet Dolls has created a synth-pop carousel that leaves the listener riding around its sound waves on repeat
Rochester music
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The Hi-Risers make their own kind of fun
Rochester’s rock ‘n’ roll roustabouts The Hi-Risers’ new album kicks off with that snap, crackle, and pop the band has become known for. Album number nine, “My Kind of Fun,” is pure Hi-Risers, full of clever licks and hooks. You can dance to it, too. The tenacious trio has become its own thing over the […]
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The F Word: He ain’t heavy
The F Word. An online column for Frank De Blase to pontificate, ruminate, placate, and salivate.
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Fresh Cut: ‘Ordinary Life’ by The Able Bodies
For The Able Bodies, this is a grand pop cut full of epic atmosphere and joy.
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Annual Manual 2018
Compared to some cities in the US, Rochester’s not very old. But boy, do we have history. And what happened in the past has shaped what we are today, in many ways.
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Eight days a week
Whether its rock ‘n’ roll or classical music, Rochester has a concert for everyone
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Album review: ‘Loop Paintings’
Seth Faergolzia “Loop Paintings” Self-released faergolzia.com Seth Faergolzia is a creative chameleon. The songwriter’s expressive versatility spans multiple projects, including the freak folk chamber band 23 Psaegz, the idiosyncratic art rock quartet Multibird, and experiments with vocal looping and digital sound manipulation, which he showcased at last year’s Rochester Fringe Festival. It’s that last venture, […]
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Rochester MusicFest becomes new Summer Soul Music Festival
Mayor Lovely Warren announced in a press conference Thursday that The Rochester MusicFest has been re-tooled, re-branded, and re-named The Rochester Summer Soul Festival. The newly named festival will be handled by Xperience Live Events, LLC., a promotions and events planning company based in Maryland and founded by Rochester native Varick Baiyina. The festival will make […]
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Album review: ‘Reading Daze’
Mike Wall “Reading Daze” Self-released mwall.bandcamp.com Boasting some odd, one-word titles for each of the tracks to his new, 15-song release, “Reading Daze,” Rochester musician Mike Wall takes us on a smooth ride full of trippy, chilled, Sunday lazy haze, with some Saturday night sophistication for punctuation. On “Reading Daze,” Wall constructs his multiple layers […]
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Album review: ‘Stay Pissed’
Citizens Against People “Stay Pissed” Self-released citizensagainstpeople.bandcamp.com “Stay Pissed” is a 10-song, thrill-a-minute, guitar-driven, head-banging, hardcore harangue. The album exhibits a band that has a capable choke-hold on its music and dynamics. Rochester quartet Citizens Against People offers a cohesive, abrasive, well-varied take on the hardcore genre without losing its own identity. There are 10 […]
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The F Word: Sixty Minute Man
Wait a minute. Think about it: 50 is only middle age if you live to be 100. And how many of us are going to be that lucky? Time is flyin’, man, and there’s none to waste. As a creative person, there are certain things I want to do and add to my legacy before […]
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Stand by your plow
Stay the Plow arose from the ashes of Dang!, a tongue-in-cheek country outfit that some
people didn’t get. The band now plays sincere country that’s often flawless.
