Music Articles
For the synthesizer set, 2007 was a banner year. Its most public figure, Dan Deacon, and the rest of the Baltimore art and music community heralded in a new age of arty, dance-fused pop music that, guided by a DIY manifesto, replaced irony and posture with earnestness and fun. The
Restaurant Articles
In Edward Hopper's painting "Nighthawks," the late-night diner embodies the tensions of a country on the verge of the Nuclear Age; the lonely restaurant an eerie, doorless prison full of lost souls and cold coffee. For the most part Rochester's late-night eateries - what we'll call those open until 4
Nightlife Articles
Rock N' Bowl, Midnight Bowling, Xtreme Bowling - whatever you want to call it, bowling in a room full of neon light and blaring music is cool. Luckily, Rochester's got no shortage of accommodating establishments.If you've ever shown up at a bowling alley only to be told that it's league
Nightlife Articles
"There's mixed reactions to karaoke," says "Little Richard" Fantauzzo, who DJs karaoke Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Stooges (519 E. Ridge Rd, 266-9559). The club also offers karaoke/request night on Thursdays with live music on weekends. "There's people that love it, and there's people that hate it."Something about getting on stage
Nightlife Articles
The Monty's brand is small but fierce. Like twins separated at birth, its two flagships, Monty's Korner (355 East Ave, 263-7650) and Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave, 271-7050), have their similarities - comfortable atmosphere, friendly staff, well-stocked draught selection - yet vary unmistakably to match their surroundings.As one of the
Nightlife Articles
Hidden in the nightlife no man's land between the Saint Paul Quarter and the East End is Club NV (123 Liberty Pole Way, 454-7230), Rochester's best-kept secret - if you're me, anyway. Everyone else at the club, easily in the hundreds, seemed to know about it long before I stopped
Nightlife Articles
I always just called it The Piggly Wiggly. Oh, well. Now that the former Pig-N-Whistle, recently rechristened Bayou Billy's, is cutting out the Cajun food and losing the Hank Jr. logo (just kidding), it's also simplifying the name - from now on just call it The Pig (7 Lawrence St,
Music Articles
Three Rochester radio stations are making your ears dance with local music. Stations 98.9 The Buzz, 94.1 The Zone, and 90.5 WBER each offer Rochester music every Sunday night with local-only programs that hearken back to radio's freeform glory days - local Rochester DJs playing local Rochester bands.Oddly, the shows
Nightlife Articles
Attention Rochester beer drinkers: there's a new sheriff in town. Well, not new per se. British import Joe McBane has been managing the bar at The Old Toad for the last seven years, but he's finally decided to open up a shop of his own, putting together what sounds to
Nightlife Articles
Let's face it: Rochester could use something new. Bargain beer dives and '80s dance nights serve their purpose, but what about all those young professionals the city's trying to retain/attract?New nightlife stop One (1 Ryan Alley, 546-1010) hopes to give that clientele a taste of something different. The restaurant/nightclub, which
