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If you spend even five minutes walking around Downtown Rochester these days, you might succumb to defeat - or dare to be inspired. The empty graves of industry and materialism are calling, all the way from Burlington, Vermont. Prepare for heightened aural arousal by way of the psych-rock duo
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A siren, a sweetheart, a storyteller, a vamp, a visionary, a valentine - Kim Lenz is so many things to so many of her adoring fans. They waited patiently for her long-awaited return to the stage after being on hiatus to pursue her dream of being a mom. She's
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Anti-pendance Day, commonly known as the day pen-toting poindexters danced themselves into oblivion, is a DIY holiday in the city of Rochester commemorating the fusion of garage rock and 80's dance party. Expect tambourine fireworks, men parading around in dresses, distortion-driven brain barbecues, carnivals of carnage, ceremonious beards, and
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With all that glitters in the digital age of music, I sometimes wonder what little girls in this day and age have to marvel at anymore. Sure, the Madonnas and Boy Georges of my youth were a tad controversial, but they never insisted on going all the way or
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Click. Click. Click. The explosive, powerhouse configuration of A Wilhelm Scream is an unrelenting rollercoaster joyride that takes listeners to the brink, with no one element specifically at the helm. The music is in safe and capable hands, complete with dueling guitars, punishing rhythms, and harrowing analytical lyrics, which
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Jean Caffeine is a material girl in a material world, complete with a bullet lodged in her ponytail laughing all the way. She was dubbed alt-country before alt-country was cool. Branded a mellow mix of Brenda Lee and Patti Smith by her hometown publication, the Austin American Statesman, she
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After a near-death experience in 2002 involving the explosion of tour van, Lovers central touch point Carolyn Berk has risen to a new echelon of musical expression with the intensity of a phoenix. Unremittingly exposing her deepest desires and convictions through a songwriting style that is as much tearful as
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Upon first glance the fabulous foursome known as Freezepop resembles the essence of its latest single, "Doppleganger," in terms of the electro-retro spectrum. After further inspection you'll find that the light, poppy vocal style and effortless synth programming carries the listener to familiar territory. While on tour, said terrain
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There is nothing like a little Tito Puente to welcome the summer. Swinging hips and brassy, sassy horns herald the sweet, sweaty peak of the best time to be in Rochester. This live salsa party is set to indulge your every warm-weather whim. There will be salsa dancing on
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Tirelessly making music for over a decade, singer-songwriter Vic Lazar is a staple of the Buffalo music scene. His current outfit Patrons of Sweet is raw and real, harnessing the power of post-rock, grunge, and pure indie. Relentless hooks and spine-tingling licks are par for the course with this
