Bumble ( Image by Willem Rizzuto ) Bumble — a 19-year-old Buffalo-born hip-hop and R&B musician — will release his first album Sunday titled ‘ A Niw Rad Movement ,’ a musically compelling and lyrically potent LP comprised of songs that examine issues ranging from relationships and community to homelessness.   “I have a craft and I have art. My craft is music and my art is sharing it,” said Bumble. “If I’m not making something that I relate to then I don’t know how other peop

(EDITOR’S NOTE — Buffalo artist Ian McCuen will drop their new album on Friday titled ‘ After I Descend from the Sky, Before I Return to the Dirt, ’ an extraordinary and herculean work comprised of 24 songs several years in the making. Mesmerizing in its sound, intricately written and replete with a range of fascinating instrumentation — all of which have become hallmarks of Ian’s work — the new LP marks the conclusion of a four-album series, the writing for which began a d

Dolly Sods (Photo by Greg McClure @asceneifound ) Buffalo shoegaze band Dolly Sods — which had been on hiatus while its members lived across the state from one another — has reunited and is making music once again.   The regrouped band, in fact, is marking its return to the Buffalo scene with a video release today in support of its excellent new single, ‘Good Old Neon.’ Shot and edited by James Werick ( @soulmanatees ), you can watch the video HERE as well as at the bottom

(EDITOR’S NOTE — There are some artists on the Buffalo scene who create at such a rapid pace that attempting to keep up with their output is like pushing water uphill with a rake. Many of these folks are not only prolific, but their output is also varied, spanning a range of mediums and roles. Bran Schlia is one of those artists. A musician, filmmaker, engineer/producer, ZUZU Radio (podcast host) and founder of Steak and Cake Records , Bran’s latest addition to his expansive

(EDITOR’S NOTE — For Sal Mastrocola, the mastermind behind hardcore/emo project Gatto Black , the band’s new LP ‘ Sky is Blue ’ is more than just an album. It is quite literally a liberation. Sal Mastrocola is finally free — free from the religious and culturally imposed shame that has haunted him for decades, and free — for the first time in his life — to truly be himself. ‘Sky is Blue’ chronicles Mastrocola’s struggle with confronting and accepting his sexuality, a struggle