(EDITOR’S NOTES — 1120 Press ‘Soundbites’ is a periodic roundup of music happenings from the Buffalo scene. Note: We have a very cool and special holiday item at the end of this piece, so don't miss it. Thank you all for your continued support . You can learn more about 1120 Press and FAQs HERE )   Sara Elizabeth , one half of the excellent indie rock duo ‘Tuesday Nite,’ has released a new single. The solo work, titled ‘Bourbon, Neat,’ dropped today on streaming platforms and

Zaria Black, known as “A Rose in Buffalo,” took the cue for her performance name from the work of legendary rapper and poet, Tupac Shakur, whose posthumous book of poetry was called “The Rose That Grew from Concrete.”   Shakur’s music was always a part of Zaria’s home, as was art and creativity, stemming from the example of her uncle who died early.   “We all liked to chill, have fun, good times,” she said. “So, a beat, food, some cards, a vibe, a time: it was a time to be ha

(EDITOR’S NOTE — There’s something about the Niagara Falls band Exham Priory that seems to perfectly embody the city from which it hails. Gritty, hard, heavy and fast, the band’s no-bullshit approach — smacking of influences that range from metal to rock, thrash to punk — is as admirable as it is authentic. ( Check out their killer version of Motorhead’s Ace of Spades .) Admirable, too, is that Exham Priory — which takes its name from the fictional village in H.P. Lovecraft’

Jheanelle Kerr Ewansiha ( Photo by Benjamin Joe ) Poetry is a vital cornerstone of Buffalo’s artistic community, but one poet here who has competed and won poetry slams on two continents brings a different perspective to the city’s world of the written and spoken word.   Her name is Jheanelle Kerr Ewansiha and she hails from the island of Jamaica — a fact that not only serves as a point of personal pride, but one in which she continually explores and shares through her work.

The always grinding thrash-metal band Wolfenstein recently dropped its latest single ‘ Warbomber Death Brigade ’, a 3-1/2 minute onslaught of what the band calls “pure Teutonic death-speed mayhem.” The song is the third to be released by the band in the last six months, with the singles ‘ Biosuicide ’ and ‘ Cannibal Lust ’ dropped in August and June, respectively. The new music is a prelude to Wolfenstein's upcoming second full-length album which the band plans to release i

Passed Out (Photo by Photo by Peter Heuer ) It’s rather remarkable what Buffalo indie band Passed Out will be pulling off on Friday. Not only will the group release its fourth EP, ‘ Do You Miss Anything at All?’, it also will be dropping at the same time its first-ever full-length album titled ‘ I Just Don’t Feel Like Myself Anymore ’ — a work that was nearly a decade in the making. But that’s not all. The band will be celebrating both records — issued on the widely regarde

In listening to the debut EP ‘ Strange Futures ’ by the melodic Batavia punk band GumShoe , you can’t help but get the sense there’s something transformative taking place. From the exclamatory first note of the record’s opening song, ‘ Something’s Got to Give ,’ it’s as if the band is making some emphatic statement that it’s not fucking around. Of course, that’s not to suggest by any means that GumShoe in its previous work was somehow meandering. This is a band that’s always