(EDITOR’S NOTES — You may know the very talented Lex Squier as the bassist for the Buffalo indie band Romcom Victims, the recently formed punk trio The Jake King Band and/or the art-folk duo The New Dionysians. But in recent months, Lex also has been making waves with an excellent solo synth project called ‘Radio Calisthenics,’ for which she recently dropped its debut LP. The album spans a fascinating range of emotion and artistic exploration with a retro feel that’s weaved i

ARCANA (photo provided) The new album ‘Absence’ by Buffalo alternative metal band ARCANA is a fascinating and powerful work of art, fusing together vision with technical skill and raw emotion. Heavy, haunting and atmospheric, the nearly 40-minute LP both exudes passion and hits like an anvil. The album’s songs are not only to be heard but felt. There’s a hypnotic element to ARCANA’s music, which, at first, seeps into your brain before ultimately hitting you in the gut. Y

(Editor’s Note — Dawn Cochran does stuff… a lot of stuff. She’s an actor, a photographer, a writer, and podcast host of the Buffalo Struggling Artist Series, which can be heard on Spotify HERE, and on YouTube HERE, under the appropriately named heading, ‘Dawn Does Stuff.’ Recently, 1120 Press caught up with Dawn, who was nice enough to take time from her busy schedule to talk to us about the Buffalo Struggling Artist (BSA) Series, the inspiration behind it, her formative year

(EDITOR’S NOTES — Justin Von Strasburg has been omnipresent on the Buffalo scene for years, playing drums in an array of bands which traipse across a plethora of musical styles from punk to indie to experimental to noise rock and everything in between. Widely known for his minimalist kits, Justin these days is a member of the indie bands Peak Fun and The Step Down, the avant-garde noise rock trio Arrangements, and the experimental duo Regional Headbutting Techniques just to n

'Nap' album cover. There’s always something comforting about a Wylie Something record. Dreamlike and sonically gallivanting, oftentimes to a daring extent, there is an eternal sense of wonderment and escape embedded within the music. And let’s be honest: who doesn’t need an escape right about now? Thankfully, as we navigate this dark and twisted Trumpian nightmare, escape is at hand, as a new Wylie Something record drops today. And what better way to escape than hiding undern