There’s a lot to take away from the new LP, ‘Wildfires,’ by the prolific musician and recent SUNY Fredonia grad, Logan McGranaghan.Most importantly, the 12-song, 61-minute album — McGranaghan’s third full-length solo release since 2024 — is as intriguing as it is good. Second, while McGranaghan’s music is often beyond his years, this particular LP stands out as, perhaps, his most mature work yet. And lastly, though self-categorized as “electronic,” placing ‘Wildfires’ in

Chris Fritton is many things: printer, artist, poet, publisher just to name a few. The former studio director of the Western New York Book Arts Center, Chris co-founded the celebrated Buffalo Small Press Book Fair. He is also known for his long-running project — The Itinerant Printer — in which he logged more than 150,000 miles traveling across the United States and Canada, visiting letterpress shops and creating exclusive prints. Chris Fritton is also prolific. And these

Blissen (All Photos by Andy Buscemi) There’s many reasons these days to be optimistic about the city’s music scene: a new generation of kids packing shows at Area 54, the tremendous job by groups such as the Lavender Room and Get A Grip Studios in putting together must-see bills while simultaneously working to build community, thriving hardcore and indie scenes, and a crop of talented new bands forming and releasing excellent debuts. Now, meet Blissen, a young Buffalo grunge