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SESH Live: A Plan to Take the Hassle Out of Booking Shows for Artists and Venues
(EDITOR’S NOTES — A new platform is under development aiming to make booking gigs easier for both artists and venues in Buffalo. Named...
matt smith
Jan 34 min read
Roy G Biv Takes Listeners on Wild Ride with Expansive, Genre-Busting New EP, ‘RGB.fm’
(EDITOR’S NOTE — If ever there was a fitting name for a band it would be ‘Roy G Biv,’ the moniker of the self-described ‘post-jam’ indie...
matt smith
Jan 25 min read
Songs of Life, Death, Change and War: Monomaniac Set to Drop Heavy New EP, ‘Between the Eyes’
(EDITOR’S NOTE — Buffalo hardcore band Monomaniac will be releasing its first EP, ‘Between the Eyes,’ on Friday, which it recorded with...
matt smith
Jan 18 min read
Everythings’ New EP, ‘again for the first time,’ is a Release Worth Listening to Again, and Again and Again
Struck by the notion that I know you’re still A song I’ll never get out of my head I heard you laughing in the parking lot I wondered how...
matt smith
Dec 23, 20243 min read
MUDDLE: A New Lineup, New Album, New Attitude and the Same Ol’ Badass Sound
( Editor’s Note — Buffalo punk band Muddle has a new lineup and is working on a new album. Recently, 1120 Press writer Benjamin Joe...
Benjamin Joe
Dec 20, 20243 min read
SOUNDBITES — A Roundup of Music News from the Buffalo Scene
(EDITOR’S NOTES — Bands across the scene in Buffalo have been working on, and releasing, new music at a furious pace. 1120 Press, on...
matt smith
Dec 18, 20242 min read
Welks Mice’s ‘Blub Blub’ a Force of Positivity
Welks Mice — the duo comprised of Max Weiss on vocals and Andre Welks-Fabretti on vibraphone — first dropped their debut LP, ‘ Songs in C...
Benjamin Joe
Dec 12, 20242 min read
Marching to a Beat All Its Own: BOZO’s Cool New Album, ‘The Glass Eye,’ a Daring Expression of Musical Buckshot
(EDITOR’S NOTE — Please see our story below on the new album, "The Glass Eye," by Buffalo’s BOZO. The band is comprised of Christian...
matt smith
Dec 10, 20243 min read
Documenting Buffalo’s Hardcore Punk History with Classic-Core Records: ‘The Music Needs to be Kept Alive’
(EDITOR’S NOTE — The following story on Classic-Core records marks the 200th story to run in 1120 Press since we started in April 2022....
matt smith
Dec 3, 20245 min read
As the Oceans Rise and the Empire Falls: A Conversation with Buffalo Musician Ian McCuen
(EDITOR’S NOTE — We had a great talk with Buffalo singer-songwriter Ian McCuen , who will be dropping their new album, ‘As the Oceans...
matt smith
Nov 26, 20248 min read
‘Don’t Let Anyone Tell You DIY is Supposed to be Shitty’ — A Talk with Cullen Parker of the Indie Label, ‘Milkcrate’
(EDITOR’S NOTES — Cullen Parker runs the Fredonia-based DIY label ‘Milkcrate,’ which started, as his website states, in a small...
matt smith
Nov 25, 20245 min read
Punks, Satan, Dope & Murder: ‘Return to Snakeland’ Creators Explore a Dangerous and Deadly Time in Kenmore
(EDITOR’S NOTE — In the following story, writer Benjamin Joe spoke with Jason Gusmann and Aaron O’Brian, creators of the DIY comic and...
Benjamin Joe
Nov 20, 20243 min read
Twenty Years of Harvest Sum Recordings: ‘We Are All Still Here Doing This’
(EDITOR’S NOTE — When Harvest Sum started back in 2004, there was never any plan for it to become an actual label, let alone one that...
matt smith
Nov 15, 20244 min read
Back to the Heights: On The Cinder Returns to its Roots
(EDITOR’S NOTE — When Buffalo’s On the Cinder plays Saturday night at Amy’s Place, it will mark the melodic hardcore band’s first return...
matt smith
Nov 14, 20244 min read
Uncomfortably Numb: Skyway’s Election Rage Fuels Spontaneous & Urgent New Single and Video
Just when you thought that this might end It goes on and on and on... All morals and good sense are gone. —'Uncomfortably Numb’ (by...
matt smith
Nov 9, 20242 min read
Pure Energy: A Talk with Buffalo Indie Band 'Prairie Pavement'
Prairie Pavement put out its self-titled debut in August 2021. Flash forward three years, two more albums and the addition of a new...
Benjamin Joe
Nov 4, 20243 min read
SOUNDBITES: Jeweltone, Selfish Act, Skyway, Harvest Sum Recordings and New Fiction
JEWELTONE — There’s a saying in the music business that goes something like: ‘Any band can write a great first record because they have...
matt smith
Oct 24, 20244 min read
Glass Houses
( EDITOR'S NOTE — As part of our mission to cover DIY art from all mediums in Buffalo, we're happy to bring you the following short...
matt smith
Oct 24, 20248 min read
Elena E. Drops Hauntingly Beautiful Video for New Single, 'Join Us'
Check out the absolutely stunning video at the bottom of this page by Buffalo’s Elena E ., which just dropped for her new single ‘Join...
matt smith
Oct 19, 20241 min read
medium.chaos Drops a Maximum Kick-Ass Debut Album in 'hysteria.catalysts'
(EDITOR’S NOTES — Over the summer we were surfing social media when we came across a cool-looking duo called medium.chaos announcing the...
matt smith
Oct 15, 20249 min read
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