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. Yet, as commanding...

(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 years, and her...

Art by @likanlan The local punk community and Buff State’s WBNY 91.3 FM have enjoyed a storied relationship, dating back more than 40 years to the college radio station’s founding in 1982. WBNY’s willingness to perpetually shine a light upon the Buffalo scene has long been valued by area musicians, and the station’s tradition of supporting the city’s punk and DIY artists continues to this day with programs such as The Local Show, which hosts bands in-studio for live performances and...