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  • Q&A: Get to Know Joe P

    Like many others, I have been following indie rock artist Joe P’s music career ever since his release of “Off My Mind” in 2021. While some artists are one-hit-wonders where that song on the very top of their Spotify profile is all anyone streams, Joe Parella is different: every song he makes is unique yet Read more

  • Wavy Trees + Their Newest Single “Growing Up”

    As I write this article, I am on a 12-hour drive home from North Carolina. I have been cycling through activities including staring out the window mindlessly, reading All You Need to Know About the Music Business by Donald S. Passman, and studying for my AP Government class. I am bored out of my mind, Read more

  • Catch-Up with Innlet

    After a year and a half, I had the chance to chat with indie rock band Innlet for a second time. The last time we spoke, they had just released their second single, “Octopus Polaroid,” and had only played a few house shows. Since then, Innlet has been busy, putting out a five song EP, Read more

  • Meet Carly Bogie, Your Favorite Artist’s Favorite Playlist Maker

    This past weekend at All Things Go Music Festival in Maryland, I had the opportunity to sit down with music tastemaker Carly Bogie. It was fitting to chat with Bogie at the festival as she was the one who originally influenced me to go, after promoting All Things Go for the past few years, even Read more

  • Concert Review: The Lumineers

    “A lot of bands don’t make it past five years, so for us to be out here having the time of our lives after 20 years is pretty impressive,” The Lumineers’ frontman Wesley Schultz explains with a combination of pride and gratitude in his voice. The folk rock band recently performed at Buffalo’s very own Read more

  • Meet Washington Highway’s Mairead Cloherty

    Sitting in the worn leather chairs of SPOT Coffee, Buffalo native Mairead Cloherty recalls her first performance with Washington Highway, “I thought it was out of a movie. From meeting the managers to doing soundcheck, it was an out of body experience.”  Washington Highway has no relation to the state nor the nation’s capital, but Read more

  • Concert Review: Medium Build and Rainbow Kitten Surprise

    Driving to Rainbow Kitten Surprise’s Thanks For Coming Tour leg in Lewiston, NY, I crammed in as much of the headliner as well as opening act Medium Build’s discography as I could, trying to familiarize myself with the songs I didn’t know. In an attempt to avoid parking fees at the stunning Art Park venue, Read more

  • Leanne binder has “something to say”

    Meeting with singer songwriter Leanne Binder was like a breath of fresh air. From Youngstown, Ohio, Binder has loved music her whole life, and her passion was tangible in less than a minute into our conversation. She is filled with positivity and is constantly looking for the beauty in everything, even tough situations, which is Read more

  • Behind the scene with West 22nd’s manager Conner kanaly

    The behind the scenes work that goes into tours and promoting music is the backbone of the music industry, and West 22nd manager Conner Kanaly can concur. He has been working with the Austin based indie rock band West 22nd ever since they released their debut single “Sunburns” in 2023. I was able to chat Read more

  • Concert review: Inhaler

    Typically when I sit down to write a concert review, I focus on the band’s performance. This time, however, I find myself drawn to a different aspect of the overall concert experience. There was something about the Irish rock band Inhaler’s crowd that stood out to me.  This decade of music has been filled with Read more