- Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers: Ani DiFrancoby Jeff Miers on August 22, 2025 at 12:15 pm
Ep. 42 – Ani DiFranco talks about the importance of ‘showing up’ in these unprecedented times
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on August 20, 2025 at 7:24 pm
Northwest Jazz Festival this weekend, music news, announcements, and gig picks through the rest of the month!
- Concert Review: Graham Nash is THAT guyby Jeff Miers on August 8, 2025 at 6:02 pm
Nash & Band’s Asbury Hall, Buffalo show offered a sold-out house a transcendent experience
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on August 6, 2025 at 9:13 pm
The Goos are coming! …some events for a good a cause, music news, announcements, and this week’s gig picks!
- Flash Ticket Giveaway: UltraBomb!by Jeff Miers on August 4, 2025 at 3:00 pm
New punk supergroup plays Sportsmens Tavern August 4 (Tonight!)
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on July 31, 2025 at 12:00 am
Some music news, new concert announcements, and this week’s gig picks!
- Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers: Goo Goo Dolls Bassist Robby Takac Returnsby Jeff Miers on July 24, 2025 at 3:46 pm
Ep. 40 – Robby discusses the Summer Anthem Tour and “A Boy Named Goo”, the new generation of Goo Goo Dolls fans, and his upcoming Music is Art Festival
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on July 23, 2025 at 5:09 pm
A fond farewell to the ‘Prince of Darkness’; Battle of the Borderland announced; Must-see gigs abound!
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on July 16, 2025 at 7:28 pm
A Beatle is coming to town, a killer jazz fest in downtown Buffalo, and a full list of recommended gigs for this week!
- Flash Ticket Giveway for “Push the Lil’ Daisies” Ween Tributeby Jeff Miers on July 11, 2025 at 3:27 pm
Special Friday night Music Matters Summer Concert Series show at Sully’s at Harbor Walk Tonight (Friday, July 11)
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
Metric, black midi, Dirty Work, Jeremy Dutcher and more!
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My Morning Jacket melted my face!
There can be no doubt that My Morning Jacket melted my face and rearranged my musical cosmos with their 20-song set.
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
My Morning Jacket, Umphrey’s McGee and Death Kings after-party, Music is Art Festival Fundraiser, and more
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Michael Franti’s musical mission
Michael Franti & Spearhead perform at Artpark Ampitheatre tonight (June 21) beginning at 6 p.m., and I caught up with the bandleader, songwriter, philanthropist and activist earlier this week for a discussion centering on the positive role that music has played in Franti’s own life, and the lives of his international fanbase. That full discussion…
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Mike Gordon and band make a meaningful connection at Town Ballroom show
Mike Gordon’s two-set show highlighted the Phish bassist’s gifts as songwriter and bandleader, and thrilled those assembled.
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Friday I’m in Love: New King Gizzard makes the apocalypse sound like fun
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard delivers a full-bore, detuned, blast beat-bearing, end of the world-summoning metal album.
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
An Evening with Mike Gordon, The 5th Annual Strawberry Moon Festival, Whitetails and more
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Robby Takac announces 21st anniversary Music is Art Festival
If there’s one thing Robby Takac has learned over the past two decades of presenting his Music is Art Festival to Buffalo audiences, it’s how to roll with the punches.
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
Ain’t no time to hate, barely time to wait…I’ve been making hay while the sun shines, as the saying goes, eagerly stuffing myself on a diet of live music and washing it all down with the occasional Buffalo-born craft beer
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music and concert news
The summer concert season moves from tentative first-step to straight-up mad dash this week, without so much as a pause for a quick gear shift in between.
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Of a Fire on Mt. Joy
Artpark’s outdoor amphitheater season opener was a warm and glowing affair.
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Where the Bands Are: This week’s must-see live music & concert news
Two of the week’s biggest shows are completely sold out… Good to see the summer gig season off to a strong start, at any rate.
