- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on July 2, 2025 at 2:27 pm
Black Sabbath’s ‘Back to the Beginning’ to be live-streamed; New show announcements; This week’s picks
- Therapy by Proxy: ‘Is It Time to Break Up the Band?’by Jeff Miers on July 1, 2025 at 6:15 pm
‘Proxy with Yowei Shaw’ episode brings emotional investigative journalism to bear on band drama
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on June 24, 2025 at 10:00 pm
The return of Penny Lane! And some new show announcements, as well as picks for the coming weeks
- Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers: Rush super-fan Ray Wawrzyniak Reduxby Jeff Miers on June 20, 2025 at 6:06 pm
Ep. 39 – The musicologist, writer, historian and archivist returns fro another deep-dive on the music and influence of Rush
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on June 19, 2025 at 6:19 pm
Sick of funding Live Nation? Think local!; Rising jazz star Caity Gyorgy comes to Kleinhans; and a Curated List of Must-See Gigs.
- A Curated Concert Roundup: June 5-13by Jeff Miers on June 16, 2025 at 7:08 pm
Lazlo Holly Feld plays Radiohead, SZA & Kendrick Lamar in Toronto, Ricky Skaggs at Sportsmens Park, and Buddy Guy in Niagara Falls.
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on June 11, 2025 at 10:06 pm
David Byrne Announces new album and Shea’s Buffalo Show; Melvin Seals & JGB Will Play Asbury Hall in the Fall; and a Curated List of Must-See Gigs.
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on June 6, 2025 at 5:00 pm
New music alert! Robin Taylor Zander, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, and more; Some new concert announcements; and a curated list of this week’s must-see gigs.
- Why Music Matters with Jeff Miers: Jamie Holka, eternal student of musicby Jeff Miers on June 5, 2025 at 3:01 pm
Ep. 38 – The renowned musician discusses the genesis of his love for the guitar, how it feels to be making music with his childhood idols, and what it means to be an eternal student of music.
- Where the Bands Are: This Week in Live Music and Concert Newsby Jeff Miers on May 22, 2025 at 5:02 pm
Extended Edition: What to see over the Memorial Day holiday weekend and beyond
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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.
