This week’s highlights include Freddie Gibbs, one of the most prominent rappers on the up from the west coast and EL VY, Matthew Berninger’s newest project.
Check out the list of featured concerts this week and make sure to buy a ticket, get out of your house or dorm room and go see a show. It’s a great way to de-stress before heading to finals in a couple weeks.
Tim Herzog has always felt that beer could save Buffalo. Herzog is the president and founder of Flying Bison Brewing Company, which has operated locally for 16 years.
This week, Buffalo has a host of incredible musicians coming to perform. From Diana Ross to Disturbed, there is something for everyone.
Senior Arts Editor This week, Buffalo has a host of great shows coming in to play the local scene.
“Home” can be a convenient metaphor in music. Images of houses can be used to represent love, sex, sadness, restlessness and desolation.
EDM duo The Chainsmokers will headline this year's upcoming Spring Fest. Pittsburgh-based rapper Mac Miller, indie pop artist Coleman Hell and a yet-to-be named artist will also perform for Spring Fest, which will be held at Alumni Arena on Saturday, April 23. After The Spectrum reported Ticketmaster had leaked the artists on its website Monday afternoon, Student Association entertainment director Terese Regan confirmed all three artists. Regan could not reveal the unnamed fourth artist.
If you aren’t one of the lucky ones going to the beach during the break, do the next best thing and go drink some beer at a grungy local dive and listen to some good music.
The Life of Pablo, West’s seventh studio album and follow-up to 2013’s brash, in-your-face Yeezus, is the closest the listener will get truly being inside Kanye West’s head.
Buffalo, as always, has an eclectic and interesting set of artists coming to town this week. From venerable ’90s hip-hip legends to The Boss, himself, Buffalo has something for everyone.
Ashley Powell, who has received both criticism and support for her “White Only, Black Only” art project, sits in her art studio in the Center for the Arts.
Meric Long (Left) and Logan Kroeber (right) performed at Buffalo’s Mohawk Place on Thursday. The folk-rock duo, who make up The Dodos, returned to Buffalo on the front-end of their tour for their 6th studio album Individ, which was released Jan. 23.
Lower Dens lead singer Jana Hunter performs at Mohawk Place Thursday. Lower Dens, an indie rock-pop band from Baltimore, gave an inspired performance at Mohawk Place. The show was nostalgic, reminiscent of ’80s pop performances.
The McLovins played in Buffalo on Saturday night on the second floor of the Waiting Room. The rock band showed off their softer side with a night full of soul and funk songs - with keyboard, drum and guitar solos abound.
Hannah Perno, a senior environmental science major, was commissioned to create the vibrant blackboard menu in the new Center for the Arts café, Seasons. The organic café and juice bar is part of UB Campus Dining and Shops and UB Sustainability’s initial plan for a greener campus.
Alex Schwartz, the founder and president of the Student Association Piano Club, shows off his skills on the Flag Room piano, donated to the Student Union over 20 years ago by the Music Department.
Natalie Miller, a senior fine arts major, poses by her near-completed final project for Thematic Drawing. Her mural on the CFA wall depicts two faces, one blue and one red, in an exploration of self-identity and the multiple sides of an individual’s inner reality.
Paula Zych, a junior fine arts major and Buffalo native, wanted to bring a piece of tropical happiness Buffalo - her own mini-rebellion against Buffalo’s oppressive winter weather.
Michael Perlman, a sophomore fine arts and communication major, said students will often stop and give him support with his work, drawn to the intricate and spiraling designs - he said he wanted his mural to be “as crazy as possible."
Senior fine arts student Cassara Martin’s giant, super goose shoots burning lasers in her mural, her humorous conceptualization of UB’s annual goose invasion.
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