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Why Buffalo rocks
By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Oct. 9, 2014Mohawk Place in downtown Buffalo recently reopened after closing in 2013. The venue is a hub for Buffalo?s underground music scene.
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Why Buffalo rocks
By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Oct. 9, 2014Mohawk Place in downtown Buffalo recently reopened after closing in 2013. The venue is a hub for Buffalo?s underground music scene.
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Childish Gambino delivers again with new album new album
By JAMES BATTLE | Oct. 7, 2014Gambino?s recently dropped mixtape, STN MTN, is a departure from his previous albums with his lack of singing and more intensive storytelling.
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Anchorman's David Koechner at the Helium Comedy Club
By JORDAN OSCAR | Oct. 7, 2014David Koechner doesn’t like to worry about things going wrong when he’s on stage. He doesn’t waste time thinking about what ifs or bother thinking about people not liking his show or getting nervous. He never saw comedy as a choice because he enjoys making people laugh and he always has.
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Weezer renaissance
By Chad Cooper | Oct. 7, 2014After roughly a decade of uneasy album releases from Weezer, the ninth studio album ?Everything Will Be Alright in the End? proves to be a hit.
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Weezer renaissance
By Chad Cooper | Oct. 7, 2014After a roughly decade of uneasy album releases from Weezer, the ninth studio album ?Everything Will Be Alright in the End? proves to be a hit.
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Started from the bottom
By TORI ROSEMAN | Oct. 7, 2014Bands like Maritime Law start small, promoting their band with a Facebook page and playing shows full of encouraging friends and family.
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"Best Concert Venues in Buffalo: Town Ballroom, First Niagara Center, Mohawk Place and more"
By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Oct. 7, 2014Mohawk Place recently reopened after closing in 2013. The venue was a hub for Buffalo?s underground music scene, forcing them to find a new place to perform until it reopened.
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'The Great Stone Face'
By KAYLA MENES | Oct. 5, 2014Dr. John Plotz?s lecture on Buster Keaton?s method of acting made famous by his ?great stone face,? detailed how actors, like the audience, can become separated from reality through film.
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"TDE's underdog, Ab-Soul, shows that he has bark and bite"
By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Oct. 5, 2014Ab-Soul spits his rhymes in the Waiting Room on Oct. 2, after missing his original Buffalo tour date on Sept.
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Working-class realism reaches Talking Leaves Books
By Daniel McKeon | Oct. 2, 2014On Tuesday at Talking Leaves, University of Rochester professor Steven Schottenfeld read from his book ?Bluff City Pawn.? The book follows the tribulations of a Memphis city pawn shop owner.
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UB's Swing Dance Club takes a twist with a shout
By KENDALL SPAULDING | Oct. 2, 2014Eileen Bennett (far right), a sophomore mathematics major, and Chad Vincton, who recently graduated with a Bachelor?s in political science, danced together during a weekly meeting of UB?s Swing Dance Club.
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A 'Cult' of their own
By TORI ROSEMAN | Oct. 2, 2014Bayside?s newest album, ?Cult,? is a return to the band?s older style.
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Perfume Genius' 'Too Bright' casts a strikingly subtle shadow
By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 30, 2014Courtesy of Matador Records Album: Too Bright Artist: Perfume Genius Label: Matador Records Release Date: Sept.
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Beauty is in the details: FIFA 15 review
By Daniel McKeon | Sep. 30, 2014FIFA 15 adds an unprecedented level of realism to the 21-year-old soccer franchise.
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From the Cradle to the Grave and back
By MATTHEW POREMBA | Sep. 30, 2014The Cradle to Grave II: Re-Appropriation, Obsolescence, and the Arts exhibit opened to the public on Sept.
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The Spectrum sits down with Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood
By Jenna Bower | Sep. 28, 2014Before they took the stage at the Center for the Arts Friday night, “Whose Line is it Anyway?” stars Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood sat down with The Spectrum. The two-man improv group talked about advice they’d give college students, why they like improv over standup and what it’s like being on tour.
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Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood: Two become one
By Jenna Bower | Sep. 28, 2014?Whose Line is it Anyway?? comedians, Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, performed a two-man improv show Friday night at the CFA. Jeff Scott, The Spectrum Comedians Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood tiptoed blindly through a minefield of 100 mousetraps ? trying to avoid the traps ? and one another ? during the comedic, self-mutilating battle. What started as a comedy skit quickly turned into mischief, as the comedians broke the rules of their own game, sneakily slipping off their blindfolds and hurling the active traps at each other. The ?Whose Line Is It Anyway?? stars performed at UB?s Center for the Arts as a two-man improv group Friday night.
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"The law of the jungle, it's a grind: Destiny Review "
By JORDAN OSCAR | Sep. 28, 2014The newest Destiny release is big, grand and full of bullet-laden, action-filled, cooperative adventures.
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"This Is All Yours: glossy, odd album that teases and pleases"
By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 28, 2014Courtesy of Infectious Records Album: This Is All Yours Artist: Alt-J
