Grant Street's newest venue, The Gypsy Parlor (376 Grant St.) is set to host four bands tonight in an up-and-comers showcase. Like a Panther might ring a bell from their number one ranking on Cory Perla's (Artvoice) top local albums of 2011, or their glowing review from Buffalo News' Jeff Miers, but regardless of hype, this quartet is someone to watch out for in 2014. With one full-length album under their belt and an upcoming release in the works, Like a Panther's sound is sincere and melodic, similar to that of Crystal Stilts or The Antlers. In additional to Like a Panther are two bands that recently blipped on our radar, 101010 and New Township. 101010 would appeal to epic indie rock fans and New Township for fans of folky Okkervil River.
Lastly on the bill is Warm Filaments, or as I refer to them, the band that no-showed my radio show on August 30, 2012. So if you like listening to radio DJs fumble over pre-planned content and wing it on the air while nervously awaiting a band's arrival that never happens, check them out. Doors are at 9pm and who knows if there is a cover.
Get over it.
For the record, Warm Filaments being a no-show for your radio show was due to an internal band communication failure that's already been explained to you in detail. Lame on our part, but we also apologized sincerely and profusely for putting you in a bad spot. Go ahead and misuse your media platform to spank us for our misdeed, though. Doesn't speak well for your character or for the legitimacy of this blog. Did I mention that we apologized for what happened over a year ago on October 30, 2012?
-Al Griffin/Warm Filaments
I appreciate, cause I found exactly what I was looking for.