Well the cats out of the bag. Avicii at the First Niagara Center is canceled. Everyone is chiming in with their opinions; why it was wrong to begin with. The idea was flawed, yes. But the effort was there. Buffalo is not Miami. Enough people to “fill” an arena are not going to pay a ton of money up-front to see a guy push play on his own songs. We have a difficult enough task sometimes going out to support the local DJs. Alas, this fodder is inconsequential to Buffalo’s greater attraction to dance music. It quickly becomes an argument involving the ‘big market’ vs. ‘small market,’ which if you’re a fan of local sports, you know all too well.
In other news, Girl Talk got announced to play at a venue that doesn't exist, yet. The Outer Harbor, not to be confused with the Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor concert series at the Erie Canal site. Remember where that cheesy yet cool outdoor slosh bar ‘The Pier’ was? Well, where it used to be? There's a flat slab of land right there jutting out into the water this side of the break wall that is the intended landing zone for some pretty large happenings, including Girl Talk and Drop Kick Murphys. Seems pretty ambitious to do shows of that magnitude in a space that has yet to be tested.
This weekend’s got some pretty cool stuff going on, so let’s get right into it.
thursday 6/14
LAIDBACK LUKE
10p-4a
$20/18+
LUX (formerly Pure)
75 w. chippewa st. Buffalo, NY
World renowned house music Producer/DJ LAIDBACK LUKE invades the newly reworked nightclub LUX tonight. Laidback Luke has some of the most famous dance music productions in the last ten years at his disposal, because he created a lot of them! Born in the Philippines and raised in the Netherlands, this worldwide sensation is not something to be missed. Local support will be provided by D-STAR and MCNASTY, with MARIO BEE, SWAGGLEROCK, and MIOSI on the patio.
saturday 6/16
REID SPEED
10p-4a
$10/18+
SOUNDLAB
110 pearl st. Buffalo, NY
Badass chick REID SPEED, DJ and co-founder of the Play Me record labels will bust out at Soundlab on Saturday night. She specializes in the Bass music styles with a background in DnB. Her rise to notoriety is centered by her mixes that you can’t stop listening to, and her live performances that people can’t get enough of. Regional acts also on the bill that night are HXLY, LOKI, POTENT J, and PAPI CHULO.
EVOLve
9p-4a
$5/21+
SINFUL NIGHTCLUB
334 delaware ave. Buffalo, NY
This night of house music has found a new home in the fairly new, fairly unknown Sinful Nightclub on Delaware near Tupper. Get ready for a night of great House and Techno music from DJs CHUCK ABBOTT, GENE LINET, BOBBY ODDO, SOMOS & VIGNERI, PAUL KUENZI & RYLL, and DISKOMASTER. Dress to impress jerks.
Prepare yourselves for another fine Summer weekend here in the 716. Much Love.
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