Showing posts with label mapmaker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mapmaker. Show all posts


Tonight: Mapmaker w/Comfy and more


Tonight everyone's favorite DIY speakeasy will quench your Friday night indie rock thirst. Mapmaker, a buzzing Buffalo band for 2014, debuted their first couple Jawbreaker hinged tunes in 2013’s fourth quarter. Also on the bill is Utica based Comfy, a band making waves in the WNY area as of late. Their sound can best be described as a retro-jangle Saturday Looks Good to Me type feel. Rounding out the evening is Ithaca's Why+the+Wires, sounding almost like an anxious Lucero. The band fresh off the heels of last night’s Punks + Tots show so hopefully they didn’t pull all their punches on Main St. Last and certainly not least on the menu is Buffalo based Supergoner (Dinosaur Jr. influenced indie rock that’s been around for the past 11 years). 

Music kicks of tonight at 9:30. Bring some money for the out of town acts, and if you haven’t been to the Jungle Gym before, just ask the right person for the address.


michael moretti


Mapmaker Leaks Songs From Scheduled LP Critical Path


For those emo kids out there, fret not that the scene is dying away with the distancing of the 90s from today or the fading rumors surrounding Jawbreaker's reunion. We have proof there is an extension of said Jawbreaker: Mapmaker. Not to discredit this new band's originality (as emo consists of core elements found in many emo-punk acts), but it's hard to deny the the feeling of pure nostalgia swirling in this angsty pot of noise.

The two songs posted on Bandcamp are just a sampling of their upcoming LP Critical Path to be released in early next year. Shove that little piece of nostalgia in your back pocket: 2014. And your life just keeps speeding by...





Tonight: Reverse the Curse, Real People, Mapmaker, and Del Paxton


Gather 'round the Glitterbox tonight (7pm, $5) for some premo emo and indie punk music.

Reverse the Curse is out of Cleveland and are touring their album Existent. They're doing a hit and run in Buffalo tonight, so if you drink- I mean, blink, you might miss 'em.

Real People are soon to be releasing their new EP Ceilings (Nov 2nd). Riding on the adrenaline and anxiety that comes with such a monumental occasion, they are sure to be in rare form.

Mapmaker will be playing as well, keeping things shakin'.

Del Paxton is still in mourning over how shitty last summer was, and too aren't happy with how terrible Autumn is turning out either. Join them in their grief and kill some demons.





Tonight: Deep Pockets


Brooklyn's Deep Pockets are the type band you might hear on a 90s indie film soundtrack. Their tight alternative style would be the perfect score to the Scene where a disenfranchised 20-something gets Put Out by someone or some circumstance, then Deep Pockets play, and then the movie hits a concatenation of low points and ennui. Or the other way around. Misleadingly straight-forward and catchy but with definite punch. They'll be playing at The Jungle Gym tonight (357 Breckenridge, 6PM, $5), along with some of Buffalo's best underground acts: Wooden Waves, Mapmaker, and Space Wolves. Check out DP's Art of the Underground release below, and don't miss this all-around rad night of music.


steve gordon



Tonight: The Sidekicks w/ Unwelcome Guests, Mapmaker, and Geronimo!


Rock the Mondays away tonight with The Sidekicks.  Tonight's show at Mohawk Place is the latest stop on the bands' first large-scale tour in support of their latest release Awkward Breeds.

The Sidekicks' last full-length album, Weight of Air was named album of the year by Punknews.org in 2009 and, from all accounts I have read, Awkward Breeds not only continues the energy of Weight of Air but expands upon it with a more polished sound.

Their tour is making many stops in varied locales this side of the Rocky Mountains before it ends in November in their home state of Ohio.

Playing in support tonight are a bevy of like-minded rockers in Unwelcome Guests, Mapmaker, and Geronimo!

Doors are at 7PM and admission is only $6

 

Drew Kline