AV Hit List: Top Event Picks for This Week
SAT 11/7 |
THE TINS CD RELEASE PARTY
Nietzsche’s/10pm/$7Buffalo Indie Rock trio, The Tins, are gearing up for the release of their newest CD Love On Strike with a show this Saturday evening. A blend of new wave, art rock, post punk rock, their catchy tunes are infectious and masterfully crafted. Come celebrate the new album with them and bands Kopps, Midnight Hollow, and Humble Braggers. |
SUN 11/8 |
LBGTQ HISTORY FILM FESTIVAL & FUNDRAISER
The Foundry/12pm-6pm/$5/$3 w/ clothing donationNo Labels Clothing Cooperative is hosting a LBGTQ History Film Festival fundraising event this Sunday afternoon which will feature documentaries about the Stonewall Riots, the AIDS epidemic, queer youth homelessness, history of underground art films and queer culture, especially highlighting the work of Derek Jarman. |
SUN 11/8 |
THE BLOOD AND TRASH TOUR
Mohawk Place/8pm/ $13 advance/$16 day of showJonny “Two Bags” Wickersham (guitarist for Social Distortion) comes to Buffalo this weekend with fellow Americana guitarists Jesse Dayton, and Scott H. Biram. Biram describes his sound as “the bastard child of punk, blues, country, hillbilly, bluegrass, chain gang, metal, classic rock” and this would aptly describe the style of all three. Come get down and dirty with them this Sunday at the Mohawk. |
MON 11/9 |
iji
Sugar City/7pm/$5Iji is some seriously groovy pop music from Seattle musician Zach Burba. The band is him, plus 30 or so of his friends who sometimes assist him, as they did for his latest album Soft Approach. He’s got a definite Daniel Johnston-esque tone and a soft indie style that fluctuates between mellow instrumental and synth pop bouncey. Joining him Monday night will be Welks Mice & Peter Kirsch. |
TUE 11/10 |
COLM WILKINSON: BROADWAY & BEYOND
UB Center For The Arts/7:30pm/ $61, $51, $43Irish tenor Colm Wilkinson is probably best known as the original Jean Valjean in the very first run performance of Les Miserables. He then took the title role in Phantom Of The Opera in the Canadian production and made it his own. Broadway legend and vocal powerhouse, Wilkinson comes to UB’s CFA this Tuesday night to perform his most famous musical theatre hits, Irish classics & more. |
WED 11/11 |
CHARLIE PARR
Sportsmen’s Tavern/7pm/$5Minnesotan Country Blues guitarist Charlie Parr comes to Sportsmen’s Tavern on Wednesday night. He plays a National resonator guitar, 12-string guitar, banjo, and harmonica, with a true roots, folk blues, raw, beautiful, Piedmont style sound. |
WED 11/11 |
MICHAEL PARALLAX
Dreamland/8pm/$5 donationCome get wacky with touring DJ Michael Parallax and his wildly ecstatic electro-pop extravanganza. Prepare yourselves for an immersive pop explosion of lights and sensory overload while you sing along and dance your butts off this Wednesday at Dreamland. |
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