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07/09/2025

Please see our story today on birddog, led by Buffalo artist and former Elliott Smith associate, Bill Santen.

Bill Santen, the Buffalo-based artist who performs as birddog, has been busy as a father, musician and world traveler since 1120 Press last spoke to him 14 month ago. Now with the release of a new four-song EP simply called ‘Songs,’ we caught up with Santen as he prepared for a trip to Austria, ...

07/08/2025

We sat down recently with Dotsun Moon to discuss its excellent new LP 'Tiger.' Check out our story below!

(EDITOR’S NOTE — On its new album ‘Tiger,’ Dotsun Moon pulls off something rather remarkable. Richard Flierl — a.k.a Richard Datsun, the artistic force behind the band — has not only written songs of vivid imagery, he’s created a moody and sweeping cinematic landscape of sound, where s...

07/01/2025

Check out our story today on the new Buffalo hardcore band, The Mausoleums and its forthcoming debut which drops July 2.

(EDITOR’S NOTE — THE MAUSOLEUMS, a new hardcore group comprised of some familiar faces, will be releasing its debut on Wednesday. The band includes Donny Arthur (SPACED, Final Declaration), Rob Brennan (Fatal Visions, Robbery Club, Pilot Field), Dan McCormick (SPACED, Pilot Field), Tom Brennan (...

06/29/2025

Buffalo’s Loveboxx at Rec Room, 6-28-2025

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Loveboxx performs at the Rec Room, Buffalo NY 6-28-2025

06/26/2025

The new Buffalo Creative Workshop has the potential to make a significant positive impact on the city’s arts community. Check out our discussion below with co-founder Tim Stolinski!

(EDITOR’S NOTE – Major news for Buffalo’s creative community! Indie publisher Band of Bards has teamed up with Vivere Studios to launch the Buffalo Creative Workshop, a sprawling 3,400 square-foot collaborative space offering artists of all mediums not only a place to work, but access to profe...

06/17/2025

BastardBastardBastard is out today with a new song titled 'Breaking Point' and an accompanying video which you can check out here! Do it!

The Bastards are at it again! They've reached their breaking point and they have the video to prove it! BastardBastardBastard has dropped its latest single 'Breaking Point.' And coinciding with the drop, the band also released a video which you view below. Check it out.BastardBastardBastard- Breakin...

06/17/2025

Check out our story today on the new EP 'Sharp Tongue' by Karma Queen!

With their good looks and radio-ready sound, it’s easy at first blush to consider Buffalo’s Karma Queen a supremely talented, albeit safe, indie pop band.But when you actually stop and scratch beneath the surface, and listen to what this group is saying, it doesn’t take long to realize: Karma ...

06/13/2025

The new On the Cinder ‘Suffering Sabres Fans’ shirts are legend!

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05/11/2025

See our piece today. And tell your mom we hope she has a great day!

(An 1120 Press Op-Ed) — Saturday’s hardcore show at LaSalle Skate Park was one of those life-affirming moments that only music can make happen. And it almost didn’t happen… at least not the way organizers envisioned. But that’s the thing about Buffalo Hardcore: It endures. It always has. A...

05/09/2025

We’re two years old!
- 234 stories, 88 videos, several thousand photos, one documentary under development and a fledgling label.
THANK YOU TO EVERY ARTIST for helping us along the way. You make this possible. Thank you🙏

05/01/2025

See our story today on Broken Locker and their new album, ‘Up from the Ashes.’

Buffalo hardcore-punk band Broken Locker will be dropping its first full-length album tomorrow (May 2), a scorching 10-track work titled 'Up from the Ashes' that fuses musical ferocity with socially conscious subject matter. “Because we don’t play poppy riffs it may sound like an angry record bu...

04/16/2025

Check our story today on musician Trever Stribing of PA Line!

When it comes to the story of musician Trever Stribing and his band PA Line, there are many points at which one could begin. There’s the group’s growing reputation as one of the most unique and talented indie bands hailing from Buffalo’s diverse music scene. There’s the fact PA Line boasts a...