Wed 17 Jul – The Flaming Lips, Tobacco

Words can't even describe how awesome this show was. On a stage sitting in a gorge next the Niagara river sun setting in between the hills. Wayne standing on what looks like an alien's skull with tentacles lined with led's. The lights and the movie screen images they had as a back drop were amazing. Cannons firing confetti into the crowd. The encore he played "Do you realize?" and the wind carried the confetti all the way to the back it was just a wonderful experience.

Tue 18 Dec – Surfjohn Stevens Christmas Sing-A-Long: Seasonal Affective Disorder Yuletide Disaster Pageant on Ice

Sat 13 Oct – Dr. Dog, Cotton Jones

So I went to The Opera House in Toronto, Ca. It was a great venue with many different levels to view and interact in. The acoustics of the place were great and everything sounds great. Dr Dog set up a huge American flag looking banner with three asterisks where the stars would be. They also had red white and blue striped banners lined along the stage. These were set up when you came in so they were up during Cotton Jones as well.
Cotton Jones was just amazing. It was refreshing that…

Thu 21 Jun – Built To Spill, Matthew Sweet, Hey Rosetta!

So it was my first time seeing the summer concert series since it moved to the harbor. They did a nice job with the set up down there by the water. It's right next to the naval park here in buffalo so there was a grounded battleship hanging out right there.

I caught the end of the second opening band not sure who it was. They sounded alright. Defiantly listenable.

I went with my girlfriend, Alicia, My best friend,Kurt and his girlfriend Kayla. Ran into my sister and my…

Wed 20 Jun – Puscifer, Carina Round

The show was at The Riviera Theater an old opera house with lots of detailed trim and murals on the wall. Very quaint. I sat in the balcony in the middle of the last row. Great view.

Opening band Carina Round was female fronted folksy type stuff. She played guitar and sang. She did a song "Jack & Ginger" was a super great track. The last few tracks she had an extra guitar player come up and do some slide country style stuff. Sounded good.

After a short break Puscifer came on. They…

Wed 13 Jun – tUnE-yArDs, Delicate Steve

Delicate Steve was amazing. I was thoroughly impressed. They had a lot of energy and a good vibe. The two guitars players sounded great . I liked there minimal vocal style.

tUnE-yArDs's Merrill Garbus was amazing. The way she creates the drum loops on the spot then plays the ukulele and sings is just mind bending. She added two saxophone players who would drum on what looked like pans for some songs which just added to the fun factor. Also for the last song "My country" Merrill had the guys from Delicate Steve…

Sat 5 May – St. Vincent, Shearwater
Great show. Got there for the end of the Shearwater set. They sounded better live then on there cds. The lighting for St. Vincent was amazing. Lots of fog and changing colors. They would do this thing with blue or white lights that would come from behind and all you could see was Annie. It looked epic and she sounded great. Played almost all my favorite songs from her last two albums. She even crowd surfed which is always cool when they do that.

Fri 27 Jan – Com Truise was a super bad ass show had a great time

Wed 27 Jul – Bright Eyes, The Mountain Goats was spectacular. got there a bit late and missed some of the mountain goats which made me sad but still i caught them play one of my favorite songs from "Tallahassee" "No children".
bright eyes was so good it brought tears to my girlfriends eyes. the trumpet in "lover i don't have to love" was phenomenal. the encore was just great i followed the "road to joy" all the way to the end.

Thu 2 Jun – Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros at Thursday at the Square
was magnetic i was totally drawn in