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Don’t let the masks fool you. Buffalo, NY rock band The Bunny the Bear don’t want you to read too much into their face gear, but instead want you to listen to their progressive, experimental taste of rock music that they have to offer instead. Born and bred in Buffalo, NY The Bunny The Bear’s eclectic sound has had everybody in Buffalo, NY talking. Talking to singer/writer Matthew Tybor, you could definitely tell that this band wants more. “Buffalo is a good starting market, but if we over saturate it, we would fall apart,” says Matthew Tybor. How did the…

The raspy voice. The bluesy rock and roll. The songs about heartbreak. No, I’m not talking about Adele, but about Brooklyn, New York newcomer Elle King.  Her debut song, “Playing For Keeps” is the theme song to VH1’s Mobwives Chicago series and gave her career a kick-start and is now the girl on the block everyone is starting to talk about. Modern Frequency sat down with Elle King while sitting pretty in her backyard in her hometown Brooklyn to talk about her career thus far.

I have been following the canadian rock band The Tea Party since the late 90s since their Triptych days. Jeff Martin was and has been very lucid about the Tea Party break up and reunion and although announced a mere few weeks ago, it is official the Tea Party are back together. After such a harsh, public break up, everything has to be taken with baby steps. With one stateside show here in Buffalo, NY this summer in Lockport this July as part of the Canal Concert series, this will hopefully prove to be an everlasting Tea Party.

Young Empires hail from Toronto and their ubiquitous dance energy took over the stage at Grasslands Friday night inBrooklyn. Their second time inNew York took the crowd by surprise as they launched and killed their way through a short, but hip set.  If anything they will remind you of The Killers, but instead of hailing from Nevada, they come from the great white North—home of the Hip, Arcade Fire, and many more who made the crossover more appealing than ever.