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Ratt 'Back for More' in return to Buffalo

Ratt ‘Back for More’ in return to Buffalo

Thomas Tedesco, Culture Editor December 15, 2019

Legendary 80’s rockers Ratt took the stage in Buffalo for the first time in 12 years on Thursday night. The performance was the first stop of their “Merry XXXMAS” leg of the 2019 “In Your Direction”...

Photo by Bethany Clancy

Counterparts performs in their second home

Bethany Clancy, Culture Editor November 26, 2019
The Private Room 2.0 Tour hits Buffalo
2019: The year of reunions

2019: The year of reunions

Thomas Tedesco, Staff Writer November 19, 2019

Band reunions are not a rare occurrence in the music business, but when they do happen, they are very unique and celebrated events. In recent years, bands such as Guns ‘N Roses and Black Sabbath embarked...

Critique: The Drowsy Chaperone

Critique: The Drowsy Chaperone

Natalie Maloy November 19, 2019

It was 8 pm on November 12, 2019. The beginning of Act 1. The lights go out. The entire audience is waiting for the show to begin. But then we see as one light fades out one stays lit to the side. Then...

Review: The Drowsy Chaperone

Review: The Drowsy Chaperone

Jessica Stoddard November 19, 2019

"The Drowsy Chaperone," the second show in Buffalo State College Theatre Department's season, is an entertaining, feel-good musical. Written by Bob Martin & Don McKellar (book) and Lisa Lambert &...

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The 1975 pull back on latest release

Thomas Tedesco, Music Writer November 12, 2019

A couple of months removed from their last single, The 1975 are back with yet another song that sounds distinctly different than the last. When the band released their previous single, “People,” it...

At Wit's End Review

At Wit’s End Review

Jessica Stoddard, Reporter November 11, 2019

At Wit's End is a one-woman show full of wit and insight into the real-life of a housewife. Journalist and sister duo Allison and Margaret Engel have written a play that follows the life of Erma Bombeck...

Courtesy of The Wonder Years twitter page

The Wonder Years wrap up third Halloween extravaganza

Bethany Clancy, Culture Editor November 5, 2019

For the past two years, the pop-punk band The Wonder Years has been doing Halloween cover shows in their hometown of Philadelphia and other cities on the East Coast. This year, the band has done something...

Photo courtesy of Buffalo Commons

“Cold Cuts”: The rise and fall of Buffalo State’s music publication

Thomas Tedesco, Music Writer October 29, 2019

It was in the year of 1972 when Gary Sperrazza enrolled at Buffalo State College and joined the student-published magazine, “Strait.” It was there that he began to write about pop and rock music. In...

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Fitz and the Tantrums release new album with “All the Feels”

Thomas Tedesco, Music Writer/Staff Writer October 11, 2019

Nearly three years after the release of their highly acclaimed self-titled album that included the smash hit song, “Handclap,” pop band Fitz and the Tantrums return with their newest studio effort...

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