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Asha Puthil’s newest album "The Devil Is Loose" out now.

Album Review: The Devil Is Loose

Mekhi Russ, Special to The Record April 22, 2025

Asha Puthil’s magnum opus The Devil Is Loose is a massively underappreciated pop disco underground classic. Although the album was not a commercial success, it would later be a massive hit in the hip-hop...

Attendance being taken at Africana Studies meeting.

Building University and Community Connections for Buffalo’s Eastside

Africana Studies Buffalo State, Africana Studies Buffalo State University April 22, 2025

Connections! Understanding our connection to each other, or Ubuntu (“I am because we are”), is an African-centered value. This was the motivation that led the Africana Studies Program at Buffalo State...

AASO does their take of Michael Jackson's Thriller during their lip-synch routine.

Gail Wells: Leaving Behind a Legacy

Thomas Bailey, Staff Writer April 17, 2025

Gail Wells was a legend in the Buffalo area, founding both the African American Students Organization at Buffalo State University, and the Black Student Union at the University of Buffalo where she attended...

Stress Dolls live at the Caz

Spring-loaded sounds: Two April shows that hit the pulse

Sol Verma, Staff Writer April 14, 2025

When the Buffalo music industry collapses I need to start writing weather articles since winter and spring are still fighting with each other in the middle of April. Well, these upcoming shows are keeping...

Promotional still from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), courtesy of Lucasfilm Ltd.

Nostalgia vs. Novelty: Is original storytelling being left behind?

Marcus Ramos, Staff Writer April 12, 2025

Nostalgia has always been a big draw in media. You take a beloved classic from years ago and bring it to the modern day, people are going to be drawn to it. Not to say there’s anything wrong with that,...

REVELATOR Album release.

REVELATOR Album Review

Mekhi Russ, Special to The Record April 10, 2025

The cryptic abstract rapper is back at it again with futuristic hip-hop beats and catchy lyrics like “must find fried fish its Friday”. ELUCID has grown incredibly as a producer and has presented us...

Dwight McCann, http://dwightmccann.com/Images/JohnnyMathisWeb/JM7183-1000.JPG, Johnny Mathis in concert at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California, on May 25, 2006. Cropped slightly by Ali'i on 17:18, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Faithfully: Album Review

Mekhi Russ, Special to The Record April 3, 2025

Faithfully, Johnny Mathis’ sixth album to earn gold RIAA certification and in only four calendar years’ time, is a masterful demonstration of romantic sensation. Johnny Mathis’ warm baritone vocals...

Faith to Fear live

Find some breakout bops at these four shows in Buffalo

Sol Verma, Staff Writer March 15, 2025

As the inception of Spring is on the horizon, Buffalo shows are sprinkling in late March. Concertgoers are in for an exciting shake up with these four musical outings. Goblin Hovel, Brave the Sea,...

Ride the Cyclone full cast

Ride the Cyclone reaches critical mass to a sold out opening show

Sol Verma, Staff Writer March 15, 2025

Ride the Cyclone presented by Casting Hall Productions at the Donald Savage Flexible Theater locks in a sold out first night on March 13 at 7:30 pm. The show received positive reviews, with particular...

BLACKPINK at the Pink Carpet Event for their world tour movie

The Girl Group Phenomenon

Madeline A. S. Kilness, Staff Writer March 8, 2025

Get a credit card. Use the birth control pill. Attend an ivy league college. Rent an apartment alone. Eat alone in some restaurants. Among countless other examples, these are just a few of the things...

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