Dick Whiskey

So you still think there’s little opportunity to hear hip, original music in Buffalo? Visit this year’s Infringement Festival and prove yourself wrong.

Over the course of 11 days, you’ll have a chance to see and hear such acts as Qualia—described as “experimental music rooted in jazz, psychedelia, and progressive rock that attempts to portray the full spectrum of emotion through music.” Or Shuttlecock—“The definitive nail in the coffin of the argument that a mere two people can’t make as much noise as three or four.” Both bands are clearly out to break barriers.

Like the anarchic festival itself, this year’s music offerings are a kaleidoscopic display of styles taking place at a variety of venues. And while you’d be cheating yourself culturally to focus on the music alone at such a diverse artistic explosion, there are some shows that stand out as “best bets” for fans of original music’s fringe element.

Thursday, July 26:

Infringe Kick-Off. Nietzsche’s, 7pm. Coufie Jenkins, Forgotten Figures, Freedom Within, Genuflektors, Zilla’s One Man Circus.

Friday, July 27:

Nietzsche’s, 10pm. Lazlo & Associates. Chris Groves, Measured in Angles, Shuttlecock, Lazlo Hollyfeld.

Cornucopia of Punk. Merlin’s, 10:30pm. Dick Whiskey, Suzy Wong, Painkillers.

Saturday, July 28:

Saturday Showcase, Merlin’s, 10:30pm. Chylde, Last Exit, Redwater.

Tex-Mex Fiesta! Nietzsche’s, 9pm. Makeshift Letterbox, Crush the Junta, Victory Light, Tentet/Octet.

Electric Infringe. Soundlab, 9pm. Praying for Oblivion, Beta Cloud, Aidan Baker.

Sunday, July 29:

College Street Block Party, 2pm. Ball Cheese Psychotics, Global Village Idiots, Dali’s Ghost, Jason Klinger, Josh Strauss, Ramforinkus.

Monday, July 30:

Allen/College parking lot, 6pm. MC Vendetta.

Knife Crazy

Staples, 7pm. Audition Day, Rag Doll, Grizzly Mike, Clocks Ticking Backward.

Tuesday, July 31:

Steel Crazy, 7pm. Genuflektors

Wednesday, August 1:

Organic Acoustics. Nietzsche’s, 7pm. Followed by Dick Whiskey at 10pm.

Thursday, August 2:

Merlin’s, 10pm. Highway to Asgard, Dali’s Ghost, Channel, Fountainhead.

Friday, August 3:

Infringe at Hallwalls, 9:30pm. Jack Topht, Axis of Evil, Tentect/Octet Ensemble

Sonorous & Associates. Nietzsche’s, 10pm. Sonorous Gale, Pocket Gallows, Severely Departed, Knife Crazy

Psychedelic Infringe. Soundlab, 10pm. Qualia, Fountainhead, Drivers to Warsaw, Dali’s Ghost

Staples, 8:30. Twenty-Nine Cent Productions, Bud Redding

Saturday, August 4:

Merlin’s, 11pm. Blue Rocket Trio, Grey Milk, the Motel Matches, The Habit

Soundlab, 9pm. Anal Pudding, Jack Topht, Mr. Ski Mask, Zilla—World’s Largest Trio

Sunday, August 5:

Staples, 5pm. Rag Doll, Audition Day, Master Peace, followed by closing night party.

This is just a smattering of the live music coming at you during this year’s Infringement Festival. Those who want to dig deeper should visit infringebuffalo.org, and coordinate your itinerary with the other fringe theatrical, literary, visual and sex-ed events.