the waiting room

Friday, March 3:  the first Sunday of Lent. In Buffalo, that normally means every restaurant has their take on fish fries out and people are trying to better themselves through personal sacrifice. However, those attending The Waiting Room…

It’s one thing if a band from your immediate area becomes a sensation in any regard. But if any band from a major regional city, like Toronto, start off their latest American tour in a city right across the border, you better imagine fans…

On a night where Buffalo got its first real snowfall of the season, The Waiting Room performance venue was plenty heated by its main stage. An up and coming pop-punk band, The Second String, celebrated the release of their EP, Six Ways to…

Every rocker/ninja's favorite band, Kung Fu, kicks off its fall tour this weekend and Upstate New York gets two of the first three shows. The Fu will provide musical therapy to Baltimore, whose Orioles just fell a step short of the World…

Tuesday, August 12 will be pretty busy downtown, especially at The Waiting Room in Buffalo. The Revivalists come to town and over the past few years have played a lot of shows along the way. The band who hails from New Orleans has really…

Seeing a band or artist for the first time can be a unique high that is only escalated by how long you've waited to finally catch them. It's quite rare though for that personal experience to be shared by an entire room. As the futuristic…

"It's the year 3030, and here at the Corporate Institutional Bank of Time we find ourselves reflecting, finding out that, in fact, we came back. We were always coming back…" These are the lyrics to "State of the Nation", the first track…

The Waiting Room in Buffalo, NY will play host to three incredible bands this Saturday, co-headlined by Dopapod and Aqueous with special guest opener Mister F. Dopapod has been hitting the entire East Coast over the past three years with…

It might only be a short drive separating Buffalo from its northern neighbor Toronto, but that has proven to be a great enough divide for Protest the Hero.  The Canadian metal act's last visit was back in 2009, but thankfully that all…

Protest the Hero has had a wild ride in the past year. I had the chance to speak with guitarist Luke Hoskin about the band's experience ,being without a label's support, their new album, and how the past year has shaped the band. From…