Camp Bisco 2015

Camp Bisco and festivals in general are the place to truly be yourself and open your mind and heart to new friends, music and experiences!

Big Eyed Phish Friday

Dave Matthews tribute band Big Eyed Phish played the Historic German House theater this Black Friday, November 27th. They played an acoustic and electric set composed of 7 members. For the acoustic set the bassist used a stand up chello and soloed the final song before the break. Their frontmans voice was very similar to Dave Matthews and he even told stories in a similar style to Dave, making the cover show seem much more authentic. The electric set was full of the energy with awesome solos by their fiddle and saxophone players. What a great way to end Black Friday!!

"High on Pennsylvania Bluegrass"

I always love the crowd at bluegrass shows. Young, old, hippie, spunion, sober...even my friend with a broken pelvis made it out! Musics ability to bring all kinds of people together has always fascinated me and this show was full of surprises.

Emancipator feat. Nikki Small

Emancipator Ensemble blew the crowd away at the Town Ballroom on October 18th. The downtempo electronica ensemble created a magical aura throughout the show, have a listen here:

It's All Good with Griz

On Friday Oct. 23, Upstate Concert Hall in Clifton Park, NY hosted Griz, Big Wild and Muzzy Bearr of All Good Records.  The show was completely sold out, and for good reason!  Big Wild is an experience in itself, it's just one guy in a t-shirt and shaggy, goofy-looking hair up on stage with an electronic drum set, mixer, keyboard and a few other instruments.  Unfortunately for Big Wilds set they decided to use the smaller speakers at the venue, which were so quiet you could have a normal conversation in the middle of the floor.  Nonetheless, Big Wild killed it!!  Griz came out with a fire lit and kept it going throughout his whole set.  He jumped all over the map with some trap, dub, and a beautiful remix of Aerosmiths Dream On.  His killer live saxophone and the other live musicians he brought up really vibed together perfectly and got the whole crowd whipped up into a frenzy!  Behind Griz there was some of the craziest strobe lights I've ever witnessed, and with the help of these glasses and said strobes, I think my girlfriend and I may have lost a few brain cells!  Overall it was an incredible show, and if I could time-travel I would go right back to the 10-15 minutes of Griz's set where he trapped* out of his mind and the crowd went insane!


*Trapped-in this case "trapped" means to play selections of super-heavy trap or dubstep like tracks.

Emancipator and Wax Tailor

The Town Ballroom hosted Emancipator, Wax Tailor (solo set), and Yppah on Sunday October 18th, 2015.  This show was incredible, and one of the best I've been to this year.  Wax Tailors solo set was unbelievable, and he closed with his most popular song Que Sera, which he preceded with in his heavy French Accent "You have the next five minutes to convince me to come back to Buffalo with my band next year!"  Needless to say the crowd went wild!  Emancipator is on tour for their new album Seven Seas, which released in 2015.  Emancipator consisted of a drummer, bassist and two musicians who both played several instruments including keyboard, violin and guitar.  Their drummer (Colby Buckler?) was absolutely mesmerizing with his tight technique and blinding speed that was able to keep steady even through even the drum&bass beats.  This show set the bar high for a while, lets hope the music keeps getting better!!

Goldroom Live!

Monday October 12th, MNM Events presented Goldroom Live! and Gavin Turek at the Studio at the Waiting Room in Buffalo.  The first time I saw Goldroom, AKA Josh Legg, he performed a solo DJ set at Camp Bisco music festival and it was the most feel good music I had ever heard in my life!  At the Waiting Room, there was an entire live band, with no CDJ's in sight.  The band consisted of Josh Legg on keyboard, guitar and vocals, a bassist, a female vocalist/keyboard and a drummer and what a show it was!  The crowd was very small so it was a really intimate show, which Legg isn't accustomed to.  On the West Coast his self-proclaimed 'Shufflin Feet and Melting Souls' genre has been very popular for some time.  "I really do love DJing, but I play all the instruments on my tracks, so I think it's really important to bring that live experience to the crowd" said Legg after the show.  Many DJ's like Gramatik, Freddy Todd and Space Jesus also incorporate live bands into their sets, but Goldroom takes it a step further to play the instruments himself to give his fans a truly unique experience.