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Listen | Code Orange Kids
Watch | Code Orange Kids Official Video

Listen | Hostage Calm
Watch | Hostage Calm Official Video

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All Ages. Tickets on sale now at www.ticketfly.com, charge by phone at 877-4-FLY-TIX (435-9849) or at the After Dark offices | 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY. Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.
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Listen | Nightbox

Watch | Nightbox Official Video

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21+ Admitted w/ I.D. Tickets on sale now at the After Dark offices located at 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY (Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm) or online at Ticketfly.com.
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Listen | Young Suns

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16+ Admitted w/ ID. Tickets on sale now at the After Dark offices located at 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY (Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm), or online at Frontgatetickets.com.

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Listen | Ice Nine Kills

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All Ages. Tickets on sale now through bands and at the After Dark office | 630 Elmwood Ave. | Buffalo, NY | Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.

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Listen | A Future Corrupt

Listen | Scenery With Solace

Listen | Artemis

Listen | WoodHaven

Listen | Illusions

Listen | Mass Entropy

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16+ admitted w/ I.D. Under 16 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. Tickets on sale now at www.frontgatetickets.com, charge by phone at 1-888-512-SHOW, or at our low service fee outlets including Record Archive, Aaron's Alley, House of Guitars and at the After Dark offices | 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY. Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.
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Listen | Alkaline Trio
Watch | Official Video
Bio | "Alkaline Trio is an American punk rock band from McHenry, Illinois, formed in 1996. The band consists of Matt Skiba (vocals, guitar), Dan Andriano (vocals, bass), and Derek Grant (drums). Founded in late 1996, by Matt Skiba, bassist Rob Doran and drummer Glenn Porter, Alkaline Trio released its debut single, "Sundials", in 1997. Following its release, Doran departed from the band and was replaced by Dan Andriano. The band subsequently recorded an EP, For Your Lungs Only (1998), and its debut studio album, Goddamnit (1998). Following the release of the band's second album, Maybe I'll Catch Fire (2000), Glenn Porter left the band and was replaced by Mike Felumlee for its subsequent album, From Here to Infirmary (2001). Backed by the singles "Stupid Kid" and "Private Eye", From Here to Infirmary significantly increased the band's exposure, and its follow-up, Good Mourning (2003), charted highly on the Billboard 200. Good Mourning marked the recording debut of current drummer Derek Grant. In 2005, the band released Crimson which expanded upon the band's punk rock influences, with prominent overdubs and additional instrumentation, and continued with this direction on Agony & Irony (2008), which was released on V2 Records. In 2010, the band released This Addiction on its own label Heart & Skull and Epitaph. Recorded in the band's hometown of Chicago, with early producer Matt Allison, the album was a conscious effort to return to its punk rock roots, and became the highest charting album of their career, debuting on the Billboard 200 at No. 11. In 2011 the band celebrated its 15-year anniversary with the release of Damnesia, which featured new, acoustic-based recordings of songs from across the band's career. The band's ninth studio album, My Shame Is True will be released on April 2, 2013." -Wikipedia

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**ANY BUYER WHO PURCHASES 4 OR MORE TICKETS TO ATTACK ATTACK WILL RECEIVE SOUNDCHECK ACCESS AND A MEET & GREET WITH THE BAND**

**ONE PRESALE TICKET BUYER WILL WIN A PIZZA PARTY WITH ATTACK ATTACK BACKSTAGE**

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Listen | Attack Attack!

Watch | Attack Attack! Official Video

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All Ages. Tickets on sale now at the After Dark offices located at 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY (Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm), or online at Ticketweb.com.

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Listen | The Menzingers

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All Ages Admitted. Tickets on sale now at at www.tickets.com, charge by phone at 1-888-223-6000 or at our low service fee outlets including the Town Ballroom box office and the After Dark box office | 630 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, NY. Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.

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Listen | Cannibal Corpse

Watch | Official Cannibal Corpse Video

Bio | Formed in 1988, Buffalo born/Tampa raised Cannibal Corpse helped found, manipulate and transcend the very boundaries of death metal beginning with the scandalously controversial debut, Eaten Back To Life. Raising the eyebrows of inquisitive metalheads and incensed parents and politicians, the record - produced by Scott Burns at the now renowned Morrisound Studios - was more extreme and confrontational than anything the metal genre had ever known. As a result of the band's brilliantly gruesome cover art, grisly lyrics and song titles like "Hammer Smashed Face," "Meat Hook Sodomy" and "Addicted To Vaginal Skin," follow-up records Butchered At Birth (1991) and Tomb Of The Mutilated (1992) were met with further contempt by the likes of such organized censorship leagues as the PMRC. In just three years, the sale of Cannibal Corpse merchandise was (temporarily) prohibited in Australia, Korea and New Zealand (in fact, the sale of Butchered At Birth and the performance of those three records is still forbidden in Germany). But dissuaded they were not. Proving technical dexterity, diabolic vocal grunts and a penchant for serial killers, zombies and gore of all shapes, sizes and textures, Cannibal Corpse won over the hearts of many a metal extremist and have since become a harrowing household name. Since the bands inception they have sold millions of albums world wide and show no sign of slowing or bowing down to the ever changing metal genre. Massive tours throughout the U.S. and Europe as well as Australia and South America only underscored the band's staying power…and all this with zero commercial radio presence and minimal video play (although the band did appear in the Hollywood blockbuster, Ace Ventura - Pet Detective). The momentum continued with the 1996 release of Vile, the first Cannibal record to feature former Monstrosity throat George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher following the departure of Chris Barnes. Any skepticism over the new voice behind the mighty Corpse was quickly put to rest. Simply put, Vile slayed from beginning to end and became the first ever death metal record to enter the prestigious Billboard charts. Over the next few years, relentlessly touring, bolstered musicianship and progressively more potent recordings saw the band increase in popularity within the underground and beyond. After the mass success of 2004's The Wretched Spawn and some personnel changes (longtime guitarist Jack Owen fled the band in 2004 to carry on his commitments with his rock project, Adrift. Origin axe-master Jeremy Turner filled in for the band during their remaining tours that year before Malevolent Creation/Hate Plow/Solstice guitarist Rob Barrett, who played on Cannibal Corpse's infamous releases The Bleeding and Vile records, rejoined the band as a fulltime member.), Cannibal Corpse has returned to the Death Metal frontlines with the pungently eloquent majesty that is Kill. Simply titled but meticulously assembled, Kill was recorded with producer Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal/ex-Morbid Angel) at Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida. The tenth record of their storied career, each track basks in its own claustrophobic abrasiveness and maniacal subject matter. From the onset of the fiery "The Time To Kill Is Now," guitarists Barrett and Pat O'Brien, vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, bassist Alex Webster and drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz pummel with a renewed sense of urgency. Fast, furious and scrupulously timed, the tune is a palpable reminder that Cannibal remains a force to be reckoned. "Make Them Suffer" sears with an old school Possessed vibe (a band to whom Cannibal has paid homage to on several occasions), while "Necrosadistic Warning," replete with a barrage of blistering solo work by O'Brien whose guitar deftness is often underestimated, comes riddled with visions of zombies sexually gratifying themselves with the body parts of the beings they've slain. Other tracks like the telling "Five Nails Through The Neck," "Death Walking Terror," "Brain Removal Device" and instrumental closer "Infinite Misery" see the five-piece at their most cogent, both lyrically and musically. Older, wiser, and as malevolent as ever before, the time to Kill is now!

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All Ages. Tickets on sale now at Ticketfly.com and the After Dark office | 630 Elmwood Ave. | Buffalo, NY | Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.

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Listen | The Daydream Chronicles

Listen | Rescue Dawn

Listen | Fictitious Ray

Listen | Shout It Out

Listen | The Call Out

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21+ Admitted with I.D. Tickets on sale now at Ticketfly.com and the After Dark office | 630 Elmwood Ave. | Buffalo, NY | Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.

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Listen | Mosaics

Listen | Brother Keep

Listen | The Breathing Tree

Listen | Debussi

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All Ages. Tickets on sale Friday, May 3rd 12pm at ticketmaster.com, select Walmart locations, the After Dark box office and the Town Ballroom box office.

General Admission and V.I.P. tickets available now. VIP Ticket includes private area with great sight lines, private temperature controlled bathrooms and private bar and concessions area. There are no boat slips available but you may anchor in the water.
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Listen | Guns N' Roses

Watch | Guns N' Roses Official Video

Bio | The 1987 release of Guns n’ Roses’ debut album, Appetite for Destruction, was a pivotal moment in rock history. It upended the music world, which had been filled with videogenic synth-pop and hair-metal bands for much of the Eighties. With Guns n’ Roses – vocalist Axl Rose, guitarists Slash and Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Steven Adler – rock music rediscovered its edge, rage and sense of danger. Guns n’ Roses rank alongside a handful of hard-rock bands with punk-rock attitudes – beginning with the Rolling Stones and extending through Aerosmith and AC/DC – that shook and shocked the world. They were uncompromising, tempestuous, explosive and controversial – everything but predictable. The members of Guns n’ Roses were misfits who came together in Los Angeles in the mid-Eighties. William “Axl” Rose grew up in Lafayette, Indiana, as Bill Bailey. He adopted the surname Rose when he discovered his birth father’s identity. He was in a hometown band called Axl, which he took as his first name. After moving to Los Angeles, he legally changed his name to W. Axl Rose. An inveterate troublemaker, he claims to have been arrested more than 20 times in his hometown and to have spent as long as three months in jail. One of his best friends in Lafayette was Jeff Isbell aka Izzy Stradlin, who headed to Los Angeles after graduating high school. Rose hitchhiked west and joined him. British-born Slash, whose real name is Saul Hudson, grew up in L.A. with parents who worked as designers in music and film. Duff McKagan was a multi-instrumentalist who moved down from Seattle, where he’d played in numerous bands. McKagan met Slash via a musician’s ad in a local paper. The name Guns n’ Roses was coined in 1985, when Tracii Guns (of L.A. Guns) joined Rose and Stradlin’s band, Hollywood Rose. After Guns left, they were joined by Slash, Adler and, finally, McKagan. This completed the classic lineup that recorded Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide – a four-song EP from 1986, issued on the group’s own Uzi Suicide label – and their full-length masterpiece, Appetite for Destruction, released on Geffen Records in July 1987. The group was signed to David Geffen’s namesake label by A&R staffers Tom Zutaut and Teresa Ensenat. By virtue of their confrontational sound and attitude, Guns n’ Roses stood out on the Sunset Strip club scene. While their glam-punk and heavy metal peers celebrated the decadent party atmosphere of mid-Eighties Los Angeles, Guns n’ Roses addressed the grisly realities of the scene, most memorably on “Welcome to the Jungle,” a potent slice of urban realism. The massively popular single “Sweet Child o’ Mine” showed a gentler side, while “Mr. Brownstone” delivered a plainspoken, cautionary tale about heroin use. “Paradise City” was an idealistic anthem whose double-time finale, featuring blistering lead guitar from Slash, remains one of the musical highlights of the Eighties. “Sweet Child o’ Mine” was among the earliest singles by a hard rock group to top the chart, and “Paradise City” and “Welcome to the Jungle” made the Top 10. An extensive period of touring, during which Guns n’ Roses opened for the Cult, Mötley Crüe, Alice Cooper, Iron Maiden and Aerosmith, allowed them to build a grassroots following and graduate to headlining status. Appetite for Destruction enjoyed one of the longest runs of any hard rock album in history, remaining on Billboard’s Hot 100 for nearly three years. As if 2012, it has sold 18 million copies in the U.S. alone. Appetite for Destruction was a tough act to follow, but Guns n’ Roses were up to the challenge. In 1991, inspired by Queen and Elton John – two similarly prolific and bombastic role models – Guns n’ Roses released two volumes of the highly ambitious Use Your Illusion on the same day. It was a remarkable outpouring of music, totaling 30 tracks on two CDs. Each volume was also issued as a double vinyl album. Of course, virtually no one bought just one volume; those who were among their fervid following had to have Use Your Illusion I and II, and each sold millions of copies and shared adjoining positions on the charts, peaking at Number Two and Number One, respectively. The epic singles “November Rain” and “Civil War” proved how far the band had evolved in a few years. The two years’ worth of international tours that followed Use Your Illusion were epic as well, breaking records for attendance and the speed at which venues sold out. When finally off the road in late 1993, Guns n’ Roses paid tribute to their 1970s hard rock, punk and glam mentors by recording an album of covers called The Spaghetti Incident?. Beyond this labor of love, Guns n’ Roses proved itself adept at covers throughout its career, recording captivating versions of Bob Dylan’s “Knocking On Heaven’s Door,” Paul McCartney and Wings’ “Live and Let Die,” and the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil,” among others. Guns n’ Roses’ reign was not without controversy. A hue and cry over the initial cover of Appetite for Destruction, a bizarre painting that intimated a scene of robotic rape and violence, resulted in record stores’ refusal to carry it. That cover image was replaced by one in which five skulls (each representing a band member) adorned a cross, while the offending painting was moved to the album’s inner sleeve. Some offensive lyrics in “One in a Million” – a song from GN’R Lies, issued in 1988 as an interim release between Appetite for Destruction and Use Your Illusion – provoked another firestorm. There were violent incidents at concerts, usually incited by comments, tardiness, premature exits or no-shows by Axl Rose. He sparked a riot at a 1991 show in St. Louis that resulted in injuries to more than 50 people (including 15 police officers), caused $200,000 in damage to the venue and resulted in lawsuits. The group was notoriously heedless of starting times and curfews. Yet Guns n’ Roses often played shows lasting upwards of three hours, and few questioned their intensity and commitment. “Guns n’ Roses are perceived as dangerous because we’re so unpredictable and willing to take chances,” Slash commented in 1991. “To be a real anarchist, you have to have a lot of integrity to be able to follow through with it. Rock and roll is all about attitude and rebellion. It’s supposed to be fun, spontaneous, a release.” In 1994, the band took a hiatus that led to a breakup. Already there had been defections from the core membership. Drummer Steven Adler was fired in July 1990 for drug-related problems. Drummer Matt Sorum joined a month later, during sessions for Use Your Illusion, and Dizzy Reed – a friend from Guns n’ Roses' club days – joined on keyboards. Izzy Stradlin left in 1991 and was replaced by guitarist Gilby Clarke. By 1997, the only original remaining member was Rose, and Guns n’ Roses appeared to be history. However, a rather stable if only intermittently active lineup – including keyboardist Reed – has existed under Rose’s leadership since the late Nineties. Over a period of a decade, Rose and his comrades labored in secrecy on an album entitled Chinese Democracy. In 2008, the long-awaited album finally appeared. It had been two decades since Appetite for Destruction originally ignited the Guns n’ Roses phenomenon. Times had changed, however, and Guns n’ Roses had been so long out of the limelight and Chinese Democracy so long in the making that its arrival was a relative non-event. It entered the Hot 100 at its peak position of Number Three.

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All Ages. Tickets on sale now at the After Dark offices located at 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY (Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm) or online at Ticketfly.com.
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Listen | Grass Root Kids
Watch | Grass Root Kids Video

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All Ages. Tickets on sale now at Ticketfly.com and the After Dark office | 630 Elmwood Ave. | Buffalo, NY | Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.

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Listen | Ben Alessi

Listen | Casey Bolles

Listen | Lo & Behold

Listen | Annasun

Listen | Brooke Szyjka

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16+ Admitted w/ I.D. Under w/ a Parent. Tickets on sale now at Aaron's Alley, House Of Guitars, Record Archive and at the After Dark offices located at 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY (Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm), or online at FrontGateTickets.com.

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Listen | Ra Ra Riot

Watch | Ra Ra Riot Official Video

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All Ages. Tickets on sale now at the After Dark offices located at 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY (Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm) or online at Ticketfly.com.
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Listen | dollar Diplomacy

Listen | The Andrew Hambridge Band

Listen | Average At Best

Listen | The Noble Company

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All Ages/21+ to drink. Tickets on sale now at ticketmaster.com, select Walmart locations, the After Dark box office and the Town Ballroom box office.

There are no boat slips available but you may anchor in the water.
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Listen | Alice Cooper

Watch | Alice Cooper Official Video

Listen | Marilyn Manson

Watch | Marilyn Manson

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21+ admitted with I.D., Under 21 admitted w/ parent or guardian. Tickets on sale now at Ticketfly.com and the After Dark office | 630 Elmwood Ave. | Buffalo, NY | Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.

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Listen | Cemeteries

Listen | Love Scenes

Listen | Bryan Johnson & Family

Listen | Smart House

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VIP PACKAGE INCLUDES: One general admission ticket VIP early entry into the venue Exclusive meet & greet with Big Boi Personal autograph & photograph with Big Boi Exclusive VIP tour gift item Official meet & greet laminate

Ages 16+ admitted with ID. Under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets on sale now at www.tickets.com, charge by phone at 1-888-223-6000 or at our low service fee outlets including the Town Ballroom box office and the After Dark box office | 630 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, NY. Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.

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Listen | Big Boi

Watch | Big Boi Official Video

Bio | "A 20-year career as a Hip Hop artist is rare. A 20-year career as a Hip Hop artist who gets better with every album is unheard of. But in the case of Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, it's no surprise.
As one half of Outkast with his partner in rhyme Andre 3000, Big Boi blazed trails and broke blueprints with three certified classics; 1994's Southerplayalisticadilacmuzik, 1996's ATLiens and 1998's Aquemini. The duo then brought in the new millenium by selling four million copies of their genre-defying fourth studio album Stankonia only to follow it up with the diamond-selling opus Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.
Now, nearly a decade later Big Boi continues to break ground on his own with his second solo album Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors. The follow up to 2010's critically-acclaimed Luscious Leftfoot: The Son of Chico Dusty, Vicious Lies... seeks to bring the truth in an era where anything but is accepted as the real.
"I borrowed the title from my Grandmother who passed away," explains Big. "She beat cancer twice and the family said she needed to make a movie about her life. She said she would write a book instead and call it Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors because she was going to tell it how it is. So to me the title is a search for the undisputed truth. We're living in the information age with everything at your fingertips. But at same time, with social media you can take something and it will spread whether if it's true or not."
Describing the album as "one-half Outkast, one whole of me," Big Boi takes sole possession of the wheel behind the Cadillac that is the Outkast legacy and cruises into unchartered territory with his thirst to expand the rules of music serving as the navigation.
The rap veteran known as General Patton shows off his rank on the lyrical exercise "The Thickets" and later leads the charge on "In the A" featuring fellow Atlanta troops T.I. and Ludacris. Futuristic funk is explored on the digital jams "Objectum Sexuality" and "CPU," both featuring indie pop duo Phantogram. Then Big opens up the soul basket and talks about the gain and pain of relationships on "She Hates Me" featuring Kid Cudi.
Even while being established with six Grammy Awards and 25 million records sold worldwide Big Boi proves that he can still spar with the new jacks when he recruits A$AP Rocky for the Organized Noize-produced "Lines" and sprint with the current stars on the adrenaline-pumping "Shoes For Running" featuring B.o.B. Also a master of melody, Big displays his "funk throat" on the playful "Raspberries" featuring long time collaborator Scar and bounces over in-house producers The Flush's pulsating pianos on the lead single "Mama Told Me" featuring Kelly Rowland.
"I'm a student of music, I always looked at myself as a young Luke Skywalker," says Big, insisting that none of the special appearances or production came from phone calls but from serendipity and surprise visits. "I always want to learn about the music and use all different genres. I don't even look at the cameos on the album as multiple features. I see them all as pieces that go together."
Keeping the Outkast artistic tradition alive, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors' album art is presented as a pocket-sized art gallery with customized paintings to accompany each track. The Rolling Stone-esque logo with the clinched teeth featured on the CD represents how in these times you have to be careful about what you say. Big has made a name for himself being selective with his words, which is why each one he says to this day means something special.
"Today's trend is that you come in, get hot and disappear," says the living legend. "You're not supposed to come out, get hot, do the biggest album ever and then keep cruising to where it's undeniable. If you don't like this album, you don't like music."

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16+ admitted w/ I.D. Under 16 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. Tickets on sale now at www.frontgatetickets.com, charge by phone at 1-888-512-SHOW, or at our low service fee outlets including Record Archive, Aaron's Alley, House of Guitars and at the After Dark offices | 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY. Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.
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Listen | Say Anything
Watch | Official Say Anything Video
Bio | Say Anything has been making odd, unclassifiable indie rock music since they were 14 or 15 years old, playing strangely literate and loud rock, characterized by what one might imagine if Larry David fronted a Fugazi cover band with the members of Queen. Not that that's a stretch or anything. Having been birthed from the indie/punk boom of the early twenty-first century, Say Anything rose to prominence with their (oddly) popular record …Is a Real Boy and somehow broke the "pretty boy punk" mold by establishing a career that thrived somewhere between music your pretentious college student of an older brother would like and the loud crap that your little brother uses to annoy him with. Say Anything followed that record up with the equally eclectic and lengthy, In Defense of the Genre and their exceedingly bratty (hopefully in a good way) self-titled LP. All together, those records sold almost half a million copies and were illegally downloaded by even more people, who were too broke to pay for them but still really dug the band. Those listeners did however, care enough to go see Say Anything play, which allowed for them to contribute to a reliably chaotic, cathartic live experience. Say Anything has toured heavily with other weird bands such as Thrice, Manchester Orchestra, mewithoutYou, Saves the Day, Biffy Clyro and Eisley, among many others, and has established themselves as one of the few bands nowadays who end up as sweaty, busted up and bruised after a show as the people who are actually watching them. After ending a long relationship with the large corporation who put out their records for many years, Say Anything has signed with the amazing and independent label, Equal Vision Records - who actually want the band to play whatever they want to play and have it be as neurotic and strange as they want it to be. Say Anything will record their fourth studio album in August 2011 with Tim O'Heir (the eccentric and brilliant gentleman who produced their first record) and has committed to playing music in this band until they finally, once again, are forced to wear diapers.

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All Ages. Tickets on now at www.ticketfly.com, charge by phone at 877-4-FLY-TIX (435-9849) or at the After Dark offices | 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY. Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.
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Listen | Cute Is What We Aim For
Watch | Official Cute Is What We Aim For Video
Listen | The Dangerous Summer
Watch | Official The Dangerous Summer Video

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16+ admitted w/ I.D. Under 16 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. Tickets on sale now at www.frontgatetickets.com, charge by phone at 1-888-512-SHOW, or at our low service fee outlets including Record Archive, Aaron's Alley, House of Guitars and at the After Dark offices | 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY. Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.
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Listen | Streetlight Manifesto
Watch | Official Video
Bio | "Streetlight Manifesto is a third wave ska punk band from East Brunswick, New Jersey, under the creative leadership of singer/guitarist Tomas Kalnoky. Since forming in 2002, the band has released four full-length albums. Several of Streetlight’s members were already well known among the New Jersey ska community for their roles in past ska bands from that area, most notably Catch 22’s Tomas Kalnoky, James Egan, Mike Soprano, and Josh Ansley, as well as One Cool Guy’s Stuart Karmatz, Pete Sibilia, Dan Ross, and Chris Paszik. The band’s first album, Everything Goes Numb, was released on August 26, 2003, and was distributed by Victory Records. They headlined their first ever show at Rutgers University on December 9, 2003 in front of a sold out audience. The line-up has gone through several changes since the band’s conception and currently consists of Matt Stewart on trumpet, Mike Brown on alto and baritone saxophone, Jim Conti on alto and tenor saxophone, Tomas Kalnoky on guitar and lead vocals, Pete McCullaugh on bass guitar, Nadav Nirenberg on trombone, and Chris Thatcher on drums. Though the band have enjoyed no mainstream commercial success, they have received acclaim in alternative music circles, and their debut album is currently in Interpunk.com’s top 100 items, over 2 years after its release. In addition, they regularly sell out their live shows, and their first few shows at Rutgers and The Stone Pony not only sold out, but had people coming from as far as Minnesota and Canada. Their second album, a reworking of Catch 22’s Keasbey Nights was released on March 7, 2006. Streetlight Manifesto’s third album, entitled Somewhere In The Between came out on November 13, 2007. Rumors also have it that the band is currently working on a series of 8 albums entitled “The 99 Songs of Revolution” in co-operation with Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution, a side-project of singer Tomas Kalnoky slated for release in early 2009. On November 17, 2009, the band’s website announced that “99 Songs Of Revolution: Volume One” has been ready for release for quite some time but “some record labels are just plain horrendous.” They are also in the process of arranging a tour for 2010 but will spend some time in the studio until they have “a few records to release.” The first album of 99 Songs of Revolution was released on March 16, 2010. On this CD, the band covered songs by artists such as The Postal Service, Radiohead, and NOFX." -LastFM

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All Ages. Tickets on sale now at the After Dark offices located at 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY (Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm), or online at FrontGateTickets.com.

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Listen | Lemuria

Watch | Lemuria Official Music Video

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16+ Admitted with I.D. / under 16 with a parent. Tickets on sale now at the After Dark offices located at 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY (Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm), charge by phone at 1-866-468-7619 or available through opening bands.
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Listen | My City, My Secret
Watch | My City, My Secret Video

Event Description

All Ages. Tickets on sale Friday, May 3rd at the After Dark offices located at 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY (Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm) or online at Ticketfly.com.
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Listen | Alesana

Watch | Alesana Official Music Video

Event Description

All Ages. Tickets on sale now at Ticketfly.com and the After Dark office | 630 Elmwood Ave. | Buffalo, NY | Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.

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Listen | Ficticious Ray

Listen | Born Cages

Listen | Satellite Nation

Listen | Mooses

Listen | Breckensood

Listen | Victory For Poland

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All Ages. Tickets on sale now at the After Dark offices located at 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY (Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm), online at Ticketfly.com.
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Listen | My City, My Secret

Listen | A Future Corrupt

Listen | A Breath Alive

Listen | Visions Of An Empire

Listen | Oceans Of Sienna

Listen | Shroud Of Turin

Listen | With Life Comes Death

Listen | Saints And Madmen

Listen | No Promises, No Regrets

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All Ages. Tickets on now at the After Dark offices located at 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY (Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm), or online at Ticketfly.com.

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Listen | The Front Bottoms

Watch | The Front Bottoms Official Video


Bio | "The Front Bottoms are a two-piece indie / pop / acoustic band based out of Bergen County, NJ. The band was formed in 2006 and originally had three members: Brian Sella (vocals, guitar, lyricist), Brian Uychich (keyboard, vocals) and Matt Uychich (drums). However, as of fall 2010, Brian Uychich left the band to concentrate on school full-time. Brian Uychich was replaced by Drew Villafuerte (bass, keys) In June 2010, The Front Bottoms released a 6-track album entitled “Slow Dance to Soft Rock”. On March 8th, 2011, the band announced they have completed work on their forthcoming new mini-album, “Grip ‘N’ Tie”. This EP was cancelled upon signing to Bar/None Records and combined with “Slow Dance to Soft Rock” to make their self titled debut full-length album." -lastfm.com

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18+ Admitted with I.D. / under 18 with a parent. Tickets on sale now the After Dark offices located at 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY (Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm), charge by phone at 1-866-468-7619 or available through opening bands.
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Listen | Mother Mother
Watch | Mother Mother Official Video

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All Ages. Tickets on now at the After Dark offices located at 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY (Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm), or online at Ticketfly.com.

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Listen | Mixtapes

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All Ages/21+ to drink. Tickets on sale THURSDAY MAY 23RD @ 12NOON @ ticketmaster.com, select Walmart locations, the After Dark box office and the Town Ballroom box office.

There are no boat slips available but you may anchor in the water.
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Listen | The Black Keys

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All Ages. Tickets on sale now at www.ticketfly.com, charge by phone at 877-4-FLY-TIX (435-9849) or at the After Dark offices | 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY. Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.
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Listen | Real Friends

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All Ages. Tickets on sale now at www.ticketfly.com, charge by phone at 877-4-FLY-TIX (435-9849) or at the After Dark offices | 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY. Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.
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Listen | Bad Rabbits
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On sale this Friday, April 12 at Noon ($48.00 advance plus $2 facility fee / Limited VIP tickets available) available online at Ticketmaster.com and through ALL Ticketmaster locations in the US and Canada including Walmart Store Locations, the Town Ballroom box office (681 Main Street) and the After Dark box office (630 Elmwood Avenue). Call to charge by phone 800-745-3000.
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Listen | The Tragically Hip

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Bio | The Tragically Hip was formed in 1984 by five friends from Kingston ON – Rob Baker, Gord Downie, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois and Gord Sinclair.
The Hip has sold millions of records worldwide, managing to enjoy both mass popularity and critical acclaim.
The group released their first album, The Tragically Hip, in 1987 and have since released thirteen studio albums, earning two diamond certifications and over twenty #1 hits.
Known for their powerful, energetic live performances, The Hip have established a demanding concert itinerary, touring extensively in Canada, the U.S., and Europe.
Their 13th studio album, “Now for Plan A,” produced by Gavin Brown, was released in 2012. It features the single, “At Transformation.”

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All Ages/21+ to drink. Tickets on sale now at ticketmaster.com, select Walmart locations, the After Dark box office and the Town Ballroom box office.

There are no boat slips available but you may anchor in the water.
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Listen | Mac Miller

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Bio | In a blossoming hip-hop hotbed of talent, Malcolm “Mac Miller” McCormick is next up out of Pittsburgh, PA. A recent graduate of Taylor Allderdice High School, Mac caught the eyes and ears of Rostrum Records, inking a deal in July 2010. A multitalented musician who can play numerous instruments and a young novice of the freestyle/cipher/battle circuit of his hometown, Mac has been paving his way to superstardom in his blue-collar hometown for years.
Born in 1992, Mac taught himself to play piano, drums, guitar, and bass by the age of 6. Then, after learning to compose songs in a variety of musical genres, he began studying the art of rhyme. Influenced by the styles of artists such as Big L, Lauryn Hill, Outkast, and A Tribe Called Quest, Mac soon developed a reputation for delivering jaw-dropping freestyles in Pittsburgh.
Recording his first songs in the Fall of 2007, Mac went on to form a duo called The Ill Spoken. By 2009, Mac began recording solo records. During this time he released “The Jukebox” and “The High Life” and began to generate a legitimate buzz in the streets and online.
By of July 2010, Mac’s buzz became undeniable. With a handful of offers on the table, the young phenom decided to sign with independent powerhouse Rostrum Records. In August 2010, Mac released his Rostrum Records debut “K.I.D.S.” and took the internet and music industry by storm.
The Source Magazine says “The sky is the limit for this 19 year old Pittsburgh native,” while HipHopDx labeled Mac as “The Steel City’s next superstar.” Mac was featured on the cover of XXL Magazine’s coveted Top Freshman in January 2011. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says “Miller’s skillful rhymes, humorous themes and upbeat demeanor are catching the nation by storm.” Complex Magazine calls Miller “The Steel City’s newest rap posterboy.” while URB Magazine calls Mac “a young emcee who is the real thing.” Mac’s music is also a mainstay on popular hip-hop sites such as Nahright, 2dopeboyz, Rapradar, TheSmokingSection, Allhiphop, and Illroots.
Mac’s greatest strength though could be his ability to shine in front of the camera. Soon after signing to Rostrum, Miller was thrust onto several national radio shows for interviews and impromptu freestyles, which have now become Youtube viral video classics. To coincide with his debut Rostrum free albums “K.I.D.S.” and “Best Day Ever” Mac continued to team up with hometown filmmaker/videographer Rex Arrow Films. Mac’s videos have now surpassed 165 million hits on www.youtube.com/treejtv, including 6 with 15 million plus views a piece. The success of his early street buzz and social media dominance have now transitioned Mac to sold out shows across the world with The Incredibly Dope Tour upstreaming to the internationally sold out Blue Slide Park Tour with almost 200,000 tickets sold in the past year.
The year 2011 also showcased Mac’s selling potential as his debut Rostrum EP, “On and On and Beyond,” sold over 60,000 copies digitally alone. Mac has also sold over a million singles total with little to no radio airplay. His debut LP “Blue Slide Park” already reached #3 overall on the iTunes Albums Chart just from pre-orders. Look for Mac Miller to be the new face of music in 2011 and beyond.

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All Ages Admitted. Tickets on sale now at www.tickets.com, charge by phone at 1-888-223-6000 or at our low service fee outlets including the Town Ballroom box office and the After Dark box office | 630 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, NY. Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.

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Listen | Every Time I Die

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Bio | Every Time I Die have never been an easy act to categorize and that’s one of the key reasons why the band’s fans have never turned their back on this innovative act’s unique brand of music. While the band started out in the late ’90s hardcore scene, over the past decade they’ve continued to evolve and push the boundaries of heavy music, a process that’s culminating with their sixth full-length Ex Lives. Recorded by Joe Barresi (Tool, Queens Of The Stone Age) Ex Lives sees the band—vocalist Keith Buckley, guitarists Jordan Buckley and Andy Williams, drummer Ryan Leger—coming together to create the most forward-thinking album of their career.
“Everything about this record was new,” Keith explains. “Normally I’m in a comfort zone when I write lyrics because I’m just holed up in my apartment but this time I was finding little corners of clubs in Europe with [side-project] the Damned Things trying to squeeze in a couple of hours of writing and I think that process really affected the way this album came together.”
Keith adds that although Every Time I Die’s party vibe has been well-documented in the past, Ex Lives saw the band approaching the album from a more serious perspective. “There’s no song like ‘We’rewolf’ on this album,” Keith explains. “I was pretty angry when we were writing these songs which isn’t a good spot for a human being but is good if you’re a guy singing in a band,” he continues with a laugh. “I was just really angry and disappointed with a lot of things in my life at the time and I think that definitely comes through on a lot of these songs; I was wondering if it was all karma because I was a horrible person in a past life and that’s where the album title came from.”
From the syncopated chaos of the opening salvo “Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space” to the progressive mosh anthem “A Wild, Shameless Plain” and relentless metal riffage of “The Low Road Has No Exits,” Ex Lives sees Every Time I Die further tempering their aggression while also implementing new instrumentation such as banjo (see the sinister intro of “Partying Is Such Sweet Sorrow”) and, yes, flute (see the end of “Indian Giver”) in order to recontextualize exactly what it means to be a heavy band, which is something that has endeared them to fans for thirteen years.
“I don’t think us doing anything different is a surprise to Every Time I Die fans because one of the main reasons why a lot of people have stuck by us for so long is because they know they can expect the unexpected with each release,” Keith explains, adding that if you listen close enough you’ll take note of plenty of sonic subtleties on Ex Lives. “There are a lot of little weird things that I think people will start noticing more as they listen to the album,” he elaborates. “I’d never added any keyboard or synthesizer elements to an Every Time I Die song before so it was a really cool opportunity to expand the sound on this disc.”
Similarly Ex Lives also sees Keith pushing his limits on songs like “I Suck (Blood),” which proves how versatile the band’s vocalist has become whether he’s cathartically screaming or crooning an upper register melody. “On albums like [2007's] The Big Dirty no one heard my vocals until the album was totally done but on this one everyone had their input on what I was doing vocally and they could give me suggestions to improve them,” Keith says, adding that this disc was more collaborative for the band. “I think I was also more energetic because I was nervous to sing in front of everyone.”
It’s impossible to deny that in an increasingly stagnant musical climate Every Time I Die are still pushing the limits of their own sound—and Ex Lives is aural evidence that after over a decade together they’re anything but complacent. “I had to prove myself 100 percent from the beginning like I did when we put out our first record to show the other guys in Every Time I Die as well as myself that I could do this and I couldn’t be happier with the end result,” Keith summarizes when asked to describe Ex Lives. “This feels like a new band in a way… it’s just its own thing and that feels really, really good.”

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16+ Admitted w/ I.D. Under w/ a Parent. Tickets on sale now at the After Dark offices located at 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY (Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm), or online at FrontGateTickets.com.

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Listen | Anamanaguchi

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All Ages. Tickets on sale now at ticketmaster.com, select Walmart locations, the Town Ballroom Box office and the After Dark offices.
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Listen | Flogging Molly

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Bio | Three years ago, hard working men and women the world over were collectively under the assumption that their nest eggs were secure, their homes were the safest of all investments, and that the economy was on the upswing. Then, with virtually no warning, their lives were turned upside down, as an entire generation saw their dreams dashed and plans dismantled. It all happened with the Speed of Darkness.
Nothing has mattered more to Flogging Molly than their new record, Speed of Darkness. "It wasn't the album we set out to write," vocalist/guitarist Dave King says. "It became the album we had to write." Musically and lyrically, Flogging Molly has never sounded so mature or rousing, nor have the messages of alienation and hope behind their songs ever been so relevant. Speed of Darkness was written over several months when the band would descend into the basement of King's Detroit home—a home he shares with his wife, Flogging Molly fiddler, Bridget Regan (they maintain dual residences in Ireland and Detroit, where Bridget was born and raised). As the country struggled to stay afloat, the songs evolved into odes to the working man and battle cries against the elite establishment that so quickly and callously cast him aside. "I write from my surroundings," King says. "I wanted people who've lost their jobs to know I was paying attention. We're singing for them, all of these good people brought to their knees." Nowhere is this more apparent than on the charging and bluesy track "The Power's Out." ("The power's out, there's fuck all to see/The power's out, like this economy/The power's out, guess it's par for the course/Unless you're a bloodsucking leech CEO").
With Speed of Darkness, the band went into unchartered territory. The album was recorded at Echo Mountain Recording Studio, which is housed in a converted church in Asheville, North Carolina. The setting underscored a record that continually asks hard questions of faith and suffering, of belief and deliverance. "We liked making music in a building that had been a voice for the community," King says. "We just wanted to sing a little louder than they had before." And sing louder they did. Songs like "A Prayer for Me in Silence" and "The Cradle of Humankind" are journeys through hardship and heartache, through besieged homelands and losses that open like chasms. Other tracks like "This Present State of Grace" and "Oliver Boy" are songs of searching, of country and democracy, songs that bear witness to the glory and terror of being human. Speed of Darkness also marks the debut of Flogging Molly's own record label Borstal Beat, which they founded after a great run with SideOneDummy, their home for the last decade. The new chapter in the band's life also makes perfect sense: they're more independent than ever, more themselves than ever. "We're more serious now and we're taking risks. It's who Flogging Molly is," King says. Flogging Molly has never conformed to industry tastes; they've always been the outcasts who put their fans before commercial success, and they've always put their music before marketability. The rewards of such independence and integrity are undeniable on Speed of Darkness. You feel it from the first note to the last, the pathos and the passion, the sweeping and rollicking electricity of inspiration.
Founded in Los Angeles in 1997, Flogging Molly has always defied categorization. The infectious originality of their songs is a badge of honor and key to the band's creativity, their urgency. They infuse punk rock with Celtic instruments—violin, mandolin and the accordion—and they merge blues progressions with grinding guitars and traditional Irish music, the music of King's youth. "We're not a traditional band," explains Dublin-born King. "We are influenced by traditional music and inspired by it, but without question we put our own twist on it." Theirs is music of exile and rebellion, of struggle and history and protest. It's music of a country torn down the middle, a deeply beautiful and wounded country that knows no quit, and Flogging Molly pays homage to that resolve in every note. Whether it's a driving anthem like "Black Friday Rule" or the upbeat duet with Lucinda Williams, "Factory Girls", the band's only criteria for its music is simple and bone-deep: that it matter.
Flogging Molly's fans have always appreciated the social and political awareness driving the music. Swagger, the band's first album, transcended everyone's expectations in 2000, and the track "The Worst Day Since Yesterday" was included in the film Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Drunken Lullabies was released in 2002 and certified Gold. In 2004, the band released Within a Mile of Home, and in 2008, Flogging Molly put out Float, a deeply stirring and personal album recorded in King's native Ireland. No surprise that Float found the band's widest audience yet. Through all of this, Flogging Molly—first, last, and always a live band—was touring, playing raucous and adrenaline-fueled shows in bars, pubs, and nearly every major rock festival in North America, Europe, and Japan. "In Ireland," King says, "you go to the pub to have a conversation. That's what we do every night on stage, go to the pub and trade stories." In 2010, to showcase their unparalleled and limitless energy on stage, the band released Flogging Molly: Live at the Greek Theatre, a three disc set chronicling their legendary sold out shows at one of LA's most famous music venues.
Speed Of Darkness is music to play after you've lost your job or your love, and music to listen to as you dream of better things for your family and country. It's the music you hear as you fight a bigger man, and it's the music you hear as you help him from the floor and buy him a pint at the bar. The album, like Flogging Molly itself, is a testament to youth and resilience, to growing old and the wisdom of scars, and yet for all of the record's darkness and the speed with which it descends, the ultimate theme is one of light: We can persevere. We must and we will persevere.

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16+ Admitted w/ I.D. Under w/ a Parent. Tickets on sale now at the After Dark offices located at 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY (Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm), or online at FrontGateTickets.com.

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Listen | Wavves

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16+ Admitted w/ I.D. Under w/ a Parent. Tickets on sale now @ The After Dark box office, Aarons Alley, House of Guitars, Record Archive. Buy online @ frontgatetickets.com. For more info visit www.AfterDarkPresents.com

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Listen | Baroness

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All Ages. Tickets on sale now at www.ticketfly.com, charge by phone at 877-4-FLY-TIX (435-9849) or at the After Dark offices | 630 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY. Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.
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Listen | All Shall Perish
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16+ admitted with ID, Under 16 with an adult. Tickets on sale Thursday, May 23rd at 12:00pm at www.tickets.com, charge by phone at 1-888-223-6000 or at our low service fee outlets including the Town Ballroom box office and the After Dark box office | 630 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, NY. Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm.

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Listen | Brand New

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