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Buffalo Tom
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Sean
December 4th 2023
We drove by at 7:45 with the entrance line still stretching over 100 yds down Comm Ave making this was the most packed Buffalo Tom show since we first 'waited for an answer, but we waited for 25 years'. Chris walked in when we did around 8:10, and no more than 10 minutes later, they were playing.
This show was raw like 30 years ago, with a full catalog of songs, all the favorites like Tree House, Tangerine and the magical I'm Allowed, Bill's guitar screaming through solos and Tom's drums steadily pacing new ones like All Be Gone and classics Velvet Roof, The Bus from 1986, also with guest star Hilken Mancini helping with backing vocals and the harmonica solo on Kitchen Door sounding like the original, and with many of Chris's quiet-start songs like Late at Night, Rachael, Twenty Points, Taillights Fade and ending with a 7 song encore including a brand new song New Girl Singing and finally the ethereal Frozen Lake.
It was a show for the ages, jam-packed with songs old and new, Buffalo Tom crushing it again at the Paradise, and it looks like they're here to stay.
Boston, MA@Paradise Rock Club
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About Buffalo Tom
When they released their first album in 1989, the Boston-based trio Buffalo Tom were written off as Dinosaur Jr. junior. Admittedly, their debut was in debt to J Mascis' thundering guitar and folk-tinged songs and it didn't help that Mascis produced the record, either. Over time, Buffalo Tom stripped away their grungier influences and developed into a straight-ahead rock group of the early '90s, capable of throttling rockers and beautiful ballads. Comprising guitarist/vocalist Bill Janovitz, bassist/vocalist Chris Colbourn, and drummer Tom Maginnis, Buffalo Tom began to develop their own style with their second album, 1990's Birdbrain, which featured a noticeable improvement in songwriting. In 1992, Buffalo Tom released Let Me Come Over, a gritty set of driving rock and achingly melancholy ballads; several of its tracks became alternative radio staples, including the gorgeous ballad "Taillights Fade." Despite an increased amount of critical praise and some radio airplay, the album didn't sell. The follow-up, 1993's Big Red Letter Day, featured a more polished, radio-ready production, but the album received only a small push from radio and MTV. "Soda Jerk," the first single from the album, became a minor alternative radio and MTV hit. After a yearlong tour, the group returned in the summer of 1995 with Sleepy Eyed, a return to the more direct sound of Let Me Come Over. Smitten followed in 1998, and two years later a best-of, Asides from Buffalo Tom, arrived. Almost a decade of inactivity followed, but things weren't over for Buffalo Tom; they returned in 2007 with an appearance at SXSW and a new full-length album on the New West label, Three Easy Pieces. Skins, the band's eighth studio album, arrived in early 2011 through their own Scrawny Records label. From this point onward, Buffalo Tom were for the most part retired, but the band periodically reunited for live shows. In 2017, after Beggars Banquet released an expanded 25th anniversary edition of Let Me Come Over, the trio reconvened for a short run of dates in the United States and Europe. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
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Genres:
Indie Rock, Alternative
Band Members:
Bill Janovitz, Chris Colbourn, Tom Maginnis
Hometown:
Boston, Massachusetts
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Sean
December 4th 2023
We drove by at 7:45 with the entrance line still stretching over 100 yds down Comm Ave making this was the most packed Buffalo Tom show since we first 'waited for an answer, but we waited for 25 years'. Chris walked in when we did around 8:10, and no more than 10 minutes later, they were playing.
This show was raw like 30 years ago, with a full catalog of songs, all the favorites like Tree House, Tangerine and the magical I'm Allowed, Bill's guitar screaming through solos and Tom's drums steadily pacing new ones like All Be Gone and classics Velvet Roof, The Bus from 1986, also with guest star Hilken Mancini helping with backing vocals and the harmonica solo on Kitchen Door sounding like the original, and with many of Chris's quiet-start songs like Late at Night, Rachael, Twenty Points, Taillights Fade and ending with a 7 song encore including a brand new song New Girl Singing and finally the ethereal Frozen Lake.
It was a show for the ages, jam-packed with songs old and new, Buffalo Tom crushing it again at the Paradise, and it looks like they're here to stay.
Boston, MA@Paradise Rock Club
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About Buffalo Tom
When they released their first album in 1989, the Boston-based trio Buffalo Tom were written off as Dinosaur Jr. junior. Admittedly, their debut was in debt to J Mascis' thundering guitar and folk-tinged songs and it didn't help that Mascis produced the record, either. Over time, Buffalo Tom stripped away their grungier influences and developed into a straight-ahead rock group of the early '90s, capable of throttling rockers and beautiful ballads. Comprising guitarist/vocalist Bill Janovitz, bassist/vocalist Chris Colbourn, and drummer Tom Maginnis, Buffalo Tom began to develop their own style with their second album, 1990's Birdbrain, which featured a noticeable improvement in songwriting. In 1992, Buffalo Tom released Let Me Come Over, a gritty set of driving rock and achingly melancholy ballads; several of its tracks became alternative radio staples, including the gorgeous ballad "Taillights Fade." Despite an increased amount of critical praise and some radio airplay, the album didn't sell. The follow-up, 1993's Big Red Letter Day, featured a more polished, radio-ready production, but the album received only a small push from radio and MTV. "Soda Jerk," the first single from the album, became a minor alternative radio and MTV hit. After a yearlong tour, the group returned in the summer of 1995 with Sleepy Eyed, a return to the more direct sound of Let Me Come Over. Smitten followed in 1998, and two years later a best-of, Asides from Buffalo Tom, arrived. Almost a decade of inactivity followed, but things weren't over for Buffalo Tom; they returned in 2007 with an appearance at SXSW and a new full-length album on the New West label, Three Easy Pieces. Skins, the band's eighth studio album, arrived in early 2011 through their own Scrawny Records label. From this point onward, Buffalo Tom were for the most part retired, but the band periodically reunited for live shows. In 2017, after Beggars Banquet released an expanded 25th anniversary edition of Let Me Come Over, the trio reconvened for a short run of dates in the United States and Europe. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
Show More
Genres:
Indie Rock, Alternative
Band Members:
Bill Janovitz, Chris Colbourn, Tom Maginnis
Hometown:
Boston, Massachusetts
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