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CORE VALUES: Film & Gender arrives in Buffalo

May 22, 2026May 22, 2026 Benjamin Joe0Tagged Area 54, hardcore, Rock

The Lavender Room will present a night of hardcore music Sunday at Area 54. It will feature locals Hostile Makeover and Lil Twiggy and the Green Aardvark Mafia as well as Film & Gender from Massachusetts and Jerry Big’s World Famous Band of Rochester. Benjamin Joe has details.

CORE VALUES: Radical Operations to perform at Area 54

February 19, 2026February 19, 2026 Benjamin Joe0Tagged Area 54, hardcore, Rock

Radical Operations and Terror Babies will headline a five-band hardcore billat Area 54 tonight. Benjamin Joe has details.

CORE VALUES: As venues close, there’s still hope for the scene

January 28, 2025January 27, 2025 Benjamin Joe1Tagged Amy's Place, Area 54, hardcore, Mohawk Place, punk

By Benjamin Joe(Image above: Fans pack Mohawk Place for GOA release show last year. Photo by Kate Badgley.) In the spring of 2024, three hosts of mosh pits, stage dives […]