New releases and videos in local music

By Elmer Ploetz and Chloe Kowalyk

(Image above: Cami Clune from her “Summer Fantasy” video)

Welcome back to The Music Box, a place where contributors of The Buffalo Hive discuss new releases from local musicians. This week, we’re diving into Cami Clune ….

Cami Clune’s ‘Summer Fantasy’ video

Local singer/songwriter Cami Clune is most highly recognized for her appearance as a semifinalist on Season 19 of The Voice.

Clune frequently plays local venues as both a solo artist and with her band, Cami & The Fringe. She also performs the music of Taylor Swift in themed sing-along nights fit with costumes and references, called “The Eras Experience.”

On Aug. 8, Clune released a new music video for “Summer Fantasy,” which co-stars Joe Veronica, Elisabeth Manente.

The video itself is cinematically stunning. A whopping 5 minutes and 39 seconds, the video is filled with gorgeous scenery.

For the Swifties, it reminds me a lot of the “All Too Well” music video, which might be intentional given Clune’s Swift-inspired performances.

However, Clune’s video is unique and certainly her own. Her smooth vocals overlay each scene as she beautifully crafts the story.

The song itself was originally released back on September 20, 2024. With over a thousand streams, many of her fans anticipated the release.

Clune also held a release party at Nietzche’s on Wednesday, July 23, with a live performance from Cami & The Fringe.

A portion of the proceeds from the event benefited Clune’s friend Will Leach, who is battling astrocytoma, a terminal brain cancer. Leach also appeared in the new video.

You can find Cami Clune on Spotify here.

NEW RELEASES:

VIOLENT WAY: “I’ll Ask You”/”They Said’

We’ve got some fun punk pop or Oi! or whatever you want to call it from Violent Way, released this past week. Produced by Jay Zubricky and with Wattie Sharp of Lion’s Law on “They Said” (although we like “I’ll Ask You” better. Those are the first two songs from an upcoming album.

SHANE MEYER: “To the broken coast / on the crystal wave / it’s you, o / hey” LP

Shane Meyer has a new long player of atmospheric indie pop on Brandon Schlia’s Steak & Cake Records. Meyer handles vocals and acoustic and electric guitars while Schlia provides drums, bass, organ and production.

U.I.S.: debut EP

The new hardcore band U.I.S. has its debut EP out on Swimming Face (the local company that has released Science Man, Alpha Hopper and a bunch of others). The initial cassette tape run is sold out, but it’s available on Bandcamp.

SOSTRE!: “Accessory to the Murder of My Best Friend” EP

The band Sostre! has a new EP available for download (the release show CD-R is sold out). Teagan Finnegan provides the screams for the screamo in this new song, with guitarist Mason Cole, bassist Sam Blum and drummer A.J. Carbone providing the music.

VIDEO:

A Rod HME – “All My Life”

How many times can you flash a stack of cash in a 73-second video? Twenty-year-old rapper A Rod HME may be out to answer that question. The video is directed by Kris Cole and was shot around Buffalo.

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