The Buffalo-based band formerly known as “Wolf” is back with a new line up, a new name, and a brand new self-titled EP – fans will be familiar with front woman Chelsea O’Donnell’s unique and powerful vocals that lead the newly re-formed Stress Dolls. Her confident energy and cadence are reminiscent of Amanda Palmer but with a punk rock edge not unlike Sleater Kinney. Brian Silinski on lead guitar and TJ Luckman on bass provide...

8:25 pm. Chatter filled the Modeling Factory. Artificial arms, legs, and a torsos were scattered along the tile floor, sharing the space with the human arms, legs, and torsos belonging to attendees. The long room was cut in half laterally by a floor-to-ceiling wall of white paper. With darkness filling the room and the only source of light being the street lamps outside, I wondered how I would pull off any sort of usable photo...

Thursday’s crowd at Milkie’s on Elmwood was undoubtedly on the smaller side, but that was no problem for Stress Dolls. The presence of a smaller group helped amplify the thick and confident vocals coming from frontwoman Chelsea O’Donnell--both figuratively and literally. As the set progressed, the group relaxed into the atmosphere and presented us all with some tunes we could really rock out to.

One of my personal favorites fro...