Rug Burn, Boy Jr, harepin turn, Muddle, Blaised and Confused at Buffalo Iron Works | June 12, 2026
Carpet Factory is doing what it does best on Friday, June 12 — stacking five acts at Buffalo Iron Works and turning the Cobblestone District into a full night out. This one has a Rochester anchor in Boy Jr. and four Buffalo acts who have been building something worth watching. Get there early. The room fills up for a bill like this.
About the Artists
Rochester’s Boy Jr. is the project of Erica Allen-Lubman, a SUNY Purchase conservatory grad whose sound she describes as “sorta glamorous, arm flailing garage pop.” Think The Strokes urgency run through St. Vincent’s precise weirdness, with Joywave’s regional sensibility underneath. Her releases — Costumes II, I Hate Getting Dumped!, No Hard Feelings EP — show an artist who has figured out exactly what kind of noise she wants to make, and live that means powerful guitar riffs, driving electronic drums, and vocals that know when to push and when to pull back. She is the draw-from-outside act on this bill, and a show at this scale in a room this good is the right context to see what she can do.
Buffalo’s Muddle brings the punch — bombastic drums, catchy guitar riffs, and vocalist Maggie De Witt, whose voice has been compared to a powerful weapon. Two albums in (Crackhead Behavior, 2019; Protect and Serve, 2021), they know how to use a big room and will not waste the opportunity. Blaised and Confused — the duo of Blaise Mercedes and Oscar Woodrich — has played Buffalo Iron Works before and comes back with experimental rock that has a DIY edge extending all the way to homemade stage attire. Their recent single “Perception” blends dreamy R&B into a rock framework that defies a clean label. Rug Burn and harepin turn round out the bill — both Buffalo-area acts running in the same underground orbit as everything else on this lineup.
About the Venue
Buffalo Iron Works sits at 49 Illinois Street in Buffalo’s Cobblestone District — a restored early 1900s factory space that holds 500 and does the industrial-chic thing without overcooking it. The neighborhood rewards arriving early: the Cobblestone District has enough character and enough options nearby to make the pre-show walk worthwhile. This is one of Buffalo’s genuinely good independent rooms, and Carpet Factory clearly knows how to program it.
Tickets & Pricing
Tickets start at $30 and are on sale now. Get yours at Buffalo Iron Works before the room fills up.