an examination used to test the condition of the middle ear and mobility of the eardrum, and the conduction bones by creating variations of air pressure in the ear canal.

Basically, it sounded like a cool name for a blog intended to be primarily about music. We’d both had other blogs previously, but over beers it was decided that more damage could be done as a joint venture. And here we are.

We share a passion for the undiscovered and under-appreciated, and hope that you’ll be able to find something you love as well.

Do you have an artist or band you think we should hear? Please feel free to let us know and we'd be glad to give it a listen.

Submissions can be sent here.

Please note that we try our hardest to respond to all submissions, but we get a lot of requests, so we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Get in touch with Andy.

Get in touch with Dave.

Also, if you're interested in advertising on Tympanogram, feel free to get in touch with us here.

The music offered on this blog is for sampling purposes only. If you enjoy something you hear here, please go out and buy the music, see a show, or purchase some merchandise. Posted mp3s are available for a limited period of time only.

If there are any materials featured here that are your intellectual property, and you would prefer them removed, please notify us and we will be happy to oblige.

I like music. I can't describe how I came to like the music I do, because I don't know how or why, I just do.

Many years ago, Napoleon's brother, my great-great-great-great-great-great Grandfather, came to America. He was asked his name on Ellis Island while being processed as an immigrant. Not understanding English, he was under the impression that he was being asked how he had arrived in the new land. So he turned around and pointed at the sea vessel and said, 'LaBarge.'

I come by my music taste of my own free will. My friends listened to 2Pac, my parents to contemporary Christian and me? Sunny Day Real Estate. I can’t explain it.

“Music, true music, not just rock ’n’ roll, it chooses you. It lives in your car, or alone, listening to your headphones…” - Lester Bangs

NOTE: All concerts are in Rochester unless otherwise noted.

8/28: My Morning Jacket and The New Pornographers
9/2: The Black Keys (Buffalo)
9/3: Coheed and Cambria (Syracuse)
9/4: These Electric Lives and Mikey Jukebox
9/8: Chali 2na
9/10: Vampire Weekend and Beach House
9/16: Wavves (Buffalo)
9/16: Jesse Malin and The St. Marks Social
9/16-9/19: Rochester Indie Fest
9/19: of Montreal with Janelle Monae (Buffalo)
9/21: Holy Fuck (Buffalo)
9/22: Stars and Wild Nothing
9/25: Broken Social Scene and The Sea and Cake (Buffalo)
9/29: Bear In Heaven (Ithaca)
10/18: Dr. Dog and Here We Go Magic (Buffalo)
10/22: Tympanogram Presents (at Bug Jar) - TBA
10/28: Matt and Kim
11/14: Sarah Harmer