Jordan Maelyn Smith
musician // video editor // journalist // curator // librarian
located in Buffalo, NY
music
Urge Surfer
Misnomers
2025
Alphabet Archive
2024
Reach
2022
Stress Dolls
Forward 2022
Vega Vinyl
East Of The Wall / Year Of No Light / Rosetta - Split 2010
Giant Squid - The Ichthyologist 2009
Damiera - M(US)IC 2009
Constants - The Murder of Tom Fitzgerril 2008
Park - Building a Better ___ 2008
Hello, Star Vega
Last Three
2007
The Casino’s Wake
2006
video
Urge Surfer - Cursed (Music Video)
2022, 3 min
The Pan Man
2021, 14 min
Creation
2019, 5 min
The Giving Tree
2018, 4 min
Body Modifications in Cinema
2018, 9 min
Milestones of Science
2016, 3 min
The Haunted Library
2013, 20 min
Twain in Buffalo
2013, 4 min
film journalism
Monday Memo
DOC NYC, 2019-
Monday Memo
Stranger Than Fiction, 2015-2019
Reports from True/False Film Festival
Senses of Cinema, 2018-2020
Various Festival Reports
Nonfics, 2017-2018
Retracing Buffalo ’66, One Location at a Time
Buffalo Spree, 2015
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Buffalo Rising, 2012
Various Reviews, Interviews, Festival Reports & Features
IONCinema, 2011-2016
film curation
Weekend Watch DOC NYC, 2021-
Cultivate Cinema Circle
2015-2023
Influence Film Club
2014-2018
press
Buffalo electro-pop duo Urge Surfer releases new project ‘Misnomers’ WIVB Channel 4, 2025
Review: Urge Surfer – Misnomers BuffaBlog, 2025
New Urge Surfer EP, ‘MISNOMERS,’ Rides a Wave of Daring Sonic Exploration 1120 Press, 2025
The Music Box: New Urge Surfer release coming soon The Buffalo Hive, 2025
Field Recording Initiative – Buffalo Field Recording Treasure Hunt Hiss and Roar, 2025
716: The Sound Episode 17: Jordan Smith 716: The Sound, 2025
The library’s Makerspace: where creativity can come to life Buffalo Magazine, 2024
Urge Surfer Set to Drop Compelling New EP, ‘Alphabet Archive’ 1120 Press, 2024
The Local Lo-Down - Stress Dolls WCVF 88.9 FM, 2023
Catching up with local favorites Buffalo Spree, 2022
Review: Urge Surfer - Reach Pitch Perfect, 2022
Urge Surfer Releases Debut EP, Music Video for “Cursed” BuffaBlog, 2022
Cultivate Cinema screens film debuts from female directors Buffalo News, 2018
From noir to Cultivate Cinema, local specialty screenings are big Buffalo News, 2017
Greed, Corruption & Cover-Up At The NSA Artvoice, 2016
Cultivate Cinema Circle Buffalo Rising, 2016
Returnings to Life: The Apu Trilogy in Buffalo The Criterion Collection’s Current, 2015
Will the circle be unbroken? Artvoice, 2015
Hello, Star Vega – The Casino’s Wake (review) Verbicide, 2006
live performances
| Group | Date | Bill | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stress Dolls | 5/24/2026 | Halfstride, Praire Pavement, El Covito | Buffalo Ironworks, Buffalo, NY |
| Personal Style | 5/8/2026 | Light Beams, Chimes of Bayonets, Welks Mice, Steve Baczkowski & David Bailey | Milkie’s, Buffalo, NY |
| Personal Style | 4/12/2026 | Ithaca D.I.Y. Fest w/ Welks Mice, Material Objects | Downtown, Ithaca, NY |
| Personal Style | 4/11/2026 | Welks Mice, whitepicketfences, Behaver | Partners & Son, Philadelphia, PA |
| Personal Style | 4/10/2026 | Welks Mice, Diamine, Beam Zillion | The Fridge, Washington, DC |
| Personal Style | 4/9/2026 | Welks Mice | Revolver Records Elmwood, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 3/28/2026 | Faith2Fear, Megan From Work | Bug Jar, Rochester, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 3/21/2026 | Spud | Third Space, Buffalo, NY |
| Personal Style | 11/15/2025 | Lower Pony, Uniform Operator, Headbutt | Milkie’s, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 10/4/2025 | Theyfest 2025 | Amy’s Place, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 9/19/2025 | Bile Study, Muddle | Lavhole, Buffalo, NY |
| Personal Style | 9/6/2025 | Goodbye Metro, Different Planets, Pam Swarts, Mookie, DJ Handsome Dan | Mr. Goodbar, Buffalo, NY |
| Personal Style | 8/24/2025 | Chimes of Bayonets, Sun Urchins, Crossbite | Buttonwoods Brewery, Providence, RI |
| Personal Style | 8/23/2025 | Chimes of Bayonets, Traders, Dwelley | O’Brien’s, Boston, MA |
| Personal Style | 8/22/2025 | Chimes of Bayonets, Jesse Taylor Band, Star Farm | Odd Fellows Hall, Burlington, VT |
| Personal Style | 8/21/2025 | Chimes of Bayonets, Idle Era | No Fun, Troy, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 7/24/2025 | Thursday & Main w/ The Sheila Divine | Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 6/28/2025 | Tugboat Annie, Black Jacket, Gathering Ground | Electric City, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 5/16/2025 | Black Wolf & The Thief | Jack Rabbit, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 4/4/2025 | Paper Rabbit, Chores | Funk ‘n Waffles, Syracuse, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 3/8/2025 | Paper Rabbit, Chores | The Cave, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 11/21/2024 | Kasador, Addisyn Logan | The Caz, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 9/20/2024 | Grosh, Ohayo, Black Wolf & The Thief, Taylor Hollingsworth | Westside Bowl, Youngstown, OH |
| Stress Dolls | 8/24/2024 | The Cynz, Perilous, Rattle Bones | The Cave, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls (duo) | 7/26/2024 | Disability Pride Fest | Canalside, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 7/19/2024 | Honeycrush, Dogs in Stereo | Nineth Ward, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 7/2/2024 | Food Truck Tuesday | Larkin Square, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 6/8/2024 | East Aurora Music Festival | Wallenwein’s Hotel, East Aurora, NY |
| Solo | 5/27/2024 | Drone Day w/ Hundreds of Seabirds, Max Davis, Steve Flato, Sallyandra, Mark Milanovich | Downtown Central Library, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 5/26/2024 | Almost There But Not Really | Burlington Bar, Chicago, IL |
| Stress Dolls | 5/25/2024 | Middle Names, Loveseat | The Brass Rail, Fort Wayne, IN |
| Stress Dolls | 5/23/2024 | Girl Cologne, The Shoehorns, Blue Hour | Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH |
| Stress Dolls (duo) | 5/19/2024 | In-Store | Hi-Fi Hits Records, Williamsville, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 5/17/2024 | ‘Queen Of No’ Record Release Party w/ Sons of Luther | Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 4/26/2024 | Castle Black, Goodbye Metro, Velvet Bethany | Mohawk Place, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 4/14/2024 | Prarie Pavement, TTTT | Lucky Lanes, Fredonia, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 3/29/2024 | Grounds for Change, Meadville, PA | |
| Stress Dolls | 3/1/2024 | Ace of Wands, Tuesday Nite | Mohawk Place, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 2/17/2024 | Karma Queen, Adelaide | Mohawk Place, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 2/8/2024 | Kasador, TTTT | Nineth Ward, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 2/2/2024 | Kasador, The Empties | Rivoli, Toronto, ON |
| Stress Dolls | 12/8/2023 | Sunny Daze & The Weathermen, Tempered | 222 Ormsby, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Stress Dolls | 11/11/2023 | Union Thugs | Lee’s Place, Toronto, ON |
| Stress Dolls | 11/1/2023 | SMAC | Jack Rabbit, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls (duo) | 10/21/2023 | Wreck Like Me, Dustin Mayle | Magic Mugs, Dover, OH |
| Stress Dolls | 10/20/2023 | Girl Cologne, Riley Burke | Westside Bowl, Youngstown, OH |
| Stress Dolls | 10/12/2023 | Lonestar Sailing | The Cave, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 9/22/2023 | Lupis, Zero Level | Bug Jar, Rochester, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 9/15/2023 | Milo Duhn, The Weather Might Say Otherwise, Rugrat Rehab | Lavender Room, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 9/2/2023 | Amphette, Mimicking Mars | Funk ‘n Waffles, Syracuse, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 8/4/2023 | Letter To Elise, Dead Orchids, Personal Style | Nietzsche’s, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 7/15/2023 | Snakeland and Quaker Gun Club | The Cave, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 7/14/2023 | Our Lady Peace, The Trews | Outer Harbor, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 6/9/2023 | Cooler, Tsunami Tsurprise, Starjuice | Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 5/6/2023 | Grosh, Ozolith, Wreck Like Me | Coda, Cleveland, OH |
| Stress Dolls (duo) | 4/20/2023 | Appearance on The Local Lo-Down | 88.9 FM WCVF The Voice, Fredonia, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 4/15/2023 | Uncanny Valley, Kid.Tigrrr | Happy Dog, Cleveland, OH |
| Stress Dolls | 3/15/2023 | Soraia, The Idiot Kids, Starjuice | Mohawk Place, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 3/10/2023 | Farrow, Marina Laurendi | Rec Room, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 2/3/2023 | Checks and Exes, Lower Expectations | Bug Jar, Rochester, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 1/25/2023 | Star Juice, Jake King | BJ’s, Fredonia, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 12/22/2022 | Last Night Songs | Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 10/26/2022 | Tsunami Tsurprise, Velvet Bethany | Nineth Ward, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 10/18/2022 | Moving Targets, Starjuice, Garfrankel | Mohawk Place, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 8/28/2022 | Beau Fleuve Music & Arts Festival | Central Terminal, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 6/12/2022 | Allentown Art Festival | Nietzsche’s, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 2/4/2022 | Grosh | Jack Rabbit, Buffalo, NY |
| Stress Dolls | 1/21/2022 | ‘Forward’ Album Release Show w/ Velvet Bethany | The Cave, Buffalo, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 10/28/2007 | Everything and You | Dunkirk, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 8/25/2007 | Everything and You | Jamestown, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 7/25/2007 | Marrow | Dunkirk Fairgrounds, Dunkirk, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 3/3/2007 | Trophy Scars, Imperial, Her Candane | Rockin’ Rick’s, Limestone, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 10/31/2006 | Intronaut | Reg Lenna Studio Theater, Jamestown, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 10/21/2006 | Gaza, The Network, Thumbscrew | Hartfield Bay Cafe, Mayville, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 10/14/2006 | Rockin’ Ricks, Limestone, NY | |
| Hello, Star Vega | 9/28/2006 | Fire When Ready | BJ’s, Fredonia, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 9/16/2006 | Everything Ends, I Am Frankie Scrapmetal | Club Fuzion, Salamanca, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 7/23/2006 | Dead Hearts, Everything And You, Killing the Dream, Ruiner | Dunkirk Boys and Girls Club, Dunkirk, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 7/22/2006 | Intronaut, Mouth of the Architect, Century | The Basement, Olean, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 6/24/2006 | Rosetta, Day Without Dawn, Everything and You, Everything Ends | Allegany Skate Park, Allegany, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 6/16/2006 | Aniasin, 3 Minutes of Hate | The Rusty Nail, Jamestown, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 4/16/2006 | The Rusty Nail, Jamestown, NY | |
| Hello, Star Vega | 3/22/2006 | The Mohawk Place, Buffalo, NY | |
| Hello, Star Vega | 3/18/2006 | From This day, The Swarm, Apology, Anmesty Box, In August, Everything Ends | Ray-D-O’s, Gowanda, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 3/4/2006 | Salamanca Skate Park Fundraiser w/ Awkward Silence, Everything and You, ZeroPointOne | St. Pats, Salamanca, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 2/25/2006 | Club Destiny, Lakewood, NY | |
| Hello, Star Vega | 2/11/2006 | Fireborn, 3 Minutes of Hate, ZeroPointOne, Procession Came Opposite, Aniasin, An Awkward Silence | Rockin’ Ricks, Limestone, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 1/27/2006 | Trust In Chariots, ZeroPointOne, Aniasin, An Awkward Silence | Old Hickory Lanes, Coudersport, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 12/17/2005 | A Very Metal Christmas w/ STEMM, Zeropointone, Greyscale, Waiting For Never, Entropys End, Thoughts Lost, Anaisin, Custom Gauge, An Awkward Silence | Rockin’ Ricks, Limestone, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 12/10/2005 | Danny Diablo, Ringworm, Agents of Man, Rivalry | The Mohawk Place, Buffalo, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 12/9/2005 | Lowercase, Until Mourning, Morning After Twilight, Grave Demand, Fearing the Forgotten | Frewsburg Central School, Frewsburg, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 12/2/2005 | Vera, The Missing Planes, The Frodis Caper, About Time | Buffalo State College, Student Union, Buffalo, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 10/25/2005 | Junius, Everything and You | Rockin’ Rick’s, Limestone, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 10/8/2005 | Crimes of Passion, Go For The Kill, ZeroPointOne | Ray-D-O’s, Gowanda, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 10/6/2005 | The Capitals, Gonculator | BJ’s, Fredonia, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 9/30/2005 | Entropy’s End, Kick Williams, Crimes of Passion | Rockin’ Rick’s, Limestone, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 9/18/2005 | Crushfest 2005 | Rockin’ Rick’s, Limestone, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 8/27/2005 | Itchy Boy n The Cobras, The Apology, Crimes of Passion | Northern Chautauqua Catholic School, Dunkirk, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 8/14/2005 | Lock and Key, Crimes of Passion, Outsmarting Simon, Czech Mates | Broadway Joe’s, Buffalo, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 8/8/2005 | Lao, Born Empty, An Awkward Silence | Rockin’ Rick’s, Limestone, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 8/6/2005 | Shaingo, The Surfing Stripes, Odium | Ray-D-O’s, Gowanda, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 7/24/2005 | Soundtrack Makes The Movie, Psycosm II, Custom Gauge, Come The Dawn, Mosin Nagant, An Awkward Silence, ZeroPointOne, Greyscale | Rockin’ Rick’s, Limestone, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 7/9/2005 | And Then There Were None, ZeroPointOne, Stitches Torn Away | Rockin’ Rick’s, Limestone, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 6/28/2005 | The Coliseum, Ceres, NY | |
| Hello, Star Vega | 6/25/2005 | The Number 12 Looks Like You | Allegany Skate Park, Allegany, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 6/4/2005 | Trophy Scars, Ambry, ZeroPointOne, Up From Here | Rockin’ Rick’s, Limestone, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 5/24/2005 | STEMM, ZeroPointOne, Triggerpoint, An Awkward Silence, Yours Truly | Rockin’ Ricks, Limestone, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 5/18/2005 | Greyscale, New Skin, ZeroPointOne | Rockin’ Ricks, Limestone, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 4/30/2005 | ZeroPointOne, Sugoc, Amber Drive | The Coliseum, Ceres, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 4/29/2005 | Fred Fest w/ ZeroPointOne, Tears of Tomorrow, Marion | Rockin’ Rhi’s Crazy Train, Fredonia, NY |
| Hello, Star Vega | 4/23/2005 | Junius, ZeroPointOne, Tears of Tomorrow, Up From Here | Rockin’ Rick’s, Limestone, NY |
library
Launch Pad Makerspace
Central Downtown Library, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, 2015-
Introduction to Creating Makerspaces in Libraries
Western New York Library Resources Council, 2022
Assessment in Library Makerspaces: Opportunities and Challenges
Connected Learning Summit, University of California, Irvine, CA, 2019
An assessment Matrix for library Makerspaces
Library & Information Science Research, 2019
Assessments in Library Makerspaces: The Audience is Everyone!
Play Make Learn Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019
You Are The Library
Central Downtown Library, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, 2018
memberships
Trans Journalist Association
Greater Western New York Film Critics Association
Online Film Critics Society
contact
email: jordan.maelyn.smith at gmail dot com
instagram: Rectangular_Eye