None. I am seeing none of these shows because I have a lot of shows planned and the closest any of these tours will be is four hours away each way :(. Not worth it to me. Would love to catch Astro again, The New Pornographers, or Slowdive though. BrainBurner you seeing any of these?
None either. Albany seems to far more off the beaten path than Buffalo, which I would have found hard to believe before I moved here. I am going to this show this weekend which should be awesome, but besides that I got nothing on the horizon.
There are some tours that still come through here that don't go other places, but otherwise I agree with you as a generality. There have been 3 venues that have shut down here over the past 3 years. It's sad. Don't know how you feel about Coheed and Cambria, but they're streaming their concert on Yahoo for some reason. I adore their first three albums.