I play competitive air guitar. What else do you need to know?
the digs
[bandcamp width=100% height=42 album=2504124931 size=small bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 track=3477670531] This is a sad post, because it’s about a really fun band calling it a day. This is a happy post, because they’ve got one show left – tonight! – and it promises to be
the digs
You know we love The Digs over here. A couple of weeks ago, they put out a video for one of my own personal favorites of their songs, “Gunslinger.” It’s all old westerns, as you might have guessed – gunfights, fistfights, barfights – but also some foxy babes doing shots or
ray and remora
I don’t write about dream-pop very often (you’d be forgiven for replying “You don’t write about anything very often,” I know, mea culpa), but this is different. This is Ray & Remora’s latest, “Honey Beware,” and this video was shot in a very sweaty bar in
it was romance
It might just be my specific vintage, but I feel like the “x was 20 years ago, can you believe it?” stuff is coming fast and furious these days; every day it’s the anniversary of something that seems like just yesterday. Well, It Was Romance is going to go
Things I like, in no particular order: * songs that I can describe as “fun” * so I guess most power-pop generally * historical references * historical references to people whom I admire in whole or in part * mentally recasting famous or historical figures as supersleuths (seriously. Ask me about Princess Anne.) Well, guess
bob mould
Alright, this post is less “wow, you need to know about this musician or band” and more “just making sure you saw this song and video,” because, well, it’s Bob Mould. I’m not going to try and explain you something you already know. So, let’s take a
fews
When was the last time you had goosebumps? Not the kind from the cold, because that answer is probably “this morning,” because this whole “spring” thing is really taking its sweet time getting started. Anyway, FEWS wants more of those moments. Not the chilly ones, the meaningful ones. And they’
rock & roll rumble 2016
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=1145633112 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=e99708 tracklist=false artwork=small track=1198561549] Tonight is the last night of the preliminary round of the Rumble – after this, it’s just the winners of each night squaring off until only one is left victorious. So
rock & roll rumble 2016
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=1038709307 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=e99708 tracklist=false artwork=small track=1618041431] Alright, listen, I know the doors are opening basically now at ONCE for Night 5 of the Rumble, but the Longwalls go on last so if you were waiting for this
junior classics
Night 5 is upon us – Abbie Barrett took Night 4, although the entire field was strong. And tonight will be strong as well. The evening is being kicked off by Junior Classics, a bunch of talented musicians from Somerville who make beautiful, delicate, sometimes creepy songs – really, listen to the
i was awake
So far, the 2016 Rock & Roll Rumble has had a pattern: the band playing third each night so far has won that night. Weakened Friends, Analog Heart, and most recently, Salem Wolves. Well, guess who is playing third on Night 4? I Was Awake hail from the North Shore,
abbie barret
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 track=2139480903 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=e99708 tracklist=false artwork=small] Night 4 of the 2016 Rock & Roll Rumble is tonight, at ONCE Somerville, and if you’re going (see you there), you’re in for a treat: tonight’s the night Abbie