The Thermals – Born To Kill [P]unk trio The Thermals are back at it with “Born to Kill,” a track that feels like it could have been pulled straight from my favorite album of theirs, The Blood, The Body, The Machine. It’s just under two minutes of pure unadulterated energy. It’s a revival of sound for the band, and one that I highly welcome. Look for “Born to Kill,” on their upcoming record Desperate Ground April 16th. The Thermals Show Dates 03.01 – San Francisco, CA – Noise Pop (@ Rickshaw Stop) 03.02 – Cupertino, CA @ Homestead Lanes Bowling Alley 03.07…
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[W]inston Yellen has been working on his project, Night Beds, for quite some time. After a few EPs, dropping out of college, breaking up with a girlfriend and losing his job, Yellen took to his ‘night bed’ in the back of his car, got himself lost driving around the country, and picked himself back up again. His ten-track debut is a gorgeous collection of songs, sparse and soaring, that hit right on the feeling of getting lost and finding your way back again. There’s no better introduction to Yellen than the opening track, Faithful Heights, which is a short lullaby…
6 Comments[S]pirit Family Reunion delighted fans at the Fort last year with one of the best sets of the festival. They might have even stolen the show. I couldn’t be happier to announce the fact that they’ll be returning to the grounds of Fort Adams once again this year. Spirit Family Reunion is a living, breathing, stomping embodiment of folk music. Their music is dripping with authenticity. Anyone who’s ever witnessed they’re live show will attest that they play each note with every fiber of their being. Their passion travels from their heart straight through to their instruments and you can’t…
12 Comments[L]os Angeles folk rock band Dawes has finally released a new single off their upcoming record, Stories Don’t End, titled “From A Window Seat,” a song written on Goldsmith’s uneasiness flying in airplanes. It’s got a distinctive classic rock / pop feel, which seems very very influenced by their time touring with Jackson Browne. It’s a bit of a sonic shift, but definitely feels like a maturation process from one of the best young bands out there. Look for Stories Don’t End April 9th. Preorder here.
8 CommentsHollis Brown – Nightfall [N]ew York City’s Hollis Brown’s new record is just around the corner, and a few days back they released this track “Nightfall,” off of it, and I must say I’ve been digging this song, and the album quite a bit. The song, “Nightfall,” has got a late 60’s rock vibe, and is a poignant story about Hollis Brown’s Mike Montali relationship with his father after the passing of his mother. It’s about perseverance and seemingly the fragility of the world and keeping it all together despite everything. Look for Ride on the Train 3/5 on Alive Records…
4 CommentsPhoto by Dave Green Photography [W]hen a band like Boston’s Kingsley Flood only has a few years under their belt, and still collects accolades like they have been creating music together for a Springsteen amount of years, you have yourself something pretty special. The latest album, Battles, is just their second full-length release, but you could never tell that from the sound coming from your speakers. The members of Kingsley Flood play the music of a band wise beyond its years. In the spring of 2010 Kingsley Flood released their debut album, Dust Windows, receiving praise across the music blog…
5 CommentsThe first time I heard Ron Sexsmith‘s “These Days” (about a decade ago), I was tucked away in the back room and of a not-to-be-named medical software company. The song (a bit of a departure from his previous works apparently) hit me like a breath of fresh air flowing through the plain manilla air ducting located directly right above my head. Compared to what I was hearing most of the time back then, the stylings of the songs on Cobblestone Runway coupled with Sexsmith’s casual way of tossing out songwriting greatness were enough to make me a lifer for his…
4 CommentsPhotos by Boston Concert Photography [F]riday night was as good of a night as any for music fans here in Boston. Newly announced to the Newport Folk Festival, South Carolina folk rock duo Shovels & Rope in town with friend Andrew Combs warming up the room for them. Shovels & Rope is fresh off a fantastic release late last year, an album in O’ Be Joyful, that has garned major critical acclaim which has helped snowball the band into a headlining tour that landed the duo here in town. So we all packed into the newly opened Sinclair in Harvard…
7 Comments[H]ockey and rock n’ roll go together like fist-a-cuffs and 5-minute majors and no other band combines the best of both worlds better than Bridgeport, Connecticut’s The Zambonis. Formed in 1991, when the Pittsburgh Penguins hoisted the Stanley Cup with Mario Lemieux, after defenceman/guitarist/singer Dave Schneider took a look around at the lack of bands committing themselves 100% to songs about hockey and threw down the gloves. After a few years, and a few 2-minute minor penalties for copyright infringement, The Zambonis released their debut album 100% Hockey…and other stuff. The album spent 13 weeks on the CMJ charts and…
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