KRIS THOMPSON’S ‘LUCKY 13’ Local ALBUMs/EPs for 2018
KRIS THOMPSON has been skating the fringes of Dirty Old Boston for a goodly shake, always finding new projects & new sounds…
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The Prefab Messiahs – Psychsploitation
Psych pop wonders the Prefab Messiahs aren’t wasting any time.Since reuniting after a 30 year hiatus (they started in 1981) they’ve stayed…
Armageddon Shop Presents The Spits, Gymshorts, Funeral Cone, Demolition Boys
THE SPITS "self-titled #1" LP by The Spits WET WILLY by GYMSHORTS Turn Me On Dead Man by Funeral Cone Demo 2017…
KRIS THOMPSON’S MOST-SPUN 2016 RELEASES
KRIS THOMPSON has stirred various savory soup-pots of garage, psych & experimental musics via time spent with BOBB TRIMBLE’S FLYING SPIDERS, THE…
GYMSHORTS – Wet Willy
With Question 4 seeming very likely to receive unanimous approval in Massachusetts this November, Rhode Island’s GYMSHORTS have wisely created the perfect…
WENT THERE: Death Valley Girls, Gymshorts, Alosi Den, Sunram @ O’Brien’s
It was a fairly average Tuesday night in the area surrounding O’Brien’s. The streets were empty. All was calm. Little did the…
BANDSPEAK: Death Valley Girls on Touring and Bringing Rock n’ Roll to the Undead
Death Valley Girls are hitting the roads of North America this fall to tour their second full-length album, Glow in the Dark….
Peach Kelli Pop — “Heart Eyes”
The brilliant Peach Kelli Pop, whose last album made my end-of-year list for this very site, are back in 2016 with a…
Prefab Messiahs — “Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive” video
It’s one thing to write and record a happy-go-lucky ’60s throwback pop tune called “Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive”. It’s another to…
The Prefab Messiahs — “Bobb’s Psychedelic Car”
One of the most positive effects the Internet has had on how music is consumed is the way it’s allowed connoisseurs of a…
Prefab Messiahs — Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive
The universe inhabited by Worcester’s own Prefab Messiahs resembles one of R. Crumb’s psychedelic posters—there’s plenty of room for cartoon characters and bright…
Chatting with the Lemons
Sweet and sunny, the Lemons describe themselves as “not too fast, but still kinda rockin’.” Recently, I got the chance to interview the fun-loving…
