CAIRO PYTHIAN — TOUCHED
Over the last few years Cairo Pythian has made a name for itself crafting a distinctive brand of ’80s UK synth-pop worship, while…
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Royal Wedding — Dry Lagoons
The eternally underrated Boston-area vets of Royal Wedding are back at it with Dry Lagoons. Their skeletal, razor-sharp take on a genre…
Adam Payne — “55 Weeks”
It can be hard to believe—in this age of drum programming and five-hour transatlantic flights—that not too long ago trains were unbelievably…
The Mantles — Memory 7″
Hey, look! It’s the Bay Area’s latest British new-wave band, The Mantles. Truthfully, these San Fran rockers are, actually, from San Francisco,…
THE FOREIGN RESORT, MAGIC SHOPPE, BOOM SAID THUNDER @ LILYPAD
Head out to the Lilypad in Cambridge tonight if yer into fuzz, reverb, and psychedelic rock OR if you want to become…
MALE GAZE — “CLIFFS OF MADNESS”
From the idyllic urban wilds of NoCal comes Male Gaze, the latest darkly-painted shoegaze whizkid band that really should be from New…
THE BRAINSTEMS — COLD SWEATIN’
You can find odd comfort in the knowing that garage rock has fully infected seemingly every crevice of our great nation– from…
THE I WANT YOU — OFF AND ON
“Off and On” is the lead track off Ah Really from Boston’s The I Want You, and the band was wise to…
LUMPY AND THE DUMPERS (ST. LOUIS), FUNERAL CONE, COTTAGING, WOKLING (PROVIDENCE) @ AS220 (PROVIDENCE)
So, you missed out on last night’s raucous L&TD show at the Boiler Room? Well have no fear, because Lumpy and his…
BOSTON HASSLE Free Music Archive (FMA) post: U.V. PROTECTION – CONSUMER MATERIAL
…..In curating an FMA blog Boston Hassle’s main objective is to shine a light on overlooked and forgotten New England music oddities and gems; new…
RAVIOLI ME AWAY — “CAT CALL”
Is it the shrieking vocals? Is it the eerie, echoing synths or pounding bass line? Is it the mysterious, and maybe (but…
THE CHANNELS – “7” **GET YOUR FIRST DOSE!!!!! SONG PREMIERE**
THE CHANNELS. You know those guys from GUERILLA TOSS, AYKROYD, and DESIGNER who got together in the basement of the Whitehaus and…
