Emily Doran and Mark - Hammered Saint Photo: John Keegan
We've got some good stuff from our roving reporters. John Keegan
covers the April 5 show at Faces in Malden with three groups. The Shang
Hi Los are on the verge of a new album with the first pre released
single “Op-Operator” gaining the Coolest Song in the World
ring on the Underground Garage. They've added a guitar to better duplicate
their recordings. Hammered Saint back up their recorded material
with exciting live shows as John’s photos show. Diablogato
hooked up with Rum Bar Records are getting more and more attention, their new
video (see below) is the best yet.
Captain Easychord is back in action. He saw four bands at
The Jungle on March 23. It was noise group Kayden Hazel, then
the Daylilies with Ad Frank. Galaxy Cake
on the heels of their first recording “Pick Me Up” and Lonely
Leesa & the Lost Cowboys who are more than simple country for sure.
Captain Easychord was also at The Cavedogs Burren
show that excited longtime fans. Gymnasium opened by playing some of the double
album they released a while ago.
There was a nice
article by Jay N. Miller on the Nervous Eatersin the Patriot Ledger this week. We learnt that there will be a
video soon for “Knockdown Day” their latest recording written by
Adam Sherman. The write up was in preparation of the Narrows
gig that happened on Saturday.
Just blocks from that Narrows club there was a Cure sighting two weeks earlier!!
Simon Gallup the bassist for the Cure visited Fall River on
April 3.
He did a very goth thing, he visited the Miss
Lizzie’s Coffee shop. The café is next door to the famous Lizzie
Borden house. A very goth looking Olivia Pereira who runs the
café said Simon was a very down to earth person. He enjoyed the ghost
stories with his family. The Lizzie Borden story continues to fascinate. The
house is a bed and breakfast and museum. The story
in the Herald News
The Rock and Roll Rumbleis rolling along. The semi-finals were Friday and Saturday. Here are
the results:
Friday, April 19: Other Brother Darryl, Roser, Looking Glass War, The Ghouls
Saturday, April 20: CE Skidmore and the Damn Fine Band, Twig, Wire Lines, Gut
Health with Gut Health going to the Finals.
VIDEOS......
Diablogato’s new video/song “Lost Highway”
is a must see for David Lynch fans. They stack up the Lynch images and capture
that weird off kilter world of Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks.
Diablogato was always halfway there with their regular vibe. They were smart
enough to utilize the opportunity here. They do a great job recreating the sets.Kudos to Shawn Reilly who directed the video and did
the set designs.
This video/song should be of interest and hang around a long time.
Joanie Lindstrom played Bad Nerves (from
London) on the Late Risers Club on Thursday. They're coming to the Armory in
Somerville on this Thursday, April 25. Also on the bill is Baabes
and Wine Lips.
Joanie linked to this video of the song “USA.”. They're yelling
“USA” through the whole thing and it sounds like they like it. Listen
to the sound of this recording; it’s the definition of ‘punchy.’
That’s going to be one awesome’ bill!!
Speedfossil have a video of one the songs on their new EP
Room with a Vu Vol. 1. It's “irl” which
stands for 'In Real Life.' The video has Garret Vandermolen
in a small café musing about the relationship that’s all in his
head. When the band plays they are bathed in an unreal red whereas the café
lighting is natural.
RADIO......
Skybar will have John Powhida this week on
his Rising show. John will talk about his latest album on the verge of coming
out Jerry’s House and will play a few songs in the studio.
Tune in Tuesday at 8pm on WMFO at 91.5FM. After that go to the WMFO
schedule page Hit the Rising show on 8 to 10 pm on Tuesday, then hit the
‘archive’ button.
PODCASTS.........
This week Blowing Smoke interviews Glenn Dudley from
the group The Long Wait. They've gained interest from their
beginning a year ago because the band members have been in many other groups.
There demo recording on Bandcamp sealed the deal with a lot of people.
We loved the point when Glenn talked about hanging on the
steps in Kenmore Square. Glenn worked at Ben and Jerry’s in Kenmore Square.
Hanging on the steps is where he met other Boston musicians and got into the
Boston scene. Those steps had to have been the greatest hang ever! All gone
now ... sigh. Glenn gives a good reckoning of how someone got into
punk music in those days.
Glenn goes through the beginnings of The Long Wait
and how he was invited into the group. He talks about the recording
that they have on Bandcamp.
Sethyspice had some technical difficulties last week and
we missed our hit of glam with the Elastic Glam Breakfast Show.
Everything was back and working this week.
There was some local with Jennifer Tefft & the Strange, Looking
Glass War and Arrows of Athena, and they were played
right next to the Kinks and the New York Dolls. We liked Maneskin’s
“The Driver” and The Black Keys “Live Till
I Die”.
That Cocktail Slippers new song “”I Still
Dream You” always sounds good in any music mix. We loved hearing
Roy Wood’s Wizzard with “See My Baby Jive”.
There’s so much going on in his songs.
With the Shang Hi Los’ “Op-Operator” being
the Coolest Song in the World the other week, the interview
with Coolest Conversations with Mighty Manfred was soon to
follow.
This is the third time the Shang Hi Los has had a Coolest Song in the World.
For anyone else that would be amazing for the Shang Hi Los you think, hey what
about some of their other songs!
Manfred got a good reveal when he asked what the background vocals at the beginning
of “Op-Operator” were doing. It turns out Dan was mimicking the
‘ba-ba-badada” on the Rolling Stones “Let’s Spend the
Night Together.” Then he cops Beach Boys at the end with the “ooweeoo.”
Dan let out that the Shang Hi Los will have a release this summer,
either an EP or full album. The title? Dan says it may be called "Pleasure
Buttons" which is a phrase from the BGN
review of the “Op-Operator” song! We are honored!
Thalia Zedek has been showing up in interviews here and there.
This week we see she was on the Into Music podcast.
We learn more about Thalia’s early formative days. Her early instrument
was the clarinet. She was in Washington, DC and saw some shows at the 9:30 club.
Urban Verbs was one group.
We found her early punk days very interesting. She saw the XRay
Specs at CBGBs. She came to Boston to go to college but music
was calling her. Art rock bands were of interest to her, like MOB and
Jeff and Jane Hudson. Thalia went from White Women, Dangerous Birds,
Uzi to Live Skull.
NEW MUSIC/CDs......
Baabes are back with some of their super trash rock. This
isn’t regular low brow trash this is Shakespearean Trash!! They take it
to new heights/depths. Nobody but nobody brings the attitude like Baabes. It’s
in the instruments and Johnny Brain Box’s free flow of
ragtime.
“Heavy Love” and “Set It On Fire” bounce you around
so hard you feel like you’ve been mugged.
After teasing us with two singles Taken By Vultures now have
a new 9 cut album; Songs About Dudes Vol. 2. The group
sound is half metal/half punk. Their subject matter is off the main road. “Dr.
Klaw” was about illegal lobster rolls in NYC, “Blood Diamonds”
is about stealing gems by swallowing them, “Marsupial Mayhem” is
about jumping in the kangaroo cage at the zoo, “Nowhere Else” sounds
like their touring situation and “John Larroquette’s Spine”
is a robot made from Larroquette’s bones.
Despite the odd subject matter the music and vocals are serious and well done.
They have beefy metal type solos tucked in every song.
Taken By Vultures will be doing a FREE show at Thirsty First
Lowell on May 4.
Faulty Cognitions are from San Antonio. Their album
Somehow, We Are Here is packed with punk songs. No one tune sticks
out, it’s the whole thing that gets to us. We’re jealous that San
Antonio has these guys as a local band. They use pop punk as a descriptive but
they aren’t the usual bouncy pop punk that you might think of. They are
a tuneful punk with some of their own style.
We are embedding the song “Sad Sack” below. If you like that go
to the Bandcamp page and listen to the album
There is another new song by Buffalo Tom just released a few days ago.
They brings so much to what seems like a simple acoustic song.
Here's some good shows coming up .....
April 22, 2024 (Monday) Hopeless
Otis, Bad Idea USA, K.C.U.F, Latch at The Silhouette Lounge
April 23, 2024 (Tuesday) Score
Cone, Galaxy Cake, Blazers Over Turtlenecks at Notch Brewing Brighton
April 23, 2024 (Tuesday) Blame
It on Whitman, In the Meantime, Pissed, Knockover City at O'Briens
April 23, 2024 (Tuesday) Falsely
Accused, Signed Rosie, Renegade Cartel at The Jungle
April 24, 2024 (Wednesday) Kids
Like You & Me will be spinning records at the coolest bar, State
Park in Kendall Square, Cambridge! They'll be playing weird punk and
the golden oldies with a frequent lean on Dangerous Doo Wop. If you want to
hear Connie Francis and Connie Lingus, cum here! 9 P.M. FREE!
April 25, 2024 (Thursday) Bad Nerves
(from London), Baabes and Wine Lips
are at the Armory in Somerville
April 26, 2024 (Friday) Lions
Law, Nothing But Enemies, Young Ones, Neuroot, Bad Terms, At the Middle
east Up All Ages, $20, 7pm doors
April 27, 2024 (Saturday) The
Crank-Tones at The Midway for a 3PM Matinee
April 27, 2024 (Saturday) Mad Painter
at The Jungle 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Matinee
April 27, 2024 (Saturday) Cran,
Battery March, Hammered Saint, Rejekts, The Minor Inconveniences -
Cambridge Community Center all ages [6PM]
April 27, 2024 (Saturday) Midway
Calling - A whole night of The Clash! Featuring members of Dark
Crushes, Richie Parsons, Jason Bennett & more! FB
page
April 27, 2024 (Saturday) Stop
Calling Me Frank, Diablogato and Dogmatics at The
New World Tavern in Plymouth. FB
page.
April 28, 2024 (Sunrday) Hassle
Flea & Art Market with Minibeast and Goon
Platoon and over 100 cool vendors - 12:30 - 3:30 at The Cambridge Commiunity
Center, 5 Calendar St...outside of Central Square check out the FB
event page for updates. …..
May 1, 2024 (Wednesday) Brontez
Purnell, Julia Pearce, Hammered Saint - O'Briens
May 2, 2024 (Thursday) Chastity,
Oh the Humanity at O'Briens
May 2, 2024 (Thursday) Circus
of Power, Casket Rats, Blood Lightning at Koto (Salem)
May 3, 2024 (Friday) The I Want
You, Crow Follow at The Midway 9:30 show
May 4, 2024 (Saturday) The Lights
Out, Gretchen Shae & The Middle Eight, Brain K & The Parkway
at Faces Malden
May 4, 2024 (Saturday) 1.4.5.,
Little Billy Lost, Perilous at The Square Root
May 4, 2024 (Saturday) Taken By
Vultures (vinyl release celebration), Dead Low, Knife tricks,
Super Beef do a FREE show at Thirsty First Lowell
May 5, 2024 (Sunday) The Chisel, Home Front at The Middle East
All Ages 7PM doors.
May 9, 2024 (Thursday)Today Junior,
Blame Shifters (LP Release!), Cheer Camp - at Deep
Cuts, Medford.
May 11, 2024 (Saturday) Somerville
Porch Fest!!!
PF websiteLinnea's Garden and Happy Little Clouds
are already registerd: 32 Stone Ave Somerville (Union Sq) 4-6 pm
May 11, 2024 (Saturday) Anti-Fascist
Vol 2- with Actor|Observer, Jealous Mind, Pretty Ugly, and
others at Sammy's Patio - FB
page.
May 11, 2024 (Saturday) Johnny
Plankton & TSMS, Hands Of Spite, FastTracks, Richard Mirsky & A.M.P
at The Midway for a 3PM matinee
May 11, 2024 (Saturday) Alfred
Be Loud and Acrylic Killers at Barrel House Z, Weymouth.
Advance tickets here
May 14, 2024 (Tuesday) Blame It
On Whitman, Jude Ivy, Tatooine Punk Scene at Notch Brewing Brighton-
music at 10PM
May 14, 2024 (Tuesday) Swans at
The Paradise
May 15, 2024 (Wednesday) Billy
Liar, Loser's Circle, Jeff Rowe at Faces in Malden
May 16, 2024 (Thursday) The Dead
Boys, Nervous Eaters, The Plimsouls at Sonia this is a 7PM show.
May 16, 2024 (Thursday) Helmet
and Cro-Mags at The Middle East All Ages 6PM doors.
FB
page
May 17, 2024 (Friday) Worshipper,
Sundrifter, Earthlore at Koto Salem
May 17, 2024 (Friday) Sharp Class
are back! Also on the bill The Chelsea Curve and Muck
& The Mires - at The Burren
FB page
May 17, 2024 (Friday) Jon Snodgrass
(Armchair Martian/Drag The River) Rad Owl, Matt Charette &
the Truer Sound, The Shang Hi-Los at Faces Malden
May 18, 2024 (Saturday) DnA's
Evolution, Trading Tombstones. The Spackles, The Mighty Suicide Squirrels at
The Midway for a 3 PM matinee
May 18, 2024 (Saturday)Joan Jett covers night with Andrea
Gillis & Friends, CE Skidmore & Friends, Brooke Feinberg & Friends
At faces malden
May 20, 2024 (Monday)Kali Masi,
Latewaves, Michael Kane & The Morning Afters, High & Dry at
O'Brien's
May 25, 2024 (Saturday)Mach Bell
Experience (MBE), David Hull and the Dirty Angels. Magic Room, Norwood
MA
May 28, 2024 (Tuesday) Thrust Club,
Phantom Ocean, Honey Cassette at Notch Brewing Brighton
May 29, 2024 (Wednesday) War Machine,
Marcy the Baptist, Video Days, Humbug at The Silhouette
May 31, 2024 (Friday)Wreckless
Wreck Chords Presents Memorial Day Bash With WORM, Working
Poor USA, Kermitsfinger HagglersBoston, Scumbari at The C Note - 7:30PM
door- FB event page
June 1, 2024 (Saturday) Plymouth
Punk Rock Market - Noon- 5PM - FB
page
June 1, 2024 (Saturday) The Wynotts,
The Black Cheers, Spillers, Fur Coat Judy at New World Tavern Plymouth.
June 3, 2024 (Saturday) Subhumans,
FEA, Drop Dead at Alchemy in Provi RI - FB
page.
June 4, 2024 (Tuesday) The Subhumans,
FEA at The Middle East Down - 6PM show
June 8, 2024 (Saturday) Tiger
Bomb, Galaxy Cake, Clean Girl & The Dirty Dishes at Marshall Wharf
Brewing in Belfast, ME -
FB page.
June 9, 2024 (Sunday) James
Ryan Memorial show at The Magic Room, Norwood CANCELLED
June 14, 2024 (Friday) The Cherry
Fog, The Double Takes, Wildfeuer, Force Us To Stop at The Union Tavern
Union Sq Somerville
June 14, 2024 (Friday) Linnea's
Garden, Ruby Grove, Cindy Lawson, Lovewhip at The Jungle
June 14, 2024 (Friday) Jason Bennett
and The Resistance, Als Highway 50, Nick and the Adversaries at The
MIddle east Up
TIX
June 15, 2024 (Saturday) Good
June, Impossible Dog, Tatooine Punk Scene, Professor Caffeine & The Insec
at The Jungle
June 15, 2024 (Saturday) Dogmatics,
Cindy Lawson, Girl With A Hawk at The Square Root
June 29, 2024 (Saturday) TREE
is at the Brighton Music Hall for an all ages early show at 6PM. TIX
June 29, 2024 (Saturday) The Lowell Summer
Music Series has Buffalo Tom playing Boarding House Park: 40
French St., on June 29. Tickets
July 13, 2024 (Saturday) The Fleshtones,
Cal's Conspiracy, Tiger Bomb at The Magic Room, Norwood FB
event page
July 13, 2024 (Saturday) Bim Skala
Bim 40th Anniversary Show with Void Union, Duppy Conquerors,
Some Ska Band, and Brunt of It -8:00 PM | Crystal
Ballroom at Somerville Theatre. Two shows! Special guests,
FB page.
August 9, 2024 (Friday) Barrence
Whitfield & Sal Baglio’s Giant Rocket Roll Show!
at The Bull Run in Shirley - FB
page.
September 6, 2024 (Friday) Sharp
Class, Muck and the Mires, The Chelsea Curve at The Burren - FB
page
September 8, 2024 (Sunday) The
Somerville Rock And Roll Yard Sale is in Union Square Somerville https://www.facebook.com/SomervilleRockAndRollYardSale
September 8, 2024 (Sunday) The Lowell Summer
Music Series has Belly playing Boarding House Park: 40 French St., Tickets
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We interviewed David Bash on the week where his International Pop Overthrow is
coming to town. It's some backgroud on the history of the event and of course talk about POP..........
We bring you into the Rat Room at the Hotel Commonwealth.
Jimmy Harlold invited a group of scene veterans. It was a Rat reuion
with lots of stories exchanged. Get to see the room and the people.........
Johnny Angel writes a mystery novel Looking for Lady Dee steeped in Boston punk and Thrills history.
It's no apologys given for the punk lifestyle. ....
It appeared before us like a chimera and it's
still growing...it's the Pipeline 25th Anniversary celebration.
We interview mastermind Bob Dubrow about his background and
search for what motivates him as well as Pipeline history and
the show....
The Boston punk community comes out for a good cause.
Neighborhoods, Upper Crust, Dents, Dogmatics, Roy Sludge Trio, Ed
Moose Savage, Downbeat 5 and Classic Ruins raise some money and
rock the house at......
He's legendary and his surprise birthday party was legendary in turn. Only in your Boston Rock and Roll dreams could you come up with a night like this.......
In a case of reverse outsourcing Carl Biancucci of the Classic Ruins also plays bass in the English group Shotglass Killers.
He tells us about a gig at the 100 Club with a reformed Damned....
The Konks' hypnotic bashing was a smart mindlessness that you got addicted to. They are calling it quits and we'll miss 'em and there's no free clinic out there to help us either...........
Thank god for 110 Instamatics or we wouldn't have a lot of our early Boston punk photos. Kathy Flynn used hers to get some pics of the Rat and The Club and she sent them to us to share with you..........
One of the interesting things in the early days of Boston punk was seeing the attention grow around us. One watershed moment was when we heard that a Time Magazine reporter was going to visit the Rat. We didn't like the resulting article. But you can decide. Take a look at the ....
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Let's get real. We are all getting older and will die. Do you ever consider how you will be remembered? I'm talking about your tombstone. It's morbid, it's in poor taste, it's .....
Crotch biting...head bleeding...dick jiggling...it's all in Miss Lyn's report (with photos to prove it) from the GG Allin 10 Year Memorial Tour at the Middle East....
Punk started 25 years ago. Did any of us think we would ever make it this far? Probably not, that was punk; nihilistic, "no future!". Here is a place to remember, and give a moment of thought to, those who didn't make it
this far...
The minute she hit the scene she was every male punk's heart throb. She was beautiful. She had a winning personality. She had a ...well...a...glow. That could be my heart talking because I, Blowfish, confess: I too am Judy's love slave. We didn't just love Judy, we worshiped her. So, now all of us members of Judyism have somewhere to meet and offer our prayers of unrequited love.
1977-The Damned were ready to piss on Blowfish and started to undress Miss Lyn! And people seemed to like it!! This interview IS outrageous...for then AND now!