Listen: http://girlfriendsband.bandcamp.com/album/nothing-nice-to-say
Category Archives: Local Music
SHOW: Atlantic Thrills W/ Movers & Shakers (12/9 In Providence)
The funnest ROCK n ROLL band in Rhode Island, the Atlantic Thrills, are playing tommorow night (Friday) at the Local 121 in Providence! The Movers & Shakers, another sweet band from BOSTON, will be opening. Here is a legendary clip (my favorite) of them playing “Acid Rain”:
November Boston Counter Cultural Compass Out Now
Loads of Great Local Shows, Check Out The Listings: HERE
Show!!!! Diarrhea Planet & SKIMASK @ GG Allin’s Broken Home
Donations I hear include an OG 4 Loko
Diarrhea Planet – “Fauser” – “Greatest party anthem ever”
Skimask – LIVE @ Great Scott
Ex-Humans @ PA’s Lounge; Atlantic Thrills Mid-East!
Thirsty & Miserable is throwing a show down again at PA’s Lounge on Friday, August 19th! On the bill are Ex Humans, killer rock n rollers born out of the ashes of ATL’s Carbonas, Somerville’s Four Eyes, Cambridge comedic punk White Pages, and well-traveled pop-meisters The BF’s. Indeed, there is a Facebook page for this event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=257701984255909#!/event.php?eid=257701984255909.
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Providence’s Atlantic Thrills are opening for Those Darlins at the Middle East Downstairs on October 15! Word!
Boston Cultural Compass – AUGUST 2011
Comprehensive Listing Of Underground/Above Ground Shows
August 1st through 5th: http://www.bostoncccompass.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/COMPASS19_A.png
August 6th through 28th: http://www.bostoncccompass.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/COMPASS19_B.png
Concert Review: Pongos Groove, People With Instruments @ Dirty Douglas (4/8/11)
Artists: Pongo’s Groove, People With Instruments
Date: Friday, April 8, 2011
Location: Dirty Douglas (Lowell, MA)
Comments: As with my first visit at the Dirty Douglas, this show was another pleasant addition to my concert attending history. Once again the sound was great, I can’t help but pay props to the PA of the Douglas. Last time, we heard garage esque bands, this time it was Full Out Funk! Apparently, a first for the Douglas. In any case, it was a stellar show and people seemed to respond with enthusiasm and plenty of dancing. Pongo’s Groove had plenty of grooves and I loved their jams. Specifically, I adored the classic soul/funk jam, “You Can Make It If You Try,” by Sly and the Family Stone. PG more than did the song justice; it was exceptional. Next up, was People With Instruments. These guys were also great musicians, but I didn’t appreciate their musicianship as much as the previous band, but maybe that’s just me. They were definitely a fun group, but I was definitely less interested in their performance. With that being said, when they played Dr. John’s “Right Place, Wrong Time” I was estatic! Their renditon was spot on and simply the right song for the time being. Overall, I had a good time, long live the funk!
P.S.: Brett Mason had an awesome supply of Surrealist (at least to me) art work, which I thoroughly appreciated. Spread the word, his work is excellent.
Local Happenings
Band: Girlfriends
Town: Allston, MA
Description: A punkified, garagey Weezer with great hooks.
Next Show: January 29 at Brighton Music Hall
Links: http://www.myspace.com/girlfriendsus
Band: All She’s Got
Town: Wakefield, MA
Description: “A pop punk band formed in June 2010. All music is written, recorded and produced by All She’s Got” from their Facebook page.
Releases: “Don’t Wanna Talk About It” demo
Links: http://www.facebook.com/allshesgotma
KLYAM Records First Release: “Singles 2010”
Debut LP from Gangbang Gordon! Consists of single recordings that accumulated over the course of the 2010 year. Stylistically all over the place — from nitty-gritty lo-fi punk jamz to softer, more primitive rock and roll. Will be made available to the masses on January 23 in MP3/CD format and on vinyl soon thereafter!
“I Thought (I Was)”
Chris’s Best of 2010: Concerts
Inspired by Glen’s post here is my list of the greatest concerts (16 damn I saw 21 last year, I’m slacking!) I had the pleasure of seeing in Twenty Ten; if I see anymore I will add them accordingly.
A+ :
1) Black Lips and Box Elders at the Middle East Downstairs- March 25 (best concert ever!)
A:
2) No Age and Needy Visions at the Middle East Downstairs- November 16
3) Wavves, Cloud Nothings, and Young Adults at the Great Scott- June 22
4) King Khan & the Shrines, Gentlemen Jesse and His Men, and Red Mass at the Royale- October 13
5) Deerhunter and Real Estate at the Royale- October 16
A-:
6) Deerhunter, Kurt Vile, and K-Holes at Royale- October 13
7) Nobunny and Maine Coons at the PAs Lounge- June 29
8) Spoon, Deerhunter, Strange Boys at the House of Blues- March 27 (formerly an A show)
B+:
9) Girls and Dum Dum Girls at the Paradise Rock Club- April 1
10) Those Darlins, Strange Boys, and Gentlemen Jesse and His Men at T.T. the Bears- September 17
B:
11) Harlem and Girlfriends at the Great Scott- April 25 (formerly a B+ show)
12) 1964 the Tribute at the Merchantsauto Stadium- August 16 (formerly a B+ show)
B-:
13) Uninhabitable Mansions and the Big Big Bucks at the Middle East Upstairs- May 7 (formerly a B show)
C:
14) Kurt Vile, Real Estate, and Sore Eros at Harpers Ferry- July 23
N/A: I don’t grade my friends’ bands, but in any case I had fun at these shows.
15) Silhouette Rising and The Scouflaws at the West Side Social Club- July 2 (I actually saw countless SR shows, but I can’t remember any of the exact dates except this one)
16) Gold Star Morning at Bull McCabe’s- October 30
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 
