One of our favorite Boston bands The Fagettes are opening up that awesome upcoming Hunx and His Punx show we’ve been raving about for months now. The show is at Brighton Music Hall on Friday, August 23. Hunters and 2pretty are also playing.
Oh yeah and listen to Hunx’ latest LP Street Punk (Hardly Art). It’s the punkest album of 2013!
Listen to Fagettes here: http://thefagettes.bandcamp.com/
Amazing new sounds from Boston’s Aykroyd! They’ll be hitting the road in a couple of weeks, check ’em out:
From same titled EP out on September 10
Watch the latest stop-motion music video from King Khan & The Shrines for their song “Darkness” off the forthcoming LP Idle No More (Merge) out on September 3. Read more about the “Darkness” music video in this New York Times article here: http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/listen-up-the-strange-soul-circus-of-king-khan-and-the-shrines/?_r=1
P.S. Bostonians, catch the band live at Brighton Music Hall on October 29!
I was listening to WZBC a couple of weeks ago and heard this song just as I tuned in. I was like… I’ve heard this dude before. And I did. Dylan Ewen is the man. The Boston underground music scene is filled with a lot of people doing a lot of cool things, but there aren’t an abundance of solo talents of his variety. It’s gritty, lo-fi, essentially pop music. “Korean Girlfriend” (Alt 2013, BUFU) is fulla hooks and that drum machine doesn’t hurt. Stuck in my head for days, here’s to sharing with some like-minded people:
Bellwire – you might not know them now, but you might soon. They’re from New Hampshire, but will be calling Allston home in a little while. They’ve put on their [Bandcamp] a three song EP called summEP. So I checked it out and I like what they’re doing. Remember Afroman? Me neither, but to me Bellwire’s EP is like him producing that no longer existent Vice surf band, Japanese Motors. A cheesy combination on paper and one I’m still not entirely comfortable publishing, but let me get to the bottom of things. “The Bell Hop” is quirky rock ‘n roll – a style that I’ll keep praising as long as the practitioners keep things fresh. There’s borrowing and twisting of surf, Pavement, and punk. The other two songs, “Leaky Seams” and “Sunsick on Fisher Street,” venture into powerpoppy regions of sound yet maintain keen levels of freakishness in the vocals in the former and the latter is a modern update of “I Want Candy” (Strangeloves, not Bow Wow; I know I name dropped Afroman). I’m curious about this band now. They seem like they’re having a good time.
Our Providence buddies, Atlantic Thrills are heading on tour in five days and they are coming for you KLYAM reader! And if you’ve been paying any attention then you know that the dudes have a new single coming out on Almost Ready Records on August 13. “A Day At The Beach” is what they call it and it’s sweetttttt, but it’s just a pinch of the punk slime that you will later hear on their forthcoming full length LP to be released this fall also on Almost Ready. Stay tuned for more info on the exact release date. In the meantime, listen to “A Day At The Beach” below, spend some time with your family, and above all catch the Atlantic Thrills at one of the shows listed below.
Tour Dates:
Fri 7/26 Philly PA @ Ortlieb’s w The Improbables, The Abandos
Sat 7/27 Baltimore MD @ Otto Bar w/ Slow Jerks, Ar-Kaics
Sun 7/28 Virginia Beach VA @ Beer Pong Tournament
Mon 7/29 Richmond VA w Sacred Teachers, Great Dismal Swamis
Tues 7/30 Wilmington NC @ the Calico Room w The Carvers
Wed 7/31 Charleston SC @ Royal American w Dumb Doctors
Thu 8/1 Charleston SC @ House Party
Fri 8/2 Atlanta GA @ Star Bar w Modern Primitives
Sat 8/3 Asheville NC @ Double Crown
Tues 8/6 Raleigh NC @ Slim’s Downtown w Thee Dirty Beats
Thurs 8/8 Brooklyn NY @ Hank’s Saloon w House Of Flowers
Fri 8/9 Staten Island NY @ Full Cup
Sat 8/10 Providence RI @ Foo Fest
Sat 8/17 Providence RI @ Roller Derby Single Release Show
Look, the good people over at Boston Hassle are reppin da Beach’!
http://www.bostonhassle.com/2013/07/20/fresh-stream-atlantic-thrills/
Read this super cool Colleen Green interview from 12 Questions. Colleen offers sincere, thought provoking, and sometimes funny responses. Here’s my favorite: “It’s been years since I looked at the book, but I always think about how Holden Caulfield couldn’t stop himself from telling a girl that he loved her, even though he didn’t REALLY love her, but in that moment, he REALLY did. And I believe in that. It’s what my song “Goldmine” is inspired by.”
Oh and why not hook you up with a link to the interview: http://12questions.us/2013/07/10/colleen-green/ There ya go.
Sit back and watch this amusing music video of folk punker Jesus Vio roaming the streets of Boston.
Also, give his album Debes Simepre Estar Conento Jesus… (BUFU Records) a listen here: http://jesusvio.bandcamp.com/album/debes-siempre-estar-contento-jesus
Providence, RI’s Ravi Shavi is a power pop/garage rock ‘n’ roll machine and they are hitting the road right now on their first tour ever! Check out the dates above. From what I hear last night’s show was a blast at O’Brien’s Pub and I’m sure tonight’s show at The Fire in Philadelphia will be even crazier. Go!
Listen: http://ravishavi.bandcamp.com/
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