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JOHNNIE & THE FOODMASTERS APRIL 2023 NORTHEAST TOUR!

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AMERICA’S MOST CHAOTIC MALT SHOP MEMORIES SEXTET HIT THE ROAD

Johnnie and the Foodmasters have announced their first tour of the Northeast!

Johnnie & The Foodmasters is Boston’s wildest oldies cover band. Formed as a trio in 2015 at the infamous Allston Speed Trials outdoor festival, the Foodmasters quickly evolved into their current six piece lineup known locally for their improbable yin and yang of pop perfection and shambolic noise. The Foodmasters put their spin on Stax, Sun, and Motown classics alongside frenzied ’60s garage rock. The result is immaculately messy, but plain old fun. The Foodmasters always strive to create a one of a kind experience and are beyond excited to charm the Northeast whilst on tour in April! 

FRIDAY APRIL 14 @ NEWS CAFE – Pawtucket, RI w/ Eric Baylies, Starbath, Princess Bleach, and Pocket Rocket. Show at 8:30 – $10

SATURDAY APRIL 15 @ CAFFEINE UNDERGROUND – Bushwick – Brooklyn, NY w/ Mill, Amatoxis, Wallfacer, and G.T. Arpe. All ages – doors at 7:30 – $10-15 sliding – NOTAFLOF. FB Event.

SUNDAY APRIL 16 @ TIN CAN BAR – Port Richmond, Philadelphia w/ Emmett Drueding, Bungler, and Phil Spector’s Gun. Doors at 7:00 – $8 – TICKETS!

MONDAY APRIL 17 @ 10 FORWARD – Greenfield, MA w/ Bridge of Flowers and Ian St. George. Show at 7:30 – $10 to $15 sliding – TICKETS!


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KLYAM HOLIDAY PARTY 2022 – SUNDAY DECEMBER 18 @ STATE PARK

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OUR LAST PARTY OF THE YEAR – THE HOLIDAY PARTY!

We are so blessed & excited that State Park in Kendall Square will be hosting us and our friends for a wild night of live music, DJ, and libations.

::::: THE DETAILS ::::::

** DOORS 7 PM / SHOW 8 PM **
* FREE *
* ALL AGES *
* KLYAM DJ spinning all sorts of stuff throughout the night *

::::: LINEUP (FROM FIRST TO LAST):::::::

THE SWETTES – one of our favorites pre-pandemic – got their start at Ladies Rock Campaign, bringing the Boston underground the kind of punchy punk we love and need – totally raw and compelling!

ADULT LEARNERS – very new band ft. Kathy Snax on vox/keyboard, Simon on drums (& amazing designer of this flyer), and bassist Joe (of the legendary Tampoffs). Short & sweet garage pop nuggets!

NICE GUYS – our buds – we released their first 7″ and have seen them play 109 times. the nice boys might be at the peak of their noisy rock n roll powers if their 10 yr anniversary show was any indication. new album on the way????

JOHNNIE & THE FOODMASTERS – KLYAM house band – if you can make it ’til the end of the debauchery and irreverent tributes to the ’50s and ’60s…you’ll get receipt. rumors of a totally new set???

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RAMA LAMA DING DONG 2022 – SATURDAY NOV 12 @ O’BRIENS PUB

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WE ARE PUMPED!
FOR RAMA LAMA DING DONG 2022

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12 @ O’BRIENS PUB – $10 – 8 PM DOORS

FEATURING………..

GERM HOUSE – “CLANGY POST PUNK” fr. Rhode Island
FATHER HOTEP – AMHERST BASED R&B / HIP HOP PRODUCER
CHILDREN OF THE FLAMING WHEEL – “galapagogo garage punk for the freakazoids!”
JOHNNIE & THE FOODMASTERS – Unhinged Oldies Noise Sextet

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KLYAM SUMMER PROGRAM – SUPAPS 2022 – SAT SEPT 17 @ LINCOLN PARK (SOMERVILLE)

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Flyer by Jennifer Gori

We are beyond excited to announce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KLYAM SUMMER PROGRAM –
SOMERVILLE UNDERGROUND POP ARTS AND PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE 2022
LINCOLN PARK – 290 WASHINGTON ST. – SOMERVILLE
FREE OUTDOOR SHOW ($5 to $15 SUGGESTED CASH/VENMO)

1 to 5 PM

PICNICLUNCH – New Bedford trio celebrating 13 years as a band! SUPAP favorites – we love the scratchy modern no wave/minimalist guitar of MR working under a backdrop of funky/danceable bass and drums via DB and MW.

LUPO CITTA – Stealing this from the legendary Dave Brushback:: “Scuzzy late-’80s-Manhattan style downer-rock w/Chris Brokaw on guitar. I think their name is pronounced ‘lupah-cheetah’, which is wicked cool”

BRIDGE OF FLOWERS – Western Mass weird / outsider / psychdelia / rock n roll outfit – rugged and catchy. Both.

JOHNNIE & THE FOODMASTERS – Honorary KLYAM band busting out brand new oldies – like taking the Honda for a new spin in unchartered territory.

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KLYAM SHOW AT CHARLIE’S KITCHEN MONDAY 6/27!

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Allow us to bring our Summer festivities indoors for an enviable show at the unrivaled Charlie’s Kitchen in Harvard Square where Mondays never have to suck.

The date is June 27th (yeah, next Monday night) and we’ve got one for you: two wild oldies cover bands and the wildest punk band in New England. Read on.

The debut of Pledge Pins – slop frat rockers cutting all the slack of garage classics. One to two minute blasts and on to the next.

Johnnie and the Foodmasters are cut from a similar cloth as PP; while the Pins are minimal, the 6 piece Elvis worshippers may be a described as a little bit much!

And what about RONG? Oh just the best punk band in Boston. Will give you the jitters like all the Boston underground noize greats and provoke inexplicable dancing and grooving.

Come through at 9 PM for $5. 21+



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KLYAM’s Rama Lama Ding Dong Returns – Sat Nov 13 @ O’Briens

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Our annual Rama Lama Ding Dong festival is less than two weeks away – mark your calendars for Saturday, November 13 at O’Briens Pub in Allston.

The 2021 edition is a spectrum of pop and punk but surely not pop punk.

We’ve got RLDD 2019 favorites/late ’70s punk legends Unnatural Axe back again. Mr. B called them “the most important punk band Boston will ever call its own”.

Silver Synthetic are on tour from New Orleans! We saw them outdoors at Gonerfest so surely it will be wild to see the Third Man Records supergroup bring their warm & breezy sound to the cozy pub atmosphere of O’Briens.

The Swettes played our Holiday Party in December 2019 and surely won the hearts of the Dorchester Art Project faithful with their minimalist, adventurous, and immediate brand of rock ‘n roll. They met at Girls Rock Camp just a few years ago.

We’re excited to at long last do a show with Kathy Snax! Kathy just released a 7″ (Changeling b/w On A Winter Day) on Relief Map Records. The eerie/haunting vibe is real, but it’s the catchiness/pop of Kathy’s music that makes it feel not of this time/of this place.

Johnnie and the Foodmasters have played all of the RLDD and the streak continues. Musicality meets chaos in the context of the golden oldies.

This will sell out! Get your tickets ahead of time:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unnatural-axe-silver-syntheticjohnnie-and-the-foodmastersthe-sweeties-tickets-181182871847

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NOV. 16 – KLYAM Presents MOTO, Sticker Shock, Electric Street Queens, Johnnie & The Foodmasters @ Club Bohemia

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It is high noon for the second to last KLYAM show of the year. First, the details. Saturday November 16 at Club Bohemia in Cambridge’s Central Square (very accessible by public transport, bike, car, whatever). Plan on arriving at 8:30 or 8:45 PM. Hand over $8 in cash and make your way down the steps to Mickey Bliss’ dank dungeon. Electric Street Queens – KLYAM alum from way back (2014’s Live From Your Dreams tape) – will start things off. They released Thank You Good Night this past summer. Their line-up has changed a bit over time, but their infectious and explosive live performance has not. Perfect way to start this wild night. Next up is Sticker Shock. They are a local KLYAM favorite for sure – a band that would fit in perfectly on a Gonerfest bill wedged between Trampoline Team and Sick Thoughts with that high gear, high speed attack. Speaking of Gonerfest. Less than two months ago, M.O.T.O joined the Memphis fest’s prolific progeny of relatively obscure, but ultra beloved performers. And we got to see them in action. Since then we’ve been dying to get Paul Caporino and crew on one of our shows and sure enough here they are headlining this one! I think I read somewhere that everyone has a favorite M.O.T.O song, but the back catalog is so damn extensive it might be near impossible for them to play all the favorites.  What a great problem to have! After M.O.T.O will be Johnnie and the Foodmasters. M.O.T.O is a tough act to follow, so the Foodmasters will have to ride off the high of that set and hopefully not clear the room. The oldies noise-mongering sextet are hoping the Boomer who called them the worst band Cambridge has seen in 40 years comes out to the gig. 

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4752 Festival Coming To New Bedford On October 19!

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A one-day Gonerfest of the North is coming to New Bedford on Saturday, October 19. 4752 Festival. Located about an hour drive south from Boston and 40 minutes south east of Providence, New Bedford has long been the home of a bevy of underground and eclectic (dare I say outsider) artists and bands. Remember the old Traphaus scene?

Devin from the great no-nonsense post-wave NB outfit Picniclunch has organized this doozy of a festival and here’s how it works: 13 musical acts perform in 6 venues. All the venues are within less than a mile so from 3:30 PM to 1 AM you can hop around, get some exercise, a bite to eat, maybe a libation or two, and see a lot of weird performances. More information forthcoming, but mark your damn calendars and get excited for what we do know:

Schedule:
Circa Vintage Wear – 204 Court Street
3:30 – Moist Boy (NB)
4:15 – Scare City (Worcester)

Alison Wells Gallery – 106 William Street
4:45 – Silent Fields
5:25 – Tal Vez (Western, Ma)
6:00 – Carl Simmons (NB)

Destination Soups – 149 Union Street
6:30 – Heavy Gaze (Vermont)
7:10 – Johnnie and the Foodmasters (Boston, Ma)

Solstice Skateboarding – 801 Purchase Street
7:45 – Baylies Band (NB)
8:30 – Hill Haints (Albany,NY)

Paradise McFee Gallery – 104 William Street
9:10 – Picniclunch (NB)
9:50 – Leap The Dips 

No Problemo – 813 Purchase Street
10:30 – Bunnies (Western, Ma)
11:15 – Lazertuth (NB)