The Lion’s Daughter Serve Up A High Holy Helluva Haunting Heavy Good Time With Bath House

1 December 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

While working on a recent review by an artist that starts with “L” we kept finding that, following the conclusion of that album, we were getting reintroduced to the majesty of The Lion’s Daughter and their 2021 classic Skin Show. Being the curious type, we had an “Oh! We haven’t heard from them in a bit…” moment and, upon a quick interwebs search, found they had not one, but TWO recent releases that we missed. Obviously we’re not the best fans of The Lion’s Daughter. But we’re making up for it now!

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Singles! SWTEVL, “Monochrome”

1 December 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

Flexing their genre-crossing chops in anticipation of their upcoming debut double album (Very Truly Yours, arriving on December 15th), SWTEVL unveil another side of the new joint from Tairrie B. and Mick Murphy that’s not so much a departure from first single “Hellzapoppin'” (Read our review of that here) as it is a new dynamic in this big, bold aural odyssey that’s only just begun.

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Singles! Hammered Saint, “Steal The Show”

1 December 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

We’ve been wanting to write about Boston’s Hammered Saint for some time now and couldn’t pass up this perfect storm of timing with a recently released single dropping just as we’re revving up our coverage for the last Bandcamp Friday of 2023!

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Singles! Gretchen Shae & The Middle Eight, “Safehouse”

1 December 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

Getting dense in the world of Gretchen Shae & The Middle Eight to end the year by doubling down on the sonic swag that the band regularly exudes, “Safehouse” is yet another bright light in the burgeoning catalog from the Boston-based outfit.

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Siiickbrain Invites You To An Expansive Art Pop Journey With My Masochistic Mind

30 November 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

There’s been this wave collective of fantastic creatives recently made up of artists who provide art that’s visually stunning as well as aurally satisfying with the range of genres mixed, matched, butchered, and beautifully reworked into something new. This kind of Art Rawk movement for us has been spearheaded by some potent Pop to boot with the likes of Ashnikko, Lauren Sanderson, Maggie Lindemann, and WILLOW sharing the weight together and a frequent collaborator of many on that list, Siiickbrain, is here with new full-length My Masochistic Mind to make a statement of her own.

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HEALTH’s Best Yet Is Here With The Epic Heavy Electro Of RAT WARS

17 November 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

December is a weird release month with several different scenarios of release strategies. On the one hand: HOLIDAY RELEASES!!! And on the other hand: dumping ground. But also, and more often than not, a December (Same with January, btw) release can also fall under “Option C” wherein the band/label in question is so confident in their music and fans that they could release an album out of thin air and with no promotion and still people would be out in droves to find it first.

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Linnea’s Garden Celebrate The Scene And Glam Punk On Anthem-Filled Mirrors

17 November 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

It’s your last chance to dance with Linnea’s Garden who will soon be closing up shop for the season! But before you batten down the hatches for a long winter sans live LG to rely on (To be fair, “Last of ’23” so not too long to wait), Boston’s favorite “Garden”-ers will be leaving fans with an EP release show at O’Brien’s on the same day that said new EP drops. You read it right, kids, new music from Linnea’s Garden!

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Singles! Eliza and the Organix, “Xmas In Hell”

17 November 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

Let it be known, following a decade+ as a retail warrior, we’re not really fans of Christmas/Holiday music. So much so that we’re not sure that a single Holiday-oriented track has graced these pages? Sure, we love the odd “Weird Al” Yankovic original (Repeated “Christmas At Ground Zero” plays was TRADITION at the RNRF household back in the day) or somber Type O Negative dirge inspired by the season (“Red Mourning”!) and we will NEVER not love the Christmas With The Chipmunks or Christmas Eve on Sesame Street albums (Especially on vinyl!) as a whole.

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Linnea Herzog: A Rock And Roll Fables Conversation

15 November 2023 By jesse 1 Comment

While the recent announcement that the last show of 2023 from the proprietors of Boston’s new Glam Punk scene, Linnea’s Garden, is taking place THIS FRIDAY(11/17) at O’Brien’s is quite the bummer, fans can rest a little easier knowing that not only is more stuff on the way in the new year… but also that by the time LG takes the stage at O’B’s they’ll have had time to aurally consume the newest EP entitled Mirrors (Which arrives earlier on the 17th) over and over and over again. That said, if you’re at the show don’t make us look silly, do your homework, and be ready to sing those words back at the trio when they take the stage!

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Singles! Girl with a Hawk, “Feel Me”

15 November 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

Sobering yet soaring while similarly mournful and magnificent, the newest single from Girl with a Hawk is a rousing ode to fallen comrade and all around music matriarch Justine Covault of Red On Red Records, Justin and the Unclean and so much more.

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