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Singles! Not Bad Not Well, “New Way Out”

29 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

We’ll be honest: We were pretty blown away by Not Bad Not Well when we were researching the 2023 edition of the Rock & Roll Rumble and then became even more so after witnessing the live show. That said, like many fans of the band made from those shows we’ve been frothing at the mouth for new music beyond their lone single up until that point (“Sleeper” which you can read about here). And new music is finally here in the form of “New Way Out”!

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Filed Under: Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables, Singles! Tagged With: "New Way Out", Gregg Kusumah-Atmadja, Jake Pagoaga, Matt Killoran, Not Bad Not Well, Rock And Roll Fables, SHAWN PELKEY, Tom Martin

Blood Lightning Combine Boston Area Heavy Luminaries Together Like Voltron For Dynamic Debut

29 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

We keep a running list of records that release throughout a given year that strike some kind of chord with us so that we don’t get overwhelmed when it comes to whittling down faves for our inevitable year-end list. Sometimes, on very rare occasions, we add a band to that list before an album even drops because we have faith in that artist while on other occasions an advance single is so strong that we can’t imagine not loving what’s to come. Boston’s Blood Lightning falls into the latter category as “Blankets” got many a spin over a plethora of different streaming platforms from us and now that we have the rest from the supergroup’s debut in house we don’t feel bad about patting ourselves on the back over that early prediction.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Alan Douches, Benny Grotto, Blood Lightning, Bob Maloney, Doug Sherman, Gozu, Jim Healey, Ripple Music, Rock And Roll Fables, Sam Black Church, Set Fire, Worshipper

Tomorrowish Tantalize With A Potpourri Of Synth-Rawk Songs On Stunning Almost Home

28 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

The constant cycle of getting pitched for stuff which we dig then review which leads to other pitches and more stuff we dig will never get old for us. And it was during a recent cycle that led us to Tomorrowish and their debut record called Almost Home which is the whole sonic enigma wrapped in a riddle conundrum.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Almost Home, Conner Guarino, Max Cembalest, Pearse Devlin, Rock And Roll Fables, Tomorrowish

Friendship Commanders Travel Back To MASS, Produce Profound Prose Set To A Heavy Soundtrack

28 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

How could we say no to an album that just screams “MASSACHUSETTS!!!”?!? Not since Jonathan Richman’s ode to the Bay State has a record resonated so much with us. Sure, Friendship Commanders’ MASS probably won’t get any tracks played at Fenway Park over “I’m Shipping Up To Boston” anytime soon especially with the self-autobiographical seriousness of it all … but we can dream of hearing “Blue” in a stadium at some point, right?

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Buick Audra, Friendship Commanders, God City Studios, Jerry Roe, Kurt Ballou, MASS, Rock And Roll Fables, Trimming The Shield Records

Blodet Pack An Expansive Post-Metal Punch In A Small Package On Death Mother

27 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

For folks yearning for Emma Ruth Rundle to return to the sound of Marriages or wished Chelsea Wolfe lingered in the heaviness a little longer, Blodet is here for you with their latest opus entitled Death Mother. But really? They’re here to make some kickass experimental Post-Rawk noise that’s ethereal and entrancing and stands out on its’ own.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Blodet, Church Road Records, Death Mother, Rock And Roll Fables

Filth Is Eternal Find Out If They Have An Album Of The Year Contender With Latest Scorcher

26 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

Is “Grunge Punk” a thing? Well, it should be especially upon hearing the latest from Seattle’s Filth Is Eternal which pretty much captures that vibe across Find Out‘s 14 tracks, each of which barely breach the two-minute mark yet manage to come at yer earholes all dense and dynamic-like unfurling at times like a sort of Heavy Metal mixtape with the flow throughout. Also, are we allowed to call Find Out fun? Because it is. Like listening through Turnstile’s Time & Space for the first time or a lot of those early Roadrunner Records debut records where they’re monstrous, something special, and just an experience from start to finish.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Brian McClelland, Emily Salisbury, Filth Is Eternal, Find Out, Lis Di Angelo, MNRK Heavy, Rahsaan Davis, Rock And Roll Fables

Teen Idle Taps Into Mid-’90’s Alternative On Nostalgic Yet New Nonfiction

26 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

Art Credit: Sara Abdelbarry

Diving into Nonfiction, the debut record from multi-instrumentalist Sara Abdelbarry under the nom de plume Teen Idle, and fans of those charming Indie Pop singles that preceded the album immediately get a treat in the form of the 1-2-3 punch of “Saccharine”, Birthday Cake”, and “Norway” all in a row to start as a refreshing reminder of why they’re here in the first place. And for new fans, this trio of tracks is just the prologue to an earnest aural novel that’s perfect for the current changing of the seasons.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Danny Murray, H1 MASSIVE, Nonfiction, Rock And Roll Fables, Samir Tawalare, Sara Abdelbarry, Teen Idle

Singles! Lovina Falls, “Vaulted”

26 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

Screengrab from the Joan Hathaway-directed video for “Vaulted”

Surely you’ve heard Calculating the Angle of Our Descent from former Mistle Thrush vocalist Valerie Forgione as Lovina Falls now, right? Well, what are you waiting for??? For those who are already well-versed in the debut solo record from Forgione that was released earlier this year, you’ll no doubt be ecstatic to hear that “Vaulted” from the record is following “On Your Side” with a video treatment of its’ own once again from director Joan Hathaway. And for the rest of y’all, here’s your chance to get on the right side of aural history.

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Filed Under: Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables, Singles! Tagged With: "Vaulted", Brenden Cobb, Calculating the Angle of Our Descent, David Minehan, Joan Hathaway, Lovina Falls, Rock And Roll Fables, Valerie Forgione

Singles! The Innsmouth Look, “Bury This Heart”

22 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

What a shreddy good time “Bury This Heart” is! Three minutes and forty seconds is all it’ll take to hook you, too, on this marvelous slab of heaviness dispelled from Salem outfit The Innsmouth Look.

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Filed Under: Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables, Singles! Tagged With: "Bury This Heart", Rock And Roll Fables, The Innsmouth Look

Looking Glass War Cap Off A Captivating Succession Of Singles With New EP Where Neon Meets The Rain

22 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

Design credit: Goddamn Glenn

On Where Neon Meets The Rain (Found as a lyric in “Arrive!”), Boston’s Looking Glass War continue to captivate while capitalizing on the sonic good will rightly earned from the strength of the singles released so far.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Goddamn Glenn, Looking Glass War, Mike Ackley, Pete Zeigler, Rock And Roll Fables, Tony Porter, Where Neon Meets The Rain

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