We can’t really say enough about the mesmerizing sounds that The Shallows conjure throughout their debut record Wave State. On both a local and national level, The Shallows create music that’s tantamount to a certain era but still stands out as timeless. And on an album of highlights, the debut track from that lush collection of ethereal aural journeys, “Channels”, remains a stand out.
[Read more…]24 For ’24: The Exhaustive RNRF Guide To The Rekkids And Artists You Should Be Checking Out In The New Year
Surprisingly enough, finding 24 albums incoming for 2024 was pretty easy. Maybe it’s that backlog of creativity that’s still pouring out following a global pandemic or maybe it’s just timing but whatever the case may be, we like it. A lot! Especially with a bevy of the releases mentioned below popping up within the first 3 months of the upcoming new year. In fact, by the time this finally comes out the end will be here for Project 86 who release the 2nd half of their closing curtain called OMNI and, spoiler alert, it’s pretty spectacular. Also already out and worthy of your attention are the latest opuses from The Clamps who bring some fuzzed out Rawk you need to hear, the blistering devastation of Domination Campaign, and the funky frenetic chaos of No Terror In The Bang.
[Read more…]Forty Years In And It’s Like KMFDM Is Just Beginning On Fresh And Fiery LET GO
It can’t be almost forty years of the Ultra Heavy Beat, can it? Seems like only yesterday we were walking over to the now defunct Avalon in Boston to see them for the first time on the Symbols tour… which, come to think of it, was almost 30 years ago at this point. So yeah, math is adding up but KMFDM is not slowing down and with their latest, and 23rd (!!!) overall, they’re continuing to prove how they lasted as long as they have.
[Read more…]Static-X Bring The Latest Evil Disco Anthems On Crushing Project Regeneration Vol. 2
We live in a truly blessed age. One where tragedy brings triumph sometimes and following a well thought out roll out, a band that essentially could’ve been forgotten has been utterly reborn. We’re of course, talking about Static-X who is set to release the second half of their Project Regeneration series ahead of another new tour celebrating the legacy of the late Wayne Static.
[Read more…]Heave Blood & Die Drop First Must Hear Record Of 2024 With Burnout Codes
Um, we think we may have already stumbled upon one of our most favorite records of 2024 already??? At the very least, the newest from Heave Blood & Die has already caused us to start our ‘Best of ’24’ drafts list fairly early. We like Burnout Codes so much that it’s one of those records where we’re hesitant to listen to it too much right now for fear of getting sick of its’ brilliance (And we’ve already listened to it a LOT) but honestly, we don’t foresee that happening anytime soon. Or maybe we’re just repeating that to ourselves because we can’t stop listening to it???
[Read more…]Phantom Ocean Bring The Alterna-Grunge On Genre-Splicing Phantasmagoria
If you were mesmerized like us by Phantom Ocean’s latest single “I’m With The Band” (Released last August and reviewed by us here) then their upcoming new EP is going to be a must listen! A riveting collection of songs that cover a wide variety of sounds and styles, Phantasmagoria is four tracks of absolute sonic joy from one of the most compelling duos to arrive on the Boston Music Scene in recent years.
[Read more…]Samantha Hartsel: A Rock And Roll Fables Conversation
The fiery enigma that is Lowell’s Tysk Tysk Task is an artist that’s just as compelling now as when we first heard them and even more so when you factor in the visual element surrounding the mystique (Read: Get to a Tysk Tysk Task show!) After a relatively quiet year on the recording front, but definitely not on the live front with multiple appearances during the 2023 Rock & Roll Rumble resurrection among other shows throughout last year, Tysk Tysk Task kicked off 2024 by not only unveiling a brand new song featuring the fresh new TTT lineup band but also with the recent announcement that the band would be taking part in this year’s annual Boston Calling music festival appearing on Day 3 of the stacked lineup which also features Killers, Megan Thee Satllion, Hozier & more over Memorial Day weekend from May 24th through May 26th.
[Read more…]Singles! Lonely Leesa & the Lost Cowboys, “Stayed 2017”
While born in the age of MTV, we don’t pay as much attention to video treatments as we once did and when we do we definitely make sure it’s time well spent. While Lonely Leesa & the Lost Cowboys’ “Stayed 2017” might not necessarily be what you’d consider “time well spent” given the heavy subject matter and heavy rollout throughout the Leesa Coyne-directed and produced video, it’s definitely important to witness and a powerful new visual to accompany the song originally released in 2017 and resurrected in 2024 in protest of an upcoming Supreme Court ruling determining if domestic abuse orders can prevent abusers from owning and possessing handguns.
[Read more…]Singles! Eliza and the Organix, “No Contact”
Just as last year’s “Xmas in Hell” served as a sort of anti-Holiday jam you never knew you needed in your life, “No Contact” provides a different sort of service catering to those out there with the post-Holiday blues or just an aversion to the doldrums of January in general.
[Read more…]The Wicked Wasp Mother Of Weymouth Bring The Digital Pollution On Extreme New Release
In the time it took us to attach the album artwork to this post, the newest from Weymouth’s Wasp Mother was already almost over. So yeah, Digital Pollution‘s six tracks are extremely short overall but that’s par for the course when dealing with such extreme sounds in the way that the South Shore quartet do. And that’s not to say what’s within doesn’t leave a lasting impression because they certainly do that!
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