We made it through Night 1! Or we will. For now, we’ve just made it through the first post about the Preliminary rounds so there’s a long way to go both in our postings and in, y’know, the actual shows that have so much behind the scenes work put into them ahead of time (Thanks, Anngelle Wood and Boston Emissions among others) before bands even hit the stage. Like they will once again at Middle East Upstairs on Friday, April 5th (See what we did there???) Anyway, our purported cleverness aside let’s see what Night 2 holds:
[Read more…]RNRF X Rock & Roll Rumble 2024: Week 1, Night 1
Can one have multiple “It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” parts of a year? Like, we dig the hell out of October. Because Spooky Szn. And November. Because it’s our (Read: RNRF) birthday month. So, Fall in general. But this sweet spot in in April when the Rock & Roll Rumble returns and Salem Horror Fest is right around the corner is quickly becoming our JAM!
[Read more…]Wristmeetrazor Whip Up Potpourri Of Profound Pummeling On Degeneration
“Metalcore” might be the term to best describe the overall Wristmeetrazor sound but the more and more we listen to third outing Degeneration, the more and more we hear the chaotic initial end of Nu-Metal that saw lots of outfits combining seemingly everything to see what stuck and what didn’t. On Degeneration, everything’s sticking.
[Read more…]Zeph Courtney: A Rock And Roll Fables Conversation
It’s been a banner week and a half or so for us in terms of some of our all time favorites seemingly coming out of the woodwork with unexpected new material. The most surprising of those has to be Boston’s Stompbox who is just about ready to not only re-release their debut Travis for the first time ever digitally (With loads of bonus music) but also drop their first batch of new material since 1994’s Stress. That’s right, kids, 30 years. Being one of our bucket list Boston bands since we never got a chance to see them back in the day (We’ve since ticked that, ahem, box when they played the Boston Rocks For Julie Duffy shows in 2021), we jumped on the chance to review the new EP called Final Summer a little early and thanks to drummer Zeph Courtney that became a reality (You can read what we thought of that here). While we had Courtney on the line we thought it’d be silly not to catch up on all things Stompbox and, luckily for us and you, he obliged:
[Read more…]Singles! AlphaSix, “Orphan! Tether to the Mother”
Time to get a little LOUD on the Knyvet Network! Okay, a lot loud as easily the loudest band on the Knyvet roster right now is here with a unique sound and a unique story from definitely one of the most original Heavy acts in MA right now. Enter: AlphaSix.
[Read more…]Singles! earthtone9, “Oceanic Drift”
Ya got us, earthtone9! You really did! Following some less than optimistic social media posts about the state of Nottingham, UK’s legendary earthtone9 recently we’d made peace with the fact that 2013’s IV might be it from our most favorite underground overseas beasts. Then “Oceanic Drift” came heralding a new record arriving in less than 3 months as of this writing and we couldn’t be happier… as should you!
[Read more…]Highwater Haulers Highlight Hybrid Modern Alternative Rawk On Debut Puncher’s Chance
For those just tuning in, “Highwater Haulers is a New England rock and roll outfit starring Meaghan Casey on rhythm guitar and vocals, Taylor Brennan on electric guitar and vocals, Alfie Purcell on bass and Ryan Jackson on drums”. That’s according to their bio and, in all of our years doing this, we don’t think we’ve EVER seen the members of any band referred to as “starring” in and we think that’s the coolest. Also the coolest? The unique hybrid sound that the quartet bring to their debut full-length Puncher’s Chance.
[Read more…]Hashtronaut Bring The Desert Rawk To Denver On Debut No Return
There’s not enough great, wholesome new Desert Rawk these days so it gives us all the feels when a band materializes embodying that spirit… and on a debut no less! The band in question today is Denver’s own Hashtronaut who channel legends like Black Sabbath, mainstays like Fu Manchu, and current purveyors of the fuzzed out riffage Sundrifter across nine tracks of pure, unfiltered Rawk with No Return.
[Read more…]Stompbox Stun With Stellar Surprise Recorded Return On Final Summer
Who’da thunk that in the year of our lord 2024 we’d be sitting here typing up what we think about a BRAND NEW Stompbox release??? By the time we had started our concert going lives back in ’94 (Yes, kids, we’ve been seeing shows for 30 years come this April!) in the outskirts of Worcester County, getting out to the big shitty (Read: Boston) wasn’t a regular thing until we moved there for school a year or so later but even then those perky age restrictions prevented our just under 18 ass from seeing every band we wanted. Including Stompbox, who disbanded the year we began matriculating at a local school of higher education based on Mass Ave and within walking distance of all the clubs on Landsdowne St. Boo fuckin’ hoo, right?
[Read more…]Wyn Doran: A Rock And Roll Fables Conversation
It’s no secret that we’ve dug the hell out of what’s come from Wyn & The White Light thus far so it’s probably not a surprise that debut album Luck was pretty high up on our most anticipated list already. Well, it’s almost here for the rest of y’all but we’ve already heard it, reviewed it, and shared what we thought in a recent post that you can read here. To coincide with the release we were, ahem, lucky enough to have the opportunity to chat with the “Wyn” part of Wyn & The White light with Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist Wyn Doran agreeing to open up more on the genesis of the band that also features Heidi Tierney on drums and Lucia Jean on bass, sharing some very personal experiences in song, bucket list places and venues to play, and so much more which you can discover when you keep reading:
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