There’s a few artists we’ve come across over the years that, when the announcement of new music of any sort arrives, we automatically start a draft or add the album or tune to a usually already in progress year end list because what they’ve created thus far is just that damn good. Lowell’s Tysk Tysk Task is quickly becoming one of those artists for us and following January’s release of “Intolerable”, we were inclined to go that route with new single “Trazodone”. And not to toot our own methods but upon actually hearing the new jam in full, we can’t see any reason why TTT wouldn’t maintain that status from now on.
[Read more…]Paper Tigers Subscribe To A Sonic Go Big Or Go Home Mentality Throughout Louder Than Life Debut Charmer
Sometimes when choosing to review almost every single ahead of an incoming EP/LP can present a problem down the road when the actual album is ready to drop. For one thing, how does it all fit in? Will those songs only stand out because they’re “the singles”? Or will the release sound disjointed when filled with songs already out to the masses which could potentially swallow up what’s in between those tentpoles? Luckily, when it comes to Boston’s Paper Tigers, though, that whole argument/point is moot as the strength of each and every song on debut release Charmer stands out regardless of if it was released previously. And together, they make for one unstoppable record.
[Read more…]RNRF X In Between Days, Local Look: Paper Tigers
We cannot say enough good things about Paper Tigers. They blew us away with their performance at the revived Rock & Roll Rumble earlier in the year, have been delivering some solid singles recently, and have an upcoming new full-length that is easily becoming one of our most anticipated releases of 2023. Obviously, we have some words to share about our excitement and also give you some more reasons to check them out when they play In Between Days on Day 1 of the festival which happens at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy on August 19th & 20th!
[Read more…]Singles! Paper Tigers, “Wedding Cake”
You know those bands that might not quite hit for some reason the first time you hear them and then you see them live, revisit everything recorded, and facepalm relentlessly at missing out the first time around? Yeah, that’s us and Paper Tigers. Sort of. Because we’ve definitely covered them before so we definitely dig ’em but damn if seeing them live at the Rock & Roll Rumble this year wasn’t a gotDamn revelation!
[Read more…]Paper Tigers Channel Some Boston Greats, Pack A Mighty Original Sonic Wallop On A Schism Cataclysm
Paper Tigers make a timeless kind of music that is, at times, deeply embedded in the ’90’s Boston scene mixed with a new school Punk aesthetic akin to CKY’s earlier recordings. On their latest EP, A Schism Cataclysm, the quartet hone their burgeoning sound and pack quite the sonic wallop over five tracks of infectious and undeniable Rawk.
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