The biggest issue for us in doing one of these “Local Look” posts for an artist we’ve already covered a bunch (And we mean, like, a BUNCH) in these pages is making sure we contain this to a novella size and not a whole novel, y’know? Think one of the books in the original serial version of The Green Mile and not the combined 432 pages of all six mini-books together. Anyway! Carissa Johnson is playing this year’s In Between Days Festival, appearing on the Arbella Insurance stage on Day 1 of the event happening on August 19th & 20th over at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy and we have some words (Again, just some words) to share on why you should make it out early to catch the live spectacle in person!
[Read more…]RNRF X In Between Days, Local Look: Sweet Petunia
Who’s ready for something a little softer and probably the most perfect artist to ease you into Day 2 of In Between Days after what is sure to be one heckuva comedown following the Day 1 launch??? Well, get ready for Sweet Petunia then because they might just have the stuff within them to conjure up the right kind of sonic magic to start off Sunday smashingly!
[Read more…]RNRF X In Between Days, Local Look: Mint Green
According to ye olde Bandcamp bio, Mint Green is “The sweet spot between emo, pop, and alternative.” and really, we can’t think of a better descriptor after listening through a lot of what the Boston band has to offer over on our preferred method of streaming (Read: Bandcamp). Also, after listening though All Girls Go To Heaven we’re kind of bummed that we’ll be missing out when Mint Green bring all those sounds together for their performance at In Between Days Festival over at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy on Day 2 (August 20th, the day Mrs RNRF will be covering the event). But there’s no reason you should miss out!
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