You’d think following an album review, a book review, AND an interview that we’d be done posting about Nashville’s Friendship Commanders for a little bit (Like, until we have to start really formulating our year end lists at least???)… but that’s where you’d be wrong. Because have you heard MASS? It’s gargantuan. It’s epic. It’s all about Massachusetts! So when an opportunity to catch the duo of Buick Audra and Jerry Roe live on their current tour at O’Brien’s arose we couldn’t pass it up. And upon witnessing the blistering and emotive performance, we simply couldn’t resist sharing our experience in the hopes that, if you get the chance, you’ll go catch Friendship Commanders live as well.
[Read more…]Friendship Commanders: A Rock And Roll Fables Conversation
A record hasn’t hit us like Friendship Commanders’ third full-length, MASS, in quite some time. Partly because sonically it owns and the other part due to the content which sees singer, songwriter, guitarist, and author Buick Audra crafting a concept album (And accompanying book) based on her time living on and off in our forever home of Massachusetts.
[Read more…]Pulp Rawk: MASS: Essays On Memory, Language, & The State Of Massachusetts By Buick Audra
Were you properly immersed in the new concept album called MASS from Friendship Commanders? Did you find yourself completely captivated and intrigued by “Dissonance”, the spoken-word closing track on that record? Well, the story doesn’t end there!
[Read more…]Friendship Commanders Travel Back To MASS, Produce Profound Prose Set To A Heavy Soundtrack
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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