Welp. We kinda backed ourselves into a corner doing a Week 1 Rock & Roll Rumble live recap (Read it here) and thinking it was possible to skip doing the same for Week 2, right? Look, we’re not going to sugarcoat it for you. You missed some gems if you decided to stay home when the Preliminary Rounds of the 2024 Rock & Roll Rumble from Boston Emissions wrapped up, okay? And that’s alright since you have us looking out for you in a grand way with this live rundown of what happened across Nights 4, 5, & 6 of the annual Rawk Fest. So with that, sit back, relax, and let us regale you some more of what went down over at Middle East Upstairs in the hopes that you’ll be purchasing your tickets to the Semis at Sonia as soon as you finish reading! Do we have a deal? And again, links to our preview posts in the corresponding headers so you can grab all the pertinent music and more from these killer local artists.
[Read more…]RNRF X Rock & Roll Rumble 2024: Week 2, Night 4
Week 2 of the Rock & Roll Rumble starts NOW! Well, for us and in the interest of this posting it does but in actuality it starts on Thursday, April 11th back at Middle East Upstairs with the first 4 of 12 fresh bands scheduled to appear during the final Preliminary Rounds. Are you sad that the rounds are almost over? Have a favorite yet? Well, here’s some more fodder to confuse and confound all those decisions you thought you already made:
[Read more…]23 For ’23… But Locally! Or “23 MA-Based Bands (And Then Some) You Should Already Be Listening To”
We initially decided to do this in order to alleviate some of the stress of that other ’23 list we have going on but then we cut out the local stuff and decided to go through our archives for the year and what stood out of what we reviewed/featured that came out of Massachusetts…. and came up with an even more massive list. In other words, oops?
[Read more…]Looking Glass War Cap Off A Captivating Succession Of Singles With New EP Where Neon Meets The Rain
On Where Neon Meets The Rain (Found as a lyric in “Arrive!”), Boston’s Looking Glass War continue to captivate while capitalizing on the sonic good will rightly earned from the strength of the singles released so far.
[Read more…]Singles! Looking Glass War, “I Can Tell By The Cars”
You want range? Yearning for a dynamic sound?? Needing a newer artist to really show you what they’ve got with only a few releases to their name so far??? Then you might wanna tune into what Boston’s Looking Glass War is cooking up because we guarantee you won’t find a more night and day offering between singles than what debut “ARRIVE!” and incoming “I Can Tell By The Cars” have for your earholes.
[Read more…]Singles! Looking Glass War, “Arrive!”
What a fitting lead single for Boston’s Looking Glass War! Made up of members of Parlour Bells, The Easy Reasons, Strangeways, and The Rationales to name a few, Looking Glass War is, ahem, looking to make a lasting and instant impact as they get ready to release their debut single ahead of a slew of new music which will eventually make up an EP due later in 2023.
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