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…]Local Look ’24: The RNRF Guide To Some Of What’s Incoming From Some Of Your Favorite New England Artists
This past year we decided to do things a little differently as we approached our year end round up as we felt that a lot of local talent gets overshadowed when we do our annual year ender so instead of doing just one MASSIVE list to include everything that we thought was rad we divided the list in two so that both National and Local acts got time to bask in the glow of their 2023 achievements. With that over, and working out pretty well, we felt the need to do the same when it came to our new year preview so prepare yourselves for the inevitable informing that’s to come in this New England-based look at some of what you can expect from your local faves.
[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…]Ruby Grove: A Rock And Roll Fables Conversation
We are lucky enough to live in a town where you can walk outside your door on the daily and practically bump into an artist making killer music. That said, and with a scene so seemingly bursting with talent, it’s sometimes hard to differentiate who you should pay attention to which is where we come in occasionally to act as a guide to help you find who stands out from the rest.
[Read more…]Singles! Ruby Grove, “Maybe It’s Time”
Picture this: You walk into The Bang Bang Bar and the vibe, as always, is just right. Before you head to your booth for some clandestine meeting or to do some shady dealings you become completely enthralled with the band that’s just taken the stage who have a sound that’s like Soul Coughing but instead of Mike Doughty at the mic, you get an Old School soulful Bluesy crooner instead. That would be our hot take when it comes to Somerville’s Ruby Grove who have arrived with new single “Maybe It’s Time”.
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