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…]The Downhauls Bring All The Rawk To Robust Scream Into The Void
The Rock & Roll Rumble continues to provide. They say it’s a place where you can find your new favorite band… or maybe your new favorite band finds you? And maybe they’re not even a part of The Rumble this year but seek you out because you covered a LOT of it… and holy hell is this a long, convoluted intro to tell you that The Downhauls is a band you need to have in your life.
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