Jan. 2018 Summary
Featured image source: Live beautifully 2017 Roundups 2017 on Video – Boston to NYC 10 Interviews From 2017 7 Guest Mixes From 2017 10 More Guest Mixes From …
Reading Room – James Toth, Cuneiform and more
Roundup of reading/food for thought from January/February of 2018 – featuring James Jackson Toth (Wooden Wand), Damon Krukowski (Galaxie 500, Damon and Naomi) and more! Too Much Music: …
Mark E Smith / The Fall Special – Hip Priest
You never speak ill of the dead. Mark E. Smith was a prick, but he was our prick. Selfishly, and probably to his own horror, he will remain a …
And the Award for Best Tape Label Goes to….
Its no secret that things were particularly bleak for Grammys this year – low ratings and accusations of being out-of-touch embarrassment included. While its highly unlikely that there will be …
Tour Dates – No Age / Lightning Bolt
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=”15″]Heads up: L.A. noise pop pill-pushers No Age just put out their latest album Snares Like a Haircut — their first full-length since 2013’s An Object — last Friday, …
2017 on Video – Boston to NYC
We’re picking 8 live videos shot by us and our associates/guest contributors in New England and NYC throughout the last year – don’t forget to join 350 of our subscribers! …
Mark E Smith / The Fall Special – A Tribute
Words: Scott Creney The obituary this week says he was 60 when he died, though if you ask me the bastard didn’t look a day over 80. But then Mark …
Best New Music From Boston and New England of 2017 – Songs 1-10
Allysen Callery – First Amongst the Flowers [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=”15″]British Isles influenced Folk played on a finger-picked guitar, billed in Europe as “Ghost Folk”.[/perfectpullquote] [perfectpullquote …
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Music Recommendations for January 2018
Collecting new music from our followers – see this Twitter thread for more details Brandon Locher – Air Notes Video for a track from upcoming EP1 by New York-based …
Retrospective 2017 Label Mixes Roundup – Field Hymns, Shadowtrash Tape Group, Strategic Tape Reserve
2017 output by 3 great labels – collected in one post! Featured in this roundup are Field Hymns Records (US), Shadowtrash Tape Group (US) and Strategic Tape Reserve (Germany). …