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The BGN News Archive
MORE NERVOUS EATERS! Glory be!! Two new songs are now out in preparation for the Rock and Roll Your Heart Away album on Wicked Cool Records. “Don’t Need to Make You Mine” is sung by Adam Sherman and sounds like it was written by him. This is a chance to see how Adam is shaped by the group. The tempo is brisk and the guitar fill-ins at the beginning are up tempo too and tucked in tight. The melody line and how it swings and rides with the rhythm is pure Adam. Adam’s song in an Eaters arrangement – that’s a sweet combo! “Someone Else In Your Arms,” which has Steve Cataldo singing, has the Nervous Eaters characteristics that are familiar to fans; slightly bluesy and some of those Steve Cataldo guitar fills we live for. We’re living in the golden age for the Eaters. We struggled to get enough new music for so long. The music is now coming out regularly and is easily available.
There is a an obituary for Chris Parcellin online now if you would like to leave a memory or note. You can send flowers to the family or plant a tree for Chris from the page. 
Ruffian Dick will be on Wave Radio Boston on May 9th at 8:30pm for an interview and a live set on The First Wave show. Before that is the Who.iAm show at 5pm. That show also deals with local artists. Wave Radio Boston is a web based station that goes 24/7. They have been around since 2017.
Since The Noise ceased publication T Max has been living in the North Shore. He’s been doing solo shows and hosting acoustic shows in bars. Now he has a photo show going on at the Stetson Gallery at28 Mugford St. in Marblehead. The opening is May 5 from noon to 2 pm and will have a live set with T Max and John Hicks. BOOKS......
There is a very good piece on her and the book in the New York Times. When she was making a solo record at home she was being stalked and had to be sure no one was trying to break in the house. Her father was an alcoholic who packed a gun and punched holes in her bedroom wall. So much happened to her in her early punk days she has Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. There’s so many more incidents like those. She has exorcised some of her demons through punk but no one should go through what she did. To start a whole Riot Grrrl movement through grass roots actions is so impressive. We admire her so much. The book on Bookshop.org You can get The Riot Girl Collection on Kindle for a mere $2.99. It has a sampling of the original magazine, posters and printed matter. RADIO...... On the Town with Mikey Dee had a live set by Shiverlane this week. They were all rehearsed because they just came off playing the Rock and Roll Rumble. They began with “Aeroplane Driver” which is a fave of ours and did “I Get Nervous” which was the first song that got our attention. They're recording an eight track album with a (hopefully) late Spring/early Summer release. Many of the songs on this live recording will probably be on that album. They ended the set with Redd Kross’s “Annie’s Gone.” In the interview after the set they talk about the Rumble experience. To hear the whole show go to the WMFO schedule page. Hit the On The Town With Mikey Dee show on 9pm on Wednesday, then hit the ‘archive’ button. The Shiverlane set is below.
PODCASTS......... This week Blowing Smoke bring in Adam Sherman for a talk. Just his work in Private Lightning made Adam a Boston favorite. Then his solo work and now being a member of the Nervous Eaters is another body of work that elevates his career. Adam is from Queens, NY. He soaked up rock'n'roll from Beatles through the all the sixties. He came to Boston when he was 17 to play music…not to go to college which is so common. Adam saw all the early punk bands at the Rat and elsewhere during the seventies. He scanned the Phoenix classified and saw that a band called Private Lighting needed a vocalist, so he went for it. Adam has some real horror stories about the management of Private Lightning. Nothing seemed to go right for the band. Later he ended up in The Souls who had a big buzz for a while. Adam gave up music and became an artist for a period. Then another life alerting event – he lost everything in a fire. Adam covers a lot of territory and it’s very compelling.
The Elastic Glam Breakfast Show starts with the classic “Jeepster” this week. Sethyspice followed it up with a nice find of Kid Kapichi from the UK. The group does not play cookie cutter rock. Over their album they shift styles. ”Can EU Hear Me” has a nice guitar crunch and hard playing. We have that song below. Check out the interesting album There Goes the Neighborhood on Bandcamp
Soon after that it was the new Smitt E Smitty and the Feztones song “Bye Bye Sunday Afternoon.” We review this song below in the New Music section. New glam was represented by Violet Palms (real nice, from Wisconsin Bandcamp), Chappell Roan, and Gyasi (wow, from Nashville with live album soon). Then some glam stalwarts with Slade, Roy Wizzard, Bowie, Roxy Music and Hello (New York Grove) to round things out.
Al Quint did some house cleaning on his Sonic Overload site. He changed web hosts so the site was down a few days. He changed the font size on his main page so it’s easier to see the song list. He also changed his embedded music. He went from four separate downloads to one big one. All good changes for us. This week he scored a Didjits release on Record Store Day. He plays several cuts from that. “Loud, Dumb and Mean” by the Night Marchers had the punk sound that we love. “Fill in the Blanks” by Stiff Richards has a ripping punk/garage sound. Another Australian goodie.
Al played Ancient Filth a local hardcore group that's been together for a long while. The songs glom on to a subject and dig in and makes some provocative points. Al played “Monopolized Violence” but we are embedding “Legalize Suicide.” It reminds us of “Institutionalized” by Suicidal Tendencies.
There’s always some out of bounds songs on the podcast. This time there’s Captain Beefheart and Faust. He ended with a punk set: Damned, Dead Boys, Chelsea, Soft Boys and locals The Molls. You can hear the whole show on the Sonic Overload web page NEW MUSIC/CDs......
Smitt E Smitty and the Feztones release a new song “Bye Bye Sunday Afternoon.” The twist for this tune is the lead vocals by Linda Pardee and not Smitty. The song is about a post gig come down and it does capture that feeling. Another convention broken is the violin solo instead of guitar. It’s a real aggressive and expressive solo too.
Missing Link on Triple B Records has a new album titled Watch Me Bleed. One song is pre-released now. “New York Minute” starts out like a regular hardcore song with sludge guitars and throat singing. But the singing changes a bit after a time and at the minute mark the band changes the beat and the song settles into a section that gets your attention. Then it switches back, just to change at the end yet again. It’s a nice piece of work. We’d love to have the lyrics to this.
The Lambrini Girls are from Brighton…England, that is. They address current issues head on and unapologetically. Their latest single is “God’s Country” and “Body of Mine.” Both have vocals that remind us of Poly Styrene. “Body of Mine” is about unrealistic female body images. We love how it starts with the lyrics “who wears short shorts?” (“Short Shorts” by The Royal Teens) from the 1958 song. It vividly brings the whole issue to the fore for a rock fan. Time to change thinking? Overdue prove the Lambrini Girls.
This Nunchukka Superfly album was recorded in 1995, thus the title Nunchukka Superfly 95. It’s just being released now. This Australian group, with some members of The Hard Ons, have an attack that will knock your ears off. The album was recorded in one day! The average song time is two minutes. We’re embedding “Jackets” below. “Bored Shitless” is another song of blasting goodness. Check out the whole album on Bandcamp.
We have featured two glorious pop tunes from Alabama’s Lolas recently. Their latest song “Call Your Name” proves they can get downright garage-y too. They fuzz up the chorus and the drums get busy. Meanwhile the voices are still stellar.
Here's some good shows coming up .....
May 2, 2024 (Thursday) Chastity, Oh the Humanity at O'Briens May 2, 2024 (Thursday) Circus of Power, Casket Rats, Blood Lightning at Koto (Salem) May 3, 2024 (Friday) The I Want You, Crow Follow at The Midway 9:30 show May 3, 2024 (Friday) Mercury On Mars, State of The Union, Broken Toys, The MCCritters at the Worthen Attic Manchester, NH, May 4, 2024 (Saturday) The Lights Out, Gretchen Shae & The Middle Eight, Brain K & The Parkway at Faces Malden May 4, 2024 (Saturday) 1.4.5., Little Billy Lost, Perilous at The Square Root May 4, 2024 (Saturday) Taken By Vultures (vinyl release celebration), Dead Low, Knife tricks, Super Beef do a FREE show at Thirsty First Lowell May 5, 2024 (Sunday) The Chisel, Home Front at The Middle East All Ages 7PM doors.
May 11, 2024 (Saturday) Somerville Porch Fest!!! PF website Linnea's Garden and Happy Little Clouds are already registerd: 32 Stone Ave Somerville (Union Sq) 4-6 pm May 11, 2024 (Saturday) Captain Easychord, Motel Chicago, Mike Weindenfeller, The Never Ends at The Jungle for a 4PM early show. May 11, 2024 (Saturday) Anti-Fascist Vol 2- with Actor|Observer, Jealous Mind, Pretty Ugly, and others at Sammy's Patio - FB page. May 11, 2024 (Saturday) Johnny Plankton & TSMS, Hands Of Spite, FastTracks, Richard Mirsky & A.M.P at The Midway for a 3PM matinee May 11, 2024 (Saturday) Alfred Be Loud and Acrylic Killers at Barrel House Z, Weymouth. Advance tickets here May 14, 2024 (Tuesday) Blame It On Whitman, Jude Ivy, Tatooine Punk Scene at Notch Brewing Brighton- music at 10PM May 14, 2024 (Tuesday) Swans at The Paradise May 15, 2024 (Wednesday) Billy Liar, Loser's Circle, Jeff Rowe at Faces in Malden May 16, 2024 (Thursday) The Dead Boys, Nervous Eaters, The Plimsouls at Sonia this is a 7PM show.
May 17, 2024 (Friday) Worshipper, Sundrifter, Earthlore at Koto Salem May 17, 2024 (Friday) Jon Snodgrass (Armchair Martian/Drag The River) Rad Owl, Matt Charette & the Truer Sound, The Shang Hi-Los at Faces Malden May 18, 2024 (Saturday) DnA's Evolution, Trading Tombstones. The Spackles, The Mighty Suicide Squirrels at The Midway for a 3 PM matinee May 18, 2024 (Saturday) Joan Jett covers night with Andrea Gillis & Friends, CE Skidmore & Friends, Brooke Feinberg & Friends At faces malden May 20, 2024 (Monday) Kali Masi, Latewaves, Michael Kane & The Morning Afters, High & Dry at O'Brien's May 25, 2024 (Saturday) Mach Bell Experience (MBE), David Hull and the Dirty Angels. Magic Room, Norwood MA May 28, 2024 (Tuesday) Thrust Club, Phantom Ocean, Honey Cassette at Notch Brewing Brighton May 29, 2024 (Wednesday) War Machine, Marcy the Baptist, Video Days, Humbug at The Silhouette
June 1, 2024 (Saturday) Plymouth Punk Rock Market - Noon- 5PM - FB page June 1, 2024 (Saturday) Ask Me About My Dumb Band! Volume 1 (a compilation of (mostly) Boston bands) cassette release show with Sapling, Orca Bones, Battlemode, The Jacklights and Double Star at The Midway- this is a 3PM Matinee. FB event page June 1, 2024 (Saturday) The Wynotts, The Black Cheers, Spillers, Fur Coat Judy at New World Tavern Plymouth. FB page June 3, 2024 (Saturday) Subhumans, FEA, Drop Dead at Alchemy in Provi RI - FB page. June 4, 2024 (Tuesday) The Subhumans, FEA at The Middle East Down - 6PM show June 8, 2024 (Saturday) RON VOYAGE! Ron
will be playing his final Chelsea Curve show before departing for distant shores!
Give Ron a proper send-off with Stars Like Ours, Duck & Cover, State
Of The Union, and DJ Sherman. It's a matinee at Midway
Cafe from 3:00-7:15!
FB event page. June 8, 2024 (Saturday) Tiger Bomb, Galaxy Cake, Clean Girl & The Dirty Dishes at Marshall Wharf Brewing in Belfast, ME - FB page.
June 14, 2024 (Friday) The Cherry Fog, The Double Takes, Wildfeuer, Force Us To Stop at The Union Tavern Union Sq Somerville June 14, 2024 (Friday) Linnea's Garden, Ruby Grove, Cindy Lawson, Lovewhip at The Jungle June 14, 2024 (Friday) Cold Expectations, Speedfossil (CD release show!), Bikini Whale at Faces, Malden June 14, 2024 (Friday) Jason Bennett and The Resistance, Als Highway 50, Nick and the Adversaries at The MIddle east Up TIX June 15, 2024 (Saturday) Good June, Impossible Dog, Tatooine Punk Scene, Professor Caffeine & The Insec at The Jungle June 15, 2024 (Saturday) Dogmatics, Cindy Lawson, Girl With A Hawk at The Square Root
June 29, 2024 (Saturday) The Lowell Summer Music Series has Buffalo Tom playing Boarding House Park: 40 French St., on June 29. Tickets July 13, 2024 (Saturday) The Fleshtones, Cal's Conspiracy, Tiger Bomb at The Magic Room, Norwood FB event page July 13, 2024 (Saturday) Bim Skala Bim 40th Anniversary Show with Void Union, Duppy Conquerors, Some Ska Band, and Brunt of It -8:00 PM | Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre. Two shows! Special guests, FB page. August 9, 2024 (Friday) Barrence Whitfield & Sal Baglio’s Giant Rocket Roll Show! at The Bull Run in Shirley - FB page. September 6, 2024 (Friday) Sharp Class, Muck and the Mires, The Chelsea Curve at The Burren - FB page September 8, 2024 (Sunday) The Somerville Rock And Roll Yard Sale is in Union Square Somerville https://www.facebook.com/SomervilleRockAndRollYardSale September 8, 2024 (Sunday) The Lowell Summer Music Series has Belly playing Boarding House Park: 40 French St., Tickets CONTACT US AT....misslynbgn@yahoo.com Send us your gig listings, your anything else you've got!! You want your CD reviewed?? Contact us for that too.
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Another reminder that Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill has a
book Rebel Girl coming out May 14.
May 1, 2024 (Wednesday) Brontez
Purnell, Julia Pearce, Hammered Saint - O'Briens 
May 9, 2024 (Thursday) Today Junior,
Blame Shifters (LP Release!), Cheer Camp - at Deep
Cuts, Medford.
May 16, 2024 (Thursday) Helmet
and Cro-Mags at The Middle East All Ages 6PM doors.
May 31, 2024 (Friday) Wreckless
Wreck Chords Presents Memorial Day Bash With WORM, Working
Poor USA, Kermitsfinger HagglersBoston, Scumbari at The C Note - 7:30PM
door- 
June 9, 2024 (Sunday) this date is now
the Band 19 Reunion show (also with The Dogmatics, Martin,
Morrel & Fredette, Spiller and Roger Oliver) at
The Magic Room, Norwood
June 29, 2024 (Saturday) TREE
is at the Brighton Music Hall for an all ages early show at 6PM. 
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