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The BGN News Archive
Steve Albini’s death this week was met with
universal acknowledgment of the loss. There’s just no denying
his talent/gift. It can be heard on everything he recorded. The albums
In Utero by Nirvana and Sub Rosa by the Pixies quickly
come to mind. When you look at his output you can’t just peg him
as a simple rock/punk guy. Look at this article in Far Out magazine
that gives their Top
Ten produced Albini albums. You can see Albini’s wide reach
here, something that many may not know of.
Let’s get a little obscure - we saw a group Sex Snobs from Oklahoma at O’Brien’s in 2017 whose then current album Emotional Stuffing was engineered by Albini and is much worth listening too.
Steve was even interviewed by Lil Bub on the Lil Bub show.
You can
watch that here. The video below/left is Albini in his studio showing the
tools of his trade. Some may think it’s a bit boring but it shows the
flat-out real world he lived and worked in We loved that he identified with the independent scene. MSN quotes him, ‘”That’s where I cut my teeth, in that independent scene full of punks and noise freaks and drag queens and experimental composers and jabbering street poets. You can thank punk rock for all of that.” He wrote about the problem
with the mainstream music business in 1993 on The Baffler. Probably every
band should read that.
This was a visual proof that the arts are an economic engine - all those people ate and went to stores in those areas. Parking was just about impossible. We circled for a long time before we had to give up. Dennis Thompson the drummer for the MC5 died this week. He was the last living member of that group and the only one to see the band get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It’s hard to grasp a thing like that!! It’s like all the original Ramones have gone also. We owe so much to these people that had the talent and the courage to do something at a time when it met resistance. It’s a lesson we should all hold and remember. Here's an article on MSN.
Jan Crocker who filmed some prime moments in Boston punk, which you can see on his site Kinodv, has moved to environmental issues in later years. He's has been involved with Climate Change documentation on Cape Cod. Check this link to see a film, directed by Jan, about the Cape Cod shoreline and how it’s changing already from a warming world. VIDEOS......
Chronicle had a story on disinvesting yourself of records.
We shudder to think of it! It was a well done segment. Pat McGrath of
Looney Tunes was the main cog in the story. Barrence Whitfield
was in there too as a vinyl buyer for the Record Exchange in
Salem. Then there were the poor souls letting go of their whole collections.
The horror!! ... the horror!!! RADIO..... WMFO will have a day of live music on Saturday June 1. They will have 10 bands playing one after the other. Happy Little Clouda and Sal Baglio will be two of the bands. WMFO is 91.5 FM. And them being a radio station have a radio promo for Live Day. Upcoming on Skybar's Rising show on Tuesday's at 8pm on WMFO - The Wynotts will be interviewed on Mary 28. Bob Cenci says: "We were.. we weren't... we're back...stay tuned for an in person radio appearance on Skybar Rising WMFO on May 28th. live on the air songs, single releases, added tracks from the late 00s! "On Monday’s Late Risers Club Ron played a rare (for him) indie rock song rather than all punk. “Merch Girl” by Fresh was a worthy spin. The lyrics tell the story of a woman who wants to be onstage and is pushed into being a ‘merch girl’.
Ron played a new one by The Darts from Phoenix. They played the Late Risers Club 45 anniversary (which was also the 60th Anniversary of WMBR). “Are You Down” shows them lurching the garage chord progressions like they own them. The new album is Boomerang.
To hear Ron’s show go to the WMBR archive page and hit the Late Risers Show for Monday 5/6. Joanie Lindstrom started her LRC show with “Who Is Innocent” by the Out. Wow, we used to go crazy for that song!!
Joanie played three songs by The Dicks to remember singer Gary Floyd who died this week. Story in the Austin Chronicle. Here is “Hate the Police” on Youtube
To hear Joanie’s show go to the WMBR archive page and hit the Late Risers Show for Thursday 5/9. PODCASTS......... The Radio Warfare podcast began with The Wynotts doing “Hey, Sharon” and it sounded so good. Later it was some more Rum Bar Record action with “Rollers Show” by the Glimmer Stars. Then double Kopko action with “Skateaway” by Danny the K and “When the Party Ends” by Watts Tim Livingston played “Merry Go Round” by the Replacements.... The Replacements always sound like the right thing to play. Then for something different listen to “Athens and Rome” by John E. Vistic (English). It takes its time to build and has a combo of acoustic guitar and kettle drums. The new Ian Hunter song “The 3rd Rail” has some tasty Jeff Beck guitar fills.
The Elastic Glam Breakfast Show starts with "Metal Guru" a fave. This week there's a long live Slade cut that shows you what they did live. There's always some we haven't heard before. This week it was Chicory Tip with "Good Grief Christina" which was terrific glam. Then it was Yungblud covering Kiss with "I Was Made For Lovin' You" and glamming it up a bit. That's on the movie soundtrack to The Fall Guy. NEW MUSIC/CDs.....
We’ve been waiting on Jay Prozac’s new album Obsession to be released. Now we have the second single titled “Lost” and we've jumped on that to hold us over. For us, Jay just can’t go wrong ... He has the knack for writing punk songs, no doubt about that. “Lost” is another example where he is expanding his pure pop punk sensibilities. The fill-in guitar lines are more melodic and less drilling here. The vocals sound bigger and have an expansive reaching higher quality to them. He does these things while still keeping his pop punk song tricks going. This bodes well for the album too. We have it on our Top Ten Songs.
Oh, what do we have here? A 16 cut album by Killer Color! They've been doing video feeds of their practices all during the Covid years. They have also been out gigging this last year. Now we have Home Schoolin' ... Overall the album shows them to be full of fire. They're putting some good punch and fast tempos in the songs that show their driving spirit. The lyrics are funny and they don’t mind getting rude to make a point. There are some songs we've heard them play live on video streams and are glad they have them on the album - like “Nate Fuck Off” and “California, ” which was a single earlier. When you compare the new version of “California" to the 2019 release
you can immediately hear the difference in the voices. They sounded like children
in 2019, not any more. They have transitioned and sound all the better for it
too. The playing is sharper too.
Hammered Saint’s new one is “City People.” There’s a narrative in the lyrics. Emily Doran gives it some drama with her singing style. There’s not a lot of groups that could get a vocal take like this one. Curt’s guitar intro is the coolest too!! This feels like it’s one song that’s been taken from a bigger project but we know it probably hasn’t.
Oh yes, a new album by The Yum Yums! This group from Norway comes into our purview because Rum Bar Records has them in their growing mountain of releases. To write a perfect pop punk song is one thing, to write as many as you want at will is another level up. That’s where The Yum Yums operate. Right now there are seven songs out of seventeen released on Bandcamp. They are so good it’s scary. Just stop and get in there and listen up.
You don’t think you are getting through a week without some Aussie sounds do you? Here we have the new song by Cull the Band from Adelaide titled “I’ll Be Your Navigator”. This is a band at full tilt. There is some hard rock AC/DC style in their punk. We think we hear shades of the NY Dolls too. Once we caught our breath after that song, we had to check out their last album Punk Traumatic Stress Disorder (2022). That’s another eleven songs all revved up in the same fashion. The song “Burn in Hell” is an undeniable raver but really they all are. Don’t you want to hear “I Live To Fuck You Up”? Go to their Bandcamp page to hear the whole album
Greg Norton bassist of Husker Du has been in a new group called Ultrabomb for a few years. Greg was diagnosed with prostate cancer and the group was waylaid for a while. Now, there is a new album titled Dying to Smile on the way. There's a prerelease single titled “Rage Bomb” that's out now. The song has a wall of heavily amped guitars sound, much worthy of a Husker Du veteran. It’s nice to see Greg back in action. Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico had an interview with Greg. recently.
Here's some good shows coming up .....
May 14, 2024 (Tuesday) Blame It On Whitman, Jude Ivy, Tatooine Punk Scene at Notch Brewing Brighton- music at 10PM FREE 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 16, 2024 (Thursday) Helmet and Cro-Mags at The Middle East All Ages 6PM doors. FB page 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) Thigh Scrapers, Wild Velvet, Dedpixels, Forest Romm at The Midway for a 8 PM show. Here's the Facebook event page.
May 18, 2024 (Saturday) Joan Jett covers night with Andrea Gillis & Friends, CE Skidmore & Friends, Brooke Feinberg & Friends At Faces Malden May 19, 2024 (Sunday) Mid-May Mess-Around - guests will be Shiny Beasts, Dave Harrison of The False Positives, Jim Buni who is the guitar god behind Baker's Double Down, And of course your hosts, Tom Baker and Jay Allen at The Plough 4PM 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 26, 2024 (Sunday) Scurvy Dog FREE Parking Lot Show with Atlantic Thrills, King Sickabilly Trio, Infernal Occult, Cannibal Ramblers, River City Rebels, the McGunks, the Rezistors, Structure Sounds, Devil Honey, SWRM starts it out at 2PM. 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, 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 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 9, 2024 (Sunday) Bootleg Dan Presents... The Anderson Council, Cold Expectations, Ski Bunny at The Worthen Attic doors at 3 - music at 4PM 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 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 - FB page June 22, 2024 (Saturday) Bootleg Dan presents: Drew Eckmann, NJ Kris Rodgers Band, Brad Marino at The Square Root June 29, 2024 (Saturday) TREE is at the Brighton Music Hall for an all ages early show at 6PM. TIX 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. July 13, 2024 (Saturday) Linnea's Garden, the Worst, Mattias, and CJ Honey at State Park In Kendall Sq. Linnea's Garden will be celebrating the release of their new single, "Cherry"! August 9, 2024 (Friday) Barrence Whitfield & Sal Baglio’s Giant Rocket Roll Show! at The Bull Run in Shirley - FB page. August 10, 2024 (Saturday) Bootleg Dan presents The Midnight Callers, Freeloader, Rattle Bones at The Burren 6PM show!! August 15, 2024 (Thursday) Bootleg Dan presents John Powhida CD Release Party, Shang Hi Los, The I Want You, at The Burren 6:15pm show August 17, 2024 (Saturday) Bootleg Dan presents: Lucretia's Dagger, Va Va Voodoos, Density Black Cat at The Square Root
September 6, 2024 (Friday) Bootleg Dan presents: Sharp Class, The Chelsea Curve at Parkside Lounge NYC 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 September 14, 2024 (Saturday) Bootleg Dan presents: The Prime Movers Reunion!! at The Burren 7PM show September 14, 2024 (Saturday) Bootleg Dan presents: The Tear Downs, State of Union, The New Frustrations, at The Square Root September 19, 2024 (Thursday) Bootleg Dan presents: Arthur Alexander Band, The Glimmer Stars, Tiger Bomb at Blue in Portland, ME September 20, 2024 (Friday) Bootleg Dan presents:Arthur Alexander Band, The Glimmer Stars, Crow Follow, at The Burrren 6:15pm show 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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The
Somerville Porchfest was on Saturday 5/11. Somerville
started the whole porchfest phenomenon in 2011. It seemed like this
was the year it grew up. It seemed like every street in the city was
overflowing with music loving people. People who had been to other years
remarked on the difference this year.
The Boston Globe 5/8 had a piece on Deep Cuts in Medford. It’s
been a year since the club has opened and it’s going very well. You can
also go to the Deep Cuts Facebook page and
May 13, 2024 (Monday) Solvent C,
Captain Vampire, Cats On Film at The Silhouette
May 18, 2024 (Saturday) DnA's
Evolution, Trading Tombstones. The Spackles, The Mighty Suicide Squirrels at
The Midway for a 3 PM matinee
May 31, 2024 (Friday) Wreckless
Wreck Chords Presents Memorial Day Bash With WORM, Working
Poor USA, Kermits Finger, HagglersBoston, Scumbari at The C Note - 7:30PM
door- 
June 8, 2024 (Saturday) Bootleg Dan presents:
Anderson Council, NJ Museum Direktors, The False Positives
at The Square Root
June 14, 2024 (Friday) Jason Bennett
and The Resistance, Als Highway 50, Nick and the Adversaries at The
Middle East Up
July 11, 2024 (Thursday) Ragz
to Stitchez, Typhoid Mary, The Jacklights, and Vallory Falls
for a of punk at AS220 - Provi, RI ! Doors at 8:30, show from 9pm-midnight,
$10 cover!! 
September 6, 2024 (Friday) Bootleg Dan
presents: Sharp Class, Muck and the Mires, The Chelsea Curve
at The Burren - 
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