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The BGN News Archive
I checked out the Struts at Royale on Tuesday. I enjoy the Struts music and the videos but everything I like got swallowed up in the big rawk show. Or maybe I did. I’m not used to the big production values and the distance away from the band. The video below represents well what I was seeing and hearing.
That came into relief on Saturday as we hit Sally O’Brien’s for a full night of garage rock up close.
Evil Streaks have their act down pat. They have a dressed up look that belies their low brow garage sound. Singer Myra looks sedate in a black dress but puts a snarl to her vocals that cover subject matter that's often death and Satan. One song was about dropping a dead body by the side of the road while the music had a chirpy tone. They covered the Cramps "New Kind of Kick". With the guitarist playing a red Ventures Mosrite you knew they had to do an instrumental and they did. The overall sound reminded me of The Charms. Check out their Facebook page: Evil Streaks They had the crowd dancing and the crowd continued to dance for every group after. Sally O's has its own crowd of dance maniacs no matter what kind of music is playing...they were there tonight too.
The Electric Mess had the same garage thrust
as the Evil Streaks but being from New York it was
faster, louder and in your face. They added more punk into the garage.
The guitarist was playing something else altogether and the bassist
had the chops for a Yes cover band but still the overall sound had the
cheesy overtones. The lead singer was blonde and Blondie
like. She would stare at the audience and just yell at points; loved
that!!! We had two fun rocking groups and we knew what was ahead with Muck and the Mires.
The Mires deliver their music regardless of the
venue...or even the country. Getting the show in intimate Sally
O’Brien’s is maybe the best you can get – sorry
Royale. We’ve seen them so many times and we love it always. We
go through the same thing every time. We get swept away with the rushed
segue of songs where Linda starts the next one before
the current one even ends! We declare a song our favorite until the
next one starts and realize maybe that one is our favorite, until the
next one…etc. Then you realize the next song is a new song and
OMG that one is great too!! While we were at Sally O’Brien’s John Keegan was at a sold out show at Once. It was Stardust to Blackstar: The Lives of David Bowie done by the Boston Rock Opera. We have his report here....STARDUST TO BLACKSTAR.
And in other news...... We want to remember Linda Garrow Highland who passed away this past week. Linda was a complete and total music lover, especially John Cale. She and Kenne Highland had many wild and memorable parties at their house in Somerville, inviting loads of local musicians and scensters. Linda was brilliant and she was also caring, kind, patient and funny. She had been living in Austin, TX these past several years but everyone here kept in close touch with her because she was such a great person and friend. RIP Linda Garrow Highland. We send a shout out to her fiancée Bob Bechtol as well, our hearts are with you Bob.
Now Allston....it just keeps getting cooler and cooler now there's Podcast Garage - part recording studio, part co-working space, and it's the first of its kind in Boston. Podcast Garage is a new community podcast recording studio and educational hub in Allston dedicated to supporting audio makers at all levels. It just opened this past week. You can read more on Boston.com. It's located at 267 Western Avenue (Lower Allston over by the Harvard Stadium area) The recording studios will be available to rent for 15 minute increments, but the co-working space is free for anyone to use. Many of the free networking events will focus on technology, distribution, and marketing, and will be hosted by industry leaders. Here's a calendar of events for August. Check out their website where you can sign up for their newsletters, reserve studio space etc: Podcast Garage.
We mentioned this before but want to mention it again...The Kickstarter project for the film Boy Howdy! The Story of CREEM Magazine which explores the seminal music magazine from its 1969 launch in Detroit to the untimely death of its publisher Barry Kramer in 1981. Check out the project and the film trailer here. We can't wait for the film to come out and come to Boston!! How punk helped kickstart a sexual revolution - There's a new book coming out Showboat: Punk / Sex / Bodies explores punk’s progressive message of sexual liberation through rare posters and contributions from the movement’s legendary pioneers. You can read an interview with its editor, punk archivist Toby Mott on i-D Here's some good shows coming up ..... August 11 (Thursday)& August 12 (Friday) Rock Fete Des Femmes at Once Ballroom with Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers, Abbie Barrett & Band, Stars Like Ours and The Other Girls on Thursday and Sarah Borges, Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents, Andrea Gillis Band and Ruby Rose Fox - solo with The Steinhams on Friday August 11 (Thursday) Brian Carpenter & The Confessions and Fireking are at Tavern at the End of the World August 12 (Friday) The Handymen are at The Plough & Stars August 15 (Monday) X are at The Brighton Music Hall - nice venue to see them!!
August 19 (Friday) Hopelessly Obscure, Tsunami of Sound and Tokyo Tramps are at Sally O's! cover is only $5!! FB event page August 19 & 20 (Friday & Saturday) The 4th annual Boston Fuzzstival takes place on August 19/20 at The Middle East Downstairs. Fuzzstival is a celebration of our regional music scene and local music community. Friday (6PM doors) you have Lyres, The Monsieurs, CREATUROS, Mr. Airplane Man, Dent, NICE GUYS, Patriots, Midriffs, Scully, Kid Mountain, Birthing Hips Saturday (2 PM doors!) is: Quilt, Doug Tuttle, Mini Dresses, Major Stars, Ghost Box Orchestra, Painted Zeros, Black Beach, BOYTOY, Las Rosas, Ravi Shavi, Sunwatchers, Jaw Gems, Way Out, Zip-Tie Handcuffs, High Pop, Bat House, Weakened Friends, Milk, Beach Toys...check out the FB page for updates etc August 20 (Saturday) The Road Devils C.C. Boston Massacre Pre-Party!!! featuring Taxi Driver, The Hi-End AND MORE!!! FB page for more info as it develops August 20 (Saturday) There's a great daytime (4-8PM) show at the Midway with The Lost Riots, The Scrapes, Whoopi Sticks, Go Blank and Point Blank August 20 (Saturday) The Upper Crust, Devil on Horseback, Watts, Gymnasium at The Middle East Up. August 20 (Saturday) Warn The Duke, Diablogato Dan Webb & The Spiders and Bundles are at O'Brien's August 26 (Friday) Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents are at The Plough August 26 (Friday) Pop Gun, Fireking, Greg Allens Fringe Religion, and MOTO are at The Spotlight Tavern in Beverly August 27 (Saturday) Idiot Genes, Duck & Cover, Silver Screams and Jack Widows at O'Brien's August 27 (Saturday) Fuzbrains Presents: The Time Beings, The Hopelessly Obscure, The Flipsides and The Performers at The Hotel Vernon in Wistah!! September 9 (Friday) Worshipper, Zip-Tie Handcuffs and The Devil's Twins are at ONCE September 9 (Friday) The Black Cheers, See This World, Problems With Dragons and The Dead Simple are at The Midway
September 10 (Saturday) Cheetah Chrome , Unnatural Axe and Crank County Daredevils are at The Middle East Up September 10 (Saturday) PowerSlut, Viva Gina, The Land of Enchantment, & The Very are at ONCE Lounge September 17 (Saturday) The Swindlers CD Release Party with Centerlink, The Swindlers, The Low Babies and Billy Dodge Moody at The Midway September 17 (Saturday) September 17 (Saturday) Huntingtons, Mongorellis, 138, and Profit Margin are at Koto in Salem. September 18 (Sunday) Another Sunday Night Mess Around at The Plough September 27 (Tuesday) Buzzcocks at the Royale ...they played this very room back in 1980! And we were there then too! September 29 (Thursday) Barrence Whitfield & The Savages and Diablogato are at ONCE Ballroom September 29 (Thursday) through October 1 (Sunday) The "Rat" Beach Party in Hull. Check it out on Facebook for bands and times etc October 1 (Saturday) 6th Annual Upstart Fest Featuring: The Queers, Svetlanas, The Fantastic Plastics, OC45, Kyle Trocolla - at the MIddle East Up...whew!! That's gonna be a killer show. We saw the Svetlanas at the 2013 Upstart Fest and they were great!! NOTE: this is an EARLY shows doors are at 4PM. FB page October 14 (Friday) The Time Beings, The Black Souls, Craig Bell (of Rocket From The Tombs/Mirrors/X__X) and Shiny Beasts - this is a show not to be missed!! At the Midway! October 15 (Saturday) Idiot Genes, Duck & Cover, Chanticlear and Jack Widows are at O'Brien's October 15 (Saturday) The Upper Crust, Hickoids, The Grannies & Devil On Horseback at Once October 21, 22 & 23 (Fri., Sat & Sun) The Boston Rock Opera presents Hair at Once Ballroom. November 9 (Wednesday) Illegally Blind and League Podcast Present: Shonen Knife, Shepherdess, and Birthing Hips at the Middle East Up CONTACT US AT....misslynbgn@yahoo.com - Send us your gig listings, your news and anything else ya got!!
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August 9 (Tuesday) Illegally Blind
Presents: Zig Zags, Black Beach, Midriffs, and Big Mess
at The Middle East Up.
August 13 (Saturday) FRANK ROWE's
65th BIRTHDAY PARTY!!! starring: Kenne Highland, Stop Calling Me
Frank, The Dogmatics, Classic Ruins, Richie Parsons Band, and The
Stigmatics - at The Midway
August 19 (Friday ) Hopelessly Obscure,
Tsunami of Sound and Tokyo Tramps at Sally O's!
September 1 (Thursday) Thalia
Zedek Band, Minibeast, Black Helicopter and Positive Negative
Man at Great Scott
September 16 (Friday) Cal Cali is
bringing the Dictators to Boston!! YAY! Line up: The Dictators, Lyres,
Glider and The Modifiers at Once
October 8 (Saturday) for those of
you who were Ska fans- An Evening with 
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