The BGN News Archive

There’s going to be another stampede going north to The Cut Live in Gloucester! This time it's for the Lenny Kaye Nuggets Anniversary show on May 17. That’s 50 years since the longtime favorite double album was released.

Lenny will be bringing in local musicians to fill the bill. Get this line up: Willie Loco (of course), David Minehan, Ted Leo, Bill Janovitz, Hugo Burnham, Duke Levine, Tony Goddess, Barrence Whitfield, Tanya Donnelley, Clint Conley, Ed Valauskas, Jon Wurster, Josh Kantor, James Mastro and more....!!

The Cut Live sure is getting the notable shows. Tickets are here Some more info here on The Cut website

Congrats to Speedfossil for getting two shows in the International Pop Festival in Liverpool on May 28 and 29. If that isn’t enough they're recording at Abbey Road Studios while they're there! Speedfossil Facebook page and they are getting played on a ton of independent radio shows and their song "Sweetheart" is in the Top 10 on Radio Candy Indie show. They're new EP Room With a Vu Vol.1 will be out April 12th.

The Nervous Eaters' new album Rock and Roll Your Heart Away will be out on August 23. They released the new album cover.

"Rock and Roll Your Heart Away" are also some of the lyrics to “5-2-8” of the Eat This! album. That song was about the Rat which was at 528 Comm Ave. The video, above left, has a lot of photos that should bring back memories. Remember 'Mental Man"?

VIDEOS......

The West Coast punks knew more about The Bags than we did here on the East Coast in those early punk days! We have heard so much about them, and Alice Bag, since. Alice was a striking presence on the scene and she's recently cropped up in the news more and more. Now she has a short video piece in the AARP Facebook page. We love what she has to say about the punk lifestyle and how it informs every part of her life as she gets older. Alice's autobiography Violence Girl was published in 2011 and is still well worth a read!!

RADIO......

On Sonic Overload Al Quint played some punk and a few other genres during his heavy hardcore line up.

There was the Velvet Underground doing “I Heard Her Call My Name.” That was just after playing early West Coast punkers Crime with “Crime Wave”.

He even played the original “Bridgeport Lathe” by 2 X 4’s that we went on about last week, and followed that with the great “Brakes On You” by Tracks.

STFU doing “Fuck Hardcore” had a funny intro and then it gets as hard as anything. There was a put-through-the-wringer “I Think I Love You” cover of the Partridge Family by ISM.

Al ended the show with a set you wouldn’t expect with The Fleashtones, Stray Cats, Nikki and the Corvettes and Wire. He also played one from the Spiller EP “Go Go Girlie” which proves how that group is connecting with everybody.

You can hear the show at Sonic Overload

PODCASTS.........

This week Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico had Roger Miller of Mission of Burma. Roger’s fascination with music started with the Beatles, like a lot from that generation. He started playing guitar at 13 and was in his first band at 15. Roger grew up in Ann Harbor, MI near Detroit.

He came to Boston to be a piano technician in 1977 and was in a group called Red Ants and developed tinnitus at that early time. Soon he joined Moving Parts and then a gig at Cantone’s. That didn’t last long then it was MOB with Birdsongs of the Mesozoic with Eric Lindgren happening soon after and existing simultaneously.

It took a while for people to understand the group. Roger said they played to many baffled audiences in the early days.

Steev walks Roger through the MOB career. Minibeast is playing the Town and City Festival in Lowell on April 27th. Steev asked about new groups and Roger said he liked Sapling and will be sitting in with them at the Town and City show! (also on the 27th)

Sethyspice, DJ for Elastic Glam revealed he has Irish roots and then proceeded to prove it all show long with Irish tunes for St Patrick’s Day.

He show started with T. Rex’s (that never changes) “Mambo Sun”. Then it was trad Irish with The Irish Rovers and as James Joyce fans we were glad to hear the Clancy Brothers do “Tim Finnegan’s Wake”. There was Irish punk with The Flogging Mollys, Dropkick Murphys and The Pogues. There’s plenty more of the green sounds.

NEW MUSIC/CDs......

We’ve missed having Zip Tie Handcuffs in action. The 2015 Rumble winners have done some live shows but no new music since 2019. Now, they have a new digital single with “Runaround.” and they are fully back in action.

The band sound have a little psych in there, but more distinctly they create a sort of sonic whirlwind that they spin their songs in. This song has that! It's off kilter an revved up and it will sweep you up. All three members contribute to the sound.

This song has to do with the prevalence of social media. The band reveals that in an article in Vanyaland

Even though Canyons and Locusts only have two instruments, there is no mistaking their sound. It’s all built from a super fuzzed out guitar and thumping drums. The voice almost seems buried but it’s distinctive too and is surprisingly melodic.

They have a new EP The Red Angel is out now. Four of the songs have already been released,“Art Bell” and “Buck Dharma’s Eyes” are our two faves.

The group has made a mark in a short time period and they've received a lot of good press. If you haven’t heard them yet, this is the time to get up to speed on them.

Stompbox were active in the early nineties but have reformed recently and now have a five song EP, Summer, coming out on March 26. One song is pre-released now. “Final Summer” can be described as stomping along, to play off their name, and it stomps pretty heavily. At the 1:25 mark they create a guitar maelstrom that lasts for 40 seconds and is awesome!! The Stompbox website

Stompbox are also re-releasing their first album Travis from 1992 with some extra four track demos. You can order that on their Bandcamp page You can hear the song “Crackerlung” from that album on there too.

We had the video from Spiller last week. Their four song EP is out now. The first song, “Sparkler” is dedicated to Justine Covault. Listen to the lyrics to get some of the lines. It yet again will make you feel the loss.

“God Save the Queens” is a cleverly titled song of inclusion. There is humor in the lyrics, that's a nice touch. We only need more of this positive support for people that are under oppression by the close minded. We’re proud that a local punk group has done this.

For a debut this is more than impressive. These veterans of Gang Green, Underball, Jerry’s Kids and Green Magnet School are showing the lessons learned from their former bands. Spiller is playing with The Wynotts and The Black Cheers, on June 1st at The New World Tavern in Plymouth.

You could spend your life just tracking the music coming out of Brooklyn, NY. The latest thing we’ve heard is this cut “High School Boyfiend” by Mandy off the album Lawn Girl. The leader of the group, Miranda Winter, is also in noise group Melkbelly.

“High School Boyfiend” has both a heavy group sound and a light catchy riff that both play off each other. At the same time it has that high school romance feeling to it. This is the only song released so far. We’re dying to hear the rest of the album.

We have this song on our Top Ten Songs

Here's some good shows coming up .....

March 18, 2024 (Monday) Follow Thru, Working Poor, Fake Feelings, Jobber at O'Brien's

March 19, 2024 (Tuesday) Coldstart, Rawstrum, Laquerhead, Innervain are at O'Brien's

March 20, 2024 (Wednesday) Chinese Telephones, Constant Insult, Cigarette Camp & Blame It On Whitman at Faces Malden

March 21, 2024 (Thursday) Bootleg Dan presents Marc Valentine, Girl with a Hawk, The Stigmatics at The Music Room in Yarmouth

March 21, 2024 (Thursday) Barrence Whitfield & The Savages and Tiger Bomb at SPACE, 538 Congress St. Portland, ME - FB page

March 22, 2024 (Friday) Bootleg Dan presents Marc Valentine, The Chelsea Curve, Little Billy Lost, Special Guest DJ Sherman at The Burren

March 22, 2024 (Friday) PWRUP, Blame It On Malice, Pink Slip - 8pm All Ages Faces Malden MA

March 22, 2024 (Friday) Hammered Saint, The Fake Boys, Deacon Bill, WLKRZ at Koto Lowell

March 23, 2024 (Saturday) Wrath of the Selkie, Your Friends in Hell, Thou Merciless Graves, Coffin Salesman, Squalie Greenthumb - The Rockwell, Somerville

March 23, 2024 (Saturday) Miracle Blood, The Freqs, Psychic Weight, Billy - Deep Cuts Medford

March 23, 2024 (Saturday) Galaxy Cake celebrates the release of their debut single - Pick Me Up! also n the bill Kayde Hazel, The Daylilies, Galaxy Cake, Lonely Leesa & The Lost Cowboys at The Jungle.

March 23, 2024 (Saturday) Worcester Punk Rock Flea Market returns to Hotel Vernon - Noon - 7PM - FB page

March 23, 2024 (Saturday) Teen Mortgage, Death Lens, Zip-Tie Handcuffs at Deep Cuts Medford

March 23, 2024 (Saturday) Junius, Mission To Sleep, Juniper Youth - 8pm All Ages Faces Malden MA

March 23, 2024 (Saturday) 13th annual fund raising event for The Joe Zippo Fund & Scholarship with Mephiskapheles, Mamadou, The Riki Rocksteady All-Stars and DJ sets by Breaux Silcio of Residency Records at Salem Old Town Hall - FB page. As many of you may know, Joe Zippo Kelly, a long-term Boston punk musician died in a motorcycle accident in 2010. The headliners, Mephiskapheles, are making the trip up from NYC to tempt you with a
forked tongue and a Satanics on ska twist. Riki Rocksteady All Stars are a perfect undercard with their punk ska take on having a good time. All proceeds go to the Joe Zippo Fund which provides small grants to musicians in tough spots.

March 23, 2024 (Saturday) Sundrifter (Release show), Swamphead, Cortez at Deep Cuts Malden

March 23, 2024 (Saturday) Andrea Gillis, Stars Like Ours at the Lizard Lounge!

March 23, 2024 (Saturday) TREE, Murcielago, Inverter, ViQueen at Portland (ME) House of Music. FB page.

March 24, 2024 (Sunday) Teen Mortgage, Death Lens, Zip Tie Handcuffs at Deep Cuts Medford. Music at 8PM

March 24, 2024 (Sunday) Dean T. Jackson Memorial Benefit Show at Sonia. The line up is" The F.U.'s, Gang Green, Tree, Rockin Bob Punk Band, Richie's Kids, Gusto, BarRoom Heroes, Spectacle and TJ Welch and the Wasted. 1 to 6pm All Ages.

March 25, 2024 (Monday) Tripsitter, Today Junior, Big Brute at The Silhouette

March 28, 2024 (Thursday) Grip Bite, Bad Idea USA, Silver Screams at AS220 in Providence RI

March 29, 2024 (Friday) Bootleg Dan presents Satch Kerans Band with Hasbro and Fandango (both from NYC) at The Square Root

March 29, 2024 (Friday) Kate Clover, Brad Marino at The Middle East Up

March 30, 2024 (Saturday) Degenerates of Punk, Super Beef, Follow Thru, First Pick at The Midway for a 3PM matinee

March 30, 2024 (Saturday) Girth Control, Bad Idea USA, Leisure Boys - 8pm All Ages Faces Malden MA

April 2, 2024 (Tuesday) Kenne Highland Birthday Bash at The Jungle. 7PM til closing. Come wish Kenne a HBD. You can buy Wade's bbq and bring it into the Jungle to eat also!

April 2, 2024 (Tuesday) One Fall, High and Dry, Massive Nightmares at Notch Brewing Brighton

April 3, 2024 (Wednesday) The Koffin Kats, The Queers, Muck & The Mires, Sourpunch at Sonia - 7:30PM All ages show! FB page

April 3, 2024 (Wednesday) Crash Cadet, Sly Fang, Answerman at The Silhouette Lounge

April 3, 2024 (Wednesday) Smirk, Valley Gals, Gossip Collar at Deep Cuts Medford

April 5, 2024 (Friday) Hammered Saint, Diablogato, Shang Hi Los at Faces, Malden - FB page. Tickets

April 6, 2024 (Saturday) Bootleg Dan Blast!! with Densityblackcat (NYC), The False Positives, Hi-End, Stop Calling Frank, DJ Sherman spinning at The Warehouse XI in Union Square Somerville (right by the Jungle)

April 6, 2024 (Saturday) River City Rebels, Nick & The Adversaries, Cuidado - 8pm All Ages Faces Malden MA

April 6, 2024 (Saturday) Huck 2 and Island of Alaska at The Jungle Somerville.

April 8, 2024 (Monday) Tatooine Punk Scene, Tine Wine, See You At Rogers at The Silhouette Lounge

April 10, 2024 (Wednesday) Guided by Voices, Cul de Sac, Kids, Blatant Doom Trip - Warehouse XI, Union Sq Somerville

April 12, 2024 (Friday) Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion, Children of the Flaming Wheel, Pink Lids at Faces Malden

April 12, 2024 (Friday) Mini Beast, Major Stars, Rope Trick, The Endorphins at The Rockwell Somerville

April 12, 2024 (Friday) Rock & Roll Rumble Prelim Night with Never Gonna Make It, The Ghouls, Cold Expectations, The Roland High Life at The Middle East Up- FB page

April 13, 2024 (Saturday) Waldemar, Labrador, Sue Bell - 8pm All Ages Faces Malden MA

April 13, 2024 (Saturday) Children of the Flaming Wheel, Electric Street Queens, Orange Whip, Christian Kids -8PM at The Midway FB page

April 14, 2024 (Sunday) Martin/Morell/Fredette with Mike Weidenfeller and John Hovorka at The Midway - 3PM matinee show

April 15, 2024 (Monday) Rockin Bob Punk Band, Some Kind of Nightmare, Super Beef at Koto Salem.

April 14, 2024 (Sunday) Plymouth Punk Rock Market Returns to Weymouth at Barrel House Z - Noon - 4PM. FB page.

April 16, 2024 (Tuesday) Mallcops, Invisible Rays, Luddites, Modern Faces at Notch Brewing Brighton

April 19, 2024 (Friday) Wreckless Wreck Chords presents Spring Stampede With WORM, C.O.B., Witches Tears, The Woods, Jobber at The C Note, Hull - FB page

April 19, 2024 (Friday) Quattracenta, Thalia Zedek Band, Rip Room - at The Midway - 9:30 show.

April 20, 2024 (Saturday) The Downhauls, Tim McCoy Rock Quartet, The Steamies (w Tim & Ron of Chelsea Curve), Jay Allen & The Archcriminals at The Midway for a 3PM matinee

April 20, 2024 (Saturday) Wreckless Wreck Chords Presents WORM, Dirty Walter And the SmellTones, Pint Killers, Mitch Kramer, C.O.B. at The C Note, Hull - FB page

April 20, 2024 (Saturday) Hard in the Head II with The F.U.'s, Cuidado, The Modern faces, Couch Sex, at the Gerry 5 VFA Marblehead, MA

April 20, 2024 (Saturday) The Long Wait, Sonic Bomb, Tj Welch And The Wasted at Thirsty First Lowell

April 20, 2024 (Saturday) Mach Bell (MBE), The Cynz (Record Release Party), Muck and the Mires, The Hi-End. at The Square Root, Roslindale Sq.

April 22, 2024 (Monday) Hopeless Otis, Bad Idea USA, K.C.U.F, Latch at The Silhouette Lounge

April 23, 2024 (Tuesday) Score Cone, Galaxy Cake, Blazers Over Turtlenecks at Notch Brewing Brighton

April 27, 2024 (Saturday) The Crank-Tones at The Midway for a 3PM Matinee

April 27, 2024 (Saturday) Cran, Battery March, Hammered Saint, Rejekts, The Minor Inconveniences - Cambridge Community Center all ages [6PM]

April 28, 2024 (Sunrday) Hassle Flea & Art Market with Minibeast and Goon Platoon and over 100 cool vendors - 12:30 - 3:30 at The Cambridge Commiunity Center, 5 Calendar St...outside of Central Square check out the FB event page for updates. …..

May 4, 2024 (Saturday) The Lights Out, Gretchen Shae & The Middle Eight, Brain K & The Parkway at Faces Malden

May 5, 2024 (Sunday) The Chisel, Home Front at The Middle East All Ages 7PM doors. ,

May 11, 2024 (Saturday) Johnny Plankton & TSMS, Hands Of Spite, FastTracks, Richard Mirsky & A.M.P at The Midway for a 3PM matinee

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) Sharp Class are back! Also on the bill The Chelsea Curve and Muck & The Mires - at The Burren FB page

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 25, 2024 (Saturday) Mach Bell Experience (MBE), David Hull and the Dirty Angels. Magic Room, Norwood MA

June 1, 2024 (Saturday) Plymouth Punk Rock Market - Noon- 5PM - FB page

June 1, 2024 (Saturday) The Wynotts, The Black Cheers, Spillers at New World Tavern Plymouth.

June 1, 2024 (Saturday) Tiger Bomb, Galaxy Cake, Clean Girl & The Dirty Dishes at Marshall Wharf Brewing in Belfast, ME - FB 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.

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