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The BGN News Archive
Shock and disbelief were the two immediate responses to the news of Justine Covault’s sudden death. Then there was heartbreak. There has been a tsunami of online posts that reflect how she was loved and respected. It also shows her wide effect on the Boston music scene. Justine came to Boston from Michigan and was in the groups Quest for Tuna and Grand Theft Auto in the 80's and Malachite, which were runners up in the 1993 Rumble she was also played bass in Moose & The Mudbugs. Then dropped out for a while to raise her "VFH", daughter Haley. Around 2017 she reinterred the Boston rock scene. It was the summer of 2017 that Justine started Justine & The Unclean. The first single “Love Got Me Into This Mess”/”Passive Aggressive Baby” was a punk nugget, the kind of which we used to get a plenty in 1977 not at all in 2017. It was almost too good to be true. It was lively and funny. The lyrics had their laughs (“In love with you, whatever the cost/Knowing you that involves Fort Knox.”) but you know they reflected real life situations. Later she got serious, say with the current album’s “Drug Seeking Behavior” and “Picking a Fight.” All told The Unclean produced five albums. Justine also had some country in her voice although you wouldn’t have guessed that from that first Unclean album but she was solid in that vein with The Black Threads. We soon saw that Justine was that most unusual individual: one who was creative and had a business sense… and a strong sense of community. First, she started the Whistle Stop shows, a close-knit group of woman taking their rock bands in a tour together around the state…or until Covid came.
When Covid hit we all held up in our houses with a few finding a way forward. Justine, against all common sense started her label Red on Red Records In reality we needed creative people to help us navigate those scary times. With a lot of work and good taste Justine built up her roster of artists. She had a regular schedule of videos that showcased the acts she was leading: Jacklights, Lee Harington and Lynda Mandolyn, Linnea’s Garden, Daylillies, Andrea Gillis and Canyons and Locusts, Speedfossil, even Stupidity from Sweden and scooping up The Neighborhoods for good measure.
She didn’t have to be onstage to have you know she was in the room, just being there she made the night special. We all know there is now a big gap that Justine’s work filled. We feel her loss and we feel that music loss. So many people have that close personal loss and we wish them courage and strength to go on. Justine was just on Skybar’s WMFO Rising show last week. This week Brian Young on A Crash Course for the Ravers played a lot of Justine and the Unclean’s songs and then artists from Red On Red. He also played an interview with Phillipe Marcade as well as songs from The Senders. Phillipe died this week and we talk about that next below. To listen to the show in the archive version go to the WMFO Schedule page and hit A Crash Course for the Ravers at 1pm Saturday then hit the archive button. Justine's passing was marked in Vanyaland and here is a obit/tribute on The Current Pulse
In the book he relates coming to Boston. He hung with John Felice and The Senders played with the Real Kids at the Rat and Paradise. A lot of that book had to do with his drug addiction. He was by all accounts a very charming man. A 2017 interview with Marcade on The Punk Site The Senders music is on Bandcamp, see below. We really like “You Really Piss Me Off”.
The English group The Len Price Trio announced their short USA tour. They will be playing Geno’s (Oct 12), The Burren Back Room (Oct 13) and Parkside Lounge NYC (Oct 14)
He’s still doing it. According to the Brooklyn Vegan, Richman now lives in Chico, CA (northern part of the state) and pops up in different places to share a few songs. He was playing on a bench outside the Naked Lounge. When asked if he wanted to go inside and play he said, “I’m busy.” HA HA we luv it!!! Here’s the story in the Brooklyn Vegan
This is a reminder that Brother Cleve’s record collection is now at Want List Records. Brother Cleve was a taste maker in music. He drove the interest in Tiki music and Exotica. The records that shaped those movements are in his collection. The sale started Friday 6/9. The store is at 381 Eliot St, Newton Upper Falls. They have a video preview of some of the records which gives you an idea of what’s in the collection. More info on the Want List Records website
His EP Cigarettes & Silhouettes is due out on July 14. The first single “Roller Derby Girl” will be available on June 16. Both from Rum Bar Records. Dan also says the Shang Hi Los will have their new album out early next year!
Greg Hawkes of the Cars has a collection of artwork on exhibit at the Lincoln Library. His series focuses on Alice in Wonderland. They are collages with many of the faces being of Greg himself, he made the collages with his phone, Ipad and a few apps. The article bu Jim Sullivan about the show is on WBUR.org.
Miss Lyn was there for his NYC talk in 2019 at Museum of Art & Design along with the exhibit Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die: Punk Graphics, 1976-1986 PIL has a new album, End of The World due out on August 11th, and they are doing a 2023 UK/Euro tour in September and October. Dates & Tix here.
What resulted may be the most unique punk show ever, as the two bands played for the residents at the hospital, a rehabilitation facility that was skimming the danger of being shut down by former California Governor Ronald Reagan. Here for the first time ever: the long-lost tape of The Mutants playing at Napa State and the full tape of The Cramps’ show, both unedited and fully remastered from the original reel-to-reel videotape. In between the shows is We Were There To Be There, a new short documentary about how the Napa State show happened and its lasting effect. – Notes courtesy of Grasshopper Films. Link to buy tickets in the Gig Listings below (Scroll on down!)
"There was no one like the American singer Willy DeVille. From CBGB’s Latin punk to New Orleans soul singer to the premiere voice of American roots music on the continent of Europe for three decades, he was arguably the most original, most romantic artist of his time, writing and performing the Academy Award-nominated theme to the movie The Princess Bride. No one inhabited as many musical styles and personas, and everything about him was a work of art." VIDEOS......
Lynda Mandolyn and Chris Horne of Tiger Bomb were interviewed on the Mike Rogers Show, which is from Japan. It’s a lively interview. They talked about the groups (and reformed Brood) playing in Mallorca, Spain. They also have 14 new songs they are working up to eventually record for a new album. The 2007 movie Control is on Youtube now, with commercials. It's the story of Ian Curtis of Joy Division. The director, Anton Corbijn, worked with Joy Division as a photographer. The movie was based on the biography Touching from a Distance by Curtis's widow Deborah, who also served as a co-producer. It is in black and white and two hours long. The movie is age restricted by YouTube which means we cannot embed it here, you have to go to YouTube to view it
We saw Canada’s The Penske File at O’Brien’s in June 2016. We always remembered that gig because the group was so energetic and put it all out!! They have a new video for the song “Chorus Girl” which shows their pop punk in service to a sweet video narrative. RADIO......
Joanie on WMBR’s Late Risers Club played, “Taxes and Death” from the hard and pumping Aussie band called Cousin Betty. There’s so much good punk coming out of Australia!!
Joanie also played an older song by Restraining Order from Western Mass but we’re going to post this brand new one titled “Misled” because it’s a nice slice of hardcore. A whole new album will be coming out soon on Triple B Records.
To hear Joanie’s archived show go to the WMBR archive page and hit Thursday at 10am. NEW MUSIC/CDs......
Brad Marino has a new digital single out. “Ramones and Stones” tells you what you could guess…Brad loves the two groups above all others. The song suitably has a strong Ramones sound. Brad gets some good couplets out of the theme. The lyrics are on the Bandcamp page. The other song,“Dame Darcy” is from Brad’s earlier group The Rydells. Dame Darcy is a person we didn’t know about. Brad plays everything on this single…guitar, drums and bass.
Last week we mentioned the live set Sapling did on On the Town With Mikey Dee. The group has made things easy by posting the set on their Bandcamp page. It’s yet another easy way to get up to speed on this most interesting group. Here it is all below.
Here's some good shows coming up .....
June 13, 2023 (Tuesday) The Cramps and The Mutants: The Napa State Tapes film at The Brattle at 7PM - TIX!!! June 15, 2023 (Thursday) Chris Wagner (Modern Day Idols) solo show at the Natick Common, Natick. Set time: 5-7pm. June 15, 2023 (Thursday) Modern Day Idols, Tad Overbaugh and the Late Arrivals, If We Go At All at The Central Tavern, Milford. June 17, 2023 (Saturday) Arlington Porchfest! American Ocelot, Happy Little Clouds, the Zip Ups and Galaxy Cake will be at 38 Forham St 2PM - 5PM. June 17, 2023 (Saturday) Arlington Porchfest with Richie Parsons Band and Martin, Morell & Fredette! 12 NOON to 4PM- at 23 Pine Ridge Rd. FB page. June 17, 2023 (Saturday) Punk Rock Picnic - afternoon of live indie and punk in the beer garden with Baabes, Muzzin, Hammered Saint at Bone Up Brewery in Everett. 2 PM – 7 PM. FB page. June 17, 2023 (Saturday) Rock
‘n’ Roll High School is showing as part of a new series
– Off the Reel…Onto the Dance Floor, which features
the movie screenings at the Somerville Theater, followed by an epic party upstairs
at the Crystal Ballroom! This time, it’s a PROM, featuring
live sets from Warthog and DJ Panda! Film
is $14
June 18, 2023 (Sunday) Worcester Punk Rock Flea Market @ Ralph’s Rock Diner 12-8PM (MUsic 5-8PM) LOADS of cool vendors! FB page. June 19, 2023 (Monday) Gossip Collar (Tom & Victoria from Spitzz), Alijca Pop (from Memphis) and Daughter of the Vine at State Park. June 19, 2023 (Monday) Dropbear, No / Nations, Weatherless, Not Bad Not Well at The Silhouette June 21, 2023 (Wednesday) Lupo Citta, Valley of Weights, Nat Freedberg at The Silhouette June 21, 2023 (Wednesday) The Rippers Rage (Rage Against The Machine Tribute), Rawstrum, The Melted Chapstix at The Midway
June 23, 2023 (Friday) Speedfossil, Little Billy Lost, Midnight Caller at The Square Root June 24, 2023 (Saturday) The Chelse Curve are doing an afternoon show at The Lawn on D (420 D St Boston) music time: 1PM! June 24, 2023 (Saturday) Rum Bar Records & Los Coronas CC Present Diablogato's Party at the Porch with Screamin' Rebel Angels, Diablogato, The Dogmatics, Lonely Leesa & the Lost Cowboys at The Porch in Medford - All Ages - 1-6PM June 24, 2023 (Saturday) SkyTigers, Loud Love, Dave Strong Band, Coffin Salesman (stripped down), The Zombie Mafia at The Midway for a 3PM Matinee June 24, 2023 (Saturday) The Koiis, Condition Baker, GLiDER, Matt Trainor at The Jungle - 7PM! June 24, 2023 (Saturday) Rockin' The Dunes Annual party at White Crest Beach in Wellfleet with Crow Follow, Atlantic Thrills, Shiny Beasts - starts at 6PM FREE FB page. June 25, 2023 (Sunday) Good In The Hood Brewery Block Party at Ipswich Ale Brewery 12-2PM Music by Uey at the Buoy - FB page.
June 26, 2023 (Monday) Gretchen Shea And The Middle Eight, Salem Wolves, Graveyard of the Atlantic at The Silhouette June 29, 2023 (Thursday) Bad Idea USA, Pink Slip, The Jacklights, Blame It On Whitman at Deep Cuts, Medford. June 30, 2023 (Friday) Half a Century with Eric Grommet and friends!!! Harry and the Hot Flashes, New Frustrations, The Grommets at The Square Root June 30, 2023 (Friday) One Fall, ShotClock (VA), Something Bitter (NYC), Super Beef at Koto Salem July 1, 2023 (Saturday) The Crank-Tones at The Midway for a 3PM Matinee July 1, 2023 (Saturday) Dusk Summer Fest with Atlantic Thrills, All Star Stars, Ash and Bone, Eclectic Electric, Jesse the Tree, Moodrunners, Razed, Sire, Salem Wolves, Starbath, Thin Frizzy, The Hammer Party, Vertigo, Ziggy Gnardust - Indoor and Outdoor Stages - Family Friendly / 21+ to drink - Doors at 2pm Music starts at 2:30pm - $10 (Little kids are Free) - Food by Taino Treats & Puggles Grilled Cheese - FB event page. July 2, 2023 (Sunday) Tsunami of Sound (10:30am), Nervous Eaters (12:30pm), Mach Bell Experience (2:30pm) at MusicCons outdoor stage at Boxboro Regency Hotel. July 5, 2023 (Monday) Fracture Type, Blame It On Whiteman, Vivra Vera at The Silhouette
July 8, 2023 (Friday) Noah Britton, Merry Merry, Dilema Rose N The Wailin' Milfs, Tiny the Bear, Johnnie & The Foodmasters at Powderhouse Park, Somerville - 1-5PM, All Ages $10 suggested donation for bands - Facebook page July 8, 2023 (Friday) The Chelsea Curve, Duck & Cover and Stars Like Ours at Bone Up Brewery Everett FB page 4-7M July 9, 2023 (Saturday) The Zip-Ups, Cold Expectations, Glow Box at The Worthen Attic 4-7PM Matinee July 13, 2023 (Thursday) Sky Tigers, Brix'n'Mortar, Ghostwaves at Koto Salem- FB page. July 14, 2023 (Friday) The Devil's Twins album release - with Kingshot and Aaron & the Lord at Faces Brewery Malden- All Ages July 14, 2023 (Friday) The Winter Project Record Release Show with Screaming Sushi at Exhibit 'A' Brewing, Framingham FB event page. July 15, 2023 (Saturday) THE DEL FUEGOS Reunion Show - 4-9 PM East Bridgewater Commercial Club - The Del Fuegos will do 90 min. Set, starting at 6:30- FB page.
July 15, 2023 (Saturday) The Grip Weeds, Fling, American Ocelot at The Square Root - FB page July 16, 2023 (Sunday) Holy Smoke, Little Billy Lost, Shiverlane at The Midway 3PM Matinee July 19, 2023 (Wednesday) Miracle Blood's first official tour show at Dusk in Provi, RI with Cross Bite, Ghost in the Snow, Sleep Mode. July 21, 2023 (Friday) Radio 95.9 WATD, Rock the Lot #5, Marshfield with Warthog (Ramones Tribute), The Chelsea Curve, The New Frustrations, Charlie Don’t Surf (Clash Tribute). 6-8:30 PM FREE! 135 Enterprise Dr Marshfield - FB page. July 21, 2023 (Friday) Midnight Creeps, Hammered Saint, Sourpunch at The Midway July 21, 2023 (Friday) Cheap Beer Booking Presents- Eradicator, Couch Sex, Burp at Koto Salem July 22, 2023 (Saturday) Blame it on Whitman, Jerrys Got Jokes, SleepJumper, Dear Maryanne - at The Midway 3PM Matinee
July 22, 2023 (Saturday) Wicked Cool Show at The Shaskeen with The Graniteers, TFR, The Wicked North, Matty Anderson - 9PM- FB page. July 22, 2023 (Saturday) 1.4.5., Stigmatics, Black Souls at The Square Root July 23, 2023 (Sunday) Cro-Mags (Performing Best Wishes), The Long Wait, Klaxon, Face First, S.A.C at Alchemy in Providence RI July 24, 2023 (Monday) Kenzie, Castle Doctor (NM, Aber Fly, Thee Fighting Fish at The Silhouette July 28, 2023 (Friday) Degenerates of Punk, No Detour, The Sleds, Key of Caustic at the Jungle 8PM July 28, 2023 (Friday) Glowbox, Holy Smoke, Little Billy Lost - at Faces Malden 8pm All Ages $20 July 28, 2023 (Friday) Skybar Rising & Rum Bar Records present Summer Sizzler Round 2 @ The Square Root with The HI End, Freeloader, Kate Redgate FB page July 28, 2023 (Friday) Deprogrammer Cult, Sexless Marriage, Done, Mind Killer at Koto Salem
July 29, 2023 (Saturday) Color Killer at The Square Root July 29, 2023 (Saturday) The Instamatics, Uncle Spudd, Wired For Sound, The Cindy Crawford Cult - 3PM matinee at The Midway\ August 5, 2023 (Saturday) Crown Court, Violent Way, Oil!, Klaxon, Doc Marten Soundsystem at The Midway - 8PM August 5, 2023 (Saturday) Huck 2, Alabaster Sons, Bobby Oakes and TV Models, Getaway Moon, Daisy at The Midway Cafe for a Matinee Show. August 11, 2023 (Friday) Modern Day Idols at Exhibit A Brewing, Framingham. 7-9PM August 11, 2023 (Friday) Tiger Bomb, Freeloader at The Burren FB page August 11, 2023 (Friday) Andy California and Lupo Citta at Notch Brighton (bring shelf stable food donations and health supplies at this and every event to help fill our local community pantries.) 7PM August 11, 2023 (Friday) KCUF record release with Jukebox Romantics, In the Meantime, Jeff Bousquet - 8pm All Ages at Faces Malden August 13, 2023 (Sunday) Booze Cruz'n with Stop Calling Me Frank, The Chelsea Curve & The Shang Hi Los around Boston Hahbah...Boarding starts at 3:30pm and boat will be leaving at 4:00pm sharp! This event is 21+ Advance Tickets $35 on sale now!!! FB page
August 19 & 20, 2023 (Sat & Sun) In Between Days Festival - 2 Stages, 2 Days, 24 bands ... and Cool Vintage and Local Market Place, Vinyl Record Pop Up Shop, Food, Modest Mouse , Weakened Friends, Paper Tigers, Clarissa Johnson, Dutch Tulips and the South Shore’s own Gypsy Moths. You'll want to get your tickets now because they have a ‘tier’ system. They have some "tier" ticket scheme so the longer you wait the higher the ticket prices are. FB page August 25, 2023 (Friday) Bone Up Brewing Seventh Anniversary Festival Night 2 - 6pm -10PM with The Guilloteenagers, Blood Lightning, Lesser Glow August 25, 2023 (Friday) The 5.6.7.8’s, Sit n’ Spin plus DJ Pokemonjeff of the group Lyres - at Sonia - 8PM doors August 25, 2023 (Friday) Key of Caustic at The Sqwuare Root August 25, 2023 (Friday) Mach Bell Experience, The Cynz (NYC) at Back Room at the Burren August 26, 2023 (Saturday) Bone Up Brewing Seventh Anniversary Festival Day 3 12:30pm- 10PM with from 1st to last: DnA's Evolution, Glacier, Sundrifter, Clouds Taste Satanic, North Star the Wanderer, SkyTigers (6PM), Brain Famine
September 3, 2023 (Sunday) Belvedere, One Fall, Oh The Humanity! - 7pm All Ages $15 at Faces Malden September 9, 2023 (Saturday) Kelly Knapp, and Simon Ritt, 61 Ghosts, Hummingbird Syndicate at The Square Root September 10, 2023 (Sunday) Somerville Rock + Roll Yard Sale Union Square 12 - 5PM. FB page. September 10, 2023 (Sunday) Huck2 Album Release Party! With special guests Key of Caustic, Motel Black, and Acrylic Killers at , The Middle East UP Doors at 5:30PM September 26, 2023 (Tuesday) Dead Boys, Nervous Eaters, The Plimsouls at The Middle East Up FB page. September 28, 2023 (Thursday) Dead Boys, GLiDER, Midnight Creeps, One Fall at Alchemy Provi RI. FB page. September 29, 2023 (Friday) Anti Heros, Legion 76, Antagonizers, Blood Stained Brindle, Absuctors - Middle East Down.
October 7, 2023 (Saturday) The Welch Boys, The Long Wait, The USM, Josephine With A Cause at Faces Brewing October 11, 2023 (Wednesday) The Mission UK & The Chameleons: Deja Vu Tour 2022 Rescheduled to 2023!!! also on the bill Theatre of Hate October 12, 2023 (Thursday) The Len Price 3, The Chelsea Curve, Cynz, Tiger Bomb. at Geno's Portland, ME October 13, 2023 (Friday) The Len Price 3, The Chelsea Curve at The Burren Backroom, October 14, 2023 (Saturday) The Len Price 3, Palmyra Delran and the Doppel Gang, Steve Krebs and The Maynard G's at Parkside Lounge NYC October 20, 2023 (Friday) The Jacklights at The Square Root
October 26, 2023 (Thursday) Mudhoney at The Brighton Music Hall 18+ TIX November 3, 2023 (Friday) Modern Day Idols Single Release Party with Tad Overbaugh and the Late Arrivals at Square Root, Roslindale. December 8, 2023 (Friday) Huck 2, Gretchen Shae and The Middle Eight and Key of Caustic at Koto Underground, Salem
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