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The BGN News Archive
After we uploaded the BGN last Sunday we took time to hit Bob Colby’s 65 Birthday show at Once. We had the good fortune to walk in on The Kingdom of Love’s set. The stage seemed full with this large group. At the helm was Linda Viens. She’s been gifted with one of the best voices in Boston music. In addition they had two more singers which added up to quite a hit of vocal power. The band were all polished players. Combined, they did a rocking Suffragette City. Linda also has a genial stage presence that adds to the show.
Up next were two duos that illustrated a vein of music Bob has
centered on. They both take chances with all the conventions.
In Land of Enchantment they're switching instruments.
They ended up with flute and drums at one point, not an obvious
combination. The vocals were smooth and ethereal as were Dyr
Faser’s.
Dyr Faser had some electronic backing as they tried to seduce you with subtle melodies. There’s lots of reward for those that open up to these groups. A few days after his birthday show Bob Colby tripped and fell. He has a nasty black eye. He says he’s alright. Whew! Get better soon Bob!
Monday was a chance to catch Silver Mirrors at Great Scott’s. Silver Mirrors are still struggling to get attention. Punk took some inspiration from garage rock and the Silver Mirrors embrace it whole heartedly. Everything sounds sixties-ish. They even throw in some proto funk.
They did a few songs where they sing in falsetto which makes you wonder where that is coming from. They have a ballad in there too. We find them interesting.
Before them was Spo a band with Dave Crespo whose name gets thrown around a lot. He’s connected with WEMF, WAAF and has his hands in a lot of projects. Here he's lead singer and is comfortable on stage talking up a storm and delivering the songs with lots of commentary before, after and during the song. They did material that was satiric and made points about the current times. Check out the Facebook Spo page.
The object on Saturday was to check out War Graves who seemed
punk. But we missed them by the time we got to the afternoon show at the Midway.
Burnt Village took the stage. We saw them almost a year
ago . With them it’s a traditional metal approach. Most material is
riff based. The shred solos are short and those riffs are fast.
We have been fuzzy about Devil on Horseback mainly because the time we saw them they were doing a Halloween set as the Buzzcocks. In reality they are a metal band. They had some set up problems and did a shorter set than they wanted but lost no time in pumping out the tunes. We're always looking for the punk but it’s getting hard not to be exposed to the increasing number of metal acts like this Midway gig.
And in other news .... We have featured Black Beach often in our club wanderings. They just pre-released a song from the upcoming Play Loud, Die Vol II and it's a good representation of what they do live. It’s primal pounding, simple riffs and a vocal screaming bloody hell on top. Check it out here.
The Globe reported (8/4/17) that the Rockin’ & Roastin’ Café started by Joey Kramer of Aerosmith has closed. We went there and it had quality food as well as the coffee that Kramer made. It had loads of Kramer/Aerosmith memorabilia. Well, bye bye now. CD Review:
Here's some good shows coming up .....
August 22 (Tuesday) The Legendary Flamin' Groovies w/ Muck & The Mires & The Downbeat 5 are at Ralph's in Worcester you can get tix here August 22 (Tuesday) A Bunch Of Jerks Album Release Show with special guests: Offworld, DnA's Evolution, Endation at The Midway August 24 (Thursday) The Surfrajettes, Tsunami of Sound and The Beachcombovers are at Regent Theater in Arlington (FB page) August 25 (Friday) Eyehategod and The Cro-Mags at The Middle East Up (FB page) August 25 (Friday) Mercury on Mars, Psychic Dog,The Runouts, Corner Soul at The Midway August 25 (Friday) Billy Connors Project, Club Linehan A Go Go, Corolla De Ville at The Spotlight Tavern/Beverly August 25 (Friday) Ladymob, Swivel, Skeleton Beats and Fossy Jaw are at Koto in Salem August 25 (Friday) When Particles Collide and Petty Morals at Fury's Publick House in Dover NH
August 26 (Saturday) The Guilloteenagers, Four Point Restraint and After the Blackout are at The Cantab's Club Bohemia August 26 (Saturday) Trusty Sidekick, Jason Bennett & The Filthy Muskets, Richie Parsons, Matt Trainor at The Midway August 26 (Saturday) Jess Collins and Chrissy V. from Petty Morals will be taking over the music situation at the Shanty w/ Jim Healey & Set Fire. Solo stuff, duets, acoustic, etc...perhaps a few others, will be joining the fold for some round robin-ing! Starts at 8PM August 27 (Sunday) Stop Calling Me Frank, State of The Union, The New Frustrations, The Only Things at The Midway -matinee show 4-8PM And further out we have....
September 7 (Thursday) Teenage Bottlerocket, OC45 and MakeWar at The Middle East September 7 (Thursday) Thrust Club, Burnt VIllage, Psychic Dog and Cook Bag at O'Brien's September 8 (Friday) The Nervous Eaters and Glider , State of the Union and Casanovas in Heat at Out of the Blue Gallery Central Sq. here's the FB page to get updates. September 9 (Saturday) The Stigmatics are on A Crash Course for the Ravers on WMFO 91.5 from 1-4PM September 9 (Saturday) The Gala, Future Carnivores, Stars Like Ours and Courters at O'Brien's September 10 (Sunday) A Giant Dog, The Dazies, Boston Cream at O'Brien's September 10 (Sunday) GBH and The Casualties at The Brighton Music Hall
September 15 (Frirday) Cold Expectations, Justine and the Unclean, Ten Dollar Mistake at The Tavern at the End of the World - FB page September 16 (Saturday) Boston vs Tokyo Rock n Roll Showdown with Muck And The Mires, The Fadeaways (from Japan), Mellvins (from Japan), Jittery Jack at O'Brien's Pub September 16 (Saturday) Big Giant, Greg Allen's Fringe Religion, The Melatonins at The Midway - 4PM matinee show September 16 (Saturday) Chameleons VOX At the Middle East Also on the bill: Soft Kill , Way Out and The Milling Gowns FB Page September 18 (Monday) The Dictators NYC (aka Manitoba NYC) are at The Middle East September 18 (Monday) Duck & Cover and the Quiggs are at Once with a fake version of The Dead Boys...no Stiv no Jimmy Zero -how can you call that the Dead Boys?? sad. September 20 (Wednesday) X doing their 40th Anniversary Tour- at the Brighton Music Hall
September 22 (Friday) The Go Set, Beantown Boozehounds, The Pint Killers, The Disquiets at O'Brien's September 22 (Friday) The Ataris and The Queers at The Middle East - this is an early show- 6PM -10Pm September 22 (Friday) The Hi-End, Corin Ashley, Modern Day Idols, The Curtis Mayflower at the Midway September 22 (Friday) The Bushwick Hotel, Petty Morals, The Fellowship of Feeding Wolves are at The Middle East Up September 23 (Saturday) The Hummingbird Syndicate are at The C Note in Hull. September 24 (Sunday) The Grommets, Uncle Spudd, Kermit's Finger, The New Frustrations, Sewer Buddies at The Midway - 4PM Matinee show September 25 (Monday) Loser's Circle,
Mongorellis, the Scutches, and Blame It On Whitman @
PA's FB
page September 28 (Thursday) Stiff Little Fingers are doing their 40th Anniversary tour they have Death by Unga Bunga opening for them - at the Brighton Music Hall
October 8 (Sunday) Petty Morals are having a Ballroom Blitz at Once Ballroom with a Flea Market and Art Show -also on the bill Muck & The Mires, The Dazies and Lady Pill (set times and more are on the FB page) It's 2PM- 8PM October 13 (Friday) Silver Screams, Idle Pilot, Black Cheers and Psychic Dog at Koto/Salem November 3 (Friday) The Woggles, Muck and the Mires, Stupidity, Andrea Gillis Band at The Middle East Up November 4 (Saturday) Human Sexual Response at HOB November 9 (Thursday) The Proletariat at ONCE Ballroom w/ Siege and Black Beach November 10 (Friday) CH3 (Channel 3), The FUs, Silver Screams, Fast Times Punk at The Middle East Up - 8-Midnight show tix here November 10 (Friday) The Proletariat are at Narrows Center for the Arts w/ Black Beach in Fall River, MA (FB page for info) November 11 (Saturday)
Hasselfest #9 this year has Pere Ubu
and a ton of other bands at Once- get
the info on the FB page here. CONTACT US AT....misslynbgn@yahoo.com -Send us your gig listings, your news and anything else ya got!! You want your CD reviewed?? Contact us for that too.
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The Spotlight Tavern in Beverly is closing. Or
actually has closed...abruptly... and is for sale! It
was reported first lots of posts on Facebook but quickly picked
up by 
We don't know if the Road to Ruane movie is ever coming out but they have been
slowly adding Billy Ruane's videos to a 
Justine and the Unclean are a relatively new group. The single
just released by Rum Bar is punky and insanely catchy, and that’s both
sides. It reminds one of those singles that came out back in the day and you
had no idea who it was but you had to get it. If you were lucky it had a cool
sleeve.
August 22 (Tuesday) OI!! - Rixe
(France), The Brass, Bombers, Security and The Stance
at The Middle East Up
August 26 (Saturday) Brian Young's A.C.C.F.T.R.
featuring Casanovas in Heat! 91.5 WMFO 1-4PM
September 1 (Friday) Silver Screams,
The Runouts and Crimespree at Koto in Salem
September 11 (Monday) Roky Erickson
at the Brighton Music Hall. WOW!! 
September 20 (Wednesday) Kris
Rodgers and Soraia are At O’Briens
September 29 (Friday) Il Mostro,
Silver Screams, BDSX and The Von Traps at O'Brien's
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