Clik here to view.
The Big Shot – Ken Field
Click on the image for the full photo and print out your own color Big Shot! This Month: KEN FIELD (of many bands)
View ArticleClik here to view.
Live Reviews
CHELSEA BERRY/ THE DEJAS Shalin Liu, Rockport MA 3/2/13 I like these theaters that use an unseen MC over the PA to introduce the band (and clear up the pronunciation of this venue—sha-lin lew)—it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CD Reviews
Photo: Hans Wendland WALTER SICKERT & THE ARMY OF BROKEN TOYS Soft Time Traveler 18 tracks Billed as a multi-media album, this collection features a variety of song stylings from the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Boston Phoenix: RIP
THE PHOENIX CLOSED AND WHY YOU SHOULD CARE by Sally Cragin After 47 years, the Boston Phoenix, one of the earliest alternative newsweeklies in the country closed on March 14, 2013. This has been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rita & Lolita
Billy, Mr. Curt, and Ruby Photo: Ms Donna WHAT’S THE ISSUE? Lolita: April is always one of the most exciting months of the year in New England. It’s the first time when I might consider bearing my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BRIAN CHARLES
BRIAN CHARLES ZIPPAH RECORDING by Max Bowen Located on Corey Road in Brighton, Zippah Recording has come a long way since its inception in 1989. Bands like the Bynars, the Field Effect, and Thought...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Live Show Picks
Thurs Mar 28 THE VIENNAGRAM @ The Salon, Providence RI Thurs Mar 28 ALLEN ESTES @ Giuseppe’s, Gloucester MA Fri Mar 29 (6:00) JEREMY LYONS @ Sally O’Brien’s, Somerville MA Fri Mar 29 THE PAUL...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FLY AMERO
FLY AMERO by Peter Van Ness Children are playing in a warm, sunlit field behind the Amero’s Southern Avenue home in Essex, MA. Suddenly, Mother shouts out the back door: “Come quick! Gene Krupa is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Scott Alarik
SCOTT ALARIK by Kathy Sands-Boehmer Pete Seeger has called Scott Alarik “one of the best writers in America.” It’s true. Alarik is one of the most foremost purveyors of prose about folk music who has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mary Lou Lord
MARY LOU LORD HAS IT ALL by A.J. Wachtel The first time you see and hear Mary Lou perform you realize she’s incredibly talented; just listen to the passion and emotion in her voice. She’s got the look....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Incoming Mail
A LITTLE THANKS Hey there T Max, I just wanted to give you a shout and thank you very, very much for the kind write up in the April edition of the Noise. This is my first ink, brother! I nearly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Live Reviews
WALTER SICKERT & THE ARMY OF BROKEN TOYS/ THE RATIONALES/ THE FIELD EFFECTS/ RUBY ROSE FOX Brighton Music Hall, Allston MA 3/23/13 I arrive at Brighton Music Hall before any bands have started...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CD Reviews
SHEPHERDESS Tiny Radars I’m Saving Myself for Shepherdess 9 tracks Anyone who hasn’t followed Hilken Mancini’s post-Fuzzy work has made a grave mistake. This second record from Shepherdess finds...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rita & Lolita
PRELUDE Lolita: Rita, do you really have to stand right in front of me when I have a perfect view of my boyfriend’s butt… I mean band? Rita: Sorry, I wasn’t aware I was doing that. Lolita: And you’d...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Big Shot
Click on the image for the full photo, and print out your own color Big Shot! This month: Lisa Haley
View ArticleClik here to view.
Corin Ashley
CORIN ASHLEY FANTASY TO REALITY by DJ Mätthew Griffin Boston singer/songwriter and jet-setting “hyper-mod-pop band” Pills’ member, Corin Ashley, has jumped across the pond to record his second solo...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Johnny A
IT ALL BEGINS WITH A (An Axeman for the Ages) by A.J. Wachtel Johnny A is big league. In a few weeks he will be at the Rock ’n’ Roll Summer Camp playing along with Jeff Beck and Brian Wilson in front...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Melissa Ferrick
MELISSA FERRICK FINALLY HOME AND FEELING HAPPY by Julia R. DeStefano “Songs are snapshots of what you’re going through, and mine involve questioning, searching for completion, joy, and truth, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Book Review
THE GRAMMAR OF ROCK: ART AND ARTLESSNESS IN THE 20th CENTURY By Alexander Theroux. Fantagraphics Books.2013. Hardcover. 346 pages. Review by Francis DiMenno Two things I’ve got to say right off....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Big Shot
Click on the image for the full photo and print out your own Big Shot! This Month: Michael Thomas Doyle
View Article