Clik here to view.
Rita & Lolita
LUMINOUS AND LOFTY LISTS Rita: The beginning of January is when I make my New Year’s resolutions. Lolita: It’s when I regret spending more money for holiday gifts on you than you do for me. After...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Noise Live Picks
“+” after an act implies there are more acts on the bill If you’d like to start writing live reviews of New England acts of your choice, contact tmax@thenoise-boston.com – please put LIVE REVIEW in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CD Reviews
If you are based in New England and would like your latest release reviewed, send a hard copy to The Noise/ T Max, 40R Highland Ave #219, Salem, MA 01970. … THE CHANDLER TRAVIS PHILHARMONIC Iddy Biddy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cushing
CUSHING By Eric Baylies Cushing is a three piece post punk band from Portland, Maine. They are one of the best and most exciting live bands in New England, and they are pretty great in the studio, too!...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Geoff Pango & Mr. Curt
GEOFF PANGO & MR CURT Mr. Curt has been around creating music longer than I’ve been covering the local music scene. I first was aware of his band Pastiche when they won Boston’s most prestigious...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Suitcase Junket
THE SUITCASE JUNKET Mustachioed Multi-Instrumentalist Music Man By A.J. Wachtel Defining The Suitcase Junket (Matt Lorenz) into just one genre of music can’t be done. Naming his many stylistic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TOP 10
T MAX (The Noise publisher/ singer-songwriter) Top 10 New England Live Acts I Loved in 2016 1. Don White – Poignantly funny with the ability to be heart breakingly serious the next moment. A true...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Book Review
SMALL TOWN TALK Small Town Talk: Bob Dylan, The Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix & Friends in the Wild Years of Woodstock. By Barney Hoskins. Da Capo Press, 2016. 402 pages,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Noise Live Picks
“+” after an act implies there are more acts on the bill If you’d like to start writing live reviews of New England acts of your choice, contact tmax@thenoise-boston.com – please put LIVE REVIEW in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Big Shot
Who is the Big Shot? Well, this is just a fraction of the photograph taken by Coleman Rogers. Click on it to expose the entire photograph and reveal The Noise February 2017 Big Shot.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Live – Feb
If you have any interest in writing about the musical acts you see, please contact tmax@thenoise-boston.com. Write LIVE REVIEWS in the subject box and T Max will fill you in on how to help out your...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rita + Lolita
PAROCHIAL PASSION Rita: The month of February always makes me smile when I think of St. Valentine’s Day and lovers all over the world celebrating their happiness and good feelings. Lolita: It reminds...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CDs – Feb
BUTTERSCOTT Buttersville Records The Somewhat Disappointing Contractually Obligated Followup™ 30 tracks Instead of talking about this latest offering from the inimitable trio comprising the 21st...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Greg Dann
GREG DANN The Man on Top of Rockpile by T Max I’m very interested in people who choose to make a living from music. Most of them have more than one source of income, using their talents to keep the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Drunken Logic
The exhilarating effects of DRUNKEN LOGIC By A.J. Wachtel Sometimes things just fall together in the right way and you find yourself in a band where the sum of the parts may be greater than the whole;...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Big Shot
Who is the Big Shot? Click on this small portion to reveal the full photo taken by Robert Leger of Image Works of the March 2017 Noise Big Shot.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Noise Live Picks
“+” after an act implies there are more acts on the bill If you’d like to start writing live reviews of New England acts of your choice, contact tmax@thenoise-boston.com – please put LIVE REVIEW in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Live March
If you have any interest in writing about the musical acts you see, please contact tmax@thenoise-boston.com. Write LIVE REVIEWS in the subject box and T Max will fill you in on how to help out your...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rita & Lolita
MEMORABLE MELODIES Rita: Because of your tragic existence I always think of The Ides Of March when this month arrives. Lolita: Ha Ha. Because you are a Comedy of Errors I think for our monthly question...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CD Reviews
KIER BYRNES & FRIENDS Blarney: A Compilation of Irish Music 14 tracks Any lover of folk music has probably also cultivated an appreciation for traditional Irish tunes such as “The Irish Rover,”...
View Article