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Big Ol’ Dirty Bucket
BIG OL’ DIRTY BUCKET by Blake Maddux Lynn-based band Big Ol’ Dirty Bucket is a joyous but combustible celebration of funk, rock, and hip-hop. Usually with a double-digit number of members on the stage,...
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Mosey Greams
MOSEY GREAMS a.k.a. GUY ZACCARDI Thirteen Important Questions & One Odd Comment by Bradley Royds Noise: How many lizards does it take to make Zaccardi-Saurian stew? Mosey: Oh lordy… I can see what...
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Noise Live Picks
Green Eyes – head seagull and protector of the Cape Ann Pyramid……..Photo: T Max ”+” means there are other acts on the bill Sun June 1 (3pm-5:30) DAVID ROVICS + An Open Media Fundraiser @ Spontaneous...
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Live Reviews
HAYLEY SABELLA CD Release Party The Spire, Plymouth, MA 4/18/14 Hayley Sabella celebrates the release of her first full-length album, King Solomon, on Friday night, April 18, but to call it a...
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CD Reviews
SETH GLIER Things I Should Let You Know 13 tracks I first heard Seth Glier as an opening act in Portland, ME, in 2009. I could tell then that he was a rising star. This CD is...
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Freevolt
FREEVOLT by J.C. Lockwood Michael Bernier? Yeah, this Newburyport musician has been burning up dance floors and concert halls around New England for the better part of the last decade with...
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Rita & Lolita
SOME HISTORY OF JUNE Lolita: June is a month that is rich with history… PAUL McCARTNEY (The Beatles), BRIAN WILSON (The Beach Boys), and RAY DAVIES (The Kinks) were all born in the same week. Senator...
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Erin Harpe
ERIN HARPE & THE DELTA SWINGERS by A.J. Wachtel For many decades, Boston’s music scene has been ahead of the curve in different genres including rock ’n’ roll, folk, punk, and new wave. Berklee...
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Will Dailey
WILL DAILEY NATIONAL THROAT by Max Heinegg I caught up with perennial Boston Music Awards winner Will Dailey at an unadvertised gig at Toad in Cambridge. Fresh off a tour of France, Will and his trio...
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Book Review
GOD SAVE THE KINKS A BIOGRAPHY by Rob Jovanovic Aurum Press 2013, paperback, 330 pages. A Review by Francis DiMenno Rob Jovanovic has written other well-regarded books about musicians, notably...
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Big Shot
Click on the image below to see the full photo of our summer Big Shot—Jon Butcher.
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Noise Live Picks
Tues July 1 (and every Tuesday) KBMG @ Jalapenos, Gloucester MA Thur July 3 (7:00) JULIE DOUGHERTY BAND Marblehead Festival of the Arts @ Crocker Park, Marblehead MA Thur July 3 MOSEY GREAMS + @ Gulu...
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CD Reviews
Photo: Lo Wreck RAZORS IN THE NIGHT Never Give In! 13 tracks I think playing this album in my office led to the moment when my new co-workers stopped viewing me as the quiet, mild-mannered accountant....
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Live Reviews
TRINARY SYSTEM Store 54, Allston, MA 5/30/14 The skies are spittin’ tonight outside the coolest second-hand store in Allston, run by Wayne Podworny… I mean Wayne Viens, no, make that Wayne Valdez....
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Rita & Lolita
IT’S SUMMERTIME Lolita: Besides our country winning its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britan in 1776, a lot has happened in July that is part of modern music history. BRIAN JONES (The Rolling...
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The Empty Hearts
THE EMPTY HEARTS by A.J. Wachtel What do the great vocals on power pop/new wave band The Romantics’ “What I Like About You,” the iconic signature guitar lead in new wave group The Cars’ “My Best...
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Chris Smither
CHRIS SMITHER by Kimmy Sophia Brown Chris Smither is an American bluesman who is blessed with a smoke and honey tinged voice, an army of responsive, dancing fingers that pick wonderful tunes from his...
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New England
NEW ENGLAND by A.J. Wachtel Shoulda, woulda, coulda doesn’t have the same sad connotations to a rock ’n’ roll band today as it did in 1980. The Internet and YouTube have drastically turned the music...
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Live Reviews
BOSTON Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT 6/28/14 This is the closest the band Boston will get to the city of Boston, so I have a two hour trip to see Tom Scholz and his group on their 2014 “Heaven On...
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