Boston Rock Photos And Stuff
The Daily Pravda’s set at TT’s last Tuesday was the best I’ve seen from the band. They’re ready to Rumble.
Lifestyle is in The Rumble. That means they’ll be back on the TT’s stage in early April to do what they did there last Tuesday night: smash people in the face with sweet synth sounds and lavish pop hooks.
The 2013 Rock ‘N’ Roll Rumble participants have been announced! Looking down the list, it seems like we’re in for another good one this year. It happens time and time again. Every year 24 different bands remind us what a vibrant music community we have here in Boston. The depth of talent around these parts is astonishing. I saw 273 sets from area bands last year, yet I only managed to catch 11 of the 24 acts that will take the TT’s stage this April to vie for the coveted Rumble Tiara. That’s fantastic.
The nine night pass is available now. The individual show lineups will be announced Sunday night on Boston Emissions. In the meantime, here are some links to help get you familiar with your new favorite bands…
Blackbutton
(Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
Camden
(Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
Cancer Killing Gemini
(Web|Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
Coyote Kolb
(Web|Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
The Daily Pravda
(Web|Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
The Deep North
(Web|Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
Eddie Japan
(Web|Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
Endation
(Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
The Field Effect
(Web|Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
Herra Terra
(Web|Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
Jack Burton vs. David Lo Pan
(Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
Lifestyle
(Web|Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
Mount Peru
(Web|Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
The New Highway Hymnal
(Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
The Okay Win
(Web|Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
Parks
(Web|Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
Ruby Rose Fox
(Web|Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
The Suicide Dolls
(Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
Supermachine
(Web|Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
Twin Berlin
(Web|Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
Velah
(Web|Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
Whitcomb
(Web|Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
White Dynomite
(Web|Facebook|Bandcamp)
Glenn Yoder & The Western States
(Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp)
Parks
“Modern Fiction”
2013
I have a history of thinking that there’s no way songwriter Brian E. King can top himself.* You’d think Parks’ debut single, “Sweater Weather”, would have taught me a lesson. I still had doubts. “Modern Fiction” should dispel that notion for good. I was pleasantly nodding along to the song’s vintage groove, particularly the “going crazy” part, when 2:35 happened. From that point on, “Modern Fiction” turns into a systematic dressing down of anyone who thinks that they know how to write a song. It’s masterful. The bridge perfectly contrasts with the parts that precede it before morphing into Super-Mega-Awesome-Reprise-O-Tron. Mind blown. I will doubt no more.
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* Which, not coincidentally, means I also have a history of being wrong.
Aloud is one of those bands that kills it every time they take the stage.* Even when they play first on a Tuesday night.** What more could you ask for? A set full of gutsy pop hooks? Done.
* You know, a good band.
**Especially when they play first on a Tuesday night? Possibly. This is a band that does not take for granted that people came out to see them.
