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Cult 45 @ Radio 1.4.2013

How do you celebrate a new record? Do what Cult 45 did for On High. First, get Chelsea On Fire to reunite for the release show. Then get White Dynomite and Slim Lizzy* on the bill. At the end of the night you can take the stage and pummel the crowd with a fantastic set of heavy boogie. Just like Cult 45 did.

Guaranteed success.

* On the anniversary of Phil Lynott’s passing, no less.

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Chelsea On Fire @ Radio 1.4.2013

Chelsea On Fire let loose with a powerful and emotional set for their first show in ten years. This was high drama.

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White Dynomite @ Radio 1.4.2013

Ever since I found out White Dynomite exists I’ve been itching to catch one of their sets. These guys are all punk bombast and soulful swagger. I dig it.

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Slim Lizzy @ Radio 1.4.2013

How do you sell out a show at Radio? Well, starting the night with Slim Lizzy certainly doesn’t hurt. Watching these guys nail the Thin Lizzy sound on the anniversary of Phil Lynott’s passing was pretty special.* Oh, how I love guitarmony.

* I guess when the show was booked no one realized the significance of the date. Sometimes awesome things happen by chance.

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273 Photos From 2012

If a picture is worth a thousand words, here’s my 273,000 word essay on the Boston music scene in 2012. I kept it simple. No favorites. No “best of” lists. Just one picture from each of the 273 sets I caught this past year. In order. They’re all here: The Rumble, One Night Band, Bands For Babs, Radio’s first anniversary show, birthday shows, holiday shows, record release shows, cover sets, solo sets, themed shows and your every day run of the mill kick-ass rock shows.

Thanks for all the great memories. Let’s make some more.

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Roy Sludge Trio @ Radio 12.23.2012

It’s Christmas Eve Eve and I’ve taken Big Little One over to Radio for some Roy Sludge. Everyone seems to be in a good mood. Roy mixes in some holiday numbers to keep things festive. Big Little One even got a sticker. I sense some more Sundays at Radio for me and this six year old. Maybe next time his little brother will tag along…

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Ruby Rose Fox with Glenn di Benedetto and Nate Leavitt – “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” (2012)


Ruby Rose Fox with Glenn di Benedetto and Nate Leavitt
“What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?”
2012

This is why I love this city. Ruby Rose Fox and Parlour Bells shared a bill at the debut of Lounge Act. The next thing you know they’re collaborating on an old holiday standard. Ruby Rose Fox, Glenn di Benedetto and Nate Leavitt’s rendition of “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” drives home some of the reasons I find them so enchanting. Ruby Rose Fox has one of those timeless voices that would sound good singing the instructions to program your VCR. It should come as no surprise that it sounds even better here. She and Glenn play well off each other while Nate provides the perfect guitar accompaniment. The ease with which the Parlour Bells gentlemen pull this off proves that their remarkable cover of “Get Thee Behind Me Satan” was no fluke. These guys have standards in their souls.

There’s even a nicely done video here.

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OldJack @ The Sinclair 12.15.2012

OldJack was a fine-tuned rock ‘n’ soul machine at The Sinclair. Saint Nicklin & Co. deftly rolled one song into the next, culminating with the pair of holiday numbers they recently made available. Let’s hope the Holiday Homage becomes an annual tradition.