Boston Rock Photos And Stuff
Thick Shakes have a great garage rock sound. It’s dead on, but not put on. It’s just who they are. Guitar, bass, drums, Farfisa and some catchy tunes. I like it.
I’ve raved about The Fagettes recordings before. Now I’m going to rave about them as a live band.
The Fagettes are loose, wailing and willing. This band turns old school rock n’ roll tricks like nobody’s business. Dynamite.
More pop songcraft on display in the basement of Radio with Jim Gerdeman(The I Want You) and Nichole Ferree(Orange Nichole).
I want Tad & Kate to sing me to sleep so I will have beautiful dreams of hobos and fire raining down from the sky.
Here we have Taps at a benefit for The Boston Initiative to Advance Human Rights. Taps has a cool mix of digital and analog. They’re electronic! They’re acoustic! They’ve got an SM-57 on the snare (laying right on the snare)!
When I first saw Bo & Rachel they hadn’t yet decided on what to call their musical partnership. They’ve now decided to go with The Wrong Shapes. Their name may have changed, but the music is still mesmerizing. The guitar and cello interplay is hypnotic. I find the whole thing rather fascinating.
It’s a Thursday night at Radio and I’m bouncing between floors. I came here tonight to catch the first show in the new downstairs lounge. Since I’m here, I figure I’ll check out the benefit for The Boston Initiative to Advance Human Rights going on upstairs.
I manage to catch a few songs by Beautiful Weekend. The sound is eerie and warm, slowly rising over the din of the bar. It hangs in the air, inviting in anyone who wants to listen.
Did you know that Radio has a downstairs lounge? They do. Chris n Kate (from Kingsley Flood and Just Rice, respectively) were the first people to perform down there.
The first show in Radio’s other performance area was like hanging out in a basement with friends, drinking beer and listening to music. There’s wood paneling. It works.
Let’s get one quick thing clear. This New Villager is the brainchild of Caleb Cliff, not NewVillager, the San Fran meets New York multimedia artists. Got it? OK.
Now… Caleb and his friends opened a benefit show for The Boston Initiative to Advance Human Rights to an enthusiastic crowd. His nylon string guitar gave way to a full band setup with laptop support without missing a beat.*
* In fact, it added some beats. A dance number was played during the switchover.
Holy mackerel! Bikini Whale were AMAZING!
I’m not going to pretend to be some diehard B-52s fan. I like some of their stuff, but I don’t think about or listen to them often. That may change. Bikini Whale were that good. So much fun.
With any luck, these guys and gals will reconsider the one-off nature of this gig. I’d love to change all of those “were”s to “are”s.
