The rain is a drag, but it isn’t stopping bands from convening for kick-ass shows all over the city. Let this be your guide as you navigate the damp city in search of good tunes.
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You can’t look away from this Graboids promo
Those irrepressible Graboids are playing this Friday (March 9 at Gus’ Pub with No Flyers Please, The Holy Snappers and The Green Reflectors), and to drum up your enthusiasm, they’ve made this charming WWE-style promo video. The first Graboids EP is now free on Bandcamp, and still available on red and purple vinyl for those […]
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New Tunes: The Graboids – Aftershocks
Those delightful curmudgeons The Graboids are releasing a 5-song EP today titled Aftershocks. The band’s first EP and the new one can be bought as a single CD called The First One Years a la Black Flag. If you enjoyed their first EP (and who didn’t really) the second features a similar blend of hijinks, […]
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Baby I’ve been drinking
Last weekend Whiskey Bent and Hellbound singer/guitarist T.J. Kavanaugh played me a bunch of songs from the band’s debut album, Singing Satan’s Gospel from his laptop—and lo, it is good. Produced over two days by James O’Toole, it’s clear that the band has put everything into this recording. It’s beautifully clean and precise—and yet it’s […]