DOUBLE RELEASE PARTY RECAP! 11/15/13 at TT THE BEARS, Cambridge MA! We had the most amazing time releasing our new singles, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK and sneak-previewing our new music videos at TT the Bears last Friday! Do Not Forsake … Read More
Our new double single for the songs, “Episode 10: Living in Harmony” and “Episode 15: The Girl Who Was Death” made their debut over at the Boston Herald’s GUESTLISTED today! They said, “DNFMOMD returns with a pair of singles that add … Read More
In case you missed it, the very awesome VANYALAND premiered our video/song cover of Shakespears Sister’s 1992 mega-hit “Stay” – Note: for reasons unknown, Youtube removed the original video post saying we had violated the TOS. They did not reinstate … Read More
Stacked bill at The Middle East Upstairs on Friday night! Naked on Roller Skates Muy Cansado Sarah RabDAU & Self-Employed Assassins Robyn cover:
We had already premiered “Faith in Free Part I” on MAGNET a bit back, but now the full 3-song “Faith in Free” EP is out!!! <p>&amp;lt;a href=”http://music.michaeljepstein.com/album/faith-in-free”&amp;gt;Faith in Free by The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;</p> “Faith in Free” is … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat (FB)! First! What is SRB? Sophia goes to local shows. Sophia video-records these shows. Then Sophia posts them on the internet. It’s a thing. Seriously, if you want me at your show, let me know- sophia@donotforsake.com. 2/3 … Read More
UPDATE – VIDEO OF PERFORMANCE AT: http://blog.michaeljepstein.com/2012/03/michael-j-epstein-memorial-library_22.html The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library is excited to present a two-song performance this Tuesday evening (3/20) for a taping of The Steve Katsos Show (Facebook). Steve Katsos, the “Pauper of Late Night,” (see … Read More
The first part of our three-song “Faith in Free” trilogy was released today by MAGNET!!! (Free download there!) This was recorded for Berklee PULSE‘s BANDED project and for live dance performance with BalletRox!!! The amazing Sarah RabDAU supplies some fine additional … Read More
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library took a trip back to high school to revisit the days of clique segregation at Radio in Somerville. Hall monitors were giving out detention, a prom king and queen were crowned, and the gym … Read More
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School: Clique Wars! Nerds vs. Jocks vs. Freaks! Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins, The Zambonis, The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library, and J. Krafty take over Radio Bar in Somerville on Thursday (3/8) to finally … Read More
Oh Hey! Another Sophia’s Rock Beat! Nov. 20th we skipped that other big event that was happening across town and instead went to celebrate Rob Potylo’s party at Church in honor of the three! records he put out this past … Read More
Much belated at this point, here’s video from our Halloween adventure! It’s Boston-rock-band tradition to pick a band and BE them for Halloween – this is not just playing the songs note-for-note, this includes dressing and stage-bantering and drinking like the act … Read More
10/15 brought us back to Radio in Somerville (formerly Club Choices) for Sarah Rabdau & Self-Employed Assassins (video), Garvy J and the Secret Pockets of Hope & Resistance (aka – the only band I trust with a 12-string guitar! video), and Eldridge … Read More
On Sept 29 we descended on Church for the Axemunkee CD Release for the record Vortex (which you can buy here!) Axemunkee video (1, 2, 3) and here joined by cello and additional guitar: also rocking that bill were Reverse … Read More
Oh hey! lots of live videos to share from the past month! On 8/18 we caught a very post-punk night at Church with 92 Protons (video 1, video 2, video 3) and Faux Ox (it was their CD Release; video 1, … Read More
On 6/20 Special Friends aired our first episode at The Rosebud. The night was also video taped for a future episode and friends were asked to sing open-mic style songs about Star Wars. We had no idea that these songs … Read More
Indie baroque-pop octet The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library will be joined by guest vocalist Sarah RabDAU (of Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins) to present BalletRox Springs Out of the Box, a variety dance show including live music accompaniment, designed … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat is devoted to taking video of local bands and posting it. Read previous Rock Beats HERE. It has been a busy couple of weeks since returning from Austin for SXSW. Our first stop was the BUFF (Boston … Read More
This is the second installment of my new column, Sophia’s Rock Beat. The point of this is to highlight the shows I saw the week before and the video I took at those shows. Here’s last week’s (which recapped most … Read More
Show recap and videos now at: http://blog.michaeljepstein.com/2010/10/girls-of-motion-sick-sweetest-thing.html Dramamine: The Girls of The Motion Sick On October 22nd – the wives, girlfriends, and close female friends of The Motion Sick will be performing a farewell tribute to the band (The Motion Sick … Read More
Mike and I had the distinct pleasure of participating as extras (ahem, “talent”) in this music video for the song “Winterthru” by Ad Frank and The Fast Easy Women. The video is great (certainly check out the other videos from Lost … Read More
Upcoming show – 02/17/2010a night of punk-cabaret, art-rock, and piano sorceryChurch of Boston HUMANWINEWalter Sickert and the ARmy of BRoken TOysSarah RabDAU (solo) $8/21+ DNFMOMD on second. top flyer by HUMANWINE bottom flyer by Walter Sickert Facebook Event (Army of … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). New music video from Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys for the song “Sacrilege.” It was directed by Theodore Cormey who did the recent video for Sarah RabDAU and … Read More
We’ve got an epic show planned for Wednesday, August 19th with:Apple BettyHighly Personal TrashSarah RadDAU and Self-Employed AssassinsThe Sun Lee Sunbeam at The Middle East Upstairs. It’s my birthday, and I’m bringing cupcakes. I’ll have more details soon!
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Watch the BRAND-NEW Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins video for “Autumn Spills.” It’s sultry and uses tin-can phones to captivating effect: Video Directed by Theodore Cormey Their next show is Wednesday, … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Link to Videos from all of the bands last night and winner announcement! The Semi-Finals were moved to the ME Downstairs, which left me missing the intimacy that had built up … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Thurs, April 16 – Semi-finals Night #1 Line-Up: Have Nots (Wild Card) 9:30-10:00 Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins 10:30-11:00The Lights Out 11:30-12:00Gene Dante and the Future Starlets 12:30-1:00 Show is at … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Thurs, April 16 – Semi-finals Night #1 Band 1, Wildcard: Have Nots 9:30-10:00Band 2: Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins 10:30-11:00Band 3: The Lights Out 11:30-12:00Band 4: Gene Dante and the Future … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Anarchy Club started up the night with their tight hard rock (ala Helmet). Izzy played a Hello Kitty guitar, I think they need to take this further and have everyone play … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Sarah RabDAU and Self Employed Assassins got a well-deserved win for Night Four of the WBCN Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble. Video, of course, is coming soon. See you all tomorrow! Photo … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Hope everyone is well rested from their day off, because tonight is going to rock you.Night Four of the WBCN Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble, Line-up: Thursday, April 9thMid East Up, $9, … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). A night of four girl-fronted bands that are all challenging the archetype of what it means to be a “girl-fronted band,” these ladies are artists with vision. Should be a dazzling … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Sarah RabDAU and Self Employed Assassins! Are you excited to be participating in the 31st WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble? Yes, it’s very nice to be asked Are you afraid of … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). As announced on WBCN Boston Emissions tonight: Destruct-a-thon Dead Cats Dead Rats Apple Betty Muy Cansado Anarchy Club Sarah Rabdau & The Self Employed Assassins Gravehaven Angeline Gozu The Motion Sick … Read More
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). This Friday is going to be a tough night to pick a show. Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins are having a CD RELEASE PARTY at The Lizard Lounge. This show will … Read More