This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Go celebrate St. Helena’s latest release, Slow Jack, this Saturday at The Cantab Lounge. St. Helena offer up some of the best indie rock (in the Elephant 6 tradition) this town … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Masters of smack talk and brit-pop, The Luxury: Are you excited to be participating in the 31st WBCN Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble? Jason: Well, yeah, but it seems like half the … Read More
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). This Car Up at SXSW: Catch them 3/29 at Great Scott with Hot Box (CD release!), Amoroso, and Where the Land Meets the Sea
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). My favorite psycho metal power trio, Ketman, is playing this Thursday, March 26th at O’Brien’s. If you haven’t seen Ketman yet you are seriously missing out. This show is their big send-off … Read More
So far, I’ve only had a chance to upload photos to Facebook due to poor Internet connectivity, but we’ll get all this up on our web site in the near future: Green Light Go / Hard Pressed Publicity Showcase http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=72858&id=500296772 … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Eksi Ekso Are you excited to be participating in the 31st WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble? Of course… mostly because we like to play music, and any excuse to eat chicken … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Dead Cats Dead Rats 2009 Rumble Questions: Are you excited to be participating in the 31st WBCN Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble? YES, WE’RE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO PLAY, It SHOULD BE A … Read More
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). The Everyday Visuals at SXSW:
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). Junius at SXSW (read their pre-sxsw interview here)
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3/20 We woke up earlier than we would have liked, ensuring that we only allow ourselves less than 5 hours of sleep a night for our big day. I say big because we had three shows and I had to … Read More
3/19 After 2 days of nothing but driving and no real eventful stuff, we finally were in Austin. Dave and Andre of Same Sky Studio were very kind and let us crash at their place and eat their food, drink … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Gene Dante and the Future Starlets 2009 Rumble Questions: Boston Band Crush: Are you excited to be participating in the 31st WBCN Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble? Gene Dante: I am. However, … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Static of the Gods (read their pre-sxsw interview here)
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 appears on Boston Band Crush ). Band Crusher Mike, our correspondent on the spot, is running around Austin like a madman interviewing as many Boston bands as possible. First up, Televandals!
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Have Nots!2009 Rumble Questions: Are you excited to be participating in the 31st WBCN Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble? Totally. The 31st rumble is gonna be off the hook. It’s gonna make … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Berklee is hosting a big industry conference next weekend. They have a lot of super interesting panels. As much as we think it’s counter to our “creativity” we all could use … Read More
You may recall that last year, we made a short film in West Virginia called “Loneliness of the Long-Distance Driver.” It won several Academy Awards, but was snubbed at The Golden Globes. This year, we decided to make a sequel … Read More
Hope, Arkansas 2008 Hope, Arkansas 2009 …and just a little bonus video of Pat and Travis making DX7 noises here…
A little look at what we eat on the road…
Matt and Travis were unfamiliar with the Airborne Toxic Event song “Sometime Around Midnight.” Patrick and Mike make them familiar. A rift ensues.
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 ). Bone Gunn, an experimental folk rock group, is shooting their music video (for their song, “flies” which is on their myspace to listen to) at their next show. Get in free … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Thick as Thieves: Are you excited to be participating in the 31st WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble? The Rumble is such a fixture in the Boston music scene and there is … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Arms and Sleepers SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing?March 20th – Parish Downstairs (7PM) 2. How did you get your SXSW gig?Our booking agent submitted an application for us … Read More
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This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Band Crushers were at the MidEast Up last Friday the 13th for a rocking night of rock, dance punk, punk, and new wave.A much larger set of photos at: The Jeddo … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Cute indie-popsters One Happy Island answered our questions with their trademark wittiness: 1. Where/when are you playing? Brad: We’re playing some house parties and unofficial stuff. The most prominent gig is at … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Destruct-A-Thon! Are you excited to be participating in the 31st WBCN Rock ‘n’Roll Rumble? Yes.Are you afraid of the Rumble curse? No.Do you plan on doing anything special or different for … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The boys who brought anthem rock back, Bang Camaro tell us why they’re going to Austin. SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing? March 20thLovejoy’s – 8th Impression Showcase4:00 pm … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The very sweet, Static of the Gods: SXSW Interview: 1. Where/When are you playing (showcase, venue, official/unofficial, etc)? Ben & Jen will be playing an acoustic showcase at the BANDS, BURGERS, … Read More
So, in preparations for tomorrow’s journey, I decided to update our trusty band GPS so that we have the latest and the greatest. So, I follow the instructions and head on down to the software download section of the Sony … Read More
Tomorrow morning, we head out over the horizon to rock the people of far-away lands… We hope to blog regularly and post video, pictures, and other nonsense…so please stay tuned here for the next week or so. I will also … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The Vital Might is so-far the first band I’ve talked to that is playing the SXSW sister festival, Red Gorilla. 1. Where/When are you playing? –The Vintage Lounge, Austin, TX– Our … Read More
We’re excited that the Rumble info has been announced. We’ve got a particularly tough lineup to compete with on Night #3, but we’re thrilled to give it our best and have a good time! 2009 WBCN Rock n’ Roll Rumble … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Gravehaven Are you excited to be participating in the 31st WBCN Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble? Of course! We’re honored to be a part of the whole thing. Are you afraid of … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Calumet-Hecla, fresh off a tour of Brazil are making the trip down to SXSW, here’s what they had to say about it: SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing? We … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The Boston Phoenix annual Reader’s Poll is up, where you can vote on your favorite venues (rock, hip hop, dance, folk, jazz) restaurants, theaters, services, and maybe most importantly favorite Rock … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). SXSW with Sarah Borges! Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing? Tuesday, March 17th, 2009Continental Club8PM1315 S CongressAustin TX Thursday, March 19th, 2009Antone’sTribute to Doug Sahm – 8pm213 W. 5thAustin TX … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Tonight, as we write, Anngelle Wood is announcing the set days for the competitors in the Rumble on Boston Emissions on WBCN 104.1. We are live blogging ’til midnight with this … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Blues-folk songstress Eilen Jewell is headed down to Austin before heading over to Europe, and took a few moments to answer our probing questions. SXSW Interview Questions:1. Where/When are you playing?On Wednesday, … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Holden and Jeremy of Pretty & Nice give me the scoop on SXSW and scary raver dudes! 1. Where/When are you playing? 03/21/2009 05:00 PM – SXSW Austin Town Hall show … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The Minus Scale talk to us about the 2009 Rumble: Are you excited to be participating in the 31st WBCN Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble? –We are very excited to be … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Graveyard BBQ are next up to answer by SXSW questions. I hope they are bringing the BBQ Girls down to Austin with ’em! SXSW Interview Questions:1. Where/When are you playing? We’re … Read More
Ryan’s Smashing Life, one of our most favorite music blogs wrote a very kind piece about our upcoming travels today: “Dateline: AUSTIN, TX – the SxSW Music FestivalIt’s been an odd evolution for rock and pop music when one considers … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The venerable punk band, Street Dogs took a minute off from the road to answer our SXSW Interview Questions:1. Where/When are you playing?We’re playing an official showcase at Emos Annex at … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). GOZU will be bringing the metal to the Rumble:2009 Rumble Questions Are you excited to be participating in the 31st WBCN Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble? We were under the impression it … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The Kominas! SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing? We’re part of the Heavy Metal Islam showcase on Friday, March 20th at Club 115…It’s basically an “all-star hour” (starting at … Read More