A short and sweet rock beat while I continually try to catch up! Sophia’s Rock Beat (FB)! If you want me at your show, let me know-sophia@donotforsake.com, I’ll do my best. 7/1/12 was the MONSTER MASQUERADE at Radio – it was a … Read More
A huge thanks to Mark Kaye (HearNowLive) and Lionel Brown (HearNowLive and Onslaught Promo) for putting together this really excellent night and making it a huge success!!! We had the pleasure of rocking for the last time with Tanya Palit … Read More
July 13th at Church, The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library is opening for the soon-to-be-huge He’s My Brother She’s My Sister (currently touring with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes and opening for Neko Case the night before this show) … Read More
A still from A Brief History of Flight THE PRESALE IS NOW CLOSED. SEE YOU AT THE SHOW! The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library has two very exciting shows coming up! We’ve decided to offer a special, limited-edition package ticket … Read More
This may be the last Rock Beat of 2011 before I do the full round-up with all the videos and stats of everything I saw, as we did last year! 2010 we saw 139 individual local bands and I think … Read More
November has been a crazy month of crazy awesome shows that I’ll be posting in two parts. Part one begins at O’brien’s – which I had not been to in a super long time and I was totally impressed with … 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
Thursday, Doomstar! and DNFMOMD have the pleasure of opening up for White Fence (Tim Presley of DARKER MY LOVE/THE FALL) and The Strange Boys at Church Thursday, June 23rdChurch of Bostonwith: Doomstar!, White Fence, The Strange Boys$10adv/$12 day of, 18+, … Read More
On the evening of 10/1, we had the pleasure of playing Church with Highly Personal Trash, The Cinnamon Fuzz, and What Time Is It, Mr. Fox? (video of all these fine acts down at the bottom! Early the next morning, … Read More
April 3rd at Church of Boston – we released our brand new EP, The New Number 2 (go to music.donotforsake.com for info on how to buy). Thank you to everyone who came out to help us celebrate and a huge … Read More
Our EPs have arrived in the mail! We’ll be releasing them into the wild on Saturday, April 3rd at Church of Boston -we couldn’t be more honored or more excited for the night of music: Corey Tut from NYC starts everything … 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
I am a little behind on saying so, but thanks friends for coming to see us on NYE at Church. We had an awesome time and grabbed a few videos of the other great bands we played with. Thought you … Read More
Royal Rocking New Years Eve!!11 PM – The Upper Crust10 PM – The Gentlemen9 PM – The Motion Sick For the third year in a row Boston Rock Royalty returns TO CHURCH!! Tickets are $20 Advance and $25 Day Of … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Eddie Japan are releasing their brand-new EP, Four By Six (four songs by six men) this Thursday, December 10th at Church of Boston. The EP is 60s pop that reminds me … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). I have a back-log of live videos to share. November 6th was an awesome, if eclectic night of music at Church of Boston. You can read all about it in the … Read More
Church of BostonFRIDAY, November 6th with:Shoney Lamar and the Equal RightsMRS DANVERSJustin Shorey
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Power-poppers featuring two female vocalists (and one Jim Collins) The Vivs are releasing their debut album Mouth to Mouth at Church on Friday, September 25th. Details:Church of BostonFriday, Sept. 25thThe Viv’s … Read More
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). Friends, just another reminder that “What’s Your Major?” – our wacky 2-day music and comedy festival at Church of Boston is happening tonight and tomorrow. We’ve already told you all about … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Church of Boston is having a benefit for Nick Blakey (plays in The In Out and former Church booker) this Sunday 09/06/09. Info on Nick’s medical situation is on Jim Sullivan … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Electro-booty shakers Lovewhip are releasing a single (limited ed. to only 50 copies!) this Friday at Church. Apple Betty, a personal favorite of mine are also rocking out this bill. Go … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Friday, July 10th at Church of Boston was a night of awesome bands, all of whom are recommended. James over at playground Boston wrote up a review of the night, check … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Bunny’s A Swine (from Northampton, MA) are playing Church Tuesday, July 14th. They play neat, minimalistic (the guitar player only has 3 strings) grunge-twee (work with me here). They actually remind … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Friday, July 10thChurch of Boston 12:00 Jesus and the Argonauts11:10 Muy Cansado10:20 The Motion Sick9:30 St. Helena8:40 Kingsley Flood Facebook event. This is one of those rare bills where the bands … Read More
Here is Matt G.’s fine flyer for this dice-based ordered event:Full Size Flyer at: http://www.themotionsick.com/themotionsick/flyers/2009-07-10-ChurchFlyer.jpg Church 69 Kilmarnock Street Boston, MA 02215 12:00 Jesus and the Argonauts 11:10 Muy Cansado 10:20 The Motion Sick9:30 St.Helena8:40 Kingsley Flood 21+ Facebook Event
It’s true. It’s starting to get a little sketchy. Ever since the order for our July 10th show was selected using dice, I have been on the edge of losing it. All I can do is make Dungeons and Dragons … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). There is a thunderous, monstrous show happening this very Saturday at Church. Details: 05/16/09, 21+ Church (69 Kilmarnock Street, Boston, MA 02215) 11:30 – Richard Lloyd & The Sufimonkey Trio – Featuring … Read More
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). (Drew from The New Alibis) There are a bunch of great shows tonight. I can’t go to any of them. Ugh. Mastodon is playing tonight at the House Of Blues with … Read More
Live Photos from Friday’s show: http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/livephotos-09-03-06.html
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The Motion Sick give us their motivation for making the trip to Austin for SXSW. Give them a good send-off tonight (3.6.9) at Church of Boston – they are headlining a … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Legend has it that the line-up for this night came to Boston rock photographer, Just Bill, in a dream; and somehow manifested itself into reality. Which is good for everyone, as … Read More
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). BIKINIRADIO is making its live debut at Church on Feb. 16. The band is a new branch of the Cult of Point Break Society’s Television Tribute shows that we wrote about … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). I am sad to report that after ten years of bringing the rock, Rock City Crimewave are playing thier last show. Through pure negligence on my part, I only caught a … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Marsman (Record Purveyor Extraordinaire) presents: Glam Rockers, Gene Dante and The Future Starlets CD Release Party at Church, Feb. 5th. And the rest of the bill ain’t too shabby:11:00 John Powhida … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The IPO, or the International Pop Overthrow if you have a thing for wordy-ness is coming to Church this week. Church is an awesome place to see shows, and if you … Read More
For the finale of my 3-day tribute to Television, I was able to see Richard Lloyd at CHURCH where he is currently on the road supporting his current record The Radiant Monkey under the moniker of: RICHARD LLOYD & THE … Read More
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This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). Last night, I had the pleasure of seeing for The Cult of Point Break Society’s performance of Television’s “Marquee Moon” (and assorted related tunes). It was pretty friggin’ awesome! I liked … Read More
Last night, we had the pleasure of opening for The Cult of Point Break Society’s performance of Television’s “Marquee Moon” (and assorted related tunes). It was pretty friggin’ awesome! I liked a lot of the performances much better than I … Read More
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The Motion Sick will be opening this awesome charity show on November 6th at Church. The Cult of Point Break Society, an all-star charity band, will be performing Television’s “Marquee Moon” and assorted related tunes. Matt and Travis from The … Read More
It’s ‘Stache Wednesday, which means that The Motion Sick will be rocking out at Church (rock club) in Boston and we’ll be sporting fuzzy-faces (did we mention FREE!!!).The theme song for the night (and perhaps the silliest of our themes … Read More
Link “Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling, “First We Take Manhattan” Although they’re not part of the Stashe Wednesday line-up themselves, DNFMOMD are a Motion Sick offshoot worth keeping an eye on — especially if you have a predilection … Read More
Splash Wednesday, our first residency show is tonight at Church! The theme song for tonight’s show, “Surfin’ Retiree” is here too! Download the mp3orListen/Download on Myspace Show is Free!!!9 – The Lights Out10 – The Motion Sick11 – Me and … Read More
So The Motion Sick are doing a series of themed shows for their August residency at Church. I will be debuting my new project, Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, on the second night (Arthur Ashe Wednesday), August 13th. … Read More
Our close pals in Electric Laser People, who will be joining us for The Flash Wednesday as part of our August residency to rock out about Superheroes were robbed this weekend of some important gear. We’re always greatly saddened when … Read More
A giant, giant thanks goes out to all of you who helped make our 100th show at The Middle East Upstairs a blast! We had an awesome capacity turnout, excellent crowd participation (possibly the best 30 lives dancing yet!), and … Read More