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
June 3rd was the final Ad Frank & The Fast Easy Women show – I got 8 videos of them! below is the playlist. I also got video from Count Zero and MEandJOANCOLLINS (links go to videos). The next night … Read More
Okay, so I’ve been really bad at updating this since getting back from the Neutral Uke Hotel/Golden Bloom/The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library tour at the end of April. Right when we got back, Do Not Forsake Me Oh My … Read More
This one is going to be short and sweet since I just want to get these videos posted! Every single band in the Rumble semi-finals was total awesomeness! From Semi-Finals Night 1: Spirit Kid – video 1, video 2Sidewalk Driver … Read More
Last night was the final night of preliminaries of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble! Cradle to the Grave began the night with the most rocking fiddle of the week! AND they all wore matching western shirts. Video 1, Video 2. The … Read More
So, Night 5, my band Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling got to go to bat at this “competition” (while there is a “winner” every night – the real excitement of this is seeing new bands, seeing everyone play … Read More
Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble Night 4 was the most raucus yet! Tons of people and the single-craziest set I’ve seen so far! It was my first time seeing TRiPLE THiCK and I thought they were awesome – though I have a big soft … Read More
Holy cow are we ready for the day of rest! Night 3 of the Rumble was just as rocking as the previous two! Things started up with The Autumn Hollow Band (whose singer played barefoot – an offense that always … Read More
It’s only Night 2 and this Rumble is kicking my butt…with so much awesome! Full Body Anchor started the ROCK right at 9 Video. Tijuana Sweetheart then charmed TT’s with their all-girl punk rock – Video 1, Video 2. A … 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
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble is back and in a big way! There has been some great press leading up to the start:The Boston Phoenix (with a lot of trash talk from Michael J. Epstein’s Mustache)The Weekly Dig FlipbookThe Boston … Read More
This post is a little outside of my intended use of “Sophia’s Rock Beat” but I thought it was the best place to discuss all of my thoughts on SXSW in general. Here is the link to the post where … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat is where I blog video of local Boston bands that I saw the week before. (previous Rock Beats). This week is a bit of a departure because I’m going to include video of all the bands we … Read More
videoing Boston one show at a time. Sophia’s Rock Beat – the mission is simple – go to as many shows around Boston as possible and take video then post it here. Previous Rock Beats are here! Another slim rock … Read More
This week’s edition of Rock Beat is, sadly, very slim. Sophia’s Rock Beat happens every Monday and is a repository for all of the video of local Boston bands I saw the week before. Previous Rock Beats are here. This … Read More
As always, you can find other weeks of The Beat here. This week started out with Boston Band Crush’s One Night Band night at the Enormous Room. The ladies from my One Night Band from last Summer (10 Hours of … Read More
In case you missed it – this is the column (this is the third installment!) where I talk about all of the shows I saw the week before and post video. You can read the previous two by clicking right … 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
The situation is that Michael and I go out A LOT to see our fellow local rockers, well, rock out. And, because we’re awkward and we need to be doing SOMETHING with our hands while being rocked we take a … Read More