Posts Tagged ‘Punk’
Wretched Hive – “Nothing New”
Wretched Hive – “Nothing New” I’m Samm Gunn. I’m a private eye, a private investigator. You know, I hope you don’t think I investigate people’s privates for a living. That’s only what I do as a hobby, in my spare time [Read More]
Jerry Lehane – “Jerry Lehane”
Jerry Lehane – “Jerry Lehane” This recording is put out by a local label, Rum Bar Records, who I wish to commend on releasing some great music. Though somewhat focused on Boston’s original punk scene, they’re also keeping the spirit [Read More]
Baabes – “Three Last Releases”
Baabes – “Three Last Releases” Baabes are not a punk band. Baabes are not a garage band. Baabes are not a proto-punk band. Nor are they a rock’n’roll or glam band either. But let me rephrase this, let me think this over, once more over [Read More]
Hagglers – “Ep”
Hagglers – “Ep” I’ve been drinkin’, I mean, thinkin’- I know, I know. That’s something you wouldn’t normally expect of me- I believe that punk is rock’n’roll and not so much in that classic rock, dinosaur [Read More]
The Jacklights – “Drift”
The Jacklights – “Drift” There’s a phrase I’ve known all my life that goes, “Wearing your heart on your sleeve.” I don’t know if this is one of the many phrases I assume are still in circulation but are, in fact, [Read More]
Grip Bite – “Demos 2020”
Grip Bite – “Demos 2020” I’ve known Crazy Jay Genoa, the vocalist for Grip Bite, shortly after TNB started, which would be ten years ago. His band was Red Line Rebels, was one of our favorite bands back then. And Andy and I knew them as a [Read More]
The McGunks – “Going Out Early”
The McGunks – “Going Out Early” I was so engrossed with the local Boston punk scene, along with Andy Bang, in the late seventies and throughout the eighties, but then- We had both lost touch with it in the nineties. Marriages, relationships, careers [Read More]
Kids In The Hall Volume 1 – Die Hipster! Records
Kids In The Hall Volume 1 – Die Hipster! Records Die Hipster! Records is a new, or at least, new to me record company. They describe themselves as a “short run label out of New Haven, Connecticut concentrating on garage and punk bands.” I must [Read More]
Marko Bruiser – “Forever Rad”
Marko Bruiser – “Forever Rad” Indi rock can be so lame, so aggressive and noncommittal. So- “Hey, we can be ironic so it looks like we don’t mean it.” Classic rock can be pretty dumb. “Yeah, let’s rock on- as long as we [Read More]
Benefit For Bueno
Benefit For Bueno: friends playing songs for a friend (A benefit to support Will Good) People who know me know I never shake hands. It comes from working almost two decades at the front desk of a Boston YMCA where all the young, black men had such interesting [Read More]
