Playlist + January 30, 2022
New music from Paper Tigers, Gretchen & the Middle Eight, Donaher, Darksoft, Blindspot, Jean Paul Jean Paul, Jim Healey, Parts Per Million, Blood Lightning, Duck & Cover + Songs of the Week
Boston Emissions with Anngelle Wood
The Rock of Boston and New England
Sundays at 3 on Uncertain FM + Mondays at 4 on Bumblebee Radio (and again on Weds)
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Songs of the Week
1] No/Nations – Queso
2] The Freqs – Goddamn
3] Little Fuss – Dear Aria
4] Adi Sun – Twin Flame
+ Show: 3/20 Adi Sun, Little Fuss, Bird Language at The Rockwell, Davis Square, Somerville
5] Aaron and The Lord – Garden of Eden
Playlist
Paper Tigers – Goldmine
+ Show: 2/26 at The Jungle, Somerville with Motel Black, Paper Tigers
Gretchen and the Middle Eight – Sleepwalking
Donaher – Fixer Upper
-from new EP, Gravity and the Stars Above, out 2/2
+ Shows
2/11 Stone Church, Newmarket, NH with the Graniteers and special guests
2/18 Shaskeen, Manchester NH with Colleen Green and Monica Grasso
2/26 Thirsty First, Lowell with the Graniteers and Dank Sinatra
Darksoft – Shad0w
-originally from Seattle, now based in Portland, Maine
Blindspot – All I Had To Give
-2021 version
Jean Paul Jean Paul – Gemini
-EP out 2/2
The Appreciation Post – The Stroke, 2012
-best cover!
RiP to the band.
Mighty Mighty Bosstones – I Hope I Never Lose My Wallet, from Devil’s Night Out, 1989 debut recorded at Fort Apache in Cambridge
Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Detroit Rock City, from Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved, 1994
Mighty Mighty Bosstones – I Want My City Back, from A Jackknife To A Swan, 2002
The band formed in 1983, toured the world, were staples on Boston radio airwaves, and found international success with the release of 1997’s Let’s Face It; driven by their hit, The Impression That I Get” when it reached the top of the Modern Rock charts, the record sold over 1 million copies. The band took a hiatus in 2003 and regrouped 4 years later. Their annual Hometown Throwdown (last happened in 2019 at House of Blues in Boston) was a celebrated holiday happening that usually fell the week between Christmas and New Year’s in Boston.
Tanya Donelly – Heart of Gold, a beautiful cover of Neil Young’s song not on Spotify
Henley Row Allstars – Never Met A King
Jim Healey – Flashes
-from his latest solo EP, Nodo
Mutoid Man – Bandages from War Moans
-one of Steve Brodsky’s bands – in addition to Cave In, Old Man Gloom,
Also features Ben from Converge on drums, Jeff from High On Fire now on bass now
Parts Per Million – Placebo
New video (contains graphic images: gun violence, suicide):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNM0Wwft6L4
Tijuana Sweetheart – Always On My Mind
-reunion show with Razors In The Night pushed to May with
Duck & Cover – Memento Mori
-new EP, Attention Economy, on State Line Records
Blood Lightning – The Dying Starts
It’s very solidly 80s; first single from the new band featuring members of Black Thai, Gozu, Worshipper, Sam Black Church plus all the other bands those guys have been in
Worshipper – High Above The Clouds
-Happy Birthday, Mike Oliver – devout rock soldier, fan and friend, who passed away in December
STL GLD – MSK
Wax On! – Congratulations! (So How Is That Band At the Glitterbox?)
Scissorfight – Lick and A Promise
–Right in the Nuts (A Tribute to Aerosmith) on Small Stone, 2000
Scruffy the Cat – You Dirty Rat
-In loving memory of Randall Lee Gibson IV who passed away this week, no cause was made public.
-The celebrated Boston band known for being on the forefront of the Alt-Country sound – sometimes called Cow-Punk – STC was
Charlie Chesterman – guitar, harmonica, vocals
Stephen Fredette – lead guitar, vocals
Mac Stanfield – bass
Randall Lee Gibson IV – drums
Stona Fitch – electric banjo, mandolin, accordian, keyboards (1984-87)
Burns Stanfield – keyboards (1987-90)
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