Licks And A Promise

06/12/2022

Check this out! A live video of a new song by Boston's Concilium recorded at Dusk in Providence by our admin and a couple of other dudes we know and edited together very nicely by one of them.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx5lFHSddeU

Concilium performing a new song from their upcoming album at Dusk in Providence, RI on August 26th, 2022.Video footage: Dr. Jeremy J. Swist, Vinaya Saksena, ...

03/11/2022

Check this out! New comp of doom and stoner metal stuff from this part of the US. Includes Dust Prophet Coma Hole Faces of Bayon and a whole bunch of other names you might know if you're into that stuff... and a few you might not.

28/06/2022

Well, this is kind of a big deal. Beth Killian Music from How's About Charlie was on The Tonight Show! Check it out!

https://youtu.be/lc3nmVw5sNw

Jimmy gives two audience members a made-up song title, and they have an hour to come up with a song and perform it on the show.The Tonight Show Starring Jimm...

23/02/2022

DOES BOSTON NEED ANOTHER MEGA-MUSIC VENUE?

Hassler Meg McCarney asks the question that’s been on everyone’s mind lately:
wordsbymeg.net

‘Between AEG and Live Nation, the two companies can enter a city and absolutely steamroll a music scene if given the chance. Nick Blakey, former booking agent for Midway Café, affirmed: “Live Nation and Bowery don’t give a [expletive] about the local scene or independent venues. They’d like to be the only game in town, with their competition merely being each other. “‘

https://bostonhassle.com/does-boston-need-another-mega-music-venue/

03/09/2021

It's Bandcamp Friday! Support your favorite local artists on there all you can today, because the company is waiving it's fees for the day, and all proceeds go to the artists. On that note, here's something that just dropped on there that we've been looking forward to for awhile: the first single from the forthcoming debut EP by RI stoner doom duo Coma Hole . Check it out! And feel free let us know about any other good New England acts with stuff on Bandcamp in the comments.

https://comahole.bandcamp.com/track/old-climb

track by Coma Hole

16/08/2021

Ruin a local band's name by combining it with another band's name. I'll start: Toad The Wet Sprocket and the Stooligans

09/07/2021

In case you haven't seen it, Amanda Salemi Music & Fire of Consuelo's Revenge has a new song and music video out. And yeah, as you can see, she plays the part of death in it. It's pretty dark stuff, but also beautiful. Check it out!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JMzjEbrj4j4&feature=youtu.be

11/06/2021

Well... This is interesting news for the PVD scene!

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/10/metro/former-lupos-heartbreak-hotel-site-open-amaryllis-women-led-byob-eatery/?outputType=amp

Tracey DeFusco bartended at Lupo’s for years. Now she and her business partner will open a new restaurant in part of the concert hall’s old Westminster Street space.

07/06/2021

Heel-less Masai neck carve looking like a Cocobolo waterfall 😍

24/05/2021

Went to the Northeast Guitar Expo in Natick, MA the other day and saw some intriguing creations from a bunch of small guitar builders, many of them New England-based. Here's particularly wild example. (Yes, those are nails!) You can find a few more (not quite as extreme) on our Instagram.

28/02/2021

Happy birthday to Faces of Bayon guitarist/ vocalist Matt Smith! Here's some very raw but still pretty good footage of the band at RPM Fest back in 2016.

https://youtu.be/Gx9tJjIr73E

Recorded in Greenfield, Massachusetts on Saturday, August 27, 2016. Final song of the band's set. Sorry for the iffy camera work at some points!

20/02/2021

Some photos I found via FB Memories from five years ago today: I Was Awake Await Rescue and Protean Collective at the former TT The Bear's Place 1973-2015 during what was probably one of the last shows there. I believe this was also the night I met my awesome pal Morgan from Willeo Music who is one of the most fervent supporters of local music I know.

12/02/2021

A belated happy birthday (yesterday) to Benthic Realm bassist Maureen Murphy. Thought this would be as good a time as any to dig out this old video from a show at O'Brien's Pub in Allston, from current drummer Dan Blomquist's first show with the band.