You know who owns you for the front half of Memorial Day weekend -- and will be largely responsible for your inability to do anything the second half -- assuming you are unable to escape the gravitational pull of the greater Boston/Cambridge/Somerville triangle? No, not this guy . Radio in Somerville, that's who. Starting on Thursday (and we're assuming you are still banned for life from River Gods, because, you know, this ), the new-ish little club that could is just killing it with non-stop rock 'n roll. It all kicks off with an evening of [...]
>> Boston institution Midriff Records will release next week Age Rings ' AM/PM EP, a companion piece to last year's best-of-2011 long-player Black Honey . The EP is comprised of songs resected from the Boston-based indie rockers' original, two-disc version of the acclaimed long-player it issued to Kickstarter backers a year ago. Midriff's release of AM/PM is no surprise, as it had been the label's plan since releasing its one-disc iteration of Black Honey last November [ review ] to release the songs it had excised at a later date. [...]
We are exceedingly pleased to be presenting this Saturday alongside our friends at The Ash Gray Proclamation a sterling evening of rock and roll music. The bill, as the title of this post makes clear, features local heroes Hallelujah The Hills , Ted Billings of Age Rings , Richard Davies and The Blue Dress . The show is at PA's Lounge, and we are (briefly) coming out of our just-had-a-baby-show-going-hia tus to make the scene because, you know, we love rock and roll music. Hallelujah The [...]
And here we are at the end of 2011. If you had told us a year ago that the things which transpired this year were coming, we would not have believed you. While for much of the year, and much to our frustration, music had to take a back seat to real life, that only increased its importance to this writer. Cross-country flights soundtracked by Broken Shoulder . Getting up to speed mornings listening to Rival Schools . Quiet weekends with J Mascis , summer vacation with Algernon Cadwallader and The War On Drugs [...]
And here we are at the end of 2011. If you had told us a year ago that the things which transpired this year were coming, we would not have believed you. While for much of the year, and much to our frustration, music had to take a back seat to real life, that only increased its importance to this writer. Cross-country flights soundtracked by Broken Shoulder . Getting up to speed mornings listening to Rival Schools . Quiet weekends with J Mascis , summer vacation with Algernon Cadwallader and The War On Drugs [...]
Well, rock fans, it was a really strange year, one in which we personally and professionally -- and, yes, even to a certain extent here on the blog -- accomplished a great many big things. And all the ups and downs -- transcendent live sets on local stages, solitary post-midnight walks across frozen parking lots in the midwest -- had their soundtrack. Below are our picks for the 10 best songs of the year. These, as usual, are largely determined by our raw ITunes playcounts, although we also gave a little more weight to recent releases that would have been [...]
[* We accidentally deleted this post from late December; here it is in all of its glory once more. -- Ed.] Well, rock fans, it was a really strange year, one in which we personally and professionally -- and, yes, even to a certain extent here on the blog -- accomplished a great many big things. And all the ups and downs -- transcendent live sets on local stages, solitary post-midnight walks across frozen parking lots in the midwest -- had their soundtrack. Below are our picks for the 10 best songs of the year. These, [...]
New York! The monsters of Boston indie rock are coming for you: two bands, two boroughs, two nights. That would be Eldridge Rodriguez and Age Rings , neither of which include any members of Van Hagar, Saturday the 19th at Piano's in Manhattan, and Sunday the 20th at Public Assembly in Brooklyn. It's E.R. 's first New York show with a new line-up. That's tantamount to juggling flaming chainsaws! Maybe! And Age Rings just released one of the best records of the year . Full show details at the Facepalm invitilation page [...]
PICK: Album of the Month Someone You Should Know THE BEST NEW ALBUMS of 2011 - It was on my second listen of Age Rings ' Black Honey that I realize how lucid my [...]
So we're fewer than 24 hours away from the big show at this point. We've told you all about the Age Rings record already. Also on the bill is Guillermo Sexo , and we've already told you all about their record , too. You may not know that the band is just recently back from a tour, or that it had intended to -- as the flyer above suggests -- use tomorrow's show to launch a single from the recently released full-length Secret Wild . However, the single -- for Secret Wild [...]
What about when you lose control of the Adam of your labors? Most everything you read on the Internet about Age Rings fronter and songwriter Ted Billings references his affinity for the work of writer Bret Easton Ellis, but we can't stop thinking about Mary Shelley and her most famous protagonist. If you've not had the privilege of undergraduate instruction in English Literature, then perhaps you're unfamiliar with analysis of "Frankenstein" implicating what it means to create, the relationship between creator and creation, and the ramifications of the former losing control of the latter. Which is what happened [...]
We brought Boston band Pretty & Nice to our SXSW showcase at Victory Grill and have been awaiting their return to Austin for a proper show. We are in luck, because the band has a show lined up next week at Emo's on Thursday (4/30). We'll remind you about that next week, but for now, check out an interview with band member Jason Mendicino. It's quite insightful. Follow the jump for full interview with Jason from Pretty & Nice. ATH: You guys [...]
DOWNLOAD: Age Rings, Rock and Roll Is Dead [mp3] Used to be, when we wanted to hear an AGE RINGS number, we'd just wheel ourselves over to Will Spitz 's desk and poke him with an uncapped Sharpie until he acquiesced with an a cappella version of the song of our choosing. Last time, it took only three dots. Now he doesn't work here anymore, so we're forced to forgo the unique intimacy and high fidelity of his "indoor voice" live performances in favor of a digital [...]
FOLKY, NOT FOLKSY: Sarah Palin couldn't compete with the Dodos last Thursday. Even though the Dodos' show a week ago Thursday at the Museum of Fine Arts sold out, the San Franciscan duo were aware of a conflicting engagement. "Welcome to the 2008 Vice-Presidential Debates," singer Meric Long joked with ironic solemnity. The timing was all the two events had in common. Whereas Sarah Palin spewed folksy, confused verbiage, the Dodos (signed to Les Savy Fav's Frenchkiss Records last December) played endearingly folk -y music [...]
Oh, hello. Here's a list of songs I'm currently listening to overandoverandoverandover. Some are old, some are new, some aren't even officially "out" yet. Listen to them with a solid pair of headphones - not earbuds! Why not try the sparkling pair above? - they're better that way. Sort of like hot dogs are always better at baseball games, popcorn is always better at movies (even when it costs half your paycheck), and coffee is better... oh wait, coffee's always good. Listen away, friends: French Kicks, "Abandon" from [...]
I forget where I heard about this band, but I sure do like them. Here's two tracks from their 2006 release Look...The Dusk Is Growing. Age Rings - Everything'll Fall Apart Age Rings - Run
Die wundervolle Radiostation WOXY hatte sich für die Zeit des SXSW eine Lounge gemietet und die crème der anwesenden Bands zu entspannten Sessions und kurzen Interviews geladen: The Early Tapes, Pompeii, She, Sir, Peel, The Lemurs, Via Audio, The Little Ones, Sara Culler, Age Rings, 120 Days, Land Of Talk, Snowden, Winterpills, Calla, The Rumble Strips, Stelldichein . Eine Liste, die sich gut liest, und noch besser anhört. Hier nur ein Beispiel: MP3: 120 days / Session @ Woxy.com Technorati Tags: The Early Tapes [...]
Die wundervolle Radiostation WOXY hatte sich für die Zeit des SXSW eine Lounge gemietet und die crème der anwesenden Bands zu entspannten Sessions und kurzen Interviews geladen: The Early Tapes, Pompeii, She, Sir, Peel, The Lemurs, Via Audio, The Little Ones, Sara Culler, Age Rings, 120 Days, Land Of Talk, Snowden, Winterpills, Calla, The Rumble Strips, Stelldichein . Eine Liste, die sich gut liest, und noch besser anhört. Hier nur ein Beispiel: MP3: 120 days / Session @ Woxy.com Technorati Tags: The Early Tapes [...]
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