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 [...]
>> Remember earlier this spring when we reviewed the DVD "Dinosaur Jr. Bug Live at 9:30 Club, In The Hands Of The Fans?" Well, it happened; here's the link . But in case you were having trouble getting that DVD to play on your turntable, new label Outer Battery, which also released the album from the old J Mascis side-project Heavy Blanket , is releasing July 10 the audio of the show on limited edition vinyl under the title Bug: Live . 200 copies of the record are being pressed to purple vinyl, and pre-orders [...]
If there is an LVMH of Boston indie rock, then surely it is Midriff Records. The venerable label, home to indie rock luminaries including The Beatings , Age Rings and Greg Lyon , celebrates this year its 10th anniversary with a number of events, including a monthly residency at Somerville's Radio that begins tomorrow. The inaugural evening features Eldridge Rodriguez , the aforementioned Mr. Lyon and new signees Lucky Dragon and M.G. Lederman onstage upstairs, while magician and escape artist Eric Robitaille will do his thing downstairs at Moe's [...]
We made the coctails strong, we got the fire on... So let us be the latest to add our voice to the chorus of approval for Eldridge Rodriguez 's jaunty holiday EP, Christmas On The Allston-Brighton Line . The three-song set -- the first in an annual series envisioned by the Boston-based feel-bad-pop luminary -- is as singular and as exciting as The Waitresses ' "Christmas Wrapping," and as beautifully somber and evocative as Ted Pauly's "Christmas Eve, Molly Pitcher." Christmas On The Allston-Brighton [...]
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A quick one, Boston-style, before I head up north for the weekend... I became a bonafide Night Fruit fan about 1 minute into a crowded Allston basement show back in January (RIP live music @ Wadzilla ), which is how long it took to decide I'd be sticking around for the trio's entire set. And within a few minutes of getting home that night, despite severe sleepiness, I was online searching for recordings, discovering their [...]
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 [...]
The Beatings , live at Foundry 24, Charlestown, Massachusetts.
So, I know this guy. His name is Joe. He is pretty damn awesome. He is attractive, smart and funny but there is one thing that really REALLY annoys me about him- he knows music. This guy lives for it. Breathes it. I swear he eats sheet music for breakfast. That is not the issue though. The issue is he seems to know every band that has ever existed and when I don't know the band he knows, can't play at least three of their songs, can't recite every lyric of their third song on their second EP it is [...]
Thursday night at PA's in Somerville, Mass., three of Boston's best -- we're fudging New York/New Jersey-based Get Help 's geographical bona fides here on purpose because of history, man -- brought their A game for an evening packed cheek to jowl with rock that howled. Beatings co-fronter Eldridge Rodriguez stuck the landing on a gripping and occasionally curious set that drew heavily from his superlative 2011 solo long-player You Are Released . The collection grafts onto Rodriquez 's characteristically intense guitar shouters electronic beats and samples, and it was interesting to [...]
You might think I'm spotlighting a singer with a vaguely Spanish-Mexican name just cuz it's Cinco de Mayo. No, I'm not. Eldridge Rodriguez , the nom du rock for Cameron Keiber, frontman of Boston-NYC behemoth band The Beatings , has released a new CD called "You Are Released" (Midriff Records). The label writes: "Like the previous releases, 'You Are Released' continues his tradition of deconstructionist pop, this time around relying heavily on beats, loops, post-punk arrangements and noisy orchestration." The opener [...]
Midriff Records will release next month the sophomore set from this, the other Beatings side project, Get Help . Fast on the heels of Beatings ying Eldridge Rodriguez ' recent solo effort You Are Released , Beatings yang Tony Skalicky (along with compadres including Mike Ingenthron) readies The Good Green Earth for delivery to the masses May 10. The 11-song set is a wholly satisfying amalgamation of all your favorite fruit. "A Brittle World" piggybacks on a melody from Pixies ' timeless and delightful "La La Love You;" [...]
With the inimitable Soccermom , who are planning a release of their own sure to knock socks. Midriff Records issues Eldridge Rodriguez ' You Are Released tomorrow. Buy it here .
Boston noise-rock stalwart Eldridge Rodriguez ' fourth solo effort, separate and apart from his work with local titans The Beatings . This full-length was written during and around the sessions for The Beatings ' superlative 2009 effort Late Season Kids , and as such You Are Released evidences what seems to have been an incredibly fertile songwriting period for Mr. Rodriguez. But while his songs on Late Season Kids sound contemporary, there is something in the production on You Are Released 's more aggressive numbers that imbues the guitar [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Antonian : "Into the Night" [mp3] from Antonian (out March 15th) search for more Antonian posts at Largehearted Boy The Ash Lovelies : "Flirting with Disaster" [mp3] from Ode to Arlington [...]
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 42 with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by Agent Orange, Cut Copy, The Strokes, Family Of The Year, Eldridge Rodriguez, Ethan Gold, Lullwater, Shotgun Jimmie and more! So much more! DATE: 02-10-11 WRITER: Don Loder Hey - how ya keepin' junkie? I'm doin' great, I am. It's a good day an' ya know what? It's even betta 'cause I got a buncha bran' new stuff for ya ta sample! 'At's right I'm walkin' at full stride [...]
PREMIERE SINGLE New Album in March Eldridge Rodriguez (The Beatings) has a New Record Eldridge Rodriguez - Miss Me When I'm Gone (feat. Sarah Borges) About a Year has passed since Midriff's single most productive [...]
Less Than One Week Away, RSL Presents our 2nd Big Show of 2009.... poster layout and design by Daley GREAT SCOTT in ALLSTON Wednesday May 13th - 9pm 4 Amazing Bands - Just $10 Easily the Best Rock Show in Town!!! Event Link: Facebook [...]
MUST SEE STUFF - This Week: stellar poster art by Thomas Gallo! This one features Boston's STATIC OF THE GODS. Right now, SOTG is the city's best live show. The band is embarking on their national tour this week... A whole lot of people are going to find out just how special this group is. Static of the Gods is Jen Johnson, vocals and guitar, Mike Latulippe on drums, and Ben Voskeritchian on bass [...]
Beatings frontman Eldridge Rodriguez (ER) will enlighten tonight. Rodriguez will be appearing on stage backed by J Canava, Dan Parlin and L. Tiburon. Openers are Pray for Polanski & an acoustic Josh English (Six Going On Seven)! HARPER'S FERRY is where you should be tonight. 8pm doors, 18+ - $7 SHOCKING: E.R. is GUILTY Creative, Fiery and Deep. The city's Dark Beating Heart. [...]
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