I thought Protokoll was gonna be the next big band out of Boston a couple years ago. They played with a ton of energy and wrote great songs. One of my favorites is this song Moving Forward. It never fails to pump me up.
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This show is trying to document the best music in and around Boston one band at a time. We also like to talk to different people in and around the scene focusing on our favorite topic, music!
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About Us: Ted and Colin are music nerds. We pretend to be cool but as far as I can tell, we haven't fooled anybody.
~ Friday, July 23 ~
~ Thursday, July 15 ~
My favorite Boston band ever is Morphine. They exude levels of cool rarely reached by mere mortals. More bands should follow in the footsteps of Morphine but I guess its hard to copy Mark Sandmans’ badassness.
~ Thursday, July 8 ~
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Bridges And Squares 07 - Night Fruit
Wait a second, this is almost a quick turn-around from the last show. Wow! On episode 7 we have great band that is fairly new Night Fruit. They emerged from another Boston band Hot Box. To me, their sound is made up of the guitar lines from Built To Spill, Phil Collins style drumming, but with Sleater-Kinney style vocals. If that description blows your mind, wait till ya hear the music. Along with Night Fruit, we chat about Indian Funk music and whether it is annoying that Ted is seeking it out. Finally, we have an in depth discussion with Night Fruit about the intricacies of the music between sets at rock shows.
This show is so good that people are clambering for Bridges And Squares to take on Tom Menino in the next mayoral election. Each episode is like your personal erotic journey from Milan to Minsk.
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Go See Night Fruit at one of these shows:
July 23 2010 - House of Blues (Front Room) - Boston, MA
July 24 2010 - Don Pedros - Brooklyn, NY
July 28 2010 - Wrench In The Works - Willimantic, CT
July 31 2010 - Kennedy Plaza - Providence, RI
Augist 1 2010 - Middle East Upstairs - Cambridge, MA
August 7 2010 - Precinct - Somerville, MA
~ Sunday, June 20 ~
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Episode 6 - Deep Cuts Volume One!
“What? I thought we got rid of them for good,” Some Guy.
That’s right folks Bridges And Squares is back again with Deep Cuts, Volume One. We’ve compiled a few tracks that we recorded that didn’t make it on the air for previous shows and decided to pack ‘em all together! Plus, we have a couple songs from my band, The Exchange Rate, and a song from our upcoming episode with, Night Fruit.
The show also features our previous guests, Abram Taber, The Freeways, and A Bit Much. You have to see these bands live! The Freeways are releasing their new album on July 7th at the Middle East. The show features a great lineup (Streight Angular, Sinbusters, Red Quiet, Radio Control) so try to check it out! A Bit Much is active all over New England in June and July. Abram Has a show on Saturday (June 26th) at Friendly Square before venturing to parts unknown on a US Tour.
We should be posting shows more regularly beginning with Night Fruit, so please keep listening. Email us at bridgesandsquares@gmail.com if you want to come on the show as a guest or guest host! Thanks!
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June 26 @ Friendly Square (Tour Kick-Off) - Medford, MA
June 27 @ Radio Bean - Burlington, VT
June 28 @ FYC - Worcester, MA
July 7 @ The Middle East Upstairs - Cambridge, MA (CD RELEASE!)
June 29 @ Precinct - Somerville, MA
July 30 @ Feast of The Blessed Sacrament - New Bedford, MA
July 23 @ The House Of Blues (Front Room) - Boston, MA
~ Thursday, April 29 ~
Episode 5 - Ladderlegs
We made it! It’s here! You’re all excited right? Why can’t I hear anyone? For this episode, we have one of the bands I am most excited about in Boston right now, Ladderlegs! Be prepared to have your ears kicked in by their super quick set. We suffered in a stuffy, sweaty attic to record them but they played great music that night. We would have let them stretch it out but their neighbors would not have appreciated that so we had to cut it short. Boo!
We also have Al from Streight Angular on the show. They are up for Best New Act in the Boston Phoenix Best Music Pole (Vote for them here. Vote for them in this other contest here). Al lays out the bands candidacy on the show. If your not convinced to vote for them after hearing his political platform, listen to their awesome new song, Modern Age Blues 4 Happy Version and thank me later.
There are some technical problems on this one. I’m pretending that they were done on purpose for artistic purposes. Check out these bands! They put on great shows!
Go see Ladderlegs here:
May 6 2010 10:00P Tavern at the End of the World Charlestown, Massachusetts
May 13 2010 10:00P Tavern at the End of the World Charlestown, Massachusetts
May 20 2010 8:00P The Dewey House with Hermit Thrushes Bennington, Vermont
May 22 2010 8:00P Wallingford Mansion with Hermit Thrushes and Acid Wound Brighton, Massachusetts
May 23 2010 6:00P 119 Gallery w/ Viva Viva, Malaikat Dan Singa, Hermit Thrushes, Big Kitty and Avi Jacobs Lowell, Massachusetts
Go see Streight Angular here:
May 3 2010 8:00P Great Scott - “Nomination Party” 18+ Allston
May 14 2010 8:00P House of Blues 02116, Massachusetts
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~ Monday, April 26 ~
Where Have We Been?
Hey everyone. Its been a little quiet here at Bridges & Squares headquarters. We’ve had a little life interfering with podcast action lately but don’t worry, episode number five is almost done being edited. It features an insanely badass performance by Ladderlegs and a Streight Angular exclusive. BTW, keep voting for them in the WFNX Best Music Pole! Stay Tuned!
~ Tuesday, April 6 ~
Streight Angular is nominated in the Pheonix best music pole
Is it a coincidence that our first guest, Streight Angular, was nominated for Best New Act in the Boston Phoenix best music pole shortly after they were guests on our podcast? Well it probably is a coincidence but who cares, we were early adopters to the Streight Angular musical movement. Listen to our first episode with them here. The played some great music for us and give a good interview as well.
Get ready to vote early and often for them. I’ll send out a voting link when it comes online.
PS Check out Al from Streight Angular’s Polk Records blog. It is always a good read about music and philosophy.
~ Friday, April 2 ~
Next up Ladderlegs!
Our next guest is lined up (I think). We should be recording Ladderlegs next week. They have one of the more original sounds in Boston right now. They just put out a new album, so it will be great to hear some tracks from it.
On Wednesday we got to see one of our favorite local bands Girlfriends. They got to open for two great indie rock bands, Love Is All and Japandroids. They overcame some early technical difficulties and played a set on par with a couple of great national bands. We talked to them after the set and they seem interested on coming on the show as well. So check them out, they play a fun show.
