Episode 11 - Battleships Cometh + Streight Angular

Well, we’ve been on an unofficial hiatus for a bit.   Unfortunately we did not let the two awesome bands we have on the show know this.  Until we get our act together, we are going to lie low.  I (Ted) am working on a new music project and I need to get that finished before I get the podcast rolling again.

Lets not focus on our total procrastination though.  Lets talk about The Battleships Cometh and Streight Angular!  Battleships rocks out a tight hard rock.  They don’t get fancy or pretentious on us.  All they do is blow faces off with fun energetic songs!  Streight Angular keeps reinventing itself in new ways.  When I first hear them they were punky in a Beat Happening kind of way.  Now they play loud hard rock you can dance two.  If I never produce another show, these are two great bands to leave off on.  

Thanks to the bands again.  We recorded them forever ago.  They put up with our shit and I thank them for that.  Go see them!  They are great.  Boston bands are killing it as usual.  We win!

The Battleships Cometh!
Streight Angular!
The Battleships Cometh!
Streight Angular!
The Battleships Cometh!
Streight Angular!
The Battleships Cometh!
Streight Angular!
The Battleships Cometh!
Streight Angular!
The Battleships Cometh!
Streight Angular!

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Its All About The Community

Hey all,

You may ask yourself, or maybe you don’t give a shit, who else is speaking the gospel of Boston Rock?  How about the Gospel according to Boston Band Crush.  Want to know a good local show to go to?  Their site is a good place to start.  Like unicorns with your punk rock?  Once again, they will satisfy these needs.

You might say, “Boston Band Crush is awesome, but I also would like triangulate the vectors representing Boston’s music scene, Kurt Cobain’s death at age 27, and the release of Tron 2?”  Well my friend, your very specific request will be fulfiled by the very entertaining Polk Record Information Blog.

We are all about the cool voices in this city.

Don’t be afraid to take a dip in the pool, the waters fine.

Abraham Was Originally Named Abram (Taber?) In The Bible.

Number three is here to stay punks!  We stopped by the Friendly Square to record loopmaster Abram Taber.  The recording was so good that we decided to play the music before Meg, Colin, and I blab on about bands reuniting.  Meg lays the smack down, if you retire, you should stay retired.  Meanwhile, we had a chat with Abram at the Tavern At the End Of The World.  He gave us a little music history and a ton of bands in the city we should look out for.  Al Polk makes a surprise appearance at the end of our conversation.  Check it, we are on fiyah!  Tell your friends too.  We should all experience this together.

Abram’s Web Site http://www.reallybadreverb.com/

Set List: Six, Stay Warm, Beacon, Forget Me Naught

NOTE.  We understand, the podcast is long but who said you have to listen to every part of it!

NOTE2.  Abram’s stuff gets loud so watch your ears if you’re listening on earphones.  Maybe I should have mixed it better.  Screw it, just turn down your IPod.

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PS EFFING TYPOS!

Bridges and Squares is Ali!

Our competitors will tumble like the Rumble in the Jungle.  We don’t talk no jive, Pitchfork Media will go down in five.  We don’t fear no hex, we play much better music then WFNX. Ladies bring your Kleenex, when we wipe the floor with the Boston Phoenix. We must be the greatest!

Riding On Down The Freeways

And they thought podcast two would never get done.  The Freeways are on!  They presented us with a paired down version of the band with Karen on guitar and Frank playing the Fender Rhodes.  Their music shimmers and the scaled back version of the band really shows off Karen’s voice.  You will not be disappointed by their performance.  They have a new album coming out soon, so keep an eye out.  We’ll let ya know too.  Meanwhile, Meg, Colin and I talk about the pros and cons of live shows.  Live shows are great, but there are annoying parts of them.  There was originally more positive things that we meant to bring up but Colin’s mic decided to bug out so we had to edit a lot of the shit out.  Oh well.  Enjoy the show!

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P.S.  Thanks to Frank from The Freeways for helping me mix their recording.

We come Streight and Correct.

Streight Angular is our first guest.  What a way to get things going.  Colin, Meg, and I talk about what bands we were the last to jump on the bandwagon for.  Then we chat with Streight Angular and listen to their awesome music.  Please excuse the sound.  Its way to compressed at times.  We’ll have time to work things out soon enough.  Please go see Streight Angular and thank me later for enlightening you.

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