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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Bridges And Squares 10 - Quilt

Bridges & Squares is killing it in ‘11.  We took our baby steps in 2010 and now we are graduating toddler school.  What a better way to start off a new run of episodes than with Quilt.  When we started the show last year, Quilt was always one of the bands we wanted to have on as guests.  Thankfully, they found the time for us in January.  We recorded them at Great Scott, for our first recording at a club.  They combine great harmonies with hypnotic minimal music.  It is the type of music you can listen to again and again and discover new sounds and nuances you did not hear previously.  Their show was great and they even rocked and off-stage sound manipulator, a la Mission of Burma.  The whole bill was great.  It was put together by the Pelly Twins, a pair of sisters with great tastes in music. Right now, Quilt are killing down in Austin, TX but make sure to check them now out next time they are in Boston.  Check out their website to see what they are up to.

Also on the show, Ted, Colin, And Meghan talk about music and why Libya would be a much more interesting conflict if we called it Labia instead.

Thanks again to Great Scott, specifically, Chris and Carl for being so accommodating.  And thanks to Quilt for being patient with us, the turn around time for producing this show was a bit slow.  Stay tuned for the next show with The Battleships Cometh and hopefully the return of Streight Angular after that.

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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.

I got Polked in the shoulder the other day…

Polk Records is Boston’s label.  Run with the cool kids and keep track of what they are up to at http://polkrecordsinformationblog.blogspot.com/

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.