Bridges And Squares 08 - Alchemilla

Alchemilla is one of the hottest bands in Boston.  Since they dropped their new album, Chasing Ghosts, they can’t stop getting played on the radio.  Their music combines well-crafted hard-rock with Kat Burke’s soaring vocals.  Good singers are few and far between these days so it is nice to hear a truly talented singer like Kat.  Plus, their music is tight.  These guys come ready to perform and always blow people away at their shows.  On our show, the well traveled band tells us about the best and worst clubs they have played in Boston.  They also let us in on how they got their songs on the Rock Band network.  They are currently writing and recording new music in their hidden lair but they should playing shows again in the near future.  Check them out on one of a hundred Internet locations, they are always up to something cool.  Support these guys and buy their album Chasing Ghosts!

Download the show here.

Alchemilla can be found at:

http://alchemilla.us/

http://www.facebook.com/AlchemillaBand

http://twitter.com/AlchemillaBand

http://www.myspace.com/alchemilla

Full Disclosure:  We screwed up recording their bass.  We thought we recored everything fine but somehow lost their bass track.  We managed to isolate the bass from one of our overhead mics and it sounds pretty good but it would have sounded better if we didn’t screw it up recording the bass in the first place.

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.

Download the show here!

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

Then engines are revving up.

We recorded A Bit Much on Thursday.  I finished mixing it Sunday.  Let me tell ya, this set by A Bit Much is molten hot stuff.  The seem to cover multiple genres of rock in each song.  There are many echoes of classic rock’s past, whether it be Brian May’s guitar, Ray Manzarek’s keys, or many others.  Now that the music is mixed, I should have the podcast up either tomorrow or Wednesday.  Stay tuned bitches!

Woah, we have friends on facebook all of a sudden…

Hey everyone,

Thanks for supporting local music.  Episode number three should be out real soon.  I’ll tease that shit now, the music sounds great.  We’re going to front-load the music a little more on this one because that is what this show is about right?  Don’t worry fans of Meg, she’ll still be cranky but after Abram plays a few songs first.  Our ‘interview’ with Abram at the Tavern At The End Of The World sounds good too besides all of ass kissing Colin and I managed to do.  We got to work on that…  So get ready, I’ve spotted the landing.

Ted

P.S. Another good local music podcast/ radio show just got on facebook as well Pipeline!  They’ve been at this longer then we have so be fans of them too.