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

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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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.

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!

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!