Are you ready for COLEPITZ to be back? Word from ROB KORHONEN (the former ROB EGBERT) is that he and RAY SUHEY (now also in the BALTIC SEA) will be reforming one of Portland's seminal hardcore bands -- the city was once abuzz with their signing to WONDERDRUG RECORDS -- and getting back on local stages. A gig November 28 at Great Scott in Allston is already booked, as is time with JONATHAN WYMAN to cut a four-song EP in December. Look for them to open, too, the LOST ON LIFTOFF CD-release show locally when it goes down in the late fall.
Hope you caught local bluegrass type and general multi-instrumentalist BOB HAMILTON recently -- he's moved to Holland for the next two years or so. Word is his girlfriend scored a job. Want to come along? Um, yeah.
If you're in Boston this weekend, check out the SMALL STONE RECORDS showcase at the Middle East on September 26. The Detroit label will be featuring locals Sun GODS IN EXILE, along with Boston bands like GOZU and ROADSAW, as well as LA's SASQUATCH, Virginia's THROTTLEROD, and New Jersey's SOLACE.
We hope you got your LEFTOVERS fix, too. They're now on tour through December 13 and will hit nine countries in the meantime.
And just in case people aren't paying attention, JERKS OF GRASS have a new permanent home for their Thursday-night gigs: GRITTY MCDUFF'S. Word is there was a bit of a bidding war -- kudos to Gritty's for seeing the investment opportunity.
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It’s possible I’m working backward from a bullshit conclusion, but I’m half-convinced the main topic of most arts-and-entertainment journalism isn’t actually arts or entertainment.
- Boo-ya!
Maybe it’s because dressing up as the economy would be kind of lame, but I’m haven’t heard Jack O’Shit in the way of truly scary costume ideas this year.
- Slideshow: Six Finger Satellite at Great Scott
Six Finger Satellite at the Great Scott
- Up and autumn!
Behold! The prime of the approaching fall local rock crop.
- Feel-good hits of summer
Life is unabashedly beautiful for Wheat founders (and Taunton natives) Brendan Harney and Scott Levesque. That sentiment echoes throughout their latest release, White Ink, Black Ink (The Rebel Group) — which is surprising considering their track record with major and indie labels over their dozen years in the business.
- Gloom merchants
It would’ve been nice if Bobby Hecksher, songsmith and ringleader of the Warlocks, had spoon-fed me some anecdotes from back when he used to trip out with Timothy Leary.
- Crank it up
Turning 21 was supposed to be the best thing ever, but the upgrade brought with it significant disappointment. Just as I achieved the required maturity for admission to grown-up clubs, the Marvels went and broke up.
- Photos: Televandals at Great Scott
Photos of the Boston stop on the Televandals' Good for Nothing tour
- Epic Win
It never seemed possible, but metal is finally getting comfortable with indie-rock proportions. What once required enormous stages with catwalks and hyperactive spark machines now really needs only kids throwing all-ages shows in basements. It's a bit more modest an existence — nobler, somehow. Nerdier, even.
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Thanks to the string of albums she's released over the past decade or so, this Portland-based folkie has cultivated a reputation as a gifted chronicler of the outdoor experience.
- Better late than ever
The eternal argument over what is and is not punk rock has been run into the ground for so long, it’s become a cliché — and clichés are so not punk.
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