tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17959380039444461252024-03-18T04:32:55.292-07:00WUMLWUML 91.5; Real Underground RadioAlihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08220576982012701728noreply@blogger.comBlogger274125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-57534524494178565162011-04-04T07:55:00.000-07:002011-04-04T07:58:40.604-07:00The Clippers on Live from the Fallout Shelter Tonight!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogSwuwZoGZqiiR4Ek5vBiCdoOKe-XCOxfmIPi-vtVbCzfWm4xG-gbwCm0BNUaYEspaS0QVVYgmkDOVKglCfOh41JhT9owWWkICgOnCQFMpSFrsEJ5RiFw9T81BN1VJS9JiqrpK60vZ9k/s1600/bio_the_clippers.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogSwuwZoGZqiiR4Ek5vBiCdoOKe-XCOxfmIPi-vtVbCzfWm4xG-gbwCm0BNUaYEspaS0QVVYgmkDOVKglCfOh41JhT9owWWkICgOnCQFMpSFrsEJ5RiFw9T81BN1VJS9JiqrpK60vZ9k/s400/bio_the_clippers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591742964644175058" /></a><br />Tonight on Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM, <strong>The Clippers</strong> will be coming in to play a live set in our studio! This pop rock power trio is a relatively new face in the local Boston music scene, but has been making a pretty nice impact as of late. With an interesting mix of dance-y pop rhythms, punk rock drum beats and minimal post-punk noodling, these guys leave you with a fresh sense of something new and fun to listen to. It's easy to hear similarities to bands such as Cursive, Piebald, Dead To Me and even The Strokes. Currently the band has a 3" mini CD available on PRGNT Records called "An Evening With..." and will be releasing a split 7" with Coping off of their new label Topshelf Records. <br /><br />So tune in tonight from 8 - 11pm to Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM with The Clippers playing at 9:30pm with an interview afterwards and the best in underground music before and after the set. The transmitter may be down so your best bet would be to <a href="http://www.wuml.org/webcast.php">listen to the show streaming live online</a> .<br /><br />In the meantime, check the band out at their <a href="http://theclippers.bandcamp.com">bandcamp page</a>.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-41317774150822803452011-03-28T10:23:00.000-07:002011-03-28T10:27:21.003-07:00Life & Limb on Live from the Fallout Shelter Tonight!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Bcc45NLbQOALklOOfNsCXms3FUMjVVaDZqK-bFT_VWLB6SPZnNOmUaH6dJpz5DB54TqjR5twVaxnpp7jCjz8AR7hscq3xoydpPF3gmcXYYEghw9Tp2G4nsBtPEBGa64k84RXyhXsZtE/s1600/34433_476812944594_201322754594_6683885_2583559_n.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Bcc45NLbQOALklOOfNsCXms3FUMjVVaDZqK-bFT_VWLB6SPZnNOmUaH6dJpz5DB54TqjR5twVaxnpp7jCjz8AR7hscq3xoydpPF3gmcXYYEghw9Tp2G4nsBtPEBGa64k84RXyhXsZtE/s400/34433_476812944594_201322754594_6683885_2583559_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589183692910638690" /></a><br />Tonight on Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM, <strong>Life & Limb</strong> will be coming into our studio to play a live set! These guys are a post-hardcore band from the Merrimack Valley that consist of members from many other local bands such as Late Nite Wars and Road Rage. Blending just the right amount of emo with an overall complimenting portion of melodic hardcore, Life & Limb are able to produce songs that are heavy, interesting and musical. Easily comparable to bands such as Small Brown Bike, Cursive and Crime In Stereo, these guys are able to let the songs of Life & Limb separate themselves from the crowd in a scene over run with hardcore and pop-punk. It is very refreshing to say the least. <br /><br />So tune in tonight from 8 - 11pm with the band going on at 9:30pm. There will be an interview after the set and the best in underground music before and after the set. You can listen at WUML 91.5FM or <a href="http://www.wuml.org/webcast.php">stream the show live online</a>. <br /><br />In the meantime, check the band out at <a href="http://lifeandlimbma.bandcamp.com">their bandcamp page</a>.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-73796798304897289412011-03-21T10:20:00.000-07:002011-03-21T10:25:12.336-07:00Drummers on Live from the Fallout Shelter Tonight!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljUDpTVX1yuRJ7UuzLRb-oSkI56jebtZM_ll5ysotMEL_wSfsRV4N9jl2cDUqJpnFV8C4ZdykscF-NCp0d-3xxWfuaCJpzSllbQ6-zer6DXtuPF4O-Gr5le4-CPoIcA1IqRdi31BLuPM/s1600/5281947196_fcb828db4b_o.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljUDpTVX1yuRJ7UuzLRb-oSkI56jebtZM_ll5ysotMEL_wSfsRV4N9jl2cDUqJpnFV8C4ZdykscF-NCp0d-3xxWfuaCJpzSllbQ6-zer6DXtuPF4O-Gr5le4-CPoIcA1IqRdi31BLuPM/s400/5281947196_fcb828db4b_o.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586585470538074994" /></a><br />Tonight on Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM, we will be having <strong>Drummers</strong> playing a live set in our studio! These guys are from Boston, MA and we are very excited to have them with us tonight! The band consists of members of Sparrows Swarm And Sing (Magic Bullet Records) and Pretty & Nice (Sub Pop Records) and has toured and played with The Get Up Kids, Built To Spill, The Thermals, Franz Ferdinand and many others. Their music is comparable to such post-hardcore bands as At The Drive In and Sparta and sometimes I even find myself hearing a distorted version of Cursive. Very melodic and musical, yet heavy and screamy at the same time. <br /><br />So tune in tonight from 8 - 11pm to Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM. Drummers will be playing at 930pm with an interview after and the best in underground music before and after the set. You can <a href="http://www.wuml.org/webcast.php">stream the show live on-line</a> or listen on air at WUML 91.5FM<br /><br />In the meantime, check out the band's music at their <a href="http://www.borndrummers.com">website</a>.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-49105717035690444422011-03-14T12:30:00.000-07:002011-03-14T12:34:17.873-07:00Graverobbers on Live from the Fallout Shelter Tonight!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNi0x-kO7KvSbW9OiqnAw3Vb0uRMMdmgxlS7wq8BLj5tfje5V3GI_alRIRFKrJwYZ2EigxDuZJOGWYAxdCclOJYmHw1Hm6usNoFaHStCP_76-2z24T0bThtc8xZ1h3ZeKS0hlMFbQuDSk/s1600/3188621389-1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNi0x-kO7KvSbW9OiqnAw3Vb0uRMMdmgxlS7wq8BLj5tfje5V3GI_alRIRFKrJwYZ2EigxDuZJOGWYAxdCclOJYmHw1Hm6usNoFaHStCP_76-2z24T0bThtc8xZ1h3ZeKS0hlMFbQuDSk/s400/3188621389-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584020978073236290" /></a><br />Tonight on Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM, <strong>Graverobbers</strong> will be playing a set live in our studio! Often tagged with labels like "Americana", "Country", "Indie" and even "Folk", the band prefers to go genre-less and is frequently changing their sound. If you wanted to though, you could easily compare Graverobbers to the sounds of Chuck Ragan, Tim Barry, Jeff Rowe and even old-timey stuff like Hank Williams. However, also having members from local hardcore bands Have Heart and Road Rage, and not to mention Live from the Fallout Shelter host MC T South on drums, this band's influences are endless. The band recently released a 7-song EP called "Black Market EP" which is available for purchase at their <a href="http://graverobbers.bandcamp.com">bandcamp page</a>. <br /><br />So tune in tonight from 8 - 11pm with Graverobbers going on at 930pm. There will be an interview after the set as well as the best in underground music before and after the set. You can listen at WUML 91.5FM or <a href="http://www.wuml.org/webcast.php">listen to WUML's live online stream</a>.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-67946156385890566162011-03-07T09:25:00.000-08:002011-03-07T09:31:30.798-08:00Sherman Burns on Live from the Fallout Shelter Tonight!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwnMP-zz_fh5O2k3BysLsLPBgRRdNgG3b0CoHue_Lh8106qtrfE8ZJXXzPjtqha4u-0aVJKfMX7soiXPlXsa9Pz3gcw50B15cyaeP9WIpmjTFlshtSMnGupT5I6cgYr2gOLPoIRehucVY/s1600/sburns.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwnMP-zz_fh5O2k3BysLsLPBgRRdNgG3b0CoHue_Lh8106qtrfE8ZJXXzPjtqha4u-0aVJKfMX7soiXPlXsa9Pz3gcw50B15cyaeP9WIpmjTFlshtSMnGupT5I6cgYr2gOLPoIRehucVY/s400/sburns.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581391961340546610" /></a><br />Tonight on Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM, local Boston area rockers <strong>Sherman Burns</strong> will be making their second appearance on the radio show and playing some songs for all of us! These kids are currently located in Allston, MA but have roots deep in the North Shore music scene having had members (past and present) play in such bands as Mutt, Margin Walker, Pile, Vulture and many others. This makes for a plethora of noticeable influences in the songs of Sherman Burns. One song will have you thinking a heavier version of Minus the Bear. The next song will have you thinking "Worship and Tribute"-era Glassjaw. Then most of the rest of the songs will have you thinking about 1990's moshpits...which were probably a lot more fun than today's moshpits. The band just released their new full-length "The End Is All" which is available for a "name your price" deal at their <a href="http://shermanburns.bandcamp.com">bandcamp page</a>. <br /><br />So tune into Live from the Fallout Shelter tonight from 8 - 11pm on WUML 91.5FM with Sherman Burns going on at 930pm followed by an interview with the band. There will of course be the best in underground music before and after the set as well. The radio show is available for <a href="http://www.wuml.org/webcast.php">live streaming online</a>.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-53947714607522791822011-02-27T11:04:00.000-08:002011-02-27T11:14:24.095-08:00Wolves and The Radio on Live from the Fallout Shelter, 2/28<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiou0f3HCr9Z_6iQZwNhBKCIsQJF47wilM57UTYuDn3Ch7pHrb53uxC-XC961NTEFBZKyOH-kRqIR4SGnatlh_DxdIUu-b7OjgOQNqAIfHvtwC1ATPpJWsx_F6SS8A8ILMOKnaPhwZb78Q/s1600/watr.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiou0f3HCr9Z_6iQZwNhBKCIsQJF47wilM57UTYuDn3Ch7pHrb53uxC-XC961NTEFBZKyOH-kRqIR4SGnatlh_DxdIUu-b7OjgOQNqAIfHvtwC1ATPpJWsx_F6SS8A8ILMOKnaPhwZb78Q/s400/watr.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578449336764125698" /></a><br />This Monday night on Live From the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM, local Allston, MA band <span style="font-weight:bold;">Wolves And The Radio</span> will be coming in to the studio to play a live set! Following in the foot steps of beard-punk and org-core acts such as Off With Their Heads, Nothington and Dillinger Four, these guys do a great job at creating songs that will have a basement full of punks singing together and pumping their fists in the air. Take it from me...I had these guys play a show in my basement in December and it was a ton of fun! The gruff vocals and driving punk beats that everyone loves are there as well as heartfelt and honest lyrics that will leave the listener wanting to memorize every word before seeing the band live.<br /><br />A fresh addition to the Anchorless Records family, Wolves and the Radio are currently promoting their self-titled first release for that label, which came out this past January.<br /><br />So tune in this Monday night from 8 - 11pm with Wolves and The Radio playing a live set at 930pm with an interview after and the best in underground music before and after the set. You can listen at WUML 91.5FM or <a href="http://www.wuml.org/webcast.php">stream the show live online.</a><br /><br />In the meantime, you can listen to the band and download their "I Fucking Hate You, Steve Terry" EP for free at their <a href="http://wolvesandtheradio.bandcamp.com">Bandcamp page.</a>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-47981382639511286092011-02-18T07:11:00.000-08:002011-02-18T07:15:40.121-08:00Fishing The Sky on Live from the Fallout Shelter, 2/21<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvbvBJ9wkqP5PprRv-4UHGgoQ2jaMnr9dKLRFSnjUF0olvMPc0IbVtnmEkv3qTVnj4jeGSS52j3zRKwJqjIe3YfyPlHO7Ub4OX30G-DQiseLLBhdfvS3Omp7bZ5dkrkNOa5uMWp3vZQY/s1600/63200_465458686197_143458531197_6138497_3022725_n.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvbvBJ9wkqP5PprRv-4UHGgoQ2jaMnr9dKLRFSnjUF0olvMPc0IbVtnmEkv3qTVnj4jeGSS52j3zRKwJqjIe3YfyPlHO7Ub4OX30G-DQiseLLBhdfvS3Omp7bZ5dkrkNOa5uMWp3vZQY/s400/63200_465458686197_143458531197_6138497_3022725_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575048407632615490" /></a><br />This Monday February 21, <strong>Fishing The Sky</strong> will be playing on Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM. This is a one-man ambient post-rock band featuring Rob Hughes, a north shore musician of many talents having played in such bands as Short Fuse Burning, Charlie and now the sole force behind his new project, Fishing The Sky. As the name eludes, there is definitely an Appleseed Cast type influence in his songs as well as darker ambient parts reminiscent of "You Are There"-era Mono. Unlike most post-rock bands of the present day, Fishing The Sky is able to stay away from the standard tremolo guitar parts and overdone movie scene background music. As the only person in the band, Rob jumps between drum kit, bass and laptop and he never misses a beat. <br /><br />So listen Monday night from 8 - 11pm to Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM with a live set from Fishing The Sky at 930pm. There will be an interview afterwards as well as the best in underground music before and after the set. You can listen online at <a href="http://www.wuml.org">www.wuml.org</a> .<br /><br />You can check out Fishing The Sky and download the new demos album at <a href="http://fishingtheskyband.bandcamp.com">http://fishingtheskyband.bandcamp.com/</a>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-78343758813896684272011-02-13T15:18:00.000-08:002011-02-13T15:31:52.911-08:00Brain Killer on Live from the Fallout Shelter 2/14<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzT_6cKEcJreyZOoBpQkWn9qcMDO8uqLPZxLeD_VGjBlStagGhJ7OwehMeR2nnY0Z5ijA9b7c1YgxJT4U8F7bjuWoG8ygQA58rx2vb54_z0cA5NyhzwxBEN07-ixBUVpgpbO_yNxWKqY/s1600/brainkiller.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzT_6cKEcJreyZOoBpQkWn9qcMDO8uqLPZxLeD_VGjBlStagGhJ7OwehMeR2nnY0Z5ijA9b7c1YgxJT4U8F7bjuWoG8ygQA58rx2vb54_z0cA5NyhzwxBEN07-ixBUVpgpbO_yNxWKqY/s400/brainkiller.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573320917971701330" /></a><br />WUML 91.5FM has a very special Valentines Day present for all of you!<br /><br />Tomorrow night on Live from the Fallout Shelter, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Brain Killer</span> will be coming in to play a live set for us. Compared to such bands as Discharge, Deathreat and Japanese hardcore acts Bastard and Disclose these guys are one of the fastest, heaviest and most powerful hardcore bands in Massachusetts currently. However, able to stand on their own, Brain Killer is definitely able to stay away from the D-beat cliche and bring their own force of brutality and insanity with crushing distortion, ferocious drumming and dooming vocals. The band currently have a Self Titled 7 inch and a Demo 7 inch available off of Deranged Records.<br /><br />So listen to Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM tomorrow night from 8 - 11pm with Brain Killer playing at 930pm with an interview after the set and the best in underground music before and after the set. You can listen online at <a href="http://www.wuml.org">www.wuml.org</a><br /><br />In the meantime, check out the links below to see some of the bands live sets on Youtube.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoUbuuiTMEc&feature=related">Brain Killer Live (7/30/10)</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkwI4lzEtjk&feature=re...lated">Brain Killer Live (1/11/10)</a>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-88050646594600823412011-01-19T09:56:00.000-08:002011-01-19T10:30:26.292-08:00Investigating the Underground: Jon Strader of No Trigger<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPYWhVjy0465bAzMbBqb-NOSIMSleLnJVjWapermJnsBhhRffc_K505ckviwXdfeHcgAOVWZdQodJrp9Kt3mLgU-qSta29bA8bmRsmSVUq6cVuMMs4tChtDn-OZrZBbN9H9bdCVlUMv8/s1600/no_trigger.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPYWhVjy0465bAzMbBqb-NOSIMSleLnJVjWapermJnsBhhRffc_K505ckviwXdfeHcgAOVWZdQodJrp9Kt3mLgU-qSta29bA8bmRsmSVUq6cVuMMs4tChtDn-OZrZBbN9H9bdCVlUMv8/s400/no_trigger.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563966117239692930" /></a><br /><em>At Four Year Strong's 2010 Holiday Show (which due to a weather related rescheduling was actually in 2011!) I had the pleasure to interview <strong>No Trigger</strong> guitarist <strong>Jon Strader</strong> after their set. This was No Trigger's first live show since the end of their almost 3 year hiatus and possibly their first Massachusetts show since they hit the stage with Propagandhi and Paint It Black back in early 2008. To add to the excitement, the holiday show was being held in their hometown of Worcester, MA...an area who's hardcore scene often goes unmatched. Fresh off the release of their new seven inch record "Be Honest" from Mightier Than Sword records, the band played an unforgettable energy filled set proving that they were in fact back in full force. Read on to find out what the future holds for No Trigger, Jon's top favorite new releases of 2010 and why we had to wait so damn long for new songs.</em><br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Why don’t we start by having you introduce yourself, telling us what you play in the band and then if you could have one superpower what would it be and why?<br /><strong>Jon:</strong> I’m John and I’m the guitarist of No Trigger. If I was to have a superpower I would probably be able to fly because then I could get from point A to point B in a matter of seconds. <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Good answer, good answer. Ok, so now for the question that is on everybody’s mind right now…why did we have to wait like four years for you guys to release new music?<br /><strong>Jon:</strong> I know, it’s been a long time. Our last big tour that we did was a 52 date through Europe with Set Your Goals and after that we were like, you know, we just did the whole world on an entire record and you know, we’re going to have to sit down and write another one. Everybody was getting to that point in their life where they were trying to figure out what was next for all of us. I mean, some of us got into real estate, some of us kept playing in other bands, two of our guys who were touring with us are still playing in Outbreak right now, the drummer Erik Perkins and guitarist Billy Bean. So I mean, I moved to California…it was just one of those life things. We got to see the world, we did a lot off of one record and we’re very thankful for that, you know, we have fans from all over the world. It’s funny how fast time goes by! We had a couple of shows here and there like we played the No Idea Fest, we had a show in Boston with Propagandhi and we were still trying to write over the years but we’re kind of slow moving. Now we’re kind of stepping it up into gear and everyone is comfortable with our job situations and stuff so we want to just put out new music now. <br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Awesome, well we’re glad you’re doing it.<br /><strong>John:</strong> Awesome! <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> So what led you guys to sign with No Sleep Records instead of keeping with Nitro or Mightier Than Sword for the full length?<br /><strong>Jon:</strong> A lot of bands were leaving Nitro, like Crime In Stereo, and we just weren’t seeing the attention that we were before. We kind of were like looking elsewhere and it was cool with that label too, like we’re still cool with those guys, like they said if we wanted to put out a record elsewhere than go for it. And these up and coming guys are killing it, they’re picking up really good bands and they have an amazing following and we’re very honored to be a part of that. Like you know, we know a couple of people and we were talking to some people and it just worked. We’ve known about these people for a while so it was actually cool that we wanted to put out new stuff and we had it. So big ups to Mightier Than Sword and No Sleep Records for sure. <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> What can people expect from the full length and when are we looking at a release date?<br /><strong>Jon:</strong> Well, I’m really excited to get this material out. We’ve been working on this material for like 3 years now. There’s been a lot of stuff that we’ve just brought back out and that we’ve been re-amping. We’re trying to make a Canyoneer step 2. We put a lot of work into that first record and we put a lot of work into this one too. And I can’t wait for people to hear it and see how they take it. We’ve been working really hard on it. For a release date, I think we’re looking at the summer right now. We’re going to be recording with Jay Maas at Getaway Studios in Wakefield, he just did our two song seven inch and we were stoked and he was stoked. We just really connect working with each other and yeah we’re probably looking at a summer release. <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Who did the artwork on the seven inch?<br /><strong>Jon:</strong> The seven inch artwork was done by Laurie Shipley (www.laurieshipley.com). She’s an amazing artist and she did all that by hand too. She was really stoked to work with us and it came out awesome. <br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Yeah it’s really cool, I was looking at it earlier and thought it was awesome. <br /><strong>Jon:</strong> Yeah! <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> So you guys are headed to Australia in January, right?<br /><strong>Jon:</strong> Yeah we have a headlining tour in Australia with Such Gold coming up in a few weeks. We’ll be there for three weeks. We’re basically doing the whole eastern coast. That’s the one place that we haven’t gotten to tour yet and we are so excited to get there and we’re finally going and we just can’t wait to see those kids because they’ve been waiting. Every time our friend’s bands go over there they’re always telling us like the kids were asking about you and when’s No Trigger coming over here and its like very flattering. We’re really pumped to get over there. <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Yeah, how does that make you feel to have people in Australia talking about your band?<br /><strong>Jon:</strong> It’s crazy! It really is, it’s crazy and we are still going over there with this one record that we had. Now we have a seven inch to take with us so we are really looking forward to it. <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Do you guys have any plans to tour the states after that?<br /><strong>Jon:</strong> We don’t have any plans for the states yet. Right when we get back we’ll be in the studio for a month and a half and after that we’re doing a week long tour in Europe because we got confirmed for Groezrock in Belgium and The Descendents are on it, Millencolin’s on it, you know NOFX, like we aren’t going to know what to do with ourselves! It’ll be cool to see Bill Stevenson from The Descendents because he recorded our record so it’ll be really nice to catch up with him. But as far as the states, we’ll be looking to hit the states towards the fall of 2011 when the record comes out. <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> When information of you guys resurfacing first came about were there any bands that were hitting you up to go on tour with you or any bands that you wanted to go on tour with?<br /><strong>Jon:</strong> Band’s have been hitting us up looking to do some international stuff, which is really cool. A lot of our friends that we toured with like The Swellers, Set Your Goals, Polar Bear Club, like those are our boys, like growing up in the scene with those guys and then watching them take off is like wow and they’re still doing it and looking to take us out! We’re going to be doing some stuff with those guys in the future. That’s going to be fun, those bands are killing it right now. I just can’t wait to get back on the road and just bring us back to where we were starting with those guys. It’s going to be fun!<br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> On the new EP, you guys spout some Massachusetts pride on "Commonwealth Song". How do you guys feel about how the scene has evolved in Massachusetts since you guys first started?<br /><strong>Jon:</strong> I mean, it’s crazy! Look at this show. You know, Four Year Strong, 2,600 kids sold out! I used to play with those guys back when I was 13 years old. We’ve known those guys forever and just watching all our friends just grow up and still tour and now they’re packing the Worcester Palladium with 2,600 people. We all used to come to shows here when we were younger and now we’re playing them. The Worcester scene is evergrowing and we’re extremely proud to be a part of that. Like you have bands like Four Years Strong, you’ve got Mountain Man, our good friends in Last Lights, rest in peace Dom. Bands have a passion here and their passion for music shows when you listen to their bands so we’re definitely honored to be from this part. <br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Yeah, it seems like everyone is really kind of friendly within the scene here.<br /><strong>Jon:</strong> Yes, everyone is really respectful and everyone gets a long and all of these bands just kill it dude. I‘m very proud to be from here. <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> So since its 2011 now, a lot of people are coming out with their top ten lists of 2010, so what were some of your favorite new releases of the past year?<br /><strong>Jon:</strong> Let’s see, 2010...some big releases that I was listening too… I don’t know if the Wonder Years came out in 2010 or 2009?<br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Yeah, that was 2010. "The Upsides". <br /><strong>Jon:</strong> "The Upsides", I can’t stop listening to that record! That record is awesome. <br /><strong>Tom:</strong> So good. <br /><strong>Jon:</strong> And again, for this scene, that type of music is just awesome, it’s ever growing. What else…I mean I listen to a lot of different stuff. I started listening to the new Gorillaz a lot, the new Vampire Weekend. Transit’s new record that came out is sick. All these bands man, it’s so cool. I’m pumped!<br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Alright, so this is my last question. I ask all the bands this one. Who do you think would win in a fight…all of the people in the world or all of the ants in the world?<br /><strong>Jon:</strong> In a fight? The people or the ants? Well, let’s see…there’s probably a lot more ants than people…I’d say ants. What do you think?<br /><strong>Tom:</strong> I’ve always thought the ants. <br /><strong>Jon:</strong> You’ve always thought the ants?<br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Yeah. <br /><strong>Jon:</strong> Well there you go, then we agree on something!<br /><strong>Tom:</strong> It’s very 50/50 between bands.<br /><strong>Jon:</strong> Yeah? There’s a lot of ants in the world, dude. (laughs)<br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Cool, that was a great interview thank you very much!<br /><strong>Jon:</strong> No problem, dude! <br /><br /><em>Make sure to check out No Trigger's music, tour dates and pick up a copy of their new seven inch "Be Honest" from Mightier Than Sword records at www.myspace.com/notrigger. </em>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-1419145436631476102011-01-10T12:18:00.000-08:002011-01-10T12:22:24.868-08:00President Soup on WUML Tonight!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2vNaRjXPXwZbrePTCXHzuGDZbwQbJhKyBCWAlTrJhUNH6y4AxL3mMvkH7DPUmwMrh9qxo0CyVbF9YZoehpUgqVhd8eEmX8X1MgjyjtNs1hlcYUboSRf19yzZKpkosjVf05_rLH33df0/s1600/presidentSOUPlogo11-300x300.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2vNaRjXPXwZbrePTCXHzuGDZbwQbJhKyBCWAlTrJhUNH6y4AxL3mMvkH7DPUmwMrh9qxo0CyVbF9YZoehpUgqVhd8eEmX8X1MgjyjtNs1hlcYUboSRf19yzZKpkosjVf05_rLH33df0/s400/presidentSOUPlogo11-300x300.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560655223873703474" /></a><br />Tonight on Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM, Lowell's own <strong>President Soup </strong> will be coming into the studio to play a live set for all of us. Playing a mix of gypsy folk, punk and jazz, these guys have been becoming familiar faces at local Lowell music hubs such as The Dirty Douglas, 119 gallery and various downtown restaurants. President Soup is easily comparable to popular acts such as Gogol Bordello and The Bad Plus but also encompass their own unique style of the jazz-punk genre that many other bands struggle to achieve. <br /><br />So tune in tonight from 8 - 11pm with the band going on at 930pm with the best in underground music before and after the set as well as an interview with the band. We will also be continuing our lists of Top 5 best new releases of 2010.<br /><br />You can listen tonight at WUML 91.5FM. Unfortunately, our online web streaming is down. <br /><br />You can check out President Soup and get some free recordings at http://www.nicebassproductions.com/artists/2010/president-soup/Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-6468043902536258072011-01-07T07:12:00.001-08:002011-01-07T07:42:54.441-08:00Investigating The Underground: Brendan Kelly of The Lawrence Arms<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgIm6VZJjG-PPbYqPajW6VDEVq_-oB3sGG4rkitGwJcYRtWpoJQPmvfLQLOjwu7C-qbfRBC-ldgOhWyZ5ICUcRljQr2Yy-zxkZyVJletiY1fye81N4rbPN9h8v2WeubUHh-GDMTqHODY/s1600/The%252BLawrence%252BArms.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgIm6VZJjG-PPbYqPajW6VDEVq_-oB3sGG4rkitGwJcYRtWpoJQPmvfLQLOjwu7C-qbfRBC-ldgOhWyZ5ICUcRljQr2Yy-zxkZyVJletiY1fye81N4rbPN9h8v2WeubUHh-GDMTqHODY/s400/The%252BLawrence%252BArms.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559469132190415618" /></a><br /><em>This past November, <strong>The Lawrence Arms</strong> treated Massachusetts to two very special nights at TT the Bear's Place in Cambridge. Both nights were sold out and ended up being two of the sweatiest, memorable and amazing shows of the year. I was fortunate enough to sit down with bassist <strong>Brendan Kelly</strong> before the show at the nearby Middle East restaurant and find out more about what The Lawrence Arms have planned for the future, their thoughts on where the music industry is going and why he probably wont accept a free drink at a show if you offer it to him. As he munched on a falafel sandwich, we shared the following words. Enjoy!</em><br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Why don’t you go ahead and introduce yourself.<br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> I’m Brendan. I’m in The Lawrence Arms. I play bass and I sing. <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> How is the tour going so far?<br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> It’s good, this is the last day. It’s been pretty short…we flew to Philli, then we just went Philli, New York, New York, New Hampshire and then two nights here. The NH show was a little bit, uhh…squirrly…but all the rest of them have been sold out. <br /><strong><br />Tom:</strong> Now was that at Rocko‘s in New Hampshire?<br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> Yeah…<br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> That place sucks. <br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> So weird. My wife called me and asked how the show was and what it was like there. My response was that I think if Fred Durst walked in the people at the show right now would be pretty fucking stoked, you know?<br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> What have you guys been up to recently and what are you currently working on as a band?<br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> Man, this is going to be a bummer of an answer. Nothing! That’s the answer to both. <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Just kind of playing one off tours and stuff?<br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> Yeah, we’re just doing little one off shit. We’re just not as active as we used to be. I mean the music industry is kind of going out of business, we’re all a little bit older, it’s hard to tour as much as I think we would need to do to be productive, like a really super active band. I mean, touring is fun and being in a band is awesome and we all love it but we’ve also always been a very organically growing and functioning band and when its like natural for us to write a lot of music and record and go on tour we’ve done it and when it’s not we don’t and its not like we have this huge insane momentum right now where like if we stop or we relax we’re going to lose out on something that’s going on. For better or for worse we’ve stayed a pretty small band and our fans are pretty dedicated. The results are we’re not really doing much. <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> So you said that the music industry is going out of business. Do you think that there is anything that could bring it back to a sustainable place?<br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> I have no idea man. If I could figure that out, I wouldn’t be in a band at all. I’d be wiping my ass with hundred dollar bills in someplace in paradise. But I mean, people love music and there’s going to be a methodology that is going to be imposed on the world of music consumers and music producers that will probably balance out the universe a little bit. Definitely the way things now or the way things were recently, it’s just totally messed up. It’s like people who were making the music weren’t really making any money, People who were listening to the music were spending way too much money and now there’s been this humongous shift where the people who are listening to music are paying no money and still the musicians who are making the music are making no money but now the suites make no money either. But I mean at the end of the day playing the guitar for a living its pretty frivolous and its pretty awesome and its fun, but its hard to get a lot of sympathy from people when you say I can’t play my guitar for a living anymore. It’s like well you know what why don’t you come stand next to me in the factory for a while, it really sucks there!<br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> So what are your opinions on illegally downloading music and stuff like that that a lot of people have criticized as the reason for the downfall of the industry?<br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> Well, the thing is man, what relevance does my opinion have on that? I mean, I don’t want to sound like an old man and sit there and be like oh man back in the old days people used to pay for music and now you kids have gone and ruined everything…I mean, it’s the most useful line of thought that there could ever be. You know like a hundred years ago there was a dude that shoed horses for a living and then people started driving cars, he was probably like ‘you know what, these cars…fuck these cars! I can’t stand these people driving these fucking cars!’ Its like well, guess what old man, people are driving cars now. So you can either stop shoeing horses and get with doing something that works with the way the world is now or you can like sit there and let shit pass you by. That’s how I feel about illegal downloading. It’s happening. It’s going on and that’s the way the world is. I may as well bitch about the sun coming up in the morning instead of in the afternoon. There’s no practical application to wasting your energy and hating that kind of thing. <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> So the industry kind of just needs to figure out a way to evolve to work with it?<br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> I mean, I don’t know man. I don’t have the answers to that. The person who does figure that out is going to be very rich because people want to make money making music and people generally do want to support the artist that they really appreciate. But I think the thing that is becoming really apparent with this whole decline of the music industry is that people were charging way too much money for something that really a lot of people feel is sort of intangible and sort of should be kind of free if not cheap and the people making the money weren’t the people that the consumers really wanted to be giving the money to. That’s created this like backlash. And right now, people feel like they don’t need to pay for things because they’ve been kind of fucked for a long time. The music industry is pretty weird. <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> I have heard that you guys have pretty strong feelings against the Warped Tour and in past interviews I have read that you guys have had some say in what you think is wrong with the Warped Tour. But recently there have been a lot of DIY fests popping up all over the country like obviously The Fest in Gainesville and The Fun Fun Fun Fest and Get Better Fest and just a bunch of stuff like that. Do you think festivals like those are beneficial for combating against the Warped Tour or do you think they are kind of feeding into the same machine that is effecting touring bands and effecting smaller venues?<br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> Festivals are a cool and fun thing and they’re awesome and even the Warped Tour does its job. I mean like kids who live in Montana would never get to see any bands. They would never get to see NOFX or The Bouncing Souls or The Suicide Machines or The Lawrence Arms or anything but then all of a sudden the Warped Tour comes through and those kids get to see them all. I mean, the Warped Tour is not like a completely horrible thing and like festivals aren’t horrible, they’re cool. I’ve got very specific ideology issues with the Warped Tour. It has a lot to do with the fact that that shit takes place in stadiums and there’s like army booths and I thought that the reason I got into punk rock in the first place was so that I didn’t have to pay $25 to drive out to the suburbs and sit in this stadium and watch my favorite band from like a zillion miles away while someone tried to recruit me for the army at the same time. Like it has nothing to do with why I got into this. But like a festival like The Fest or The Fun Fun Fun Fest, that’s just kids putting on a show on a big scale. That’s totally cool. None of it’s evil, none of it’s like pipelines through Afghanistan. I don’t know man, I wish we lived in a world where like the insurgent music consuming public was indignant enough to not want to go to the Warped Tour, but we don’t and as a result the Warped Tour does serve an important function for better or for worse. The shit’s not evil though. It’s just a very, very opportunistic disingenuous thing and it’s repackaging something that’s punk rock which is the very fundamental antithesis of what I consider to be punk rock. But who the fuck am I?<br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Well, for this tour for example…you guys were supposed to play at Harper’s Ferry last night and tonight you were supposed to be down in Rhode Island. Both those places, Harper’s Ferry and Jerky’s, both closed down and they’re both not very small but they’re not very big venues either. What do you think these places can do to help themselves from closing there doors? <br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> Well, you know, again man, the whole country’s kind of in the shitter, man. The housing industry, the music industry, publishing, periodicals, like so many things and so many jobs are just gone and they’re just never coming back. Like we hardly even produce anything in this country anymore. The problem’s not the Warped Tour or whatever. The world’s fucked up man…if I could figure it out…<br /><strong>Tom:</strong> You’d be rich?<br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> I’d be rich haha. But what can they do? I don’t know, go be a venue in Switzerland. Times are tough right now man, times are tough. And where is that going to be reflected in like the way people spend their leisure hours and their leisure dollars? Maybe there’s a time when you feel like oh yeah Goober Patrol, I remember when they were a band on Fat Wreck Chords maybe I’ll go check them out tonight because I have nothing better to do. But like that night out is squarely competing with the twelve pack of beer that you may have bought that could last you the next couple of days or another show that you would actually want to go to in terms of the dollars in your pocket. Those kind of casual interests are just going to fucking hold up and that’s what the problem is. That’s why clubs are shutting down, man. <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> So you guys are pretty much road dogs…you’ve been touring your whole career all over the place. Do you have any advice to new bands who want to start touring?<br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> You kind of just have to get out there and do it. I mean, you’re never going to do anything by wishing you could go on the road. It’s not that expensive to buy a van and this day and age its very, very easy to book shows. When we started booking shows I had to leave messages on people’s home phone answering machines because there were no cell phones, I mean, there were but they weren’t common. And now you can go on Myspace or Facebook and you can book a tour in 45 minutes. You just have to get out there and do it because no one is going to see you in your basement or your garage and the only way to have people be interested in your band is to be in front of them. You can’t just expect to put a record and expect that to do all the work for you. You have to be out there…now that being said our band is pretty unsuccessful so I would take that advice with a grain of salt. <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Ok so, less serious questions now. What song do you like to listen to that you wish you had written yourself?<br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> That’s a good question. You know I used to have an answer to this too…(thinks for a while)…I mean there’s a lot of songs I wish I had written but there used to be a song I remember that I would listen to and be like ‘oh man, I’m so jealous that I didn’t write this song.’ I mean, there’s a zillion! The song that comes to my mind instantly is this song called “I Was Stabbed By Satan” by this guy named Kanon, he’s like a Somalian rapper and that’s a really, really incredible song. If I had written it, it would have been vastly more incredible. But like, “Sweet Child O’ Mine”, I mean there’s just so many awesome songs. The reason I’m kind of flailing right now is because there is one song that I know I was just so jealous that I didn’t write and I think it was written by a friend of mine. I wish I had written “Trusty Chords” by Hot Water Music man, that song is incredible. But in a way, no I take that back because I would so much rather be somebody who could listen to that song and appreciate it than be the person who wrote it…but no, I don’t wish I had written that song. I don’t know man, there’s a lot of them out there. How about the first song off of the Marshall Mathers LP? It’s pretty good. <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Can you tell us what your worst show experience has been?<br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> Hmm, no not really. We’ve played a lot of shows and a lot of them have been pretty bad. I don’t know man, it’s just so hard…we played a show where there was one person there and halfway through our second song they left. We played a show where somebody put something in a drink that they bought for me and I couldn’t stand up and play when we were there and Chris and Neil had to play and I was basically passed out on the stage. We’ve played shows where the microphone was shocking me so badly that it literally knocked me off of my feet. We’ve played a lot of bad shows, there’s no way I could even come close to figuring out what the worst one was. <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Who do you think would win in a fight…all of the people in the world or all of the ants in the world?<br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> This is people versus ants? So the notion is that ants are becoming aggressive and looking to exterminate the humans and our option is to exterminate the ants or die? <br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Yes. <br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> Oh, people would kill the ants. <br /><strong>Tom:</strong> You think people would win? Why is that?<br /><strong>Brendan: </strong>Ants are fucking retarded. People are smart. Ants can’t even get organized enough to take something from here to there. They just work in this robotic method. Human beings…you know what we can do? We can stand on tables! There’s no question, people would win. There are those ants that can cover you and those ants will cover some people and some people would die but they’re not covering everybody. I mean they would cover one guy and the guy standing next to him would burn that guy and all those ants. All those ants would be dead. Ants don’t stand a chance against humanity. <br /><strong>Tom:</strong> What about flying ants?<br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> Fuck them too. <br /><br /><strong>Tom:</strong> Haha, well thank you for the interview. It was a pleasure meeting you and I hope you have a great show tonight. <br /><br /><strong>Brendan:</strong> Thanks man!<br /><br /><em>You can check out The Lawrence Arms songs, tour dates and other information at http://www.myspace.com/thelawrencearms</em>.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-8889833087816905212010-12-23T08:42:00.000-08:002010-12-23T08:46:12.107-08:00Veloz on Live from the Fallout Shelter, 12/27<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECNXbKv_KU6gar1JM8yq7-QjUYMkODzJvKYO-5mttHjM5qPLoB4Lc4A2ufMfYRr7fZ-NOMmBfDYMgkLv1WwHE3aeBcRQ3f4EWPIkVViWlWY_DgGtN6udgX-9EUcoVZjYKCbt0FpexWtk/s1600/407176338-1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECNXbKv_KU6gar1JM8yq7-QjUYMkODzJvKYO-5mttHjM5qPLoB4Lc4A2ufMfYRr7fZ-NOMmBfDYMgkLv1WwHE3aeBcRQ3f4EWPIkVViWlWY_DgGtN6udgX-9EUcoVZjYKCbt0FpexWtk/s400/407176338-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553919718370867618" /></a><br />On Monday December 27, <strong>Veloz</strong> will be playing a set on Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM! This band includes members of Furnace, who played on the show back in 2008. Like their predecessor, Veloz is fast, heavy and intense, almost as if Motorhead had a baby with Converge. Most of their songs are under two minutes long and offer a constant and steady pattern of thrash which the musicians involved have the talent to make worth listening to. This band strikes me as the type of band that would start playing a set and then finish the entire set seven minutes later. It would most likely be one of the best hardcore sets the people in the audience would have ever seen, despite the fact that they probably don't have any limbs left. <br /><br />So tune in this Monday from 8 - 11pm, with Veloz playing at 930pm and the best in underground music before and after the set as well as an interview with the band. You can listen at WUML 91.5FM or online at www.wuml.org. <br /><br />You can listen to Veloz and download their music for free at veloz.bandcamp.comTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-49575394156797476602010-12-17T06:55:00.000-08:002010-12-17T06:58:42.893-08:00Dreamtigers on Live from the Fallout Shelter, 12/20<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgesPNvVPgF156mUT889eflJBiGaebpWRZRrXySXF1QKTQBf_1m9NoozFfkFSZ_jF_siLN2i0hwPVUaB2tjbKJpcjjF1VDeFfbi_ewTIEo9vKLFqK_f8JpQRqFaWQ85zgaKIsdV5r-FGI4/s1600/l_f4dc352df88945dea5d3de8416273486.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgesPNvVPgF156mUT889eflJBiGaebpWRZRrXySXF1QKTQBf_1m9NoozFfkFSZ_jF_siLN2i0hwPVUaB2tjbKJpcjjF1VDeFfbi_ewTIEo9vKLFqK_f8JpQRqFaWQ85zgaKIsdV5r-FGI4/s400/l_f4dc352df88945dea5d3de8416273486.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551665768722127714" /></a><br />This Monday December 20, <strong>Dreamtigers</strong> will be playing a live set on Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM. This will be the band's second appearance on the radio show and we are very excited to have them back! The band features current members of Defeater and past members of Ambitions, Life In Your Way and Acta Non Verba. Displaying sounds similar to that of Bon Iver or Iron and Wine but with more of a pop-rock sense added to the mix, this band is perfect for everyday indie rock and folk fans and even hardcore fans who are looking to relax for an evening. Intimate and heartfelt, yet driving and intense. <br /><br />The band has just released a new 5-song 7 inch titled "Fools" through Grinding Tapes Recording Company. You can listen to a track off the album and then order it at http://www.grindingtapes.org/artists/dreamtigers/fools/ <br /><br />So listen this Monday night from 8 - 11pm with Dreamtigers playing a set at 930pm and the best in underground music before and after the set as well as an interview with the band. You can check the band out at http://www.myspace.com/dreamtigersmusic. <br /><br />You can listen online at http://www.wuml.orgTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-26072255859263825782010-12-10T14:33:00.001-08:002010-12-10T14:39:09.070-08:00WUML Rock For Tots 2010 Re-CapLast night, WUML 91.5FM held it's 11th annual <strong>Rock For Tots</strong> charity event at Cumnock Hall on the North Campus of UMass Lowell. The event was a huge success and managed to raise $425 for One Lowell, a local organization that aids immigrant families in Lowell. We all see this as a huge success!<br /><br />Big thanks to Hivesmasher, Los Bungalitos, Hetfield & Hetfield, The Sinbusters and Ladderlegs for all playing amazing sets as usual. Also, big thanks to One Lowell, The 119 Gallery, The Sock Hop, The Space, To Write Love On Her Arms, Coalition For A Better Acre and United Teen Equality Center for coming and being a presence at the show and helping us promote. Finally, a huge thanks for everyone who came out to the show to support the bands and donate to the charity. We couldn't have done it without everyone involved and we all look forward to Rock For Tots 2011!<br /><br />Pictures and video footage from the show will be posted soon!Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-75044466955686267872010-12-10T10:47:00.000-08:002010-12-10T10:50:46.176-08:00Darkwoods on Live from the Fallout Shelter, 12/13<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDW9Vx6vFRno9nMnC07KvM45M7pp7YArw1EgDNqed2KIS3P4TcHX6LGEphrOAbSiTWNCMeZ85Oc7uKI22_utJE6r3hNBiqnMA49_duQrPo-RA85yLdhindrU49XV9hhsehdFOrv-o8k8/s1600/l_1ba509b5409b47d0aaf600751d667103.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDW9Vx6vFRno9nMnC07KvM45M7pp7YArw1EgDNqed2KIS3P4TcHX6LGEphrOAbSiTWNCMeZ85Oc7uKI22_utJE6r3hNBiqnMA49_duQrPo-RA85yLdhindrU49XV9hhsehdFOrv-o8k8/s400/l_1ba509b5409b47d0aaf600751d667103.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549127809381812898" /></a><br />This Monday December 13, local hardcore outfit <strong>Darkwoods</strong> will be performing a set on Live from the Fallout Shelter. These guys hail from the South Shore and are about as fast, heavy and angry as it gets...but in a good way. While listening to them, I can just see an image in my head of a circle pit opening up from wall to wall at your local VFW or Knights of Colombus and no one in the audience being able to resist. Their music definitely reminds me of bands like Bane, Ceremony and Verse...heavy, hard and with vocals that are right up front making sure the listener is paying attention. <br /><br />You can check Darkwoods out at http://wwww.myspace.com/darkwoodshc where they have a free download of their "Road To Ruin" EP. <br /><br />So tune in this Monday from 8 - 11pm for Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM. Darkwoods will be playing a set at 930pm with the best in undergound music before and after the set as well as an interview with the band. You can listen to the show online at http://www.wuml.org <br /><br /><strong></strong>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-64018626795166527572010-12-08T11:11:00.000-08:002010-12-08T11:22:26.335-08:00WUML Presents Rock For Tots 2010<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmuziyB6c2XSti7p0HWsYKYfQ_lM-2VnYoWY4yRlhF3twN49w6tbbThXQPtinGjGwUgdOFk_1h7hMDIQefqVqeK8p8Jp2JBEAQlGrWHdUH3iULvvDuDlk5tEkwicrOnjltW6uKidcjfaQ/s1600/new+rock+for+tots+flyer.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmuziyB6c2XSti7p0HWsYKYfQ_lM-2VnYoWY4yRlhF3twN49w6tbbThXQPtinGjGwUgdOFk_1h7hMDIQefqVqeK8p8Jp2JBEAQlGrWHdUH3iULvvDuDlk5tEkwicrOnjltW6uKidcjfaQ/s400/new+rock+for+tots+flyer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548393675898211602" /></a><br />Tomorrow night at Cumnock Hall on the North Campus of UMass Lowell, WUML 91.5FM will be hosting it's 11th annual Rock For Tots charity event for One Lowell, a local organization who aids immigrant fanilies in Lowell and settles them in to the community by offering services and providing social connections. Five of the best bands in Lowell will be performing throughout the night and all proceeds will be going to benefit the One Lowell organization. There will also be many informational tables set up for local non-profits, clubs, organizations and businesses. If you are interested in attending, here is the information:<br /><br />WUML 91.5FM Present Rock For Tots 2010<br />Thursday December 9<br />Doors at 730pm, Event starts at 8pm<br />One University Ave, Cumnock Hall, North Campus, UMass Lowell<br />Lowell MA 01854<br />Bands: Hivesmasher, Los Bungalitos, Hetfield & Hetfield, The Sinbusters and Ladderlegs<br />18+, $5, All proceeds go to One Lowell<br />More info on One Lowell at http://www.onelowell.net<br /><br />Please join our Facebook event and help us promote by inviting all of your friends and sharing the event on your wall. Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=162277003809250Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-54771792225346815982010-11-30T09:34:00.000-08:002010-11-30T09:45:24.748-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache1.bigcartel.com/product_images/25877216/cover.jpg"><br /></a>Exokanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13389662156059201609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-45415911437011722232010-11-28T10:16:00.000-08:002010-11-28T10:32:36.325-08:00Empty Phrases on Live from the Fallout Shelter, 11/29<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ETIxm2hIFRrCiVosfeZaqbW_Inctig2fUnMBVSjy6sh3AaPgTbIOKbg7nCd_LJtJ8aDtFD2QVeajDvgr2RXeNCIk-YD01mJDhIUSzawWYRtRkKmeiItcneTF9Zz-8PnuVyJYc4Ne2vw/s1600/emptyphrases.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ETIxm2hIFRrCiVosfeZaqbW_Inctig2fUnMBVSjy6sh3AaPgTbIOKbg7nCd_LJtJ8aDtFD2QVeajDvgr2RXeNCIk-YD01mJDhIUSzawWYRtRkKmeiItcneTF9Zz-8PnuVyJYc4Ne2vw/s400/emptyphrases.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544670229827026018" /></a><br />This Monday November 29, Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM will be hosting local band <span style="font-weight:bold;">Empty Phrases</span> as they play a live set in our studio! This four piece indie-shoegaze group hails from the mean streets of Lowell and even includes WUML members and UML students, so we are extra excited to have them!<br /><br />Going the DIY route that so many bands from the Lowell area have gone, they have released their first EP for free download at their bandcamp music page. When I first listened to these guys, their music made me feel like what I can only imagine it would feel like to fall off a cliff and never hit the ground. Soothing and relaxing, at the same time canceling out all of your other problems. Empty Phrases is definitely for fans of <span style="font-weight:bold;">Rx Bandits</span>, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Pavement</span> and <span style="font-weight:bold;">Minus The Bear</span>.<br /><br />You can hear them on Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM this Monday November 29 from 8 - 11pm, with their set starting at 930pm followed by an interview and the best in underground punk, indie, folk and whatever else played before and after their set.<br /><br />You can listen at www.wuml.org.<br /><br />You can check them out and download their EP for free at http://emptyphrases1.bandcamp.com.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-51144056844297847402010-11-18T10:25:00.000-08:002010-11-18T10:45:38.599-08:00Dan Blakeslee on Live from the Fallout Shelter, 11/22<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir2KSuAPLdWhK3cf42M3AMMfuMV58Hb1WjcY3A_RUfT63GfrBU-zec8Pvrq-94NHe-3K2Kjbvk5LS1EOz2GgDFNtMO8uB-hqMebB2-UgWps4miRXCRgBbb9rIG3hnfkT6LvDKmQ41ijl8/s1600/danblakeslee.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir2KSuAPLdWhK3cf42M3AMMfuMV58Hb1WjcY3A_RUfT63GfrBU-zec8Pvrq-94NHe-3K2Kjbvk5LS1EOz2GgDFNtMO8uB-hqMebB2-UgWps4miRXCRgBbb9rIG3hnfkT6LvDKmQ41ijl8/s400/danblakeslee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540962768683426626" /></a><br />On Monday November 22, Live from the Fallout Shelter on WUML 91.5FM will be hosting the one and only <strong>Dan Blakeslee </strong>as he plays a live set in our studio! Dan hails from Somerville, MA but has frequented a few venues right here in Lowell. Dan is an acoustic singer-songwriter who plays very creative folk songs and has been compared to Johnny Cash, Echo and the Bunnymen, Jeff Buckley and Tom Waits. Actually, following in the footsteps of Johnny Cash's Live at Folsom Prison recording, Dan has played and recorded a set in front of a houseful of murderers and felons at Laconia State Prison. His eerie yet enchanting songs combined with his engaging live performance make Dan a true American Renaissance man. <br /><br />So tune in this Monday night from 8 - 11pm, with Dan going on at 930pm and the best in underground punk, folk and indie spun by the shows DJ's before and after the set as well as an interview with Dan Blakeslee himself. <br /><br />You can check out Dan's music at http://www.myspace.com/danblakeslee<br /><br />You can listen to Listen to Live from the Fallout Shelter online at http://www.wuml.org and see the whole schedule of bands at http://www.myspace.com/livefromthefalloutshelterTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453513649687762919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-67934826833236920212010-07-30T07:42:00.000-07:002010-07-30T07:43:49.873-07:00Review: BOX, Ten Variations on an Unknown Theme<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.origin-records.com/recordings/coverimages/82451.jpg" /><br /></div><br />Claudia Ulla Binder - Piano<br />Christian Weber - Bass<br />Dieter Ulrich - Drums, Bugle<br /><br /><br />BOX's Ten Variations on an Unknown Theme is a collection of improvised projects curated by Swiss bassist Jonas Tauber. With such a title the caliber of free jazz they play, set in a modern composer's back yard is no surprise.<br /><br />The trio's take off point is this "theme" usually consisting of disjointed, spiky drum parts accompanied by off-kilter piano and bass melodies. With numbered variations being the groups chosen mode of presentation the album makes for a delightful listen through, as the album progresses it gets stranger and stranger.<br /><br />Variations 1 through 4 are each in their own way elegant trio compositions, albeit avant-garde. Loud-quiet dynamics play into the trio's style as each one snaps in and out of the listener's attention at almost lightning speed and for short, disciplined amounts of time. 5th Variation is very wiry. Here the group is using the very outer edges of their instruments Binder's piano sounds alien while Ulrich trades his kit for undulating bugle bursts. Bassist Weber picks up all the rhythm, or what little shreds are available. After track 5 the album becomes noticeably more textured. 8th Variation explores a more solemn mood for the group and the 9th a drunken marching suite.<br /><br />BOX's exploratory intermission serves to create two halves of an album, that is, one which jangles along just inside the fence of typical free piano-trio music, and another which embraces the area beyond that boundary as a home.Contact Buzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08301882071880141785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-52248458845324081722010-07-20T15:16:00.001-07:002010-07-21T09:25:32.499-07:00Review: Kyle Brenders, Ways<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.gaudeamus.fm/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/PR4042_KyleBrenders_Ways_resize.gif" /><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Kyle Brenders - Soprano Saxophone<br />Nicole Rampersaud - Trumpet<br />Johnathan Adejmian - Korg MS-20<br />Tilman Lewis - Cello<br />Aaron Lumley - Contra Bass<br />Brandon Valdiva - Percussion</span><br /><br />It's no surprise that <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ways </span>may sound Braxton-esque, for Kyle Brenders, a Canadian saxophonist, has studied and appeared on numerous recordings with experimental jazz composer Anthony Braxton. Brenders' debut<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>from March of this year melds modern electronic composition and stretched-out free jazz. For Brenders, composition is extremely sparse and off-pulsed. Creeping loud parts are so forward they seem omnipresent, but Brender's use of quiet/loud dynamics is markedly masterful.<br /><br />The inaugural Section 2 serves to pace off the album from a distance. At first, the drumming marches in with distant tympani hits, but soon Brandon Valdiva's spritzing, varied fringe percussion takes hold. Stylistically reserved, it focuses more on rim clicks and cymbal rushes rather than accented hits or beats. Section 4 begins to take more shape as it evolves from off-pulse ideas into shades of humming from Brenders, trumpete<span style="font-size:100%;">r </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Nicole Rampersaud, and cellist Tilman Lewis. </span>Here, Johnathan Adejman's Korg synth uses only pitches that dance between ranges of cello and contra bass of Aaron Lumley. As the sections expand and progress, they become more infused with jazz such as Section 5's episodic procedures through choppy solo sections. Each time one of the players takes the forefront, the backing four fall into a different, regimented melody. After the 13:30 mark, the track rolls into a layered, cresendoing conclusion. The album's longest track, Section 6, begins as whimsical and eerie making for some true minimalism, that is, conjuring up complete feelings and images by doing as little as possible. It moves along very slowly, with abrupt rises and slithering falling actions throughout. Album closer Section 8 is a study in the drone, providing a stark one-note procession and, for the first time, a continual, thunderous drum part.<br /><br />The assembled sounds work of one another well. Brenders has directed each member of the sextet to engage in a study of ambiance, but it sounds at times like a harrowing experience. There is a noticeable loneliness in between rigid structures and timeless freedom, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ways</span> studies these intervals masterfully.Contact Buzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08301882071880141785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-18631594553715328772010-07-02T17:15:00.000-07:002010-07-02T17:17:12.849-07:00Review: Anti-Social Music, Fracture: The Music of Pat Muchmore<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/121/l_8817a5b026a542f0bb717a74d0a901e3.jpg" /><br /></div><br />New York's composer collective <span style="font-weight: bold;">Anti-Social Music</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">ASM</span>) are a group of jail-house rules misfits who found seem to have the time among scrounging up rent to put out a debut, a collaboration with the Gena Rowlands band, and this, their third offering entitled <span style="font-style: italic;">Fracture</span>. <span style="font-weight: bold;">ASM</span> takes cues from many different styles of music, while guiding it with an avant-classical approach. It's various members include <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hold Steady</span> keyboardist Franz Nicolay on accordian, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gutbucket </span>member Ken Thompson on clarinet and sax, who also a member of <span style="font-weight: bold;">The World/Inferno Friendship Society</span> alongside Peter Hess, who also contributes on various woodwinds.<br /><br />According to their <a href="http://www.myspace.com/antisocialmusic">Myspace</a>, the 11 members are well versed in several different types of musicology. Not only those expected members, trained in classical and jazz composition, but also music auteurs, world tour rock and rollers, anti-establishment cretins, cult members, and hipsters. Each piece of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">ASM </span>jigsaw gives the album such an alarming set of tracks.<br /><br />Obviously, chamber-pigfuck has not taken off as a genre but what certainly has, is the blurring of jazz with classical with rock and roll with punk. For ASM this seems a bod, in large part, to progenitors such as Naked City (and other Tzadik projects), Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham and others. What puts <span style="font-weight: bold;">ASM</span> in a new light is the fact rather than a cohesive group of musicians looking into new horizons, the members are all coming from differing backgrounds and looking inward.<br /><br />Herding <span style="font-weight: bold;">ASM</span> into "third-stream" is a little uncalled for. They more are outer-edge, modern classical. Gumdrops and Kittens serves up what could be called a "gnarly" opening riff on guitar/violin. The jarring swell sloughs off into a tense climax and enters into the albums first real movement Fracture IV. Here, the group is in a purely cinematic form. In dipping in and out of sections featuring fluttering winds, clunky piano, and low, moaning brass sections. These larger tracks, running over 10 minutes, including String Quartet No. 2 and PortRait_7 have the group maintaining improvised discipline and working the songs up to more frantic parts or vice versa. shitfuckcumbastard is an uncomfortable, daunting yet beautifully layered track. A tapestry of trembling strings and accordion fall in place behind short, staccato tenor sax hits which slowly go from spiritual Coltrane-like to frantic, hoarse Shepp-like. Although the album is drum-less, the groups series of Broken Aphorisms (eight of which appear here) have low, orchestral anchoring in using cello, violin, and trombone with piercing highs of dual flautists. With the help of accordion and pianist/keyboards, all of these work towards a sinking ship of middle range for a very interesting sounding conference.<br /><br />This album isn't exactly approachable, but people who can appreciate rather intense post-rock, left-field third-stream, and meat grinder modern classical should find something.Contact Buzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08301882071880141785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-13987822920817016402010-06-28T09:04:00.000-07:002010-06-28T09:07:09.424-07:00Review: Ceremony, Rohnert ParkBy Matt Gannon<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4713036225_618cb74735.jpg" /><br /></div><br />The first time I heard Ceremony it was three years ago, the song was called “Kersed”. It was the most raw angry thing I ever heard and I was instantly a fan. I have been looking forward to the release of “Rohnert Park” for some time now. After finally listening to it I found it to be a great punk album. It is defiantly a progression from “Violence Violence” but its also the next logical step after “Still Nothing Moves You”.<br /><br />Rohnert Park opens with “Into the Wayside Part I/Sick, the first chords strike and it feels like Dick Dale wrote a Halloween song. Its not long before Cazarotti’s pounding drums come in with a steady punk beat, guitar and bass add to the mix and make the build up that much better. When Ross Farrar finally sings the cynicism and anger in his words is enough to send shivers down my spine. The song boasts a simple message of pure hatred for the modern world, and the delivery is remarkably effective.<br /><br />One track in particular caught my attention, “The Doldrums (Friendly City)”. This track alone shows the huge range that Ceremony is able achieve. The subject matter of the song is only enhanced by the droning clean vocals. I applaud Ceremony for doing what great bands do, experimenting with their sound. This song will be hit or miss for many Ceremony fans but for me it is defiantly a hit.<br /><br />“Rohnert Park” sounds like it could be some long lost gem recorded in the 80’s and not discovered until now. The production quality and the style of song writing couldn’t have reached a more perfect balance. Rohnert Park in my opinion is one of the best hardcore punk albums to come out in 2010.<br /><br />Highlight Tracks<br />M.C.D.F<br />Moving Principle<br />The Doldrums (Friendly City)<br />Don’t touch Me<br />Back in 84Contact Buzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08301882071880141785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-69319519470864415262010-06-05T23:37:00.000-07:002010-06-13T12:26:07.371-07:00Review: Aram Shelton's Fast Citizens, Two Cities<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://musicalbox.bloginky.com/files/aram-sheltons-fast-citizens.jpg" /><br /></div><br />Aram Shelton - Alto saxophone, Clarinet<br />Keefe Jackson - Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet<br />Josh Berman - Cornet<br />Fred Lonberg-Holm - Cello<br />Anton Hatwich - Bass<br />Frank Rosaly - Drums<br /><br />Chances are, Chicago has a cooler jazz scene than your city. With its young vanguard of experimentalist, <span style="font-style: italic;">Two Cities</span>, the new offering from Fast Citizens, proves a second wave is within the ilk of Ken Vandermark, Chicago Underground Duo, and Isotope 217. The sextet Fast Citizens' rotating leader chair is this time occupied by saxophonist Aram Shelton.<br /><br />Although the album is built around free-form clusters, usually with each of the six members in mix, they are set within a post-bop ethos. The opener and title track is a colorful trek through not one, or two cities, but an array of sounds for touring many different places. Josh Berman and Keefe Jackson round out the front end. All three invited each other in and out at various points in the song, some times harmonizing warmly, other times tip-toeing around one another. Big News flourishes Fred Lonberg-Holm's cello with entrances by horns just after the 1:00 mark and creeping rhythm lines soon thereafter.<br /><br />The album even dips into third stream. VCR #9 is Mingus-like in mood and image with its dizzying whirs. Clocking in at just over a minute long, Wontkins is the rapid unpacking and throwing about the room of angular free jazz, but certainly not a shrugged-off after thought. It's voice on the album sheds more onto what type of sextet Shelton is leading. The group's last album, led by Keefe Jackson, was more mature in its track by track organization. Here, the Fast Citizens sound juvenile, but are in no way unweaned.Contact Buzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08301882071880141785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795938003944446125.post-27280321094511591592010-06-03T12:25:00.001-07:002010-06-07T10:07:08.956-07:00Is this Jazz?: SBS June 8thTuesday night jazz show primer! Each week SBS, hosted by Chris and I, plays what is defined as 'jazz and jazz plus.' So here are some thoughts on jazz and jazz plus, but more specifically new, underground things we play.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >SBS </span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Tuesdays, 6 PM - 8 PM</span><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >91.5 WUML Lowell</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">or</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://www.wuml.org/webcast.php">Listen Online</a></span><br /></div><br />New Music Worth Your Time:<br /><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Little Women</span> - Throat</span>, AUM Fidelity<br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">New York Art Quartet</span> - Old Stuff</span>, Cuneiform<br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Aram Shelton's Fast Citizens</span> - Two Cities</span>, AUM Fidelity<br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Mulatu Astatke</span> - Mulatu Steps Ahead</span>, Strut</li></ul>This Week's Program:<br /><ul><li>Some music off of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Popol Vuh's</span> 1983 masterpiece soundtrack for Aguirre, Wrath of God. Directed by Werner Herzog.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Joe Harriot</span>, the lost pioneer of free jazz.<br /></li><li>In honor of it's 35th anniversary, <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>selections from Phedra by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tangerine Dream.</span> </li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Miles Davis Live at the Fillmore East, 1970: It's About That Time</span>.<br /></li></ul>Contact Buzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08301882071880141785noreply@blogger.com2