Boston Music Blog Roundup #1
July 30, 2009
Boston is percolating with many awesome blogs dedicated to sharing their love of bands from Boston and beyond. This is the first of a new weekly Boston music blog roundup series. If you write for a Boston music blog and you’re not in our “Around Boston” list o’ sites (over on the right) — let us know where we can find you!
Tea Party Boston: The girls of Tea Party Boston have been sharing their love of Boston on their new blog since May. Read the interview with the always awesome Hallelujah The Hills.
Bradley’s Almanac: Brad Searles made it down to Chapel Hill, North Carolina area for XXMerge – the 5-day 20th anniversary celebrating Merge Records, July 22-26. Read his blog for the write-up about XX Merge happenings and view the photos at Flickr. Photo of M Ward and Zooey Deschanel at XXMerge by Brad Searles.
Ryan’s Smashing Life: RSL’s latest viral video spotlight is musician/actor/comedian Miles Fisher’s cover of “This Must Be The Place” by The Talking Heads. Ryan’s Smashing Life will be tweeting from Newport Folk Festival next week with reviews and photos, too.
Boston Band Crush: The gang of music lovers over at Boston Band Crush are hosting a rock and roll spectacle on August 29th called “One Night Band” — they have impressively assembled a huge group of Boston musicians who will divide into teams and create a band that day and then later perform at The Middle East Downstairs. The show benefits Zumix, a youth music organization located in East Boston. Read Boston Band Crush’s interviews with musicians who are participating in One Night Band.
Melophobe: For those of us with a short attention span, Melophobe’s 50-word music reviews are a must-read.
Concert Photos of Grupo Fantasma at Museum of Fine Arts
July 27, 2009
Grupo Fantasma brought their latin rock to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston on July 22, 2009. The band is currently on a summer tour throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.
Feed your ears: Listen to “El Desconicido” by Grupo Fantasma
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On an iPhone and can’t see the photo slideshow below — view the photos on photographer Rich Gastwirt’s website at StageShooter.com.
Exploit Boston! TV Episode #11: Bleu CD Release Party at TT The Bear’s Place
July 26, 2009
If you missed it, check out what I wrote about Bleu’s new album A Watched Pot that came out on July 14th. As part of a tour celebrating the release of the eleven gems of pop awesomeness, Bleu stopped in Boston to celebrate with his Boston fans who’ve been supporting him for many years before and after he relocated to Los Angeles in 2006.
Surrounded by fans and friends — a happy homecoming
Blue performed to a sold-out crowd and it was no surprise he was having a good time playing songs from an album that almost never saw a proper release thanks to a major label that held the songs hostage for many years after Bleu was dropped from Aware/Columbia Records.
Also joining Bleu that night were Peter Moore (singer from Count Zero), Air Traffic Controller (Bleu produced their upcoming CD) and Hooray for Earth.
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Photo Slideshow: Bleu CD Release Party at TT The Bear’s Place
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