Posts Tagged ‘Metal’
8th Annual Thrash N Bang Xmas Punk Pizza Party
8th Annual Thrash N Bang Xmas Punk Pizza Party Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain, MA 12/15/19 Every holiday season, Andy and I like to ignore the crass commercialism and focus on what truly Xmas means to us, which is listening to punk rock bands while partying our [Read More]
The Negans – “Take It Like A Champ”
The Negans – “Take It Like A Champ” The Negans claim to be a “fast pace rock’n’roll band that will smash you in the face and leave you wanting more!” My masochistic yearnings aside- musically, this band does wield a walloping [Read More]
Armpits – “Can’t Remember Shit”
Armpits – “Can’t Remember Shit” They say you can’t remember shit as you get older. But I have a photographic memory when it comes to conversations, sometimes. If what you say, really means something to me, I will remember it- word for [Read More]
Firewalker – “The Roll Call”
Firewalker – “The Roll Call” Firewalker was a favorite local band of mine a few years ago, along with Gas Station Girls. I never saw either band live, but I did see videos of both bands playing semi-underground gigs at places like Hardcore Stadium [Read More]
Tortured Skull – “Ritualistic Guitar Violence”
Tortured Skull – “Ritualistic Guitar Violence” Tortured Skull describe themselves as “Sodom metal punk riff induced pykosis (sic) from Western Fuckin’ Mass”. And use such tags as speed metal, crust and d-beat. Which infers that, [Read More]
The Hi-End – “Before You Run Out Of Luck”
The Hi-End – “Before You Run Out Of Luck” The Hi-End play rock’n’roll, so they rightly claim. But if you’re looking for rock’n’roll that means Billy Joel’s “Still Rock’N’Roll To Me” or Bob [Read More]
Black Mass – “Warlust”
Black Mass – “Warlust” When Andy and I started this site eight years ago, just out of college- I mean, just when we were eligible for social security- I had never heard of the term “thrash metal” before. Though, Andy being five years [Read More]
Disco Rice – “4 Walls Screaming”
Disco Rice – “4 Walls Screaming” I love the name of this band- Disco Rice. That’s how I started my last review of this band. But since that was so long ago, or really, just earlier this year- I felt it was time again, to lead off with that [Read More]
The Manglers / The New Frustrations / The Grommets / Kermit’s Finger / The Instamatics / The Unstables
The Manglers / The New Frustrations / The Grommets / Kermit’s Finger / The Instamatics / The Unstables Jamaica Plain Porchfest, Jamaica Plain, MA 7/13/19 Besides the two shows I organize a year, the show I most look forward to is the The Grommet’s [Read More]
Reaver – “Twelve Month Sons”
Reaver – “Twelve Month Sons” Reaver is a groove metal band. Groove metal is defined as “a subgenre of heavy metal that takes the intensity and sonic qualities of thrash metal and plays them at mid-tempo, making only occasional forays into fast [Read More]
