Bodies of Water SHOWS

1/28 @ CAMBRIDGE YWCA: Boston Underground Summit IV

2012-01-28T11:00:00.001-05:00

Yeah, that's right, it's time for ANOTHER Boston Underground Summit. This one will be number 4, and it's going down on TONITE @ the Cambridge YWCA in Central Sq.(NOT NOT NOT the YMCA).

Bodies of Water Shows/http://www.bostonhassle.com/ presents...

1/28 @ Cambridge YWCA(Central Sq., NOT the YMCA)
7 Temple St.
Cambridge MA

THE BOSTON UNDERGROUND SUMMIT IV
10 band round robin performance of some of the best from the Northeast!!

w/
guerilla toss
robot death kites(ny)
needy visions
mmoss
night fruit
broken river prophet
skinny vinny
magic magic
@ Cambridge YWCA
7 Temple St.
Cambridge, MA

ALL AGES
$5-$10 sliding scale
suggested donation
7:30pm

CHECK BELOW FOR VIDS OF THE BANDS PLAYING THE SUMMIT 4!

MMOSS is playing the Boston Underground Summit on 1/28

2012-01-26T13:46:00.001-05:00

(1/25) Quilt/Names Divine(chicago)/Da Burdz

2012-01-24T17:17:00.003-05:00

1/25
@ Twin Towers
allston, ma
9pm
All Ages
$5-10 Sliding Scale Suggested Donation

QUILT http://quiltmusic.bandcamp.com/ (Boston)
Names Divine http://namesdivine.bandcamp.com/ (Chicago)
DA BURDZ http://daburdz.bandcamp.com/ (Kraut rock jams from members of Apollo Sunshine, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Doomstar! and Creaturos)

Bloodletter by Names Divine

QUILT by Quilt

Argentavis by Da Burdz

flier for 1/25 show w/ QUILT / DA BURDZ(mems. of doomstar, apollo sunshine) / NAMES DIVINE(chicago)

2012-01-23T10:43:00.005-05:00

NIGHT FRUIT is playing the Boston Underground Summit on 1/28

2012-01-21T12:54:00.002-05:00

ROBOT DEATH KITES is playing the Boston Underground Summit 4 on 1/28

2012-01-21T12:51:00.003-05:00

MAGIC MAGIC is playing the Boston Underground Summit 4 on 1/28

2012-01-19T11:26:00.001-05:00

GUERILLA TOSS is playing the Boston Underground Summit 4 on 1/28

2012-01-16T15:54:00.003-05:00

BROKEN RIVER PROPHET is playing the BOSTON UNDERGROUND SUMMIT 4 on 1/28

2012-01-12T17:58:00.002-05:00

NEEDY VISIONS is playing the Boston Underground Summit 4 on 1/28

2012-01-10T19:08:00.002-05:00

poster for BOSTON UNDERGROUND SUMMIT IV: 1/28 @ Cambridge YWCA

2012-01-09T20:16:00.001-05:00

awesome poster courtesy of the talented TD Sidell

BOSTON HASSLE comp RELEASE SHOW HUGE SUCCESS!

2011-12-12T09:58:00.002-05:00

Thanks to everyone who came out to, and all the bands who played the BOSTON HASSLE button release show!
Click on the links to the right to buy to the compilation, listen below.
Vids from the show will be up here soon.
MORE SHOWS COMING SOON. WATCH OUT!!!

(sunday)12/11: BOSTON HASSLE Release Show w/ DEBO BAND, FAT HISTORY MONTH, EXUSAMWA, NEEDY VISIONS, SARALEE, MING MING, CREATUROS(ex-Doomstar) + MORE

2011-11-17T22:14:00.002-05:00

The BOSTON HASSLE underground music compilation is being released officially on 12/11 @ GREAT SCOTT in Allston. The show is 18+ and it will be a rager. This comp is a button is a music player is an awesome collection of most of the most crucially great local bands going these days. HEAR some of the bands playing! LISTEN to the comp! COME TO this show! There's a bunch of bands playing but they will be short sets and no doubt oh so sweet. BE THERE!! Help us celebrate this damn compilation!!

&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://bodiesofwaterartsandcrafts.bandcamp.com/album/boston-hassle-a-boston-underground-music-compilation-on-a-wearable-button-music-playing-format"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;BOSTON HASSLE: &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;a boston underground music compilation(on a wearable button music playing format!?) by BODIES OF WATER arts and crafts&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;

WWW.BOSTONHASSLE.COM (NEW website and Boston underground music compilation)

2011-11-08T09:37:00.000-05:00

B.O.W. Shows & The Boston Compass are merging our websites with the creation of THE BOSTON HASSLE site. I will continue posting here about B.O.W. related shows and business, but please visit www.bostonhassle.com for some heavier duty writing and to experience this very REAL collabo.

In conjunction with the new website we are releasing a Boston underground music compilation also called BOSTON HASSLE. This compilation is the physical embodiment of the various underground music scenes that B.O.W. Shows & the Boston Compass attempt to foster week to week, year after year. BOSTON HASSLE is a snapshot of an amazing music scene and community in 2011, and quite literally(thanks to the format) a badge for the listener to wear to show that they are down with the Boston underground sound.

BOSTON HASSLE will be released exclusively on a 3" wearable
button music playing format called Playbutton. Wearers of the button simply need to plug in their headphones and press play. Yes, it is a new format, and hell yes we love records as much as(if not more) than most people, but we think this format actually seems viable, so we thought we'd give it a try. Go to the company's website for more information on the buttons: http://www.playbutton.co/

BUY THE COMP: http://bodiesofwaterartsandcrafts.bigcartel.com

&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://bodiesofwaterartsandcrafts.bandcamp.com/album/boston-hassle-a-boston-underground-music-compilation"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;BOSTON HASSLE:&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp; a boston underground music compilation by BODIES OF WATER arts and crafts&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;

(TUESDAY) 11/1 @ Twin Towers(allston): NATURAL CHILD(nashville), VIVA VIVA, NEEDY VISIONS, NEW HIGHWAY HYMNAL

2011-10-30T09:28:00.001-04:00

11/1 @ Twin Towers
email for address
Allston, MA

ALL AGES
$5-$10 sliding scale

Party time day after Halloween?!
Get your shit together and be here.
Natural Child and Viva Viva are infamous for
their live shows, and NV and NHH have new
sounds and jams for you to check out.
All @ a very cool venue spot!

Natural Child(nashville)
http://naturalchildband.blogspot.com/

Viva Viva
http://www.myspace.com/artsexdeathtime

Needy Visions
http://www.theneedyvisions.com

New Highway Hymnal
http://thenewhighwayhymnal.bandcamp.com/

CANCELLED!!!!!! (SATURDAY)10/29 @ the MIDWAY CAFE(in Jamaica Plain): THRONES / DANAVA / LA OTRACINA / the PROSELYTE / ICE DRAGON

2011-10-28T10:15:00.003-04:00

***SHOW CANCELLED***
Due to weather conditions in driving along the East Coast THRONES & DANAVA have cancelled their show tonite in BOSTON scheduled for the Midway Cafe in JP. Thus the whole show is cancelled.
We apologize for this, but if you must blame someone blame God.

10/29 @ the Midway Cafe

3496 Washington St
Jamaica Plain, MA

9PM
$10
21+
THRONES(ex Melvins/Earth/Sunn O)))
http://www.myspace.com/thronestour
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Thrones/316817901419

DANAVA(oregon)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/DANAVA/212228184445

LA OTRACINA(nyc)
http://www.holymountain.com/artists/la-otracina/

the PROSELYTE(return from tour show)
http://theproselyte.bandcamp.com/

TONIGHT @ Lorem Ipsum Books: AMEN DUNES / HARMONIZER / HURRICANES OF LOVE

2011-10-24T12:29:00.001-04:00

Great way to end a monday night here.
Come visit Inman Sq. and check out this amazing show @ the
AWESOME Lorem Ipsum book sellers!

TONITE!!!!
B.O.W. Shows presents...
10/24
@ Lorem Ipsum Books
1299 Cambridge St.
Inman Sq. Cambridge, MA

8PM
$5-$10 suggested donation
ALL AGES
AMEN DUNES: Fried up, meanderingly beautiful excursions into psychedelia. At turns improv and song based, always mesmerizing and spiritually grasping.
http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/releases/sbr059/
http://www.myspace.com/amendunes

HARMONIZER(from Vermont)
http://harmonizermusic.tumblr.com/
HURRICANES OF LOVE
http://hurricanesoflove.bandcamp.com/

HOMEGROWN III: Boston's Underground Music Fest OCTOBER 14th-16th 2011 ALL AGES

2011-10-13T01:02:00.001-04:00

http://www.homegrownfestboston.com/
poster by Zoard Tyeklar

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Friday October 14th
6:30pm-12am
@ Villa Victoria
85 West Newton Street
Boston, MA(the South End)
http://www.villavictoriaarts.org/visit.html

Saturday October 15th
5:30pm-12am
@ the Crane Room(@ Paige Hall)
Coordinates: +42° 24′ 24.07″, -71° 7′ 3.30″(Click for a map of the Crane Room’s exact location!)
Tufts University
Medford, MA

http://www.last.fm/venue/9114962+The+Crane+Room+%40+Tufts+University/wiki

**The venue is walkable from Davis Sq. T stop on the red line, but we will also be offering a FREE shuttle service between the Davis Sq. T stop and the venue. The shuttle will be running continuously throughout this 2nd day of HOMEGROWN III(saturday OCT 15th). Please call Frank, the driver of the shuttle, @ 678-350-4284 to check in about the timeline for his next pickup.

Sunday October 16th
12pm-12am
@ Villa Victoria
85 West Newton Street
Boston, MA(the South End)
http://www.villavictoriaarts.org/visit.html
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CHAPTER 24 is playing HOMEGROWN III this weekend!!!

2011-10-13T00:39:00.001-04:00

CHAPTER 24 are coming all the way from England and they play some catchy post punk something or other. See them this weekend! www.homegrownfestboston.com

QUILT is playing HOMEGROWN III this weekend(10/14-10/16)!!!!!

2011-10-11T18:19:00.016-04:00

HOMEGROWN III is upon us. IT will be awesome. And this awesome band is playing.

They are called QUILT, they are from Boston.
1 gal, 2 guys. Many vocals. Dreamy

WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND(10/7-10/10)

2011-10-07T20:04:00.001-04:00

10/7 @ What We Talk About When We Talk About Us/Allston, MA/ The OUTSIDERS/ FREDDY FUDD PUCKER/ SCAMPS/ SARA LEE/ MATT MURPHY

10/7 @ The Smokey Bear Cave/ Allston, MA/FAT HISTORY MONTH / STATE CHAMPION / ANIMAL CITY / PILE

10/7 @ the Haven/ IOA, Fey Rey

10/7 @ PAs Lounge/ Earthquake Party, The Vandelles, & The Foreign Resort

10/7 @ The Benny Vandergast Memorial Theatre (JP)/ Deaf Poets (Miami),The Good Party (First show in a long time, members of QUILT),Camp Hope (Members of Free Pizza,Personal Finance

10/7 @ Coolidge Corner Theater/ POPCORN(1991) Directed by Mark Herrier

10/7 -10/8 @ Coolidge Corner Theater/ THE DARK HALF(1993) Directed by George Romero

10/8 @ various Central Sq. locations/ Killjoy Fest: www.killjoyfest.com

10/8 @ Church/ By the Throat, Psycho, Mob Hit, & Bad Lieutenants

10/8 @ the Armory/ Jens Lekman

10/8 @ Club 58/ Quincy, MA/ Slapshot, Death Before Dishonor, & more

10/8 @ Met Cafe/ Pawtucket, RI/ Yo La Tango

10/8 @ Backyard Band/Boston Presents... INTERNAL REFRAINS

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=226315524088329

10/9@ Middlesex/ Viva Viva, Naked Gods

10/9 @ Lorem Ipsum Books/ Telebossa(brazil)

10/10 @ Obriens/ Arboretum, & Eternal Tapestry

10/10 @ Weirdo Records/ Luke Moldolf, Greg Kelley

10/10 @ Hotung Cafe(Tufts U.)/ Acid Baby Jesus, Casanovas In Heat, Dead People, White People

LISTEN TO: UNITED MUTATION

2011-10-07T18:51:00.001-04:00

What's up peoples?
Trying to keep it short today. I'm gonna cut to the chase and just say
that I'm wicked surprised that not more people have latched onto the
pure awesomeness of this unique DC hardcore/punk band from the
early-to-mid 80s.... UNITED fucking MUTATION!

It's difficult to describe them without falling back on the obvious
set of terms that other websites have relied on: punk, hardcore,
psychedelic, crust, noise? Dunno. Their tunes range from succinct
thrashers with unintentionally proto-crust/metal vocals (sounds like a
stoned SIEGE played on the wrong slow speed or something) to loose and
trippy autistic noise, to rippin' punk rock ragers complete with sassy
vox and full psychedelic wackiness on display. It doesn't really make
much sense to try just one of their tunes - soak all their tunes up
and dive into this awesome free-spirited historical oddity of early
punk/hardcore.

by Chris Leamy

"Try" their discography CD here: http://www.mediafire.com/?zyizjezkztm

LISTEN TO: GUM TAKES TOOTH

2011-10-05T16:19:00.002-04:00

I heard that this was a drummer and basically just his many pedals and triggers and I wondered how far out this could get. Well, the answer is that this defies what you think this could possibly amount too. This is all over: screeching noise rock, metal moments, and electronic excess in every direction. The kind of thing that kids will lose their minds to live in a LIGHTNING BOLT style fashion. GUM TAKES TOOTH never lets up except to set the table for their next bombastic freak out with a bubbling cauldron of electronic bleepage or some such thing. From England. New record SILENT CENOTAPH out now on TIGERTRAP.

MORE: http://www.tigertrap.co.uk/artists.php?artist=19

Gum Takes Tooth - Silent Cenotaph by tigertrap

REGAL DEGAL is playing HOMEGROWN III

2011-10-05T15:57:00.001-04:00

Droning, beautiful, rhythmic landscapes that double as weird pop, trickling into the Atlantic and finding its way up to Boston just in time for HOMEGROWN III. And we have gotten lucky to have just the right currents, moving in just the right direction to make this possible. What better way to make one's way toward oblivion than by riding a endless pop groove? From Brooklyn. Regal Degal. A drone leaning pop post-punk thing of beauty.

Regal Degal - Over All Too Soon by RVNG Intl.

WHITE FENCE is paying HOMEGROWN IIII

2011-10-05T15:22:00.005-04:00

WHITE FENCE is indeed playing HOMEGROWN III.

Here's what we had to say about them back in February...
California haze poppers White Fence are one of the best songwriting groups right now operating in the reverb and echo wooziness arena of current underground pop. Shards of Pure Guava-era Ween are strewn throughout their recordings, but there's much more of a 60s vibe mixed in by the folks in White Fence. At times you can hear local favs MMOSS in their sound. Droning pop from a nearby, but just out reach dimension with really awesome and interesting guitar playing all over the place. They have a new record out on Woodsist that you probably want to check out. It's called IS GROWING FAITH. As you probably know we @ Bodies of Water have a bias toward bands who can write a hook and build some suspense in their music. This band is just lovely at doing those things and they have a great pallete of sounds and ideas from which they work. I love these kinds of bands(and there aren't that many of them)that give off this kind of floating feeling, as if you're on an escaltor going nowhere prodded on by some weird fuzz and some lulling melodies and a distant drum set being played by a rock solid apeman. Ascending.

BLEACHED is playing HOMEGROWN III.

2011-10-04T16:18:00.001-04:00

This is their current tour poster. BLEACHED comes from Los Angeles and features ex-members of Mika Miko! Come see their power/punk pop deal @ HOMEGROWN III underground music fest.

the NEW Boston Counter Cultural Compass IS OUT!

2011-10-04T14:08:00.000-04:00

GO TO: 10/3(TONITE) HUME(dc), MOON KING(toronto), Nicky Romance, Big Dick Cop

2011-10-03T17:58:00.002-04:00

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A Bodies of Water Show...
10/3 @ Butcher Shoppe
Allston, MA

Hume(DC), Nikki Romance, Moon King(toronto)
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Avant pop and other weirdness touch down in Allston tonight for you!!

&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://nickyromance.bandcamp.com/album/nuglife"&amp;amp;gt;NUGLIFE by Nicky Romance&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;

BIRD NAMES & SARALEE vids from their show on 9/30 @ Twin Towers

2011-10-03T16:06:00.000-04:00

We put on a show last friday for the awesome BIRD NAMES & BUBBLY MOMMY GUN from Athens, GA. Here's a couple vids from that show...

WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND(9/30-10/2)

2011-09-30T16:58:00.000-04:00

9/30 @ Twin Towers/ Allston, MA/ Bubbly Mommy Gun, Bird Names, Saralee, Morgan Shaker Family Band
9/30 @ Muthership/ Cave Bears, Funny Money
9/30 @ Coolidge Corner Theater @ MIDNITE / DEADBEAT AT DAWN(19889 Directed by Jim Van Bebber, w/ director present!
10/1 @ Flywheel/ Easthampton, MA/ Jandek
10/1 @ Democracy Center/ LADYFEST BENEFIT: Get Liad, Heavy Medical, Party Pigs, Inhalers
10/2 @ What We Talk About When We Talk About Us/ SMASH IT DEAD FEST FUNDRAISER/ Condensed Flesh, Ex-Magicians, Billy Raygun

GO TO: 9/30(tonight) @ Twin Towers: BIRD NAMES / BUBBLY MOMMY GUN / SARALEE / MORGAN SHAKER FAMILY BAND

2011-09-30T16:44:00.003-04:00

We're doing this, it's going to rule. it's beautiful out and you have a chance to take in some wonderful tunes!
Do it! See you there.
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A B.O.W. Show...
9/30 @ Twin Towers
email for address
Allston, MA

ALL AGES

Bird Names(Athens), Bubbly Mommy Gun(Athens), Morgan Shaker Family Band, Saralee
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GO TO: 9/29(tonight) @ VIDEO UNDERGROUND: DEATH RACE 2000(1975) Directed by Paul Bartel

2011-09-29T11:49:00.000-04:00

TONITE @ the Video Underground in Hyde Sq., JP! Produced by Roger Corman, and starring David Carradine, and a young Stallone. Get an idea of what it would take to get me interested in Nascar! One of the most awesomely ridiculous films of all time.

LISTEN TO: ASCENSION

2011-09-29T11:44:00.003-04:00

Absolutely devastating left of center black metal from this German band. Their new record CONSOLAMENTUM is out on WTC PRODUCTIONS and it is a dense, epic listen. There are many black metal touches on this record, but what really grabs me is the incorporation of metal ideas from throughout the ages. The drums are often a black metal blur but the guitars soar with triumphant solos, and crushing riffs, and at times some real thrash feel chug/blazing solo combination. This is black metal from serious metal minds. It's really hard to pick a favorite here, but "Fire and Faith" would have to be it for me. The tune starts off with an ominous film sample that gives way to an immediate rush and wallop of drums and riffage. Enter the vocalist incanting, working between growl and a low, almost whisper over the continuing guitar slaughter. About half way through the songs gives way to one of the heaviest plodding riffs I've heard in a while. Lead guitar takes over and sails off, winding all over, in and out of metal territory. The guitar leads at the end are as majestic as can possibly be, until the whole thing unwinds back into the assault of the song's opening. Damn. Listen to this. ASCENSION is a band that knows its history, but has something new to express, which is of course the best kind of band.

MORE: http://www.myspace.com/gatewaystoascension

NEW VID from SORE EROS

2011-09-28T14:06:00.002-04:00

NEW VID from SORE EROS for a song off their new record. CHECK IT OUT...

Sore Eros - Stacy from robert Robinson on Vimeo.

GO TO: 9/28(tonight) Oneohtrix Point Never with Lichens @ Atlantic Wharf (FREE OUTDOOR SHOW)

2011-09-28T13:59:00.000-04:00

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Wednesday, September 28, 6:30pm-8:30pm

ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER
with Lichens

Fort Point Channel at Atlantic Wharf
290 Congress Street
Boston, MA
http://www.bostoncyberarts.org/
FREE and open to the public.

Presented by Boston CyberArts at Atlantic Wharf
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Oneohtrix Point Never is Daniel Lopatin, whose work has brought him to the forefront of the modern electronic composition scene. Although Lopatin’s rise seemed meteoric following the praise for his double disc anthology “Rifts” (coveted by the likes of Wire, Pitchfork, Fader, Guardian UK, The Quietus, and XLR8R), it is the result of a love affair with polyphonic synthesizers dating back to childhood jam sessions with his father’s Juno 60; an instrument which, like B.B. King’s Lucille, he has never left behind.

text from facebook event page

MORE: http://soundcloud.com/mexicansummer/oneohtrix-point-never-sleep

BUBBLY MOMMY GUN and BIRD NAMES are playing a B.O.W. Show on friday(9/30) @ Twin Towers in Allston

2011-09-28T11:07:00.001-04:00

Bubbly Mommy Gun and Bird Names are both from Athens, GA.
And they are both playing in Allston THIS FRIDAY @ a show that we are
putting on @ Twin Towers. THINK ABOUT IT!!

awesome flier courtesy of Charlotte Huffman

HOMEGROWN III venue has changed!!! But nothing else has and it's still going to AMAZING!!!

2011-09-27T19:01:00.004-04:00

HOMEGROWN III was on the verge of defeat and cancellation as of two weeks ago. We lost our venue, the Fourth Wall Project, in the Fenway, when the city of Boston denied us and the venue a temporary entertainment license despite having issued the same venue temporary entertainment licenses earlier this year for corporately sponsored concerts.

LONG STORY SHORT here are the new venue locations for each day of HOMEGROWN III:

Friday October 14th @ Villa Victoria
85 West Newton Street
Boston, MA(South End)

Saturday October 15th @ the Crane Room(@ Paige Hall)
Tufts University
Medford, MA
http://www.last.fm/venue/9114962+The+Crane+Room+%40+Tufts+University/wiki

Sunday October 16th @ Villa Victoria
85 West Newton Street
Boston, MA(South End)

FOR MORE INFO: www.homegrownfestboston.com

PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THIS CHANGE IN VENUE!!

GO TO: 9/27(tonite) @ Gay Gardens// MARRIAGE(austin) / MAGIC PEOPLE / NIKKI ROMANCE

2011-09-27T18:54:00.000-04:00

MARRIAGE from Austin, TX(and featuring former local Mike Kanin) bring a punk ferocity and kraut groove to GAY GARDENS tonight. Their live show is going to be nuts.
MAGIC PEOPLE will show the audience their true synth-goth rock selves and Nikky Romance(of Kid Romance)
will be throwing down spooky beats to get everyone in the correct strange mood.
DO THIS.
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Bodies of Water Shows/ Floating Garbage Continent present...
9/27 @ Gay Gardens
10 Greylock St.
Allston, MA

ALL AGES

Marriage (ex Black Eyes), Magic People,
Nicky Romance
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LISTEN TO: DIVA - THE GLITTER END

2011-09-27T18:40:00.003-04:00

Diva is the Whitney Houston of the ambient, experimental scene. This girl’s legal name is Diva Dompe, she wears more extravagant makeup than anyone on VH1’s Diva’s Live and her music rules. On the surface, it’s afro-drone/sparkle-gaze, but the layers that form on each track are mesmerizing. The aptly titled “Highest Cloud” is a warped disco romp with stringy vibrations and glittery synth, and looking closer, it’s a pre-Tusk basement recording sent to the future. “Andromeda’s Lullaby” takes cues from Jon Hassell, morphing static into melody. Other themes on the album are minimal gamelan bells, laser beams and field recordings of the rainforest, and the entire album showcases Diva’s breathy soprano. Diva strongly suggests you listen to this, and I would totally listen to her if I were you.

by Alison Kozol

MORE: http://diva.bandcamp.com/

flier for B.O.W. Show on 9/27(tomorrow) @ Gay Gardens: MARRIAGE(ex-Black Eyes), MAGIC PEOPLE, Nicky Romance(of kid Romance)

2011-09-26T15:49:00.002-04:00

co-presented with Floating Garbage Continent

WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND(9/23-9/25)

2011-09-23T17:01:00.003-04:00

9/23 @ What We Talk About When We Talk About Us(in allston)/ CAVE(from Chicago), Guerilla Toss, Skimask, Herbcraft
9/23 @ TTs / Soccer Mom 10" Release! w/ Emergency Music, Autochrome & Marconi
9/23 @Starlab / Sudden Infant, Shawn Greenlee, Einfgall, Xiphoid Dementia, Ophibre
9/23 @ Royale/ Fucked Up, Wavves
9/23-9/24 @ Coolidge Corner Theater/ THE LAST CIRCUS(2010) directed by:Alex de la Iglesia
9/24 @ Whitehaus/ 23 Psaegz A, Seth Faergolzia, ACLU Benefit, Aspergers Are Us
9/24 @ Gay Gardens/ Symptomatic(Steve Norton/Vic Rawlings), Singe Blanc(france)
9/24 @ CHURCH / EASY ACTION (DETROIT) + TRiPLE THiCK + KEVIN STEVENSON (THE SHODS)
9/24 @ Royale/ Stephen Malkmus
9/25 @ Goethe-Institut Boston / Non-Event presents: Thomas Lehn and John Butcher duo, & Annette Krebs and Ernst Karel Duo
9/25 @ Paramount Center/ BEING JOHN MALKOVICH(1999) directed by Spike Jonz

LISTEN TO: CAVE // GO TO: 9/23 @ WWTAWWTAU: Cave(chicago) / Guerilla Toss / Skimask / Herbcraft

2011-09-23T15:37:00.000-04:00

Nearly wordless, but capable of transporting you to wherever you might like to go and back, CAVE's new record NEVERENDLESS(out on DRAG CITY) is mesmerizing to say the least. Sitting here in the midst of "work" listening to this record I am, as I mentioned before, transported. We here @ BOW Shows have dealt with CAVE before, but none of their previous recorded output has been able to touch what they do live. This here is a record doing just that. Propulsive beats, shifting melodies and dynamics, a wave of sound and rhythm that ever so gently washes over before you're able to realize that you've been washed away, far from where you started and half an hour is missing from your life. A well spent half an hour though. It's much like an alien abduction must be. It's a little troubling that your time and memory can't be accounted for, but then again, something really weird, and perhaps wonderful(let's not get into details) might have just happened to you. And there you have it. "This Is The Best" is 14 minutes long. Slow build into a synthy realm which eventually gives way to the threatening thunder of some kraut rock, rocking as hard as anyone has in this territory since CIRCLE. And then down and slowly back to a synth lead climb toward the light at song's end. A dizzying experience. That's what these guy's do. Come see them @ a show that BOW Shows is putting on @ WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT US tonight(9/23), 8pm sharp.
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B.O.W. Shows presents...
9/23 @ What We Talk About When We Talk About Us
(in allston) email us for address
$10

ALL AGES

Cave(from Chicago) , Guerilla Toss, Skimask, Herbcraft(Maine)
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MORE: http://www.dragcity.com/artists/cave

LISTEN TO: JACUZZI BOYS

2011-09-23T15:36:00.000-04:00

Jangly punk pop dudes outta party capital Miami, and they make like they're kings of the place. This new record GLAZIN' is out on Hardly Art and it's full off short bursts of dazed and confused clean garage pop filled with punk attitude and a stew of 60s moves and vibes. "Cool Vapors" is the jam best suited to my tastes here. Power pop straight up with some kind of surf rock thing going down on the verse, and a pretty damn catchy chorus. Comparisons drawn between some of these jammers and some of our own DOOMSTAR's jammers would not be ridiculous. This stuff is gunning for some summer lovin', but I'm staring out the window at a bunch of fog(these guys are from always sunny Florida though so...). Catch them coming through town @ an RTT Presents... show @ PAs Lounge on 10/19 with Boston area favs WHITE PAGES.

MORE: http://jacuzziboys.com/

Jacuzzi Boys - Smells Dead from John McSwain on Vimeo.

GO TO: 9/22(tonite) MOUNT EERIE -- NICHOLAS KRGOVICH -- OLD ABRAM BROWN @ Mass Art

2011-09-22T18:26:00.000-04:00

Our friend John is putting this on and MOUNT EERIE is always doing something interesting. You should probably go!

BLUES CONTROL are playing HOMEGROWN III, OCT 14th-16th

2011-09-22T13:34:00.001-04:00

Sounds wandering toward what is believed to be their final resting place only to discover that beyond the melodic bend lies something greater, and perhaps even wonderful. Blues Control live somewhere, not in a city, in Pennsylvania. They are a special treat, especially live, so you should come see them and get lost amid their sounds..

LISTEN TO: MOTHER OF FIRE // GO TO: 9/21(TONITE) @ Studio 54(Lower Allston) EXUSAMWA / ROTTEN APPLES / MOTHER OF FIRE(minnesota)

2011-09-21T10:35:00.000-04:00

MOTHER OF FIRE come to us from Minnesota tonight having released records on the awesome DE STIJL RECORDS. ROTTEN APPLES & EXUSAMWA represent for Boston. And you know if BOTH of those bands(sincerely two of the most awesome and original bands happening in the Boston area) are playing a show then it MUST be a good show! and turns out that that theory is more than correct. MOTHER OF FIRE cast dank, atmospheric musical spells. Drums, bass, violin, and voice? An unconventional set up, but a very powerful one. Drums and bass create a constant stomp, often with a tribal feel, while the melody is either strangled or set free to roam by the singer/violist. There's a Kraut thing going on here in some of their songs with the slow build/slow pay off thing, and then there's almost a noise rock vibe happening at other other moments. If you would like to get your head lost in a sea of sound and perhaps flail a bit then this COULD BE FOR YOU! Evocative of other musics but sounding pretty much like only itself, I would definitely think about going to see this gang in a very intimate space tonight! Message us for address or there's a facebook event.

LISTEN TO: LEAGUES

2011-09-21T10:00:00.000-04:00

LEAGUES is new band lurking around Boston. Deb Nicholson, who used to put on awesome shows as Eximious Productions, is singing and she's backed by some loud nasty dudes(girl dudes, dude dudes, I just don't know). Definitely 90s rockness going on, things getting almost "mathy" at times but steering safely enough clear. The vocals veer between twee and screamed, and it works pretty well. I look forward to seeing them playing with the likes of Skimask, Gondoliers, Arvid Noe, or Magic People.

WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND(9/16-9/18)

2011-09-16T16:52:00.001-04:00

That's TWO Walter Hill flicks on the BIG SCREEN this weekend!!!!!!! Sayin'.

9/16 @ the Plough and Stars/ Life Partners, Lead Stones, Night Fruit
9/16 @ Obriens/ Spectral Rehab Presents...BARN OWL : High aura'd : Lussuria :Stillbirth

9/16 @ Floft/ Non-Event presents: Keith Rowe, Rick Reed, & and Michael Haleta playing in a trio as Voltage Spooks and solo

9/16 @ Paragon 02909/ Providence, RI/ Phi Phenomena on Wheels 2011: Cock E.S.P., Laundry Room Squelchers, FUN, Work/Death, Human Beast, Suffering Bastard, Taboo, & Time Ghost adam.morosky@gmail.com

9/16-9/17 @ Coolidge Corner Theater @ MIDNITE/ THE WARRIORS(1979) Directed by Walter Hill

9/17 @ Coolidge Corner Theater @ MIDNITE/ The Betsi Feathers Burlesque Show

9/17 @ the Aviary/ Mark Mandeville & Old Constitution, Morgan Shaker Family Band, Sway
9/17 @ 234 Main St., Everett, MA/ - Millipede, Candle Nine, Xiphoid Dementia

9/17 @ Obrien's/ Age Rings, Full Body Anchor, & Cooling Towers

9/17 @ Great Scott/ Jon Hopkins, Coralcola, & Baltimoroder

9/17 @ Paramount Center/ Downtown/ Why, & Serengeti

9/17 @ Paramount Center/ Downtown/ THE DRIVER(1978) Directed by Walter Hill

9/17 @ Paramount Center/ Downtown/ THE AMERICAN FRIEND(1977) Directed by Wim Wenders

9/18 @ Great Scott/ SIPPY CUP EVERYTHING presents...the Fagettes, Carnivores, Mood rings, Hands and Knees

9/18 @ Smokey Bear Cave/ Hunnie Bunnies, Guerilla Toss, Vehement Caress, Chronic Spells, Bisexual lions of God, Mr. Transylvania

9/18 @ AS220/ Providence, RI/ Blevin Blectum, Ric Royer, /\, & Time Ghost

latest VID from Buk Buk Bigups

2011-09-16T11:13:00.000-04:00

"Raver Nation" is the latest jammer coming to us from Sacramento pals Buk Buk Bigups and it's yet another underground grimey ass dance party starter. Still haven't seen this guy live but I eagerly await the day.

LISTEN TO: KURT WEISMAN

2011-09-16T10:50:00.004-04:00

I most recently saw Kurt Weisman @ the Whitehaus Family's WEIRDSTOCK 3(aka We Are Guest Talk Free $10). He did a set of winding, eclectic duo keyboard compositions. It was pretty mesmerizing as much of this guy's music definitely can be. Kurt is from Vermont, and was in the band FEATHERS, amongst other projects( he played some keyboards on the HAPPY BIRTHDAY record, one of our major recent favs). He's released a couple records now, his most recent being last year's ORANGE, released on AUTUMN RECORDS on which he exchanged his glitched out cut and paste self for the nakedness of pretty much just voice and guitar. ORANGE is a beautiful album of deft country blues twisted up with outsider folk so that it is a new strange wonderful thing. This is an album that proves that a supposed thing like New Weird America is more than just a passing fad, but rather a part of the big ol' musical tapestry moving forward. "Let My Spirit Rise" is a gorgeous lullaby set to a chiming keyboard and rippling guitar, falsetto and whistling floating along on a bubbling brook of sound. "Rainbow Blues" is indeed a blues, a country blues brought down from the hills of Appalachia, or maybe over from the Delta. Wherever it came from it sounds right, and far from trite which in the 2010s is a near miracle for a relatively traditional earnest take on the blues."When I Saw Him With You" is some serious melencholy pop in the vein of some solo Lennon action. No lie, this is amazing songwriting. Mid song a guitar with a tone like butter shows up and pulls some Bolan moves wandering all around in the most pleasant way before showing us the way back to the beautiful verse/chorus. Lest you think this is just a straight album of awesome songs...don't worry! Tunes like "Orange" wander into the weird, and Fahey's ghost arrives via the likes of "New England Snakes." Really I can't beleive it's taken me so long to write about this guy/this record. One of the most wonderful performers operating out of our New England these days.

SARALEE is playing HOMEGROWN III, OCT 14-16th.

2011-09-15T14:16:00.000-04:00

The sweetest party indie pop that Boston has heard in sometime...

GO TO: 9/30 @ Coolidge Corner Theater: DEADBEAT AT DAWN(1988) @ MIDNITE Directed by Jim Van Beeber with the director present!!

2011-09-14T15:54:00.001-04:00

See one of the true classics of REAL American independant cinema on the big screen @ MIDNITE.
With director Jim Van Beeber in attendance! NOT TO BE MISSED. REALLY!
Coolidge Corner continues to restore their reputation as a cutting edge movie house!!

CAVE is coming to Boston on 9/23

2011-09-14T15:49:00.001-04:00

LISTEN to this badass jammer("Raven's Hash") by CAVE, from Chicago, and releasing records on DRAG CITY.
B.O.W. Shows is doing a show for them on 9/23(see the sidebar, and see you there.)!

9/25 B.O.W. Show poster... @ BATV: JAPANTHER/THEPSYCHED/THE BLUE DRESS/CAT VET

2011-09-14T10:47:00.002-04:00

LISTEN TO: APACHE DROPOUT

2011-09-13T18:47:00.001-04:00

Scuzzed up and out jangly garage rock from this posse of probable weirdos from Bloomington, IN. They bear influence markings of the wildmen of the defunct JOHN WILKES BOOZE, also of Bloomington(some connection is likely). This is real deal garage pop rock right here. There's no hiding behind fuzz for these guys(not that there's a lack of fuzz), no! The 60s ooze out of their tunes, yet there's nothing throw back about this. The singer is a big part of the effect here, not lacking confidence, but sounding as if his more aggressive band mates forced him to sing the awesome poetry he'd been writing, and he's just coming into the idea fully for himself. These guys have a self titled full length out on FAMILY VINEYARD. Standout track on that is "Nothing In My Head", a real stomper with baritone sax and keyboards providing a sweet rhythmic hook for our somewhat detached front man to hang his alienated words on. If these guys had been around in the 60s they would have been famous at one bar that no one went to. And only the bartender at that bar would have cared when they stopped playing there, and that would only have been because he was excited about perhaps getting a band in there that could maybe draw some kind of crowd. But now it's the 2010s and, well, I just don't know...anyway, these guys also have a new single out on TROUBLE IN MIND. Go forth.

LISTEN TO: (part of) APACHE DROPOUT - APACHE DROPOUT

LISTEN TO: TAPS

2011-09-12T18:16:00.002-04:00

TAPS is the duo of Brendan Murray and Chris Strunk. Both performers are well known within various sectors, Murray for gorgeous solo long form sound art drones, Strunk for his wild drumming in punk(Vile Bodies, etc.) and fringe/noise groups(Quits(his collabo w/ Heathen Shame), etc.) and heavy involvement within various local music scenes. Here we have TAPS two song digital EP, TAPS. Both tracks clock in at over ten minutes and both are truly mesmerizing. The first, "Fixtures" is a slow build over a loop of what could be the warning buzzer for a nuclear plant's meltdown. The drums stagger in eventually as a sullen keyboard enters the fray amid various glitched out moments, buzzer loop receding to the background. Murray has a wonderful way with melody and his line here is perfect for the wander toward oblivion that the song prophecizes. The other track "Raining In Your House" is a far more jittery tune, the drums providing a constant patter along side a simple bass line, evoking images of some kind of mechanical thing pushing forward through some poorly lit subterranean place. Slowly building. Slowly moving toward a light. Moody ambience from a master sound artist and a subdued wildman drummer. Awesome local music.

MORE: http://taps.bandcamp.com/

WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND(9/9-9/11)

2011-09-09T16:51:00.001-04:00

9/9 @ Machines With Magnets/ Pawtucket, RI/ Oxbow, Tinsel Teeth, Whore Paint
9/9 @ Flywheel/ Easthampton, MA/ Neighborhood brats, concrete cross, honey suck, ancient filth
9/9 @ Royale/ Flying Lotus
9/9-9/10 @ Coolidge Corner Theater @ MIDNITE/ CLASS OF 1984(1982) Directed by Mark L. Lester
9/9-9/11 @ Brattle Theater/ CRISPIN GLOVER's BIG SLIDESHOW(his 1 man show) and showing his films, WHAT IS IT? & IT IS FINE! EVERYTHING IS FINE.
9/10 @ Main St. Pawtucket, RI/ ROCKTUCKET w/ Dan Deacon, Fang Island, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores
9/10 @ Muthership/ Banned Books, Bad Braids, Happy Jawbone Family Band
9/10 @ Plough and Stars/ the IOA, Mister Sister
9/10 @ Great Scott/ Ketman(LAST SHOW), Ho-Ag, Battle House, Banditas
9/10 @ Third Life Studio/ Open Sound presents: Dave Seidel, Jake Meginsky, Tim Feeney / Lou Cohen duo, Fester (Sean Ali, & David Grollman)
9/11 @ Middle East Downstairs/ Weedeater, Saviours, Bison B.C., & Fight Amp

LISTEN TO: REPORTS - DINAMO CAMBRIDGE

2011-09-09T16:16:00.000-04:00

Cambridge's REPORTS have been making a racket all around the Boston area for quite a few years now. With one foot firmly in fuzzy garage pop territory and the other planted amidst the jangly and scraggly indie rock schools, REPORTS serve up a fresh & loose take on the melodic distorto pop form. Their second full length was just released by the awesome RIDE THE SNAKE RECORDS last week. It's called DINAMO CAMBRIDGE and it flies by, despite featuring a 12 minute + tune! Actually most of the tracks are rather short, serving the nature of this band who clearly have deep record collections. Everything from the VU, to Guided By Voices, to Nuggets psych, to Aussie underground pop feels like it's a part of the mixture here, but none of those influences ever really burst to the surface, harshing the scene. REPORTS work from a delicious and well constructed recipe it would seem. The opener "Turnaround" is a serious punch to the chest coming out the gate with some fierce riffage and a guitar solo almost before the vocals really kick in. Garage punk in all its messy glory rarely hits the target like this. People are going crazy to this somewhere I know. They should be going crazy to it everywhere! Most of the tracks stay in the 2 minute sector but then there's the track "Dinamo Cambridge." This is the aforementioned 12 minute track and it is a beastly stunner. For fans of drone pop you cannot do better. It is impossible to listen to the chill, rolling riff and winding organ in this tune and not get completely washed over and eventually mesmerized. If you want to lose an hour listen to this tune 5 times. It will go pretty easy. Another LP full of nuggets from some of the best underground rockers anywhere near the River Charles.

LISTEN TO: REPORTS - DINAMO CAMBRIDGE

LISTEN TO: BIG DIGITS - KNOW TOMORROW

2011-09-08T18:49:00.002-04:00

BIG DIGITS have been a Boston area institution for the better part of a decade. These guys have played so many basement parties/shows, steer roasts, dance nights, and underbills of bonafied dance music superstars' shows(MIA, Blowfy, Dan Deacon etc.) that they deserve some sort of party starting key to the city or some garbage like that. These guys have always rep'd the area's underground hard, and they'll be doing so again soon on yet another west coast tour and on our own local underground music compilation BOSTON HASSLE. And now they have crushed our heads with a 2nd full length LP, KNOW TOMORROW, out now on Providence's ANCHOR BRAIN. This thing is non-stop, glitched out hand pumping dance floor damage. On "Fired Up" DJ Mark E. Moon lays down an infectious rhythmic hook that never lets up for the song's entire 3 minutes. Meanwhile mouthpieces Mac Swell & TD spew their patented rapid fire machine gun verbage with maximun swagger. "Lavalanche" finds CORAL COLA's main man Mikey Lee collaborating with Mac Swell for the beat, a deconstruction of Bernard Herrmann's theme to CAPE FEAR. The results are a moodier, but still manic counterpoint to the rest of the record. The record closes with a tune that seem like a classic at this point, as it's been a mainstay of BIG DIGITS live set for a long time. "Making Progress" is an uplifting techno flavored anthem with a killer breakdown, and one hell of a way to end a record. This record should definitely spread around the BIG DIGIT's love further than ever. My only question is, when's the next LP coming out?

MORE: http://bigdigits.tumblr.com/

JEFF The Brotherhood VID

2011-09-08T17:55:00.000-04:00

Our old Tennessee bros. caught by the Boston Compass riffing into the night last week @ Great Scott

WOODSMAN VID from B.O.W. Shows' 9/3 show @Lilypad

2011-09-08T17:51:00.000-04:00

Colorado's WOODSMAN laying it down in Cambridge last week...

GO TO: 9/7(TONITE) @ Middlesex BIG DIGITS(record release) w/ Initials B.R. ...presented by Primordial Sounds

2011-09-07T18:15:00.002-04:00

TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT!
BIG DIGITS release their long, and eagerly awaited new LP on Anchor Brain Records TONITE @ Middlesex in Central Sq. The record is called KNOW TOMORROW. This is their first full length since SMOKE MACHINES IN LAZER VISION which these party animals released on Bodies of Water Arts and Crafts a few
years ago. And we couldn't be more psyched for it and for them!! Full record review coming later this week. In the meantime hightail it over to Mass. Ave. have a few drinks and let go of yourself for just a little while.

LISTEN TO: SUNRAM

2011-09-07T13:25:00.000-04:00

Just heard these locals drone rockers for the first time and I'll tell you, they sound pretty fucking cool to me.
They play this extremely cool show next monday:

Mon 9/12: Major Stars / New Rock Syndicate (ex-Miminokoto, LSD March) / Sunram / CBOP @ Precinct

LISTEN!!

EAGLE KILLER by SUNRAM

HOMEGROWN III: final poster & performance schedules

2011-09-06T16:59:00.000-04:00

a limited number of these amazing silk screened posters(from local artist Zoard Tyeklar) will be available @ HOMEGROWN III. get in touch to have one set aside for you!!!

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HOMEGROWN III
OCTOBER 14th-16th
ALL AGES

BILL SUBJECT TO CHANGE
3 stages

Each day of HOMEGROWN III will begin with a 2 hr. long round robin style performance that will include 8 bands.

What’s a round robin??
Well that would be when a bunch of bands set up all at once.
We set up a few pas, and the bands take turns playing songs one after another. Then after all the bands have played a song, the loop repeats, until the performance ends.

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 14th
7pm-12am
$12-$15 sliding scale

ROUND ROBIN(7-9pm)
PERFORMERS:
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Hands and Knees(boston)
Chris North Dream Quartet(boston)
Rotten Apples(boston)
Arvid Noe(boston)
Gondoliers(boston)
Kal Marks(boston)
Hurricanes of Love(boston)
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Glenn Jones(boston)
Horse Spirit Penetrates(w. mass)
Pile(boston)
Big Digits(boston)
Bobb Trimble’s Flying Spiders(boston)
Extreme Animals(nyc)

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 15th
12pm-12am
BEFORE 4pm: $20
AFTER 4pm: $25-$30 sliding scale

ROUND ROBIN(12-2pm)
PERFORMERS:
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Poltergeist Friction(boston)
Baby Names(boston)
Peace, Loving(boston)
The Craters(boston)
Birthdays(boston)
Zebu(w mass)
Death Shepherd(boston)
Hunnie Bunnies(boston)
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Dust Commander(mems. of oneida)(boston)
White Limo(w mass)
Estrogen Highs(ct)
The Psyched(nyc)
Fedavees(boston)
Happy Jawbone Family Band(vt)
Skimask(boston)
Regal Degal(nyc)
Cuffs(boston)
Cop City/Chill Pillars(florida)
Needy Visions(boston)
Reports(boston)
Fat History Month(boston)
Exusamwa(boston)
Dope Body(baltimore)
PC Worship(nyc)
Gary War(nyc)
Truman Peyote(w/ Yohuna)(los angeles)
Chapter 24(england)
White Fence(san fran)
Grass Widow(san fran)

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SUNDAY OCTOBER 16th
12pm-12am
BEFORE 4pm: $20
AFTER 4pm: $25-$30 sliding scale

ROUND ROBIN(12-2pm)
PERFORMERS:
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Free Pizza(boston)
2 Ton Bug(ct)
Taps(boston)
Saralee(boston)
Nam(boston)
Banditas(boston)
AM Internet(boston)
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Holy Sheet(ri)
Village of Spaces(maine)
Cave Bears(w mass)
Hyena(maine)
Noise Nomads(w mass)
The Clippers(boston)
Greg Kelley Ensemble(ma) w/ Greg Kelley, Bill Nace, Ryan Mcguire, Curt Newton
Doomstar(Noah + Spenser from…)(boston)
The Sediment Club(nyc)
Pilgrim(ri)
Kid Romance(boston)
Brown Angel(pa)
Young Adults(boston)
Bezoar(nyc)
Quilt(boston)
Major Stars(boston)
Royal Baths(san fran)
Colin L Orchestra(nyc)
The Men(nyc)
Blues Control(nyc)

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WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND(9/2-9/5)

2011-09-02T17:07:00.001-04:00

9/2 @ Whitehaus/ Truman Peyote/Emily Reo/Birthdays/High Sea/Philip Seymour Hoffman/Mutual Benefit

9/2 @ Spectacle/ Ian Nagoski plays Greek/Turkish/Armenian 78s

9/2 @ TT The Bear's/ Hunx and His Punx(w/King Tuff)/K-Holes/Mmoss

9/2 @ ?/ Bozmo/Awful Man/Yale, MA

http://www.lemmingtrail.com/threads/268423/92---bozmo--awful-man--yale-ma--in-allston/

9/2 @ Gay Gardens/ Typical White Male/ Gila Monster/ Whore Paint

9/2 @ Starlab - Shame Michael Broderick, Epaulettes, C.Lavender, Lungwash, FRKSE

9/2 & 9/3 @ Coolidge Corner Theater @ MIDNITE/ FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH(1982) Directed by Amy Heckerling

9/3 @ Lilypad/ Woodsman/Quilt
9/3 @ Harvard Film Archive/ DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION(1981) Directed by Penelope Spheeris

9/3 @ HFA/ RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD(1985) Directed by Dan O'Bannon

9/3 Kitchen's Floor/ Reports(record release)/ Fat History Month @ PAs Lounge

9/3 @ OB's - Controlled Bleeding, Nau-Zee-Aun, Howard Stelzer, Kintaan, AM Internet

9/4 @ Great Scott/ Jeff The Brotherhood/ Skimask/ Luau/ Bug N Rats

9/5 @ Yes.Oui.Si/ Arkm Foam/ Walter Wright/ Tatsuya Nakatani solo/Nakatani w/ Nigel Taylor, Andy Allen, Peter Negroponte

9/5 @ Charlie's Kitchen/ Modern Voice/Electric Shepherd(SF)/ Dig Safe

9/5 @ Weirdo Records/ Spam/Dat Tracker

9/5 @ ZuZu/ NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEADHEAD w/ Magic People/ Zbornak

GO TO: 9/3 @ Harvard Film Archive: DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION(1981) Directed by Penelope Spheeris/RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD(1985) Directed by Dan O'Bannon

2011-09-02T16:38:00.002-04:00

One of the most insanely spirited double bills that I've ever had the pleasure of coming upon. These two flicks are essentially at, or very near the apex of their given genres: 80s Zombie movies & Punk Documentaries. Both are part of a larger series at the HFA(in Harvard sq.) called AMERICAN PUNK(see list of films in series below). Both are an absolute blast and are rarely, if ever, screened. So do not miss your chance to see them on the big screen and probably with an audience full of appreciators! RETURN is the zombie movie with the punks where the zombies are actually calling out for "BRAINS!" It stars an actor with one of the best names ever: Clu Gulager. And it's directed by the guy who wrote ALIEN, and John Carpenter's first film, DARKSTAR. DECLINE is easily the best punk doc ever. Full of ripping bands and shot in a style and with an energy that is full of the punk spirit of the early 80s LA. See prime time FEAR, BLACK FLAG, the GERMS, CIRCLE JERKS and more tear it apart. Directed by the woman behind SUBURBIA(the 80s film) and WAYNE'S WORLD! I don't even think this one is available on DVD so do not be lame. Go to the movies!

MORE: For full AMERICAN PUNK film line up

LISTEN TO: WOODSMAN // GO TO: TOMORROW(9/3) @ Lilypad: Woodsman/Quilt

2011-09-02T15:54:00.001-04:00

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A Bodies of Water show...

9/3 @ Lilypad
Cambridge, MA
ALL AGES
Woodsman (Denver), Quilt
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TOMORROW Colorado's WOODSMAN bring their many shades of psychedelia to the LILYPAD in Cambridge for a show with one of Boston's consistently most awesome bands, the dreamy, and droning, and enchanting QUILT. Listening to the many albums on WOODSMAN's bandcamp site leaves one awash in psychedelic wanderings of many different eras and varieties. On the album RARE FORMS released earlier this year the band most often tend toward layered tribal psych folk related to Animal Collective's SUNG TONGS era. At times they stretch far outside of such inspiration though."Beat The Heat", mesmerizes with its Eastern sounding circular bass melody, simple repeated chorus and overall pulsating feel, and "Insects" drones along in an up beat manner offering vocal incantations that are almost Lungfish-esque

An evening of lush sounds and heady moods will be had on this night 9/3/2011.

MORE: http://woodsmanman.bandcamp.com/

MINI-INTERVIEW: TRUMAN PEYOTE // GO TO: TONITE(9/2) @ Whitehaus: Truman Peyote/Emily Reo/Birthdays/High Sea/Philip Seymour Hoffman/Mutual Benefit

2011-09-02T11:50:00.003-04:00

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A Bodies of Water Show...
9/2 @ Whitehaus
Jamaica Plain, MA

ALL AGES
The FMLY Showcase w/
Truman Peyote, Emily Reo, BIRTHDAYS, Mutual Benefit, Phillip Seymour Hoffman

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TONIGHT(9/2) we have the RETURN of former major Boston playa
TRUMAN PEYOTE to these parts. I'm pretty sure this is
the man's first show back since he left for the wester coast.

He brings with him his funky sack of glitched and screwed beats and pop

hooks that flow over them like really expensive brand soda pop.

His arrival signals the passing through of the FMLY Collective 's

(great LA and beyond art crew) ongoing voyage around this America.

And he shares this bill with FMLY members & friends: Emily Reo(whose classic

dream pop stylings are doing it for us), Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mutual Benefit,

High Sea, and Birthdays(new electropop glimmer heros of New England). This

show is @ JP's wonderful and famed WHITEHAUS.

MINI-INTERVIEW w/ TRUMAN PEYOTE:

how's LA?
1) LA is a dream dude, everything and more than i ever expected.

is this your first time back in boston since moving? how's it feel?2) yeah last time is was here was for a few days at the end of april, but I've literally been in LA all summer. was hard coming back to a hurricane after not seeing a drop of rain for 4 months, and I REALLY don't miss mosquitos.

what has been influencing you/your music lately?
3) my best friends jake and miles released a record recently under the moniker SLYY, all I can listen to. oh yeah and the new shlohmo kicks serious ass!

do you have any recordings coming out?
4) I have a full length LP "Journey" on the way. super secret though, but I can tell you it will be on 12" vinyl through a wicked awesome california based label sometime in january.

why should people come see you play @ the Whitehaus tonight?

5) because all the east coast FMLY is converging and we want to hug everyone! I'll be jamming with some random gear so we'll see how that goes

philip seymour hoffman // duckfangs tickle my ankles from Sam Gurry on Vimeo.

TRUMAN PEYOTE is playing a B.O.W. Show THIS friday(9/2), tomorrow, @ the Whitehaus in JP!

2011-09-01T15:05:00.003-04:00

LISTEN TO: KITCHEN'S FLOOR / GO TO: 9/3 Kitchen's Floor/ Reports(record release)/ Fat History Month @ PAs Lounge

2011-08-31T19:14:00.002-04:00

Noisy, messy, generally blunt power pop here, in the vein of how Nirvana seemed to look at power pop, meaning via Mudhoney and the Wipers' crustified filters. Stateside, Homeblitz, among others, is working in this territory. No doubt Australian precursors like Rejex and Skunks play into the mix as well(these 3 guys come from Brisbane). But this isn't just power pop rehash. These guys have clearly heard some of the noisier indie rock that the last couple of decades have given us (in some ways like local label mates FAT HISTORY MONTH) and they know how to use what they've heard. KITCHEN'S FLOOR have gone way poppier since their last record, LONELINESS IS A DIRTY MATTRESS. Their new record is out on BEDROOM SUCK & SILTBREEZE. It's called LOOK FORWARD TO NOTHING but that sentiment only partially pervades the record's content. The hooks and poppiness of the melodies just cannot be subdued this time around. "Orbit" slinks along driven by a sweet, wandering, noisy riff and beaten down vocals. "116" is nearly jangle pop with a clearly defined chorus hook, and almost pop guitar interlude. "Needs" is a simple awesome riff paired with a driving beat. So perfect. You should all make sure this awesome band feels welcome when they play with wonderful locals Reports and their aforementioned labelmates Fat History Month THIS saturday!!

DOWNLOAD: Kitchen's Floor - Loneliness is a Dirty Mattress

GO TO: 8/31(tonite) @ Brattle Theater: CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS(2010) dir Werner Herzog

2011-08-31T11:27:00.000-04:00

Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog’s newest film takes us on a journey into the oldest art gallery known to man. The Chauvet Cave is home to cave drawings over 35,000 years old and what they reveal about the way early humans conceived of the world is stunning. Playful, philosophical, educational, mysterious, and filled with his own engaging narration, Herzog’s film reveals that one of early man’s most invaluable traits might have been imagination. -text from brattlefilm.org

This is an amazing, claustrophobic love letter to a rarely seen, and wonderfully
mysterious bit of human history. Narrated and shot by one of the true visionaries
of cinema, Werner Herzog. See all that he does!

9/30 B.O.W. Shows FLIER!!! BIRD NAMES/bubbly mommy gun/SARALEE/morgan shaker family band @ Twin Towers(allston)

2011-08-31T10:44:00.004-04:00

awesome poster by the awesome Charlotte Huffman

LISTEN TO: FACTORYMEN

2011-08-30T18:30:00.000-04:00

FACTORYMEN have a new release on RICHIE RECORDS. It is called YELLOW EYES & THE SOUND OF VOMIT. I've only been able to get a hold of 2 tracks off said record(see below) and they both live up to the album's title. This is some glorious, fried dumpster pop man. "Wallow and Swallow" emits piss yellow vibes as the vocals swirl down the hole toward the sewers. Nasty guitar leads lay down atop the queasy riff. Poetry in garbage pop. "S E C" features a droning riff, plodding drums, broken china being shaken, and nasally whining vocals. Then it up and ends in the fuzz overflow from which it was originally conceived. This is awesome, nearly danceable weird pop and I kind of need to hear the rest of the record! This comes from one of the dudes in the Homostupids but is better than anything I've heard that band put out.

Wallow And Swallow by FACTORYMEN by TestosterTunes

S E C by FACTORYMEN by TestosterTunes

BIG DIGITS new record KNOW TOMORROW remixed by DJ Mark E. Moon

2011-08-30T13:20:00.003-04:00

note from Big Digits' DJ Mark E. Moon...

IMPORTANT: Here is the entire new Big Digits album (released next week!) remixed by me as though it were 1995 and we were all eagerly awaiting the Spin Doctors to hit the stage

...it's complicated and it definitely has us asking why? a very deep remix. but defying all odds this

actually turns out to be a major good time to drink through one's ear.

BIG DIGITS hold court @ MIDDLESEX(Central Sq.) for the release of their new full length

KNOW TOMORROW next wednesday night 9/7 w/ INITIALS B.R.

Twirl, Beautiful Hippie, Twirl by bigdigits

DEATH SHEPHERD is playing HOMEGROWN III

2011-08-30T11:53:00.003-04:00

HOMEGROWN III is B.O.W. Shows biggest event of the year. We're bringing over 70 bands together for an insane blowout from OCT 14th-16th. It's ALL AGES and your ears will be sooooooooo filled up if you come. Here's a video excerpt(there's not much documentation out there of these mysterious creatures of the night) of one of the Boston area's coolest bands, Death Shepherd, playing in some dank place(Providence me thinks). They were supposed to play HOMEGROWN II but something happened, and they didn't...

GO TO: TOTAL SLACKER(playing @ Great Scott 2nite)

2011-08-29T15:30:00.001-04:00

The Pelly Twins / pellytwins.blogspot.com present...

8/29 @ Great Scott

TOTAL SLACKER // BIG NILS // ARVID NOE // SARALEE //

Total Slacker are shambolic, sarcastic and kind of annoying. But I'd go see them anyway!

And I probably will. There's a little something special to their pop stomp. Arvid Noe slay and shred depending upon their mood, and Saralee

is one of the best pop bands in Boston. Get to Great Scott or you lose!!!!!!!!!

DOPE BODY is playing HOMEGROWN III

2011-08-29T15:09:00.001-04:00

Here they are playing @ Obrien's...a show we did for them earlier this year...

LISTEN TO: NEEDY VISIONS - NERDY VIRGINS EP

2011-08-29T10:00:00.000-04:00

Anyone hip to the Boston scene is sure to have heard about The Needy Visions. Members Dan Shea and Sam Potrykus have their hands on just about everything cool going on in the city, from The Whitehaus, to Bodies of Waters Shows, to the Counter Cultural Compass, to the annual HOMEGROWN Underground Music fest. Last night the boys played me their latest single "Nerdy Virgins," and I was promptly knocked on my ass. Potrykus' ripped up fuzz bass might as well be a fuckin' chainsaw cutting through you chest, perfectly complimented by Shea's blown-out vocals and keyboard ramblings. It took only one listen for this tune to get stuck in my head. Not only that, but the cover art rules. Needless to say, I think you'll enjoy it. Check out "How Are You?" below, head over to their bandcamp to download the single, and then make sure to get over to the JP MUSIC FESTIVAL this Saturday (8/20) to see the boys in action.

text from Primordial Sounds blog

WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND(8/26-8/28)

2011-08-26T16:04:00.002-04:00

8/26 @ Muthership(JP)/ Spiked Punch (Austin), Spooktober, The G-Spots, and KC Solaris (eletronic looping improv act)

8/26 @ Studio 54(Allston) - fagettes, dirty virgins, beware the dangers of a ghost scorpion

8/26 @ Lizard Lounge/ Joe Pernice

8/26 @ Midway/ Thick Shakes, The Craters, Naga Gaga, Sara Lee

8/26 @ Coolidge Corner Theater/ A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS(1987) Directed by Chuck Russell

8/ 27 @ Whitehaus(JP)/ Brian Ellis is GOING AWAY w/ Chris North and dance party with DJ PJ's

8/27 @ Democracy Center/ Death Rats, Static Violence, & Skult

8/28 @ Great Scott/ PELLY TWINS present...Big Nils (from Northampton), Arvid Noe, Saralee, Total Slacker

LISTEN TO: GEM SNAKES

2011-08-26T14:00:00.002-04:00

Noisy post-rock & wandering indie rock stylings by this Boston crew that I just heard for the first time. Sounds pretty good I have to say. Looking forward to seeing them live...

LISTEN TO: RED HORSE

2011-08-24T18:51:00.001-04:00

RED HORSE provide us listeners with a never ending clatter, broken up only by insane blasts of noise, and shards of dissonant feedback, on their second self titled full length out now on TYPE. Former Bostonian, drummer/noisemaker Eli Keszler, and guitarist/noisemaker Steve Pyne make up this Providence duo. What each is doing at a specific moment I'm not sure, but what I do l know is that these tunes are creepy, and as atmospheric as anything you're likely to hear soon. Drifting in and out of rhythmic consciousness Red Horse's music offers up a a creaking, buzzing, often hellish ride. Maybe an ancient, but still barely functional haunted house ride at a long forgotten amusement park has just buzzed to life as you flick a switch. The lights are flickering sporadically, and the barely discernible shadows twitch constantly and the wheels are crying for oil, and you step into the cart against your better judgement and go off into the stinking darkness...it's a lot like that what with Keszler providing his usual subdued wildness on the drums, and Pyne creating noise problem after noise problem with his chosen equipment. A very enjoyable and intersting noise/out-jazz thing.

Red Horse - Red Horse by _type

2011-08-23T15:25:00.005-04:00

We here @ B.O.W. Shows are trying our hand @ using Kickstarter.com to help fund the running of our annual HOMEGROWN festival, in it's 3rd year this year and being held from OCT 14-16. Check it out, help us put on this awesome event(check out the insane line up of bands!), and get some sweet schwag while you are at it!!

CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR KICKSTARTER.COM PROJECT

many thanks again to Zoard Tyeklar, and Matt Lundin for the HOMEGROWN teaser poster, and Kickstarter video respectively.

WATCH: THE SOUPCANS

2011-08-23T13:00:00.000-04:00

Weirdo punkers/post-punkers from Toronto...we just helped do a show for them

over in Allston but didn't get a chance to write about it!!!!!!!

So do yourself a favor and check out these bad larrys.

The Soupcans from Alex Gilbert on Vimeo.

LISTEN TO: HUDSON MOHAWKE

2011-08-22T18:40:00.004-04:00

Glasgow's HUDSON MOHAWKE takes bits from all over the electronic music landscape.

Hip hop, techno, electro-pop, and disco all inform this WARP records weird pop beat maker's bumping at times, hallucinatory at others, dance floor sounds. His most recent record SATIN PANTHERS (stream below) is full of sounds from all over the world. There are footwurk skitters, and big slow hip hop beats all over this thing, ripe rhythmic vocal samples and many different synth approaches, and beats that range from frantic, to drowned in codeine. For my money "cBat" is the record's crown banger. Strange sampled sounds command a funky melody that takes us up and down, up and down while the beat lays it down low and stays there. A cosmic screwed up slow grinder for slow grinding by people heavily prepared for a night of such. A nasty release from a young producer well on his way skyward.

MORE: http://hudsonmohawke.com/

PLAY VID FOR STREAMING Satin Panthers:

WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND(8/19-8/21)

2011-08-19T16:55:00.000-04:00

8/19 @ Paragon/ Providence, RI/ ICEAGE (Denmark), Party Pigs, White Load

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139479406140438

8/19 @ PA'S / EX HUMANS (NYC) / FOUR EYES / WHITE PAGES / THE BF'S

8/19 @ Whitehaus/ Fey Rey, Chris North, Hurricanes of Love, Welcome Home, Dear Creek (Virginia)

8/19 @ Great Scott/ The Gas w/ Tig Notaro, Eugene Mirman, Jenny Z, Gary Petersen

8/19-8/20 @ Coolidge Corner Theater @ MIDNITE/ THE BEYOND(1981) directed by Lucio Fulci

8/20 @ Great Scott/ young adults, creepoid, quilty, shores
8/20 @ Problem House/ Soupcans(canada), UGH God, Fat History Month, Saralee...A B.O.W. Show...

8/20 @ the Circus/ Roxbury/ CANADIAN RIFLE, SHAVED CHRIST (ex-american cheeseburger), FOREIGN OBJECTS, CURMUDGEON

8/20 @ Jamaica Pond/ JP MUSIC FEST w/ the Needy Visions, Chris North Dream Quartet, Tallahassee + TONS MORE http://www.jpmusicfestival.com/

8/20 @ Coolidge Corner Theater @ MIDNITE/ THE ROOM(2003) directed by Tommy Wiseau

8/21 @ Brighton Music Hall/ The War on Drugs

8/21 @ Whitehaus/ Exusamwa, Park Details Band (ex-deerhoof), Jesse Kudler/ Chandan Narayan duo, Arkm Foam

LISTEN TO: THE AXEMEN

2011-08-19T16:32:00.001-04:00

Continuing on a New Zealand kick it's time to
get into a little bit of the AXEMEN. Shambolic scruffy,

though thoughtful bastards from that far away land, the AXEMEN

combined elements of power pop, noise, and punk together

in a lo-fi stew of what would eventually become
indie rock. SILTBREEZE has been rereleasing their

records, 80s & early 90s angry fuzz slabs full of protest songs
against sexism and the like. 1984's BIG CHEAP MOTEL

is full of wandering guitars and sputtered vocals.

Saxaphones show up here and there, as on the track
"Big Fat M" slthering behind the rant and drunk beat.
"Angel Must Be A Centerfold" all out of tune, never
stopping, just rolling on comes across on a Desperate
Bicycles vibe. "Big Cheap Motel" lays out classic
inept post-punk grooving sounding like it could have
been written and performed last week by some kids in
some basement somewhere(and no doubt some kids in a
basement somewhere were churning out something
approximating this within the last few weeks). To
make local comparisons think Kid Romance here. There's more

live recordings and bits of keyboard led jams to be found

elsewhere on this thing, but why not listen to it yourself

and buy some of these weirdo's records from SILTBREEZE?

DOWNLOAD: The AXEMEN - BIG CHEAP MOTEL

GO TO: (TONITE) B.O.W. Shows presents...Dubknowdub(nyc), GDFX(nyc), Fuckton(nyc), Teenage Penis and the Herps @ TWIN TOWERS

2011-08-17T11:18:00.000-04:00

B.O.W. Shows presents...

8/17 @ Twin Towers
ALLSTON, MA
(bostoncccompass@gmail.com)

ALL AGES

Dubknowdub(nyc), GDFX(nyc), Fuckton(nyc), Teenage Penis and the Herps

A noisy ass time full of new yorkers and some nasty Bostonians.
Wednesday night is saying to you, "COME!"
Heed wednesday night!!!

DOWNLOAD: FUCK TON - EXPLOSION

LISTEN TO: THE 3Ds

2011-08-15T18:35:00.003-04:00

Out of New Zealand came The 3Ds. A pop band first and foremost, but with a perfect grasp of how to apply fuzz, and noise, and all sorts of other unpop sounds to their pop. Flying Nun, their sometimes label, has just released a compilation of this really awesome band's early releases. The 3Ds are in some ways the ultimate in indie rock/indie pop bands. Never too twee, despite many beautiful pop moments and girl/guy vocal tradeoffs. Giant guitars coming out of nowhere on a regular basis upping the level of ROCK substantially. And a general overall level of musical familiarity of great depth; from the Pixies, to psychedelia of all decades previous, to the great pop of their homeland. Their best record 1992's HELLZAPOPPIN', is rife with the aforementioned attributes. From their hit song "Outer Space" and its up front guitar riffery, and badass guitar harmonizing and definite Pixies vibe to the slightly uglier and real deal indie rocking of "Ugly Day" full of driving drums and bass and heading out to space guitar moments; this album just makes you want to sing along and jump around. Fun noisy jangle pop done to perfection.

DOWNLOAD: The 3Ds - HELLZAPOPPIN

WATCH: Cloud Becomes Your Hand vid

2011-08-15T09:39:00.002-04:00

My first time seeing CLOUD BECOMES YOUR HAND last night @ Weirdstock 3(or whatever it actually might be called), and man!!!!!! What a band. Strange strange pop(in the realm of Bird Names/Bubbly Mommy Gun/Happy Jawbone Family Band, ETC), just how we like it here. Here's a vid from the last time they were in town, captured by the Boston Counter Cultural Compass crew...

WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND(8/12-8/14)

2011-08-12T16:40:00.000-04:00

8/12 @ Aviary Gallery/ Non-Event presents: Nigel Wright ALL AGES

8/13@ the Fort(JP)/ Fey Rey, Hurricanes of Love, Welcome Home, Pupstar, Many People's Band, Heavy Sweaters Band ALL AGES
8/13 @ Great Scott/ Piles, Old Man Lady Luck, Pile, Bendt, The Maethtro
8/13 @ the Muthership/ Horaflora, Ageism, Ghost In Salad, Jason Sanford(of Neptune) ALL AGES
8/13 @ AS220 and Empire St./ FOOTFEST w/ Andrew WK, White Load, & more
8/13 @ PAs Lounge/ Magic People, Ferocious Fucking Teeth, Easter Bloodhounds
8/13 @ Democracy Center/ Social Circkle(LAST SHOW), Crazy Spirit, Waste Management ALL AGES

8/14 @ Cambridge YMCA/ the Whitehaus presents...WEIRD STOCK III w/ Fat Worm of Error, Nautical Almanac, ETC. ALL AGES (see below for write up)

8/14 @ Middlesex/ Shane Jones art opening w/ Headband, Doomstar

LISTEN TO: THE SEDIMENT CLUB

2011-08-10T18:54:00.001-04:00

The SEDIMENT CLUB are a band fond of jagged rhythms. Their post-punk/no wave
assault is a stark one full of ragged yell-speak, large amounts of
funkiness that is born only to be dismantled by song's end, squiggly guitars that
by turns tell of records listened to by the Pop Group and DNA alike. The vocals
are dispassionate but sometimes find their way to and drink from a small spring of
melody. The bass bops along creating a clatter and a funk with the drummer and the
keyboards go off in every direction, often sparring with the guitar. "Orphan's Tongue" from
the WFMU live set below is quite desperate and unhinged. The song is angry, but catchy,
bored, but full of chaos. Messthetics style clatter punk done smartly and with style. Can't wait to
see these New Yorkers for the first time @ HOMEGROWN III in October!

MORE: http://www.myspace.com/thesedimentclub

GO TO: WEIRDSTOCK 3 this sunday(8/14) @ Cambridge YMCA ALL AGES

2011-08-10T15:37:00.001-04:00

the Whitehaus Family Record presents....

WEIRDSTOCK 3 SITE

One of the wildest musical times of the year her in Boston!

Be a part of it!!!

the third annual installment of the weird stalk series,
sunday 8/14 @ Cambridge YMCA Theatre.

$10. ALL AGES

visit the website for
...videosartistlinkspicturesbiosandmore!
http://www.whitehausfamilyrecord/.com/blastzone/we-are-guest-talk-free-10
SCHED:

Doors at 1pm...

...entrance installation by Shane A. Myrbeck / Emily Shisko (SF)

02:00 - 03:00 Metal and Glass Ensemble

03:00 - 03:05 Peace, Loving

03:05 - 03:10 Dinners

03:10 - 03:15 Alien Moon Partnership

03:15 - 03:20 Not Art

03:20 - 03:25 FOOM

03:25 - 03:30 Pom

03:30 - 03:35 Teddy

03:35 - 03:40 Mellissa Huser

03:40 - 03:45 Baby Names

03:45 - 03:50 Hunnie Bunnies

03:50 - 03:55 The Debate

03:55 - 04:00 Guerilla Toss

04:00 - 04:10 Supremo Puppet Show

04:10 - 04:20 The Needy Visions

04:20 - 04:30 Knight Howls

04:30 - 04:40 Gay Shapes

04:40 - 04:50 Flandrew Fleisenberg

04:50 - 05:00 Walter Wright / Jules Vasylenko

05:00 - 05:15 Preggy Peggy and the Lazy Babymakers

05:15 - 05:30 Cotton Candy

05:30 - 05:45 Cave Bears

05:45 - 06:05 Son of Salami (VT)

06:05 - 06:25 Solace Media Corp Tourists (OH)

06:25 - 06:55 Unicorns in the Snow (MO)

06:55 - 07:15 Shea and Skot of Maine (Shea Mowat / idm theft able)

07:15 - 07:35 Crank Sturgeon (ME)

07:35 - 07:55 Diagram A

07:55 - 08:15 Cloud Becomes Your Hand (NY)

08:15 - 08:40 Keith Fullerton Whitman

08:40 - 09:00 Kurt Weisman (NH)

09:00 - 09:20 Horaflora (SF)

09:20 - 09:50 Nautical Almanac (MD)

09:50 - 10:15 Fat Worm of Error

GO TO: 8/5 Colin L. Orchestra/CSC Funk Band/Nuclear Power Pants/ Neptune @ Obrien's Pub WATCH: NEW Colin L. Orchestra vid for "Smoking"

2011-08-04T23:20:00.005-04:00

TONITE!!!!!!!!
Bodies of Water Shows presents...
8/5 @ Obrien's Pub
Allston, MA

21+
$6-$10 sliding scaleColin Langenus Orchestra(nyc), Nuclear Power Pants(bmore), CSC Funk Band(nyc), Neptune
One of the most satisfyingly WHOLE shows you are likely to experience anytime soon, this is a 4 band MEGA show happening @ a small venue that will be full of awesome, attractive people tonight, friday night. Do your best to make it out and you will be happy when it comes time to staggering drunk along the Charles @ 2am.

Colin L. Orchestra is a country tinged, droning rock, psych pop exploration fronted by guitar wizard and hook writer supreme Colin Langenus, long of the dearly departed USAISAMONSTER. Two recent albums have arrived on NORTHERN SPY RECORDS from this large & wonderful, guitar journeying cosmic country crew.

Nuclear Power Pants arrive from Baltimore, MD wearing dinosaur heads and playing a fuzzed out noise rock take on soul music that you will immediately love and end up

craving for the next several months until these guys show up on our doorstep again.

CSC Funk Band is one of Brooklyn's premier funk and afrobeat crews bringing with them a full horn section and featuring many of the same members as the Colin L. Orchestra.

Neptune, you know, I'm sure, are Boston's long standing noise rock/kraut rock men of the night. They bring with them a fairly new line up tonight featuring members of Animal Hospital and sounding more far out and better than ever.

ALSO: CHECK THIS REALLY, TRULY AWESOME NEW VID FOR A SONG OFF OF COLIN'S NEW ALBUM!!!!

HOMEGROWN III & Kickstarter.com

2011-08-02T20:36:00.005-04:00

We here @ B.O.W. Shows are trying our hand @ using Kickstarter.com to help fund the running of our annual HOMEGROWN festival, in it's 3rd year this year and being held from OCT 14-16. Check it out, help us put on this awesome event(check out the insane line up of bands!), and get some sweet schwag while you are at it!! Below is our Kickstarter video for the event.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR KICKSTARTER.COM PROJECT

many thanks to Zoard Tyeklar, and Matt Lundin for the HOMEGROWN teaser poster, and Kickstarter video respectively.

the AUGUST Boston Counter Cultural Compass IS OUT

2011-08-01T12:56:00.000-04:00

GO TO: ALLSTON DIY FEST 2011(this weekend)

2011-07-19T11:36:00.002-04:00

The fest is HAPPENING all over Allston, in houses, and apartments and wherever else. The biggest event is FREE and happening in Ringer Park though. Will be SUPER AWESOME no doubt!!!!!!!!!

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=178966182160826

Allston DIY Fest's main event in Ringer Park! A FREE day of music, art, skillsharing, DIY culture and friends!

Featuring:

MUSIC!:
...

Bike Generator Stage:

Doomstar! http://doomstar.bandcamp.com/

Fat History Month http://fathistorymonth.bandcamp.com/

Chris North Dream Quartet http://chrisnorth.bandcamp.com/

Brunt of It http://www.myspace.com/bruntofit

Melodeego http://www.melodeego.com/

Secret Jones http://hypem.com/search/secret+jones

The New Highway Hymnal http://www.myspace.com/highwayhymnal

Arvid Noe http://arvidnoe.blogspot.com/

Hyena (tour kick off!) http://laughablerecordings.com/

Scouter http://scouter.bandcamp.com/

Deafbabe http://www.myspace.com/deafbabeallston

The Many Peoples Band http://manypeople.bandcamp.com/

Acoustic Hang:

Mornin' Old Sport http://www.morninoldsport.com/

The Hogstompers http://www.myspace.com/thehogstompers

Wounded Knees http://woundedknees.bandcamp.com/

Deezy & The Brobots http://deezyandthebrobots.bandcamp.com/

Reeling Kites http://reelingkites.bandcamp.com/

Little Liars http://www.myspace.com/little-liars

Susanna Kavee http://www.susannakavee.bandcamp.com/

Tayla Roberge

Heather Foxwell http://littlebones.bandcamp.com/

OPEN JAM!!! (bring stuff to play, mmmkk?!?!)

Skillshares/Workshops!:

Know Your Rights Training

Eco-Feminism & Connecting the Dots of Climate Change

Hooping & Poi

Fix-a-Flat

Alternative Menstrual/Contraceptive Products

Radical Self Defense Training

Direct Action 101

DIY Kinky Krafts

Self-Care in the Toxic Age

Home Brewing

A really, REALLY free market!

Art/artisans

Records, zines, rad local organizations and other cool stuff OH MY!!:

The Lucy Parsons Center http://lucyparsons.org/

Papercut Zine Library http://www.papercutzinelibrary.org/

Commonwheels Bicycle Co-Op http://commonwheels.bostonbiker.org/

Pocket Cat! Records http://www.pocketcatrecords.webs.com/

Food Not Bombs http://www.foodnotbombs.net/

Black and Pink http://www.blackandpink.org/

Anarchist Black Cross http://www.abcf.net/

The Whitehaus Family Record http://whitehausfamilyrecord.com/

Pen Cap Chew https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pencapchew.org%2F&h=YAQArHTZK

Fantasy Fuel http://www.myspace.com/fantasyfuel

Big Collage Artist Collective http://www.bigcollage.org/

and more TBA

Keep an eye out for house shows and other festival events that weekend!

The event in the park is open to anyone to participate and help out soooo if you want to display your art, teach a skillshare/workshop, play music, do some performance art, or anything else that's DIY, non-consumerist/capitalist and FREE/donation based, let us know at:

allstondiyfest@gmail.com

You can also email us if you'd like to set up a house show/art show/anything else free, all ages and DIY and have it associated with the festival!!!

LISTEN TO: THE PAPERHEAD

2011-07-19T11:34:00.001-04:00

Psychedelic music has really made a comeback down south in Tennessee, and the band that captivates its spirit the most is Trouble in Mind’s The Paperhead. Its three members are in college now, but they recorded their self-titled release at the ripe age of eighteen. Their age doesn’t worsen the quality of their sound as much as it adds playful energy and intense determination. Plus, the guys are knowledgable, and their record collections are inspiring in size and breadth. Their influences aren’t just Pipers Pink Floyd and Preservation Society Kinks -- they’ve dug to the core of 60’s psychedelia to find the elements that make each song just as drug-induced, sunny and twisted as their Nuggets-era forefathers. Its notable members include lead singer Ryan Jennings, a precocious sitar and guitar player who leads the songs with a distinct dreamy croon. Swirling organs and guitar effects make for a rich soundscape, and every song is ripe and full. Even though The Paperhead is brilliant at such a young age, a few years might help them surpass their own idols.

by Alison Kozol

LISTEN TO: DEATH GRIPS

2011-07-18T14:27:00.001-04:00

When rooftop parties and lying on the beach get to be a bit monotonous, check out the dark, cruel and vice-filled sounds of Death Grips. Underlying each track is heavy and inventive percussion by Zach Hill, the weirdo behind Hella, who formed the band with friends from Sacramento, Ca. Every song is sample-drenched and includes recordings of hobos screaming and lunatics mumbling against other samples of surf guitars, gooey synths and 80‘s drum machines. Rapping above all of it is MC Ride, who screams his rhymes and says cool shit like “I fuck the music/ I make it come”. All the elements together make scary punk/industrial hip-hop, and it’s really where the future of the genre should go. While most hip-hop makes murder and crime look like fun, Death Grips makes it look terrifying, and the fervor inside ExMillitary makes it one of the most important albums of the summer.

by Alison Kozol

Death Grips - Exmilitary by deathgrips

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GO TO: 2NITE!!! 7/16 @ PROBLEM HOUSE/allston: Ed Schrader's Music Beat(baltimore), Tinsel Teeth(providence), Skimask

2011-07-16T15:33:00.000-04:00

Bodies of Water Shows presents...

7/16 @ Problem House
11 Islington St.
Allston, MA

ALL AGES

Ed Schrader's Music Beat(baltimore), Tinsel Teeth(providence), Skimask

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Might you like to commune with some music makers tonight?
Might you enjoy venturing down a pathway, manned by
2 men from Baltimore, into the soul??
Replete with some mad beats?

Well, if so, you should come see Ed Schrader's Music Beat tonight.
You'll enjoy yourself. Ed S. sings songs about being addicted to SUGAR.
You can relate.
The show's @ Problem House in Allston.
Tinsel Teeth will also be barely clothed and wigging out noise rock stylee,
and Skimask will yell at you, but to a very steady beat that you can move to.
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WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND (7/15-7/17)

2011-07-15T17:04:00.002-04:00

7/15 @ 132 brookline ave./boston/ YOU AND YOUR POINTY EARS/ DUO ft. APOLLO SUNSHINE & LILYS / ALEX & JANEL

7/15 @ butcher shoppe/ kid romance(record release)

7/15 @ great scott/ UNION SQ ROUNDTABLE(comedy show)

7/15 @ mills gallery @ BCA/ Close Distance show opens

7/15 @ yes.oui.si/ alexander nesmer(spring totems), maya phillips, naga gaga, brian s. ellis, haygun

7/16 @ 132 brookline ave/ boston/ Viva Viva / Dirty Dishes / Sand Reckoner / They Had Faces Then

7/16 @ mystery train records/ amherst/ Green Hill Builders & Red Favorite

7/16 @ pa's lounge/ Chop Chop, Kris Gruen, Cooling Towers, Matthew Connor, and Ad Frank

7/16 @ plough and stars/ LADYFEST benefit #1

7/16 @ precinct/ guillermo sexo(record release), young adults, night fruit, soccer mom

7/16 @ Problem House/ Ed Schrader's Music Beat(baltimore), Tinsel teeth, Skimask

7/16 @ Starlab/ Comanche, Weak Teeth, Bar Sinister, Best Practices

7/16 @ the north star/ ANNIVERSARY w/ djs baltimoroder etc.

7/17 @ obriens/ furnace/dawn treader(md)/iron hand(ct)/ ancient filth