‘Rock The Night’ by The Monsieurs (Boston, Massachusetts)
Do you like garage rock? Do you like rock and roll? Do you like really cool tigers on album covers? Here. This is for you. @LeahLovecat
Posted in A: Lovecat, T: Single, T: Video
Tagged Boston, DIY Recording, Garage, massachusetts, rock the night, the monsieur's
Antics by Vundabar (United States)
Just when I thought I was going to call it a night, I came across Antics. This is an album. Wrapped up in jangly guitars, indelible guitars and slightly fuzzed vocals, each track has you captivated and you keep your ear to your speakers, for you don’t want to miss a second of it. I immediately downloaded the 10 songs that make up Antics and started playing them back to back. I’m obsessed and I think you’re going to have a very similar reaction. [Free Download] @LeahLovecat
Posted in A: Lovecat, C: Free Music, T: LP/EP
Tagged antics, DIY Recording, free download, Garage, massachusetts, rock, vundabar
Whispers by The New Highway Hymnal (Haverhill, Massachusetts)
The New Highway Hymnal have fused psych rock and punk in order to bring you their luring album, Whispers. With un-earthly howls you’re put under their spell and thrown into a hypnotic state, engaging in the wails that have made you succumb to these 3 minute gems. By track 4 you’ve moved deep into the forest, with no intention of finding your way out. At this point, it’s of no use anyway. @LeahLovecat
Posted in A: Lovecat, T: LP/EP
Tagged DIY Recording, Garage, massachusetts, psych, the new highway hymnal, whispers
‘Porcelain Mask’ by Giantist (Boston, Massachusetts) *
[Bandcamp Link] [Snake Records Link]
An adept fusion of medieval grunge and post pop-punk blues, ‘Porcelain Mask‘ is an anthem for a generation without concrete definition. The chorus chanting “born for nothing,” lyrically sophisticated, the song speaks to anyone who feels a lack of meaning, realism, or reason. It exists with hope, resolving on a climactic moment of harmony and serenity before falling back into the constant kinetic struggle between action and assimilation. See Also: Modest Mouse meets Pearl Jam meets Shapes. [Free Download] @TheSnakeRecords
Posted in A: Spinrad, T: Single, WC: The Snake Presents
Tagged Boston, giantist, massachusetts, porcelain mask, Shapes, the snake records
Jake Sherman by Jake Sherman (Boston, Massachusetts)
Vocally abrupt in a very String Cheese Incident sort of way, Jake Sherman brings a jazzy sock sliding album that puts guitar tones from Katy Lied into modern context. Taking structural breaks, the established order is always skipping steps keeping the listener tuned. The self titled debut is a powerful statement of the individual composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist. Personality aside, it’s about as musically proficient as anything. [Free Download] @Dingusonmusic
Posted in A: Dingus, C: Free Music, T: LP/EP
Tagged Boston, jake sherman, massachusetts
7″ EP by White Pages (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
I love a quick punky album. White Pages 7″ EP is blissfully short, exactly what I like. There is nothing better than listening to an entire EP in under 10 minutes, honestly, it’s what I prefer. ‘Forever Unclean’ is my favorite track, for its quickness and for its male/female fuzzy vocals. I highly suggest ordering this album on vinyl, it seems to me that White Pages are a band made for vinyl. @LeahLovecat
Posted in A: Lovecat, T: LP/EP
Tagged 7" EP, cambridge, forever unclean, Garage, massachusetts, Punk, white pagaes
Fact Ain’t Truth by Mount Everest (Massachusetts)
I found that while listening to Mount Everest, everything around me seemed to disappear. I was so enamored by just one song, I don’t understand how within a 3 minute period, you can feel so much spark run through your veins. ‘Fact Ain’t Truth’ isn’t complicated or minimal, it’s not even somewhere in the middle. It’s a mixture of it all. I never really thought about how nicely the blend of electro and acoustic would go together, but they really do. As per usual, I was drawn to the album art and thankfully I wasn’t disappointed. Mount Everest are genuinely a band of substance, I wish I could say that more often. Lovecat
Posted in A: Lovecat, T: Single
Tagged DIY Recording, electro acoustic, fact ain't truth, massachusetts, mount everest
HΔZY HEΔRT EP by HΔZY HEΔRT (Boston, MA)
Every permutation of electronic/chillwave has been published already, right? But wait! There’s more. HΔZY HEΔRT EP stays interesting with varying volumes and drops in all the right places. It’s groovy. Listen to it on something noise-canceling or you’ll miss the subtle background sounds that will make you hear in 3D. [Free Music] @AshleyCanino
Posted in A: Canino, C: Free Music, T: LP/EP
Tagged Boston, chillwave, DIY, dream pop, electronic, hazyheart, HΔZYHEΔRT, MA, massachusetts
