The Frames @ The Belly Up, 4/6/2007 Show review and pic by Natalie Kardos Even though Irish band The Frames has been around since 1990, they’re just starting to make waves over here in the United States. Those ripples were readily apparent last night at the Belly Up Tavern. Even though there seemed to be more of a crowd for […]
The Frames show review
The Thermals show review
The Thermals @ The Casbah,, 4/5/2007 Review and pics by Natalie Kardos “Hardly art/hardly garbage.” So spoke the Thermals in “No Culture Icons” off of their first album, More Parts Per Million. And so goes their music. Hardly art, insofar as it’s punk rock and thus rebelling against traditional art forms. Hardly garbage, because, well, it’s damn good music. And […]
Dirty Kings CD review
Dirty Kings CD review by Shannon Bates Dirty Kings Electric Dirt Even the cleanest of us would be intrigued by a band named Dirty Kings. The gritty guitars slide nicely into the first crunch of B.B. Cox’s angry-sexy voice. The album kicks up a notch for the second track, “Dirty Brown” (one of my favorites). While most of the lyrics […]
Passing – Brad Delp, vocalist for Boston, 6/12/51- 3/09/07
[Obituary] Brad Delp 6/12/51- 3/09/07 Brad Delp, lead vocalist of Boston, passed away on March 9, 2007 of an apparent suicide by way of carbon monoxide poisoning, Associated Press has reported. He was 55 years old. Delp joined Boston in the mid-1970s, after the band had already spent time working on its demos. Boston released its self-titled debut in 1976 […]