Archive for December, 2009

+playlist year-end best-of 2009 in boston rock

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Boston Emissions
12/27/09
The year in Boston & New England rock with guests: Ashley Willard of Boston Band Crush and Ryan Spaulding of Ryan’s Smashing Life - two excellent Boston-based music blogs (links below)…

The following are favorites for various reasons. I’ll mark each by whose selection it was.

Anngelle’s Favorites in bold
Ad Frank and the Fast Easy Women - Man on Fire from Your Secrets Are Mine Now
The Everyday Visuals - Take It All in Stridefrom The Everyday Visuals
Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins - Weekend from Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins
The Honors - Parade from Wasted Palaces (one of my favorite songs)
Reverse - Blues In D from Monkey Mind (favorite band to come out of hiatus!)

Hands and Knees - Hot Little Item (Ashley and Ryan’s pick)
Antiques - Happy (Ashley’s Pick)
Father Abraham - All My Friends Are CFOs (Ashley’s pick)
The Beatings - All The Things You’ve Been Missing from Late Season Kid (a unanimous best of pick)
Ian Adams - Horns of the Devil from Stay Up Late (Anngelle and Ryan pick)
Cassavettes - Lights On frpm Shake Down the Sun (Anngelle and Ryan pick)
Tom Thumb - Olivia from We Never Die (Ryan’s Pick)
Mean Creek - Beg and Plead from The Sky and the Underground (a unanimous best of pick)
Will Dailey - How Can I Make You Happy - Torrent 1&2 - Busiest, Nicest Guy of the Year
Me and JOANCOLLINS - Crime of the Century (Ashley and Ryan)
Drug Rug - Hannah, Please from Paint the Fence Invisible (Anngelle and Ashley)
Vulgarrity - Plane in the Water - If You Sing It, They Will Hum (Anngelle’s pick for one of year’s favorite new bands)
Awesome Chariot - Awesome Chariot (Ashley)
Gene Dante and the Future Starlets - Madness to His Method - The Romantic Lead (Anngelle and Ashley) - in lieu of C-Star with its 11 c*cks, we opted for the song that won’t get my show cancelled…

As usual, we ran out of show. There was more to play but two hours goes by fast! I’ll include more info on my year-end selections in a blog to be posted later. There’s more to this…stand by.

Ryan’s Smashing Life - http://rslblog.com
Boston Band Crush - http://www.bostonbandcrush.com
Boston Emissions - http://www.bostonemissions.com

This Sunday, 12/27, a look at 2009 in Boston music

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

This Sunday, 12/27 - last show of the decade!

I’ll look at this year in local music.

Along with music bloggers, Ashley Willard of Boston Band Crush and Ryan Spaulding of Ryan’s Smashing Life, we’ll discuss and play
some of our favorites from the past year.

Ashley and Ryan are very in tune with the Boston music scene, attend ridiculous amounts of shows and write all about it in their
excellent music sites:
www.bostonbandcrush.com

boston band crush

http://rslblog.com
http://ryans smashing life

+playlist 12/20/09 homespun holiday classics edition

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Boston Emissions
12/20/09

Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Christmas Time (It Sure Don’t Feel Like It) - Throwdown this week!
Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys - No Room
Aloud - Merry Effing Christmas
Huxster - We Three Kings
The Gentlemen - Blue Christmas - Viva Noel, Q Division Christmas released in 2002 (NYE at Church)
Old Jack - Christmas (with members of Ms. Pigeon, the Lights Out)
The Main Drag - A Jagged Gorgeous Winter
Drug Rug - Dreamland
Cropduster - Blizzard of ‘78
Bleu - Snow Day
The SnowLeopards - You’re My Home
The Other Girls (Andrea Gillis, Michelle Paulus, Melissa Gibbs) - I’m Not Getting Anything For Christmas
The Submarines - You, Me and the Bourgeoisie

Bleu’s Boston All Starz “12 Dayz of Christmas” featuring Kay Hanley (Letters To Cleo), Jed Parish (The Gravel Pit), Ramona Silver, Dicky Barrett (Bosstones), Jason Kendall (Amazing Crowns), Dave Farrell (Rubyhorse), Aaron Lippert (Expanding Man), Bill Janovitz (Buffalo Tom), Adrian Hierholzer (My Favorite Relative), Mary Lou Lord, Ryan Miller & Adam Gardner (Guster)

Mary Lou Lord - Some Jingle, Jangle Morning
The Elevator Drops - Christmas Song
The Hush Now - Wishing You A Happy Christmas
Sidewalk Driver - Christmas in Fallujah
Gang Green - Skate to Hell
Star Matter (featuring Kelly Davidson, Brian Viglione, Russell Chudnofsky, Monique Ortiz, Linda Viens) - Just Like Christmas
The Sheila Divine - O Holy Night (off Viva Noel, a Q Division Christmas, 2002)
Outlets - Bright Lights
The Proletariat - Decorations
Merrie Amsterberg - 2000 Miles (off Viva Noel, a Q Division Christmas, 2002)

Next week: Obligatory “Year-End Bests” done my way and perhaps some special guests joining in

:::picks of the week, 12/14-12/19

Monday, December 14th, 2009

MON 12/14
Middle East’s Holiday Party with live music…

TUES 12/15
Lizard Lounge, Mass Ave, Cambridge - Session Americana

WEDS 12/16
OBrien’s, Harvard Ave, Allston - Eldridge Rodriguez (of the Beatings), Ian Adams, Tom Thumb, Greg Lyon
Middle East upstairs, Mass Ave, Central Sq, Cambridge - Dead Cats Dead Rats, The Lights Out, Silent Century, Shoney Lamar, Christmas Chicken (ftg member of the Luxury reportedly)

THURS 12/17
Middle East downstairs - Hallelujah the Hills, Faces on Film, Tulsa, Jesse Gallagher

FRI 12/18
Middle East upstairs - Township, Mean Creek, Movers and Shakers, Cropduster,
Middle East downstairs - The Elevator Drops, Bon Savants, Count Zero, Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys, with Videodrome and Anngelle hosting…

SAT 12/19
Lizard Lounge - The Future Everybody, The Rationales
PA’s, Union Square, Somerville - PA’s Holiday Party with Pants Yell! and Tony the Bookie Orchestra

Sun 12/20
Great Scott, Allston - The Scrooges, Vagiant Boston, Hot On The Heels

(email shows to anngelle(a wzlx.com before sunday night of the week you are playing out)

+playlist 12/13/09 with the Elevator Drops!

Monday, December 14th, 2009

12/13/09
guest: The Elevator Drops
+playlist
The Sheila Divine - Modern Log (EP version, pre-New Parade release)
Township - Sinister Minister
The Beatings - Parts Per Notation
Mean Creek - Face of the Earth
Tony the Bookie - Georgia’s Song
Action Verbs - Fake Roland
The Elevator Drops - $7 Single - People Mover
The Elevator Drops - Be a Lemonhead (Beautiful Junkie) - Pop Bus
The Elevator Drops - Elevator to Heaven - Pop Bus
The Elevator Drops - Catastropy - Ok Commuter (available on itunes)
The Elevator Drops - Christmas Song - Ok Commuter
The Elevator Drops - Shake it - Ok Commuter
Garvy J - What If It All Worked out (unreleased)
Count Zero - Bite Off the Roses
Ian Adams - Walk on the Moon
The Lights Out - Five Fifteen
Dead Cats Dead Rats - Shipwreck
The Upper Crust - Coachman Ride On (NYE at Church!)

Sorry to the Bon Savants. My home-burn is scratched to hell. Send some music?

Thank you Tone Source One (Ghoul), Tone Source Two (Garvy J.), Tone Source Three (Fitz, the man in the slightly larger orange suit) aka The Elevator Drops, additional tone sourcing, harmonizors, harmonizing, vinyl, Janes’ Addiction, McCartney’s most-celebrated Christmas classic, classics, beards or no beards….. and you for listening!

Next week: Your home-spun holiday classics!!!

Accepting holiday songs; message me and i’ll tell you where to send them.
No swears for baby Jesus, ok?

This Sunday 12/13: The Elevator Drops

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

This Sunday, Dec 13

The reunited THE ELEVATOR DROPS are on the show!

the elevator drops

+playlist 12/6/09 with Will Dailey and Eddie Japan

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Boston Emissions WZLX
Dec 6, 2009
guests: Will Dailey and Eddie Japan

The Elevator Drops - Public Transport Authority
The Honors - Parade
Sarah RabDAU and Self-Employed Assassins - Weekend
Ad Frank and the Fast Easy Women - The Vampire Who Opted for Death
Cassavettes - Lights On
The Sun Lee Sunbeam - O Rly?
Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling - Dance of the Dead
Vary Lumar - Laying on Ice
Will Dailey - Peace of Mind
Brendan Boogie and the Best Intentions - I Remember Teenage Girls
Boston All-Star Charity Holidad Aid… (Jason Dunn/Brendan Boogie/Bruce Springsteen) - This Holidad (Feed Them Holidad)
Will Dailey - How Can I Make You Happy
Will Dailey LIVE - Allston
Action Verbs - Fake Roland
TAB the Band - Bought and Sold
Sidewalk Driver - Jenny Don’t Really Like the Boys
Eddie Japan - The Power of Negative Thinking
The Blizzard of 78 - The Song
Margin Walker - High Water

Thank you Will Dailey, festive festivities, holidays, Festival Holidads, all-star kamillionare-voiced holiday charity songs, charities, aids, eddie japan, eddie’s everywhere, hogan’s run, multiple late nights, mutliple shots, dirty beer taps, tweets and you for listening…next week: The Elevator Drops!

:::Picks of the Week, 12/7-12/12

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Picks of the Week, 12/7-12/12

TUES 12/8 (Mass Senate Primary, VOTE!)
December Rock ‘n’ Roll Social at the Model Cafe!
7-10pm
good times. cheap beer. the social.
(this is an excellent way to meet people, get word out about your music!)

Lizard Lounge, Mass Ave, Cambridge: Sessions Americana every Tues in Dec

THURS 12/10
Church of Boston,Kilmarnock St, Fenway, Boston - Blizzard of 78, Eddie Japan (EP release), Sidewalk Driver

Harper’s Ferry, Allston - The Sun Lee Sunbeam, Jeddo Stars, Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling with Videodrome dance party

FRI 12/11
The Paradise, Comm Ave, Boston - Will Dailey’s Festival Holidad with Brendan Boogie and the Best Intentions, The Luxury, Violet Nine

Cafe 939, 939 Boylston St, Boston - Sarah RabDAU & Self-Employed Assassins with Wakey!Wakey! All-ages show

Church of Boston - Vagiant Boston with Mobil Death Camp (from OH), Panzerbastard, Hot On The Heels

Lowell Brewery - Silent Season with Novus Dae, Obsidian Divide, and Await Rescue

SAT 12/12

The Paradise, Boston - Bang Camaro with Powerglove, Violent Soho

Middle East upstairs, Mass Ave, Central Sq, Cambridge - This Blue Heaven, The Honors, Vary Lumar (EP release), The Highway

Sunday, Dec 6: Will Dailey and Eddie Japan

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Sunday, December 6

On the show: Will Dailey post-Boston Music Awards win/pre-Festival Holidad,
holidad music and more, tickets to Festival Holidad at the Paradise on
Dec 11…

will dailey

Check out the Festival Holidad clips:
Festival Holidad you tube channel and WillDailey.com

11:30, Eddie Japan drop by to talk EP release at Church of Boston