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#NowPlaying yet another record I somehow missed last year, 2024's 'A Distant, Violent Shudder' by Boston, Massachusetts' GLACIER. Heavy/beautiful instrumental post-metal or post rock. Strong Pelican or Isis vibes. Recommended.

glacierma.bandcamp.com/album/a

#PostRock #PostMetal #BostonBands #MassachusettsBands #Glacier @wendigo @HailsandAles @BlackenedGreen @rtw @umrk @Kitty

THE REMAINS ON PBS
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06880danwoog.com/2025/02/21/ro

We had nothing quite like The Remains until this band came along. Widely known for loudness - loudest band I ever heard was a common expression - The Remains ought to be at least as well known for tightness. One of the bootlegs had a track that, no doubt, was not intended for the public to hear. Vern's bass started out too loud, Barry's vocal was a little tentative. It sounded to me like a song they had just reworked and they recorded it promptly to get the arrangement down for reference in future sessions. Then they came to the refrain and the four just hammered it in really close formation. They transformed instantly from four guys working out a song to THE REMAINS ready to take on the world. It was a terrific thing to hear. Some of the available film footage shows a young Vern Miller characteristically hopping about on stage and Barry answering with hops of his own. "Remains Nights" at the early-1960s incarnation of The Rat were where Boston's highly productive rock scene got its start. When Chip Damiani left the band in the lead-up to the Beatles tour, The Remains added a remarkable drummer, ND Smart II. ND was subsequently in a John Hall group, Kangaroo; and then he was in one of my all-time favorite bands, The Great Speckled Bird with Ian and Sylvia. Chip is the drummer The Remains wanted but the band, nonetheless, aced the percussion position with ND, easily one of the very best drummers I ever heard live. Bill Briggs, as The Remains tech guy, was a big part of the band's success. The best equipment and knowing stage set-up were fundamental to what made these four musicians The Remains. This was a highly professional, focused band with what Nancy Neon calls "garage spirit." "Ticket To Ride" by Barry Tashian is one of New England rock history's essential books. A music store in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, displayed a collage made up of various newspaper headlines and notices, each in its own way speaking of The Remains blowing The Beatles off stage. It was great! RiP Chip Damiani.

[This is an expanded version of a comment I posted at the Music Museum of New England's Facebook page. One attachment is a scanned image of a concert poster, of a reunion of The Remains and The Lost, given to me by my friend, Susan Green (RiP), who produced the reunion show.]

Music Museum of New England Remains article

mmone.org/the-remains/

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#1960sbands #1960smusic #1960srock #barryandtheremains #barrytashian #beatles #billbriggs #billybriggs #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #chipdamiani #garage #garagerock #garagepunk #greatspeckledbird #ianandsylvia #johnhall #kangaroo #lost #mmone #music #musicmuseumofnewengland #musicnews #nancyneon #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #pbs #remains #susangreen #thebeatles #thelost #theremains #tickettoride #vernmiller #westportconnecticut #williambriggs

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HALLOWEEN MUSIC
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Heretix - Season of the Witch
Dream of the 90s

youtube.com/watch?v=dmHAk5V17F

YouTube has been throwing various covers at me of "Season of the Witch," one would imagine in honor of Halloween. The one by Joan Jett is my favorite so far. Have you heard this version by the circa-1990 Boston band, Heretix? It is quite good.

Boston is Halloween's Music City, having produced the standard, "The Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett.

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#1980sbands #1980smusic #1990sbands #1990smusic #bobbyborispickett #bobbypickett #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #halloween #halloweenmusic #heretix #joanjett #music #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #rock #seasonofthewitch #theheretix

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Been listening to a lot of Morphine again lately. Every time I'm listening to The Night and think my favorite song is Souvenir (it's one of my favorite songs ever), I hear Rope on Fire again and it probably has to take the top spot. I'm always just blown away by the lyrics, the dynamics, the minimal/mellow Eastern feel of this song. It's magic.

Mark was such a genius. RIP

youtube.com/watch?v=A34HRho_of

#TheNight #2000sAlbums #BostonBands @wendigo

TREAT HER RIGHT
"I THINK SHE LIKES ME"
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I Think She Likes Me - Treat Her Right
tommykiddd

youtube.com/watch?v=cIwNoF7px9

"I Think She Likes Me" by Treat Her Right" is an answer I gave to Corny O'Connell's "Question of the Day" this morning on WFUV. "I Think She Likes Me" was the signature song of Treat Her Right, a band that preceded Morphine.

Treat Her Right :
David Champagne
Billy Conway
Jim Fitting
Mark Sandman

Treat Her Right may not have a mobile app, but WFUV has a really good one.

For a couple more of my recent popular music posts, follow these hashtags: - #jakebrennan #madisonsmarttbell (notice two Ts in Smartt).

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#1980sbands #1980smusic #1980srock #billyconway #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #cornyoconnell #davechampagne #davidchampagne #ithinkshelikesme #jimfitting #marksandman #mobileapp #mobileapps #morphine #morphineband #morphinetheband #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #radio #radioapp #treatherright #wfuv #wfuvradio

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THE BARBARIANS
"ARE YOU A BOY OR ARE YOU A GIRL"
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Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl?
The Barbarians - Topic

youtube.com/watch?v=LHrqEEzagV

One of my favorite features on one of my favorite radio stations is Corny O'Connell's "Question of the Day" on WFUV out of New York City. This morning's question had to do with hair. My suggestion was "Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl" by The Barbarians. "With your long blonde hair You look like a girl." It pleases me to say Corny went with it. This track never made the Billboard Top 40 but its memory outlived many records that did. The Barbarians laid some claim to being the first punk band. It definitely came with a garage punk quality. WFUV has a very large audience stretching through a big part of the United States and probably abroad. It is easy to access through its excellent mobile app.

Music Museum of New England: The Barbarians article

mmone.org/the-barbarians/

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#1960sbands #1960smusic #1960srock #areyouaboyorareyouagirl #barbariansband #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #cornyoconnell #garagepunk #mmone #mobileapp #mobileapps #musicmuseumofnewengland #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #newyorkcity #punkband #punkbands #punkrock #questionoftheday #radio #radioapp #radioapps #thebarbarians #wfuv #wfuvradio

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GIRL WITH A HAWK
"WAY WITH WORDS"
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Way with Words
by GIRL WITH A HAWK

girlwithahawk.bandcamp.com/tra

"Way With Words." Way to go! This new single from Girl With a Hawk, a Linda S. Viens enterprise, was released this morning. New. I've liked everything I have heard so far by Girl With a Hawk; and I suggest this band as one well worth following. This single had to be good. It is "produced, engineered, and tambourined" by Pete Weiss. Captain Easychord seems to have sneaked in ahead of me but I was second to buy this track at Bandcamp.

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#2020smusic #bandcamp #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #girlwithahawk #lindasviens #lindaviens #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #peteweiss #singersongwriter #waywithwords

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CARLA RYDER BAND
"THREE MONDAYS GONE"
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Three Mondays Gone
Carla Ryder Band - Topic

youtube.com/watch?v=h_V6tOhiNf

As far as I recall, I have never posted anything by Carla Ryder. So, here goes. Of those Carla Ryder Band songs I have heard, this is my favorite.

The first time Carla Ryder came to my attention, she was a member of a Massachusetts cover band, the Mudhens. Since then, she has been both a rock singer-songwriter and the leader of the Carla Ryder Band. Ryder is also in the group, Miriam, with Amy Fairchild.

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#amyfairchild #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #carlaryder #carlaryderband #massachusettsbands #massachusettsmusic #massachusettsrock #miriamband #mudhensband #mudhenscoverband #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #singersongwriter #threemondaysgone

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ULTIMATE SPINACH
"PLASTIC RAINCOATS / HUNG UP MINDS"
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PLASTIC RAINCOATS/HUNG UP MINDS
Ultimate Spinach - Topic

youtube.com/watch?v=zBA80uS8b4

"Plastic Raincoats" is a fun song. The Ultimate Spinach, a prime example of The Boston Sound, was a better group than I remembered. If any band members ever stop by, I will apologize.

The Boston Sound, which came to be called Bosstown, was a major label promotion (MGM Records). It fizzled and Bosstown became a joke; but this was not entirely deserved. Some very good music came out of the Boston Sound and the better tracks recorded then hold up very well to this day.

At the time, I was of the view, which would seem to put me in the minority now, that the Jeff "Skunk" Baxter lineup of the Ultimate Spinach was the best.

Hooray for the all-around great John Cooke, Earth Opera, David Grisman, The Ramrods (renamed "Puff"), Peter Rowan, Teddy and the Pandas, the Ultimate Spinach, John Lincoln Wright, and a whole host of others. New England hippies had a wicked good time.

One of the Bosstown-era singers, who came out of Boston, went on, in the 1970s, to become the biggest dance music star in the world: - Donna Summer. I am a big fan. Donna Summer's late '60s Boston band, The Crow, played innovative psych/pop arrangements at the Psychedelic Supermarket.

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Music Museum of New England (MMone) Ultimate Spinach article

mmone.org/ultimate-spinach-2/

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Music Museum of New England (MMone) article about The Boston Sound (Bosstown)

mmone.org/the-boston-sound/

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#1960sbands #1960smusic #1960srock #1970sdancemusic #1970smusic #1970svocalmusic #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #bostonsound #bosstown #dancemusic #davidgrisman #donnasummer #earthopera #hippies #hungupminds #jeffbaxter #jeffskunkbaxter #johncooke #johnlincolnwright #mgmrecords #mmone #musicmuseumofnewengland #musicnews #peterrowan #plasticraincoats #plasticraincoatshungupminds #psychedelicrock #psychedelicsupermarket #puffband #pufftheband #ramrodsband #rockinramrods #teddyandthepandas #thebostonsound #thecrow #thecrowband #theramrodsband

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DENNIS BRENNAN AND THE WHITE OWLS
"END OF THE BLUES"

End of the Blues
from Dennis Brennan and The White Owls - Live at Electric Andyland by The White Owls

thewhiteowls.bandcamp.com/trac

"End of the Blues" is a Dennis Brennan song that I don't remember hearing before now. He has been known for such songs as "Crying on the Avenue" and "I Got My Own." "End of the Blues" may become my DB favorite.

Brennan first came to my attention with a Boston band, Push Push. According to the Push Push section of an online post

terrykit.blogspot.com/2013/09/

he was already a veteran scenester by that time.

Predictable Digression:

A few of my own favorites covered by that article are The Atlantics ("Lonelyhearts," "Can't Wait Forever"), Knots and Crosses (pretty much the entire catalog), and The Schemers ("I Want Some Fun," also known as "Some Fun" by the subsequent band, The Raindogs).

It is time that Dennis Brennan, as his song says, gets his own.

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#atlanticsband #bandcamp #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #cantwaitforever #cryingontheavenue #dennisbrennan #dennisbrennanandthewhiteowls #endoftheblues #igotmyown #iwantsomefun #knotsandcrosses #liveatelectricandyland #lonelyhearts #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #pushpushbostonband #raindogs #schemersband #singersongwriter #somefun #theatlanticsband #theraindogs #theschemers #thewhiteowlsband #whiteowlsband

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MODERN LOVERS
"I WANNA SLEEP IN YOUR ARMS"

I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms
The Modern Lovers - Topic

youtube.com/watch?v=YBrWkb8D3r

Jonathan Richman wrote four songs that are standards for many alternative rock bands. In possible order of frequency played, they are 1) "Road Runner," 2) "Pablo Picasso," 3) "She Cracked," and 4) "Astral Plane." "I Wanna Sleep in Your Arms," too, is an early Modern Lovers classic.

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Boston Groupie News

For a lot of related information, run this Google search precisely as written here:

site:bostongroupienews.com "modern lovers"

Copying and pasting is best.

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Music Museum of New England article

mmone.org/modern-lovers/

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#bostonbands #bostongroupienews #bostonmusic #davidrobinson #erniebrooks #jerryharrison #jonathanrichman #massachusettsbands #massachusettsmusic #modernlovers #musicmuseumofnewengland #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #singersongwriter #themodernlovers

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