Check out this awesome summer anthem from Streight Angular. A significant detour from their previous songs, “Alright!” is a yearning dance-punk-new-wave-rock track with a lot of heart. You can listen to the whole EP, which is due out on Friday, at their Bandcamp page.
Also, don’t miss their EP release show this Friday at the House of Blues front room. They’ll be playing with The Woodrow Wilsons and Night Fruit. The show is at 9pm and is FREE! What more could you want, honestly?
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Upcoming shows
8/6 Tavern At the End of the World
8/20 Cantab Lounge
8/26 Precinct
9/3 Church
9/17 Grinding Tapes House
We just finished printing the CD jackets for the Grinding Tapes Mp3 Subscription! The design is classic GT and was intended to look quite a bit like our long-out-of-print first promo disc. We only made 50 copies of this CD, but there are still a few available on the subscription page. We’ll also be awarding copies for our favorite mix swap submissions, so check that out, too!
Here’s the track list:
1. The Woodrow Wilsons: Anthropomorphics (live at CHURCH in Boston, MA 6/24/2009)
2. tiny mtns: Pretzel Teeth (live at The Attik in Peabody, MA 8/24/2009)
3. Dreamtigers: Settlement (acoustic version live at The Attik in Peabody, MA 8/24/2009)
4. The Points North: New England Daughters (Live on WMBR 11/23/2009)
5. Manners: Knives (live at The Middle East in Boston, MA 8/23/2009)
6. Elijah Ebenezer Wyman: Fantastic Lovers (live on WMFO 11/29/2006)
7. Mr. Sister: Santa Baby (live at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA 12/18/2008)
8. The Points North: Auld Lang Syne (live at the Red Door in Portsmouth, NH 12/12/2009)
9. Elijah Ebenezer Wyman: Kitten’s First Christmas (live at the Vault in Salem, MA 12/1/2007)
10. Dreamtigers: Water and Smoke (live at The Red Door in Portsmouth, NH 12/12/2010)
11. The Points North: Whale Song (demo, January 2008)
12. Laura Smith (of The Woodrow Wilsons): Bloodstains (home recording)
13. Elijah Wyman: Rocks or Ankles (pre-Butterfly Needles home recording 2006-2007)
14. Saint Joe Hazelwood: Moth & Wool (live at Eastern Nazarene University in Quincy, MA 9/4/2006)
15. Manners: Breath of Your Heart (live at The Middle East in Boston, MA 8/23/2009)
16. Sylphid: A.05.01.09 (outtake)
17. The Woodrow Wilsons: Dormancy (Freedom or Decomposition Songs outtake)
18. Hello Shark: Still Warm After the Storm (outtake recorded at Grinding Tapes House)
19. The Points North: Recycling Song (kalimba and bass version recorded at Grinding Tapes House)
And, for your enjoyment, here are three rarities from the subscription CD:
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Don’t forget that our two-night Grinding Tapes showcase at The Armory in Somerville is coming up on Friday, April 16th and Saturday, April 17th. Tickets are $9 for one night and we are offering a limited number of double-night passes for $14 each! This venue is really small, so we encourage you to buy tickets in advance (sold directly through GT, no special fees).
Friday, April 16th
The Points North (http://myspace.com/thepointsnorth)
Dreamtigers (http://myspace.com/dreamtigersmusic)
Mr. Sister (http://www.myspace.com/mrsisterboston)
Saturday, April 17th
tiny mtns (Elijah Wyman) (http://www.myspace.com/tinymtns)
Manners (http://www.myspace.com/mnnrs)
The Woodrow Wilsons (http://www.myspace.com/thewoodrowwilsons)
We will also be accepting submissions for the Grinding Tapes mix swap at the showcase, so make sure to bring 3 copies of your mix + $5/$7 for shipping and materials. Get in on the Facbook event, too!
Also, catch Grinding Tapes’ on the radio a week from Friday (4/16). Jason, Elijah, and Laco will be hanging out with Ed Rand between 12 noon to 1pm on 1530 AM Middleboro Mid-Day. Cool!
The Points North
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tiny mtns/Elijah Wyman
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Mr. Sister
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Dreamtigers
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Manners
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The Woodrow Wilsons
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Posted October 4, 2009 by Jason at 11:16 pm ·
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Check it. It’s gonna be awesome.
Jamaica Plain’s Whitehaus Family Record label is holding a pretty awesome show tonight. Included on a bill of six bands are Mr. Sister, The Points North, and The Woodrow Wilsons. Don’t miss it!
Here’s The Points North’s “Nut Island”, which is from their forthcoming album.
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Posted March 26, 2009 by Jason at 7:45 am ·
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The Woodrow Wilsons are pretty awesome. They’re a friendly pop-folk band complete with handmade ukalalies, trombone, and killer boy/girl vocals. They’re playing at All Asia tonight and you should totally check them out!
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Posted March 10, 2009 by Jason at 10:13 pm ·
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BLASTFEST is an annual spring showcase curated by our friends at The Whitehaus Family Record. The show features 19 Boston bands, including a few of our very favorites:
The Points North
The Woodrow Wilsons
Manners
Head down to the Cambridge YMCA auditorium (820 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA) at 6:00pm on Friday to catch the show! It’ll be awesome.
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