Mike D’s Top Five: Can’t Miss Shows of July
#1 Friday, July 5: 95.5 Summer Concert series featuring The Mowglis, 7:30 pm. All ages. Free! Waterplace Park. Someone recently asked me how I can tell when a band is getting big or going to make it. These days, it seems when the song is either inescapable from social media and commercials or if people […]
Alt-Nation: Listen to New Music and Great Shows While You’re Being Watched
This past week had to be one of the worst across-the-board weeks for Boston sports teams. I can’t think of a comparison because other examples just involve one team. The triple downer from the Bruins choke in game 6, a Patriots Pro Bowl caliber player being arraigned for first degree murder, and the end of […]
Roots Report – Newport Yachting Center Heats Up Summer
Okee dokee folks … ”Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die.” That was the fitting final song in Willie Nelson’s set when he played the Newport Sunset Series a couple of weeks ago. Nelson cranked out one great song after another during the 90-minute show. I’ve seen Willie in concert a few times […]
Manchester 65: Everything you want from Providence … in West Warwick
Just getting in the door at a club in Providence is a hassle. Pay for parking. Wait in line. Feel cold and uncomfortable. Pay cover. And four hours later, when your clothes are sticking to you from sweat and spilled alcohol, five minutes of walking becomes an inebriated death march. If I sound like an […]
Sample New Tunes from The Quahogs
A quahog is an edible, hard-shelled marine bivalve mollusk (aka, a clam), which is native to the eastern shores of North America, from Prince Edward Island to the Yucatán Peninsula. The Quahogs are something completely different, barring the fact that they too hail from the Eastern shores of North America … well, Providence, but you […]
95.5 WBRU Summer Concert Series: Torn Shorts
By Jeffrey Folker June nights: not too hot for a stroll in the park, not too cold for an Awful Awful from Newport Creamery. Growing up in New Jersey, three miles from the Atlantic Ocean, summer has always been the time of year to relax, hit the beach for a tan, and grab an ice […]
Pilgrim – Doom-metal, Heavy Drinking, and No Apologies
Doom. If you’re a nerd like me, the word conjures images of violent PC games and masked Marvel villains with PhDs in Evil Science. If you are a nerd of a higher pedigree, you might think doom-metal. It’s a sound that harkens back to Black Sabbath, emphasizing clean vocals and de-tuned guitars rather than screaming […]
Mike D’s Top Five: Can’t Miss Shows Of June
By Mike Delehanty #1 Saturday, June 1: Northern Lands (He Took A Dive CD release) with The Mallett Brothers Band, Viking Jesus and Cactus Attack. $8 advance/$10 day of. 7 pm doors/8pm show. All ages. The Met, 1005 Main St., Pawtucket, RI. This show will likely have happened by the time you are reading this, […]