Canucks, polka-punk-pirates, The Dreadnoughts have announced some rare US dates in early 2024, including Boston area shows with Mickey Rickshaw. More details here…..https://www.bandsintown.com/a/287482
Feb 08 @ The Burren, Somerville, MA
Feb 09 @ Stone Church, Newmarket, NH
Feb 10 @ Askew, Providence, RI
Dutch purveyors of rowdy Celtic-punk, Bunch of Bastards, have a new album, recorded ‘live in the studio’, and titled Drink, Holler and Dance. More details on https://www.bunchofbastards.nl
The Muckers have a new album out. Titled, Whiskey Tango, the album is available digitally via bandcamp. Review to follow shortly (promise)
I have here the vinyl release of Hold Tight. Funded through a Kickstarter campaign, this is the thickest slab of vinyl I’ve ever spun. Nice job guys. The duo of Mike (guitar) and Hannah (whistler and accordion) who make up The Langer’s Ball are super tight; they have been playing together for 15 years. The 11 tracks on Hold Tight are split between traditional Irish, Scottish and Sea Shanties and originals which gel very nicely with the more familiar. Of the originals my favorites are the polka / blues drinking song, Whiskey From The Still and the hard boozing, Bottom of The Bottle.
Always classy, The Langer’s Ball never disappoint.
Legendary Boston punk guitarist, Rick Barton (The Outlets / Dropkick Murphys / Continental) has a new solo album, Nowhere Man, out on October 20th. The album is not your usual punk’n’roll but old school rock and roll infused country. Check out the advance tracks on BandCamp.
https://rickbarton.bandcamp.com/album/nowhere-man
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The Peelers are playing some rare US dates in September.
9-14 Greenfield, MA
9-15 New London, CT
9-16 Providence, RI
9-17 Boston, MA (Matinee)
9-18 Washington, DC
9-20 Savannah, GA
9-21 Punta Gorda, FL
9-22 Atlantic Beach, FL
Here’s the video for Pay Me My Money Down the first single off SCCs new full-length record due out this Fall.
T.C. Costello has released a new album “El Rey De America” inspired by Galician music and Chinese pipes(!). The album is up on Spotify.
Check out video for The Tokyo Streets
The Go Set who hit twenty years together this year, 2023, are celebrating with the release of The Warriors Beneath Us, the band’s eighth studio album. I still remember receiving in the mail, Sing A Song of Revolution, The Go Set’s debut album back in 2005. I remember thinking that’s an odd name for a band, and the doggy black CD sleeve gave nothing away. Sing A Song of Revolution, almost ended up in the dreaded, to be listened to later pile. Fortunately for me, I played the sucker and it instantly blew me away, it’s still one of my favorite and one of the best Celtic punk releases “evah”! Every subsequent album by The Go Set has been superb. The Warriors Beneath Us reminds me most of the spirit and sound of the Sing A Song of Revolution.
West Into The Sun, kicks things off, with pipes, crunching guitars, a big brash course, and a tale of being press-ganged into the Royal Navy. Take Me Home and Horizons are both catchy, catchy, sing-along, guitar rockers. Speaking of catchy, Opportunities could be a radio hit. The Warriors Beneath Us, is another guitar rocker with some very slick guitar solos. Drink to the Night is a melancholy pub ballad. Raise Your Hands gets things cranking again. Broken Bones and Hearts kicks things into punk-rock overdrive. We Got The Numbers is a pro-union rabble-rouser. Things slow down on Tomorrow, a dark, war ballad of a soldier writing a letter home on the eve of the big offensive. On Gallows Bay, the pipes go up above 11, and it’s an absolute classic. Sunnyside of the Street closes and The Go Set puts a grungy stamp on The Pogues classic.
Here’s to another 20 years from The Go Set.
Providence based Shanty-punks (the original ones), Sharks Come Cruisin’, are releasing a new 7″, Pay Me My Money Down, in August. The single itself is pretty cool, it’s a handmade, lathe cut, made one at a time, record.
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