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Forces of Geek Covers the New ‘I Am Tom Cummins’ EP
Last year we profiled I Am Tom Cummins’ previous album, so in the spirit of a Holiday tradition, check out I Am Tom Cummins, Too! These recordings again feature the song stylings of Tom Cummins & the studio and musical wizardry of Kraig Jordan, recorded, arranged, mixed & mastered at his Plan of a Boy in Providence, RI. Writing on ukulele, Tom continues musing on animals, holidays, and the human condition. Influences include Todd Rundgren, Elvis Costello, Jim Henson, and the early 1980’s.
It’s available on CD or digital download and will make you smile. And you can never have too many of those.
Everett Brothers Moving Company – Moving Misfortune
75OL-222 Everett Brothers Moving Company – Moving Misfortune
$8.00 S&H Included
Digital download is available here
Track Listing
1. Middle 8 02:56
2. My Turn 02:34
3. Up On The Sun 03:53
4. Used To It 03:24
5. PYT 03:24
6. Big Blue Bug 03:40
7. 3 X 5 03:22
8. Old Relations 02:50
9. Feel Good 02:53
10. Hands of Fate 02:15
11. Arrow 02:41
12. Handful of Pills 04:20
13. Everybody Was a Jew 01:42
On “Moving Misfortune,” Everett Bros. Moving Company gently kick out the jams with shadings of Americana, post-punk pop, country soul, blues, and a hint of Kurt Weill. Should appeal equally to fans of Tom Petty, Nick Cave, or the Meat Puppets (whose sublime “Up On The Sun” is covered on this album).
Baylies Band at The Midway Cafe
with The Modern Voice, VAT and The Korps
The Midway Cafe
3496 Washington St
Jamaica Plain, Mass
8pm
$5.00
Jacob Haller at Shady Lea Guitars
open studio with the Killdevils
Shady Lea Guitars
North Kingstown, RI
3:00pm
Sick Pills at The Pour Farm
with Free Choas and Nick Sundman
The Pour Farm
780 Purchase St
New Bedford, Mass
9pm
header Eric Ott In Lieu of Flowers
Eric Ott – In Lieu Of Flowers
75OL-235 Eric Ott – In Lieu Of Flowers
$10.00 S&H Included
Track Listing
1. Consciousness
2. Little Wars
3. Old
4. Epiphany (feeling)
5. Pop Starlet
6. Felt
7. If You Were Thinking
8. Medicine Cabinet
9. These Pills
10. Crumble Your Bones
11. Our Dear Catherine
12. Under The Bed
13. Free
Remember a time when you would sit on the floor, put your headphones on and listen to a record from start to finish? It took you to a place, perhaps under a sonic wave of angst, romance, sadness, or happiness. With new technology, it took the 45, or later the cassette singles too far, and we started cherry picking our favorite songs off these records. We were just choosing snapshots from a vacation rather than enjoying the entire experience.
In Lieu of Flowers is a throwback to the Long Playing Format. The LP. It touches on mortality, struggle, aging, suicide and ultimately death. At first it may seem as an arduous listen but pays off in the end as you will be taken to a different place. Like a movie or a book, or like the LP that you might have rolled your first cigarette on.
In Lieu of Flowers will not be available digitally. It will not be on iTunes, Spotify, Bandcamp, Google Play etc. It is only available on CD. Some have said that I am crazy for rolling out a project that took me over 3 years to write and record. The answer, of course I am, I am an artist. Enjoy the trip and thank you for listening.
– Eric Ott
Jacob Haller at Luthier’s Co-op
with Andrew DiMola and Ransom Circle
Luthier’s Co-op
108 Cottage Street
Easthampton, Mass
7:30pm03
Motif Magazine reviews the new Jets Can’t Land EP
Jets Can’t Land – You Can’t Linger On (75orLess Records)
On their debut EP, You Can’t Linger On, Jets Can’t Land shoots up a hefty dose of ’90s indie rock fueled by feedback and flannel. The opening, “A 70’s Photograph,” is like what would happen if Camper Van Beethoven and Pavement got drunk in a practice space in Olneyville and decided to cut an album. On “Wasted,” Jets Can’t Land remind me a little of ’90s grunge rockers Seaweed with the tune’s hammer drop chorus. “The Falling Star” sounds like a tune Love and Rockets would write, but covered by Built to Spill. My favorite tune of the bunch is the closing jam, “I Can’t Do That Dave,” because it is a precisely crafted mess of ragged glory. I’d recommend You Can’t Linger On for that crazy uncle still wearing flannel as well as anyone still searching for Crazy Horse-inspired indie guitar swing.
Allysen Callery at The Grange
with Ava Callery
The Grange
Providence, RI
8pm