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Captain Chet Lawson's Snake Oil Revue formed in late 2009. Their music is a throw back to the 1930's Blues and Americana songs people sang on their front porch in the hot summer heat. They use this time period and genre as a starting point but toss in Pop/Punk sensibilities and Smothers Brothers whit. A diverse list of influences gives Captain Chet Lawson a unique sound; Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, kris kristofferson; along with, the Ramones, Nirvana and The White Stripes.

here they bring us a new video for their song Whiskey, Women and Dollar Bills!

Sean Murray is Boston music royalty. Formally of the Jakes and The Jakes and currently of The Brooklyns, Murray is constantly working on producing, writing and playing some of the areas greatest music. He has just released two solo albums simply titled, Volume One and Volume two. The simplicity of the names gives a hint to the contents of the album. Each album is two songs long. Each album is free. Each album is stripped down. Stripped way down. I hope he wore pants….

The music is a far departure from what was released by Jake and The Jakes. Murray has gone down a back road of music and brushed up against Dylan and Kristofferson. You can hear the heartache and sorrow in each lyric sung. It is obvious that Murray is taking his lyrics from a deeply personal place and not just rhyming some meaningless words together. Here is hoping that Murray keeps going so we can hear volumes 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 very soon.

Written by Benny Grotto of Mad Oak Studios

So your band's recording session is almost here. Ever the consummate professionals, you've gotten your instruments set up and intonated, put on new strings, packed your tuners and power supplies, and replaced your drumheads (you have done those things...right?), and you're all set to go. This ain't your first rodeo.

Not so fast, muchacho.

I just pooped in my pants. Just a little; not much. I am a little uncomfortable now. I mean, I don't know if I need to change my shorts, i am not really sure. I am afraid to look though because i am almost 100 percent sure.

I feel the same way about SEXCoffe Band. I listened to 1 song and I am uncomfortable. I don't really want to hear anymore because i am pretty sure it will be poopy.

If you like poopie pants, check em out
http://www.myspace.com/sexcoffee

Forehead
Live Review

Forehead Yes I am, of course I am. If you don’t know what I’m saying, you have not seen Forehead. If you feel like you are out of the loop of some joke, you are. Go see them. Now. Why are you still reading? GO SEE THIS BAND. What the heck!?!?! I’m telling you to get up, walk away from your computer and go see this band. Ok, it seems my pleas will not work for now, so lets talk more about Forehead.

Bands worst Shows- Gigs suck sometimes.

Band: Ivy League Brawlers
Website: www.myspace.com/ivyleaguebrawlers
www.facebook.com/ivyleaguebrawlers
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

We played a gig supporting a band that we were good friends with at a small hall that put on shows every so often. The show itself was fine, good turnout, people had fun. The trouble started after the gig had finished and we went to get paid.

5 Reasons To Have a Mix Off!

If you’re wondering what a ’Mix Off’ is, you’re not alone! A great place to start is mixoff.org.

A Mix Off is an online event, where someone uploads the raw tracks for a song they’ve recorded. Others download the tracks, and do their own mixes, which they upload to the site to share and receive criticism.

So why participate in something like this?

Tuesday, I take the 9am train into Boston. I wear a slick brown coat and a leopard print fedora. I have my guitar.

I exit on to Park Street.

It’s cold and windy. The black homeless woman who wears a garbage bag suit and blanket is there. She’s ALWAYS there. Every day of the week she chants, “I need foodmoney today! I need foodmoney Today!”

Girl On Top
Album Review-
Cherry Blossoms

The nature of most of the songs on this album is similar to an early punk style. Two of my favorite bands “The Fall” and “The Pretenders” keep coming to my mind as I listen. Raw vocal power backed by crunching guitar chords, rhythmic drumming, and an angry disposition. “Beat up myself,” yes indeed.

Then you hear the song Cherry Blossoms. Girl on Top has a happy song!!! I was all ready to go shave my head and get a tattoo on my face. Dance, love, and be merry. At no point during the song am I told to set fire to those freaking Cherry Blossoms, she tells me to smell the Cherry Blossoms. I had two handfuls of Cherry Blossoms expecting to be destroyed. I am totally confused.

Amp name and model:

Fender Dual Showman red Knob head

Still in production: no

watts: 100

Tube or solid state: Tube

combo or head/cab: head

Styles good for: anything, it's super versatile

Description: super f*cking loud, also has a 25 watt setting. on the 100 watt setting, it overpowers everything at 3 (and isn't driven enough at 3). Sounds fantastic clean (similar to a Fender Twin) but if you drive it, it's not that far off from a JCM800 or similar, except it's got the sparkly highs that those amps don't have and doesn't break all the time. I love it's sounds, versatility, reliability and volume. its only drawback is how f*cking heavy it is, it weighs a ton.