TONIGHT! Thursday, February 27th THE MIDDAY SOCIAL!

The Midday Social goes down TONIGHT!

If you’re in a band or a musician in the New England area get down to Platforms at 165 Poe Street Providence, RI for the areas fastest growing music related networking event! The areas top radio stations, promoters and venues all in one room for a night networking and it’s FREE!

Just look at the list of reps in this event page!

http://www.facebook.com/events/519007461539822/

SEE YA THERE!

Quilt – Held In Splendor | Review by George Dow

Quilt – Held In Splendor (Mexican Summer)
http://www.facebook.com/quiltmusic

QuiltWith Held In Splendor, Boston trio Quilt modernize their early-seventies psych-pop sound with contemporary production. The influence of Revolver-era Beatles and Rumours/Tusk-era Fleetwood Mac are still readily apparent throughout but with layer upon layer of vocal effects, guitar pedals and droning loops, it is impossible to mistake Held In Splendor as anything but a thoroughly modern creation.

Across 13 tracks and 40-plus minutes there is not a down moment. “Arctic Sharks” opens the record with Anna Rochinski’s breathy vocal riding a middle-easternized, country-tinged rhythm. “Tied Up In Tides” sounds like a tripped out Abba tune with the cheese-pop trimmed off by Hammond-sounding organs. “Mary Mountain” and “Tired & Buttered” crank up the psych-rock with their fuzzed out girl/guy harmonies and tinny, distorted, clanging guitars. “I Sleep In Nature” is a 5-plus minute mind-journey that comes in waves. Warbling affected vocals and tempo changes throw the excursion off balance – like experiencing the song from the deck of a keening ship.

Experience New England’s psych-rock revival for yourself when Quilt returns for a homecoming show at Allston’s Great Scott on March 1.

– George Dow

Doug Tuttle – S/T | Review by George Dow

Doug Tuttle – S/T (Trouble in Mind Records)
http://www.facebook.com/dougtuttledougtuttle

Doug TuttleI have been singing the praises of Doug Tuttle‘s former band, MMOSS, for a couple of years now. I’m glad that the first I Iearned of their break-up was when I read the press release announcing his first, self-titled solo effort.  I would have been heartbroken to think that I might never hear new music from the most inventive purveyors of psychedelic rock in New England in damn near 40 years.

Tuttle maintains the signature west coast hippie-ness that he was associated with in MMOSS but here he sheds the darker, Jefferson Airplane-ish leanings adding instead hints of sunnier, California psychedelia a la The Byrds.

The record is a master class in the psych-rock traditions of every generation since the sixties. There’s the aforementioned influence of The Byrds all over the record but it’s interspersed with blistering Neil Young-worthy guitar solos (“Turn This Love”), the nineties wackiness of Olivia Tremor Control (“When You Plant Your Love… Is Where It Grows”), and freak-rock excursions that could be outtakes from The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour (“Lasting Away”, “Sewn Day”).

– George Dow

Saturday, February 15, 2014 | Fairhaven, Sic Vita, War Games, Weld Square

FairhavenThis Saturday at Mardi Gras in Cranston, RI!  Midday Records Presents: FairhavenWar GamesSic Vita & Weld Square! You can hear ads running on 95.5 WBRU. This is gonna be one amazing night of music! Don’t miss it!

Doors at 7:00 PM | 21 Plus (Must have a valid ID)

Cover: 7:00 – 7:30 only 4 bucks | 7:30 – 8:00 5 bucks | 8:00 – 8:30 6 bucks | 8:30 – 9:00 7 bucks | 9:00 – Close 8 bucks

RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/events/394523494012603/

Mick Greenwood On The Closing Of Radio

radioSo, after waiting until the right time, I’m gonna throw my two cents in, now that it seems the news has officially broken about Radio. I read Richard Bouchard‘s detailed perspective and have nothing new to offer – I think he was every bit as accurate as he was fair. I was in one of the bands that Ashley turned away because we weren’t her style. Aimee learned of this and went out of her way to make the room accessible to me and the bands I was a part of – something I always appreciated.

When I started The Interrobang, Aimee immediately offered her support, giving us the last Saturday of every month to work with and grow our presence in a safe and friendly environment. During that time, I got to know the regulars and the staff pretty well – I saw people I liked (Kyle, Jobian, Richard) come and go with varying levels of bitterness. I also saw a show I had put months of work into get double-booked – but when I came in to ask what had happened, I got met with tears of confusion and contrition. Aimee, to Richard’s point, entered this endeavor with a perspective of wanting to please everyone. And while that may have made business a challenge, it’s a perspective that I wish more of our so-called “pillars” of this community had.

In a town populated with shitty fucking asshole promoters who obsess over checkmarks, Aimee was the one who would (again, to Richard’s point) waive the fee to get bands paid. In a town where certain people get off on the “It’s MY club and YOU aren’t in it” attitude, Aimee took the opposite approach (firing Ashley was an early, but powerful example of that). I had more than a few happy nights catching/playing shows there, staying till after 2am when the ashtrays came out from under the bar where the drinks were free and the conversation even freer. It was in these conversations where I’d come to realize that she loved the idea of her club being not a manipulator of what the scene could be – but a true meritocracy – a place where everyone got a chance and those that played well (not necessarily drew well) would come back. What a novel concept.

RadioI can’t (and won’t) defend the errors in execution against these concepts. However, I will say that that I have fairly detailed knowledge of Aimee’s business partners and am resolutely confident that, had she had even one hold their own, the club would be open today. The employees I saw come and go have their gripes, and they are more than entitled to them. I just know that some of what made those gripes exist was her refusal to make the IMMENSE behind-the-scenes problems become visible. Ultimately, this strategy failed as, today, the world learned what a a few of us already knew – Radio won’t open again.

Today Aimee struggles to speak, the stress of this caused her to suffer a stroke and ruined her business and credit. No matter what you feel about how she ran her business, the ideal on which she entered it in the first place was irrefutably solid. To see the consequences of such a beautiful idea and beautiful ideals be so dire is so incredibly sad.

I think that the closing of Radio is an opportunity for all of us to reflect on what we can do to Save our Scene.

Artists – STOP working with parasite promoters. I’m so fucking tempted to name names, but I don’t have to – you know who they are. WORK WITH EACH OTHER. And, for fuck’s sake – BE HONEST. You don’t have to draw…just don’t lie if you can’t. There’s room on every bill for a band that needs to grow if you’re doing it right.

Tastemakers/Journalists – STOP being so fucking cynical and self-righteous and let the scene shape itself. Your job isn’t to MAKE it, your job is to FACILITATE it. You can do so much good but you can suffocate growth more easily than I think you realize.

I don’t mean to steal my boss, Steve Katsos‘, schtick – but you CAN begin again, Boston. Let’s be better. Let’s work together. Let’s stop trying to make Boston INTO something and start maximizing what it is.

We CAN be better. So let’s fucking be better.

– Mick Greenwood

Ask The Dead – The Leans | Review by George Dow

Ask The Dead  – The Leans  (Self-released)
http://www.facebook.com/askthedead

Ask The DeadRhode Island’s own Ask the Dead return with their self-released sophomore EP, The Leans. The title track opens the EP with squelchy noise guitar barks straight out of the Fugazi play-book. But make no mistake, Ask the Dead are still a hardcore band at heart. They’ve simply found a way to showcase their artier leanings and highlight their musicianship.

“Stockholm Syndrome” indulges that musicianship with a mid-song guitar breakdown which brings to mind the synth intro to “Baba O’Reilly” as interpreted by The Edge. “All Fall Down” brings back the hardcore, sounding like something resurrected from guitarist/vocalist Alan Hague’s days with Prayers For Atheists. “Saturn Devouring His Son” closes the EP in a crunchy fashion — an arty hardcore romp bookended with mosh-worthy stomping instrumentation.

Ask the Dead keep this one short — clocking in at 13 minutes — but in that brief time they reveal themselves as a gang of hardcore punks with an itch to explore realms well beyond the institutionalized tropes of that genre.

George Dow

The Midday Social

The Midday Social

We’re excited to bring you the next Midday Social New England musician networking event! RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/events/519007461539822/

When: Thursday, February 27, 2014
Where: Platforms Nightclub | 165 Poe Street Providence, RI | 7:00 PM
This is a FREE event open to ALL genres.

Description:

Starts promptly at 7:00 PM | FREE | All Ages – All Genres!

The Midday Social is one of New England’s fastest growing music related networking events. These events have hundreds of attendees and representatives from the areas best radio stations, venues, magazines & publications, promoters, etc. including 94 HJY, 100.7 WZLX, 90.7 WXIN, 91.5 WMFO, 88.3 WQRI FM, 990WBOB, 95.5 WBRU, Unregular Radio, Limelight Magazine, Providence Phoenix, Motif Magazine, 13 Folds Magazine, Go Local Prov, Rock Karma Promotions, WARL 1320, The Steve Katsos Show, General Assembly, Firehouse 13/Fete, and many more.

This is an opportunity for musicians and industry professionals to make new connections and strengthen old ones. Bands/artists are encouraged to bring press kits and CDs. This event is open to ALL genres across New England.

ANNOUNCEMENT: 13 Folds Magazine will be releasing Volume 2 Issue 1 at this event!
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IMPORTANT INFO:
If your a musician or band that wants your music played over the house system during the event you need to hand in a CD to the DJ by 8:00 PM the latest. We cannot accept submissions after that time.

The event will start promptly at 7:00. Industry reps are encouraged to be there earlier in order to set up their tables.

Food: TBA
Drinks: Full bar with 4 dollar Narragansett Tallboys.
http://www.facebook.com/narragansettbeer

OTHER INFO:

Throughout the night we play a mix of music by bands in attendance and have a few acoustic performances. Closing out the night we have two live acts performing.

There will also be gear set up in the back room for folks who’d like to perform or just jam. The back room is open to anyone who would like to rock out!

Also, The Studio Cellar will be set up to do record a their upcoming Podcast and interview bands/artists.

YOUR INDUSTRY PANEL:

The panel will be moderated by John Laurenti of Boston’s Classic Rock, 100.7 WZLX.

Speakers:

Joe Graham – The New England Music Awards (Awards Show)

The goal of NEMA is to celebrate and recognize some of the areas best musical achievements. Every year NEMA will nominate over 100 artists and/or bands spanning a number of categories and genres of popular music in New England, including the coveted individual state awards which will select one band/act from each of the six states as its Best In State.

Chris Conti – Providence Phoenix (Publication)

Chris is The Providence Phoenix’s music journalist. In addition to his work for the Phoenix, Chris is very active in the local music community. He also often serves as a judge for 95.5 WBRU’s annual Rock Hunt.

Ashley Ann Goldberg – 90.7 WXIN & AAG Booking (College Radio)

Ashley is a DJ on Rhode Island College’s radio station, 90.7 WXIN. She also handles booking for the station and books events and shows on campus through her company AAG Booking.

INDUSTRY REPS:

COMMERCIAL/COLLEGE/INTERNET RADIO, PODCASTS & TV

100.7 WZLX – John Laurenti (Boston Commercial Radio)
http://www.facebook.com/1007wzlx

94 HJY – Steve Scarpetti (Commercial Radio) – Host of The Metal Zone & SoundCheck
http://www.facebook.com/94HJY
http://www.facebook.com/pages/94-HJY/173652036018247
http://www.facebook.com/scarpetti94hjy
http://www.facebook.com/TheMetalZone
http://www.facebook.com/SoundCheck94

95.5 WBRU – Brian Manfredi (Providence Commercial Radio)
http://www.facebook.com/95.5.WBRU

990WBOB.com – Pal & Crew (Internet Radio)
http://www.facebook.com/990wbob

90.7 WXIN FM – Nate Grist (Rhode Island College Radio)
http://www.facebook.com/RICRadioWXIN

Citywide Blackout – Max Bowen (Internet Radio)
http://www.facebook.com/CityWideBlackOut

The Dweezil Show – Phil Fleming (Radio)
http://www.facebook.com/dweezilshow

91.5 WMFO FM – Phil Fleming (MA College Radio)
http://www.facebook.com/WMFOMedford

The Steve Katsos Show – Mick Greenwood (TV Show)
http://www.facebook.com/stevekatsosshow

Dig Boston Radio – Max Bowen (Internet Radio)
http://www.facebook.com/DigRadioBoston

The Studio Cellar – Jim Shultz & Tom Ribeiro (Podcast)
http://www.facebook.com/TheStudioCellar

Sully’s Cafe – Daniel Sullivan (Podcast)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sullys-Cafe/124834113825

1320 WARL AM / The Tony Jones Show – Tony Jones (AM Radio)
http://www.facebook.com/1320WARL
http://www.facebook.com/tonyjonesshow

RI FREE Radio – Tony Jones (Internet Radio)
http://rifreeradio.org/
http://tunein.com/get-tunein/
http://tunein.com/radio/RI-Free-Radio-s213056/

The Franchise with Ferro – Joe Ferro (Internet Radio)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Franchise-with-Ferro/113661565349567

MAGAZINES/BLOGS/MUSIC JOURNALIST

GoLocalProv – Rob Duguay (Publication)
http://www.facebook.com/GoLocalProv

Motif Magazine – Marc Clarkin (Publication)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Motif-Magazine/132300650182666

Providence Phoenix – Chris Conti (Publication)
http://www.facebook.com/ProvidencePhoenix

Adam Parshall – Freelance Journalist

13 Folds Magazine – Dave Sorgman (Publication)
http://www.facebook.com/13FoldsMagazine

PROMOTERS/VENUES/TALENT BUYERS

DUSK – Rick Sunderland (RI Venue)
http://www.facebook.com/DuskProvidence

Manchester 65 – Jay Palmeri (RI Venue)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Manchester-65/255123324628302

The Parlour – Greg Rourke (RI Venue)
http://www.facebook.com/ParlourRI

The Red Room – Arianna Soto (Boston Venue)
http://www.facebook.com/redroom.cafe939

The Spot Underground – Nick Cardi & Tim Davis (Talent Buyers/Venue)
http://www.facebook.com/thespotunderground

182 Productions – Mitch Candiano (Promoter)
Books Gemstones & Blue-Shamrock (Lowell, MA), and others)
http://www.facebook.com/182productions
http://www.facebook.com/GemstonesBlueShamrock

Simons 677 – Simon Sarkisian (RI Venue)
http://www.facebook.com/Simons677

Justin Sane – (Promoter)
Books Simons (Providence, RI), Fete, and others
http://www.facebook.com/Simons677
http://www.facebook.com/fetemusic

OTW Live – James Mclaughlin (Promoter)
http://www.facebook.com/OtwLiveMA

Ghost Town Entrainment – Matt Melia & Jarred Difazio (Promoter)
http://www.facebook.com/GhostTownEntertainment13

Fusion Bar & Nightclub – James McLaughlin (MA Venue)
http://www.facebook.com/FusionFoxboro

Firehouse 13 – Kristen Kohler (RI Venue)
http://www.facebook.com/FHXIII

Fete – Kristen Kohler (RI Venue)
http://www.facebook.com/fetemusic

Handsome Factory Entertainment – Martin Newell (Promoter)
http://www.facebook.com/HandsomeFactory

Presidents Rock Club – Martin Newell (Venue – Quincy MA)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Presidents-Rock-Club/318841611477619

The Sad Cafe – Eric (NH Venue)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Sad-Cafe/248375354765

Rambudikon Booking & Productions – Mike Carp (Promoter)
http://www.facebook.com/rambudikonpromotions

Full Scene Ahead (Promoter)
http://www.facebook.com/FullSceneAhead

BB Entertainment – Nina McCarthy (RI Promoter)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/BB-Entertainment/418216788268364

P.E. Entertainment – Psycho Eddie (Promoter)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/PE_Entertainment/1400186886905061

Ashley Goldberg – Booking for Rhode Island College shows
http://www.facebook.com/ashley.ann.100

Fat Cats Events & Marketing – Christopher Coderre (Promoters)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fat-Cats-Events-Marketing/422441717815820

Degenerate Booking – Lauren Peter Theroux (Promoter)

Platforms Nightclub – Davey Moore (Venue)
http://www.facebook.com/platfoms

Mardi Gras MulitClub – Davey Moore (RI Venue)
http://www.facebook.com/mardigras.multiclub

SERVICES/OTHER

Do617 – Adam Parshall (Web Service)
http://www.facebook.com/Do617

ArtistBomb – Mitch Candiano (Web Service)
http://www.facebook.com/ArtistBomb

Full Stream – KC Hoye (Multi-Media)
http://www.facebook.com/FullSceneAhead

Get Punched Clothing – Matt Beauchemin (Apparel)
http://www.facebook.com/GetPunchedClothing

Honor Roll Management – Marcus Ohanesian (Artist Development)
http://www.facebook.com/honorroll

Perfect Evolution – Marcus Ohanesian (WebDesign)
http://www.facebook.com/perfectevolution

EVO Audio Group – Brian Poillucci (Recording Studio)
http://www.facebook.com/evoaudiostudio

Turbulent Studios – Jim Shultz (Recording Studio)
http://www.facebook.com/turbulentstudios

Providence Night Out – George Nasser (Online Site)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Providence-Night-Out/169939416368623

Nate Grist – Photographer
http://www.facebook.com/nate.grist

Midday Records – Davey & Mark (Label/Promoter)
http://www.facebook.com/MiddayRecords

Tony Timpano – Entertainment Attorney
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Law-Office-of-A-B-Timpano-II/137036846360629

24 Hour Music Project – Kimberly Ann
http://www.facebook.com/groups/264854810281228/

Tim Batty – (Artist)
http://www.facebook.com/groups/179399732147528/

RAFFLES:
If you would like to raffle off artwork, photography, Band swag, such as T-shirts & CDs, please find the raffle table. This is a 50/50 raffle where the artist will receive half of the proceeds and half helps cover costs of the event.

Raffles:

Get Punched Clothing (Bundle)

MORE TBA

STAFF:

Organizers: Davey Moore & Mark Charron of Midday Records/Satellites Fall
Sound: David Begin of Satellites Fall
Door: Kait Clavette
Raffle Station: Nina McCarthy of BB Entertainment
Extra Hands: Bryan Yebba & Ken Parker of Satellites Fall, Pat Keister of PALS