The News Review:
- Mighty Mighty Bosstones deliver mighty good show
- Joost to host 18000 music videos following tie-in with indie labels
- Best music options for New Year’s Eve
Mighty Mighty Bosstones deliver mighty good show
Boston Herald United States
For the next 80 minutes on Friday night Barrett pretty much got his wish. Revived last Christmas after a four-year break the Throwdown is a holiday tradition once again and some things never change: You can expect the stage to be decked out in Christmas lights with black and white Santa mannequins at either end. You can expect handpicked and high quality opening bands (on Friday it was Roll the Tanks and Westbound Train who blended their punk roots with ska and funk influences respectively). You can expect familiar songs and onstage camaraderie with the band giving shout-outs to family and fellow bands. And you can expect a high demand for tickets; all four Middle East shows sold out within days. Friday’s set however wasn’t just the same old thing. The Bosstones are a working band once again; they did a minitour with the Dropkick Murphys last summer and have started recording a new album.
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Joost to host 18000 music videos following tie-in with indie labels
guardian.co.uk UK
13 GMT n-demand TV site Joost has signed a distribution deal with nine independent music labels and two major aggregators to boost the editorial content section of the service. The deal adds 18000 music videos live performances and interviews to the site including Lightspeed Champion and the Last Shadow Puppets from Domino Records Bad Religion and the ffspring from Epitaph and Plain White Ts and the Morning Light from Fearless Records. Dance music label Defected punk labels Hopeless and Victory world music label ESL hip hop specialists Stones Throw and the eclectic Sarathan Records from Seattle are also offering editorial content via Joost. In addition the site has partnered with music community site Last. fm specialist site 88HIPHP and video interview site Uncensored Interview. com for editorial content. The new deals will make content from most labels available worldwide though Epitaph Hopeless Fearless and Victory as well as the Last.
Best music options for New Year’s Eve
Chicago Tribune United States
Milwaukee $65 (sold out); 773-489-3160: Quite a coup to bring back this quartet who released several fine albums out of Champaign Ill. in the ?90s before fading away. Though loosely embracing a do-it-yourself punk and garage-rock aesthetic the band was justly appreciated for its introspection and use of space and texture to manipulate mood. The show is sold out but it might be worth shelling out some extra bucks if you?re a hardcore fan of these guys because who knows when we?ll see them again. White Mystery with Jay Reatard at Empty Bottle 1035 N. Western $25 773-276-3600: While Reatard?s one-dimensional retro-punk packs the requisite kick-out-the-jams punch required for a big party the real attraction is White Mystery the new duo forged by Miss Alex White best known as the guitar-wielding blowtorch in her long-running gig with the Red rchestra. With drummer Francis White she reduces her love of soul-fired garage rock to its butt-kicking essence.