BLACK LIVES MATTER.
DISARM, DEFUND, AND ABOLISH THE POLICE.
EMPTY AND BURN THE PRISONS.
RESOURCE OVERPOLICED COMMUNITIES.
Interview with Dustin about his local tape label, Disposable America!
https://merrygoroundmagazine.com/label-maker-disposable-america/
Carrot Cake Zine has a new issue out~~ "As we currently inhabit a world without shows, Carrot Cake has dug back into old notebooks to bring you LIVE ARCHIVE #1"
Click here to order one for just $1: https://www.carrotcakezine.com/product/live-archive-1
Monday night's FUZZED OUT BOSTON on WZBC is a Great Scott Tribute Show. Send in your memories to raise $ for their staff.
https://digboston.com/landlords-who-wont-renew-great-scotts-lease-own-more-than-just-1222-comm-ave/
From DigBoston: more info on great scott's closure: "the owners of the building, Oak Hill Properties, will not renew their lease, reportedly due to concerns that a concert venue cannot possibly be profitable following the COVID-19 crisis"
Some friends of Great Scott drafted a sample letter you can send to their landlord, who has bafflingly decided to not renew their lease. Click to send your own letter:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v99BOS71vWm9YzYiMxUFPiOjLnvn18M2c87W0StyiAo/edit
To keep supporting musicians during the Covid-19 pandemic, Bandcamp is waiving all their revenue share on all sales today.
Good time to grab some music if you can.
CRIMPS, Notches, +more appear on this new compilation, put out by Bloated Kat records.
https://bloatedkatrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kat-music-for-kat-people-vol-iv-the-longest-fe-line
New project from Meghan Minior and Will Killingsworth as they social distance in Wmass~
https://castlesburningma.bandcamp.com/track/fear-at-first-light
Mutual aid networks have been popping up to help neighbors help eachother during the pandemic.
I started listing them on these two spreadsheets:
Full US List: http://tinyurl.com/abolishcovid19 [tinyurl.com] »
Massachusetts: https://tinyurl.com/mamutualaid [tinyurl.com] »
Lots of shows being canceled to stop the spread of Coronavirus. Probably best to stay home regardless, but I'll try to keep this site as updated as possible. Email me if your show is canceled please and thank u.
https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/boston-hardcore-guide?utm_source=notification
Pandemix was so sick the other night @ Banshee Den. Here's a write-up of them on Bandcamp Daily.
Witches With Dicks have a new 7" coming out soon. Here's a sneak preview track called Dogshit Summer: (Also streaming on their Bandcamp)
http://damageunited.storenvy.com/
Great distro with some local punk releases and bootleg shirts>> Check it out
Happy 20th birthday to Deathwish!
https://newnoisemagazine.com/deathwish-inc-bannon-and-mccarthy-on-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-label/
http://maximumrocknroll.com/article/shawna-potter-interview/
Making Spaces Safer: An Interview with Shawna Potter (of War on Women)
Not Boston-related, but a cool interview and book worth checking out especially for those involved in DIY communities