3rd Annual JP Music Festival

The 3rd Annual JP Music Festival happens September 7th, 12p-7p.

Established in 2010 as Jamaica Plain’s rightful place on the Boston music festival circuit, the JP Music Fest features local musicians and bands with at least one member residing or working within the city neighborhood of Jamaica Plain. The festival holds true to its roots of providing the chance to get together on one stage for an afternoon of music. What better way to spend the last days of summer with music, friends and neighbors.

Mals Totem Debut EP Drops September 16th

Boston alternative band, Mals Totem, to release S/T EP in September

The Haunting vocals of Boston alternative band, Mals Totem, will penetrate your listening safety zone.

Rock Out With Your Cocktail Out Vol. XV

Here's to forgetting how much moving sucks

While you're developing carpal tunnel screwing together your ambitious IKEA Expedit purchase that will most likely end up on Craigslist in eight months, click play on the September ROWYCO playlist and mix up some Apple Cider Sangria, courtesy of Pennsylvania food blog, How Sweet It Is.

Diarrhea Planet - Not Grandfather Approved

Someone in Nashville got ticked off at this.

Get this. A punk rock band, from Nashville, Tennessee, with four guitars. Sound checks just got a whole lot more fun. (Going forward, highly suggested that all bands have four guitars.) 

Saves the Day Releases New Song 'Ring Pop'

Exactly one week before emo / pop punk heavy hitters, Saves the Day, kick off their 2013 Fall Tour, the band has released a recorded version of new song, "Ring Pop", featured on the upcoming S/T record; the first studio album in two years for the group that formed in 1994. An acoustic version of "Ring Pop" was originally released to fans in early 2013. Saves the Day will be the band's eighth record and will be released on September 17th. 

View the full tour schedule with ticket links here.

Guillermo Sexo - Dark Spring

Guillermo Sexo's fifth full-length, Dark Spring. Available 9/24/13.

As a follow up to the 2013 January EP, Bring Down Your Arms, Boston indie band, Guillermo Sexo, is set to issue their fifth full length, Dark Spring (Midriff Records), mid-September which features three previously released tracks as well as eight highly anticipated new songs.

This moody, psych rock record successfully ushers in the pending dormant season with wistful sounds and hypnotic rhythms, and is a holistic album for any music enthusiast taking a liking to dream pop bands from Lush to Beach House.