Rock Out With Your Cocktail Out Vol. XXXI

We're getting fancy up in here with Patron XO Cafe. (image credit)

Who else is super excited about new music in the new year?! In this month's playlist we've got local pop punk band The Offseason who are playing an exclusive acoustic set at Sound Lion later this month. Charly Bliss from Brooklyn will be in town in February. And a whole mess of other shows are happening. Get pumped up with the January Spotify playlist and The Onyx cocktail.

#BandcampRoulette

#BandcampRoulette…things we haven’t done in a while…

Bandcamp Roulette is a game of wits, luck, and perseverance. Log onto Bandcamp.com, pick a tag, any tag, search your guts out, get super discouraged and outraged at what the internet lets people upload, then, when you think all hope is lost, you find something tolerable.

For this edition, we take it back to Boston for an incredibly ridiculous electro/parody track called “Really Cool Wig” off of Lemon Demon’s 2011 Nature Tapes EP. If you enjoy this Weird Al meets Devo stuff, there’s also a song dedicated to Jaws.

Find more music, play Bandcamp Roulette now.

Trophy Lungs Join Antique Records, Plan Debut Full Length, Drink More Beer

Boston's Trophy Lungs join local label, Antique Records

Boston party punks, Trophy Lungs, join local boutique label, Antique Records (Born Without Bones, Sledding With Tigers, Blind Mice) and announce plans for a debut full-length record entitled Day Jobs, out later this spring.

Trophy Lungs recently spearheaded the Solidarity Mixtape, a punk compilation to benefit the Black Lives Matter organization. The band will be hitting the road at the end of January to play the likes of Philadelphia and Brooklyn.

You can download their 3-song 2013 EP No Judgement (Death to False Hope Records) on Bandcamp for free (at a name your price donation) now. Follow the band on Facebook for additional release and tour details.

A Warm and Fuzz Homecoming - Boom Said Thunder's Boston Single Release Show

Boom Said Thunder Single Release Party, 1/23 at Great Scott.

Fuzz rock trio Boom Said Thunder will return to Boston on Friday, January 23rd to debut their two-song single. A moody concoction including 6:43 fuzz rock steamroller of a track “Carnivore” and 5:45 worth of luxurious and intoxicating trance rock in “Summer Twin”, both of which you can listen to via the advanced demos streaming on Bishop And Rook.

Rock 'n' Roll Rumble 2015 Announced

#RUMBLE2015, it's coming to get ya.

Rock 'n' Roll Rumble 2015 dates were announced last night by event organizer and local music advocate, Anngelle Wood of Boston Emissions on 100.7 WZLX.

Ch ch check it out and follow The Rumble on Facebook and Twitter for additional announcements.

Preliminaries: Sunday, April 12, 13, 14 // 16, 17, 18
Semifinals: Thursday, April 23 + Friday, April 24
Finals: Friday, May 1

Read up on last year's champs.

Today Junior is Playing A Lot of Local Shows in February and is Letting You Know About It

25% of February will be a Today Junior set. YOU CAN'T ESCAPE.

Allston indie band, Everyday Today Junior, recently posted a flyer on Facebook listing upcoming February shows. 7 dates in all. Please note, Somerville, Allston and Cambridge are not in different states. 25% of the month will be a Today Junior set. You can't be busy every day! Eventually you'll see this band!

An ominous "MORE DATES TO COME..." message leads us to believe there will be a highly anticipated Jamaica Plain show in the future. But we can only speculate.