NCN First Round Winners (So Far) and the Line Up this Weekend

NCN started with a bang last Thursday Night at McGann's pub, and continued rocking through Friday and Saturday. So far, Those Wolves Actually Happened, Seven Shades of Grey, Zilch, and L-Ski have secured glory in the first round. You can see them compete in round two at the Middle East on March 12th.

However, round one is not over yet, there are still three more nights to watch and vote. You can check the line up below. Be sure to vote for your favorite bands in the online vote here.

Thursday February 24th @ McGann's (21+)
9-9:20- East Is East
9:30- 9:50- BlackWater Noise
10- 10:20- Four Point Restraints
10:30- 10:50- Sylvana Joyce and The Moment
11- 11:20- Solo Sexx
11:30- 12- Catfish Phillips


Friday February 25th @ McGann's (21+)
8:30- Luciar
9-9:20 The Fifth Minute
9:30- 9:50 Bent Knee
10- 10:20 Centerlink
10:30- 10:50 No Room to Breathe
11- 11:20 Overgrown
11:30- 12 Ready, Steady... Torpedo
12:15- 12:45 deltaaah


Saturday February 26th @ McGann's (21+)
8- 8:20 The Awesome Express
8:30- 8:50 Tha Jist
9-9:20 Caroline Jones
9:30- 9:50 The Juice
10- 10:20 The IZA
10:30- 10:50 The Ricecakes
11- 11:20 The Dead Beats
11:30- 12 Lunic
12:15- 12:45 Thelonious Funk

Leaders Led accepts the NCN 10 Rompetition trophy at UNregular Radio

Leaders Led came in to UNregular Radio today to accept the trophy for winning the NCN 10 Rompetition. Green Side Up Gallery provided us with a magnificent piece of functional art for a trophy this year.

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Leaders Led is playing with Destroy Babylon, Travel Info, The Flo, and Sour D on 3/19 at The Regent Theater. Get tickets here.

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Videos of Bands in the Rompetition Finals

Check out these videos of bands that are in the Rompetition Finals tomorrow Saturday March 6th.

The Turkeys

A Bit Much

Starlight Grey

Deadfish

Other winners playing tomorrow include Leaders Led, East is East, and Lady Lamb The Beekeeper. Catch them all at the Middle East Upstairs starting at 1PM tomorrow!

Round One of the Rompetition Concludes

The first round of the NCN 10 Rompetition is over.

• The Turkeys WON
• Lady Lamb The  Beekeeper WON 2-12
• East is East WON 2-13
• A Bit Much WON 2-18
• Leaders Led WON 2-19
• Deadfish WON 2-20
• Starlight Grey is the WILDCARD!

The shows were all huge, and we can't wait until the finals on Saturday March 6th at the Middle East Upstairs.


Tickets for the finals can be bought at fnicerecords.com/tickets

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Learn more about NCN 10 and the Rompetition at www.nocontractsneeded.com.

The Boston Local Music Show kicks off a Hot Weekend with F Nice

* It's The Boston Local Music Show * We're gonna play a bunch of awesome shit that you should already know *

Finally it's time for another episode of The Boston Local Music Show on UNregular Radio. I hear Dex and DAve have a super playlist for you, and I also hear they are pretty funny...

The radio show kicks off a jam-packed weekend of music brought to you by F Nice Records. For starters, there are last three Rompetition round 1 shows, Thursday and Friday at McGann's, and an ALL AGES show at All Asia which starts at noon on Saturday. CHECK OUT THE LINEUPS BELOW!

2.18 @ McGann's Pub (197 Portland St. Boston, MA 02114)

Show starts at 9pm, 21+

• 9- The Pink Parts
• 9:30- Dirty Strange
• 10- A Bit Much
• 10:30- Colborne
• 11- The Lone Pinecones
• 11:30- Cory Allen Staats
• 12- Gravitas

2.19 @ McGann's Pub (197 Portland St. Boston, MA 02114)

Show starts at 8:30pm, 21+

• 8:30- Milque Toast
• 9- Atom Strikes Again
• 9:30- Orphan Killbot
• 10- The Truezoos
• 10:30- Leaders Led
• 11- Tall Heights
• 11:30- Ice Station Impossible
• 12- Faulty Conscience
• 12:30 Hello Ninja 

2.20 @ All Asia (332 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139)

Show starts at 12:30pm, ALL AGES

• 12:30- Don't Look Back
• 1- Pongo's Groove
• 1:30- Melophobe Radio
• 2- Contained Chaos
• 2:30- Deadfish
• 3- Bullet Boulevard
• 3:30- Let Us Not Forget
• 4- Mojo Kick
• 4:30- Alien 8
• 5- Signs of Chaos
• 5:30 The Scouflaws

In addition to those huge bills ripe for brutal competition, we have a show at Precinct in Somerville on Friday night featuring Hippocrypt & The Metro Gnomes, Webb & the Weisenheimers, The Melancholy Proper, and Maffeo.

Lastly, but certainly not least, there is a blowout show at McGann's with The Flo, Cole Medeiros Band, El Fuego, and Craig Range band, all opened by Michael Skinner.

Buy tickets to any of these live music shows at a SAVE OFF THE DOOR at fnicerecords.com/tickets.

The NCN 10 Rompetition Starts Off Strong!

The second night of the NCN 10 Romp was full of fantastic music and lively spirits. Every performance was great and there was a lot of fun to be had.

Lady Lamb The Beekeeper took first place and earned herself a spot in the finals at The Middle East Upstairs on March 6th. Ship High in Transit won the online vote, but the other contenders put up a serious fight, and Ship High was not sorry to have lost to a friend. In fact no one seemed upset that Lady Lamb won, as she blew pretty much everyone out of the water.

Starlight Grey one the crowd vote and almost first. All through the night though, each act was excellent, and none were to be missed.

Tonight the press to win recording, dupe & distribution, and a spot on stage at the grand finale Regent Theater show on March 19th continues. Here's the lineup. If you missed out on getting advance tickets you can still buy them here.

2.13 @ McGann's Pub (197 Portland St. Boston, MA 02114)
Show starts at 8pm, 21+
8- Zero Point
8:30- Guenivere
9- Centerlink
9:30- Neon God
10- Art Decade
10:30- Kick Drum
11- Jaxon Boom
11:30- The Few
12- The Stereo Flys
12:30-  East is East 

For info about upcoming F Nice shows as well as new music downloads and cool giveaways, sign up for the F Nice Newsletter to the left.

Accepting Band Entries for the NCN 10 Rompetition Now

Yes it's that time of the year again, and we arn't talking about your annual New Year's resolution to not sleep with Aunt Sandra on New Years Eve. We're talking about the 2010 No Contracts Needed Rompetition fool!

The No Contracts Needed Rompetition is a two-round band battle in February and March. Prizes include studio recording time, cd duplication, and other serious musician goodies.

To enter NCN10 email your band MySpace and other info to NCN10@fnicerecords.com

Here is a video from our VP, Dex MF Ter himself.

See you at the ROMP!