Be Seen and Heard Live From The End Of Time

If you're a regular listener of UNregular radio, then you're likely familiar with the Live From The End Of Time shows. If you live under a fucking rock, the Live From The End Of Time showcases several talented local artists, performing in front of an audience in studio, and broadcast live over the UNregular airwaves.

And, if you're in a band, the perks are great. Every band that participates in Live From The End Of Time will receive: an audio recording of the entire set, HD Video of at least one song carefully lighted to capture the whole performance, live broadcast of the show on UNregular Radio {also replayed the following Monday during prime time), and free entry for a guest of their choice.

But wait! There's more! For the nominal fee of $85, you can have the audio from your performance multi-track recorded and mixed. For a mere $120, you can have your entire performance captured in high quality HD video, and have the best 4 songs edited down. Combine both and save $20!

When your band is ready to reach the end of time, send an email to dave@fnicerecords.com.

REVIEW: Rocksplosion @ McGann's: Comme Des Garçons

Last Thursday night, the crowd at McGann's got a taste of what Boston's most rocking-est ladies have to offer. Taking the stage were 3 bands, with, at the very least, one thing in common, they had a member of the “fairer” sex doing a good portion of the rocking-out for the evening.

First on stage, was Seven Shades of Gray. Lead singer, Christie, has a beautiful voice, that sounds like mix of Sheryl Crow, Lisa Loeb, and Edie Brickell. She's backed by a drummer (DRawk), bassist (Willie), and guitarist (Dan). Their sound can be best described as both fun and pop-punk. You can find Seven Shades of Gray on Myspace, and Facebook.

The Battleships Cometh is a rock band based in Somerville. Lead singer, Leilani, channels a 70's rockstar while on stage. With energy, enthusiasm, and passion, she, and the rest of the Battleships (Jon on guitar, Jaime on drums, and Mike on bass), voraciously grabbed the attention of the show-goers. Their music is definitely influenced by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Primus. You can find the Battleships Cometh on facebook and myspace.

Last to take the stage were the Lousy Instruments. Their lead singer and guitarist, Webb, has an interesting voice. It's got that punk rock warble/scream to it, but he can reel that in and have a less abrasive sound. Backed by the lovely Lee, on bass, and Greg on drums, the Lousy Instruments have a powerful sound with a pop appeal. You can get their album from F Nice here, and you can find them on Myspace.

As always, become a fan of F Nice on facebook to find out about all the best local shows. Don't miss out on the next chance to get your face rocked off!

F Nice Weekly Newsletter

Hello everyone,

Today is an epic day for The Boston Local Music Show. We have our milestone 100th episode! It's going to be one behemoth of a show. We have three fantastic artists playing live in studio: Hello Ninja, Brunt Of It and Zip-Tie Handcuffs. It's going to be huge! On Thursday's TBLMS two more great artists are coming in: Dead Cats Dead Rats and Stars Above. Listen in because it's going to be one of our best weeks yet.


F Nice Records brings some ballin' hip hop down to Church next Tuesday, February 8th. Check this ill bill out...

Fran P

Kris Jin

Defconn

Bigg Nez

DJ Dick Table spinning some tunes!

This show is $7 at the door. Get your pre-sale tickets for local live music at a super discount price.. Show starts a 8pm and is 21+. See you there!

No Contracts Needed

The No Contracts Needed Rompetition is in its fourth year and it's better than ever. Featuring over 50 acts performing throughout the course of two weekends (2/17-19, and 2/24-26). For less than the cost of sponsoring an orphaned baby in the 3rd world, you could be spilling beer on some of the best, mostly, local bands. Tickets for each night are $10 at the door, but they're only $5 if you buy them here in advance.

The top 8 artists won't be going home empty handed. Each act will receive the “Live From The End Of Time Prize Pack”, which includes 45 minutes of live recorded audio and HD video, live radio broadcast of your music, a Vaporizer from Boston Vapes, and a Boris FX Grafitti Package. The Grand Prize winner will receive a fully recorded EP, provided by F Nice Records and engineered by Rick Star Recording, and 100 copies on CD. 

The Lineup

Thursday February 17th @ McGann's (21+)

9-9:20 Pleasant Sweaters

9:30- 9:50 Gravitas

10- 10:20 Those Wolves Actually Happened

10:30- 10:50 Vanzetti


Friday February 18th @ McGann's (21+)

9-9:20 Lentneri

9:30- 9:50 The Battleships Cometh

10- 10:20 No Soap Radio

10:30- 10:50 Squallie Greenthumb

11- 11:20 Ryan Jackson Trioka

11:30- 12 Boogie Bros

12:15- 12:40 byJupiter


Saturday February 19th (ALL AGES Day Show) @ All Asia

1- 1:20 Naree

1:30- 1:50 Borderline Eleven

2- 2:20 Sonic Titan

2:30- 2:50 Helicopria

3- 3:20 Pacifists At War

3:30- 3:50 Left Hand Blue

4- 4:20 All These Elements

4:30- 4:50 Novation

5- 5:20 Zilch

5:30- 5:50 All Shes Got


Saturday February 19th @ McGann's (21+)

8- 8:20 The Cranks

8:30- 8:50 Nemecide

9-9:20 The Hookups

9:30- 9:50 Ill Jack Daisy

10- 10:20 Potsy

10:30- 10:50 Corey Amaral & the Interpretation

11- 11:20 Swim the Mind

11:30- 12 Parachuter

12:15- 12:40 L-SKI 


Thursday February 24th @ McGann's (21+)

9:00- 9:20 TBA

9:30- 9:50 BlackWater Noise

10- 10:20 Four Point Restraints

10:30- 10:50 Sylvia Joyce & the Movement

11- 11:20 Pyotr Gazarov 


Friday February 25th @ McGann's (21+)

9-9:20 The Fifth Minute

9:30- 9:50 Bent Knee

10- 10:20 Centerlink

10:30- 10:50 No Room to Breath

11- 11:20 Overgrown (NYC)

11:30- 12 Ready, Steady... Torpedo


Saturday February 26th @ McGann's (21+)

8- 8:20 Tom Flash & The Lightning Band

8:30- 8:50 Tha Jist

9-9:20 Caroline Jones

9:30- 9:50 The Juice

10- 10:20 TBA

10:30- 10:50 The Ricecakes

11- 11:20 The Dead Beats

11:30- 12 Lunic

12:15- 12:45 Thelonious Funk

Remember, you can buy tickets for all No Contracts Needed shows for $5 here. And “like” F Nice on Facebook.

Good Times at Good Life

Pretty Poison and Atom Strikes Again proved Good Life deserves it's name this Tuesday night. July continues free Tuesday live music shows at Good Life in downtown Boston (28 Kingston St. 02111) with many more acts to come.

The multi-talented members of Atom Strikes Again opened the night up with a long set of their best material. By the time Atom put their instruments down everyone in the room were feeling warm and ready for fun.

Pretty Poison then lit up the crowd her with smooth flow and tantalizing lyrics. Poison's set got everyone on their feet and bouncing around.

Before the night ended Atom got back on stage with a couple friends and gave up an encore.

Every Tuesday of the week there is a free show at Good Life downtown. Doors are at 8PM, it is 21+ and there is NO COVER. Next week is ORYN, Grace B*Curran, and Travel Info. Then on the 20th The Culprit Policy and the_Stampede play. All presented by Good Life and F Nice Records.

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Another Great Skum of the Earth Wednesday Punk Night

Skum of the Earth Wednesday Punk Night at McGann's Boston is certainly going strong with another great one last night. Fan and musicians alike all brought their 'A' game for a night of drinking, dancing, and singing at McGann's.

Jumper started the night right off with some really great stuff that took me right back to when I was their age, or at least how I remember it. They showed huge energy and some really fantastic musical talent.

Four Point Restraint followed up with a nice long set that took the audience across up and down and brought smiles all around. Check out this video of them.

Last on the bill, The Few And The Far tore the place up. Everyone got involved and there were many guest vocals and sharing of mics.

Chestnut Growler arranges these wonderful Wednesdays, so be sure to get at him if you've got a punk band you'd like to see at McGann's. All the photos and video in the post are courtsey of him. You can also signup for our newletter to the right, which will keep you up to date on all F Nice's great live music concerts.



Enjoy the 4th everyone. If you are in Boston this Friday night I highly recommend Hannah & the Bloodlines, Torpedo Rodeo, and Abbey Parcellin at McGann's starting at 9pm.

Cheap presale tickets are available HERE

Deadfish Rocked All Asia, More Shows Coming Up This Week!

This past Saturday was humid and hot, but inside All Asia Deadfish kept things cool as a part of F Nice's all ages show. This shining young group is from Littleton, Mass and their style is reminiscent of Sublime with reggae, rock, and dub influences.
The band is currently working on their first full-length album and rocked All Asia with some brand new songs, one of which they had just finished minutes before playing.


Despite a scarce crowd, Deadfish played a great set and looked awesome doing it with their glittering instruments; Rapper T-buck was featured in a few of their songs, keeping the sound tight and upbeat. You can see Deadfish at one of their upcoming show July 11th at the Comcast Center (myspace.com/deadfishlittleton).



The live music is continuing this week and through the weekend with another Scum of the Earth show tonight and a great lineup tomorrow night.

Thursday June 24th at McGann's is sure to be a mouth watering show and features:

Dadfight!
The IZA
The Black Ayahuasca

This show is 21+, $8 at the door and $5 for pre-sale tickets which you can purchase here.

As always, you can stay up to date on F Nice's shows by joining our mailing list. Sign up in the box on the bottom right and we'll let you know what's going down.

For tickets for other shows, visit FNiceRecords.com/tickets.

F Nice's Official Blog Returns

After a looooonnnnnggggg break, F Nice Records' official blog is BACK! We have an amazing number of shows coming up, and we'll do our best to bring you all the hottest previews, reviews, pictures, and video clips from all the great Boston nightlife action we put on.

One set of shows we are really proud of is at Good Life (28 Kingston Street Boston, MA 02111). We have shows there Tuesdays this month as well as something very special Thursday June 17th.

To give you a good idea of how seriously we pumping out the great live music shows, check out what we have going on at McGann's next month:

To keep up on our live shows, join our mailing list using the box to the right. See you soon!

Leaders Led NCN 10 Rompetition Trophy Acceptance Video

As I'm sure you know, Leaders Led won the NCN 10 Rompetition. The grand prize includes playing on stage at The Regent Theater this Friday 3/19 with Destroy Babylon, The Flo, Travel Info, and Sour D. Leaders Led also wins 2 days of recording at Sanctum Sound studio in downtown Boston, and duplication and distribution from F Nice Records.

However, all great competitions also need a trophy for the winner, and Green Side Up Gallery provided us with a really amazing one. Here is a video of Leaders Led being presented with the trophy during a The Boston Local Music Show music break.

Leaders Led Trophy Acceptance Video

Don't miss Leaders Lead at the NCN 10 Grand Finale on 3/19

DCAP Birthday Bash Review

Last night's show at McGann's Boston rocked so hard the rain almost stopped. DCAP had two birthday's to celebrate, and the audince really dug it as things got hot on the floor.

Rocket Rocket opened the night on a handful of Cosmos and blew things up. Lost On Liftoff came on next and built the energy up even higher; there is just something so proper about white ties.

Moonstone Lady played a great set including a song they had not played since the band was formed, and kept things at full boil for 'Crespo.

Then DAve Crespo's After Party got on stage and things got CRAZY. For those who have not seen DCAP in a while, their lineup has gotten real serious, and the band puts on blow-you-away shows.

We've got really great shows coming up this week like Destroy Babylon at The Regent Theater, and Voltaire at Church. Keep up to date on F Nice events by joining our mailing list.

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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.

Metal Night Returns to McGann's Pub

As anyone who reads this blog regularly knows, F Nice loves McGann's Pub. For those of you who have not been there, McGann's is located at 197 Portland Street in downtown Boston. This is right next to both the TD Garden and the MBTA North Station (Green and Orange T lines plus northern commuter rails).


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McGann's is a great place to eat and drink during the day as well as a super bar to sit in and watch your favorite game, whether it be the Bruins or Rugby. Then at night McGann's large stage becomes one of the area's best places to see up-and-coming live music acts.

The venue has been host to many spectacular themed concerts. One of current note is the NCN 10 Rompetition, which continues this week with battles at McGann's on Thursday and Friday. An ongoing live concert series that F Nice has been running at McGann's with excellent following is Tuesday All Acoustic Night. We bring in all sorts of great acoustic musicians and always have a nice low cover so everyone can afford to have some drinks while they enjoy the night's music.


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Recently it was brought to our attention that before there was All Acoustic Night, Tuesdays at McGann's were reserved for metal. Now being all about the scene, F Nice would never turn down what the fans want; so on Tuesday February 16th METAL NIGHT RETURNED!

Gutshot, Powerstance, and Horcrux tore things up and set spirits rights. Faces were melted, eardrums were blown, and a great time was had by all.

Now don't you worry, All Acoustic nights will continue (with the next one slated for March 9th), but mixed between them will now be plenty of sweet sweet metal.

Catch the next metal night one month from now on March 16th. We'll see you at McGann's!

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 

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Preacher Jack coverts PA's Lounge in Somerville

How many of you have ever heard of Preacher Jack? Now how many of you have seen him live? Well you need to, because Preacher Jack is seriously amazing.

Jack rocked the crowd with some great Hank Williams and Jerry Lee Lewis tunes, a few of which I had never even heard. There was also some gospel in the mix to "Lift our spirits...and send us home with warmth in our hearts." Now that's the kind of sermon I like!

Geezer played next and proved that 8 middle aged dudes can all fit on the sage at PA's. We thank them for that greatly.

After Geezer were the Ten Foot Pole Cats. They put on a fantastic set and really rocked the house. We are very excited because the Pole Cats are coming to PA's Lounge again on Feburary 25th to play with a very special guest, Mr. T Model Ford.

The Fiends rounded out the night

with some really great grooves and sent everyone off with warmth in their hearts as Preacher Jack had hoped.

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Thanks and see you again soon!

F Nice at PA's Lounge - Hot n Sexy

Last night, sweet music poured from PA's Lounge right up until closing time. PA's is located at 345 Somerville Ave, thats Union Square in yep you guessed it, Somerville; and it was full of happy dancing bodies last Friday.

The Whipjacks started off the January 22nd show and really set a great vibe for the night. Their music is smooth and uplifting, and really makes you move your hips to it.

Next was Sour D, who showed off some serious talent at genres of music far south and west of New England. The

crowed was thick and loved the beats, and we all know that life is much better with plenty of sax. Sour D even played an encore, which isn't the most kosher thing for the support band to do at a show, but no one complained about their excellent cover of Pressure Drop.

Slow Century brought the night to a fantastic end with some fine keyboard action as well as great male and female vocals. The room stayed full right up until the last song and the crowd chanted for more even after their instruments had been put away.

Everyone went home happy, and there will be plenty more great F Nice show as PA's Lounge. There is even a very special one tonight featuring Ten Foot Pole Cats, Preacher Jack, The Fiends, and Geezer.

To purchase advance tickets to F Nice shows at discounted prices visit www.fnicerecords.com/tickets.

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See you tonight!

Rocksplosion at McGann's last Friday 1-8-2010

Last Friday McGann's pub in downtown Boston was seriously rocksploded. There were 4 fantastic bands, many raffle drawings for shirt and ticket giveaways, and the whole things was broadcasted live on Unregular Radio.

Inside The Avalanche had the place packed from the get-go and started the night off right with an amazing set. They went high and low, with soft crooning and pounding rock, all showing off their talent and range. Their fans were thirsty for drinks McGann's great bartender Vlad, who was a blur for most of the night, and the band was hungry for life (not like zombies though).

Next Dex and DAve pulled a couple raffle winners, one for an F Nice t-shirt and the other for tickets to this Friday's McGann's Show. They then Leaders Led, who laid some

really great tunes on us and were pretty funny guys as well.

Vostok 4 took the stage third and played a raging set of all original music (despite serious pressure from the ladies in the crowd to taint their love). The guys in Vostok 4 move around so much and play so fast that they must burn more calories (and probably green) than Michael Phelps. Note in the picture Vostok 4's keyboardist's rig; it's serious serious shit.

And more prize giveaways of course....F Nice always hooks up their fans.

Finishing up the show was Dirty Strange. Besides their lead singer starring in the best picture I got all night, Dirty Strange also won the award for best signage. We ended the night with a final giveaway including 2 tickets of the winners choice from this month's F Nice Calendar.

Make sure to check out all these bands online and listen for them and other local talent on The Boston Local Music Show at UnregularRadio.com, and we'll see you at the next show!