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Album Review: 'Currents' by Original Son

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Written by: Trev Allen Editor: Chris Chavez Disclaimer: The second half of this review is opinion based and my interpretation of a piece of art. I can not say nor assume that how this album resonated with me was the band's intent. I am not a professional journalist and have never tried to provide that for a narrative. With that said, enjoy this piece and strap in. It's going to get weird. In the mid to late 90s, there was a pocket of music that formed in which the sound was too hard for alternative music, but not hard enough for the punk scene. This was when “Rock Alternative” was born. The bands in this pocket would have albums where they would have screaming vocals in one song and then a melodic acoustic song the next. To some this era of music came and went, but to the real lovers of sound, the ones who are known as lifers, this sweet spot of Rock 'n' Roll music never left us. It courses through our veins sometimes laying dormant until a special album comes along to

Show Review: The Drowns with Stolen Wheelchairs, The Welch Boys, and Michael Kane & The Morning Afters-- Cambridge MA, 01/14/2022

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Written by:  Trev Allen Editor: Chris Chavez Poster Art: Hannah Blu Photos: Nicole Tammaro On Friday, January 14, I braved the frigid cold and headed to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend a show that I can only describe as the kind of mixtape I would have made for someone. Four bands that I absolutely love played together in a smorgasbord of rock 'n' roll music. Headliners The Drowns were on tour supported by Stolen Wheelchairs, and two other bands for this show – The Welch Boys and Michael Kane & The Morning Afters. As freezing as the temperatures were outside, I don't think anyone was prepared for the fire that would befall the crowd inside. The show opened with the Americana fueled rock 'n' roll band Michael Kane & The Morning Afters, hailing from Worcester, Massachusetts. As the Morning Afters took the stage, they opened their set with “Old Men Die In New Suits,” a single off of their 2017 EP  Laughing At The Shape I'm In.  From the opening guitar r