Venturing into Trap Metal meets Alternative meets Hip-Hop territory this AM as we cover @n0trixx.bsky.social and new single "Revenge On God" ahead of a debut LP in early March! Song/video #review, links & more here: tinyurl.com/2namj6k8 #n0trixx #wilfulpublicity #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Frankie Eris Crafts Subdued, Soulful Alternative On killher - rock and roll fables While we get a fair share of new music throughout the year (Okay, a LOT of new music throughout the year) there’s only a small amount that we’d honestly label as a “must hear” or in rarer cases “a dia...

Ripe for your upcoming Holiday road trip is #killher from Blackstone, MA's own #FrankieEris and you can find out why in our latest post with all the links you need to hear it today! tinyurl.com/aaumu953 #supportlocal #Alternative #holidaze #musicreview #review #rockandrollfables #RNRF

WARFIELD Goes Full Post-Punk For Glorious Modern Goth Soundtrack Across Deathrock Devotionals - rock and roll fables As OG She Wants Revenge fans (Read: since the songs/EP before the debut LP and venturing to TT The Bear’s for their first MA visit just for a support slot set) we have been highly skeptical of what’s ...

This #BlackFriday (11.28), #JustinWarfield of #SheWantsRevenge will drop #DeathrockDevotionals on #CleopatraRecords and today we have some early words as to why you should check it out! Review, links and more: tinyurl.com/5fdnhe69 @reybee.bsky.social #WARFIELD #PostPunk #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Singles! MY RUIN, "The Audacity" - rock and roll fables The pairing of vocalist extraordinaire Tairrie B and multi-instrumentalist Mick Murphy has been on a legendary run lately. Returning following some time away from the grind in 2020 with the SWTEVL pro...

It's never a bad day when you get to cover BRAND NEW #MYRUIN music! Ahead of their new full-length (#DeclarationOfResistance, out early 2026), the resurrected band will unleash "The Audacity" on #MagickRoomRecordings this #BlackFriday (11.28)! Words, links & more: tinyurl.com/3v2bckfv #RNRF

TiCKLES Master An Odd Amalgamation Of Noise That Works Really, REALLY Well Across Sugar & Plastic Plates - rock and roll fables The intense spoken word-esque delivery that IDLES and TV Priest both have mastered alongside their combined penchant for quirkiness with the fierceness of Ohms once they ramp up, TiCKLES is an odd ama...

We're taking on the delightful noise that Nantes, France's #TiCKLES create as we #review their debut LP on #StolenBodyRecords this morning before it drops next #newreleasefriday (11.28)! Words, links and more: tinyurl.com/5xhtrrtf #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Singles! blindspot, "Sleepwalker" - rock and roll fables You know that Picard facepalm meme that’s still all the rage? That’s us right now as we belatedly cover the newest from Boston-based duo blindspot. It’s not just that we’re super late to the party on ...

Local Alternative duo #blindspot recently released the video and single for their new song called "Sleepwalker" and today we're sharing some words on the track plus all the links you need to hear it for yourself: tinyurl.com/3wrrucen #supportlocal #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Salem Horror Fest Featured by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the Best Genre Festivals in the World! Millions of people come from all over the globe to learn the lessons of S...

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Cannot recommend this one enough! Be sure to catch them LIVE at Middle East Upstairs in Cambridge TOMORROW (11.8) if you're around town! #RatCityRockers

Go listen now 😍

Rat City Rockers Gets To The Nitty Gritty, Hones In On Casket Rats' Raucous Rawk Core - rock and roll fables One of the best things about this “job” (Because is it really a job if you love what you do???) is when we come across a band in the wild, become a fan, then find out they fall under the umbrella of s...

Boston Heavy Rawkers #CasketRats will deliver their new LP, #RatCityRockers, TOMORROW (11.7) through #TeePeeRecords and today we have some early words as to why you should be PSYCHED for this release! Review with links and more here: tinyurl.com/yn4b48z2 @knyvet.bsky.social #supportlocal #RNRF

Singles! Jennifer Tefft & The Strange, "Salt And The Sea" - rock and roll fables One of the cool things about, ahem, covering a cover song is when we come across one that we’re not very familiar with in the first place giving us essentially two new tracks to check out. That happen...

Out today (11.6) is #JenniferTefftandTheStrange's take on @thelumineersmusic.bsky.social's "Salt and the Sea" from their 2019 album III! Words on all of that plus links on where to get your copy and more here: tinyurl.com/34hjdy4f #supportlocal #TheLumineers #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Singles! Arrows Of Athena, "Abandoned Love" - rock and roll fables In our header for the review of The Ghost Archives, the debut LP from Arrows Of Athena, we said what the Boston duo were doing in Alt-Rawk was a renaissance and it looks like that movement won’t be ov...

More local love on the way this week starting with our #review of the new track from #ArrowsOfAthena called "Abandoned Love" which arrives this #newreleasefriday (11.7) across all your favorite DSP's courtesy of #BelhavenRecords. Words, links & more: tinyurl.com/yc7bmcjp @knyvet.bsky.social #RNRF

Pleasure Wheel Mix '70's-Style Doom And Psychedelia With AlternaGrunge On The World Tour Is Ruined - rock and roll fables We will never say “No!” to adding some new Rawk to the accumulated oeuvre that takes up so much digital space across multiple devices in the RNRF offices. And what’s that? New Rawk that’s local to boo...

Boston's #PleasureWheel recently unveiled their debut release, #TheWorldTourisRuined, and today we're bringing you some thoughts on all of it in our latest #review which you can find posted on the #RNRF site right here: tinyurl.com/73hbnc94 #supportlocal #rockandrollfables

Singles! Tysk Tysk Task, "Toadstool" - rock and roll fables Tysk Tysk Task make the kind of music that you long for. From the moment we first dove into sophomore LP You’re Sorry More we heard the kind of music that hits in such a way so that when it finished w...

Lowell's #TyskTyskTask is back with an updated lineup, new video and new song which is out today ahead of a show TONIGHT (10.17) at #Lilypad in Inman Sq with #TheGhouls & #MakeoutPalace! Review of the new track and vid clip, links and more here: tinyurl.com/3mnn94tp #supportlocal #RNRF

Singles! The Chelsea Curve, "Rally 'Round" - rock and roll fables Let’s make a deal with y’all: We will stop covering The Chelsea Curve in these pages when The Chelsea Curve stops making music worth covering. Which, we guess, is kind of a rigged deal as we don’t for...

The new single from #TheChelseaCurve off #TheSoundCove's brand new compilation is out now with a showcase show this Sunday (10.19) at #TheBurren with @happylittleclouds.bsky.social, @coldexpectations.bsky.social & more! Words, links, etc: tinyurl.com/2w3vedex @knyvet.bsky.social #RNRF

Friendship Commanders Get Bigger, Bolder, Fuzzed Out And Furious On Emotionally Charged BEAR - rock and roll fables Honestly? We have no idea why we procrastinated on this review as much as we did. Actually, scratch that. We do have an idea. It’s because sometimes, with a very select few records, we want to make su...

The new @fcommanders.bsky.social, #BEAR, arrives this #newreleasefriday (10.10) via #MagneticEyeRecords with a listening party happening tonight (8PM CT) over on @bandcamp.com! We have early words, links & more on the site now: tinyurl.com/4k8j7why @buickaudra.bsky.social #FriendshipCommanders #RNRF

The Fool's Agenda Conjure A Musical Potpourri Throughout The Wondrous Whimsy Of Fool's Gold - rock and roll fables If you thought you knew what The Fool’s Agenda had to offer based off recent singles “Dumb (Take Me Out)” or “Feel So High” then prepare for a revelation when full-length Fool’s Gold comes calling boa...

MA's own #TheFoolsAgenda is back this #newreleasefriday (10.10) with a new record called #FoolsGold & today we're here to tell you all about it a little early in our latest post that's got the words, the links & more: tinyurl.com/9jx6b6hk @knyvet.bsky.social #supportlocal #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Testament Bring A Fiery Metal Fury To Epic 14th Full-Length Para Bellum - rock and roll fables There’s always only been one Thrash band for us. Sure, we love Slayer and respect the hell out of Metallica. Megadeth tends to be uneven but still a’ight and while we initially got into the band durin...

The Thrash legends of #Testament return this #newreleasefriday (10.10) with their 14th (!!!) full-length through @nuclearblast.bsky.social and today we have some early words in our new #review as to why we think it might be their best yet: tinyurl.com/m5h88vxd @alexskolnick.bsky.social #RNRF

Gretchen Shae Invites You To The Inauguration With Proles' Masterful Post-Punk Debut Release - rock and roll fables Gretchen goes Goth. Sort of. Well not really but we love alliteration, okay? And we’re not talking out our ass too much because while Gretchen Shae & The The Middle Eight may have been more a Rawk out...

The new outfit from #GretchenShae, @weareproles.bsky.social, drop their debut EP #Inauguration TOMORROW (10.3) followed by a show that night at #Koto in #Salem with #GossipCollar & #Lipsmear! Words on the EP, links & more in our latest post: tinyurl.com/47knbus9 @knyvet.bsky.social #Proles #RNRF

RNRF X Salem Horror Fest 8: "Official Selections- Shorts & Interludes", Frankenbabes From Beyond The Grave! - rock and roll fables We were not privy to the apparent internet sensation that was Onyx The Fortuitous as it was happening. Instead we randomly came across a trailer for the movie of the same name (Onyx The Fortuitous and...

Beginning #SpookySZN by revisiting some of this year's @salemhorrorfest.bsky.social gems like the newest short from @andrewbowser.bsky.social called #FrankenbabesFromBeyondTheGrave feat. @pennybarber.bsky.social, @jimmisimpson.bsky.social, @littlepuck.bsky.social & more: tinyurl.com/3wfe9uke #RNRF

Singles! Nathalie Miller, "Kansas" - rock and roll fables Glimmering, glowing and glistening is the lay of the land when it comes to “Kansas”, the new single from Brooklyn’s Nathalie Miller, and hopefully serves as a good indicator on what’s to come on Mille...

Before releasing EP #likeyouusedto on October 24th, #NathalieMiller has dropped single "Kansas" today which also happens to be the focus of our latest Singles! post that you can check out by heading here: tinyurl.com/5bc2dk48 @knyvet.bsky.social #newreleasefriday #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Wayward Vine Enter The Fall With Dense Yet Delightful Collection of Modern Alternative Americana - rock and roll fables With the songs that we’ve already covered along with the grand total number of singles that are out in the world for all to hear (Eight!) as well off the forthcoming full-length by Wayward Vine, you’d...

Boston Alternative Americana act @waywardvineband.bsky.social released their debut LP, #TheFall, today which is the same day our #review dropped! Read all about the record with all the links you need and more here: tinyurl.com/5atnwvpz @knyvet.bsky.social #WaywardVine #supportlocal #RNRF

Singles! K3YP4RTY, "Do Not Misbehave" - rock and roll fables We don’t remember the last time an artist arrived on the scene that had the style and attitude to match such a wonderful sound but here we are talking up the second such track from K3YP4RTY. Much like...

The Electro/Darkwave phenoms in #K3YP4RTY return this #newreleasefriday (9.19) with a new single and video for "Do Not Misbehave" and today we're here to regale you of tales on why you should pre-save now! Words, links, more: tinyurl.com/y3vt25a3 #Electro #Kink #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Scorpion Milk Rediscover The Origins Of Post-Punk On Enthusiastic Slime of the Times - rock and roll fables We may have already declared this when covering the lead single off Scorpion Milk’s upcoming full-length debut but we’re at a point where if you attach Mat McNerney’s name to it, chances are we’ll dev...

The debut full-length from #ScorpionMilk ( #GravePleasures, @convergecult.bsky.social, #ViagraBoys, @caveinboston.bsky.social, #Hexvessel) called #SlimeoftheTimes drops via #PeacevilleRecords this #newreleasefriday (9.19) & you can read about it NOW in our #review here: tinyurl.com/mt6e2rdf #RNRF

Goth Metal Maestros Paradise Lost Celebrate 35 Years With Colossal 17th Full-Length, Ascension - rock and roll fables It is unclear why we never fully embraced Paradise Lost. We love Metal. We love Goth. We’re the hugest Type O Negative fans! Hell, we’ve also dug vocalist Nick Holmes’ outings with Bloodbath and guest...

The mighty #ParadiseLost return this #newreleasefriday (9.19) with their 17th full-length, #Ascension, on @nuclearblast.bsky.social and today we're sharing some words on all of it in our new #review here: tinyurl.com/5n6f7648 #Heavy #Goth #Metal #rockandrollfables #RNRF

The newest single from @thefreqs.bsky.social has been out for a few weeks now but we wanted to marinate on all things "Jellyfish Cadaver" before posting about it because it's THAT GOOD! Words, links and more here: tinyurl.com/5n93wf7s #TheFreqs #supportlocal #Rawk #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Day-Glow Foxes Bring West Coast Electro To The East Coast On Modern Eschatology - rock and roll fables We only recently (Last 6 months or so) discovered Los Angeles’ Sacred Skin and have been drooling ever since so imagine our surprise when that West Coast Electro had a home on the East Coast courtesy ...

Worcester's own #DayGlowFoxes released new LP #ModernEschatology earlier this year and today we're here to tell you all about it before you finalize those year end lists in our belated #review available on the site now: tinyurl.com/eue6w6jp #supportlocal #Electro #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Wayward Vine weave a cinematic snapshot of our modern life with ‘The Fall’ Americana indie-folk project from Valerie Rachel and Greg Lawrence unveil an emotionally cathartic debut album on Friday, September 19

From the moment we heard 'The Fall' earlier this year, we were completed enchanted by Wayward Vine. Now the Americana indie-folk band is set to release their debut album, of the same title, on Friday, Sept. 19. It's an emotionally cathartic collection of songs.

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Escape Durgin Bring The New Alternative And Emotional Heft On Latest Full-Length - rock and roll fables Know that once something enters our orbit in any kind of way (A band we’ve reviewed before, an artist we already dig, someone reached out and we like the sounds, etc…) it stays there for a long, long,...

Lowell Alternative rawkers #EscapeDurgin recently unveiled their new full-length and today we have some words on why you should check it out! #Review from us, all the links you need and more right here: tinyurl.com/5efy6fma #Alternative #supportlocal #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Just in time for #BandcampFriday, the new @lovinafalls.bsky.social EP is out TODAY ahead of a show at #Sonia on 9.13 with #CountZero and @genedante.bsky.social! Our #WouldThatItWere #review plus pertinent links and more are here: tinyurl.com/4a57mc7u @knyvet.bsky.social #LovinaFalls #RNRF