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

Singles! Yes Nanny, "Dead Weight" - rock and roll fables Yes Nanny returns! With a new single! And it rulez! But are you really that surprised? If you did dig what came before (Or came before Yes Nanny considering the collective musical backgrounds of the t...

Boston's @yesnannyband.bsky.social returns with "Dead Weight" which is out now across all your favorite DSP's ahead of a 9/20 show at #Koto in Salem with #LinneasGarden, @sonicbombboston.bsky.social & #SilverScreams! Words, links and more here: tinyurl.com/bdhby3r8 #YesNanny #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Singles! Astral Bitch, "Seeds Of Hate"/"What Goes Around" - rock and roll fables Have we already gushed in previous posts about how whenever Astral Bitch drops new music we’re instantly like “DAAAAAAAAAMMMMMNNNNNNN!!!!!”?!?! Because that’s how we feel each and every time as AB con...

Ahead of a show at #TheModelCafe in Allston TOMORROW (9.4) with #AndyCalifornia and #MajorStars, @astralbitch.bsky.social dropped a pair of new tracks which we have lots of words on in our latest post up here: tinyurl.com/mrfsvpez @mnashty.bsky.social @samcoren.bsky.social
#AstralBitch #RNRF

Crippling Alcoholism Get The Concept On Epically Dark Gothic Opus Camgirl - rock and roll fables What did we just listen to???? Again we regale you with the tale of how we listen to everything that comes across (Both in a timely AND untimely manner) ye olde digital desk. Some is good. Some is not...

New England's #CripplingAlcoholism return with their 3rd full-length called #Camgirl on September 12th through @portrayalofguilt.bsky.social and today we have LOTS of words to say on all of it in our latest #review up on the site now: tinyurl.com/3ztduvrp #supportlocal #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Singles! Friendship Commanders, "KEEPING SCORE/MELT" - rock and roll fables Oh hey! It’s another band we’re playing catch up with that, in the time it took to finish one piece, has since gone on to release TWO MORE SINGLES (And some accompanying videos as well)… but unlike th...

The new full-length from @fcommanders.bsky.social arrives on 10/10 via #MagneticEyeRecords but before that we have words on the singles "KEEPING SCORE" & "MELT" off #BEAR in our latest post here: tinyurl.com/2436b5tx @buickaudra.bsky.social @clarioncallmedia.bsky.social #FriendshipCommanders #RNRF

Parts Per Million Rise Again And Are Ready To FIGHT On Furious Red, White, and Blue - rock and roll fables Fast and furious and fueled by being fed up with what is currently happening in our country, Parts Per Million has arisen from hibernation refreshed, re-energized, and ready to fight as evidenced by t...

Boston's #PartsPerMillion come in fast and furious on their politically charged new EP that's out today! Read more on 'Red, White, and Blue' in our latest #review with all the links to stream and more here: tinyurl.com/5n6v56w8 @knyvet.bsky.social #supportlocal #rawkblog #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Singles! The Chelsea Curve, "Kindawanna"/"Never Come Down" - rock and roll fables In the time it took us to get our review ready for “Kindawanna”, Boston’s The Chelsea Curve dropped an accompanying video for the track, toured overseas, and is now about ready to release yet ANOTHER ...

Boston's own #TheChelseaCurve is back from a mini UK tour and we're celebrating with a maxi post covering recent release "Kindawanna" and "Never Come Down" which arrives tomorrow (8.29)! Words, links and more here: shorturl.at/akvcS @knyvet.bsky.social #RumBarRecords #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Sour Tongue Tap Into A Fuzzed Out Alterna-Punk On Latest EP FINAL GIRL - rock and roll fables You will never catch us ignoring any artist with Horror-related artwork/titles associated with them. And, more often than not, it all turns out to be rad anyway! Which is most certainly the case with ...

Los Angeles' #SourTongue recently dropped their #FINALGIRL EP via @metropolisrecords.bsky.social and today we have some words in our new #review as to why you should be excited: tinyurl.com/kuabvm5d #Indie #Alternative #Punk #MetropolisRecords #rockandrollfables #RNRF

No Apologies Breathes New Life Into The Metal Scene On Latest Thrash/Hardcore Hybrid - rock and roll fables If Biohazard wasn’t already putting out a highly anticipated modern Hardcore Metal hybrid banger later this year then we’d call what’s on the horizon from Australia’s No Apologies the rightful success...

Australia heavies #NoApologies return with #Life which arrives this #newreleasefriday (8.29) through #LastRideRecords but you can read all about it TODAY in our latest #review that's up on the site now: tinyurl.com/29wn5xna @viralpropagandapr.bsky.social #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Singles! The Fool's Agenda, "Dumb (Take Me Out)" - rock and roll fables Right now it takes a lot to entice us out of our Summer coma (Which is almost over, we promise!) but hearing this new slab of staggering shreds paired with static beats topped off by similarly salty a...

Salem's own #TheFoolsAgenda just released a new single ahead of a new album in October and upcoming shows in their hometown as well as in #Worcester! We listened to "Dumb (Take me Out)" on repeat & have some words & more to share here: shorturl.at/FuJ7V @knyvet.bsky.social #RNRF

Singles! Wayward Vine, "Dancing On Your Basement Floor" - rock and roll fables We’re allowed to have favorites, right? It’s a blog sooooo… yeah??? Anyway! We’ve been living with A LOT of Wayward Vine music coming close to a year now, have been privileged enough to cover quite a ...

Arriving this #newreleasefriday (8.22) is "Dancing On Your Basement Floor", the newest single from Boston's @waywardvineband.bsky.social! We had an early listen & now have some early words to share in our latest post here: tinyurl.com/mjtm8whv @knyvet.bsky.social #WayawardVine #RNRF

Singles! Scorpion Milk, "Another Day Another Abyss" - rock and roll fables The minute that Mat McNerney of Bloodmilk/Grave Pleasures fame was announced as the voice of new outfit Scorpion Milk we were in. To be fair, we would’ve been in having heard that awesome throwback Po...

New from #MatMcNerney is #ScorpionMilk w/members of @caveinboston.bsky.social, @convergecult.bsky.social, #Viagraboys & more! Their lead single "Another Day Another Abyss" is out now before debut LP #SlimeoftheTimes drops via #PeacevilleRecords in September. Words & links: tinyurl.com/mrxa9bhu #RNRF

Salem Supahgroup TENSION SCALE Delve Into Suburban Paranoia With The 'Burbs-inspired debut It's Not Them - rock and roll fables Let it be known that we LOVE the exquisite cinematic experience that is Joe Dante’s The ‘Burbs. Let it also be know that if you’re a new artist (Well, newish in this case, but we’ll get to that…) and ...

The band is called #TENSIONSCALE and if Heavy music inspired by the #cultclassic The 'Burbs is your thing then this is the stuff for you! Debut release out TODAY, debut performance at #FacesBrewingCo on 9.5. Words, links and more from us here: tinyurl.com/2xsy6ndr #supportlocal #RNRF

16VOLT Return To Remind Y'all How To Do Industrial/Electro Proper On More Of Less - rock and roll fables 16Volt is a unique animal. Where the Industrial/Electro crowd is generally known for staying on the cutting edge of sounds within genres, 16Volt tend to dwell in this kind of shadow zone outside of th...

The latest from @16volt.bsky.social, and first in over a decade for @metropolisrecords.bsky.social, is called #MoreOfLess and it is out now! Conveniently enough, so is our #review which you can read over on the site by heading here: tinyurl.com/5eaee253 #16Volt #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Black Magnet Hit That Early '90's Industrial Sweet Spot With Vibrantly Vicious Megamantra - rock and roll fables The way we see it, 2025 has produced some of the best Electro/Industrial music to date. You have Pixel Grip and Replicant on one end of the spectrum offering unique, stellar takes in the Darkwave/Elec...

Out TOMORROW (7.25) is the newest from #BlackMagnet called #Megamantra via #20BuckSpin and today we're bringing you a slightly early preview in our new #review that's up on the site now: tinyurl.com/sr446vre #EarsplitPR #Industrial #Heavy #musicblog #rockandrollfables #RNRF

Singles! Casket Rats, "Whiskey Queen" - rock and roll fables We’d say that you’re missing out if you haven’t seen Boston’s Casket Rats live in the wild yet but after hearing new single “Whiskey Queen” we’d also go so far as to say that this is as pretty close t...

Boston's #CasketRats is back TODAY with a new single and video for "Whiskey Queen" and you can read all about all of that in our latest post featuring all the links you need up on the site now: tinyurl.com/29juus3y @knyvet.bsky.social #supportlocal #musicreview #rockandrollfables #RNRF