Angela Owens, Girls Rock, and an Accidental Backyard Report

Boston music photographer Angela Owens has owned my Facebook feed this week; a welcome change from people yelling at each other about politics. Everyone I know is obsessing on this series of photos she took at a recent show (more like a fest) in Boston that reminds me of the old youth crew photos from CBGBs, only this time the bands and crowd are predominantly ladies. This was a benefit for Girls Rock Boston and it wins the award for the best thing I have seen all month.

Before you scroll down any farther, seriously check out her photos first. Get to know the photographer in this interview.

This also doubles as a backyard report because as it turns out, a lot of these bands are from my hometown of Richmond, VA.

There are a ton of videos to check out via the event page. Watch them all here. 

It got me wondering who all these bands in the photos were, so I have compiled all the links here:

LEATHER DADDY (Boston)


FIREWALKER  (Boston)


DAME  (Boston)


RINGER  (Richmond)


KOMMUNION (Richmond)


NOSEBLEED (Richmond)


METER FEEDER (Hadley, MA)


IRON CAGES (DC)


RARE FORM - I can't find much on this band so if anyone has a link, please send it to me.


CROSSFIRE (Boston) 
 

Back to the Future Tribute : Blake Babies are Back (Sort of)

One of my favorite bands the Blake Babies. They were a trio from Boston that made music from 1986 to 1993 with a brief reunion stint in the late '90s / early 2000s that I somehow totally missed.

A pseudo-interesting side note to the band is that Evan Dando of The Lemonheads fame was an early band member but the remaining three members : Juliana Hatfield, John Strohm, and Freda Love have more than enough talent to make up for his exit. Their songwriting style is complicated, highly melodic Pop. According to this new interview with the band, their long out of print catalog will be reissued next year (YAY!) and drummer Freda has a brand new memoir out called Red Velvet Underground.

If you are like me and didn't catch the Blake Babies live, you can download for free a radio performance from 1989 here in exchange for your email address.

As you might have guessed, the band members have been in various other projects that include : Antenna, Some Girls (not to be confused with the San Diego band with the same name), Velo-Deluxe, Strohm drummed in The Lemonheads for a stint and Julianna played with them as well for a bit too, The Juliana Hatfield Three (I bet you can guess whose band that was), and Minor Alps.