Bishop and Rook

After four amazing years supporting the local Boston music scene with the best damn show and record reviews our creative talents can muster, we’re taking a break. Beyond anything else, we’re...

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Put some SPF 100 on these songs because they are sizzlin'. It’s a new music kind of day. Amiright? Emerging from the depths of Allston with a press release soaked in puns, arrives the pre...

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Some fresh singer/songwriter music for summer nights on the beach. When a lead singer announces his side project but continues to produce songs written and performed by the same person, does...

http://www.bishopandrook.com/2017/05/life-after-band-okay-win-frontman.html

Let's Face It - this twenty year anniversary is making us feel old In celebration of THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES' twenty year anniversary of ‘Let’s Face It’, the band has announced a ...

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Old horse, new tricks. Horse Mode dishes on latest EP (image credit ). The members of Billerica’s HORSE MODE harnessed the DIY spirit roughly six years ago with a gruff, 6-song demo and h...

http://www.bishopandrook.com/2017/05/all-you-ever-talk-about-is-vocals-next.html

It's exactly what you think it is. JEFF BREEZE, the proprietor of WMBR 88.1 FM’S live, local music segment PIPELINE (Tuesday evenings 8-10) has his own side gig, and it’s not what you ...

http://www.bishopandrook.com/2017/05/the-clacking-ratchet-sounds-of-boston.html

The pack finds their stride. Salem Wolves to release first LP Tooth & Nail . “We think being a singles band is evolutionarily the best thing for most bands. From a culture perspective, it m...

http://www.bishopandrook.com/2017/04/new-personnel-new-parts-new-attitudes_30.html

See you at the show - O'Brien's Pub Saturday August 20th. Pack up your summer vacation early and head to Allston this weekend. Brooklyn, NY's WARN THE DUKE (former members of BIG D AND THE...

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Catch Queen of Jeans touring through town on August 6th . Our hearts are aching over the vintage charm and carefree rhythm of QUEEN OF JEANS’ S/T EP. It's essentially what we think opening...

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Record premiere! 'Sanity Breath' by Iron Elbows TRY THIS ZEN EXERCISE ON YOUR WAY TO WORK. Put in your earbuds in. Click play on track “Epicurus”. And just let the music walk with you...

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Friends tell friends when there is a good show happening. Looking for a good time? Perhaps you’re in the mood for new music, or cheap beer, or a place to hang with friends. Maybe you’re ...

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Disposable America's 'SPECIAL INTEREST' out July 15th, pre-order now . Celebratory fist pump. BISHOP & ROOK is pleased to premiere the new CHOKE UP track “Hart", recorded at CONVERSE RUB...

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After 7 years, Murcielago ends their run. (image credit ) Portland, Maine rockers, MURCIELAGO, have called it quits. The 2015 Rock 'n' Roll Rumble participants took to Facebook to announce...

http://www.bishopandrook.com/2016/07/murcielago-moves-on-last-shows-announced.html

Eat your feelings. Para-smore, 30 Seconds to Mars Bar, Pistachio at the Disco, Something Chocolate, MODEST MOOSE TRACKS! We’re getting off genre and you get the point. TAKING BACK SUNDAE:...

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Download 'Dreaming on the Left Side' for free. Spin a recent MR. VERTIGO record and be prepared to hear a project that might include up to dozen people, about 20 instruments and roughly a d...

http://www.bishopandrook.com/2016/07/how-many-instruments-does-it-take-to.html

Celebrate with We Can All Be Sorry on July 21st. Boston label, EYE DESIGN RECORDS , to release 'Weekend Sorry' by locals WE CAN ALL BE SORRY . The bedroom pop band’s newest recording will...

http://www.bishopandrook.com/2016/07/new-noise-from-we-can-all-be-sorry.html

Free download your local music sampler here . STATE LINE RECORDS has released an 18-track, local music compilation based on the BOSTON’S BURNING semi-annual punk rock show series and incl...

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Purchase 'Black Box ' from Air Traffic Controller now. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER has released the newest music video associated with their 2016 ‘Black Box’ album. (We thoroughly enjoyed th...

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Earth Heart. Can you dig it? Varying degrees of delirious carnal lo-fi noise originating from the basements of Allston and perfected in the studios of Somerville/Cambridge, the debut full-le...

http://www.bishopandrook.com/2016/06/earth-hearts-debut-full-length-homesick.html

See The Rayguns at O'Brien's Pub in Allston on June 7th. New music from punky outfit THE RAYGUNS. Pimping out their second release ‘Live Forever’ (released March 2016) on their DIY label...

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 Quick vignettes and radical folk songs.(photo credit Michelle Lisbeth ) Google “THE MICHAEL CHARACTER” and expect to find featured reviews in prominent indie music blogs, a social ...

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Go out and meet ya faukin neighbahs kehd. Quincy gets social. The next Boston-area city to participate in organized musical curb appeal is Quincy, holding their very first PorchFest on June ...

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It's homemade ya'll! We heard lavender lemonade is a really good stress reliever…so we put vodka in it. The May Rock Out With Your Cocktail Out is spiked with bands playing shows around to...

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'For Adam' is a two-night event in memory of musician ADAM HAUT (CIVIL WARBLERS / MATT & ADAM) who passed away suddenly last summer from an undiagnosed heart condition. The showcase happe...

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This year’s first CONVERSE RUBBER TRACKS LIVE show in Boston will feature rock veterans DEERHUNTER, with Somerville's MINI DRESSES. The all-ages event happens Wednesday, May 11th at TH...

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