WaveRadio Boston - WRB Rocks

Whoever said better late than never, I bet was never late.  Episode 75 the picture of punctuality.

This week's STB has new music from The Hi-Ends, Kristian Montgomery and the Winterkill Band, High Tiny Hairs, wht.rbbt.obj, Tony Marsico, The Vacuum Cleaners, Armoires and Sugarcane Hangover. and the usual anything and everything. It's two hours of foot tappin' finger snappin' hip shakin' coolness to make you happy. 

Saturday Slappers went down to the wire for our Unsung Band of the Week with, well, the post-punk band Wire!  We also dug deep into some true classic rock: Bad Company, Cream, and of course our classic closer "This Perfect Day" by The Saints!

Check this show out as we start out right off the bat with Chris Porter from The Town & The City Festival previewing some of the great bands and events coming up during the festival all around Lowell the weekend of 4/26 & 4/27. Check out the festival at www.thetownandthecityfestival.com. We then have our April version of the Collective 411 with Dave & Lily from Collective sharing some great news about their upcoming 4/20 day promotions and we re-cap our first in store broadcast with friends River Sang Wild. Check out www.collective-cannabis.com.

TWRS 126 - Kooked Out and Maddy Roop were special guests in the studio this week. They're promoting their show at the Rockwell Music Hall April 18th. It was fun to have Chris and John from Kooked Out and Maddy from Maddy Roop in the studio at WaveRadio Boston. We had fun talking about their music and playing their songs. We talked about music process, live performances, future projects, other artists and venues and so many things about what got them all to this moment in their music journey. We played songs from both artists and talked about them. Sometimes heavy sometimes light, it's all here in this epi with Kooked out and Maddy Roop. And as normal, everything got started with Who.iAm news and info as well as her song Dreams featuring Tye Mayhem. Thanks for listening and sharing. 143!

The Sun, The Moon, and Eciplse

Ahoy!  Won’t you join us for a sea cruise? Episode 74 “Ship of Fools”.   Climb aboard we’ve been expecting you.

A new STB with new music from The Amplifier Heads featuring Barrence Whitfield, Fantastic Fellinis, The Woggles, Beebe Gallini, The Half-Cubes and more, with the usual stuff of all kinds of stuff, cause we love stuff!

4/7 Saturday Slappers celebrated Wrestlemania weekend by grappling with several questions: should radio have played The Toadies more often? is Helter Skelter the best fake fadeout in history? How fast is Deep Purple's Speed King capable of going?
Give it a listen and make your own conclusions!

TWRS 125 - Special Guest Fantastic Trees came to the show live in the WaveRadio Boston studio. We had a super fun time talking about Fantastic Trees music...when it started, how they create their music, the current lineup, songwriting process and musical influences...plus more! Just have to listen in to hear them play 4 songs live! And from playing live songs to chatting live about so many things Fantastic Trees. They give shout-outs, live show dates and lots of fun to the listeners! It was great to learn about who the Fantastic Trees are, and that, they're ...well, you have to listen. The show starts out with Who.iAm news and information and her song Let's Go. It's always a fun time and always local music on the Show. Next Week: Kooked Out and Maddy Roop.

It's the "They Came To Rock" Launch Party!!

It's a new STB with new music from The Spackles, 38 Coffin, Siouxie and the Skunks, The Catholic Girls, Pylon Reenactment Society, The Speed of Sound, High Tiny Hairs and more! Tune in to catch two hours of totally freeform stuff. It's the show that goes from Frank Sinatra to The Cramps. It's Wicked Awesome! 

Saturday Slappers: big beats, big melodies, the occasional closet classic and now, every week an Unsung Band of the Week!
This week we were here for all you 80s babies: we heard from Cyndi Lauper, The Call, Def Lep, and our unsung band of the week was the mighty Husker Du!

Cool show here! The First Wave welcomes old pal Tyler Pollard from Robotic Hawks to catch up about all the cool stuff going in his world since we last spoke. A NEMA award, a Rock & Roll Rumble invite and a new EP! Lots to cover! All that and a WRB mini-tourney for Best 70's & 80's cartoons! Fun stuff and a bunch of great music too!!

TWRS 124 - Welcome to the show that play only local and indy music. Hostess Lacy143 plays this weeks' fav local music. There are mostly new bands to the show this week. Ranging from fun punk rock by The Love Shamans, Little Billy Lost and The Lousekateers. We get into some heavy metal music along the way from Sundrifter and Authentic Descent. A classic by show favs Stormstress. Taking us to some fun hair metal style from Dead End Deluxe and a classic by current fun popsters the Muzzins.  We also find some new sonic barriers to break with Arrows of Athena and Joey Wit, Roi and the Secret People, including new music by the Shirts and Shoes. The show gets started with Who.iAm news and live show dates and the Who.iAm song, Let's Go ft Numba9ne. All part of the local flavor. Thanks for listening and supporting the local & indy art scene. 143.

It's a Rock & Roll Resurrection!!

Scout celebrates Corbin’s birthday day much to his chagrin.

It's a new STB with new music from Jim Basnight, Regent, JW Paris, The Sex Organs and others. We also have a freeform mix of music with James Brown, Dead Kennedys, Wanda Jackson, Patti Smith Group and lots more. So click on for a potpourri of stuff. And remember it's all freeform!

Two wrongs don’t make a right, but three lefts do, and so does Episode 73.

Saturday Slappers: big beats, big melodies, the occasional closet classic and now, every week an Unsung Band of the Week.
Public Enemy are this week's UBoTW; we spun a couple of their gems from 2007's How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul???, and we made sure to hit you with some other long losts like The Shoes, Producers, and Missing Persons

Fun show as Corbin from The FallOut join us live in studio and we talk about When Animals Attack, and play This or That. New bands, new music, all fun.

It's a Marzo Pazzo Pt 2!!!!

TWRS 123 - Thanks for tuning into the show! Your Hostess Lacy143 will be playing lots of local music in this packed show. And we talk live on the phone to Bill from Public Faces and we talk about their brand new song All the Luck! And it's always fun to hear bands that we've never heard before and it's fun to play songs from bands we know and love.  We find The Shang Hi Los, On Regret and Sunset Electric joining the list of local artists played on the show. And we play songs from our favs too like Brand new songs from Everfiner, Robotic Hawks, and Octavate! And also, The Dreamtoday (which spelled incorrectly would be another great band name The Dreamtoady haha) and Wyn and the White Light, who has a new album out called Lucky. Oh I put in some other songs on the spot from Earthmark and others, so check it out for all the fun and surprises. Feel free to watch and reach out about my companion video at Who.iAm_Live on Insta. Join the facebook group TWRS143 to get more Who.iAm Radio Show news and information about the show. The show starts with a botched attempt to play the Who.iAm song LMK when it's time to rock. So, just hang in until you hear the last bit of it pop on ha. It's like pushing buttons and sliders and things to make it all work. Always only local music! 143

Episode 72 the pot o’ gold at the end of the dial.  St. Patrick’s Day Show Vol II.

It's a brand new STB this week featuring new music from the Chesterfield Kings, Plum Vision, Jelly Bricks, The Hellflowers and more. We also pay tribute to the birth of The Rock of Boston, St. Patrick's Day and Eric Carmen of the Raspberries. It's over two hours of totally freeform music brought to you via WaveRadio Boston who is carrying the torch set forth by the original Rock of Boston!

Saturday Slappers: big beats, big melodies, the occasional closet classic and now, every week an Unsung Band of the Week.
RIP Eric Carmen as we highlight The Raspberries at this week's Unsung Band.   And as we often do, we got ourselves into some Social D AND celebrated 3:16 day with Saint Stone Cold Steve Austin's WWE theme to open the show.

Check out this show as Numba9ne, our pal Prosty from Octavate takes the 3rd chair for some great conversation & music! We talk the Rock & roll Rumble selections, and run down some mini-brackets about some of our favorite things. All that and a World Premiere track from Octavate! Check it out!!

TWRS 122 - This episode we have special guest Wildfeuer,  singer songwriter, Worcester Music Award winner for Up and Coming artist! There was a last second glitch and Evelynroze couldn't make it. However we do play two of her song releases. Both artists are on the show representing the Baby Safe Haven organization. Wildfeur was live in the studio and we had a delightful conversation about how music started for her,  what her projects are now and what new songs she has being released soon. Wildfeuer plays her music live for us and we enjoyed her music.
The show starts out with Who.iAm news and info, as well a her song Let's Go! Available in all streaming. It's another super fun local music show! Thanks for listening, 143.

Sal welcomes WMFO DJ Mike Newman to the show and chat about radio, music, and food!!!

The First Wave crew welcomes Catching Hell to the WRB studio for a free for all interview, and then a fantastic live performance on the WRB Stage!

We bid farewell to the Mighty Farrell the Godfather of Alternative, and while he hasn’t passed on, he is hanging up his horns, thorns and halos.  Episode 71 seeks to discuss, and hopefully not disgust.

Saturday Slappers: big beats, big melodies, the occasional closet classic and now, every week an Unsung Band of the Week.
Who's better, Chicago or Blood, Sweat, and Tears?  Plus unsung band of the week Superdrag, local faves (and Rumble entrants) The Magic City, some MORE Nirvana, Buffalo Tom, and our usual Saints' closer.  More of the same but more of the awesome.

This one was a off the hook show! We start out with the OG crew doing a game of "Is it a bar supporting the Judas Priest Global Listening Party or is it a NYC sex club?". We're then joined by the fine folks from Collective Premium Cannabis to celebrate their 2nd anniversary at the Littleton location. Next the crew chats with Alex Hagen from Ravagers about their upcoming gig at Obrien's in Allston on 3/16, their recently only vinyl live release "Too Raw For The Law", and touring in Europe! Lots of fun and Joey B even stops by!!